The week in Westminster: May 14th – 18th
Both Lords and Commons are spending the bulk of the week debating the Queen's Speech, as the government gears up to introduce its new bills to parliament.
COMMONS
Monday
Queen's Speech debate – business and economy
Adjournment debate – payment under the Riot (Damages) Act 1986
Tuesday
Questions – justice
Queen's Speech debate – foreign affairs and international development
Adjournment debate – redeveloping Lowestoft train station
Wednesday
Questions – Northern Ireland
Prime minister's questions
Queen's Speech debate – cost of living
Adjournment debate – Peel Holdings and planning law
Thursday
Questions – energy and climate change
Queen's Speech debate – jobs and growth
Adjournment debate – disappearance of John Lawton
LORDS
Monday
Questions – aviation policy, youth unemployment, Pakistan's prime minister, working tax credits
Queen's Speech debate – constitutional affairs
Tuesday
Questions – NHS risk register, police discipline and corruption, Democratic Republic of Congo mining asset sales
Queen's Speech debate – Education, Culture, Home Affairs, Health, Law and Justice and Welfare
Wednesday
Questions – tax reliefs and green growth, eurozone developments, youth unemployment
Queen's Speech debate – Agriculture, Business, the Economy, Environment, Local Government and Transport
Thursday
Questions – Sudan humanitarian situation, finance for SMEs, Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances
Queen's Speech debate – Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
10:15 – immigration minister Damian Green, before home affairs committee, on: The work of the UK Border Agency and Border Force
10:30 – former chancellor Alistair Darling, before public administration select committee, on: operation of the honours system
Thursday
10:00 – constitutional reform minister Mark Harper, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: introducing a statutory register for lobbyists
