The week in Westminster: June 13th – 17th
There's some rather odd subjects being debated in parliament this week.
A serious call for an extra bank holiday in November, the activities of a Spanish naval vessel sneaking around Gibraltar and hospital food are among the many gems up for discussion.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – work and pensions
Legislation – welfare reform bill
Adjournment debate – work place drug testing
Tuesday
Questions – Foreign Office
Ten minute rule motion – private landlords (register and duties)
Legislation – armed forces bill
Adjournment debate – hospital food
Wednesday
Questions – Cabinet Office, PMQs
Ten minute rule motion – Remembrance Day (Bank Holiday)
Legislation – welfare reform bill
Adjournment debate – Kidderminster enterprise zone bid
Thursday
Questions – culture, media, Olympics and sport
Business statement – leader of the House
Legislation – armed forces bill
Adjournment debate – economic regeneration in Barnsley
Friday
Private members' bills – employment opportunities bill, tribunals (maximum compensation awards) bill, and others
Adjournment debate – rail services to Hastings
LORDS
Monday
Questions – postcodes and the census, human and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, grocery supplies and adjudicator
Legislation – European Union bill
Debate – selling of government shares in publicly owned banks
Orders and regulations – Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2011
Tuesday
Questions – magistrate court closures, wind turbines, Spanish navy corvette Atalaya in British Gibraltar territorial waters on 3 May
Legislation – education bill
Wednesday
Questions – UN international widows day, Northern Ireland bill of rights, Cyprus
Legislation – European Union bill
Short debate – changing the Barnett Formula to a basis of need
Thursday
Questions – telephone hacking, Armenian genocide, East Jerusalem
Legislation – police reform and social responsibility bill
Short debate – European Union committee report on future of economic governance of the EU
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
11:00 – O2 owners, orange, Vodafone, before home affairs committee, on: Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications
Wednesday
15:10 – energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, before environmental audit committee, on: carbon budgets
