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16 July 2026

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MPs question ministers on domestic and international transport regulation, funding and EU border readiness, then scrutinise the temporary nationalisation of British Steel, focusing on ownership risks, industrial strategy, jobs and future restructuring options.

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Economic and transport policy scrutiny

33:59

Domestic and international transport policy scrutiny

33:59

Domestic transport policy, funding and devolution

33:59

Road safety, e-bike regulation and Mersey tolls

33:59

Q1 & Q12 — Minister: illegal e-bikes and conversion kits

33:59

Q2 — Mersey Gateway tolls and business impact

36:11

Bus powers, local services and Midlands Rail Hub

37:41

Q3 & Q7 — Bus powers, funding, climate resilience and reliability

37:41

Q5 — Hampshire bus services, socially necessary routes and concessions

46:32

Q6 — Midlands Rail Hub phase one and Redditch connectivity

48:11

Maritime growth, autonomy regulation and Coastguard model

40:03

Q4 — Maritime growth, autonomy regulation and Coastguard model

40:03

Mass transit taskforce, devolution and regional rail links

50:37

Q8 — Mass transit taskforce and Scottish airport link

50:37

Q8 — Yorkshire mass transit across county boundaries

52:20

Borders, EU Entry-Exit System and aviation

53:26

EU Entry-Exit System — preparedness, delays and mitigation

53:26

Q9 — Minister: EU Entry-Exit System, summer peak and freight

53:26

Q9 — Opposition and Lib Dem scrutiny of EES preparedness

55:18

Aviation strategy, Jet Zero and pilot access

01:14:54

Q16 — Aviation sector support, Jet Zero and rail reliability

01:14:54

Topical questions — pilot training access, A69 de-trunking and EES disruption

01:22:05

DfT oral questions — local transport, decarbonisation and roads

59:11

Local transport access, buses and road maintenance

59:11

Q10 — Affordable bus travel and access to training

59:11

Q11 — Bus manufacturing in Scotland and Chinese competition

01:01:35

Q13 — Potholes, innovation funding and local road safety

01:03:11

Transport decarbonisation, ZEV mandate and congestion management

01:05:51

Q14 — Transport decarbonisation, rail attractiveness and Wrightbus

01:05:51

ZEV mandate — Opposition challenge and Secretary of State’s defence

01:09:12

Q15 — Road congestion, lane rental powers and rural connectivity

01:12:33

Road capacity, housing growth and maintenance

01:24:19

Topical questions — housing growth, M1 capacity and AI pothole technology

01:24:19

Local road safety, junction design and Staffordshire transport priorities

01:25:42

Targeted road safety, bridge funding and Immingham rail and port schemes

01:27:21

DfT oral and topical questions — buses, roads and rail

01:29:13

Main Transport Questions — buses, roads and rail

01:29:13

Bus franchising in Scotland and East Midlands strategic road schemes

01:29:13

Cross-boundary bus route 96 powers and Aldridge rail decision-making

01:30:46

HS2 benefits for Scotland, side-road zebras, rail accessibility and illegal e-bikes

01:32:20

Topical Questions to DfT — local impacts and accessibility

01:35:03

Topical Qs — Scottish aviation fuel security and rural accessibility

01:35:03

Topical Qs — Women’s safety, bridges funding and station access

01:36:29

Topical Qs — Local road closures, rail performance and Wi‑Fi

01:40:13

Topical Questions to DfT — buses, trams, ZEVs and safety

01:42:43

Topical Qs — Bus disruption information, tram delays, fares and ZEV supply chain

01:42:43

Topical Qs — Cheltenham rail terminations, illegal e‑bikes and cabin air quality

01:46:43

British Steel nationalisation — ministerial statement and Q&A

01:48:45

British Steel nationalisation — announcement and scrutiny

01:48:45

Minister — formal announcement of British Steel nationalisation

01:48:45

Speaker and Minister — announcement of British Steel nationalisation

01:48:45

UQ asker and Minister — compensation, specialist grades and co-investment

01:53:41

Shadow questions — costs, China risk and future ownership

01:58:28

British Steel urgent question — jobs, technology shift and trade measures

02:01:26

Backbench MPs — energy costs, Scunthorpe jobs and worker reassurance

02:01:26

British Steel UQ — blast furnace future and safeguard tariffs

02:05:39

British Steel UQ — competitive pricing, procurement and regulation

02:10:16

British Steel UQ — potential buyers and Northern Ireland tariffs

02:13:21

Government business statement and backbench priorities

02:15:52

Government business statement and tributes

02:15:52

Government business statement and tributes

02:15:52

House business statement and leadership tributes

02:15:52

Business Statement — September legislative agenda and recess thanks

02:15:52

Shadow Leader — tributes, business scheduling and PM transition

02:17:21

Leader of the House — tributes, Iran debate and PM legacy

02:21:41

Leader of the House Q&A — business statement and constituency issues

02:25:37

Backbench Q&A — business statement and constituency cases

02:25:37

Backbench policy Q&A — fireworks, climate and education

02:25:37

Backbench questions — fireworks consultation and extreme heat

02:25:37

Education funding and September backbench business agenda

02:29:32

Backbench constituency issues — libraries, transport and local services

02:33:52

Backbench questions — libraries, rail disruption and dementia care

02:33:52

Rural construction impacts, major events legacy and Royal Mail performance

02:38:59

Local estates, health infrastructure, playgrounds and skills pathways

02:44:36

Constituency casework — immigration, air quality and worship funding

02:50:01

Questions to the Leader — sectoral and backbench issues

02:53:31

Health, social care, culture and rural transport

02:53:31

Culture, health screening and youth political participation

02:53:31

Coastal health services, care home regulation and economic policy

02:56:19

Women’s health services, rural bus funding and kids go free scheme

03:00:08

Industrial strategy, tourism levy and local heritage

03:01:44

Reindustrialisation strategy, inbound tourism and visitor levy

03:01:44

War graves commemoration, local traditions and workers’ rights dispute

03:04:43

Backbench Business Questions to the Leader of the House

03:07:09

Backbench Qs — young carers, DVLA delays and local nuisances

03:07:09

Local childcare cuts, accountability bill and public service backlogs

03:12:24

Backbench requests — masterplans, NHS estates and suicide care

03:17:44

Foreign affairs, community role of churches and fireworks consultation

03:26:26

England local government reorganisation — ministerial statement and scrutiny

03:27:58

England local government reorganisation — statement and scrutiny

03:27:58

Secretary of State: reorganisation package and initial challenges

03:27:58

Local government reorganisation — ministerial statement and Opposition response

03:27:58

Secretary of State — local government reorganisation and devolution

03:27:58

Shadow SoS: gerrymandering charges; SoS reply

03:35:39

Initial county-level challenges — Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, Devon and Nottinghamshire

03:42:39

Q — Gareth Snell: Staffordshire borders and council tax

03:42:39

Lib Dem spokesperson: timing, local identity and unitary viability

03:44:25

Q — Michael Payne: Gedling split and Nottingham funding gap

03:47:28

Local reorganisation design — debt, size and consent

03:49:43

Local government reorganisation — debt and local risk

03:49:43

Q — Sir Edward Leigh: Lincolnshire division and debt

03:49:43

Q — Adam Jogee: Newcastle-under-Lyme debt exposure and timing

03:51:03

West Sussex moratorium and Lancashire deprivation concerns

03:52:51

Gloucestershire financial sustainability and Kent–Medway debt

03:55:34

Unit sizes, deprivation, local consent and fiscal gaps

03:57:54

Worcestershire unit size challenge and East Lancashire identity fears

03:57:54

Leicestershire referendum, local consent and coastal scrutiny powers

04:00:38

Broxbourne, Nottinghamshire deficit and neutrality of decisions

04:03:27

Minister’s impartiality challenged and unitary benefits defended

04:06:09

Civil service advice, Worcestershire transition funding and gerrymandering claims

04:06:09

Backbench Qs — regional impacts and financial viability of new unitaries

04:10:02

Local government reorganisation — ministerial statement and Q&A

04:18:44

Unsettled reorganisations — Cambridgeshire, Kent, Leicester and local election impacts

04:18:44

Cambridgeshire delay and Kent devolution powers

04:18:44

Cambridgeshire options — growth, gerrymandering and Peterborough’s role

04:21:29

Leicester ‘land grab’ row and Leicestershire/Rutland devolution

04:24:17

Cambridgeshire electoral uncertainty and Amber Valley split

04:27:02

Local government reorganisation — Worcestershire to Sussex Q&A

04:30:06

Worcestershire abolition, Staffordshire combined authority and West Sussex delay

04:30:06

Nottinghamshire split, Cambridgeshire delay reasons and Hertfordshire outcomes framework

04:33:28

Local government reorganisation — Essex, Warwickshire and Sussex challenges

04:37:08

Local reorganisation — Staffordshire, Lancashire and Portsmouth issues

04:41:15

Staffordshire and Lancashire — rural voice, deprivation and funding

04:41:15

Portsmouth unitary naming row and closure of reorganisation statement

04:46:11

Gibraltar UK–EU treaty — ministerial statement and parliamentary scrutiny

04:49:06

Gibraltar UK–EU treaty — ministerial statement and scrutiny

04:49:06

Ministerial statement — Gibraltar UK–EU treaty

04:49:06

Government statement — Gibraltar treaty content and safeguards

04:49:06

Gibraltar treaty — signature, border arrangements and customs model

04:49:06

Gibraltar treaty — flights, military base autonomy and sovereignty safeguards

04:54:07

Gibraltar treaty — CRAG process, sovereignty and border regime

04:56:58

Opposition scrutiny — CRAG process, sovereignty and border effects

04:56:58

Shadow Minister — CRAG scrutiny, sovereignty and border impacts

04:56:58

Minister — defence of treaty, CRAG timetable and Gibraltar consent

05:01:53

Gibraltar treaty — border, security and sovereignty

05:06:11

Cross-party support — border fluidity, Schengen rules and Falklands

05:06:11

Gibraltar treaty — military autonomy, security and sovereignty

05:11:23

Backbench debates on pensions and local government

05:22:22

State pension age review and APPG‑led agendas

05:22:22

State pension age review and APPG‑led policy agendas

05:22:22

Work and Pensions Committee — rising state pension age

05:22:22

Work and Pensions Committee — context for rising state pension age

05:22:22

State pension age — poverty, frailty and UC uplift proposal

05:28:03

Opening of Amess adjournment — APPGs, Iran and homelessness

05:35:05

Sir David Amess summer adjournment — opening, tributes and APPG constraints

05:35:05

APPG on Israel — antisemitism, Hezbollah and IRGC proscription

05:39:42

APPGs on British Hindus and Azerbaijan — religious freedom and strategic partnership

05:42:29

Smoking cessation roadmap and homelessness policy priorities

05:45:27

Local government reform, services and regulatory oversight

05:49:13

Local governance, services and oversight issues

05:49:13

Constituency priorities — local governance, planning and services

05:49:13

Newcastle-under-Lyme — local government reorganisation and local investment

05:49:13

Aldridge-Brownhills — grey belt planning policy and high street pressures

05:52:32

Sir David Amess debate — Stirling and Strathallan community champions

05:56:37

North East Fife — West Bank trade, ECO4 retrofits and rural access

06:00:38

Governance, public services and regulatory accountability

06:04:42

Civil service pensions, Capita failures and equality code implementation

06:04:42

Sir David Davis — SNP finances, Alex Salmond case and call for inquiry

06:08:44

Backbench MP — climate emergency and maximum workplace temperatures

06:13:09

Torbay MP — hospital funding, hospitality VAT and coastguard pay

06:16:30

Constituency casework and local policy concerns

06:19:55

Constituency casework — justice, services and local investment

06:19:55

Individual justice cases and central government responsibility

06:19:55

Constituent Lucy Harrison — murder abroad and FCDO support failings

06:19:55

Child Maintenance Service — tampered DNA test and oversight gaps

06:24:07

MPs’ constituency casework and local community investment

06:27:27

South Derbyshire MP — casework, local campaigns and SEND pressures

06:27:27

Coastal communities, ICB boundary changes and rail link

06:30:57

Melanie Ward — community solidarity and local investment

06:35:02

Backbench MPs on national policy and local investment

06:38:50

MPs’ positions on national policy and local security

06:38:50

Jeremy Corbyn — Labour record, Gaza inquiry and constituent cases

06:38:50

Lewis Atkinson — Sunderland regeneration, football and homelessness

06:42:58

Matt Vickers — illegal off-road e-bikes and overdevelopment

06:46:52

Adam Thompson — knife crime in Ilkeston, Midland Main Line and grassroots music

06:49:55

Commons backbench debate — estate costs and local investment

06:53:54

Restoration and Renewal — spiralling costs and demand for Commons debate

06:53:54

Sarah Owen — Pride in Place funding and Luton North community initiatives

06:57:55

North Warwickshire MP — grassroots sport and community cohesion

07:01:09

Constituency priorities — safety, local development and sector issues

07:05:23

MP safety, local transport and emerging public order issues

07:05:23

Paisley and Renfrewshire North — MP safety and Glasgow transport ambition

07:05:23

Julie Minns MP — banning illegal e-bikes and conversion kits

07:09:37

Constituency tributes and sectoral concerns — health and housing

07:13:27

Josh Newbury MP — tribute to councillor and brain tumour research

07:13:27

John McDonnell — Bellway leasehold abuses and need for stronger reform

07:16:09

Local development, social cohesion and higher education pressures

07:18:56

Amanda Martin — Portsmouth centenary, community identity and future priorities

07:18:56

Sir David Amess debate — tackling rising anti-Muslim hatred

07:21:56

Pam Cox — University of Essex Southend campus closure and HE pressures

07:24:37

Southend East and Rochford — coastal isolation, transport link road and devolution

07:27:26

Closing business — summer adjournment and inquiry

07:30:31

Summer adjournment — Sir David Amess tributes and closure

07:30:31

Sir David Amess summer adjournment — constituency priorities and closing procedures

07:30:31

Backbench tributes, constituency priorities and scrutiny of incoming PM

07:30:31

Sir David Amess legacy, civility and political violence

07:30:31

Opposition closing — constituency campaigns and call for PM scrutiny

07:35:45

Sir David Amess summer adjournment — closing, thanks and petition

07:46:31

Sir David Amess debate — Leader’s closing reflections and thanks

07:46:31

Sir David Amess debate — formal closure and Doncaster hospital petition

07:57:06

Thirlwall Inquiry remit and government position

07:59:51

Thirlwall Inquiry remit and government stance

07:59:51

Thirlwall Inquiry — scope, evidence and government position

07:59:51

Adjournment motion — David Davis on Thirlwall Inquiry scope

07:59:51

Health Minister — defence of Thirlwall Inquiry remit and judicial process

08:18:04

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House of Commons

16 July 2026

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Actual start 09:00 House of Commons

33:59 - 34:04

Speaker 2

Order. We start with questions to the Secretary of State for Transport. Julie Minns.

34:04 - 34:06

Speaker 1

Question number one, Mr. Speaker.

34:06 - 34:08

Minister.

34:08 - 34:34

Speaker 4

With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I'll answer this question together with question 12. Illegal e-bikes have no place on our road. My department has published guidance making clear that e-bikes exceeding the legal power and speed limits are treated as motor vehicles and must be registered, taxed, and insured. The police have powers to enforce these rules. The same applies to pedal cycles converted using e-bike kits.

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