The week in Westminster: September 5th – September 9th
The big news stories of this summer will return with a vengeance in parliament's first week back after the summer break.
Attention will focus on parliament's committee rooms as the phone-hacking scandal and August's rioting are examined by MPs demanding answers.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – communities and local government
Legislation – terrorism prevention and investigation measures bill
Adjournment debate – proposed waste and recycling centre in Spelthorne
Tuesday
Questions – Treasury
Ten minute rule motion – currency and banknotes (amendment)
Legislation – health and social care bill
Adjournment debate – metal thefts in the electricity industry
Wednesday
Questions – Cabinet Office
Prime minister's questions
Ten minute rule motion – Magna Carta anniversary (Bank Holiday)
Legislation – health and social care bill
Motion – to approve European documents relating to victims of crime
Adjournment – future of the BBC
Thursday
Questions – culture, media and sport
Business statement – leader of the House
Consideration of any Lords amendments
Legislation – London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (amendment) bill
Adjournment debate – unduly lenient sentences: the case of Cameron Ross
Friday
Private members' bills – legislation (territorial extent) bill, NHS redress (amendment) bill, and others
LORDS
Monday
Questions – HIV and Aids in the UK, state retirement age, ensuring appropriate ministerial cover during summer recess
Legislation – localism bill
Tuesday
Questions – public expenditure 'automatic stabiliser', 2010 corruption perceptions index, enabling cohabitants to apply for financial relief on breakdown of their relationship
Legislation – Scotland bill
Wednesday
Questions – litter and waste standards, closure of MOX reprocessing plant at Sellafield
Legislation – localism bill
Motion – statement of changes in immigration rules
Thursday
Questions – Sudan conflict, ban on feeding animal by-products and catering waste to pigs and chickens, stopping adults smoking in cars when children are present
Debate – continuing role of the Commonwealth
Debate – improving interfaith dialogue in multicultural Britain
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
10:15 – London mayor Boris Johnson, deputy mayor Kit Malthouse, Metropolitan police commissioner Tim Godwin and Acpo president Sir Hugh Orde, before home affairs committee, on: policing large scale disorder
10:30 – Jonathan Chapman, Former Director of Legal Affairs, News International; Daniel Cloke, Former Group HR Director, News International; Colin Myler, Former Editor, News of the World; Tom Crone, Former Legal Manager, News Group Newspapers; before culture, media and sport committee, on: Phone-hacking
16:00 – prime minister David Cameron, before liaison committee
Wednesday
14:00 – foreign secretary William Hague, before foreign affairs committee, on: developments in UK foreign policy
15:30 – justice secretary Ken Clarke, before European scrutiny committee, on: EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Thursday
10:00 – home secretary Theresa May, before home affairs committee, on: policing large-scale disorder
