Business without Debate
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Contributions
Delegated Legislation
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Housing
That the draft Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, which were laid before this House on 13 July, be approved.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, which were laid before this House on 13 July, be approved.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Social Security
That the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026, which were laid before this House on 1 September, be approved.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026, which were laid before this House on 1 September, be approved.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Excise
That the Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 981), dated 7 September 2026, a copy of which was laid before this House on 7 September, be approved.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Question agreed to.
Business of the House (21 October)
Ordered,
That, at the sitting on Wednesday 21 October, business in the name of the leader of the Liberal Democrats shall be treated as being taken on an allotted half day provided under paragraph (2)(b) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business) and, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c) of that Standing Order, may be entered upon at any hour and may be proceeded with, though opposed, for three hours; proceedings shall then lapse if not previously disposed of; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.— ( Sarah Coombes. )
Steve Darling (Torbay) (LD)Liberal Democrat
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier today at oral questions, the Minister for Secondary Care, the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth), gave the impression that I had already had a discussion with her in respect of a fire notice and a Care Quality Commission notice, when in fact those notices had not been issued at the time I met her on 9 September. I am concerned that the Minister could have inadvertently misled the Chamber. I would welcome some guidance from you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on this matter.
Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)Conservative
I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He will know that the Chair is not responsible for Ministers’ remarks in the Chamber, but I am sure that Members on the Treasury Bench will have heard his comments and that if a correction is needed, one will be made. Petition
Source: UK Parliament Hansard API. Debate ID: 5420673.