The week in Westminster: January 23rd - January 27thv

Friday, 20 January 2012 12:07 AM

Sir Richard Branson, the Falklands and private jets are all on parliament's agenda in another packed week.

COMMONS

Monday

Questions - work and pensions
Opposition day debate - rising food prices and food poverty
Opposition day debate - youth unemployment and taxation of bank bonuses
Adjournment debate - gender balance at the BBC and in the broadcasting sector

Tuesday

Questions - Treasury
Ten minute rule motion - housing (amendment)
Adjournment debate - children's subjective wellbeing

Wednesday

Questions - Northern Ireland
Prime minister's questions
Ten minute rule motion - statements of taxation
Motion - to approve an EU document relating to EU criminal policy
Business - London local authorities bill
Adjournment debate - North Sea oil and gas taxation regime

Thursday

Questions - energy and climate change
Business statement - leader of the House
Backbench business - general debate on progress on defence reform and the SDSR
Adjournment debate - government policy on leasehold reform

LORDS

Monday

Questions - Afghanistan withdrawal, air passenger duty, Tyne and Wear Metro, protecting cultural institutions
Legislation - welfare reform bill
Short debate - future of the UK civil aviation industry

Tuesday

Questions - cost of reformed Lords in its first year, Falkland Island vessels, child poverty
Legislation - legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill
Short debate - Design Commission's report 'restarting Britain: design education and growth'

Wednesday

Questions - health at work, air passenger duty on private jets, legal costs of the TA soldier being interviewed in relation to an incident in Afghanistan, summer 2010
Legislation - welfare reform bill
Motion to regret policing protocol order 2011

Thursday

Questions - EU disintegration contingency plans, UK aid to developing countries, finance for small businesses
Legislation - Scotland bill

Friday

Legislation - domestic violence, crime and victims (amendment) bill
Legislation - public services (social enterprise and social value) bill
Legislation - wind turbines (minimum distances from residential premises) bill

PICK OF THE COMMITTEES

Tuesday

11:00 - Sir Richard Branson, before home affairs committee, on: counter-terrorism, drugs
11:30 - culture, media and sport secretary Jeremy Hunt, before culture, media and sport committee, on: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
15:15 - international development secretary Andrew Mitchell, before Lords economic affairs committee, on: economic impact and effectiveness of international aid

Thursday

10:00 - standards and privileges committee chair Kevin Barron, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: recall of MPs

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