The week in Westminster: April 16th – April 20th
The House of Lords remains in recess as MPs will debate the finance bill and the issue of cigarette packaging.
COMMONS
Monday
Legislation – Finance (No.4) Bill
Questions – Education
Adjournment debate – Electrification of the Midland main line
Tuesday
Questions – Justice, including Topical Question
Ten minute rule motion – Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements)
Legislation: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Adjournment debate – Cigarette packaging and contraband cigarettes
Wednesday
Questions – Scotland
Prime minister's questions
Ten minute rule motion – Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks)
Backbench Business – Finance (No. 4) Bill
Adjournment debate – Selective dorsal rhizotomy in the NHS
Thursday
Questions – Transport, including Topical Questions; Women and Equalities
Business statement – Leader of the House
Backbench business – Finance (No. 4) Bill
Adjournment debate –Armed Forces covenant
LORDS
The House of Lords will still be in recess.
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Wednesday2.30pm – Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office speaks in front of the committee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring'
