The Week in Westminster: 25-29 March 2013
The government takes a break after the Budget speech, but some business still occurs.
The Budget speech continues with a debate on housing, and Mary Macleod takes up the issue of succession to hereditary peerages and estates in the House of Commons.
In the House of Lords, Baroness Seccombe tackles poverty, and Lord Sheldon addresses suicides in prisons.
House of Commons
Monday 25 March 2013
Oral Questions – Home Office, including Topical Questions
Ten Minute Rule Motion – Succession to Hereditary Peerages and Estates – Mary Macleod
Debate – Conclusion of the budget debate: Housing
Adjournment – Energy intensive industries – Andy Sawford
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Oral Questions – Deputy Prime Minister, including Topical Questions; Attorney General
Ten Minute Rule Motion – UK Elected Representatives (Disclosure of Party Membership) – Mr David Hanson
Backbench Business – (i) Flood insurance (ii) Pre-recess Adjournment Debate
Adjournment – Energy infrastructure and the UK supply chain – Peter Aldous
Wednesday 27-29 March 2013
The House of Commons will be in recess. The House will next sit on Monday 15 April 2013.
House of Lords
Monday 25 March 2013
Oral Questions – Spending on infrastructure projects in the current financial year, and how it compares with the previous year – Lord Hollick
Suicides in prisons since January 2000 – Lord Sheldon
Bringing forward proposals to encourage greater interactivity of debate, and to allow time for interventions, in time-limited debates in the House and Grand Committee – Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
The definition of poverty in the UK – Baroness Seccombe
Legislation – Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill – Third reading – Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Legislation – Crime and Courts Bill [HL] – Consideration of Commons amendments – Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Legislation – Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill – Committee of the whole House – Lord Freud
Legislation – Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill – Report stage – Lord Freud
Legislation – Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill – Third reading – Lord Freud
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Introduction(s) – Martha Lane Fox and Michael Berkeley
Oral Questions – Representations to the EU and US government about the long-term humanitarian implications of the increasing number of refugees from Syria – Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Deployment of autonomous weapon systems by UK armed forces – Lord Harris of Haringey
UK Government discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the arrangements for the referendum on independence – Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Ensuring high quality out of hours GP medical care is in place – Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Legislation – Growth and Infrastructure Bill – Third reading – Baroness Hanham
Legislation – Justice and Security Bill [HL] – Consideration of Commons amendments – Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Oral Questions – Increasing quantitative easing by £25 billion – Lord Barnett
Targets for increasing the proportion of biofuels in road transport fuel – Baroness Worthington
Continuation of reconnection and rehabilitation programmes for Polish rough sleepers in the UK – Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Orders and Regulations – Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2013 – Motion to Regret; Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 – Motion to Approve – Lord Bach/Lord McNally
Orders and Regulations – Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 – Motions to Regret – Baroness Grey Thompson and Baroness Scotland of Asthal/Lord McNally
Legislation – Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill – Committee of the whole House (Day 2) – Baroness Wilcox
Thursday 28-29 March 2013
No business has been announced for this day.
Pick of the select committees
Monday 25 March 2013
Treasury
Subject: Budget 2013
Witness(es): Roger Bootle, Managing Director, Capital Economics, Michael Saunders, Chief UK Economist, Citigroup and Kevin Daly, Chief UK Economist, Goldman Sachs ; Institute for Fiscal Studies; Paul Smee, Director General, Council of Mortgage Lenders and John Cridland, Director General, CBI
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House, 4 p.m.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
International Development
Subject: Global Food Security
Witness(es): Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme, Dan Gustafson, Deputy Director General (Operations), Food and Agriculture Organisation and Marc van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition; Sir John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science, Kanayo Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development and Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster, 9:30 a.m.
Home Affairs
Subject: The work of the UK Border Agency
Witness(es): Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, UK Border Agency and Simon Hayes, In-coming Director, International Directorate, UK Border Agency
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House, 3 p.m.
