Oral Questions


Week beginning Monday 15 December 2025

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that schools’ core budgets in more deprived communities are not disproportionately used to meet the costs of providing free school meals.  To be answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Department for Education)

Lord German to ask His Majesty’s Government how, in expanding the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, they will ensure that lessons learnt from the operation of Napier Barracks and the RAF Wethersfield sites will be applied to new facilities from the outset.  To be answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Home Office)

Baroness Sugg to ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve women’s healthcare as part of their renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England.  To be answered by Baroness Merron (Department of Health and Social Care)

Lord Bird to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether new funding allocations to local authorities are sufficient to deliver the prevention commitments in the National Plan to End Homelessness.  To be answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)


Wednesday 17 December 2025

Lord Holmes of Richmond to ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to close the employment gap for blind and sight-impaired people, and by when.  To be answered by Baroness Sherlock (Department for Work and Pensions)

Lord Sharpe of Epsom to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the proposed Fair Work Agency on small and micro businesses.  To be answered by Lord Leong (Department for Business and Trade)

Lord Rook to ask His Majesty’s Government how they monitor and measure the progress and impact of the new Office for the Impact Economy.  To be answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Cabinet Office)

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty’s Government whether the £3 billion investment in additional places for children with special educational needs will involve the construction of new settings, or adaptations of existing educational establishments.  To be answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Department for Education)


Thursday 18 December 2025

Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in increasing the numbers of girls studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.  To be answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds (Department for Education)

Baroness Penn to ask His Majesty’s Government what information they provide to parents and earlyyears providers about safe and appropriate use of digital technology by pre-school children.  To be answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Department for Education)

Lord Hunt of Wirral to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the jobs market, and of the implications for the wider economy.  To be answered by Baroness Sherlock (Department for Work and Pensions)


Week beginning Monday 15 December 2025

Tuesday 16 December 2025

06:43:15

 

Estimated Rising Time:

 

Chamber:

The House is expected to rise at around 10pm

 

Grand Committee:

The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 5.30pm

 

Private Notice Question:

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any implications of the terrorist attack in Sydney for the United Kingdom.  (Lord Hanson of Flint, HO)

 

Questions on an Oral Statement:

‘Industrial Action by Resident Doctors’ -
Baroness Merron (DHSC)