The week in Westminster: May 9th – 13th
It’s a packed week in both Houses of Parliament.
The Commons is debating the future of the NHS, the energy bill will receive its second reading and MPs will wring their hands about the expenses regime on Thursday.
The Lords aren’t taking it easy either, scrutinising no less than seven pieces of legislation as well as a very busy schedule of debates.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – Home Office
Opposition day debate – future of the NHS
Motion – to approve an instruction relating to the welfare reform bill
Motion – to approve an EU document relating to trafficking
Adjournment debate – country of origin marking
Tuesday
Questions – Treasury
Ten minute rule motion – lip-reading
Legislation – energy bill
Adjournment debate – effects of VAT on hospices
Wednesday
Questions – Wales, PMQs
Ten minute rule motion – planning (grade one agricultural land protection)
Legislation – education bill
Adjournment debate – back to work agenda
Thursday
Questions – environment, food and rural affairs
Business statement – leader of the House
Backbench business – (i) motion relating to the Independant Parliamentary Standards Authority (ii) motion relating to reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
Adjournment debate – support for business in Lancaster and Fleetwood
Friday
Private members’ bills – regulatory authorities (level of charges) bill; criminal records (public access) bill; and others
Adjournment debate – credit rating agencies
LORDS
Monday
Questions – Bosnia and Herzegovina, public expenditure reserve, Israel and Palestine, staff levels at government agencies dealing with fraud
Legislation – public bodies bill
Legislation – European Union bill
Tuesday
Questions – improving outcomes for kidney cancer patients, arts at local level, adoption agency closures
Legislation – fixed-term parliaments bill
Motion – the House regrets that it has been given insufficient information to understand the policy objectives of the Jobseekers Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/688), how the scheme will work and whether claimants’ prospects of obtaining employment will be improved
Motion – Jobseekers Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011
Wednesday
Questions – disabled people benefits, EU electronic communications, General Social Care Council
Legislation – police reform and social responsibility bill
Short debate – encouraging people to participate in the Big Society
Thursday
Questions – Big Society and Church of England, BBC auditing, European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
Debate – future contribution of UK agriculture to global food security
Debate – our vision for safe and active communities
Motion – House approves, for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, the Government’s assessment as set out in the Budget Report, combined with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which forms the basis of the United Kingdom’s Convergence Programme; take note of the Report of the European Union Committee on The EU strategy for economic growth and the UK National Reform Programme
Short debate – EU committee report on EU strategy for economic growth
Short debate – national reform programme 2011
Friday
Legislation – sports grounds safety authority bill
Legislation – estates of deceased persons (forfeiture rule and law of succession) bill
Legislation – wreck removal convention bill
