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Here are all the laws MPs are voting on this week, explained in plain English!
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It's the last few days before Whitsun recess.
MPs go back to their constituencies on Thursday for a week.
They'll wrap up the Digital Markets Bill before they go.
The Lords have pushed back on aspects of the draft legislation a couple of times, but they're unlikely to insist further.
And on Wednesday MPs will debate building a Holocaust memorial.
The government has promised to do it in the next Parliament. Planning permission was previously granted in 2021 to build a monument in Victoria Tower Gardens near Parliament.
MONDAY 20 MAY
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 21 MAY
Children (Parental Imprisonment) Bill
Requires the government to establish national policy guidelines on children with a parent in prison. Includes identifying the children when their parent is sentenced and creating accountability for providing support to them. Ten minute rule motion presented by Kerry McCarthy.
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Gives the government new powers to increase competition in digital markets currently dominated by a small number of firms. Changes include requiring companies to remind consumers when a free trial is coming to an end and make it easy to cancel and making it illegal to write or commission a fake review.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY
Immigration and Asylum Bill
Requires MPs to agree a limit on how many people can be granted asylum annually. Provides that only people identified as refugees by the UN Refugee Agency can be granted asylum, except in certain circumstances. Ten minute rule motion presented by Bob Seely.
Holocaust Memorial Bill – committee stage, report stage, 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales
Authorises spending to build a National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. Removes land restrictions to allow it to be built in Victoria Tower Gardens next to Parliament
Draft bill (PDF)
THURSDAY 23 MAY
No votes scheduled
FRIDAY 24 MAY
No votes scheduled
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