Weekly Information Bulletin: 14th May 2011
Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
16 – 20 May 2011
Monday 16 May
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Oral Questions – Use of revenue received by commercial broadcasters from product placement – Baroness Benjamin; Increasing over the next three years the United Kingdom’s current net contribution to the EU budget – Lord Vinson; Securing the primacy of the House of Commons if the House of Lords is replaced by an elected chamber – Lord Kakkar; Proposed Palestinian statehood declaration – Lord Sheikh
Legislation – Fixed–term Parliaments Bill – Report stage (Day 2) – Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Legislation – European Union Bill – Committee (Day 5) – Lord Howell of Guildford
Motion – Changes to Immigration Rules (HC908) – Regret Motion – Lord Avebury/Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Tuesday 17 May
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Oral Questions – Development of the BBC World Service – Lord Fowler; Safety of asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo – Bishop of Winchester; Determining which subjects count towards the English Baccalaureate – Baroness Bonham–Carter of Yarnbury
Legislation – Postal Services Bill – Report stage (Day 2)
Legislation – European Union Bill – Committee of the whole House (Day 6)
The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:45pm
Orders and Regulations – Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 (Permanent Effect) Order 2011 – Lord Sassoon
Orders and Regulations – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Nitrous Oxide) Regulations 2011 – Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Orders and Regulations – Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Monetary Penalty Notices and Consents for Interceptions) Regulations 2011 – Baroness Verma
Orders and Regulations – Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011 – Lord De Mauley
Wednesday 18 May
The House will sit at 3:00pm
Oral Questions – Ensuring that school inspectors are trained to prevent proliferation of imported race and religious hate material in faith schools – Baroness Deech; Proportion of higher education courses charging £9,000 from next year – Lord Knight of Weymouth; Ensuring that Twickenham railway station is fit for purpose in time for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 – Lord Addington
Legislation – Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill – Committee of the whole House (Day 2) – Baroness Browning
Debate – Air Passenger Duty banding on the Caribbean and other developing economies – Baroness Benjamin
Thursday 19 May
The House will sit at 11:00am
Oral Questions – Responsibilities of parenthood – Lord Northbourne; Bahrainians studying in the UK whose courses have been terminated – Lord Avebury; Responsibility of the British Embassy in Iraq for maintaining the condition of Camp Ashraf – Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Debate – European Convention on Human Rights – Lord Irvine of Lairg
Debate – The case for civil legal aid – Lord Beecham
Orders and Regulations – Employment and Support Allowance (Work–Related Activity) Regulations – Lord Freud
Orders and Regulations – Social Security (Electoronic Communications) Order 2011 – Lord Freud
Friday 20 May
The House will not be sitting.
Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
23 – 27 May 2011
Monday 23 May
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Oral Questions – Exceeding EU air quality limits in London during the 2012 Olympic Games – Lord Berkeley; Creation of a sustainable housing market – Lord Best; Levels of interest set by banks on cash individual savings accounts as compared with other savings accounts – Baroness Stowell of Beeston; Mental health needs of children in the care of local authorities – Earl of Listowel
Legislation – European Union Bill – Committee of the whole House (Day 7)
Tuesday 24 May
The House will sit at 2:30pm
Oral Questions – Meeting the commitment in the Coalition’s Programme for Government to establish "a second chamber that is reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election" – Lord Grocott; Religious education in the proposed English Baccalaureate – Lord Anderson of Swansea; Rules on homeowners’ liability in the event of injury to intruders on private domestic property – Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Legislation – Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill – Committee of the whole House (Day 3)
Wednesday 25 May
The House will sit at 10:00am
Oral Questions – Changing the clocks between British Summer Time and Greenwich Mean Time – Lord Spicer; Recommendations in the report The voice of the child: learning lessons from serious case reviews – Baroness Walmsley; Consideration of members’ effectiveness and provision of facilities when increasing the size of the House – Lord Lea of Crondall
Thursday 26 May
The House will not be sitting.
Friday 27 May
The House will not be sitting.
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