The Week in Westminster: December 3 – December 7

Alex Gangitano

30 November 2012, 12:00am

This week, Commons will face the effects of the Leveson report as the discussions continue.

COMMONS

Monday
Oral Questions- Education, including Topical Questions
Debate- Leveson Inquiry
Adjournment- Prosecution of offences of sexual abuse

Tuesday
Oral Questions- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including Topical Questions
Ten Minute Rule Motion- Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal)
Legislation- Public Service Pensions Bill (Report stage)
Legislation- Public Service Pensions Bill (Third reading)
Motion- Appointment of IPSA board members
Adjournment- Use of mindfulness-based therapy in returning people to employment

Wednesday
Oral Questions- Northern Ireland
PMQs
Ten Minute Rule Motion- Internships (Advertising and Regulation)
Statement- Autumn Statement
Motion- Consideration of an allocation of time motion
Legislation- Police (Complaints and Conduct) Bill
Adjournment- Clevedon Community Hospital

Thursday
Oral Questions- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including Topical Questions; Church Commissioners Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
Business Statement- Leader of the House
Backbench Business- (i) 40th Anniversary of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians (ii) Defence personnel
Adjournment- Psychological welfare of ex-service personnel

Friday
The House will not be sitting

LORDS

Monday
Oral Questions- Whether a pre-emptive military strike on Iran would violate international law
Oral Questions- Government priorities for the December meeting of the European Council
Oral Questions- Recognition of the British Transport Police for the purposes of the Firearms Act 1968
Oral Questions- Meetings between Home Office ministers and the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Legislation- Canterbury City Council Bill
Legislation- Leeds City Council Bill
Legislation- Nottingham City Council Bill
Legislation- Reading Borough Council Bill
Orders and Regulations- Draft Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2012
Orders and Regulations- Draft Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012
Orders and Regulations- Draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012 – Motion to decline to approve
Short Debate- The outcome of the debate on the Resolution on the status of Palestine within the UN at the UN General Assembly
Short Debate- The efficacy of the regulation of the legal profession

Tuesday
Oral Questions- Prevention of illegal abortion operations
Oral Questions- Performance of the Funding for Lending scheme
Oral Questions- Operation and turnout of the elections for Police and Crime Commissioners
Legislation- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill
Legislation- Crime and Courts Bill [HL] – Report stage (Day 2)
Short Debate- Future Homes Commission report ‘Building the Homes and Communities Britain Needs’

Wednesday
Oral Questions- Review of the national adult autism strategy in 2013
Oral Questions- Boosting rural employment in the UK
Oral Quesitons- Range of retail savings products offered by National Savings and Investments
Legislation- Financial Services Bill
Debate- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 1984
Debate- Report of the European Union Committee on An Indispensable Resource: EU Freshwater Policy

Thursday
Oral Questions- UK–Israel Life Sciences Council
Oral Questions- Department of Health’s unspent budget for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 financial years
Oral Questions- Reconfiguration of NHS hospital services
Debate- The UK’s global role, emerging powers and new markets
Debate- The contribution made by the Ugandan Asian community in the UK
Short Debate- The Report No Stone Unturned In Pursuit of Growth

Friday
No business has been announced for this day.

PICK OF COMMITTEES

Tuesday
2:30- Foreign Affairs on The foreign policy implications of and for a separate Scotland.

Wednesday
2:30- Defence on Future Army 2020