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 -Companies' Remuneration Reports Bill [HL] - Report stage - Lord Gavron

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

Short Debate - Socio-economic prospects for the North-East of England - Lord Bates

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 4) - Lord West of Spithead/Lord Brett

Orders and Regulations - The Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009; The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2009

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 - Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Orders and Regulations - Hallmarking Act 1973 (Application to Palladium) Order 2009 - Lord Drayson

Orders and Regulations - Legislative Reform (Limited Partnerships) Order 2009 - Lord Drayson

Debate - European Union Committee report on Access to EU Documents - Lord Mance

Thursday 16 July

The House will sit at 11:00am

Introduction(s) - The Lord Bishop of Bristol

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

Orders and Regulations - Saving Gateway Accounts Regulations 2009 - Lord Myners

Friday 17 July

The House will not be sitting.

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
20 - 24 July 2009

Monday 20 July

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - The transfer of judicial functions to the new Supreme Court - Lord Pannick; Developments in Sudan - Baroness Cox; Unauthorised colleges and false students in the UK - Lord Naseby; The Association of Train Operating Companies report Connecting communities: expanding access to the rail network - Lord Grocott

Legislation - Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill - Third reading - Lord Bach

Legislation - Parliamentary Standards Bill - Report stage - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Legislation - Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill - Second reading and remaining stages - Lord Myners

Legislation - Finance Bill - Second reading and remaining stages and debate on Economic Affairs Committee report on The Finance Bill 2009 - Lord Myners/Lord Vallance of Tummel

Legislation - Parliamentary Standards Bill - Third reading - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Debate - Economic Affairs Committee report on the Finance Bill 2009 - Lord Vallance of Tummel

Tuesday 21 July

The House will sit at 11:00am

Debate - Contribution made by Law Lords to the work of this House - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Oral Questions - Teacher training courses and fieldwork in teaching biology - Baroness Walmsley; The European Space programme - Earl of Glasgow; The National Criminal Justice Board - Bishop of Liverpool

The House will rise for the Summer Recess