The week in Westminster: February 6th – 10th
The government's NHS reforms return to the Lords this week, while the Commons will be addressing reform of the banks.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – Home Office
Legislation – financial services bill
Adjournment debate – reforming EDMs
Tuesday
Questions – deputy prime minister
Ten minute rule motion – offshore gambling (licensing)
Opposition day debate – responsibility and reform for British banks
Backbench business – metal theft
Adjournment debate – asbestos in schools
Wednesday
Questions – Cabinet Office
Prime minister's questions
Ten minute rule motion – health and safety (amendment)
Motion – police grants and local government finance reports
Adjournment debate – future of stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment in England
Thursday
Questions – culture, media, Olympics and sport
Business statement – leader of the House
Debate – Somalia
Adjournment debate – sustainability of the London Olympics
LORDS
Monday
Questions – economic development in city regions, NHS reforms and children's health, non-EU students, World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control
Legislation – protection of freedoms bill
Tuesday
Questions – public libraries, European financial stability agreement, Magna Carta 800th anniversary
Legislation – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Short debate – banana producers in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
Wednesday
Questions – microchipping of dogs, Israel and Gaza, English Nature, EU structural and cohesion funds
Legislation – health and social care bill
Short debate – blockade of Gaza
Thursday
Questions – Lords membership, Charles Dickens bicentenary, West Bank and Gaza leaderships, match-fixing and the Olympics
Legislation – legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Short debate – match-fixing and the Olympics
Friday
Legislation – subterranean development bill
Legislation – House of Lords reform bill
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Monday
15:15 – Treasury permanent secretary Sir Nicholas Macpherson, before public accounts committee, on: accountability
Tuesday
11:00 – Association of British Investigators president Tony Imossi, before home affairs committee, on: private investigators
Wednesday
15:15 – Department of Work and Pensions permanent secretary Robert Devereux, before work and pensions committee, on: the introduction of the Work Programme
