Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
12 - 16 January 2009

Monday 12 January

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Public sector recruitment - Lord James of Blackheath; People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran - Lord Waddington; Withdrawal of British troops from Iraq - Lord Astor of Hever; Surrey police force's budget - Lord Trefgarne

Legislation - Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL) - Committee stage (day 1) - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Orders and regulations - Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 - Lord Myners

Tuesday 13 January

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Export Credits Guarantee Department and UK renewables industry - Lord Teverson; Juveniles held in Secure Training Centres - Baroness Stern; Lisbon Treaty - Lord Dykes

Legislation - Banking Bill - Committee stage (day 1) - Lord Myners

Debate - Reform of the default retirement age - Baroness Greengross/Baroness Vadera

Wednesday 14 January

The House will sit at 3.00pm

Oral Questions - Carbon capture and storage - Lord Ezra; Adults with dyslexia seeking work - Lord Addington; Disarmament - Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Legislation - Banking Bill - Committee stage (day 2) - Lord Myners

Debate - Reform of the treatment of women in prisons - Baroness Howe of Idlicote

Thursday 15 January

The House will sit at 11.00am

Oral Questions - Bill of rights for Northern Ireland - Lord Trimble; Public lavatories at bus and rail stations - Baroness Greengross; Interest charged by lenders - Lord Higgins

Debate - Children's services departments in local authorities - Baroness Shephard of Northwold/Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

Debate - Local authority parking and traffic regimes - Lord Lucas/Lord Adonis

Orders and regulations - Companies (Trading Disclosures) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 - Baroness Vadera

Orders and regulations - Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2008 - Baroness Vadera

Orders and regulations - Local Government (Structural Changes) Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire Order 2008 - Baroness Andrews

Friday 16 January

The House will not be sitting

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
19 - 23 January 2009

Monday 19 January

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Automotive industry - Lord Harrison

Legislation - Banking Bill - Committee stage (day 3) - Lord Myners

Debate - Help to the automotive industry - Lord Harrison/Baroness Vadera

Tuesday 20 January

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Legislation - Banking Bill - Committee stage (day 3) - Lord Myners

Debate - Funding agricultural and food research - Earl of Selborne/Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Wednesday 21 January

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Legislation - Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL] - Committee stage (day 2) - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Debate - Humanitarian situation in Gaza - Baroness Northover/Lord Malloch-Brown

Thursday 22 January

The House will sit at 11:00am

Orders and Regulations - European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009; European Parliament (Disqualification) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2009 - Lord Bach

Orders and Regulations - Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008; Rules of the Supreme Court

(Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 3) 2008 - Lord Bach