That this House welcomes the publication of Autonomy’s report Cleaning Up Politics; recognises that the overwhelming majority of the public believe the wealthiest in society use political donations to influence government in their own interests and that trust in politics is at historic lows; believes that proposals to cap political donations, prevent MPs from holding second jobs, and ban political donors from securing public contracts from the governments they pay to elect would improve trust in politics by strengthening transparency in decision making; further believes that these measures will reduce the corrupting influence of the super rich, who use their wealth to secure cash for access, cultivate paid for relationships to obtain lucrative public contracts, and move through second jobs as part of the revolving door between public service and personal enrichment; notes that reshaping how decisions are made, and ensuring that the voices heard by those in power reflect the public at large rather than those able to pay the most, is essential to building a politics centred on the needs of ordinary people, raising living standards and building a prosperous country; and therefore calls on the Government to adopt the recommendations set out in the report.

That this House welcomes the publication of Autonomy’s report Cleaning Up Politics; recognises that the overwhelming majority of the public believe the wealthiest in society use political donations to influence government in their own interests and that trust in politics is at historic lows; believes that proposals to cap political...

That this House expresses solidarity with members of Unite the Union taking strike action at Tower Hamlets’ public leisure centres; notes that workers have been waiting for over two years for in-house contracts to be issued after the commitment to insourcing rightly made by Tower Hamlets Council in May 2024; further notes that these workers have since been left faced with precarious work, inconsistent shifts, reports of unwritten contracts and owed wages; is concerned about the impact of this dispute on the health and wellbeing of these frontline workers; is further concerned about the services’ stability and safety for local residents; is alarmed by reports that workers are being expected to undertake work in unsafe and unsanitary conditions; believes that these leisure centre workers should have in-sourced contracts issued with fair terms and conditions, as promised; further believes that access to safe local swimming facilities are vital for physical health and mental wellbeing and tackling health inequalities; therefore, calls on Tower Hamlets council to engage constructively with Unite the Union to find a solution to this dispute, treating workers and trade union representatives with dignity and respect, and uphold commitments to reaching a just agreement; and further calls on the Government to make additional funding available to local authorities to address systemic inequalities in pay, conditions, and precarity of work for leisure centre workers.

That this House expresses solidarity with members of Unite the Union taking strike action at Tower Hamlets’ public leisure centres; notes that workers have been waiting for over two years for in-house contracts to be issued after the commitment to insourcing rightly made by Tower Hamlets Council in May 2024;...

That this House recognises that healthy, resilient and thriving natural systems are fundamental to food security, public health, economic prosperity, climate resilience and national security; notes with deep concern the Government’s report entitled Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security: A National Security Assessment, which identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent systemic risks to national security, resilience and prosperity; further recognises that the long-term wellbeing, security and economic stability of the UK depends upon the health and integrity of the natural world; believes that law and governance should better reflect society’s dependence on Nature and the living systems that sustain human life and economic activity; welcomes the introduction of the Nature’s Rights Bill [HL] as an important contribution to parliamentary debate on how legal duties, governance and decision-making can better protect and restore the natural world; remains concerned that, despite existing environmental protections, current governance frameworks do not adequately address the rapid pace of ecological decline or the critical risks arising from nature loss; and calls on the Government to give serious consideration to the legal and governance approaches that recognise Nature as a legal subject and rights-bearing entity, establish a duty of care towards Nature, and align public decision-making, policy development, economic planning and national resilience strategy with the protection, restoration and regeneration of the living systems on which human wellbeing, national security and economic activity depend.

That this House recognises that healthy, resilient and thriving natural systems are fundamental to food security, public health, economic prosperity, climate resilience and national security; notes with deep concern the Government’s report entitled Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security: A National Security Assessment, which identifies biodiversity loss and...

That this House notes that Members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, the Health and Social Care Select Committee, and other hon. Members have raised serious concerns regarding the procurement, trust, operation and long-term implications of the Federated Data Platform (FDP) contract with Palantir; is concerned that key components remain under supplier control, and that the contract’s subscription model leaves the NHS without real ownership; acknowledges that a credible, funded, and time-bound exit and transition strategy is essential to safeguard patient services, value for money, and continuity of critical data infrastructure; recognises the risks of vendor lock-in, potential price gouging under a single supplier, and that placing critical national health data infrastructure in the hands of a foreign-controlled proprietary provider raises serious digital sovereignty concerns, including the potential exposure of UK data to foreign legal powers; further notes reports of sustained dissatisfaction among the clinicians, and NHS staff regarding usability and effectiveness, and further notes recent analysis in the BMJ raising concerns about transparency, governance and the adequacy of accountability arrangements surrounding the FDP; calls on the Government to ensure that local need, clinical judgement and value for money are the top priorities for decisions on implementing the FDP, not top-down requirements through the medium-term planning framework; and further calls on the Government to ensure there is timely contingency, and scrutiny, with all necessary information available, to deliver an exit from Palantir, to an open, interoperable and sovereign alternative.

That this House notes that Members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, the Health and Social Care Select Committee, and other hon. Members have raised serious concerns regarding the procurement, trust, operation and long-term implications of the Federated Data Platform (FDP) contract with Palantir; is concerned that key components...

That this House notes the long-standing legal efforts of the Nassar family to protect and re-register their family farm, known as Tent of Nations, located south-west of Bethlehem in Area C of the occupied West Bank; recognises the farm’s educational, ecological and peace-building work, including its activities with local women and children and its links with churches, volunteers and visitors from the UK and internationally; further notes that the family’s land has been the subject of legal proceedings over many years, including a 2006 Israeli Supreme Court ruling allowing the re-registration process to proceed; expresses concern at the continued delays in that process, the construction of roads through the family’s land, the development of a nearby outpost, restrictions on access to the farm, surveillance, reports of settler harassment, and the reported military or security use of a road constructed across the family’s private land; believes that the case concerns the protection of private land, freedom of access, due process, the rule of law and the prevention of further escalation; and calls on the Government to continue and, where necessary, strengthen its monitoring of developments affecting Tent of Nations, seek clarification from the Israeli authorities on the timetable for completing the land registration process and on any military or security use of roads crossing the Nassar family’s land, and raise the protection of the family’s land, access and safety with the Israeli authorities.

That this House notes the long-standing legal efforts of the Nassar family to protect and re-register their family farm, known as Tent of Nations, located south-west of Bethlehem in Area C of the occupied West Bank; recognises the farm’s educational, ecological and peace-building work, including its activities with local women...

That this House thinks it is unacceptable that the average annual household energy bill is going up by over £200 on July 1st; believes that the Government has failed to protect people from another significant spike in the cost of the basics; notes that many are already struggling to make ends meet, with millions of households living in fuel poverty; further notes that with this increase energy bills will be 79% higher than before the energy crisis began in 2020; recognises that in this time energy companies have recorded record breaking profits, with just five North Sea oil and gas companies boosting their share value by £73 billion in the first month after the US and Israel’s initial strikes on Iran; regrets that almost a quarter of the average energy bill is now extracted as private profit; believes that energy companies should not be profiteering whilst ordinary people can't heat their homes; and demands the Government take steps before the next price cap is announced to reduce bills, including removing all policy costs from electricity bills and funding them via progressive general taxation, continuing to scale up renewables, fully decoupling the price of gas from electricity, and ending rampant profiteering.

That this House thinks it is unacceptable that the average annual household energy bill is going up by over £200 on July 1st; believes that the Government has failed to protect people from another significant spike in the cost of the basics; notes that many are already struggling to make...

That this House notes the recent period of extreme heat across the United Kingdom, which exposed significant shortcomings in the ability of many public buildings to provide safe and comfortable conditions for those occupying them; recognises that patients in hospitals, residents of care homes, young children in nurseries and pupils in schools are among those least able to escape excessive indoor temperatures; further notes that prolonged exposure to high indoor temperatures can adversely affect health, wellbeing, learning and recovery from illness; believes that no patient, elderly resident or child should be expected to endure unsafe temperatures in buildings providing essential public services; and therefore calls on the Government to introduce mandatory requirements for the installation of air conditioning or equivalent effective cooling systems in all newly built hospitals, care homes, schools and nurseries, and to establish a funded programme to retrofit existing facilities, ensuring that these buildings remain safe, fit for purpose and capable of protecting those most vulnerable during periods of extreme heat.

That this House notes the recent period of extreme heat across the United Kingdom, which exposed significant shortcomings in the ability of many public buildings to provide safe and comfortable conditions for those occupying them; recognises that patients in hospitals, residents of care homes, young children in nurseries and pupils...

That this House expresses its deepest condolences to the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquake that has caused widespread loss of life and destruction, with reports of over 1,000 deaths, thousands more injured and displaced, and many tens of thousands of people missing; welcomes the Government's initial provision of humanitarian assistance to Venezuela, including the deployment of specialist search and rescue personnel; is concerned that Venezuela's gold reserves, held at the Bank of England and now reportedly worth around £3 billion, remain inaccessible to address the catastrophic human impact of the earthquake and to support reconstruction because of an ongoing political dispute over which Venezuelan representatives the UK recognises as the country's legitimate government; believes that, in the face of such an overwhelming catastrophe, every available resource should be directed towards humanitarian relief, reconstruction and the recovery of affected communities; and therefore calls on the Government to take urgent steps to facilitate the release of Venezuela's gold reserves held at the Bank of England so that they can be used to support humanitarian relief and the reconstruction of areas devastated by the earthquake.

That this House expresses its deepest condolences to the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquake that has caused widespread loss of life and destruction, with reports of over 1,000 deaths, thousands more injured and displaced, and many tens of thousands of people missing; welcomes the Government's initial provision of...

That this House notes with grave concern the arrest of Dr Mazen Al Rantisi, a 71 year old Palestinian physician, in a pre-dawn raid on his home in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank; recognises his longstanding role as a provider of care to low income Palestinians, including waiving fees, supplying medicines and operating a clinic serving both as a medical practice and a refuge for vulnerable communities; further notes that he chairs the Union of Health Work Committees, a non profit founded in 1985 which delivers healthcare to thousands annually, particularly in underserved rural areas, and which remains registered with the Palestinian Authority despite being designated an unlawful association by the Israeli military in 2020; also notes with concern that no reason has been provided for his detention; notes the wider context of Israeli action against Palestinian civil society, including the killing of at least 1,100 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank since 2020, at least a quarter of them children, with no charges brought, and that as of March 2026 some 9,446 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons, including 4,691 under administrative detention without charge; notes the continued detention without charge of 14 doctors from Gaza amid allegations of abuse; condemns the arrest as part of a pattern of intimidation; and calls on the Government to protest this arrest, seek his immediate release, and raise concerns over administrative detention and the targeting of medical and civil society organisations with Israeli authorities.

That this House notes with grave concern the arrest of Dr Mazen Al Rantisi, a 71 year old Palestinian physician, in a pre-dawn raid on his home in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank; recognises his longstanding role as a provider of care to low income Palestinians, including waiving fees,...

That this House recognises the vital contribution of Skilled Worker visa holders to the UK economy and public services, including sectors facing critical shortages such as health, engineering, and social care; notes that these individuals pay taxes, contribute to their communities, and have no recourse to public funds; further notes that they came to the UK in good faith on the clear understanding that five years of work and residence would provide a pathway to indefinite leave to remain (ILR), and many built lives in the UK on this basis; expresses concern that retrospective changes to this pathway would undermine confidence in the immigration system, damage the UK’s international reputation, and risk exacerbating skills shortages; and therefore calls on the Government to retain the five-year ILR pathway for all existing Skilled Worker visa holders.

That this House recognises the vital contribution of Skilled Worker visa holders to the UK economy and public services, including sectors facing critical shortages such as health, engineering, and social care; notes that these individuals pay taxes, contribute to their communities, and have no recourse to public funds; further notes...

That this House notes growing calls to end contracts with companies such as Palantir, Cisco and Oracle which are supplying technology used by Israel in its crimes against Palestinians; further notes that such technologies for mass surveillance enable arbitrary arrest and rights abuses against Palestinians in detention, and that technologies provided for use in military attacks result in injuries and the killing of Palestinian civilians; acknowledges calls from Palestinian human rights groups and UK campaigners to hold these companies to account; supports calls for the Government to end all contracts with these companies as an important part of ending the trade of goods and services that support Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid; believes that this includes activating the break clause in the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform; and calls on public bodies such as local councils and universities to exclude these companies from tenders over their involvement in grave violations of international law.

That this House notes growing calls to end contracts with companies such as Palantir, Cisco and Oracle which are supplying technology used by Israel in its crimes against Palestinians; further notes that such technologies for mass surveillance enable arbitrary arrest and rights abuses against Palestinians in detention, and that technologies...

That this House believes that the ownership and regulation of water across the UK needs a fundamental reset following the disaster of privatisation and the failures following from regulatory capture; calls for the whole sector to be brought under public ownership with effective regulation established; further believes such action is vital for public health, the environment, resilience of communities, and the cost of living; notes the Independent Water Commission (IWC) proposes to merge current OFWAT functions with those of the Drinking Water Inspectorate together with the water regulation functions of the Environment Agency and Natural England; further notes that the Welsh Government proposes to create a new economic regulator; also believes more clarity is needed on how the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) will relate to this new body; is very concerned to learn that staff have been left in limbo, without clear communication on what the findings mean for their jobs, terms and conditions, and their futures; is further concerned that without assurances on these matters, the Government risks creating a staffing crisis in regulators that will still have a vital role to play in protecting customers; further calls on both the UK and Welsh Governments to provide clarity on staff terms and conditions, including civil service status, job security, wider working conditions, including office locations and working arrangements; and also calls on both Governments to enter into meaningful engagement with Trade Unions to resolve these issues, giving reassurances to staff affected.

That this House believes that the ownership and regulation of water across the UK needs a fundamental reset following the disaster of privatisation and the failures following from regulatory capture; calls for the whole sector to be brought under public ownership with effective regulation established; further believes such action is...

That this House recognises the valuable contribution made by physician associates and anaesthesia associates to patient care across the NHS; notes that these professions have worked in the UK health service for over two decades and support multidisciplinary teams in a range of clinical settings; further notes the findings of the Leng Review regarding the safety and future role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates; also notes the importance of maintaining constructive professional relationships between doctors, physician associates and anaesthesia associates; believes that any reforms should be developed through meaningful consultation with all affected professions; and calls on the Government to ensure that implementation of the Review's recommendations supports workforce morale, effective teamworking and high-quality patient care.

That this House recognises the valuable contribution made by physician associates and anaesthesia associates to patient care across the NHS; notes that these professions have worked in the UK health service for over two decades and support multidisciplinary teams in a range of clinical settings; further notes the findings of...

That this House believes that no member of the public should be required to hold an account with a single commercial platform in order to receive public information; notes that government departments, public services and other parts of the public estate continue to rely heavily on X, Facebook, and similar platforms whose conduct and content moderation many users find toxic; calls on the Government to ensure that all public sector social media content is published on open, decentralised and federated platforms, including those based on the ActivityPub and AT protocols, as well as on the established United States platforms, so that citizens may follow official communications without being compelled to use services they find harmful; further notes the high levels of government advertising expenditure placed on YouTube and other platforms whose business models depend on the intrusive tracking and profiling of users which is fuelling online harms; observes that, over the same period, advertising revenue for national and regional newspapers has continued to decline, weakening the local journalism on which democratic accountability depends; and further calls on the Government to divert its digital advertising spend away from such platforms and towards advertising placed and managed directly on local and national newspaper websites, thereby avoiding the tracking and profiling of citizens by Google and Meta, as well as reducing their unfair extraction of advertising revenues as dominant advertising intermediaries, and supporting the sustainability of independent local and national journalism.

That this House believes that no member of the public should be required to hold an account with a single commercial platform in order to receive public information; notes that government departments, public services and other parts of the public estate continue to rely heavily on X, Facebook, and similar...