The Week in Westminster: October 15th – 19th
After the end of the party conference season, parliament is back for the start of its autumn term in earnest with a packed schedule.
COMMONS
Monday
Questions – Home Office
Legislation – Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill
Adjournment debate – Proposed closure of in-house nurseries within HM Revenue and Customs
Tuesday
Questions – deputy prime minister
Ten minute rule motion – Vehicle Fuel Receipts (Transparency of Taxation)
Legislation – Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Adjournment debate – Miscalculations of former spouses' armed forces pensions
Wednesday
Questions – Wales
PMQs
Ten minute rule motion – Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum)
Legislation – Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Adjournment debate – Oral health services
Thursday
Questions – transport
Business statement – leader of the House
Backbench business – (i) Disbandment of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (ii) The use of intercept evidence in courts and inquests
Adjournment debate – Government support for pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Friday
Private members' bills – Mobile Homes Bill; Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill; and more
LORDS
Monday
Questions – Northern Ireland corporation tax; working time directive and NHS; energy self-sufficiency; debt to GDP ratio
Legislation – Financial Services Bill
Legislation – Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill
Tuesday
Questions – older women out of work; trade and investment as a result of the Olympics; riots and communities
Legislation – Local Government Finance Bill
Short debate – National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Regulations 2012
Wednesday
Questions – industrial strategy; shale gas extraction; women on corporate boards
Legislation – Financial Services Bill
Short debate – Measures to help young offenders find employment or training on release from prison
Thursday
Questions – benefits of Scotland remaining in UK; anti-slavery day; striking police officers
Debate – excellence in education
Debate – Centenary of the Scott Expedition to Antarctica
Short debate – Proposals for further developments in the bus industry
Friday
Private members' bills – Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill; Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill; and more
PICK OF THE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
14:30 – MoD permanent undersecretary Jon Thompson, before defence committee, on: The impact of the proposed merger of BAE Systems and EADS
14:45 – South Yorkshire police Chief Constable David Crompton, before home affairs committee, on: Hillsborough Independent Panel Report
15:00 – information commissioner Christopher Graham, before draft communications data bill committee, on: Draft Communications Data Bill
