Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
6 - 10 July 2009

Monday 6 July

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - Lord Blackwell; Heathrow Airport facilities - Baroness Hanham; UK payments to the UN peacekeeping assessment - Lord Hannay of Chiswick; Violence and loss of life in the Peruvian Amazon - Lord Avebury

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Committee stage (day 3)

Short Debate - Constitutional reform - Lord Pearson of Rannoch

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

Orders and Regulations - Work and Families (Increase of the Maximum Amount) Order 2009; European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement) Order 2009; National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009; ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities; Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2009; Companies (Share Capital and Acquisition by Company of its Own Shares) Regulations 2009; Community Interest Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009; Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Uncertificated Securities) Order 2009; Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009; Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 - Lord Young of Norwood Green

Tuesday 7 July

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Independent living for disabled people - Lord Ashley of Stoke; Prohibition of interlocking directorships between financial institutions - Lord Lea of Crondall; Changing Places toilets for disabled people - Lord Rix

Legislation - Coroners and Justice Bill - Committee stage (day 5) - Lord Bach

Orders and Regulations - Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Special Exemption) Regulations 2009; Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009; Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Appeals) Regulations 2009 - Lord Darzi of Denham

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

Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill - Committee stage (day 9) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Wednesday 8 July

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Charities sending cash through the post with appeal letters - Baroness Trumpington; Proposed move of the Export Licensing Unit of the Museums, Libraries and Archive Council - Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville; Doha round of trade talks - Baroness Rawlings

Legislation - Parliamentary Standards Bill - Second reading

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Committee stage (day 4) - Lord West of Spithead/Lord Brett

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:00pm

Orders and Regulations - Draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2009 - Lord Brett

Orders and Regulations - Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Higher Education Student Information) Regulations 2009; Draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of duration of non-jury trial provisions) Order 2009 - Baroness Crawley

Orders and Regulations - Draft Children Act 1989 (Higher Education Bursary) (England) Regulations 2009; Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

Thursday 9 July

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Environmental benefits of the set-aside scheme - Lord Livsey of Talgarth; Pension funds - Lord Harrison; Replacing Trident nuclear weapons - Lord Judd

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

Legislation - Coroners and Justice Bill - Committee stage (day 6) - Lord Bach

Orders and Regulations - Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Motion to regret - Lord Berkeley/ Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Friday 10 July

The House will sit at 10:00am

Legislation - Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Union Bill - Second reading - Lord Tomlinson

Legislation - Autism Bill - Second reading - Baroness Pitkeathley

Legislation - Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill - Second reading - Lord Janner of Braunstone

Legislation - Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill - Second Reading - Lord Tyler/Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
13 - 17 July 2009

Monday 13 July

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - The Convention on Cluster Munitions - Baroness Howe of Idlicote; The armed forces in Afghanistan - Lord Astor of Hever; UK-US negotiations for the acceptance of detainees - Lord Wallace of Saltaire; Refugees resulting from conflicts and climate change - Baroness Tonge

Legislation - Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [HL] - Report stage - Lord Bach

Legislation - Coroners and Justice Bill - Committee stage (day 7) - Lord Bach

Orders and Regulations - Identity Cards Act 2006 (Information and Code of Practice on Penalties) Order 2009; Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009; Identity Cards Act 2006 (Fees) Regulations 2009 - Motion to regret - Baroness Hanham

Orders and Regulations - Identity Cards Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2009; Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009

Tuesday 14 July

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Unemployment figures - Lord Steinberg; Qualifications and training of probation service officers - Baroness Stern; The prospects for a united Cyprus - Lord Watson of Richmond

Legislation - Parliamentary Standards Bill - Committee stage

Wednesday 15 July

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Unemployment - Lord Roberts of Conwy; Government expenditure - Lord Sheldon; The Gift Aid system - Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Committee stage (day 5) - Lord West of Spithead/Lord Brett

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

Orders and Regulations - National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare) Order 2009; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Exceptions to Matters) Order 2009

Thursday 16 July

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Incursions by troops into Somalia - Lord Chidgey; Cricket in schools - Baroness Massey of Darwen; Six-month courses to train former city workers as teachers - Baroness Perry of Southwark

Legislation - Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill - Committee stage (day 5) - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin/Lord Young of Norwood Green

Friday 17 July

The House will not be sitting.