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The sitting moves from final Wales-specific questions on devolution, funding and public services into the core PMQs exchanges on fiscal policy, welfare, defence, policing, local powers, infrastructure and health, setting out the government’s priorities and opposition lines of attack.

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Wales questions and Prime Minister’s Questions

34:23

Wales questions and transition to PMQs

34:23

House business and Wales questions on devolution

34:23

House business — Committee of Selection motion

34:23

Committee of Selection motion agreed

34:23

Secretary of State: Wales’s place in the Union and emergency support

34:37

Q1/4/9/10 — Secretary of State: strengthening Wales’s place in the Union

34:37

Backbench MPs: Welsh language decline and intra-UK connectivity

36:08

Labour MP: wildfires response and practical Union benefits

39:10

Devolved Welsh NHS, cross-border care and policing powers

41:15

Shadow Secretary Mims Davies: Welsh NHS performance and UK inquiries

41:15

Cross-border healthcare and Union equality — Liz Saville Roberts

44:35

Housing, homelessness and child poverty under devolution

48:22

Q2 — Minister: housing affordability and second homes

48:22

Q2 follow-up — homelessness and rough sleeping commitments

50:17

Q3 — Secretary of State: UK–Wales child poverty strategy

51:20

Q3 follow-ups — devolved social policies and Plaid childcare plans

52:47

Welsh transport infrastructure, farming support and climate impacts

55:11

Q5 — cross-border rail: Wrexham–Shropshire route and Cardiff Parkway

55:11

Q6 — farming sector, tax relief and climate impacts

58:13

Opening of PMQs and policing finance

01:00:34

Transition to PMQs and policing funding

01:00:34

Transition to PMQs — early release exclusions and victims’ assurances

01:00:34

Cardiff capital-city policing funding anomaly

01:03:52

Prime Minister’s Questions — fiscal policy, services and security

01:05:29

PMQs core clash — fiscal, welfare and defence

01:05:29

Opposition leader PMQs — fiscal policy, welfare and defence

01:05:29

PMQs opening clash — Welsh spending, welfare and tax cuts

01:05:29

Markets, debt costs and growth record versus Truss era

01:09:13

Borrowing, tax rises, welfare cuts and defence funding

01:13:32

PMQs on national strategy and public services

01:18:48

National strategy — health innovation and EU relationship

01:18:48

Psychedelic therapies — research barriers and Health Bill amendments

01:18:48

Lib Dem Leader: Brexit, growth and single market

01:20:03

Public services and regional connectivity

01:22:09

North Devon maternity closure — safety and staffing

01:22:09

Croydon rail bottleneck and youth opportunity

01:24:13

Northern Ireland governance reform and Stormont budget

01:25:54

North Somerset rail, Bristol Airport and mass transit

01:26:56

Prime Minister’s Questions — local powers, security and public services

01:28:11

Local planning, community safety and devolved powers

01:28:11

Greenbelt protection versus housing targets

01:28:11

Community safety, loneliness and antisocial behaviour

01:29:24

Plaid Cymru: devolving policing powers to Wales

01:30:51

PMQs — defence spending, housing and youth policy

01:31:55

3% defence spending and industrial resilience

01:31:55

Second homes, tax loopholes and community-led housing

01:33:46

PMQs — Bayeux Tapestry access and social mobility

01:35:05

PMQs — youth employment, tax cuts and work incentives

01:36:38

PMQs — mental health services, fiscal rules and energy transition

01:38:00

PMQs — Bedford inpatient mental health provision

01:38:00

PMQs — fiscal rules clarification and wildfire resilience

01:39:12

PMQs — ScotWind, NESO pathways and industrial transition

01:41:29

PMQs closing — lifelong sex education and cancer awareness

01:43:15

Centre of government reform, devolution and territorial finance

01:45:39

Centre of government reform and devolution

01:45:39

Centre of government reform and Number 10 North

01:45:39

Ministerial statement — centre of government and devolution agenda

01:45:39

Ministerial statement — Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, devolution and Number 10 North

01:45:39

First Secretary: procurement reform and wildfire resilience

01:50:57

First Secretary: AI mandate, intergovernmental ties and state modernisation

01:55:02

Opposition critique and Number 10 North mandate

01:57:46

Shadow Minister Burghart: critique of quangos, Treasury power and devolution costs

01:57:46

First Secretary: Number 10 North funding and central civil service role

02:03:44

Devolution, civil service reform and local power

02:06:43

Devolution model — education, funding and local settlements

02:06:43

Q — Clive Betts: devolution and 16–19 education

02:06:43

Lib Dem spokesperson: fiscal devolution, resilience and political reform

02:08:08

Q — South Ribble: Lancashire devolution and mayoral settlement

02:12:08

State reform, civil service capability and AI risk

02:13:16

Q — Oliver Dowden: civil service reform and headcount

02:13:16

Q — AI misalignment, cyber incidents and regulation

02:14:44

Q — Simon Hoare: sustaining ‘rewiring’ and curbing quangos and outsourcing

02:16:23

Public procurement standards and community economic power

02:18:13

Q — inclusive PPE standards and public procurement

02:18:13

Co‑operative economy, double devolution and community energy benefits

02:28:28

Territorial devolution, Number 10 North and Union

02:19:30

Q — Devon and Cornwall devolution benefits for deprived areas

02:19:30

Number 10 North — duplication risks and local investment capability

02:22:44

Devolution settlements, Union defence and civil service pensions

02:31:17

Local growth projects, arm’s‑length body review and Thames Valley devolution

02:35:53

Climate resilience and UK territorial governance

02:20:51

Climate resilience, devolution and territorial funding

02:20:51

Climate resilience and wildfire preparedness

02:20:51

Climate resilience — National Adaptation Plan and wildfire summit

02:20:51

Wildfire preparedness, water industry reform and moorland burning

02:25:07

Wildfire resilience — rural protection, funding and firefighters’ voice

02:38:52

State reform, devolution and inclusive governance

02:42:56

Devolution, mass transit powers and central state size

02:42:56

Inclusive governance — neurodiversity, MPs’ powers and Welsh tax devolution

02:47:31

Local government finance, devolution and territorial funding

02:49:59

Business rates retention, flood support and wildfire equipment gaps

02:49:59

Rewiring the state — Scotland, business VAT and Devon reorganisation

02:52:56

Cabinet Office purpose and cross‑department suicide prevention

02:56:21

Health devolution, hospital capacity and fire service funding

02:58:48

Northern Ireland funding formula and Barnett review

03:01:23

Representation of the People Bill — franchise and political finance

03:02:52

Political finance reforms — bill mandate and Opposition critique

03:02:52

Bill mandate and crypto donation restrictions

03:02:52

Opening of Bill consideration and Minister’s mandate

03:02:52

Transition to Representation of the People Bill — programme motion agreed

03:02:52

Representation of the People Bill — securing modern, abuse‑free elections and crypto donation ban

03:04:34

Political donations from crypto assets and overseas electors

03:07:46

Backbench MPs: tightening crypto asset donation ban

03:07:46

Overseas electors — £100k annual cap and residency rules

03:11:19

Minister and Opposition on political finance rules

03:15:19

Minister: corporate and wider political finance reforms

03:15:19

Corporate donations — profit-based test and control safeguards

03:15:19

Extending donation restrictions beyond parties — regulation powers

03:19:13

Minister: Electoral Commission data sharing and enforcement powers

03:22:38

Opposition frontbench: electoral integrity and campaigning rules

03:29:27

Shadow Secretary Lam: democracy principles, donations regime and PR

03:29:27

Shadow Secretary Lam: sectarian campaigning, family voting and language rules

03:35:51

Franchise reform and political finance

03:46:16

Bill progress, franchise age and political finance

03:46:16

Bill progress, democracy governance and reform proposals

03:46:16

Former Minister: bill progress, cross-party work and Rycroft review

03:46:16

Lib Dems: Royal Commission on donations, foreign influence and PR

03:51:43

Backbencher: electoral reform commission and Russian interference

03:59:56

Votes at 16, adulthood threshold and political finance

04:03:09

Esther McVey: opposing votes at 16 on adulthood consistency grounds

04:03:09

Backbencher Joe Morris — money in politics and new clause 17

04:13:39

Lib Dem Zoe Franklin — votes at 16, disabled candidates fund and candidate safety

04:16:10

Rushanara Ali — votes at 16 and stronger crypto donation ban

04:22:18

Overseas voters’ franchise and political finance reform

04:40:22

Overseas voters and practical franchise access

04:40:22

Backbencher — overseas voters, embassy polling and passport registration

04:40:22

Donation caps and Royal Commission proposals

04:42:48

Backbencher: NC120 donation cap and mega‑donors

04:42:48

Luke Taylor — Royal Commission on donations and social media influence

04:56:23

Electoral integrity and political finance reforms

04:26:00

Electoral integrity, foreign influence and franchise

04:26:00

Electoral integrity, intimidation and foreign influence

04:26:00

Online harms, foreign interference and intimidation safeguards

04:26:00

Rushanara Ali — AI deepfakes, online hate and DSIT responsibilities

04:26:00

Rushanara Ali — foreign interference, influencers and home protests

04:32:13

Rushanara Ali — polling station intimidation and state enforcement role

04:36:33

Electoral integrity — foreign influence and partisan funding rules

05:01:10

Emily Thornberry — foreign interference, overseas donor ban and ballot rules

05:01:10

Danny Kruger — critique of Bill, Reform UK donors and voting principles

05:07:09

Donation rules and franchise extension proposals

05:12:21

Donation caps, foreign‑linked money and franchise extension

05:12:21

Backbencher: donation caps, crypto ban and secret ballot access

05:12:21

Manuela Perteghella: donation cap and migrant and EU voting rights

05:18:29

Franchise extension, youth engagement and registration

05:23:28

Jodie Gosling: truth in political adverts and candidate protection

05:23:28

SNP — support for votes at 16 and critique of limited reform

05:28:00

Automatic voter registration — Chris Curtis on timetable and pilots

05:32:55

Political finance reform and foreign influence

05:37:59

Reform of donations, spending and digital campaigning

05:37:59

Electoral reform — donation caps and overseas voters

05:37:59

Green Party — corporate donation ban and annual spending limits

05:37:59

Alex Sobel — donation cap and electoral reform

05:43:06

Freddie van Mierlo — feasibility studies for overseas voting

05:47:33

New clauses on political donations, crypto and digital campaigning

05:50:57

Richard Burgon — ban on oil and gas political donations

05:50:57

Emily Darlington — AI deepfakes, online disinformation and election safeguards

05:55:37

Liam Byrne — Reform UK, crypto funding and NC34

06:00:43

Joe Powell — evolving big money threats and spending periods

06:05:48

Foreign influence, oversight and campaign finance

06:10:24

Democratic oversight, foreign influence and campaign finance

06:10:24

Jim Allister — Windsor Framework, equal franchise and Sinn Féin loophole

06:10:24

Dame Anneliese Dodds — campaign spending cap and AI-driven extremism

06:17:55

Franchise reform, turnout gaps and youth vote

06:22:51

John McDonnell — residence-based franchise and migrant voting rights

06:22:51

Backbencher — Elections Act critique, voter ID and votes at 16

06:27:26

Low turnout, PR commission and postal voting access

06:37:00

Political finance rules and donor influence

06:32:30

Political donations controls and party funding rules

06:32:30

Backbencher: NC61 on vetting new party funds

06:32:30

Chris Hinchliff: NC25 to ban developer donations

06:42:04

Backbencher Collinge — crypto ban, overseas caps and votes at 16

06:47:11

Intimidation, youth franchise and donor power

06:52:32

David Burton-Sampson — intimidation, online harms and youth vote

06:52:32

Neil Duncan-Jordan — donor influence, contracts and caps

06:57:37

Sam Rushworth — defence of votes at 16 and deepfake risks

07:02:05

Candidate privacy, spending limits and corporate money

07:07:04

Anna Dixon — NC81 on candidate address secrecy and wider reform

07:07:04

Anti‑corruption APPG — spending limits and corporate donation loopholes

07:12:08

Representation of the People Bill — Report and Third Reading

07:16:40

Representation of the People Bill — Report and Third Reading

07:16:40

Backbench proposals on participation, safeguarding and finance

07:16:40

Candidate protections and democratic participation reforms

07:16:40

Apsana Begum — NC58/59: protecting domestic abuse survivors in elections

07:16:40

NC57 — compulsory voting and civic education

07:19:09

Regulating political donations and donor due diligence

07:23:03

Government NC72 and NC116 — crypto ban and overseas donor caps

07:23:03

Know‑your‑donor checks — risk factors and Electoral Commission role

07:26:57

Backbench amendments — DBS checks, blind voting and reform

07:31:59

NC32/33 — DBS checks for parliamentary and local candidates

07:31:59

NC48 — Julie Minns: secret ballot for blind voters

07:36:08

Backbencher: public distrust, big money and reform commission

07:41:24

Minister’s closing response and final Commons stages

07:44:41

Minister’s closing remarks on finance, safeguards and reform

07:44:41

Minister’s closing — donation caps, mega‑donors and language row

07:44:41

Minister’s closing: intimidation, domestic abuse and candidate safeguards

07:48:28

Electoral reform, spending limits, AI and youth civic resilience

07:54:16

Remaining Commons consideration and divisions on new clauses

08:02:32

Representation of the People Bill — government new clauses approved en bloc

08:02:32

Division on NC65 — Opposition new clause defeated

08:04:14

Divisions on NC67 and NC88 — language rules and Royal Commission

08:19:49

Government amendments agreed en bloc and move to Third Reading

08:51:02

Representation of the People Bill — Third Reading

08:52:43

Representation of the People Bill — Third Reading debate and positions

08:52:43

Third Reading — government case for stronger, fairer elections

08:52:43

Third Reading — Opposition and Lib Dem positions

08:55:16

Representation of the People Bill — Third Reading approved and division result

09:13:10

Point of order on family voting comments at Gorton and Denton by-election

09:13:38

Petitions, adjournment and M49 debate setup

09:15:06

Formal business, petitions and adjournment context

09:15:06

Formal House business and public petitions

09:15:06

End‑of‑day formal business — motions and public petitions

09:15:06

Housekeeping motions — registration, energy, aid, defence and Commission

09:15:06

Public petitions — Stoke–Manchester Airport rail, Devon reorganisation, food waste

09:16:13

M49 Severnside junction failure and ministerial response

09:21:54

M49 Severnside junction failure and ministerial response

09:21:54

Adjournment debate opened — M49 Severnside ‘ghost junction’

09:21:54

Minister Madders: National Highways defects, liability and stakeholder updates

09:31:14

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Chamber Wed, 2 Sept 2026 Actual start 11:00 House of Commons

34:22 - 34:25

Speaker 3

Order. Motion of the Committee of Selection Whip to move.

34:25 - 34:26

I beg to move.

34:26 - 34:30

Speaker 4

The question is as on the order paper. As many of that opinion say aye.

34:30 - 34:31

Aye.

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