Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
22 - 26 January 2007

Monday 22 January (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Higgins to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received regarding dangers to navigation posed by the proposed wind farm development off the Kent and Essex coasts; Lord Giddens to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current status of Turkey's potential accession to the European Union; Lord Archer of Sandwell to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the Final Declaration of the Sixth Review Conference on the Biological Weapons Convention; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what recent consideration they have given to representations from Football DataCo Limited on the effect on English and Scottish football of the Directive on the legal protection of databases (96/9/EC) and the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/3032) as interpreted by the European Court of Justice.

Legislation - Legal Services Bill [HL] (Committee stage 2nd day)

Delegated legislation - Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2006; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2006; Uncertified Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2006; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2006 - Motions for approval.

Tuesday 23 January (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Lloyd of Berwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the total cost of establishing the new Supreme Court in the Middlesex Guildhall, including costs already incurred, and the eventual cost of creating seven new courtrooms elsewhere in central London to replace those currently in the Guildhall; Lord Ezra to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards the development of clean coal technology, including carbon capture and storage; Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the value to the economy of informal recreational activities such as walking, cycling and mountaineering.

Legislation - Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL] (report stage); Legal Services Bill [HL] (Committee stage 3rd day); Further Education and Training Bill [HL] (Grand Committee 1st day - Moses Room 3.30pm).

Delegated legislation - National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 - Motion for approval.

Wednesday 24 January (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Lord Lamont of Lerwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set up an enquiry into the operating efficiency of Heathrow Airport run by BAA, as it affects the tourist industry; Lord Wallace of Saltaire to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to put greater emphasis in their annual Remembrance Day services on the role played by other states in ensuring victory; Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty's Government when they decided to discontinue the use of X-rays to assist in age determination for immigration purposes.

Debate - On the future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (L. Drayson).

Delegated legislation - Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2007; Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; District Electoral Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2006; Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2007; Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Amendment of Schedules 3 and 5) Order 2007; Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 - Motions for approval (Grand Committee - Moses Room 3.45pm).

Thursday 25 January (11.00am)

Oral questions - Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not yet signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings; Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty's Government when the preferred bidder for the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft was announced; Viscount Tenby to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the number of successful prosecutions in relation to the use of hand-held telephones whilst driving

Legislation - Further Education and Training Bill [HL] (Grand Committee stage 2nd day - Moses Room 2.00pm).

Debate - On the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Union and to the maintenance of a United Kingdom (L. Forsyth of Drumlean); Health and care in the community (B. Gardner of Parkes).

Delegated legislation - Compensation (Exemptions) Order 2006; Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order

2006 - Motions for approval.

Delegated legislation - Compensation (Exemptions) Order 2006; Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2006 - Motions for approval.

Friday 26 January (11.00am)

Legislation - Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [HL] (second reading); Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill [HL] (second reading); Government Spending (Website) Bill [HL] (second reading).

Provisional Forthcoming Business
29 January - 1 February 2007

Monday 29 January (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Baroness Miller of Hendon to ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions they draw from the report of the Office for National Statistics that there are 37,000 more unemployed 16 to 24 year-olds than there were in May 1997, and that 75 per cent more 18 to 24 year-olds have been out of work for over six months compared with five years ago; Lord Soley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Information Commissioner's Report What Price Privacy Now, whether the individuals who had their communications intercepted have a legal right to be so informed by the relevant news agencies; Baroness Stern to ask Her Majesty's Government what changes they have made to the treatment of children in custody since the report by Lord Carlile of Berriew into physical restraint, forcible strip searching and solitary confinement in custodial institutions for children, published in February 2006; Lord Blaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in dealing with the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan.

Legislation - European Union (Information, etc.) Bill [HL] (Committee stage); Concessionary Bus Travel Bill [HL] (Report stage); Welfare Reform Bill (second reading); Further Education and Training Bill [HL] (Grand Committee stage 3rd day - Moses Room 3.30pm).

Tuesday 30 January (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Trimble to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are under an obligation by European law or European directives to grant European Union nationals access to posts in the United Kingdom Civil Service; and whether they have any plans to do so; Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what view they are taking in the Council of Ministers concerning the proposal by Commissioner Reding to reduce the costs of mobile phone calls across European borders; Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made a recent assessment of the implementation of section 295 and Schedule 23 (road user charging) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Legislation - Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [HL] (Report stage); Further Education and Training Bill [HL] (Grand Committee stage 3rd day - Moses Room 3.30pm)

Question for short debate - Darfur (L. Alton of Liverpool).

Wednesday 31 January (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Lord Bishop of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government what information is given to asylum adjudicators regarding conditions in those countries subject to or emerging from conflict whose nationals are seeking asylum; Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will repeat Operation Pentameter, concerning trafficked women, in the near future; Lord Steel of Aikwood to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Kenya following the appointment of members of the Electoral Commission without consultation with opposition parties.

Legislation - Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [HL] (Committee stage); Legal Services Bill [HL] (Committee stage 4th day)

Question for short debate - Palliative care services (B. Jay of Paddington).

Thursday 1 January (11.00am)

Oral questions - Lord Dykes to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the ratification of the draft Constitutional Treaty by 18 member states of the European Union; Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the new European Union Rules of Origin will not prejudice developing countries' trade; Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government how many qualified virologists are directly employed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Debates - On the case for the United Kingdom to maintain and strengthen effective measures to combat corrupt practices domestically and in international trade (B. Williams of Crosby); the challenges that high re-offending rates cause to society and to the effectiveness of alternatives to custody (B. Linklater of Butterstone).

Delegated legislation - Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 - Motion to annul.

Question for short debate - what plans there are for the future of inheritance tax (L. Burnett).