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Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.

In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.

The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.

In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.

The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Business and Trade Sub-Committee question witnesses on how Britain enforces trade sanctions.

Witnesses:

Chris Bryant MP – Minister for Trade at Department for Business and Trade
Anna Deibel-Jung – Deputy Director, Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation at Department for Business and Trade
Esther Blythe – Deputy Director for Russia and Belarus Sanctions at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Joanne Cheetham – Deputy Director, Customs Compliance at HM Revenue and Customs

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26618/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ri894fCU8

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Health and Social Care Committee spoke to recipients of weight-loss treatment, including surgery and injections, to find out the truth about the patient experience.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CTd0grm29mg

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Health and Social Care Committee will examine how patients in England access weight loss medications, and how they sit alongside other weight-loss services offered by the NHS.

Witnesses:

Professor Susan Jebb – Professor of Diet and Population Health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford
Dr Claudia Coelho – Adult Centres for Obesity Management Lead at The Association for the Study of Obesity
Dr Emily Pegg – Associate Vice President (Medical) at Lilly UK

Dr Kath McCullough – Special Adviser on Obesity at Royal College of Physicians
Dr Munro Stewart – Vice Chair (Policy) at Royal College of General Practitioners

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26567/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VPMzY0hL3w

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to section 1 and 2 firearms licensing.

Ben Goldsborough MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.

Read the petitions:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/750236

Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/

What are petition debates?

Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.

Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.

The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk

Find out more about how petition debates work: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/

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Follow the Committee on Twitter for real-time updates on its work: https://www.twitter.com/hocpetitions

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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Committee on the Armed Forces Bill question witnesses from various charities for their inquiry, Armed Forces Bill 2026.

Witnesses:

Ted Arnold – Senior Public Affairs and Policy Manager at Help for Heroes
Mark Atkinson – Director General at Royal British Legion
Lt Gen. Sir Nick Pope KCB CBE – Chair at Confederation of British Serving and Ex Service Organisations (Cobseo)

Andrea Devlin – Director at RAF Families Federation
Collette Musgrave – Chief Executive at Army Families Federation
Rebecca Lovell – Head of Policy at Naval Families Federation

Mr Andy Cole – Chief Executive at Royal Star & Garter
Caroline Cooke – Head of Policy at Forces in Mind Trust
Chloe Mackay – Chief Executive Officer at Combat Stress

Lt Cdr (Retd) Susie Hamilton – Scottish Veterans Commissioner
David Johnstone – Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner
Col. James Phillips – Veterans Commissioner for Wales

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26638/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cN6POwwk9o

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Education committee question witnesses from various universities and charities for their inquiry, Historical Forced Adoption.

Witnesses:

Professor Gordon Harold – Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health at University of Cambridge
Dr Michael Lambert – Lecturer in Medical Humanities at Lancaster University
Dr Janet Greenlees – Reader in Health History at Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr James Gallen – Associate Professor, School of Law and Government at Dublin City University

Emma Crowther-Duncan – National Development Lead at PAC-UK
Brenda Farrell – UK Director for Fostering, Adoption & Children In Care at Barnardo’s
Colonel Peter Forrest – Chief Secretary at The Salvation Army UK and Ireland
Emily Frith – CEO at Adoption UK

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26575

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXn9Ycbu54

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee recently headed to Belfast, meeting with a number of different organisations as part of their inquiry into Economic growth in Northern Ireland. The inquiry is particularly interested in emerging sectors and ‘industries of the future’.

#Belfast #NorthernIreland #Innovation #EconomicGrowth #Manufacturing #UKPolitics

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RtifXIbByBE

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Women and Equalities Committee has called for the Government to act quickly to tackle the wild west of cosmetic procedures in its new report.

Read the report on our website: committees.parliament.uk

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