Questions and statements: At 14:30, Defence Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include defence spending, the US commitment to NATO, military support to Ukraine, protection of undersea infrastructure and the removal of taxation from death-in-service payments.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Main business: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second Reading).

The Government has introduced the Bill to enhance law enforcement capabilities and establish a new dedicated Border Security Command.

Key measures include:

• establishing a new Border Security Command: a specialised unit within the Home Office to coordinate and strengthen border security efforts;

• introducing new criminal offences: targeting unauthorised migration, including making it a crime to supply or receive items intended to facilitate illegal entry into the UK;

• expanding powers to seize items: allowing immigration and police officers to confiscate items, such as mobile phones, that may contain information linked to illegal immigration activities;

• enhancing information sharing: authorising HM Revenue and Customs to share customs data with both domestic and international government agencies to improve cross-border co-operation;

• collecting biometric data overseas: granting immigration officers the authority to take biometric data from individuals abroad who are being considered for relocation to the UK, particularly in emergency situations; and

• repealing previous legislation: removing the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 from the statute book, as well as most provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, to streamline the legal framework.

The Government’s 66-page Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 30 January and is scheduled for its Second Reading just 11 days later. The tight schedule meets only the minimum recommended interval – two weekends – between the First and Second Readings for Government bills. MPs therefore face a significant challenge in preparing for the debate. A similarly tight schedule of 11 days between First and Second Reading recently occurred for the 126-page Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.

In addition to the Bill itself there are 254 pages of supporting documents to aid MPs’ scrutiny, including the:

• Explanatory Notes;

• Delegated Powers Memorandum;

• European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Memorandum;

• Impact Assessment and

• House of Commons Library briefing.

With such a compressed timeline, it could be difficult for MPs to absorb this material in time for the debate.

At Second Reading, MPs debate the Bill’s general principles. While amendments to the Bill’s text are not permitted at this stage, opposition parties can propose ‘reasoned amendments’ outlining their objections and reasons for rejecting the Bill. Three such amendments have been tabled, urging the House to reject the Bill.

• The SNP oppose the Bill, arguing “it perpetuates the previous Government’s approach of criminalising those seeking asylum in the UK”.

• Reform UK object because it operates within the legal constraints of the European Convention on Human Rights and lacks commitments to immediately return illegal migrants and deport foreign nationals detained in UK prisons.

• The Conservatives, while supporting new immigration offences, criticise the Bill for abolishing laws passed under the previous Government on removals and deterrence, restoring illegal migrants’ eligibility for indefinite leave to remain and citizenship and failing to limit legal migration.

The Speaker will decide whether to select any of the amendments for debate. Reasoned amendments proposed by the Official Opposition or those with cross-party backing are more likely to be chosen than those from smaller parties. If the Bill passes its Second Reading, it will proceed to a Public Bill Committee. According to the Government's programme motion, the Committee stage must conclude by Thursday 20 March.

Adjournment: The Labour MP Paulette Hamilton has the adjournment debate on the role of community and third sector organisations in increasing levels of employment.

Westminster Hall: MPs will debate e-petition 700138, which calls on the Government not to go ahead with changes to inheritance tax relief for agricultural land announced in the Autumn Budget. The petition has acquired over 148,000 signatures. The debate will be led by Labour MP Ben Goldsborough on behalf of the Petitions Committee.

• House of Commons Library briefing

Legislative committees: Delegated Legislation Committees meet today to consider the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 and the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

Introduction of new Peers: Two new Peers will be formally introduced to the House:

• former Labour MP for Sunderland Central, Julie Elliott (now Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay); and

• the national chairman of the Jewish Labour Movement, Mike Katz (now Lord Katz).

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on contributions to good causes under the National Lottery’s new operator; the commitment by the new government of Syria to freedom of expression, religion and belief; legislation to regulate artificial intelligence in areas including intellectual property, automated decision-making and data labelling, following the publication of the AI Opportunities Action Plan; and the outcome of the elections held in Belarus on 26 January and UK advice for the Belarusian democratic movement.

Main business: Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (Committee, day 3).

Peers will continue scrutiny of the Bill popularly known as Martyn’s Law, on this the third of four days for scrutiny agreed between the party Whips. Information about the Bill was outlined in last week’s edition of the Bulletin.

The Committee-stage debate will be interrupted by a “dinner break” debate on the draft Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025. These regulations are part of a group of Statutory Instruments that will implement the Procurement Act 2023 later this month. Conservative Peer Lord Robathan has tabled a regret motion – a motion expressing concern about a Statutory Instrument without blocking its passage – arguing that the regulations “do not simplify the procurement process; that they hinder economic growth; and that they impose unnecessary burdens on small and medium-sized enterprises, thereby stifling innovation and competitiveness”.

Grand Committee: Peers will debate four Statutory Instruments:

• Space Industry (Licence Exemption for Military Activities of Allies) Regulations 2025

• Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

• Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

• Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Public Accounts Committee (15:30): The Committee will hold a brief hearing with Gareth Davies, the Comptroller & Auditor General at the National Audit Office (NAO) regarding the Office’s Main Estimate for financial year 2025-26. While the Committee may question the NAO about its financial plans, the Estimate is formally examined and laid before Parliament by a similarly named body of MPs, the Public Accounts Commission.

• Public Accounts Committee (16:15): The Committee will then question the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and other senior officials about the Department’s management of COVID-19 loans. The hearing follows a National Audit Office report in December 2024, which looked into the £474 million lent by DCMS to borrowers in the culture and sports sectors, marking the first time that DCMS has managed a significant loan book.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

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Questions and statements: At 11:30, Health and Social Care Ministers will face questions from MPs. Questions on the Order Paper concern support and funding for hospices, access to mental health services, waiting times, NHS dental services, and a number of constituency-related questions.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: The Labour MP Dawn Butler will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill titled the Nurses (Use of Title) Bill. The legislation would ensure that only individuals registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as registered nurses can legally use the title ‘nurse’ when working in health and social care settings, according to the Royal College of Nursing. See our Hansard Society guide for more information about the parliamentary procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills.

Main business: Water (Special Measures) Bill (Consideration of Lords Message). This Bill, passed by the House of Lords in November, saw the Government suffer two defeats:

• Financial resilience of water companies: Peers added an amendment requiring water companies to report annually on their financial resilience, including debt levels, commercial strategy, and other financial risks, including to their long-term sustainability.

• Pay and bonuses for water company executives: A further amendment was added mandating Ofwat to set rules on pay and bonuses for water executives within six months of Royal Assent.

During the Bill’s passage through the Commons, the Government successfully reversed these amendments during Committee Stage. On Wednesday 5 February, the House of Lords considered the Commons’ changes:

• Financial resilience of water companies: The Lords rejected the removal of their amendment and proposed a new version, requiring water companies to publish reports about their financial resilience prominently, including on their websites, and in an accessible format.

• Pay and bonuses for water company executives: The Lords also rejected the Commons’ changes, reinstating their original amendment.

The Government is expected to urge the House of Commons to insist on its amendments, thereby removing the Lords provisions.

Arbitration Bill (Consideration in Committee of the Whole House, and remaining stages (Report Stage and Third Reading)). This Bill will be considered in the Commons Chamber rather than in a dedicated Public Bill Committee. Consideration in Committee of the Whole House is usually reserved for relatively uncontroversial bills which can be dealt with quickly or bills of constitutional importance, or because the Government is filling time in the Chamber. The Bill implements Law Commission recommendations, whose proposals are normally intended to ‘tidy up’ the statute book in an uncontroversial way and following extensive consultation. The Bill was agreed at Second Reading without a division, being supported by both the Government and the Opposition. In the Commons if no amendments are made during Committee of the Whole House, the Bill skips Report Stage and the House proceeds directly to Third Reading. This is because the Committee of the Whole House already allows all MPs to vote on amendments, effectively serving the same function as Report Stage.

Adjournment: The Liberal Democrat MP Danny Chambers has the adjournment debate on the potential impact of US global public health policy on the UK and international health cooperation.

Westminster Hall: There are five debates, on the cost of energy; regulation of the bailiff sector; Government advice on the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning when travelling; access to universal and targeted youth provision; and the impact of planned changes to employer National Insurance contributions on police forces.

Legislative committees:

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: The Public Bill Committee will begin its scrutiny of the assisted dying bill and the amendments and new clauses that have been proposed. The Committee will review the Bill clause by clause, starting with clause 1, deciding whether each clause should ‘stand part’ of the Bill, having first considered any amendments selected for consideration in relation to that clause. The provisional grouping and selection of amendments will be published on Monday evening (10 February). It will outline the order in which amendments will be debated. The first amendment on the amendment paper, tabled by Kim Leadbeater MP, is one of several she has proposed that seek to clarify that only persons in England and Wales may be provided with an assisted death and only medical practitioners in England and Wales may participate at any stage of the process. These amendments will likely be the first group debated, with Kim Leadbeater opening the discussion by moving her amendment. Clause 1 defines the eligibility criteria for assisted dying, including that an individual must: have the capacity to decide to end their own life, be aged over 18, be ordinarily resident in England and Wales, and be registered as a patient in England and Wales. It also summarises the requirements in later sections, stating that the individual must have a clear, settled and informed wish to end their life and must be making the decision voluntarily. Amendments related to those requirements may therefore also be discussed at the first sitting.

• Other Public Bill Committees meeting today: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill; Crown Estate Bill; and Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill.

• Delegated Legislation Committees meeting today: the draft Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

Introduction of new Peers: Two new Peers will be formally introduced to the House:

• barrister, co-founder of Parent Gym and former Conservative Party parliamentary candidate, Joanne Cash (now Baroness Cash); and

• former chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer and ex-Cabinet Office second permanent secretary, Sue Gray (now Baroness Gray of Tottenham).

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on establishing the Passenger Standards Authority; the local government reorganisation announced in the English Devolution White Paper; compensation payments to victims of the Post Office Horizon Scandal; and sanctions imposed by the President of the United States of America on staff working for the International Criminal Court.

Main business: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill (Third Reading). This Bill will transfer several responsibilities related to skills and training to the soon-to-be-established Skills England. If passed, the Bill will proceed to the House of Commons for consideration. At Report Stage, the Government suffered a defeat on a Conservative amendment to the commencement provisions. This amendment requires the Act to be brought into force one year after the establishment of Skills England, rather than on a date appointed by the Secretary of State. The Government is likely to attempt to reverse this amendment when the Bill reaches the Commons.

Great British Energy Bill (Report Stage). This Bill would create a new publicly owned investment company – GB Energy – which will have as its ‘objects’ facilitating, encouraging and participating in the production, distribution and storage of “clean energy”. Amendments proposed relate to the following areas:

• Definition of clean energy: To clarify the definition of clean energy, specifically to include carbon capture and storage, low-carbon hydrogen, and nuclear power but to exclude biomass.

• Spending limits: To cap the total amount that GB Energy may spend.

• Modern slavery: To prohibit the Government from providing funding to GB Energy if there is credible evidence of modern slavery within the energy supply chain of any company designated by GB Energy.

• Publishing the statement of strategic priorities: To require that GB Energy’s statement of strategic priorities be produced within six months of Royal Assent. A set of amendments would also require consent by devolved administrations where anything in the statement falls within their competence. Other amendments would require consultation with Great British Nuclear and the National Wealth Fund.

• Content of statement of strategic priorities: To include in the list of priorities a commitment to community energy projects, reducing bills by £300, consideration of households off the gas grid, and creating 650,000 new jobs.

• Scrutiny of chair: To require the appointment of the chair of GB Energy to be scrutinised in advance by the Treasury Select Committee.

• Environmental criteria: To impose a duty on GB Energy to meet the environmental criteria set out in the Environment Act 2021.

• Investment return: To require GB Energy to achieve a minimum investment return of 10% per year.

• Independent review: To require the Government to undertake a regular independent review of the extent to which Great British Energy is achieving its objects.

Grand Committee: Bus Services (No. 2) Bill (Committee, day 2). This is the second of four scheduled days for the Committee stage. Following the first day of debate, the Committee remains on schedule, having considered all groups of amendments agreed by the Whips.

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (9:00): The Paymaster General, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, will give evidence on the work of the Cabinet Office.

• Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (9:45): The Science Minister, Lord (Patrick) Vallance, will give evidence on his work.

• Housing, Communities and Local Government (10:00): The Committee will take evidence from think tanks and academic experts on the funding and sustainability of local government finance.

• Treasury Committee (10:00): The Committee will question James Dipple-Johnstone, the Interim Chief Ombudsman at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), and Baroness Manzoor, the FOS Chair. This follows the recent resignation of the previous Ombudsman, Abby Thomas, who stepped down last Thursday after reported clashes with the FOS’s Board and having lost the confidence of Baroness Manzoor. The Committee has indicated that it will inquire into the circumstances surrounding Thomas’ departure.

• Foreign Affairs Committee (14:00): Experts and academics will give evidence on disinformation, diplomacy and how malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy.

• Business and Trade Committee (14:15): Experts and representatives of businesses and trade unions will give evidence on industrial strategy.

• Home Affairs Committee (14:30): The Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with John Tuckett, the Government’s preferred candidate for the role of Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. The position has been vacant since February 2024, after the previous Inspector, David Neal, was dismissed by the previous Government after claiming that the Border Force had failed to perform passport checks on hundreds of private jets arriving in the UK.

House of Lords

• European Affairs Committee (16:00): The Committee will take evidence from experts and academics on the UK–EU reset.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

Details of Wednesday’s business can be found below.

Questions and statements: At 11:30, Science, Innovation and Technology Ministers will face questions from MPs. Questions on the Order Paper concern innovation in nuclear technology, making digital services accessible, the role of technology in public services, and the roll-out of broadband in rural areas.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Prime Minister’s Questions: At 12:00, Sir Keir Starmer will face the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, at PMQs.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: The Liberal Democrat MP Manuela Perteghella will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill titled the Political Donations Bill. It would require the Government to impose a cap on political donations, including those made by foreign nationals through companies.

Main business: Data (Use and Access) Bill (Second Reading). The provisions in the Bill were outlined in a recent edition of the Bulletin. The Government suffered several defeats during its recent passage through the House of Lords, including:

• AI and copyright: A package of amendments tabled by crossbench Peer and digital rights campaigner, Baroness Kidron, introduces new requirements for AI data-crawlers used to train ‘large language models’ (such as ChatGPT). These measures mandate compliance with UK copyright laws, greater transparency about the crawlers’ identity and purpose, and a legal obligation to notify creators when their copyrighted works have been scraped. The amendments marked a significant backbench victory, being approved by Peers despite resistance from both the Government and Opposition front benches.

• Scientific research: A Crossbench amendment requires scientific research to be conducted in the public interest before it can qualify for exemptions related to the reuse of personal data.

• Cybersecurity: A Conservative amendment mandates that organisations accessing the National Underground Asset Register adhere to specific cybersecurity guidance.

• Digital verification: Another Conservative amendment ensures consistent definitions of personal attributes, such as sex and gender, across digital verification services.

• Intimate image abuse: Two amendments from Conservative Peer, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, tighten legal measures against deepfake abuse. These changes remove the “reasonable excuse” defence from the new criminal offence of creating a non-consensual intimate image (a deepfake) and introduce the possibility of a custodial sentence, replacing the previous maximum penalty of an unlimited fine.

The Government may seek to reverse these Lords defeats during the Bill’s passage through the Commons.

During the Bill’s passage through the House of Lords, the Government pledged to introduce amendments in the House of Commons to create a new criminal offence: soliciting another person to create an intimate image deepfake. However, Baroness Owen argued at Third Reading that the House would feel more assured if this offence was already included in the Bill before it reached the Commons. She therefore proposed amendments to that effect. While the Government did not oppose these amendments, it is expected to seek changes to them during the Bill’s progression through the House of Commons.

Adjournment: The Labour MP for Amber Valley, Linsey Farnsworth, has the adjournment debate on special educational needs and disabilities provision in Derbyshire.

Westminster Hall: There are five debates, on fuel poverty in England; knife crime in London; Government support for pensioners; Government support for the Scotch whisky industry; and the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Legislative committees:

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: The Public Bill Committee will continue its scrutiny of the Bill.

• A Delegated Legislation Committee meets today to debate the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on the effect on economic growth of the Chancellor’s comments about the “public spending inheritance”; steps to ensure that all new-build commercial and industrial properties are fitted with solar panels; and Government plans to complete the rollout of electronic patient record systems to NHS trusts. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Monday 10 February.

Main business:

• Appointment of a new House of Lords Commissioner for Standards: Peers will consider a motion to appoint Margaret Obi, currently the Service Police Complaints Commissioner, for a five-year term as one of the House’s two Commissioners for Standards, who are tasked with investigating alleged breaches of the House of Lords Code of Conduct.

• Motion to approve the draft Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025: This instrument enables anyone whose information could be published or disclosed by the registrar under the new Register of Overseas Entities to make an application for protection. It also provides a mechanism by which anyone can apply to the registrar for disclosure of information about trusts.

• Motion to regret the Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024: This motion does not block the Order’s passage, but it formally records objections, arguing that the Order will result in the inequitable treatment of performers on sound recordings based on their nationality. In the House of Commons, John McDonnell MP has tabled a ‘prayer motion’ – which, if passed, would be fatal to the Order. However, it is unlikely the Government will allocate time for this motion to be debated and voted on in the Commons.

• The House is expected to conclude proceedings on Committee stage of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill.

Grand Committee: Three groups of draft Statutory Instruments will be debated:

• Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

• Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• a pair of instruments making significant changes to gambling legislation, which were summarised in a recent edition of the Bulletin:

  • Gambling Levy Regulations 2025

  • Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Work and Pensions Committee (9:00): Sir Stephen Timms MP, the Minister for Social Security and former chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, will give evidence on safeguarding vulnerable claimants, an inquiry initiated in the last Parliament following high-profile deaths of DWP customers in vulnerable situations.

• Transport Committee (9:15): The Aviation Minister, Mike Kane MP, will give evidence on airports and economic growth, in the context of recent Government announcements on Heathrow.

• Scottish Affairs Committee (9:30): Academics and experts will give evidence about Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility, a supervised healthcare setting where people can use drugs in the presence of health professionals.

• Women and Equalities Committee (14:20): Bridget Phillipson MP, the Minister for Women and Equalities (in addition to her responsibilities as Education Secretary), and Anneliese Dodds MP, the junior Minister for Women and Equalities, will give evidence about their work.

• Welsh Affairs Committee (14:30): Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales, will give evidence about her work.

• Environmental Audit Committee (14:30): Experts, including representatives from the National Farmers’ Union and Town and Country Planning Association, will give evidence about whether the Government’s recent announcement of £2.65 billion for flood defences is being prioritised for the right projects.

• Treasury Committee (14:30): The Committee will hold an evidence session at the Treasury’s Darlington Economic Campus, where they will hear from the Permanent Secretary and two Second Permanent Secretaries to the Treasury.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

Questions and statements: At 9:30, Transport Ministers will face questions from MPs. Topics on the Order Paper include electric vehicles, the condition of local roads, improvements to local bus services, railway services and the cost of air fares.

Any Urgent Questions will follow.

The Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, will present her weekly Business Statement, setting out the business in the House for forthcoming weeks. Any other Ministerial Statements will follow.

Main business: There will be a general debate to mark LGBT+ History Month.

Adjournment: Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst has the adjournment debate on reform of private family law hearings.

Westminster Hall: There are two debates today, on HIV Testing Week and then on prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Legislative committees: The Public Bill Committee for the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] will meet for the final time today.

Introduction of new Peers: Two new Peers will be formally introduced to the House:

• the President of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Pack (now Lord Pack); and

• former Leader of the Scottish Labour Party and ex-member of the Scottish Parliament, Wendy Alexander (now Baroness Alexander of Cleveden).

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on the impact on the hospitality sector of the cost of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions; the effectiveness of enforcement measures against the illegal use of e-scooters; and the net £9.6 billion decline in investment in UK funds in the London Stock Exchange in 2024. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Tuesday 11 February.

Main business: There will be a debate on a motion to ‘take note’ of Holocaust Memorial Day last month.

This will be followed by a one-hour ‘Question for Short Debate’ (QSD) focusing on the assessment of bank closures over the past decade and their impact on rural communities. This debate was requested by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.

Grand Committee: Bus Services (No. 2) Bill (Committee, day 3). See Tuesday’s business above for information about this Bill.

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Public Accounts Committee (10:00): The Chief Medical Officer, Sir Chris Whitty, who is currently the Acting Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), will give evidence on fixing NHS dentistry, alongside the Chief Executive of NHS England and other senior DHSC and NHS England officials. The hearing follows a November 2024 National Audit Office report on the NHS dental recovery plan, which concluded that the plan “aspires to deliver more than an additional 1.5 million courses of treatment in 2024-25, but is not currently on course to do so.”

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

Both Houses rise at the close of business on Thursday 13 February for a week-long recess and will sit next on Monday 24 February 2025.

This Bulletin will also be taking a short break over the recess. Our next edition will be published on Sunday 23 February in advance of Parliament’s return the following day.