Weekly Information Bulletin: 21 December 1996
FORTHCOMING BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
13 JANUARY - 17 JANUARY
Enquiries about Lords business may be put to the Lords Information Office 0171-219 3107
MONDAY 13 JANUARY (2.30pm)
Oral Questions - Numbers of refugees and displaced persons and progress towards a regional settlement in the Great Lakes region of Africa (L. Judd); Introduction of loan scheme for student maintenance to cover "top-up" fees proposed in some institutions (L. McNally); Grant levels for the Refugee Council and other asylum and refugee agencies (L. Dubs).
Legislation - Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill [HL] (committee stage); Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Bill [HL] (report stage); Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [HL] (second reading); Education (Special Educational Needs) Bill [HL] (report stage); British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill [HL] (committee stage).
TUESDAY 14 JANUARY (2.30pm)
Oral Questions - Drink driving campaigns over Christmas and the New Year (L. Campbell of Croy); Proposed paedophiles bill: date of introduction (L. McNally); Provision of accommodation for families of Gurkhas (L. Boyd-Carpenter).
Legislation - Welfare of Broiler Chickens Bill [HL] (report stage); Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Bill [HL] (report stage); Home Energy Rating Surveys Bill [HL] (committee stage).
Debate - European Communities Committee Report on Takeover Bids (L. Hoffmann).
WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY (2.30pm)
Oral Questions - Declaration of participation in court proceedings by members of the Scientific and Medical Panel of the Veterinary Products Committee and the parent committee and sub-committees (C. of Mar); Religious sects in British prisons (L. Campbell of Croy); Creation and enlargement of illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (L. Hylton).
Debate - Housing needs of the nation, particularly in the light of the Budget Statement (L. Williams of Elvel).
Legislation - Sundays (Dancing and Licensing) Bill [HL] (second reading).
THURSDAY 16 JANUARY (3.00pm)
Oral Questions - Clinical research into the causes of illness in farmers and Gulf veterans which remains undiagnosed (C. of Mar).
Legislation - Firearms (Amendment) Bill (committee stage).
Unstarred Question - Establishment of a unit within the Ministry of Defence responsible for the welfare of ex-service personnel and their dependents (B. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde).
PROVISIONAL FUTURE BUSINESS
MONDAY 20 JANUARY
Legislation - Police Bill [HL] (report stage); Education (Special Educational Needs) Bill [HL] (third reading); Dignity at Work Bill [HL] (committee stage); Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Bill [HL] (committee stage in the Moses Room).
TUESDAY 21 JANUARY
Legislation - Welfare of Broiler Chickens Bill [HL] (third reading); Firearms (Amendment) Bill (committee stage); Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Bill [HL] (committee stage in the Moses Room).
Unstarred Question - Regulatory provision and available facilities for recreational aviation (L. Rotherwick).
WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY
Introduction - Lord Bishop of Hereford.
Debate - Economic value of the international work of the City of London and systems of corporate governance (E. of Gowrie); Effects on the community of industrial action (L. Campbell of Alloway).
THURSDAY 23 JANUARY
Legislation - Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Bill [HL] (third reading); National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [HL] (report stage); Home Energy Rating Surveys Bill [HL] (report stage); Overseas Domestic Workers (Protection) Bill [HL] (second reading).
FRIDAY 24 JANUARY
Legislation - Protection from Harassment Bill (second reading); Telecommunications (Fraud) Bill (second reading).
MONDAY 27 JANUARY
Legislation - Crime (Sentences) Bill (second reading - if brought from the commons).
TUESDAY 28 JANUARY
Legislation - Police Bill [HL] (third reading).
WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY
Debates - Balloted short debates.
THURSDAY 30 JANUARY
Legislation - National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [HL] (third reading); Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Bill (second reading - if brought from the Commons).
FRIDAY 31 JANUARY
Legislation - Vehicles (Price Indication) Bill [HL] (second reading).
HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEES:
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Meetings of the following Committees (and their sub-committees) only are listed: Delegated Powers and Deregulation Committee (formerly Delegated Powers Scrutiny Committee); European Communities; Public Service; Science & Technology.
TUESDAY 14 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations) 10.45am
Evidence: From Sir Alan Cockshaw, Amec plc.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee I (Framework Programme) 10.45am
Evidence: From Sir Dai Rees.
PUBLIC SERVICE, COMMITTEE ON 4.15pm
Evidence: From Sir William Reid, former Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee E (Law and Institutions) 4.30pm
Evidence: From the EC Commission, on Consumer Guarantees.
PROVISIONAL FUTURE BUSINESS
TUESDAY 21 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations) 11.45am
Evidence: From Mrs Arlene McCarthy, MEP.
WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee II (Innovation-Exploitation Barrier) 10.45am
Evidence: From (i) Mr William Castell, FCA, Chief Executive, Amersham International and (ii) Dr John Forrest, Chairman, Brewton Group Limited.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 10.45am
Evidence: From (i) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; (ii) Council for the Protection of Rural England; (iii) Friends of the Earth; (iv) World Wide Fund for Nature and (v) other non-governmental organisations, on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
Sub-Committee E (Law and Institutions) 4.30pm
Evidence will be heard on Consumer Guarantees.
THURSDAY 23 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations) 10.30am
Evidence: From Commissioner Padraig Flynn, Directorate-General V, Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs.
Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 4.15pm
Evidence may be heard.
TUESDAY 28 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations) 11.00am
Evidence: From Commissioner Monika Wulf-Mathies (responsible for Regional Policies, Relations with the Committee of the Regions and the Cohesion Fund).
WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee II (Innovation-Exploitation Barrier) 10.45am
Evidence: From (i) Mr David Quysner, Chairman, British Venture Capital Association and (ii) the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 11.00am
Evidence: From (i) the Environment Agency and (ii) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
Sub-Committee E (Law and Institutions) 4.30pm
Evidence will be heard on Consumer Guarantees.
THURSDAY 30 JANUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 4.15pm
Evidence may be heard.
WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee II (Innovation-Exploitation Barrier) 10.45am
Evidence: From (i) Mr M. Heath, Director General, the Engineering Council and (ii) British Technology Group PLC.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 11.00am
Evidence may be heard on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 4.15pm
Evidence may be heard.
TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations) 10.45am
Evidence: From Sr Speciale, Chairman, Regional Policy Committee, European Parliament.
WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 11.00am
Evidence: From the UK Environmental Law Association, on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 4.15pm
Evidence may be heard.
WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 11.00am
Evidence: From English Nature, on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee C (Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) 11.00am
Evidence: From Directorate-General XI of the European Commission, on Environmental Policy: Monitoring, Enforcement and Transparency.
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