23-27 June 2025

MPs will debate the spending plans (Main Estimates) of six government departments and approve all departmental spending for this financial year. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP will answer questions from the Treasury Committee on the Spending Review, and the Governor of the Bank of England will discuss the state of the economy with the Lords Economic Affairs Committee. Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his ministerial team will face questions from MPs in the Chamber. The Foreign Affairs Committee will hear from the Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, about the conflict with Iran. There will be backbench debates on Pride Month and Armed Forces Day. And experts will be asked whether the earth is prepared for an asteroid collision.

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16-20 June 2025

MPs face a landmark vote, one of the most important many of them will ever cast, on the assisted dying bill. A second conscience issue confronts MPs in two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill that would decriminalise abortion. A Ministerial Statement on developments in the Middle East is expected, and David Lammy MP and Foreign Office Permanent Secretary Sir Olly Robbins will give evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Home Secretary is expected to announce a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs and Jess Phillips MP will answer Home Affairs Committee questions on violence against women and girls. In the Lords, Peers will continue scrutiny of the Employment Rights, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools, and Holocaust Memorial Bills. MPs will debate reforms to Parliament’s complaints and grievance system.

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9-13 June 2025

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, will deliver a statement on the Spending Review. MPs will resume Report Stage of the assisted dying bill and debate key legislation on football governance, mental health, and planning and infrastructure. Peers and MPs are expected to resolve their standoff over AI and copyright in the Data (Use and Access) Bill. The Commons Defence Committee will hear from the lead reviewers of the Strategic Defence Review, while a Lords Committee will examine the Chagos Archipelago sovereignty issue. The Hansard Society’s Director will give evidence to the Modernisation Committee about access to the House of Commons and its procedures. Read here