The two-child benefit cap reaches Parliament this week.

MPs will debate a bill to scrap it on Tuesday. The decision was announced in the Budget, but a new law is needed to make it happen.

The week’s other government bill is on ocean conservation.

It would allow the UK to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty, which lays out rules for conserving the parts of the sea that are outside any country’s jurisdiction.

And Wednesday is an Opposition Day.

The Tories will be setting the agenda. As usual, exact topic is still TBC.

MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Enables the UK to implement a recent UN convention to protect the two-thirds of the ocean that lies beyond any country’s jurisdiction.
Draft bill (PDF) / Lords Library briefing

TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY

British-Made Bricks (Proposals) Bill
Requires the government to publish proposals for using more British-made bricks in construction projects in the UK. Ten minute rule motion presented by Adam Jogee.

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Removes the two-child limit on the child element of Universal Credit (the two-child benefit cap), as announced in the November 2025 Budget.
Draft bill (PDF)

WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY

Human Remains (Prohibition of Sale, Purchase and Advertising)
Bans the buying, selling, and advertising of human remains (or objects partly made of them). Designed to target historic artefacts, often with colonial links. Right now, the Human Tissue Act only bans “commercial dealings” of human tissue in the context of medical transplantation, and only covers remains under 100 years old. Ten minute rule motion presented by Bell Ribeiro-Addy.

THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY

No votes scheduled

LAST WEEK’S VOTES

Passed

  • Armed Forces Bill – goes to commitee stage
  • Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Bill – goes to second reading
  • Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill – goes to Lords
  • Flooding Bill – goes to second reading

Click here to read details of the bills in last week’s newsletter.