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Today's events - Wednesday 21 October 2026

09:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 9am to 11:30am
Committees Scottish Affairs Committee
Inquiry Scotland’s whisky industry: Tariffs, trade and growth
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
09:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 9am to midday
Committees Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Work Machinery of government changes (Non-inquiry session)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
09:00
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 9am to 11:30am
Committees Work and Pensions Committee
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
09:00
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 9am to midday
Committees Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
09:15
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 9:15am to midday
Committees Transport Committee
Inquiry Scrutiny of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
09:15
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 9:15am to 11:40am
Committees Health and Social Care Committee
Work The transition from child to adult health and social care services (Non-inquiry session)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
09:25
Formal meeting
21 October 2026 - 9:25am to 11:25am
Committees Child-like Sexual Abuse Dolls (Offences) Bill
Work To consider the Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
Room 10, Palace of Westminster
09:30
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 9:30am to midday
Committees Home Affairs Committee
Work Border security and irregular migration: The work of the Border Security Command (Non-inquiry session)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
09:30
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 9:30am to midday
Committees Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Work Energy resilience (Non-inquiry session)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 10am to 1pm
Committees Financial Services Regulation Committee
Inquiry Regulatory sandboxes in financial services
Room 3, Palace of Westminster
10:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 10am to midday
Committees Environment and Climate Change Committee
Inquiry Dunkelflaute and the risks of electricity intermittency
Room 4, Palace of Westminster
10:15
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 10:15am to 12:30pm
Committees Constitution Committee
Inquiry The UK’s constitutional safeguards
GR-13, Fielden House
10:30
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 10:30am to 1:30pm
Committees International Relations and Defence Committee
Inquiry Multilateralism
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
10:30
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 10:30am to 1pm
Committees Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
10:30
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 10:30am to midday
Committees Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
11:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 11am to 1:30pm
Committees Public Services Committee
Inquiry Children’s social care
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
14:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 2pm to 4:30pm
Committees Women and Equalities Committee
Inquiry Equality at work: flexible working and disability
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
14:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 2pm to 5pm
Committees Welsh Affairs Committee
Inquiry Working towards ending child poverty in Wales
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
14:00
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
21 October 2026 - 2pm to 5pm
Committees Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Inquiry Legislative Scrutiny: Immigration and Asylum Bill
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
14:00
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 2pm to 5pm
Committees Environmental Audit Committee
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
14:30
Formal meeting
21 October 2026 - 2:30pm to 7pm
Committees Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Work The draft Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 (Legislative scrutiny), The draft Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Local Elections) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026 (Legislative scrutiny), and The draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026 (Legislative scrutiny)
Room 9, Palace of Westminster
14:30
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Committees Procedure Committee
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
15:50
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 3:50pm to 4:10pm
Committees Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Virtual meeting
16:00
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 October 2026 - 4pm to 6pm
Committees Conduct Committee
2-03 Millbank House
16:30
Formal meeting
21 October 2026 - 4:30pm to 6pm
Committees Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Work The draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (Legislative scrutiny)
Room 11, Palace of Westminster