Previous business
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including Topical Questions Oral Questions; 2:30 pm
- Health and Social Care Bill Urgent Question
- Eradication of Slavery (UK Company Supply Chains) – Fiona Mactaggart Ten Minute Rule Motion
- Eradication of Slavery (UK Company Supply Chains) Bill - First reading – Fiona Mactaggart Legislation
- Estimates Day [5th allotted day] – (i) Transport and the economy [HC 473, HC 962] (ii) Preparations for the Rio Plus Summit [HC 1026, HC 1737] At 10pm the House will be asked to agree all outstanding estimates Debate
- Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill - First reading – Mark Hoban Legislation
- Supermarkets and public land in Scotland – Michael McCann Adjournment debate
- Role and future of the Middle East Quartet – Baroness Falkner of Margravine Oral Questions; 2:30 pm
- Whether new monitoring standards in Local Authorities will have an impact on vexatious and frivolous cases, and whistleblowing – Lord Tyler Oral Questions
- Devolution of powers to the National Assembly for Wales – Lord Roberts of Llandudno Oral Questions
- Preventing the booklet 'Pure Manhood: How to become the man God wants you to be' being used as part of the school curriculum – Lord Rennard Oral Questions
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill - Third reading – Lord Newby Legislation
- Scotland Bill - Committee of the whole House (Day 3) – Lord Wallace of Tankerness Legislation
- Urgent Question on the Health and Social Care Bill – Earl Howe Statement
- Estimated Rising Time; 10:00 pm
- Women in the Church of England – Sharon Hodgson 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Media regulation – Chris Bryant 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Energy suppliers and energy prices – Caroline Lucas 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- Jam jar bank accounts and low-income customers – Damian Hinds 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Economic potential of clean coal – Chi Onwurah 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Commons: General Committees
- First Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Schools (Specification and Disposal of Articles) Regulations 2012 10:30 am; Room 11, Palace of Westminster
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee 10:30 am; Room 9, Palace of Westminster
- Financial Services Bill Committee 10:30 am; Room 12, Palace of Westminster
- Second Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2012 4:30 pm; Room 14, Palace of Westminster
- European Committee A: European Union Document No. 16175/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a Draft Regulation on the safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities 4:30 pm; Room 10, Palace of Westminster
Commons: Select Committees
- Transport: Competition in the local bus market 10:05 am; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Stephen Morris, General Manager, Bus Users UK, Richard Hebditch, Campaigns Director, Campaign for Better Transport, and David Sidebottom, Passenger Director, Passenger Focus; John Pope, Head of Passenger Transport, Essex County Council, Cllr Shona Johnstone, Local Government Association, and David Brown, Director General, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, pteg (at 10.45 am); and Dr Roger Sexton, and Neil Anderson, Associate Director, Capital Traffic Management Ltd (at 11.30 am)
- Transport: Competition in the local bus market 10:05 am; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Stephen Morris, General Manager, Bus Users UK, Richard Hebditch, Campaigns Director, Campaign for Better Transport, and David Sidebottom, Passenger Director, Passenger Focus; John Pope, Head of Passenger Transport, Essex County Council, Cllr Shona Johnstone, Local Government Association, and David Brown, Director General, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, pteg (at 10.45 am); and Dr Roger Sexton, Neil Anderson, Associate Director, Capital Traffic Management Ltd, and Steve Warburton, Operations Director, TAS Partnership (at 11.30 am)
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Stamp Price Regulation 10:15 am; Room 15, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: Moya Greene, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Mail
- International Development: TAX IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: INCREASING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT 10:30 am; Room 5, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: ActionAid, Christian Aid and Centre for Trade Policy and Development (Zambia)(10.30 am)
IDS and LSE (11.30 am)
- Justice: Post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 10:30 am; Palace of Westminster, Committee Room 8
- Witnesses: Universities UK, The Russell Group and the 1994 Group;
Martin Rosenbaum, BBC News, Doug Wills, Evening Standard, David Higgerson, Trinity Mirror Regionals, and David Hencke, National Union of Journalists (at 11.15am)
- Home Affairs: Extradition 11:20 am; The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Judge Riddle, Senior District Judge, Westminster Magistrates Court; Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP (at 11.50 am); Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General, and Keir Starmer, QC, Director of Public Prosecutions (at 12.30 pm)
- Joint Committee on Human Rights: The Justice and Security Green Paper 2:20 pm; Room 5, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: Isabella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty; Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE; Alice Wyss, Researcher, Amnesty International; Helen Shaw, Co-Director, Inquest (2.20pm)
- Defence: The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation 2:30 pm; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans
Lords: Select Committees
- Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (EU Sub-Committee A) 10:30 am; Room 3, Palace of Westminster; Private meeting
- Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I: Higher Education in STEM Subjects 10:30 am; Room 4, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 10.40am) Colin Smith, Director of Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce; Dr Malcolm Skingle, Director of Academic Liaison, GlaxoSmithKline; Stephen Uden, Head of Skills & Economic Affairs, Microsoft Ltd; Dr Paul Beasley, Head of Strategic Development, Siemens; and (at 11.30am) Dr Julian Braybrook, Head of Strategy, Measurement Research, LGC; and Prof Chris Wise, Founder of Expedition Engineering; and Steven White, Director of Human Resources, Vectura.
- Science and Technology: Science and Heritage: Follow-up 2:00 pm; Room 3, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 2.10pm) Professor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive of the AHRC and the current Chair of RCUK (representing the AHRC, ESRC and NERC); Atti Emecz, EPSRC Director of Communications, Information and Strategy (attending on behalf of EPSRC); and (at 3.05pm) Professor May Cassar, Director, AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme.
- Joint Committee on Human Rights: The Justice and Security Green Paper 2:00 pm; Room 5, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 2.20pm) Isabella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty; Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE; Alice Wyss, Researcher, Amnesty International; Helen Shaw, Co-Director, Inquest; and (at 3.00pm) Professor Adrian Zuckerman, Professor of Civil Procedure, University of Oxford.
- Communications 3:15 pm; Room 2, Palace of Westminster; Private meeting
- Economic Affairs 3:30 pm; Room 1, Palace of Westminster; Private meeting
