Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
22 - 26 March 2010

Monday 22 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Introduction(s) - Anthony Hall CBE and Professor Ajay Kakkar

Oral Questions - Attacks and discrimination against religious minorities in Egypt - Baroness Cox; Allegations made in the Haddon-Cave report on the Nimrod XV230 crash - Lord Ramsbotham; Tax and personal residence - Lord Barnett; Staging a special horse race to mark the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 - Baroness Trumpington

Legislation - Building Regulations (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Report stage - Lord Harrison

Legislation - Powers of Entry etc. Bill [HL] - Report stage - Lord Selsdon

Legislation - Anti-Slavery Day Bill - Committee of the whole House - Baroness Butler-Sloss

Orders and Regulations - Draft Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010; Draft Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010 - Motions to approve- Lord McKenzie of Luton / Baroness Butler-Sloss

Tuesday 23 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Reform of the procedures of the House of Lords - Lord Campbell-Savours; Availability of ball-bearing guns resembling real weapons - Lord Harrison; The Decent Homes programme - Baroness Fookes

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

Legislation - Energy Bill - Second reading - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Orders and Regulations - Statutory Instruments on devolution of Policing and Justice in Northern Ireland

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

Orders and Regulations - Commons Councils (Standard Constitution) (England) Regulations 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Charities (Disclosure of Revenue and Customs Information to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 - Lord Tunnicliffe; Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2010; Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010; Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Devolution and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin; Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2010; Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Wednesday 24 March

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Terrorist Asset-Freezing Bill - Lord Pannick; Providing free Ordnance Survey data - Earl of Selborne; Combating drug-resistant tuberculosis - Baroness Masham of Ilton;

Legislation - Personal Care at Home Bill - Third reading - Baroness Thornton

Legislation - Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill - Second reading - Lord Bach

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

Legislation - Flood and Water Management Bill - Committee stage (Day 2) - Lord Davies of Oldham

Thursday 25 March

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth II and HMS Prince of Wales - Lord Lee of Trafford; Teenage pregnancies - Baroness Walmsley; Overseas based persons making donations to UK political parties via personal or corporate channels - Lord Dykes

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - Lord Mandelson

Debate - The UK economy - Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market

Debate - Assisting older people and the challenges for the future - Baroness Turner of Camden

Orders and Regulations - Conditional Fee Agreements (Amendment) Order 2010 - Motion to regret - Lord Bach / Lord Martin of Springburn

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

Orders and Regulations - European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010; Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010; Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) (Fire Safety) Order 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Culture and Other Fields) Order 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Education) Order 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010 - Lord Young of Norwood Green; Qaida and Taliban (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010 - Lord Myners; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendments to Part 18A etc.) Regulations 2010; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Liability of Issuers) Regulations 2010 - Lord Myners

Friday 26 March

The House will not be sitting.

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
29 March - 2 April 2010

Monday 29 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Introduction(s) - Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE and Sir Michael Bichard KCB

Oral Questions - The Mortgage Rescue Scheme - Baroness Gardner of Parkes; The Active Travel Strategy - Lord Berkeley; A pageant of Parliament in 2012 to celebrate the achievements of Parliament - Lord Roberts of Llandudno

Legislation - Crime and Security Bill - Second reading

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

Debates - British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War and Gulf War illnesses - Lord Morris of Manchester

Debate - British overseas territories and treaties - Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Debate - Events in Armenia from 1915 to 1917 - Baroness Cox

Debate - Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

Tuesday 30 March

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - The regulatory framework for aviation - Lord Rotherwick; The cost of supporting banks and building societies during the financial crisis - Lord Roberts of Conwy; New runways required at UK airports before 2050 - Lord Geddes