The week in Westminster: October 3rd – October 7th
Parliament is in recess for the party conference season, but the Lords returns a week earlier than MPs for four days.
LORDS
Monday
Questions – cancer strategy; metal theft; voting on war; private credit rating agencies
Legislation – sovereign grant bill
Legislation – London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (amendment) bill
Tuesday
Questions – animals in health-related research; compensation for United Kingdom victims of armaments supplied to the IRA by the Gaddafi government; statues in London
Legislation – armed forces bill
Legislation – energy bill
Wednesday
Questions – Remploy factories, S4C, 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka
Legislation – terrorism prevention and investigation measures bill
Thursday
Questions – Brighton to London railway line, legislative timetable; apprenticeships and dyslexia
Debate – worldwide incidence of non-communicable diseases
Debate – building stability strategy overseas
Debate – promoting social enterprise
