The Week in Westminster: November 19th – 23rd

Alex Gangitano

16 November 2012, 12:00am

Only four days in both houses and a lot of talk about domestic improvements.

COMMONS

Monday
Oral Questions- Home Office, including Topical Questions
Legislation- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL]
Adjournment- Telford rail services

Tuesday
Oral Questions- Deputy Prime Minister, including Topical Questions; Attorney General
Ten Minute Rule Motion- Representation of the People (Members’ Job Share)
Legislation- HGV Road User Levy Bill
Legislation- Civil Aviation Bill
Backbench Business- Autism
Adjournment- Case of Sgt Nightingale SAS

Wednesday
Oral Questions- Scotland
PMQs
Ten Minute Rule Motion- BBC (Audit arrangements and publication of invoices)
Debate- Opposition day [10th allotted day] [Democratic Unionist Party]
Adjournment- Department for Work and Pensions 0845 phone lines

Thursday
Oral Questions- Culture, Media and Sport, including Topical Questions; Women and Equalities
Business Statement- Leader of the House
Motion- To approve a Statutory Instrument relating to Terrorism
Backbench Business- (i) Launch of a report by the Work and Pensions Committee on the implementation of universal credit (ii) Life-saving skills in schools (iii) Industrial policy and UK manufacturing industries
Adjournment- Proposed merger of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Hospital Trust with the Poole Hospital Foundation Trust

Friday
House is not sitting

LORDS

Monday
Oral Questions- Teaching of the arts in secondary schools, including visual arts, drama, music and dance
Oral Questions- Plans to make employment rights exchangeable for shares
Oral Questions- Extending the programme to eradicate polio and the contribution from non-governmental donors
Oral Questions- The development of commonhold properties by means of the guarantees to be given under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill
Legislation- Justice and Security Bill [HL]
Orders and Regulations- Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure

Tuesday
Oral Questions- Commemorations for the centenary of the First World War
Oral Questions- Encouraging young people to pursue careers in the science and technology based industries, and in manufacturing
Oral Questions- The legal and diplomatic implications of the use of drones across national boundaries
Legislation- Financial Services Bill – Report stage (Day 3)
Short Debate- Improving neurological services and epilepsy services in the UK

Wednesday
Oral Questions- Amnesty International’s report ‘Rwanda: shrouded in secrecy’
Oral Questions- Action to ensure mental health is treated on a par with other NHS services
Oral Questions- Rolling out the Staying Put scheme across England and Wales
Legislation- Justice and Security Bill [HL] – Report stage (Day 2)
Motion- Care Quality Commission (Healthwatch England Committee) Regulations 2012 – Motion to Regret

Thursday
Oral Questions- Protecting children against physical and sexual abuse
Oral Questions- Support provided to men seeking to control their violent or abusive behaviour
Oral Questions- Helping small and medium-sized enterprises to access sources of finance
Debate- 2nd Report from the Procedure Committee: ‘Repetition of House of Commons urgent questions’
Debate- Successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals
Debate- Multilateral nuclear disarmament with China
Short Debate- Role of religion in society in the United Kingdom

Friday
No business has been announced

PICK OF THE COMMITTEES

Tuesday

3:30p.m.- Economic Affairs on: The Economic Implications for the United Kingdom of Scottish Independence