The week in Westminster: October 31st – November 4th
The Commons' agenda is dominated by the coalition's cuts to legal aid, while in the Lords the health and social care bill continues to receive scrutiny from peers.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – communities and local government
Motion – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Legislation – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Adjournment debate – 75th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade
Tuesday
Questions – Treasury
Ten minute rule motion – education and training (young people with autism)
Legislation – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Adjournment debate – World Vegan day
Wednesday
Questions – Cabinet Office, PMQs
Ten minute rule motion – devolved administrations (armed forces covenant reports)
Legislation – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Adjournment debate – university technical colleges
Thursday
Questions – culture, media, Olympics and sport
Business statement – leader of the House
Debate – the Silk Commission
Adjournment debate – female genital mutilation in the UK
LORDS
Monday
Questions – home and leisure accidents, Scottish referendum, individual voter registration, UK population growth and countryside
Legislation – pensions bill
Legislation – localism bill
Tuesday
Questions – coroner service, medical treatment in hospitals for devolved administration residents, translation and interpreting services for legal services
Legislation – terrorism prevention and investigation measures bill
Legislation – education bill
Orders and regulations – NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 and NHS Commissioning Board Authority Regulations 2011
Wednesday
Questions – police station closures since May 2010, Ecofin summit of October 4th, GPs using NHS logo for private healthcare service
Legislation – rehabilitation of offenders (amendment) bill
Legislation – health and social care bill
Short debate – magistracy in 'big society'
Thursday
Questions – advantages of maintaining union, high-street lenders' interest rates, creative industries, financial stability and economic growth
Debate – report of the Communications Committee on Regulation of Television Advertising
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Monday
14:15 – Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, before joint committee on privacy and injunctions, on: privacy and injunctions
Tuesday
10:00 – Financial Services Authority chief executive Hector Sants, before Treasury committee, on: Financial Conduct Authority
Wednesday
10:15 – energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, before energy and climate change committee, on: departmental annual report
