Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
16 - 20 March 2009

Monday 16 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Right to protest in Parliament Square - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; Zimbabwe - Lord Blaker; Fatalities caused by large towing vehicles - Baroness Gardner of Parkes; Increasing the number of

allotments - Baroness Sharples

Motion to decline - Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Amendment) Order 2009 - Lord Tyler/Lord Bach

Legislation - Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL] - Committee stage (day 9) - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Orders and Regulations - Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2009 - Baroness Vadera

Orders and Regulations - Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) Regulations; Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) Regulations - Lord Myners; Banking Act 2009 (Banking Administration) (Modification for Application to Banks in Temporary Public Ownership) Regulations 2009; Banking Act 2009 (Banking Administration) (Modification for Application to Multiple Transfers) Regulations 2009; Banking Act 2009 (Part 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 - Lord Myners; Bradford and Bingley plc Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order 2009; Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme (Amendment)

Order 2009 - Lord Myners; Official Statistics Order 2009 - Lord Brett (Grand Committee Moses Room 3.30pm)

Tuesday 17 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Avoidance of debt by UK banks - Baroness Miller of Hendon; HMS Endurance - Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Charges levied by water companies - Bishop of Ripon and Leeds

Legislation - Saving Gateway Accounts Bill - Second reading - Lord Myners

Legislation - Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL] - Report stage - Baroness Andrews

Legislation - Health Bill [HL] - Committee stage (day 7) - Lord Darzi of Denham (Grand Committee Moses

Room 3.30pm)

Wednesday 18 March

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Gaza - Lord Sheikh; Future growth in money supply - Earl of Caithness;

Unemployment - Lord Roberts of Conwy

Legislation - Political Parties and Elections Bill - Second reading - Lord Bach

Short Debate - Cognitive behaviour therapy - Baroness Tonge/Baroness Thornton

Orders and Regulations - Legislative Reform (Supervision of Alcohol Sales in Church and Village

Halls &c.) Order 2009 - Lord Carter of Barnes; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing)

Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Renewables Obligation Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham; EU Committee Report on the Emissions Trading Scheme - Lord Sewel/Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Grand Committee Moses Room 3.45pm)

Thursday 19 March

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Strength of battalions deployed overseas - Lord Astor of Hever; Per capita carbon dioxide emission in the UK - Lord Dubs; Business Rate payable from April 2009 - Lord Naseby

Debate - Care of older adults and long-term disabled people - Baroness Fookes/Baroness Thornton

Debate - Bicentenary of Charles Darwin - Baroness Hooper /Lord Davies of Oldham

Legislation - House of Lords Bill [HL] - Committee stage - Lord Steel of Aikwood/Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Friday 20 March

The House will not be sitting

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
23 - 27 March 2009

Monday 23 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Activities of trade unions - Lord Bradshaw; Practice of excluding International

GCSE results - Lord Lucas; Reduction of vehicle emissions - Lord James of Blackheath; Home Information

Packs - Lord Dixon-Smith

Legislation - Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL] - Report stage

(day 2) - Baroness Andrews

Short Debate - Provision of NHS doctors outside hospitals - Viscount Falkland/Baroness Thornton

Orders and Regulations - Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009; Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Order 2009; Guardian's Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment)Order 2009 - Lord Adonis; Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Grand Committee Moses Room 3.30pm)

Tuesday 24 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Reduced frequency of domestic refuse collections - Lord Trefgarne; Children born to mothers under 16 - Lord Northbourne; South West Farmland Birds Initiative - Lord Rotherwick

Legislation - Postal Services Bill [HL] - Committee stage (day 1) - Lord Mandelson

Orders and Regulations - Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 - Lord West of Spithead

Wednesday 25 March

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Mutual building societies - Bishop of Chester; Raising the retirement age of Supreme Court

Justices to 75 - Lord Pannick; Export of arms to Israel - Lord Hylton

Legislation - Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] - Report stage (day 1) - Lord West of Spithead

Legislation - Corporation Tax Bill (and remaining stages) - Second reading - Lord Davies of Oldham

Thursday 26 March

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Local markets - Lord Lee of Trafford; Sir Andrew Foster's review of the Building Colleges for the Future programme - Baroness Sharp of Guildford; Safeguarding the integrity of the English language - Lord Smith of Clifton

Debate - Tax havens - Lord Wallace of Saltaire/Lord Myners

Debate - Nuclear proliferation - Baroness Williams of Crosby/Lord Malloch-Brown

Orders and Regulations - Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Lord Brett

Orders and Regulations - Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2009 - Lord Brett

Short Debate - Public service broadcasting remit of the BBC - Earl of Glasgow; Impact of economic crisis on demand for health and social care services - Baroness Barker; Railway bonds to secure funding for infrastructure - Lord Tanlaw

(Grand Committee Moses Room 2.00pm)

Friday 27 March

The House will not be sitting