This week’s agenda spans victim protection, climate policy, and household finances. Peers begin line-by-line scrutiny of the Victims and Courts Bill, which would force offenders to attend sentencing, restrict parental rights for serious sexual offenders, and block the use of NDAs to silence victims.

The Lords also take forward the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill, aimed at unlocking investment to cut aviation emissions, while MPs debate the annual uprating of pensions and benefits, police funding, and local government finance. It is a reminder that some of the most consequential decisions in Westminster are technical, procedural, and easy to miss until they directly affect daily life.

1:33 - Victims & Courts Bill

14:00 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

26:08 - Uprating Pensions and Social Security

6,50’ - Crime & Policing Bill

11,30’ - Children’s Wellbeing & School Bill

18,21’ - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill

This episode looks ahead to 26th Jan, discussing the bills on Pensions allocations from fund managers, prioritisation of places for UK-trained medical professionals and Armed Forces legislation.

Next Week in Westminster podcast is a weekly insider guide - hosted by former MPs Sam Tarry, and Sir Marcus Jones - to the laws Parliament is about to pass, breaking down what they mean, the politics behind them, and why they matter across the UK - before it all kicks off.