Monday 22nd February
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Commons Chamber
2.30pm: Defence questions (Topical Questions 3:15)
Main Business
Reform of the House of Commons Committee Report, HC 1117, Rebuilding the House
Adjournment Debate
Total Place programme in High Peak - Tom Levitt (Lab, High Peak)
Select Committees
2pm London Regional Committee
Subject: London's population and the 2011 Census
Witness(es): Glen Watson, Census Director, Guy Goodwin, Director of Population, Health and Regional Analysis, Office for National Statistics, and Barry Quirk, Census Regional Champion for London
Location: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
3.15pm South West Regional
Subject: Prospects for South West economy
Witness(es): South West Regional Development Agency and South West Councils; Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister for the South West (at 4.15pm)
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
4pm Treasury
Subject: Financial institutions - Too important to fail
Witness(es): Gerald Corrigan, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Bank USA
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
4.30pm Public Accounts
Subject: HM Revenue and Customs: Dealing with telephone enquiries
Witness(es): Lesley Strathie, Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive, Nick Lodge, Director, Debt Management and Banking, and Chris Hopson, Director, Customer Contact, HM Revenue and Customs
Location: Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
HOUSE OF LORDS
Starred Questions
Equipment for detecting improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan - Lord Addington
Extending job guarantees to the over 50 - Baroness Greengross
Increasing the number of women non-executive directors - Baroness Prosser
Combating extremism - Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Main Business
Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Bill [HL] - Third reading - Lord Bach
Personal Care at Home Bill - Committee of the whole House - Baroness Thornton
Grand Committees
The state of local and regional newspapers - Lord Harrison / Minister tbc.
Howard League’s Commission on English Prisons Today - Lord Carlile of Berriew
Resettlement of Iranian dissident refugees in Camp Ashraf - Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Select Committees
EU Sub-Committee B: Internal Market
Subject:
Witness(es): Ian Pearson MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury, on the EU 2020 Strategy.
Location: Committee Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 23rd February
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Commons Chamber
2.30pm: Health questions (Topical Questions: 3:15)
10 Minute Rule Motion
Rental Accommodation (Thermal Insulation Standards) - Tony Lloyd (Lab, Manchester Central)
Main Business
Children, Schools and Families Bill - Report stage
Children, Schools and Families Bill - Third reading
Adjournment Debate
Myalgic Encephalopathy - Annette Brooke (Lib Dem., Mid. Dorset and North Poole)
Westminster Hall
9.30am-11am: Pensioner poverty - Jo Swinson (Lib Dem, East Dunbartonshire)
11am-12.30pm: Future of the British pub - Nigel Evans (Con, Ribble Valley)
12.30pm-1pm: Support for UK manufacturing industries - Michael Moore (Lab, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
1pm-1.30pm: Taxation of foreign registered lorries - Austin Mitchell (Lab, Great Grimsby)
1.30pm-2pm: Road traffic accident compensation and sentencing - Rob Wilson (Con, Reading East)
General Committees
9am East of England Regional Grand Committee
Subject: Priorities for a future Regional Strategy
Location: Committee Room 14, Palace of Westminster
10.30am First Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (England) Order 2010
Location: Committee Room 12, Palace of Westminster
10.30am Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010
Location: Committee Room 9, Palace of Westminster
10.30am Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Location: Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster
10.30am & 4pm Crime and Security Bill Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
Location: Committee Room 12, Palace of Westminster
4.30pm Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
Location: Committee Room 9, Palace of Westminster
4.30pm Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations 2010
Location: Committee Room 11, Palace of Westminster
4.30pm Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Health Protection (Part 2A Orders) Regulations 2010, the Draft Health Protection (Local Authority Powers) Regulations 2010 and the Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010
Location: Committee Room 14, Palace of Westminster
4.30pm European Committee B
Subject: Union Documents Nos. 9494/09 and Addenda 1 and 2 and 15162/09 relating to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Location: Committee Room 10, Palace of Westminster
Select Committees
9.15am Treasury
Subject: (i) Bank of England February 2010 Inflation Report (ii) Financial institutions - too important to fail?
Witness(es): (i) Mervyn King, Governor, Charles Bean, Deputy Governor, Spencer Dale, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Professor David Miles and Kate Barker, External Members of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England (ii) Alfredo Sáenz, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, Santander (at 10.45am)
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10.20am Environmental Audit
Subject: Air Quality
Witness(es): Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Minister for Food, Farming and Environment, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Location: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
10.30am Home Affairs
Subject: The Work of the Independent Policer Complaints Commission
Witness(es): Nick Hardwick, Chairman, Independent Police Complaints Commission
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
1pm International Development
Subject: DFID’s Assistance to Zimbabwe
Witness(es): Gareth Thomas MP, Minister of State, Department for Internation Development
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.15pm North West Regional Committee
Subject: The future of the nuclear industry in the North West
Witness(es): tbc
Location: Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
4.15pm South East Regional
Subject: Housing in the South East
Witness(es): Partnership for Urban South Hampshire, Gravesham Borough Council, Oxford City Council; Home Builders Federation, People and Places and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (at 5.15pm); Campaign to Protect Rural England, South East Housing Coalition, South East Forum for Sustainability and South East Forum on Ageing (at 6.00pm)
Location: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
4.15pm Justice
Subject: (i) Electoral Commission (ii) Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Civil Law Reform Bill
Witness(es): (i) Jenny Watson, Chair, Peter Wardle, Chief Executive, Andrew Scallan, Director of Administration or Lisa Klein, Director of Party and Election Finance, Electoral Commission(i) Muiris Lyons, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Nick Starling, Director of General Insurance, Association of British Insurers
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
HOUSE OF LORDS
Starred Questions
Postal ballots - Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Retinopathy screening - Lord Harrison
Bailiffs and awarding damages - Lord Lucas
Main Business
Financial Services Bill - Second reading - Lord Myners
Grand Committee
Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Wednesday 24th February
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Commons Chamber
11.30am Scotland
12pm Prime Minister's Question Time
Ten minute rule motion - Public Bodies (Procurement of Seafood) - David Drew (Lab, Stroud)
Main Business
Energy Bill - Report stage
Energy Bill - Third reading
Adjournment Debate
Beam Park West prison site - Jon Cruddas (Lab, Dagenham)
Westminster Hall
9.30am-11am: Maximum workplace temperature - John McDonnell (Lab, Hayes and Harlington)
11am-11.30am: Transport in South East London - Clive Efford (Lab, Eltham)
2.30pm-4pm: Property taxation - Andrew George (Lib Dem, St Ives)
4pm-4.30pm: Proposed changes to the Hastings line rail service - Gregory Barker (Con, Bexhill and Battle)
4.30pm-5pm: UK relations with Mongolia - John Grogan (Lab, Selby)
General Committees
2.30pm Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2010 and the draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010
Location: Committee Room 12, Palace of Westminster
2.30pm Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Special Annual Allowance Charge (Variation of Rate) Order 2010
Location: Committee Room 9, Palace of Westminster
2.30pm Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee
Subject: Draft Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2010
Location: Committee Room 11, Palace of Westminster
4pm Marriage (Wales) Bill [HL] Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
Location: Committee Room 10, Palace of Westminster
Select Committees
9am Energy and Climate Change
Subject: Ofgem’s Project Discovery
Witness(es): Alistair Buchanan CBE, Chief Executive, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.30am Justice
Subject: Constitutional implications of electoral outcomes
Witness(es): Lord Butler of Brockwell, Lord Turnbull of Enfield, Professor Robert Hazell, Director, Constitution Unit, UCL, Peter Riddell, Institute of Government and Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
Location: Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
9.30am International Development
Subject: Draft International Development (ODA target) Bill
Witness(es): Professor Lawrence Haddad, Director, Institute of Development Studies, and Alison Evans, Director, and Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute; Karen Jorgensen, Head of Peer Review and Evaluation, OECD Development Assistance Committee (at 10.15am); Save the Children, and Oxfam (at 10.45am)
Location: Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
9.30am Science and Technology
Subject: (i) The impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research (ii) The Government’s review of the principles applying to the treatment of independent scientific advice provided to government
Witness(es): (i) Rt Hon Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, and Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (ii) Rt Hon Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (at 10.30am)
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.30am Children, Schools and Families
Subject: Young people not in education, employment or training
Witness(es): City of Bath College, Leicester College; Bury Council (at 10.30am)
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
1.30pm International Development
Subject: Draft International Development (ODA target) Bill
Witness(es): Gareth Thomas MP, Minister of State, Department for International Development
Location: Committee Room 21, Palace of Westminster
2.30pm Foreign Affairs
Subject: Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Witness(es): Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.30pm European Scrutiny
Subject: Scrutiny performance of the FCO
Witness(es): Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Location: Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster
2.30pm Treasury Sub Committee
Subject: Management of the Crown Estate
Witness(es): tbc
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
3pm Transport
Subject: Transport questions with the Secretary of State
Witness(es): Rt Hon Lord Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport
Location: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
3.30pm London Regional Committee
Subject: (i) London’s population and the 2011 Census (ii) The Work of the Government Office for London
Witness(es): Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for London
Location: Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
3.30pm Public Accounts
Subject: Progress in improving stroke care
Witness(es): Sir David Nicholson KBE CBE, Chief Executive, NHS in England and Professor Roger Boyle, National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke, Department of Health
Location: Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
4.35pm Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Subject: Police searches on the Parliamentary Estate
Witness(es): Malcolm Jack, Clerk of the House and Chief Executive, House of Commons Service
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
HOUSE OF LORDS
Starred Questions
Reducing the size of major banks - Lord Barnett
Sustainability of the dairy sector - Bishop of Wakefield
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group - Lord Sheldon
Legislation
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [HL] - Third reading - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Flood and Water Management Bill - Second reading - Lord Davies of Oldham
Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill - Second reading - Lord Myners
Select Committee
Constitution
Subject: TBC
Witness(es): The Lord Chancellor - annual meeting.
Location: Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 25th February
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Commons Chamber
10.30am Energy and Climate Change, including Topical Questions
Business of the House - Ms Harriet Harman
Main Business
Debate - Welsh Affairs
Adjournment Debate
E.ON call centre in Rayleigh - Mark Francois (Con, Rayleigh)
Westminster Hall
2.30pm - 5pm A debate on the 8th Report from the Transport Committee , Session 2008-09, Rail Fares and Franchises, HC 233, and the Government’s response, HC 1004, Session 2008-09
General Committee
9am & 1pm Crime and Security Bill Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
Location: Committee Room 12, Palace of Westminster
Select Committees
10am Health
Subject: The Responsibilities of the Minister of State for Public Health
Witness(es): Gillian Merron MP, Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10am Public Administration
Subject: Public Administration and the Fiscal Squeeze
Witness(es): Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
HOUSE OF LORDS
Starred Questions
Metric weighing scales in the NHS - Lord Walton of Detchant
Tax status of British citizens and companies in Monaco - Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Law on self defence - Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Lord Mandelson
Debate
Enhancing the means available to the House of Lords to scrutinise legislation and public policy - Lord Norton of Louth
Cuts to higher and further education funding - Lord Baker of Dorking
Select Committee
EU Sub-Committee C: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy 10.35am
Subject: Somalia Piracy: Operation ATALANTA
Witness(es): David Croom-Johnson, Senior Marine Underwriter and Active Underwriter for Aegis Managing Agency; Neil Roberts, Senior Executive, underwriting, Lloyds Market Association; and Gavin Simmonds, Chamber of Shipping.
Location: Committee Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
Friday 26th February
HOUSE OF COMMONS
The House of Commons is not sitting on Friday 26th February
HOUSE OF LORDS
The House of Lords is not sitting on Friday 26th February
