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 - Lord Brabazon of Tara

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

Debate - Motions to approve Procedure Committee reports - Lord Brabazon of Tara

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

Orders and Regulations - Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009; Crime International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 3) Order 2009 - Lord Brett; Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Oldham

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

Orders and Regulations - Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (1996 Hague Convention on Protection of Children etc.) Order 2009 - Lord Bach; Draft Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009 - Lord Bach: Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2010 - Lord Faulkner of Worcester; Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 - Lord Davies of Abersoch.

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

Legislation - Consolidated Fund Bill - Second reading and remaining stages - Lord Myners

Debate - Pre-Budget Report 2009 - Lord Myners

Orders and Regulations - Social Security (Contributions Credits for Parents and Carers) Regulations 2009 - Lord McKenzie of Luton

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

Thursday 17 December

The House will not be sitting.

Friday 18 December

The House will not be sitting.

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
4 - 8 January 2010

Monday 4 January

The House will not be sitting.

Tuesday 5 January

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Funding of highly specialised research and treatment services - Baroness Gardner of Parkes; Funding for university museums and galleries - Lord Howarth of Newport; Percentage of 15 to 19 year olds in education - Lord Naseby

Legislation - Child Poverty Bill - Second reading - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Debate - Preparations for hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Wednesday 6 January

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - The Mountain Rescue Service - Lord Dubs; The grounds for decisions to forbid hospital staff and carers from helping patients to eat - Baroness Knight of Collingtree; Iranian dissident refugees in Iraq - Lord Corbett of Castle Vale

Legislation - Digital Economy Bill - Committee stage (day 1) - Lord Mandelson/ Lord Davies of Oldham

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

Legislation - Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill - Committee stage (day 1) - Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

Thursday 7 January

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Proposals to enable Secretaries of State in the House of Lords to appear in the House of Commons - Baroness Boothroyd; Reforming the procedures of the House of Lords - Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe; Regulation of astrologers - Lord Taverne

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

Legislation - Bribery Bill - Committee stage (day 1) - Lord Bach