House of Commons

4 septembre 2026

The sitting begins with an attempted move to sit in private and related procedural steps before turning to Sir Desmond Swayne’s introduction of the Infants, Parents and Carers Bill, outlining its aims to make early‑years services statutory, define local duties, and require regular needs assessments and ministerial reporting to Parliament.

House of Commons

00:37 - 00:42

Intervenant 1

Order, order. Madam Speaker, I beg to move that this House do now sit in private.

00:42 - 02:01

Intervenant 2

Point of order, Ruth Jones. The question is that the House do now sit in private. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. Of the contrary, No. Division, clear the lobby.

The question is as on the order paper. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. Of the contrary, No. Tellers for the Ayes, Katrina Murray, Adam Thompson. Tellers for the Noes, Rachel Hopkins, Harpreet Uppal.

14:21 - 14:58

Intervenant 4

And I have been somewhat discombobulated by the extraordinary amount of effort that has gone to getting into just six clauses before the House today. So I'm deeply indebted to the Government Whips' Office who have been extraordinarily helpful. I don't know what is happening to this Parliament. It's vastly more helpful than I was ever expected to be when I was a government whip. Anyway, equally, I'm equally indebted to the ministers and their private offices, and indeed to their parliamentary draftsmen.

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