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Tuesday 20th May in the Commons Chamber

House of Commons

Business Before Questions

Oral Answers to Questions (HM Treasury)
(156 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Emma Reynolds - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

UK-EU Summit (Cabinet Office)
(207 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Keir Starmer - Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(118 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
David Lammy - Foreign Secretary

Points of Order (Ministry of Justice)
(9 Speeches)

Reasonable Adjustments (Duty on Employers to Respond)
(2 Speeches)

Victims and Courts Bill (Ministry of Justice)
(102 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Shabana Mahmood - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Adjournment Debate

School Buildings: Northumberland and Newcastle (Department for Education)
(11 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Tuesday 20th May in Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

Pensions: Expatriates (Department for Work and Pensions)
(42 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

GP Services: Christchurch (Department of Health and Social Care)
(20 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Adoption and Kinship Placements (Department for Education)
(65 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Government Travel Advice: Laos (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(13 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Catherine West - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Tuesday 20th May - Other Commons Events
Written Statements

British Steel: Special Measures Update (Department for Business and Trade)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Office for Nuclear Regulation Corporate Plan 2025-26 (Department for Work and Pensions)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Public Bill Committees

Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(86 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(142 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

General Committees

Draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (Department for Business and Trade)
(9 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Tuesday 20th May in the Lords Chamber

House of Lords
(1 Speeches)

Assistive Technology (Department for International Development)
(20 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

Healthy Life Expectancy (Department of Health and Social Care)
(15 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Sudan: Ceasefire Talks (Leader of the House)
(17 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Criminal Cases Review Commission (Ministry of Justice)
(19 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

NHS and Care Volunteer Responders Service (Department of Health and Social Care)
(19 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Department for International Development)
(85 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity Incident (Ministry of Justice)
(5 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Department for International Development)
(33 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)