Weekly Information Bulletin: 26th June 2010
Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
28 June – 2 July 2010
Monday 28 June
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Introduction(s) – Roy Kennedy of Southwark, Floella Benjamin, Rt Hon Dr Jack McConnell
Oral Questions – Delhi Commonwealth Games – Lord Harries of Pentregarth; Closure of Refugee and Migration Justice – Lord Avebury; Nuclear posture review – Lord Hannay of Chiswick; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Legislation – Academies Bill [HL] – Committee of the whole House (Day 3) – Lord Hill of Oareford
Short Debate – Veterans of the Gulf War with still undiagnosed illnesses – Lord Morris of Manchester
Tuesday 29 June
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Introduction(s) – Lord German Esq, Meral Hussein Ece and Shireen Ritchie
Oral Questions – Environmental and scientific importance of the Chagos archipelago – Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Reviewing Government quangos – Baroness Seccombe; Support for disabled students – Lord Addington
Debate – Reform of the House of Lords – Lord Strathclyde
Motion – Standing Order 40 be dispensed with on 5 July to allow the motion to approve the draft State Pension Credit Pilot Scheme Regulations 2010 – Earl Attlee
Motion – Take note of the case for Reform of the House of Lords – Lord Strathclyde
Motion – Table motions to enable members of the House to retire, abolish by-elections of hereditary peers, remove members convicted of criminal offences, creation of statutory appointments – Lord Steel of Aikwood
Wednesday 30 June
The House will sit at 3:00pm
Introduction(s) – Rt Hon Don Touhig
Oral Questions – Phase out of analogue radio – Lord Renton of Mount Harry; Ensuring that private health insurance companies adhere to industry codes of practice – Lord Crisp; Membership of the European Defence Agency – Lord Anderson of Swansea
Legislation – Local Government Bill [HL] – Second Reading – Baroness Hanham
Debate – The case for safe and sustainable transport – Earl Attlee
Short Debate – Treatment of stroke victims – Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Thursday 1 July
The House will sit at 11:00am
Introduction(s) – Rita Donaghy CBE, Rt Hon John Hutton and Rt Hon Paul Boateng
Oral Questions – Harassment, intimidation and assassination of journalists in different countries – Lord Judd; Collection of backdated non–domestic rates in respect of port-side operators – Lord Bates; Party funding reform – Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Debate – Devolution of power to local communities – Baroness Perry of Southwark
Debate – UK foreign policy – Lord Howe of Aberavon
Friday 2 July
The House will not be sitting.
Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
5 – 9 July 2010
Monday 5 July
The House will sit at 2:15pm
Introduction(s) – Baroness Sherlock, Lord Bannside, Baroness Drake
Oral Questions – EU target of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010 – Lord James of Blackheath; Proportion of wealth held by the richest 10 per cent of the population – Lord Sheldon; Party funding reform – Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope; The House of Lords reform committee instructions to Parliamentary Counsel for a draft bill – Lord Campbell of Alloway
Motion – State Pension Credit Pilot Scheme Regulations 2010 – Lord Freud
Motion – Take note of the case for safe and sustainable transport – Earl Attlee
Tuesday 6 July
The House will sit at 2:15pm
Introduction(s) – Lord McFall of Alcuith, Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Oral Questions – Independence of the Office for Budget Responsibility – Lord Barnett; Work–free Sundays – Lord Hylton; Meeting the costs of any future outbreak of farm animal disease – Baroness Byford
Wednesday 7 July
The House will sit at 3:00pm
Introduction(s) – Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Oral Questions – Citizens denied the opportunity to vote at the general election – Lord Trefgarne; The Rural Payments Agency – Lord Greaves; The withdrawal of the International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences in the light of the human rights record of the Equatorial Guinea government – Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Legislation – Academies Bill [HL] – Report stage – Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Thursday 8 July
The House will sit at 10:45am
Introduction(s) – Quentin Davies, Rt Hon Angela Smith, Rt Hon John Prescott
Oral Questions – The need for new housing – Baroness Whitaker; Individual freedoms and civil liberties – Lord Waddington; The roles of Niall Ferguson and Andrew Roberts with regard to the history curriculum – Lord Clinton–Davis
Debate – Regional post-conflict stabilisation in eastern and central Africa – Lord Chidgey
Debate – Affordable housing – Baroness Ford
Friday 9 July
The House will sit at 10:00am
Legislation – Defamation Bill [HL] – Second reading – Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Legislation – Dog Control Bill [HL] – Second reading – Lord Redesdale
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