The Week in Westminster: November 26 – November 30

The Week in Westminster: November 26 – November 30

The Week in Westminster: November 26 – November 30

By Alex Gangitano

This week there will be more on the scandals within the BBC for select committees and new bills reach the late stages of going through parliament.

COMMONS

Monday
Oral Questions- Defence, including Topical Questions
Statement- EU Council – Mr David Cameron
Legislation- Small Charitable Donations Bill – Report stage
Legislation- Small Charitable Donations Bill – Third reading
Adjournment- Access to sanitation

Tuesday
Oral Questions- Health, including Topical Questions
Ten Minute Rule Motion- Credit card debt limit
Legislation- European Union (Croation Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill
Motion- To approve a ways and means resolution relating to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Adjournment- Warrington and the Atlantic gateway proposals
Business- Private Members' business does not have precedence on this day
Legislation- Representation of the People (Members' Job Share) Bill

Wednesday
Oral Questions- Wales
PMQs
Ten Minute Rule Motion- Consolidation of Housing Regulations
Debate- Opposition day [11th allotted day]
Adjournment- Unsustainable provider regime and special administration in the NHS

Thursday
Oral Questions- Transport, including Topical Questions; Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission
Business Statement- Leader of the House
Statement- Leveson Inquiry
Backbench Business- (i) Scotland and the Union (ii) 40th Anniversary of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians
Adjournment- Central Bedfordshire College

Friday
Legislation- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill
Legislation- Prisons (Property) Bill
Legislation- Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill
Legislation- Presumption of Death Bill
Legislation- Ports Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill
Legislation- Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill
Legislation- Recall of Elected Representatives Bill
Legislation- Careers Advice in Schools for 12-16 Year Olds Bill
Legislation- Cosmetic Surgery (Minimum Standards) Bill
Legislation- Public Debt Management Bill
Legislation- General Anti Tax-Avoidance Principle Bill
Adjournment- Prohibition of liquid nitrogen drinks

 

LORDS

Monday
Oral Questions- Government instructions to ATOS regarding its employment of outside personnel to carry out medical assessments
Oral Questions- Raising the status and quality of vocational education
Oral Questions- Funding for apprenticeships for young people with special educational needs
Oral Questions- Discussions with German government regarding the future role of the UK in the EU
Legislation- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill
Legislation- Financial Services Bill

Tuesday
Oral Questions- BBC World Service budget reduction this financial year and plans for funding the World Service in the future
Oral Questions- Steps to enable the Welsh Government to have greater tax varying and borrowing powers
Oral Questions- Plans to enable people to receive legal advice for social welfare law problems after 1 April 2013
Legislation- Crime and Courts Bill [HL]
Short Debate- Access to good advice for people with small pension funds

Wednesday
Oral Questions- 95th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and the welfare of Israelis and Palestinians
Oral Questions- Local authority control over the digging up of streets
Oral Questions- EU membership of the remainder of the UK should Scotland secede
Legislation- Justice and Security Bill [HL]
Legislation- Financial Services Bill

Thursday
Oral Questions- Standards of care for people living with HIV published by the British HIV Association
Oral Questions- Establishing social care apprenticeships
Oral Questions- Contribution of nuclear generation to a balanced energy policy
Debate- Impact of changes in local authority budgets on the provision of social care and its integration with other health, housing and care services
Debate- Management of diabetic services in the NHS
Debate- Prevention of violence against women

Friday
Legislation- Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Bill
Legislation- Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill
Legislation- Scrap Metal Dealers Bill

 

PICK OF COMMITTEES

Tuesday

10:00- Treasury on: Bank of England Quarterly Inflation Report, November 2012
10:30- Culture, Media and Sport on: The BBC's response to the Jimmy Savile case