Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
5 - 8 March 2007

Monday 5 March (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that BAA's latest plans for the expansion of Stansted Airport are consistent with Government policies on environmental protection and carbon emissions; Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in respect of vehicles and drivers from outside the United Kingdom paying to use United Kingdom roads and being brought to justice for offences committed in the United Kingdom; Lord Blaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are conducting an ethical foreign policy; Lord Corbett of Castle Vale to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase passenger capacity on the railways.

Legislation - Planning Gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill (Second reading); Welfare Reform Bill (Grand Committee stage 4th day - Moses Room, 3.30pm).

Delegated legislation - Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2007 - Motion for approval.

Debate - On the Report of the European Union Select Committee on Financial Management and Fraud in the European Union: Perception, facts and proposals (L. Radice).

Delegated legislation - Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2007 - Motion to approve.

Tuesday 6 March (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Quirk to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of the Audit Commission report of January 2007, Crossing Borders, they will ensure good provision of English language teaching for immigrant workers; Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government where within the National Health Service diagnosis and treatment are available for autistic children with inflammatory bowel disease; Baroness Knight of Collingtree to ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they will take, as a guarantor of the Republic of Cyprus through the Treaty of Guarantee, in pursuit of an equitable settlement for all communities on the island.

Legislation - Mental Health Bill [HL] (third reading); Further Education and Training Bill [HL] (third reading); Legal Services Bill [HL] (Committee stage 6th day).

Wednesday 7 March (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Lord Bishop of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include forestry in the developing world within the voluntary carbon trading scheme; Baroness Miller of Hendon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will hold discussions with banks, building societies and credit card companies, with a view to addressing the problems faced by those in financial difficulty; Lord Sheikh to ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospitals are being cleaned to the National Health Service specification for cleanliness published in December 2004.

Legislation - Serious Crime Bill [HL] (Committee stage 1st day).

Delegated legislation - Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 - Motion for approval; Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2007; Docking of Working Dogs' tails (England) Regulations 2007; Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007; Welfare of Animals (Miscellaneous Revocations) (England) Regulations 2007; Decommissioning of Fishing Vehicles Scheme 2007; Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007; Environmental Offences (Use of Fixed Penalty Receipts) Regulations 2007; Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007; Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007; Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007 - Motions for approval (Grand Committee - Moses Room 3.45pm).

Thursday 8 March (11.00am)

Oral questions - Baroness Trumpington to ask the Chairman of Committees whether the Palace of Westminster is free of asbestos; Earl of Onslow to ask Her Majesty's Government how many samples of DNA have been retained from those who have not been convicted of any offence; how many of those are children, and how many from ethnic minority groups; Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the implementation of Sharia Law in the United Kingdom

Debates - On plans for advancing women's equality throughout the United Kingdom and internationally (B. Gould of Potternewton); European Union Committee report on inclusion of the aviation sector in the emissions trading scheme (L. Woolmer of Leeds).

Delegation - Welfare Reform Bill (Grand Committee 5th day - Moses Room 2.pm).

Provisional Future Business of the House of Lords
12 -16 March

Monday 12 March (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the law following the Marchese-Falkowski rape case; Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what the Department for International Development is doing to support improvements in the treatment of women in Pakistan; Baroness Murphy to ask Her Majesty's Government what resources have been withdrawn by primary care trusts from mental health services to offset the deficit in acute hospitals in this financial year; Lord Naseby to ask Her Majesty's Government why their policy to remove mixed hospital wards has not been implemented ten years after its introduction.

Debate - On White Paper The House of Lords: Reform (day 1).

Tuesday 13 March (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Barnett to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the bill on House of Lords reform; Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the treatment of elderly and disabled airline passengers at United Kingdom airports; Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government how many categories of public officials, for whom Ministers are responsible, have the right to enter private property without a warrant; and how many of these categories have been so empowered in the last ten years.

Legislation - Government Spending (Website) Bill [HL] (third reading).

Debate - On White Paper The House of Lords: Reform (day 2).

Wednesday 14 March (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Earl Howe to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the health risks from smoking hand-rolled tobacco are the same as those from smoking manufactured cigarettes; Lord Hoyle to ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents have been reported in relation to air safety at Gibraltar Airport in the last six months; +Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a simple road user charge for lorries in the United Kingdom; and what consideration they have given to the system currently operating in Germany.

Motions - House of Lords reform.

Legislation - Serious Crime Bill [HL] (Committee stage 2nd day).

Thursday 15 March (11.00am)

Oral questions - Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the justification for using Article 308 of the Treaty Establishing the European Communities as the legal base for the European Union's initiative to co-ordinate social security systems when that Article permits the European Union to act only "in the course of the operation of the common market"; Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of parents of children under six have exercised the right to request flexible working; and what are the obstacles to extending this right to all parents of children up to the age of 18; Baroness D'Souza to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Alpha Oumar Konaré concerning the current state of governance in Zimbabwe

Debate - On the state of the armed forces of the Crown (L. King of Bridgwater).

Delegated legislation - Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Modification) Order 2007; Part 7 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Extension to Animal Pathogens) Order 2007 - Motions for approval; Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme Order 2007; Renewables Obligations Order 2006 (Amendment) 2007; Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; Northern Ireland Policing Board (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2007; Occupational Pension Schemes (levies) (Amendment) Regulations 2007; Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2007 - Motions for approval (Grand Committee - Moses Room, 2.00pm).

Friday 16 March (11.00am)

Legislation - Corruption Bill [HL] (second reading); Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill [HL] (second reading); Piped Music etc. (Hospitals) Bill [HL] (second reading).