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10 November 2026

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Question session to the Secretary of State for Justice on departmental policies and current issues.

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Oral questions: Justice

34:18

Q1 — Rehabilitative programmes in prisons

34:18

Intervenant 3 — initial question and ministerial answer on rehabilitative programmes in prisons (Q1)

34:18

Helen Maguire MP — support for ex-prisoners to reduce reoffending (Q1)

35:10

Catherine Atkinson MP — prison education and purposeful activity (Q1)

36:01

Liz Saville Roberts MP — reoffending and devolving justice in Wales (Q1)

37:20

Adam Thompson MP — support for pregnant women leaving prison (Q1)

38:23

Q2 — Handling of sexual offences by healthcare professionals

39:22

Dr Lauren Sullivan — handling of sexual offences by healthcare professionals (Q2)

39:22

Laura Ann Sullivan MP — restricting patient contact for practitioners under investigation (Q2)

40:00

Jim Shannon MP — penalties for unauthorised access to digital patient records (Q2)

40:58

Q3 & Q10 — Reform of the family court system

42:19

Ben Maguire MP — initial question and ministerial answer on family court reform (Q3 & Q10)

42:19

Ben Maguire MP — misuse of family courts and legal aid thresholds (Q3 & Q10)

42:42

Ian Sollom MP — delays in care cases and family justice strategy (Q3 & Q10)

43:54

Alistair Strathern MP — family court failings and trauma for young people (Q3 & Q10)

44:57

Matthew Patrick MP — enforcing family court orders to prevent child abduction (Q3 & Q10)

46:08

Q4, Q6 & Q20 — Recalls under the early release scheme

47:18

Bradley Thomas MP — initial question and ministerial answer on recalls under the early release scheme (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

47:18

Bradley Thomas MP — impact of recalls on overcrowding and public safety (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

47:46

Sir Julian Lewis MP — delays in arresting tagged offenders who breach conditions (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

48:26

David Reed MP — policing costs of recalls under the early release scheme (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

49:23

Nick Timothy MP — tagging of prisoners released early and data transparency (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

50:18

Jess Brown-Fuller MP — Sentencing Act, maintenance backlog and future early release schemes (Q4, Q6 & Q20)

52:00

Q5 — Reducing the court backlog

53:23

Minister — initial answer on reducing the Crown Court backlog (Q5)

53:23

Luke Myer MP — delays in Teesside cases and support for VAWG organisations (Q5)

54:01

Manuela Perteghella MP — prioritising delayed serious sexual abuse cases (Q5)

54:53

Jessica Morden MP — elderly fraud victims and Crown Court delays (Q5)

55:46

Alison Bennett MP — mental health legal aid fees and court backlog (Q5)

56:30

Sarah Bool MP — employment tribunal backlog and enforcement of new rights (Q5)

57:55

Q7 — Supervision of convicted sex offenders after release

59:14

Tom Hayes MP — initial question and ministerial answer on supervision of sex offenders (Q7)

59:14

Tom Hayes MP — smart glasses and wearable recording conditions for offenders (Q7)

59:44

Calum Miller MP — probation vacancies and tagging failures (Q7)

01:00:30

Q8 — Increasing prison estate capacity

01:01:37

Mike Tapp — initial question and ministerial answer on prison capacity (Q8)

01:01:37

Supplementary — foreign national offenders and use of prison capacity (Q8)

01:02:20

Ben Obese-Jecty MP — out-of-service prison places and repair backlog (Q8)

01:03:16

Q9 & Q19 — Reducing reoffending

01:04:35

Minister — initial answer on reducing reoffending (Q9 & Q19)

01:04:35

Yuan Yang MP — retail crime, substance abuse and rehabilitation (Q9 & Q19)

01:05:08

Luke Taylor MP — drugs in prison and impact on reoffending (Q9 & Q19)

01:06:10

Q11 — Use of AI in legal services

01:07:38

Question on AI innovation in legal services and court efficiency (Q11)

01:07:38

Q12 & Q21 — Tackling violence against women and girls through the justice system

01:09:12

Rachel Blake MP — making courts safe for victims of sexual violence (Q12 & Q21)

01:09:12

Kirsteen Sullivan MP — victim-centred support after transport assault (Q12 & Q21)

01:10:46

Alison Griffiths MP — early release scheme, reoffending and probation hostels (Q12 & Q21)

01:12:03

Clive Jones MP — recognising post-separation abuse (Q12 & Q21)

01:13:23

Nick Timothy MP — injunctions, abuse of process and media scrutiny (Q12 & Q21)

01:14:20

Nick Timothy MP — jurisdiction over offences by visiting forces (Q12 & Q21)

01:15:54

Jess Brown-Fuller MP — Eleanor’s law and private prosecutions for false rape reports (Q12 & Q21)

01:17:39

Q13 — Support services for victims of abuse

01:18:32

Jonathan Davies MP — support services and access to court transcripts for abuse victims (Q13)

01:18:32

Q12 & Q21 — Tackling violence against women and girls through the justice system (cont.)

01:20:07

Dr Danny Chambers MP — tackling catcalling and intimidation of women in public spaces

01:20:07

Topical questions: Justice

01:21:10

Opening statements

01:21:10

Justice Secretary — update on justice reforms and international role

01:21:10

Topical — Prison capacity, new prisons and local impacts

01:22:11

Mr Paul Foster MP — local impacts of third prison at Ulnes Walton

01:22:11

Topical — Early release scheme, tagging and eligibility

01:23:09

Dr Kieran Mullan MP — coercive control offences and early release eligibility

01:23:09

Topical — Prison capacity, new prisons and local impacts (cont.)

01:25:10

Patrick Hurley MP — progress on prison rebuilding programme

01:25:10

Topical — Early release scheme, tagging and eligibility (cont.)

01:26:10

Sarah Pochin MP — early release prisoners untagged due to homelessness or mental health

01:26:10

Topical — Electronic monitoring contracts and Serco performance

01:27:02

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP — Serco tagging contract performance and extra payments

01:27:02

Topical — SLAPPs, injunctions and free speech in abuse cases

01:28:09

Luke Taylor MP — need for comprehensive anti-SLAPP law

01:28:09

Topical — Reform of unfitness to plead law

01:29:20

Question on Sophie Brimble case and reform of unfitness to plead law

01:29:20

Topical — Visitor Levy Bill and justice system impacts

01:30:19

Tom Gordon MP — Visitor Levy Bill offences and prison capacity impact

01:30:19

Topical — Surrogacy and parental order applications

01:30:58

Tracy Gilbert MP — rising C51 parental order applications and court capacity

01:30:58

Topical — Prevention of future deaths reports

01:31:33

Question on prevention of future deaths reports and enforcement

01:31:33

Topical — Probation services, staffing and role

01:32:25

Chris Vince MP — recruitment and skills of probation officers

01:32:25

Topical — Support for domestic abuse victims in the justice system

01:34:44

Connor Naismith MP — legal aid means test for domestic abuse victims

01:34:44

Sir John Hayes MP — link between domestic abuse and animal cruelty

01:35:39

Topical — Probation services, staffing and role (cont.)

01:36:22

Henry Tufnell MP — probation governance in Wales and integration with devolved services

01:36:22

Topical — Coroners services and faith concerns

01:37:05

Ayoub Khan MP — performance of Birmingham and Solihull coroner services

01:37:05

Topical — Youth antisocial behaviour and opportunities

01:37:40

Andrew Ranger MP — antisocial behaviour and youth opportunities in Wrexham

01:37:40

Topical — Court estate condition and sitting days

01:38:29

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP — lost sitting days due to court estate disrepair

01:38:29

Topical — Care-experienced children in the justice system

01:39:15

Janet Daby MP — care-experienced children ending up in prison

01:39:15

Topical — Animal welfare, road incidents and victim impact

01:40:02

Lee Dillon MP — horses as property and recognition of emotional distress

01:40:02

Topical — Child Trust Funds access for those lacking capacity

01:40:45

Sarah Smith MP — enabling access to Child Trust Funds for young people lacking capacity

01:40:45

Topical — Publishing criminal conviction data by nationality

01:41:29

Sir Ashley Fox MP — publication of criminal conviction data by nationality

01:41:29

Topical — Homelessness, housing and reoffending on release

01:41:53

Brian Leishman MP — homelessness on release and cross-government support to cut reoffending

01:41:53

Topical — Assault offences and CPS decisions

01:42:53

Intervenant 105 — adding ABH to Schedule 5 and justice after CPS decisions

01:42:53

Topical — Coroners services and faith concerns (cont.)

01:43:27

Deirdre Costigan MP — coroners, post-mortem scanning and faith-based burial

01:43:27

Topical — Animal abuse as an indicator of violent offending

01:44:13

Dr Danny Chambers MP — animal abuse as precursor to violence against women and children

01:44:13

Topical — Health and communication needs in prisons

01:44:59

Sonia Kumar MP — access to speech and language therapists in prisons

01:44:59

Topical — Prison education contracts and privatisation

01:46:07

Brian Leishman MP — impact of private prison education contracts

01:46:07

Urgent question — Chinese state-linked acquisition of MPs’ data

01:47:33

Government statement and exchanges on Chinese interference

01:47:33

Urgent question: Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dan Jarvis — alleged Chinese access to sanctioned MPs’ data

01:47:33

Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP — follow-up on sanctioned MPs’ data, briefings and family security

01:51:08

Emily Darlington MP — Hong Kong democracy activists and transnational repression

01:55:48

Alicia Kearns MP — criticism of Government response to Chinese interference and FIRS implementation

01:57:43

Chris Murray MP — funding for countering hostile state threats and FIRS impact

02:03:13

Max Wilkinson MP — China expertise, notification of MPs and FIRS enhanced tier

02:04:56

Deirdre Costigan MP — vigilance against espionage threats to democracy

02:08:38

Rt Hon Priti Patel MP — why China is not on the FIRS enhanced tier

02:09:08

Luke Taylor MP — treatment of Hongkongers’ criminal records and Home Secretary remarks

02:10:57

Rt Hon Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP — Uyghur abuses and ethical procurement on Chinese renewables

02:12:06

Unidentified MP — China audit, FIRS enhanced tier and investigation alongside FBI

02:13:50

Bradley Thomas MP — threshold for adding China to FIRS enhanced tier

02:15:44

Jim Shannon MP — disrupting commercial proxies and consequences for China

02:17:10

Points of order on lack of briefings and closure of the urgent question

02:18:46

Ministerial statement: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2026

02:20:37

Opening statement on CHOGM 2026

02:20:37

Foreign Office Minister — statement on CHOGM 2026 outcomes

02:20:37

Questions and responses on CHOGM 2026 statement

02:28:14

Tom Tugendhat and minister — scrutiny of CHOGM, slavery reparations and China

02:28:14

Marsha De Cordova and minister — global eye health summit and UK commitment

02:34:46

Monica Harding and minister — Commonwealth aid cuts, 0.7% target and climate finance

02:36:00

Alan Gemmell MP and minister — Trade at the heart of Commonwealth relations

02:38:53

Sir Edward Leigh and minister — Reparations and focus on the future

02:39:56

Janet Daby MP and minister — Climate resilience support for Commonwealth partners

02:41:19

Richard Tice MP and minister — Persecution in Nigeria and Chagos sovereignty

02:42:45

Chris Vince MP and minister — Defence, security and BBC World Service soft power

02:43:58

Sir Andrew Mitchell MP and minister — Global Health Partnerships and ODA cuts

02:44:59

Brendan O'Hara MP and minister — Aid cuts and climate resilience in the Global South

02:46:19

Sir Oliver Dowden MP and minister — Risks of apology leading to reparations claims

02:47:54

Sir Julian Lewis MP and minister — Effect of apology on reparations demands

02:49:38

Luke Taylor MP and minister — Security impact of ODA cuts across Commonwealth

02:50:56

Esther McVey MP and minister — Prime Minister's absence, media access and reparations stance

02:52:15

Robin Swann MP and minister — Commonwealth supply chains resilience

02:53:45

David Mundell MP and minister — Role of parliaments and CPA in the Commonwealth

02:54:58

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP and minister — Slavery, reparations and government priorities

02:56:13

Ben Obese-Jecty MP and minister — Chagos Islands, ITLOS and sovereignty

02:57:29

Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP and minister — Slavery, reparations and systemic debt

02:58:38

Ministerial statement: Mobile Phone Free Schools

03:00:18

Opening statement on mobile phones in schools and EdTech safety

03:00:18

Josh MacAlister MP — Statement on mobile phones in schools and EdTech safety

03:00:18

Questions and responses on mobile phones in schools statement

03:08:25

Rt Hon Laura Trott MP and minister — Support for full phone ban and concerns over delay and AI tutors

03:08:25

Education Secretary and minister — Rationale for legislation and trials of AI tutors

03:13:20

Helen Hayes MP and minister — Funding and pedagogical basis for EdTech standards

03:16:58

Munira Wilson MP and minister — Costs, exemptions and screen-time in EdTech policies

03:19:57

Peter Swallow MP and minister — Data privacy risks from classroom AI and EdTech

03:23:13

Rt Hon Sir Julian Lewis MP and minister — Generative AI and homework integrity

03:24:25

Mr Jonathan Brash MP and minister — Phone bans and parental desire to contact children

03:25:58

Mike Martin MP and minister — Local shared smartphone policy and use of dumbphones

03:27:31

Dr Sam Rushworth MP and minister — Harms from phone use outside school and wider protections

03:28:55

Vikki Slade MP and minister — Protecting young carers and proposal for a school young carers champion

03:30:11

Chris Vince MP and minister — Ensuring phone bans do not disadvantage young carers

03:31:30

Tom Gordon MP and minister — Medical exemptions to phone bans and communication between staff

03:32:54

Mary Creagh MP and minister — School leadership on phone bans and under‑16 social media ban

03:34:09

Monica Harding MP and minister — Avoiding replacement of smartphone use with other screen dependency

03:35:35

Cat Smith MP and minister — School success with phone bans and emerging smart devices

03:37:04

Matt Rodda MP and minister — Engagement with parents and guidance on healthy screen time

03:38:26

Leigh Ingham MP and minister — Resources to administer phone‑free school policies

03:39:21

Alistair Strathern MP and minister — Supporting safe use of generative AI in schools

03:40:50

Sarah Russell MP and minister — Children’s data, edtech and long‑term privacy risks

03:42:19

Tom Collins MP and minister — Digital product safety beyond schools

03:44:26

Jessica Toale MP and minister — Phone‑free schools giving parents confidence

03:45:46

Andrew Cooper MP and minister — Winsford Academy and evidence of improved behaviour

03:46:58

Pam Cox MP and minister — Lessons from "Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones"

03:48:24

Luke Charters MP and minister — Early screen habits and guidance for families

03:49:29

Joe Powell MP and minister — Smartphone Free Childhood campaign and parent tools

03:50:31

Josh Fenton-Glynn MP and minister — Regulating algorithms targeting children

03:51:51

Connor Naismith MP and minister — Cheshire’s phone pouches and Esther Ghey’s campaign

03:53:15

John Slinger MP and minister — Shaping educational technology for children

03:54:47

Ten Minute Rule Motion: English Ethnic Identity (Census Particulars)

03:56:22

Presentation of the English Ethnic Identity (Census Particulars) Bill

03:56:22

Josh Babarinde MP — Presentation of the English Ethnic Identity (Census Particulars) Bill

03:56:22

Leave to bring in the English Ethnic Identity (Census Particulars) Bill — agreed

04:04:51

Financial Services and Markets Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

04:06:00

Second Reading debate — General debate

04:06:00

Chancellor of the Exchequer — Opening speech on Second Reading

04:06:00

Mark Garnier MP — Support for the Bill, competitiveness and calls for bolder reform

04:39:45

Dame Meg Hillier MP — Consumer protection, FOS reforms and financial inclusion

05:00:55

Bobby Dean MP — Liberal Democrat response on deregulation and consumer rights

05:19:10

Seema Malhotra MP — Credit unions, FOS reforms and 10-year time limit concerns (part 1)

05:29:47

Dame Meg Hillier MP — Evidence retention and barriers to redress

05:33:09

Seema Malhotra MP — FOS reforms, fair and reasonable test and mortgage prisoners (part 2)

05:33:24

John Glen MP — Support for reforms and responsibility in consumer protection (part 1)

05:38:48

Bobby Dean MP — Information asymmetry and consumer responsibility

05:43:03

John Glen MP — Concerns about FOS reliability and FCA expansion (part 2)

05:43:29

Dame Meg Hillier MP — Clarification on merger redundancies and cost savings

05:44:24

Rt Hon John Glen MP — Senior Managers Regime, AI risks and ring‑fencing legacy

05:44:39

Lauren Edwards MP — Proportional supervision, banking hubs and APP fraud

05:53:35

Mike Martin MP — Defence SMEs, ESG policies and access to finance

06:00:03

Andrew Pakes MP — Co-operatives, mutuals, credit unions and building societies

06:06:45

Robin Swann MP — Regulation of claims management companies and Northern Ireland car insurance costs

06:12:33

Claire Hanna MP — Stormont failure and high insurance premiums in Northern Ireland

06:14:38

Callum Anderson MP — Support for the Bill: credit unions, proportional regulation and digital assets

06:16:31

Kirsty Blackman MP — Evidence gaps, financial inclusion and Scottish concerns

06:24:34

Kirsty Blackman MP — Post offices, data sharing and delegated powers

06:31:16

Gareth Thomas MP — Affordable credit, poverty premium and bank duties

06:32:41

Joe Powell MP — Dirty money, AML supervision and overseas territories

06:40:59

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP — Hidden credit liabilities, FCA accountability and consumer redress

06:47:07

David Burton-Sampson MP — Payment Systems Regulator merger and expansion of credit unions

06:51:29

Phil Brickell MP — FCA role, anti-money laundering consolidation and enforcement funding

06:59:12

Jim Dickson MP — Financial inclusion, Child Trust Funds and credit unions

07:04:56

Rt Hon John McDonnell MP — Consumer protection, FCA accountability and ring‑fencing

07:11:41

Dr Sam Rushworth MP — Unregulated investments, FCA mandate and victim compensation

07:17:38

Noah Law MP — Support for credit unions and streamlined regulation

07:23:33

Gareth Davies MP — Opposition closing speech on Financial Services and Markets Bill

07:28:28

Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP — Government closing speech on Second Reading

07:38:44

Rt Hon John McDonnell MP — Warning on weakening post‑2008 protections

07:50:53

Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP — Response on ring‑fencing reforms and conclusion

07:51:18

Vote on Second Reading — Financial Services and Markets Bill [Lords] — agreed

07:52:08

Programme, money and ways and means motions on the Bill — agreed without debate

07:52:18

Statutory instruments: Terrorism and courts

07:53:14

Approval of terrorism and courts statutory instruments — agreed without debate

07:53:14

Adjournment: Future of Stepping Hill Hospital

07:54:05

Estate condition, capital investment and site options

07:54:05

Tom Morrison MP — Opening on Stepping Hill’s importance and lack of action

07:54:05

Adam Jogee MP — Tribute to Stepping Hill nurses and birthday remark

07:55:02

Tom Morrison MP — Harrowing conditions and call for major repair funding

07:55:31

Lisa Smart MP — Case for new site in Stockport town centre

07:57:09

Tom Morrison MP — Impact on infection control and safety risks on the estate

07:57:49

Tom Morrison MP — Loss of dignity, outdated IT and poor staff facilities

08:00:35

Navendu Mishra MP — Support for Stepping Hill but questions on siting and past underinvestment

08:02:40

Tom Morrison MP — Accessibility failures, staff dedication and demand for a rescue plan

08:04:03

Alison McGovern MP — Capital investment framework and Estates Safety Fund

08:09:06

Lisa Smart MP — Case for replacement building versus ongoing patch repairs

08:16:11

Alison McGovern MP — Further funding streams and response on toilets and end‑of‑life care

08:17:07

Navendu Mishra MP — Renewed invitation for ministerial visit to Stepping Hill

08:18:33

Alison McGovern MP — Commitment to pass on visit request and note recent improvements

08:19:05

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House of Commons

10 November 2026

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 Actual start 09:00 House of Commons

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34:17 - 34:47

Speaker 1

Order. I will now announce the results of last Wednesday's deferred divisions. Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026, the ayes were 310, the noes 114, so the ayes have it. On draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026, the ayes were 316, the noes were 149, so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. Order.

We now start with questions Secretary of State for Justice, Helen Maguire.

34:47 - 34:50

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Question number one, Mr. Speaker.

34:50 - 35:09

Speaker 2

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Education, skills and work are central to rehabilitation. We're modernising prison education, creating a joined-up system supporting prisoners to progress through basic literacy, to skills training, and work experience. And we're tackling the root causes of offending through offender behaviour programmes and substance misuse treatment.

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