Parliament and Government Summary — 9 June 2026

MPs took up committee-stage consideration of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill, holding a set of divisions on amendments and new clauses in the Commons. The Government published new measures aimed at protecting pension savers from scams, alongside fresh official statistics releases covering criminal courts and children’s vulnerability to victimisation.

At a glance

• Commons committee votes on the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: MPs held three divisions during committee stage on amendments and new clauses, with all three results on the Government side.
• Westminster Hall debates in the Commons focused on household and public-safety concerns, including energy costs, water safety and a summit on illicit finance.
• In the Lords, peers considered a building-safety-related bill affecting leaseholders and debated topics ranging from Cuba’s humanitarian situation to safeguarding children in the digital environment and oversight of water companies.

In the Commons

• In the Commons, MPs held oral scrutiny of the Government’s suicide prevention strategy through an oral question in the Health and Social Care portfolio. [1]
• Westminster Hall debates brought several cross-departmental issues into focus, including the affordability pressure from energy costs for households. [2]
• The Commons also used Westminster Hall to discuss water safety, focusing on prevention and safety around water. [3]
• Another Westminster Hall debate examined a proposed summit on illicit finance, reflecting Parliament’s attention on efforts to tackle financial crime risk linked to illicit finance. [4]

In the Lords

• Peers considered the Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL], dealing with responsibilities and protections for leaseholders in the building-safety context. [5]
• Peers then addressed Cuba’s humanitarian situation in chamber business, with debate focused on conditions and the UK’s parliamentary attention to the issue. [6]
• Lords chamber business also turned to “Digital Safety: Children”, focusing on safeguards for children in the online environment. [7]
• Finally, peers debated “Water Companies”, concentrating on how the sector is run and overseen, with implications for consumers through standards and regulation. [8]

Votes

• Commons committee-stage divisions for the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill covered multiple amendment and new-clause proposals, with three grouped divisions (15, 16 and 17) resulting in support for the Government side. [9] Vote result × Division 2365 Bill stage Motion negatived 9 June 2026 at 16:30 MPs voted on Amendment 20 to the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill in Committee.
  90 Ayes 290 Noes View vote details [10] Vote result × Division 2366 New Clause 12 (financial assistance cap) Motion negatived 9 June 2026 at 16:45 MPs voted on whether to add New Clause 12, which would cap the amount of financial assistance available under the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act.
  94 Ayes 297 Noes View vote details [11] Vote result × Division 2367 New Clause 4 (committee stage) Motion negatived 9 June 2026 at 16:57 MPs voted on whether to add New Clause 4 to the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill, which would cap total compensation and financial assistance payable under the Act unless authorised by a Commons resolution.
  157 Ayes 287 Noes View vote details

Government announcements

• The Department for Work and Pensions published new plans to crack down on pension scams, aimed at better protecting pension savers from increasingly sophisticated fraud. [12]
• The Ministry of Justice released its quarterly criminal court statistics for July to September 2026, including information on case volumes and timeliness, as well as the use of interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals in England and Wales. [13]
• The ONS published updated findings on childhood vulnerability to victimisation in England and Wales for ages 10 to 15, using combined years ending March 2023 to March 2025 data and relating vulnerability to the presence of adult “toxic trio” risk factors. [14]

Committees

• The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee published its second report on the affordability of home ownership in the Commons. [15]
• The Welsh Affairs Committee published its second report, “Jagged Justice: Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales”, examining prisons and rehabilitation service delivery in Wales through the Commons committee. [16]

Sources used

1. Suicide Prevention Strategy — Hansard
2. Energy Costs — Hansard
3. Water Safety — Hansard
4. Summit on Illicit Finance — Hansard
5. Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL] — Hansard
6. Cuba: Humanitarian Situation — Hansard
7. Digital Safety: Children — Hansard
8. Water Companies — Hansard
9. Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 — Votes in Parliament
10. Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 — Votes in Parliament
11. Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 — Votes in Parliament
12. Government crack down on pension scams — GOV.UK
13. Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2026 — GOV.UK
14. Childhood vulnerability to victimisation in England and Wales: combined years ending March 2023 to March 2025 — GOV.UK
15. 2nd Report – Affordability of Home Ownership — UK Parliament Committees
16. 2nd Report – Jagged Justice: Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales — UK Parliament Committees

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Last updated

First published on 9 June 2026. No corrections at the time of publication.