The week in Westminster: July 4th – July 8th
Three Cabinet ministers are appearing before MPs this week – the perfect antidote for MPs to late-night finance bill sittings.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – defence
Legislation – finance (no 3) bill
Adjournment debate – government policy on musculoskeletal diseases
Tuesday
Questions – deputy prime minister
Ten minute rule motion – electricity transmission (protection of landscape)
Legislation – finance (no 3) bill
Adjournment debate – government food security strategy
Wednesday
Questions – Northern Ireland, PMQs
Ten minute rule motion – Sunday trading (amendment)
Estimates day debate – prevent strategy; Afghanistan and Pakistan
Adjournment debate – management of football clubs in administration
Thursday
Questions – energy and climate change
Business statement – leader of the House
Presentation of bill – proceedings on the supply and appropriation (main estimates) bill
Legislation – fixed-term parliaments bill
Backbench business – use of handheld electronic devices in the chamber and committees
Adjournment debate – internet crime and the case of Ian Puddick
LORDS
Monday
Questions – NHS university health centres, Sri Lanka, stroke care, Olympic tickets
Legislation – police reform and social responsibility bill
Tuesday
Questions – diplomatic missions and unpaid congestion charges, manufacturing investment, video on demand
Legislation – localism bill
Short debate – improving corporate governance and accountability with respect to social and environmental issues
Statement – higher education
Wednesday
Questions – 2011 growth forecast, granting prisoners the vote, inflation target
Legislation – wreck removal convention bill
Legislation – armed forces bill
Thursday
Questions – legal aid, Fair Employment Agency, thorium in nuclear reactors
Legislation – localism bill
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
10:30 – health secretary Andrew Lansley and NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson before health committee, on: Report of the NHS Future Forum
14:15 – chancellor George Osborne, before Treasury committee, on: Accountability of the Bank of England
Wednesday
14:15 – home secretary Theresa May, before European scrutiny committee, on: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Opt In decisions and European Investigation Order
