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Parliament Weekly
1–4 September 2026
Parliament returns from summer recess
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Parliament returns from summer recess on Tuesday 1 September after six weeks away, sitting through to Friday 4 September (a Private Members' Bill Friday) before the next short recess from 15 September to 12 October. With no decisions or debates yet to report, this edition previews the week ahead and rounds up the government consultations currently open for public input.
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📅 Coming Up This Week
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Tuesday 1 September
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions (including Topical Questions)
- Ten Minute Rule Motion on road safety plans (Adam Jogee MP)
- Business Statement from Andy Burnham; Motion on the Sovereign Grant (John Healey MP)
- Backbench Business debate on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
- Adjournment debate on sudden cardiac death in young people
- Lords: Social Housing Bill — Third Reading; Public Office (Accountability) Bill — Second Reading; Cyber Security and Resilience Bill — Grand Committee (day 1)
- Westminster Hall: rural banking services, science facilities, UK financial services, Cambridgeshire local government reorganisation, aluminium recycling
Wednesday 2 September
- Wales Office Questions; PMQs (Andy Burnham's first as PM)
- Ten Minute Rule Motion to repeal the Climate Change Act 2008 (Andrew Bowie MP)
- Representation of the People Bill — Commons Report Stage
- Lords: Armed Forces Bill — Committee Stage; oral questions on data centres and water resources, mobile phone policy in schools, and maternal PTSD
- Delegated Legislation Committees on the Nature Restoration Levy and Protection Against Detriment (Industrial Action) Regulations
- Westminster Hall: impact of the 2016 EU referendum, Disability Living Allowance qualifying period, rural upper-tier local authorities, employer NI contributions on Hampshire small businesses, global tin availability
Thursday 3 September
- Culture, Media and Sport Questions
- Sporting Events Bill [HL] — Commons Second Reading
- Lords: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill — Committee Stage continues; oral questions on academic misconduct investigations, opt-out collective court actions, and compulsory voting
- Westminster Hall: vaccination rates in England; the January 2026 security assessment on global biodiversity loss and national security
Friday 4 September
- Private Members' Bill Friday — Second Readings including the Infants, Parents and Carers Bill, the Northern Ireland Troubles (Criminal Investigations etc) Bill, the In-Person Banking Services Bill, and the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill, among others
- Adjournment debate on social care and mental health services in Hornsey and Friern Barnet
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🏛️ Notable Committee Sessions
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- Education Committee (Tue) — oral evidence on the "Every Child Achieving and Thriving" White Paper, with the NEU, NAHT, ASCL and NASUWT
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Wed) — oral evidence on reviewing the electricity market, including from Ofgem and Energy Minister Michael Shanks MP
- Work and Pensions Committee (Wed) — evidence on safeguarding vulnerable claimants, one year on, with Minister Stephen Timms MP
- Transport Committee (Wed) — scrutiny of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement
- Lords Communications and Digital Committee (Tue) — evidence from the Children's Commissioner on Online Safety Act implementation
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Wed) — evidence on taxation of the hospitality and tourism sectors in Northern Ireland
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🗳️ Open Government Consultations
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- Planning powers for mayors in England — views sought on implementing new mayoral planning powers under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026. (MHCLG)
- Growing up in the online world — a national consultation on further measures to protect children online, including potential age restrictions on social media, gaming, and AI chatbots. (DSIT)
- Reform of financial arrangements on relationship breakdown — proposals covering financial remedies on divorce/dissolution and financial provision for cohabitants. Closes 16 September. (Ministry of Justice)
- The Value for Money Framework — placing investment outcomes and service quality at the centre of workplace pension provision. (DWP)
- Police and law enforcement access to DVLA driver data — consulting on the statutory framework for access to driving licence data. (Home Office)
- Make Work Pay: revised tipping code of practice — draft revised statutory code on fair and transparent distribution of tips. (Department for Business and Trade)
- Powers for local authorities to issue conditional cautions to fly-tippers — proposed new enforcement powers. (Defra)
- Police Pension Scheme 2015: Regulation 36 — views sought on removing Regulation 36 and related member contribution changes. (Home Office)
- Flexible operation of electrolysers — evidence sought on unlocking system benefits through flexible hydrogen electrolyser operation. Closes 1 September. (DESNZ)
This is a selection of consultations most relevant to Labour International's areas of interest — the full list runs to hundreds of live consultations across all departments.
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Compiled from UK Parliament business papers, TheyWorkForYou, Parallel Parliament, and GOV.UK. Sources: parliament.uk, theyworkforyou.com, parallelparliament.co.uk, gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations.
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