| 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)
Baroness Rawlings to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the defence implications of balloon incursions into Lithuania for British forces stationed in the Baltic states. To be answered by Lord Coaker (Ministry of Defence)
| Week beginning Monday 15 December 2025 |
Estimated Rising Time:
Chamber:
The House is expected to rise by10pm
Grand Committee:
The Grand Committee is expected to rise by 7.45pm
Questions on Urgent Question:
‘To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement on the United States’s National Security Strategy and its implications for the United Kingdom's relationship with the United States.’ Baroness Chapman of Darlington (FCDO)
Questions on Urgent Question:
‘To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will make a statement on the rise in flu and RSV admissions and the Government’s preparations for winter pressures on the NHS.’ Baroness Merron (DHSC)