Previous business
Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Commons: Main Chamber   See this day →

• International Development Oral Questions; 11:30 am
• Prime Minister's Question Time 12:00 pm
• Airport Security (People with Disabilities) – Tom Blenkinsop Ten Minute Rule Motion
• Airport Security (People with Disabilities) Bill - First reading – Tom Blenkinsop Legislation
• Welfare Reform Bill - Consideration of Lords amendments Legislation
• Welfare Reform Bill - Consideration of Lords amendments Legislation
• Manchester’s bid for the Green Investment Bank – Tony Lloyd Adjournment debate

Lords: Main Chamber   See this day →

• Promoting active citizenship in Europe during UK's chairmanship of the Council of Europe Oral Questions; 3:00 pm
• Plans to take action on the number of deaths per year from diabetes Oral Questions
• Impact of the proposed referendum on Scottish independence on reform of the House of Lords Oral Questions
• Lack of progress of talks on the future of Cyprus, and whether Northern Cyprus will now be recognised – Lord Sharkey Oral Questions
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Committee of the whole House (Day 7) – Lord McNally Legislation
• Reinvigorating occupational pensions Short Debate
• Estimated Rising Time; 10:00 pm

Commons: Westminster Hall   See this day →

• Work capability assessments – Tom Greatrex 9:30 am – 11:00 am
• Potential for micro combined heat and power – Alan Whitehead 11:00 am – 11:30 am
• Community sports facilities – Charlotte Leslie 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
• Role of soft power in UK foreign policy – John Glen 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Unemployment in Halifax – Linda Riordan 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Commons: General Committees

• Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 4) 2011 (S.R. (N.I.), 2011, No. 422) and the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2970) 2:30 pm; Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Commons: Select Committees

Science and Technology: Risk perception and energy infrastructure 9:15 am; The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Dr Paul Leinster, Chief Executive, Environment Agency, Dr Jill Meara, Deputy Director of the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Health Protection Agency, Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive, and Dr Mike Weightman, HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations and Head of the Office for Nuclear Regulation

Education: Pre-appointment hearing with Glenys Stacey, Ofqual 9:30 am; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Glenys Stacey, Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations

Science and Technology: Science and international development 10:15 am; The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Professor Graham Furniss, Chair of the Africa Panel, British Academy, Professor Peter Guthrie OBE FREng, Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Robert Souhami CBE, Foreign Secretary, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Dr Beth Taylor, Director of Communications and External Relations, Institute of Physics

Environmental Audit: Green Economy 2:15 pm; The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Rt. Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Chloe Smith MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury

International Development: South Sudan: The Birth of a Nation and the Prospects for Peace and Development 2:30 pm; Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: Stephen O'Brien MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Mark Mallalieu, Head, DFID South Sudan Michael Ryder, the UK Special Representative to Sudan

European Scrutiny: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute 2:30 pm; Room 19, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Wilcox, Parliamentary Secretary, and officials, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Procedure: Sittings of the House and the Parliamentary calendar 3:00 pm; Room 20, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: 3.05pm Ms Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, 3.45pm Rt Hon Sir George Young MP, Leader of the House of Commons

Public Accounts: Reorganising Central Government Bodies 3:15 pm; Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: Ian Watmore, Chief Operating Officer, Efficiency and Reform Group, Sue Gray, Senior Responsible Owner, Public Bodies Reform Programme, Cabinet Office, Sir Suma Chakrabarti KCB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Martin Donnelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) 3:45 pm; Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: Catherine Brown, CEO, AHVLA, Rt Hon James Paice MP, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and Nigel Gibbens, Chief Veterinary Officer

Lords: Select Committees

Constitution 10:00 am; Room 1, Palace of Westminster; Private meeting

Witnesses: (at 10.15am) The Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister. This is an annual evidence session.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (EU Sub-Committee D): EU Freshwater Policy 10:30 am; Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses: (at 11.00am) Dr Dylan Bright, Trust Director, Westcountry Rivers Trust.

Draft House of Lords Reform Bill Joint Committee: Private meeting 10:30 am; Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Justice and Institutions (EU Sub-Committee E) 4:00 pm; Room 2A, Palace of Westminster; Private meeting