Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
22 - 26 June 2009

Monday 22 June

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Introduction(s) - The Lord Bishop of Wakefield

Oral Questions - Government support for stem cell research - Lord Dubs; Guidance given after road and rail accidents - Lord Lee of Trafford; Plans to celebrate the centenary of the Parliament Act 1911 - Lord McNally; British expatriate candidates in the European Parliamentary elections in other EU member states - Lord Dykes

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Committee (day 1) - Lord West of Spithead

Short Debate - Screening for mouth cancer - Baroness Gardner of Parkes

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill - Committee stage (day 5) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Tuesday 23 June

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Income of junior counsel at the criminal bar - Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Revenue lost to HM Treasury through the use of the Channel Islands for avoiding UK tax - Lord Foulkes of Cumnock; Pre-packed administrations in undisclosed insolvency proceedings - Baroness Gardner of Parkes

Legislation - Coroners and Justice Bill - Committee (day 3) - Lord Bach

Orders and Regulations - Draft Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2009 - Motion to approve - Lord West of Spithead; amendment Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Debate - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan - Baroness Rawlings

Debate - Prisoners from Guantanamo Bay who returned to the UK - Lord Bridges

Debate - Business opportunities in India - Lord Janvrin

Debate - Good practice in residential work with children - Earl of Listowel

Wednesday 24 June

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Bringing suspects to trial in Northern Ireland - Lord Cope of Berkeley; Humanitarian supplies to

Gaza - Lord Hylton; 14-year-olds dropping out of formal education - Lord Geddes

Legislation - Politics Parties and Elections Bill - Third reading - Lord Bach

Legislation - Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill - Committee stage (day 2) - Baroness

Morgan of Drefelin

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:45pm

Orders and Regulations - Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009 - Lord Brett

Orders and Regulations - European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2009 - Lord Brett

Orders and Regulations - Dunfermline Building Society Compensation Scheme, Resolution Fund and Third Party Compensation Order 2009 Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) (No. 2) Order 2009 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham

Thursday 25 June

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Steps to ensure people over 60 can access the internet - Baroness Rendell of Babergh; Wellington Barracks - Baroness Sharples; Venue for shooting at 2012 Olympics - Lord Addington

Debate - The National Dementia Strategy - Baroness Murphy

Debate - Role of the NHS - Lord Walton of Detchant

Debate - European Union Committee report "EUROPOL: coordinating the fight against serious and organised crime" - Lord Jopling

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 2:00pm

Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill - Committee stage (day 6) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Friday 26 June

The House will not be sitting

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
29 June - 3 July 2009

Monday 29 June

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Introduction(s) - The Rt Hon Sir Brian Kerr and David Freud

Oral Questions - Patient care and the European Working Time Directive - Baroness Knight of Collingtree; Mobile roaming charges - Lord Mitchell; Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) Order 1989 - Lord Razzall; Establishing courts of summary jurisdiction - Lord Clinton-Davis

Legislation - Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill - Committee stage (day 3) - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin/ Lord Young of Norwood Green

Tuesday 30 June

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Introduction(s) - Lady Kinnock

Oral Questions - Progress delivering the 2001 National Service Framework for Older People - Baroness Greengross; Appointment of external reviewer of Lords' expenses - Lord Hamilton of Epsom; Mobile X-ray units in London for tuberculosis - Baroness Masham of Ilton

Legislation - Coroners and Justice Bill - Committee stage (day 4) - Lord Bach

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill - Committee stage (day 7) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Wednesday 1 July

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Title of the newly-appointed Director of Facilities - Lord Lloyd of Berwick; A second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in the Republic of Ireland - Lord Howell of Guildford; Threats to the inhabitants of Camp Ashraf in Northern Iraq - Lord Eden of Winton

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Committee stage (day 2) - Lord West of Spithead

Thursday 2 July

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Energy Performance Certificates in the commercial property sector - Lord Dixon-Smith; EU proposed legislation on hedge funds - Lord Pearson of Rannoch; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Lord Morris of Manchester

Legislation - Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill - Committee stage (day 4) - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 2:00pm

Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill - Committee stage (day 8) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Friday 3 July

The House will not be sitting