Previous business
Thursday, 18 October 2012

Commons: Main Chamber   See this day →

• Transport, including Topical Questions; Women and Equalities Business; 9:30 am
• Energy Tariffs Urgent Question
• Leader of the House Business Statement
• European Union (Croation Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill - First reading – William Hague Legislation
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill - First reading – Eric Pickles Legislation
• (i) Disbandment of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (ii) The use of intercept evidence in courts and inquests Backbench Business
• Government support for pseudoxanthoma elasticum - Nick de Bois [R] Adjournment debate

Lords: Main Chamber   See this day →

• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - First reading Legislation
• Promotion of the benefits of Scotland remaining within the UK – Lord McAvoy Oral Questions; 11:00 am
• Anti-Slavery Day and awareness that individuals may be the subject of modern slavery – Baroness Hamwee Oral Questions
• Police Federation ballot on the legal prohibition on police officers to strike – Lord Blair of Boughton Oral Questions
• Risks arising from the reduction of funding for fire services outside London – Lord Alton of Liverpool Oral Questions
• Estimated Rising Time; 10:00 pm
• Excellence in education – Baroness Perry of Southwark Debate
• Centenary of the Scott Expedition to Antarctica – Baroness Hooper Debate
• Proposals for further developments in the bus industry – Lord Bradshaw Short Debate
• Estimated Rising Time; 5:15 pm

Commons: Westminster Hall   See this day →

• General Debate on Community benefit for major infrastructure projects 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Commons: General Committees

• Third Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Late Night Levy (Application and Administration) Regulations 2012 11:30 am; Room 11, Palace of Westminster
• Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee 11:30 am; Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Commons: Select Committees

Political and Constitutional Reform: Do we need a constitutional convention for the UK? 10:00 am; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Maclennan of Rogart; Canon Kenyon Wright CBE

Political and Constitutional Reform: Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation 11:00 am; The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses: Sir David Lloyd Jones, Chairman of the Law Commission , Elaine Lorimer, Chief Executive, Law Commission and Adrian Hogarth, Parliamentary Counsel, Law Commission

Lords: Select Committees

Draft Communications Data Bill Joint Committee: Private meeting

Witnesses: Committee visit to the Metropolitan Police Service.

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Small and Medium Sized Enterprises 10:30 am

Witnesses: (at 10.40am) Lesley Batchelor, Director-General of the Institute of Export; Jon Coleman, Chairman of the British Exporters Association; Alexander Ehmann, Head of Government and Parliamentary Affairs, Institute of Directors; and (at 11.45am) Clive Davenport, Trade & Industry Spokesman of the Federation of Small Businesses; Mike Spicer, Senior Policy Adviser at the British Chambers of Commerce.