The Lords today: Strikes (minimum service levels) bill at report stage

The House of Lords sits from 3 pm with oral questions on how changes in life expectancy have affected planning for pensions and the decline in the number of GCSE and A-level performing arts entries.

The main business of the day will be the co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies bill at committee stage, the consideration of commons amendments to the public order bill and the strikes (minimum service levels) bill at report stage.

Foreign office minister Zac Goldsmith will then give a statement on the situation in Sudan.