Forthcoming Business

House of Commons

Session 2000-01
Publications on the internet
Weekly Information Bulletin

Weekly Information Bulletin: 31st March 2001

Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons
2 - 6 April 2001

Monday 2 April

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Social Security

Legislation - Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [HL] (Remaining Stages)

Legislation - Armed Forces Bill (Consideration in Committee followed by Remaining Stages)

Legislation - Proceedings on the Election Publications Bill [HL]

Delegated Legislation - Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2001

Adjournment -Mrs Janet Dean on Lupus

Tuesday 3 April

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 2.00pm

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

09:30 - 11:00 Mr Keith Darvill on modernising Local Government Finance - Green Paper

11:00 - 12:30 Mr Simon Hughes on standards of care in nursing and residential homes

12:30 - 13:00 Tom Cox on state pension entitlement of British expatriates

13:00 - 13:30 Sir Peter Emery on the impact of the closure of local Magistrates Courts on justice

13:30 - 14:00 Ms Oona King on Government policy on bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Scotland; Advocate General; Lord Chancellor's Department; President of the Council and

House of Commons Commission

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Graffiti (Control) - Dr Jenny Tonge

Legislation - International Criminal Court Bill (HL) (Second Reading)

Adjournment -*

Wednesday 4 April

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 2.00pm
Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

09:30 - 11:00 Mr James Clappison on the future of the Green Belt

11:00 - 12:30 Mr George Stevenson on the Law Society and the Office of Supervision of Solicitors

12:30 - 13:00 Mr Simon Thomas on the planning process for renewable energy in Wales

13:00 - 13:30 Fiona Mactaggart on overage applications for entry clearance to the UK

13:30 - 14:00 Mr Edward Garnier on local government finance in the Harborough constituency

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Wales; Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Street Works - Julia Drown

Legislation - Regulatory Reform Bill (HL) (Remaining Stages)

Adjournment -*

Thursday 5 April

The House will sit at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Agriculture; Solicitor General

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Legislation - International Development Bill (Remaining Stages)

Adjournment -*

The House will also sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall: Adjournment Debate -Debate on Renewable Energy

Friday 6 April

The House will sit at 9.30 am
Private Members' Bills

Children's Rights Commissioner Bill; Employee Consultation Rights Bill; Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill; Rural Community Public Transport Bill; Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill; Exorcism of Children (Prohibition) Bill; Air Travellers (Provision of Health Information) Bill; Recycling (Doorstep Collection) Bill; Standards and Privileges (Independent Appeals Body) Bill; Equal Pay (Audit) Bill; Siting of Telecommunications Masts Bill; Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill; Electricity Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill (Second Readings)

Note: Consideration of Private Members' Bills may include a lengthy debate on the first-named Bill and sometimes debate on others listed. These Bills, and any not reached by 2.30pm may go through the stage named and further stages, if objections are not made.
Adjournment -*

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons Also Announced
9 - 10 April 2001