The week in Westminster: February 27th – March 2nd
The coalition's NHS reforms are facing further scrutiny from the Lords this week, in what is set to be another severe test for ministers.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – education
Debate – funding for the Olympics and Paralympic Games
Debate – Forensic Science Service
Adjournment debate – government guidance on retention of the printed photo ID market
Tuesday
Questions – Foreign Office
Ten minute rule motion – eradication of slavery (UK company supply chains)
Debate – transport and the economy
Debate – preparations for the Rio Plus summit
Adjournment debate – supermarkets and public land in Scotland
Wednesday
Questions – Wales
Prime minister's questions
Ten minute rule motion – financial institutions (reform)
Legislation – water industry (financial assistance) bill
Adjournment debate – procurement for High Speed 2
Thursday
Questions – environment, food and rural affairs
Business statement – leader of the House
Backbench business – CPI/RPI pensions uprating
Backbench business – Welsh affairs
Adjournment debate – treatment of Hazara people in Quetta, Pakistan
LORDS
Monday
Questions – turning left at a red traffic light, organ transplants, British film industry, neurological services
Legislation – health and social care bill
Short debate – consumer information and low-cost flights
Tuesday
Questions – Middle East Quartet, local authority monitoring standards, National Assembly for Wales devolution
Legislation – public services (social enterprise and social value) bill
Legislation – Scotland bill
Wednesday
Questions – asbestos-related court cases, UK-Caribbean relations, pneumoconiosis compensation
Legislation – domestic violence, crime and victims (amendment) bill
Legislation – health and social care bill
Thursday
Questions – Scottish independent and the Welsh first minister, early intervention physiotherapy, reoffending
Debate – international women's day
Debate – governance and regulation of BBC
Legislation – House of Lords reform bill
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Monday
16:30 – deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and constitutional reform minister Mark Harper, before draft House of Lords reform bill committee
Tuesday
12:30 – attorney-general Dominic Grieve and director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer, before home affairs committee, on: Extradition
Wednesday
09:45 – Bank of England governor Mervyn King, before Treasury committee, on: February inflation report
