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Weekly Information Bulletin: 10th July 2010

Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
12 – 16 July 2010

Monday 12 July

The House will sit at 2:15pm

Introduction(s) – Lord Spicer, Rt Hon Michael Wills and Dolar Popat Esq

Oral Questions – Increasing the retirement age of the Justices of the Supreme Court to 75 - Lord Pannick; Review on Muslim prisoners' experiences – Lord Dholakia; Restoring the frescos in the Royal Gallery – Baroness Trumpington; Reforming the law of murder – Lord Lloyd of Berwick

Debate – Reviewing the working practices of the House of Lords – Lord Strathclyde

Tuesday 13 July

The House will sit at 2:15pm

Introduction(s) – Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Guy Black Esq and Angela Browning

Oral Questions – BBC World Service - Lord Fowler; Improving the dietary health of the population – Lord Krebs; Biometric passports – Lord Dubs

Legislation – Academies Bill [HL] – Third reading – Lord Hill of Oareford

Debate – Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Nanotechnologies and Food – Lord Krebs

Wednesday 14 July

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Introduction(s) – Baroness Wheeler

Oral Questions – Contribution of tourism to the UK economy - Lord Lee of Trafford; Proper treatment of patients suffering from the most prevalent conditions of cancer and Alzheimer's disease – Lord Naseby; Task Force on Farming Regulations – Lord Plumb

Legislation – Local Government Bill [HL] – Committee of the Whole House – Baroness Hanham

Short Debate – Low carbon technologies in the market place – Lord Haskel

Thursday 15 July

The House will sit at 10:45am

Introduction(s) – Wilfrid Stevenson Esq, John Shipley Esq OBE and Helen Newlove

Oral Questions – Encouraging more women to take up places on committees, and on the boards of public bodies and listed companies – Baroness Gould of Potternewton; The decision to close down Bectar – Lord Rix; Procedures following a vote of confidence – Lord Grocott

Debate – Reform of the criminal justice system - Lord Thomas of Gresford

Debate – The future of rural communities – Lord Greaves

Friday 16 July

The House will not be sitting.


Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
19 – 23 July 2010

Monday 19 July

The House will sit at 2:15pm

Introduction(s) – Timothy Boswell Esq, Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE, Kathryn Parminter

Oral Questions – Increasing GP's awareness of the symptoms of prostate cancer - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon; nominating peerages for representatives of different professions - Baroness Cox; Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour - Lord Ramsbotham; Ensuring that neither the EU nor any Member State shall assume the commitments of another Member State - Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Debate – Report of the Merits Committee on Terrorism Act 2006 Order 2010 - Baroness Neville-Jones

Orders and Regulations – Draft Child Trust Funds Regulation 2010 - Lord Sassoon; Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 Regulations 2010 - Lord Sassoon; Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 Regulations 2010 - Baroness Wilcox; Draft Armed Forces Act Order 2010 - Lord Wallace of Saltaire; Draft Fishing Boats Scheme 2010 - Lord Henley

Tuesday 20 July

The House will sit at 2:15pm

Introduction(s) – Sir Ken Macdonald QC, Rt Hon. Michael Howard QC, Susan Nye

Oral Questions – Large Combustion Plant Directive - Lord Willoughby de Broke; Responsibility for the Debt Management Office to the Bank of England - Lord Higgins; Mapping in England and Wales within the Single Farm Payment scheme - Duke of Montrose

Wednesday 21 July

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Introduction(s) – Anna Healy

Oral Questions – Defining the present role of Members of the House of Lords - Lord Selsdon; Illegal motorway advertisements - Lord Harrison; Office of Civil Society - Baroness Andrews

Debate – Position of women in society in the united Kingdom and overseas – Baroness Verma

Thursday 22 July

The House will sit at 10:45am

Introduction(s) – Matthew Taylor Esq, Rt Hon. John Reid, Dame Margaret Eaton DBE

Oral Questions – Review Conference on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - Baroness Stern; Skin testing for bovine tuberculosis - Lord Dixon-Smith; Impact of the points-based visa system on visiting artists and performers - Lord Clement-Jones

Friday 23 July

The House will not be sitting.