Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
7 - 11 December 2009

Monday 7 December

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - the UK's United Nations assessed peacekeeping contributions - Lord Hannay of Chiswick; The number in public employment - Baroness Miller of Hendon; Apprenticeships in 2008-09 - Lord De Mauley; A referendum asking whether the UK should remain in the EU - Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Debate - Science and Technology Committee on Pandemic Influenza: Follow-up - Motion to take note - Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

Debate - European Union Committee on Money laundering and the financing of terrorism - Motion to take note - Lord Jopling

Orders and Regulations - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009 - Motion to revoke - Earl of Onslow

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

Legislation - Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill - Second reading committee - Lord Bach

Tuesday 8 December

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - The future of the BBC Trust - Lord Fowler; The impact of Family Intervention Projects - Baroness Massey of Darwen; Legislation to halve the fiscal deficit - Lord Renton of Mount Harry

Legislation - Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill - Second reading - Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

Debate - Committee on Climate Change's progress report: "Meeting Carbon Budgets - the need for a step change" - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Orders and Regulations - Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of an Approved Regulator) Order 2009; Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009; Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2009; Transfer OF Tribunal Functions Order 2009; Amendment to Schedule 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) Order 2009 - Lord Tunnicliffe

Wednesday 9 December

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Major projects which have benefited from an acceleration of public spending - Baroness Valentine; Proposals regarding House of Lords procedure and practice under discussion in the House of Lords Procedure Committee - Lord Campbell-Savours; Serving personnel voting in the forthcoming elections - Lord Roberts of Llandudno

Legislation - Bribery Bill - Second reading - Lord Bach

Short Debate - Teaching in schools to increase understanding of the influence of the media - Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

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

Orders and Regulations - Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 - Lord Brett; Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 3) Order 2009 - Lord Brett; Social Security (Contributions Credits for Parents and Carers) Regulations 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2009 - Baroness Thornton; Draft Pharmacy Order - Baroness Thornton

Thursday 10 December

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Variable tax rates for alcoholic drinks - Lord Soley; The Nagorno-Karabakh dispute - Viscount Waverley; The Government's pledge to protect private tenants whose homes are repossessed because of their landlord's mortgage arrears - Lord Best

Debate - The Commonwealth's shared goals in democracy and development - Lord Sheikh

Debate - The Royal Society report "Reaping the Benefits" and the contribution to be made by British agriculture - Baroness Byford

Orders and Regulations - Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009 - Lord Bach; Criminal Defence Service (Representations Orders: Appeals Etc.) - Lord Bach; Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 - Lord Bach; Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Insurers) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham

Friday 11 December

The House will sit at 10:00am

Legislation - Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill - Second reading - Lord Tomlinson/ Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Legislation - Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill - Second reading - Lord Morris of Manchester/ Baroness Thornton

Legislation - Marriage (Wales) Bill - Second reading - Lord Rowe-Beddoe/ Lord Bach

Legislation - Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill - Second reading - Lord Dholakia/ Lord Bach

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
14 - 18 December 2009

Monday 14 December

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Quantitative easing - Lord Barnett; Titles used by the husbands of women Members of the House of Lords - Baroness Deech; Department for International Development's aid in Afghanistan - Baroness Rawlings; Patients with dementia in hospital - Baroness Greengross

Debate - Review Body on Senior Salaries report: Review of financial support for Members of the House of Lords - Minister tbc.

Tuesday 15 December

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Public debt and deficits - Baroness O'Cathain; Points-based visa system and non-EU visiting artists and academics denied entry - Lord Clement-Jones; The Barnett Formula - Lord Anderson of Swansea

Legislation - Equality Bill - Second reading - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Wednesday 16 December

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Negotiations for a global arms trade treaty - Lord Judd; Unemployment in the UK - Lord Roberts of Conwy; Convicted criminals paid compensation in respect of denial of drugs - Lord Tebbit

Debate - Pre-Budget Report 2009 - Lord Myners

N.B. The House will rise for Christmas recess after the close of Business