Previous business
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Scotland Oral Questions; 11:30 am
- Prime Minister's Question Time 12:00 pm
- Directors' Pay Statement
- Opposition Day (2nd allotted day) – (i) Disability benefits and social care (ii) Regional pay Debate
- Future of community hospitals in the North East of England – Tom Blenkinsop Adjournment debate
- Liverpool Care Pathway in NHS hospitals and the outcome of parliamentary debates and votes on euthanasia – Baroness Knight of Collingtree Oral Questions; 3:00 pm
- Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice over crime and policing laws – Lord Vinson Oral Questions
- Representations from the Welsh Government concerning the reform or replacement of the Barnett formula – Lord Wigley Oral Questions
- Personnel and international comparisons used to inform the recent curriculum review proposals – Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Oral Questions
- Directors Pay – Baroness Wilcox Statement
- Crime and Courts Bill [HL] - Committee of the whole House (Day 2) – Lord Henley Legislation
- EU Data Protection Directive – Lord McNally Debate
- EU Data Protection Directive - motion to regret – Lord Pearson of Rannoch Motion
- Estimated Rising Time; 10:00 pm
- Agricultural employment – Gordon Henderson 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Future of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority – Stephen Barclay 11:00 am – 11:30 am
- Unemployment in the North East – Iain Wright 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
- Remit of the Health and Safety Executive – Meg Munn 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- Proposed reconfiguration of hospitals in Sussex – Stephen Lloyd 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Commons: General Committees
- Welsh Grand Committee: Government’s Legislative programme as outlined in the Queen’s Speech and the Budget Statement as they relate to Wales 9:30 am; Room 10, Palace of Westminster
- Welsh Grand Committee: Government’s Legislative programme as outlined in the Queen’s Speech and the Budget Statement as they relate to Wales 2:30 pm; Room 14, Palace of Westminster
- Third Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2012 2:30 pm; Room 9, Palace of Westminster
- Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft International Fund for Agricultural Development (Eighth Replenishment) Order 2012 2:30 pm; Room 12, Palace of Westminster
Commons: Select Committees
- Science and Technology: Bridging the Valley of Death 9:15 am; Room 8, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: Sir Peter Williams and Sir David Cooksey ; David Sweeney, Director (Research, Innovation and Skills), Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Professor Nick Wright, Russell Group and UK Deans of Science
- Education: SEN (Special Educational Needs) 9:30 am; Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Philippa Stobbs, Vice Chair (Policy), Special Educational Consortium, Jane McConnell, Chief Executive, IPSEA, Professor Brahm Norwich, Professor of Education Psychology and SEN, University of Exeter, Martin Bacon, Principal, Swavesey Village College and Debbie Jones, Director of Children's Services, Lambeth, President, ADCS; Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families, Department of Education
- Work and Pensions: Pre-appointment hearing for the post of Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee 9:30 am; Grimond Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Paul Gray CB, DWP Preferred candidate
- Environmental Audit: Protecting the Arctic 2:15 pm; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Kim Traavik, Norwegian Ambassador to the UK; Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the UK, and Eva Fagerman, Counsellor, Political Affairs, Embassy of Sweden (at 3.00pm)
- Environmental Audit: Protecting the Arctic 2:15 pm; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Kim Traavik, Norwegian Ambassador to the UK; Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the UK
- Environmental Audit: Protecting the Arctic 2:15 pm; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Kim Traavik, Norwegian Ambassador to the UK; Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the UK
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Desinewed meat 2:30 pm; Room 16, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Dr Felicity Harvey, Director General Public Health and Tim Smith, Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency
- Treasury: Money Advice Service 2:30 pm; Room 15, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: Lord Turner, Chairman, Financial Services Authority and Martin Wheatley, Managing Director Conduct Business Unit, Financial Services Authority; Gerard Lemos, Chairman, Money Advice Service and Tony Hobman, Chief Executive, Money Advice Service
- Scottish Affairs: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland 2:30 pm; Grimond Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Lt Col (Retd) Stuart Crawford and Richard Marsh, Economist
- Northern Ireland Affairs: An air transport strategy for Northern Ireland 2:30 pm; Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport; Jonathan Sedgwick, International Director, UK Border Agency
Lords: Select Committees
- Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy (EU Sub-Committee D): The EU sugar regime 9:45 am; Room 2, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 10.00am) Barry Newton, Chairman, EPA/EBA London Group; (at 11.00am) William Martin, Chairman, NFU Sugar Board, and Gail Soutar, Senior CAP and International Affairs Adviser, National Farmers Union (NFU); and (at 11.30am) Chris Carter, Corporate Affairs Director, and Clare Wenner, Political Adviser, British Sugar plc.
- Constitution: Accountability of civil servants 10:15 am; Room 1, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 10.30am) Rt Hon David Blunkett MP; Rt Hon Lord Fowler; and (at 11.30am) Mark Davies, former special adviser to Jack Straw MP at MoJ; and Paul Richards, former special adviser to Hazel Blears at DCLG.
- Home Affairs, Health and Education (EU Sub-Committee F): The EU's Approach to Global Migration and Mobility 11:00 am; Room 3, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 11.30am) Peter Sutherland, UN Special Representative for Migration.
