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10 November 2026

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Justice questions range across prison rehabilitation and capacity, recalls and tagging, foreign national offenders and drugs in prisons, through court and tribunal backlogs, employment and family justice reforms, violence against women and girls, victim support, SLAPPs and unfitness to plead, to probation workforce issues, coroners, youth justice, care‑experienced children, homelessness and reoffending, and health and education provision in custody, including growing use of AI and monitoring technology.

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Justice Oral Questions — prisons, courts, VAWG and AI

00:13

Speaker: deferred divisions and Q1 on prison rehabilitation

00:13

Rehabilitation in Wales and support for pregnant women leaving prison

03:15

Q2 – handling sexual offences by healthcare professionals and patient data misuse

05:18

Q3 & Q10 – family court reform, delays and cross‑border child protection

08:17

Q4/6/20 – early release recalls, tagging enforcement and local policing burden

13:12

Opposition scrutiny of early release scheme, tagging promises and prison capacity

16:13

Courts backlog, serious sexual offences, vulnerable victims and mental health legal aid

19:23

Employment tribunals backlog, new workers’ rights and AI pressures

23:56

Q7 – probation supervision of sex offenders and monitoring technology

25:10

Q8 – prison estate expansion and removal of foreign national offenders

27:43

Prison places out of service — estate repairs and expansion

29:13

Q9 & Q19 — Reducing reoffending and drugs in prisons

30:39

Q11 — AI in legal services and court backlogs

33:34

Qs 12 & 21 — Violence against women and girls: courts, policing, early release

35:10

Post-separation abuse, injunctions and jurisdiction in sexual violence cases

39:17

Victim support services, access to court transcripts and misogyny in public spaces

44:35

Lord Chancellor’s update and prison capacity pressures

47:06

Early release tagging decisions and Serco electronic monitoring performance

52:06

SLAPPs and anti-SLAPP legislation

54:05

Unfitness to plead reform following the Sophie Brimble case

55:15

Visitor levy bill — sentencing and prison impact

56:14

Surrogacy parental orders and HMCTS capacity

56:53

Prevention of future deaths reports and enforcement

57:29

Probation workforce and skills for community supervision

58:20

Probation workforce and injunctions shielding abuse

58:44

Domestic abuse legal aid and animal cruelty link

01:00:38

Probation in Wales and coroners backlog

01:02:16

Youth antisocial behaviour and court estate modernisation

01:03:35

Care-experienced children, animal loss, and Child Trust Funds

01:05:10

Criminal conviction data, homelessness, and reoffending

01:07:23

GBH scheduling, faith-sensitive coroners, and burial delays

01:08:48

Animal cruelty as risk marker and health support in prisons

01:10:08

Urgent Question — Chinese targeting of MPs and FIRS

01:13:07

Urgent question opened: CCP data on sanctioned MPs

01:13:07

Iain Duncan Smith presses for briefings and transparency

01:17:03

Transnational repression and Hong Kong democracy activists

01:21:42

Alicia Kearns criticises China policy and ministerial response

01:23:35

Minister — FIRS implementation and first annual report

01:27:53

Q — Chris Murray: funding and depoliticising FIRS

01:30:48

Q — Wilkinson and Costigan: notifying MPs and vigilance

01:34:06

Q — Priti Patel and Luke Taylor: China’s status in FIRS and Hong Kongers

01:36:52

Q — Shelbrooke and others: Uyghur abuses and China audit

01:39:45

Q — Bradley Thomas and Jim Shannon: enhanced tier threshold and transnational repression

01:43:04

Points of order — MPs’ briefing and closure of UQ

01:44:39

Statement on CHOGM 2026 — Commonwealth, slavery legacy and aid

01:46:32

Ministerial statement — CHOGM 2026: economic and climate initiatives

01:46:32

Ministerial statement — CHOGM 2026: multilateral role, democracy and inclusion

01:50:05

Ministerial statement — slavery legacy dialogue and UK positioning

01:52:09

Opposition response — Tugendhat on CHOGM, reparations and India

01:54:09

Shadow Foreign Secretary — Africa strategy, China and Chagos

01:57:02

Minister — CHOGM outcomes and China influence

01:59:06

Q — Marsha De Cordova: global eye health commitments

02:00:42

Q — Monica Harding: aid cuts, climate and G20 agenda

02:01:57

Minister — ODA prioritisation and climate/El Niño support

02:03:49

Q — Alan Gemmell: trade at the heart of the Commonwealth

02:04:50

Q — Sir Edward Leigh: slavery, apologies and reparations

02:05:54

Q — Janet Daby: climate resilience for Commonwealth partners

02:07:15

Chair’s ruling on the King and Q — Richard Tice: Nigeria Christians and Chagos

02:08:41

Q — Chris Vince: defence, security and BBC World Service

02:09:54

Q — Sir Andrew Mitchell: Global Health Partnerships Scheme funding

02:10:56

Q — Brendan O’Hara: ODA cuts and climate resilience credibility

02:12:16

Q — Sir Oliver Dowden: risk of apologies leading to reparations

02:13:51

Q — Sir Julian Lewis: will apologies fuel reparations demands?

02:15:35

Q — Luke Taylor: assessing security impact of ODA cuts

02:16:53

Q — Esther McVey: PM accountability and reparations stance

02:18:11

Q — Robin Swann: supply chain resilience across the Commonwealth

02:19:39

Q — David Mundell: role of parliaments in shaping the Commonwealth

02:20:53

Q — Robert Jenrick: slavery narrative and domestic priorities

02:22:08

Q — Ben Obese-Jecty: Chagos, ITLOS and Falklands consistency

02:23:25

Q — Jeremy Corbyn: reparations, historic debt and structural inequality

02:24:35

Education Statement — mobile‑phone‑free schools and edtech regulation

02:26:14

Education statement — mobile phone-free schools

02:26:14

Minister — edtech safety certification consultation

02:30:27

Shadow Education lead — backing ban and attacking delay

02:34:20

Minister — defence of record and AI tutor trials

02:39:14

Education Committee Chair — implementation costs and pedagogy

02:42:53

Minister — funding expectations and AI evaluation design

02:44:17

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — funding, exemptions and screen time

02:45:52

Minister — resource use, transport apps and young carers

02:47:50

Peter Swallow MP — AI, edtech and pupil data security

02:49:08

Minister — scope of certification and data privacy

02:49:53

Sir Julian Lewis — AI-written homework and future measures

02:50:20

Minister — safeguarding assessment against generative AI

02:51:03

Jonathan Brash MP — support for ban but concern over total prohibitions

02:51:54

Minister — local discretion on full journey bans

02:52:39

Mike Martin MP — local ‘dumbphone’ model in Tunbridge Wells

02:53:28

Minister — drawing on best practice including dumbphones

02:54:11

Dr Sam Rushworth MP — harms outside school and phone features

02:54:51

Minister: wider child‑technology policy and young carers

02:55:26

EdTech certification, AI use in schools and emerging smart devices

03:02:14

Phone‑free school implementation, AI impacts and children’s data risks

03:10:21

Smartphone‑free childhood campaigns and social media regulation

03:16:26

Ten Minute Rule Bill — English ethnic identity in the census

03:22:44

Ten Minute Rule Motion: English ethnic identity in the census

03:22:44

Ten Minute Rule: English Ethnic Identity and Census

03:24:33

Leave to Bring in English Ethnic Identity Bill

03:30:46

Financial Services and Markets Bill [Lords] — Second Reading

03:32:15

Chancellor: Opening of Financial Services and Markets Bill [Lords]

03:32:15

Q&A: Financial Services Jobs in Northern Ireland and Deregulatory Benefits

03:35:57

Mutuals, Credit Unions and Fiscal Context for the Bill

03:37:49

Q&A: Cyber Resilience, Branch Closures and Access to Cash

03:42:34

Regulation vs. Consumer Protection; Economic Abuse and Inclusion

03:44:08

Q&A: Fair Access to Credit and Modernising Consumer Credit Protections

03:48:56

Backbench casework — bank error and redress

03:53:51

FCA remit and consumer duty in practice

03:58:13

Ring-fencing regime — Skeoch review and lending

03:58:58

Bank surcharge, investment impact and AML reforms

04:00:38

Opposition response — sector importance and competitiveness

04:05:40

International bank investment and tax stability concerns

04:08:52

UK’s financial history and ring-fencing background

04:12:26

Ring-fencing risks — 2008 lessons and party positions

04:16:09

Bank capital requirements and lending capacity

04:19:31

Financial Ombudsman Service scope and bill changes

04:22:17

Shadow Treasury — defence of digital assets clause 50

04:23:22

Treasury Committee Chair — growth objective vs consumer protection

04:26:50

Treasury Committee Chair — limits on FOS redress and risk to consumers

04:31:24

Treasury Committee Chair — proposal for statutory lock on FOS chair

04:35:05

Q — Catherine West MP: international practice on oversight

04:35:51

Treasury Committee Chair — reinforcing case for parliamentary lock on FOS

04:36:02

Intervention request — giving way on face‑to‑face banking

04:40:08

Q — Deirdre Costigan MP: impact of branch closures on vulnerable groups

04:40:10

Treasury Committee Chair — financial inclusion, branch access and mutuals

04:40:38

Procedural — call to Liberal Democrat spokesperson

04:45:05

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — sector strengths, Brexit drag and post‑crisis reforms

04:45:08

Q — John Glen MP: what change would the City want now?

04:46:46

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — single market preference and warning on FOS reforms

04:47:05

Liberal Democrat critique — FCA, ombudsman and consumer focus

04:52:23

Labour Co-op perspective — credit unions and key consumer protections

04:55:42

FOS reforms — 10‑year limit and FCA referrals

04:58:22

Dispute resolution, consumer confidence and mortgage prisoners

05:00:43

Former Economic Secretary — support for reforms and FOS–FCA concerns

05:04:50

Accountability, FCA merger experience and AI in financial services

05:08:59

Ring‑fencing, regulatory legacy and parliamentary expertise

05:13:00

Global financial crisis legacy, ‘have regard to’ duties and consumer risk

05:16:22

Labour backbencher — proportional supervision and insurance market growth

05:19:30

Financial services bill — wholesale vs retail insurance supervision

05:21:07

Banking hubs and digital inclusion for older and disabled people

05:22:28

Senior Managers Regime and APP fraud — maintaining accountability

05:23:41

Defence SMEs and ESG — barriers to finance

05:25:59

Proposed FCA review of access to finance for defence SMEs

05:29:20

Government mutuals champion — support for co‑operatives and credit unions

05:32:40

Regulation of mutuals and credit unions — capital, branches and fair duties

05:35:08

Northern Ireland car insurance costs — FCA regulation of claims firms

05:38:29

Credit unions, regulatory proportionality and digital assets

05:42:26

SNP MP — concerns on Lords bill process and consumer protection

05:50:29

Gareth Thomas MP — affordable credit and poverty premium

05:58:36

Joe Powell MP — strengthening anti‑money‑laundering supervision

06:06:54

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP — hidden credit risks and FCA/FOS accountability

06:13:03

David Burton-Sampson MP — consolidating payment systems regulation

06:17:25

Burton-Sampson — Payments regulator merger and credit union expansion

06:19:20

Brickell — FCA-led anti‑money laundering supervision and funding

06:25:06

Dickson — Financial inclusion, child trust funds and credit unions

06:30:49

McDonnell — Consumer trust, FOS clauses and banking ring‑fence

06:37:35

Rushworth — Investment scams and unregulated products

06:43:35

Backbencher proposals on FCA mandate and mini-bonds

06:48:51

Noah Law MP — support for bill and credit union reforms

06:49:35

Shadow Minister Gareth Davies — cross-party praise and call for deeper reform

06:54:28

Gareth Davies MP — critique of bank taxes and competitiveness

07:00:40

Chief Secretary Lucy Rigby — economic context and child trust funds

07:04:45

Lucy Rigby MP — mutuals, ring-fencing and capital requirements

07:09:10

Lucy Rigby MP — access to banking, Consumer Credit Act and FOS reforms

07:12:58

Closing exchanges on ring-fencing and Second Reading agreed

07:16:16

House business: money, SIs and adjournment

07:18:16

Adjournment — Stepping Hill Hospital estate and NHS capital

07:20:11

Tom Morrison — hospital importance and capital shortfall

07:20:11

Estate condition — infection control and safety risks

07:23:04

Patient dignity, outdated IT and staffing pressures

07:26:30

Navendu Mishra — funding record and new site concerns

07:28:35

Morrison — accessibility failures, praise for staff and demands

07:29:58

Health Minister — national NHS capital strategy

07:35:01

Health Minister — local responsibility and Stepping Hill allocations

07:39:47

Closing exchanges — visit invitation and next steps

07:44:16

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House of Commons

10 November 2026

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 House of Commons

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00:12 - 00:42

Speaker 7

Order. I will now announce the results of the last Wednesday's deferred divisions. Draft housing treated 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.

00:42 - 00:45

Speaker 2

Question number one, Mr Speaker.

00:45 - 01:04

Speaker 4

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

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