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WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

1️⃣ Prime Minister's Questions
2️⃣ The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers the Budget Statement
3️⃣ Leader of the Opposition responds to the Budget Statement
4️⃣ MPs debate the Budget

More detail below 🔽

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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What will happen at tomorrow's Budget?

1️⃣ Chancellor makes her Budget Statement at 12:30pm
2️⃣ Chancellor moves two key Budget motions
3️⃣ Leader of the Opposition responds to Budget
4️⃣ Budget debate begins

Our guide explains each stage of the process 🔽
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How does Parliament authorise the Government's taxation plans? A procedural guide to the Budget process
In order to raise income, the government needs to obtain approval from Parliament for its taxation plans. The Budget is the means by which the House of Commons considers the government’s plans to…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today, Conservative MP Dr Andrew Murrison will seek to introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill to prohibit construction of new waste incinerators and introduce an incineration tax

Our guide explains what Ten Minute Rule Bill are, and how they become law. 🔽

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What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill?
Ten Minute Rule Bills are essentially policy aims put into legislative language in order to secure a 10-minute speaking slot during 'primetime' in the House of Commons Chamber after Question Time on…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

🏛️ English Devolution Bill (Report Stage, day 2)
🌍 Chagos Islands legislation continues Lords Committee Stage
🪖 Foreign Affairs Committee joint meeting with Ukrainian committee

Find more details below 🔽
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
BLOG | The assisted dying bill: Could it run out of time?

The number of amendments and debate's slow start have prompted concern that the Bill could fall for lack of time.

This blog looks at the potential options for creating more parliamentary time. 🔽
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The assisted dying bill: Will it run out of time? The parliamentary options explained
Over 1,000 amendments have been tabled to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords. This blog examines the progress of the Bill at Committee Stage in the House of Lords so…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
BLOG | Assisted dying bill: Is the number of Lords amendments a parliamentary record?

Our new blog examines how the Bill's amendment count - now over 1,000 - compares with other bills over the last two decades.

Check it out below 🔽
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The assisted dying bill: Is the number of Lords amendments a parliamentary record?
The assisted dying bill has attracted an extraordinary number of amendments in the House of Lords, prompting questions about whether the volume is unprecedented. This blog examines how its amendment…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
GUIDE | A procedural guide to the Budget process 💰

With two days to go, our comprehensive guide to the Budget process explains how the Government gains parliamentary approval for its taxation plans.

It includes briefings on...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What's happening in Parliament this week?

💷 Budget Day
📺 Culture Select Cmtt questions BBC officials
🟢 Foreign Affairs Cmtt joint session with Ukrainian counterpart
🏛️ Devolution Bill to complete Commons stages

👇 Read our latest Parliament Matters Bulletin
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Parliament Matters Bulletin: What’s coming up in Parliament this week? 24-27 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves presents the Budget. MPs conclude their consideration of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. The Lords is set to finish Committee Stage of the Chagos…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

📣 Statements likely on Covid inquiry, Ukraine and G20
📺 BBC bosses questioned by select committee
🏛️ English Devolution Bill (Report Stage)
📝 Gaza e-petition debate

Find more details below 🔽
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What’s happening in Parliament this week?
💷 Budget Day: Chancellor unveils Budget
📺 BBC editorial standards scrutinised at Culture Select Cmtt
🇺🇦 Foreign Affairs Cmtt holds joint session with Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish & Czech counterparts

👇 Read our Parliament Matters Bulletin. Link in next post.
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
BLOGS | With the assisted dying bill due to resume Committee Stage tomorrow, we've just published two new blogposts.

The first looks at whether the over 1,000 total amendments proposed is unprecedented...

Read below 🔽
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November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our former Hansard Society Scholar Jess Wilson (Class of 2012) on becoming the new Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria!

The Programme was all about developing future leaders so it’s inspiring to see another of our alumni making their mark.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

🪖 Debate on new Northern Ireland Troubles legislation
🌍 Chagos Islands legislation begins Lords Committee Stage
🔋 Energy Secretary faces oral questions

More detail below 🔽
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament?

👮 Home Secretary makes statement on asylum policy & faces oral questions
🌊 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill (Remaining Stages)
💼 Employment Rights Bill ping-pong continues

More detail below 🔽
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What’s coming up in Westminster this week? 👀

❓ Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces questions from MPs
📜 MPs debate Northern Ireland Troubles Bill for
🪖 Chagos Islands Bill faces Cmtt stage in the Lords

Full preview in our Parliament Matters bulletin. Link is in the post below 👇
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎙️ New episode: The Assisted Dying Bill is at a crunch point in the Lords.
(And yes — there really are 900+ amendments).

🗣️ Lord Falconer explains the stakes
⚖️ Scrutiny vs delay
🧪 The contested policy issues
🏛️ Commons–Lords dynamics
⏳ Will it become law?

🔗 Listen ⤵️
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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 Tomorrow on Parliament Matters we talk to Lord Falconer about the Assisted Dying Bill - why he says the current law is “unfit for purpose,” and what’s next as 900+ amendments land in the Lords.

Don’t miss it — subscribe using your favourite podcast app to get it in the morning.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
THURSDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

🏠 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Lords amendments)
🌳 DEFRA oral questions
🔴 Peers debate tax and economic policy; Hillsborough Law; and biodiversity

More detail below 🔽

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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the first Chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee was told “the Government doesn’t want you to do this,” she replied: “I do not serve the Government, I serve the House.”

🎧 Hear the full story — 10 years of petitions and people power.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
BLOG | Assisted dying bill: How does Committee Stage work in the Lords?

With Committee Stage due to begin on Friday, this blog explains how Committee Stage works in the House of Lords and how long the stage is likely to take.

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Assisted dying bill: How does Committee Stage work in the House of Lords?
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the Bill to legalise assisted dying – will begin its Committee Stage in the House of Lords on Friday 14 November. In this blog, we explain how Committee…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
You’ve signed petitions. Maybe even started one.

But what really happens after 100,000 signatures?

🎧 Hear four Chairs of the House of Commons Petitions Committee explain what your click actually does — and how it can change the law.

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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This afternoon, Labour MP @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social will seek to present a Ten-Minute Rule Bill on road safety measures near schools

What is a Ten-Minute Rule Bill and how do they become law? Our guide explains 🔽

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What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill?
Ten Minute Rule Bills are essentially policy aims put into legislative language in order to secure a 10-minute speaking slot during 'primetime' in the House of Commons Chamber after Question Time on…
www.hansardsociety.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?

❓ PMQs
🔵 Conservative Opposition Day
📊 Debates on data centres and immigration fees
🧑‍⚖️ Peers debate Sentencing Bill (Second Reading)
🚑 JCHR scrutinises assisted dying bill

More detail below 🔽

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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you’ve ever signed, shared, or started a petition, our latest episode of Parliament Matters is for you. 10 years of House of Commons petitions by the people who’ve chaired it: @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social, @catsmithmp.bsky.social, @jamie4north.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The House of Commons Petitions Committee is the only place in Parliament where the public sets the agenda.

Ten years on — is it actually the most powerful pressure valve in UK politics?

🎧 Four Chairs. One conversation.
Their verdict ▶️ buff.ly/DtFCEsn
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM