Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
12 - 15 November 2007

Monday 12 November (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Fowler to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the implementation of their scheme to help in the resettlement of Iraqi citizens who have worked for the United Kingdom forces in Iraq. Lord Dubs to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider their decision to build a peace wall through the playground of Hazelwood Integrated Primary School in North Belfast.

Lord Blaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the political situation and the position with regard to democratic freedoms and human rights in Zimbabwe are on the agenda for discussion at the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda.

Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost to United Kingdom public funds of the work being carried out for the Quartet by their Special Representative on the Middle East, the Right Honourable Tony Blair, and how it is proposed that he will report on his work to Parliament

Debate on the Address - Home, Legal and Constitutional Affairs (L. West of Spithead)

Tuesday 13 November (2.30pm)

Introduction - L. Wallace of Tankerness

Oral questions - Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to ensure that the cost of full and necessary insurance premiums to British men and women serving in the Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan will be met. Lord Harries of Pentregarth to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United Kingdom has a responsibility to raise the case of West Papua in the United Nations Security Council. Lord Higgins to ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to reduce the gold-plating of European Union Directives

Debate on the Address - Local Government, Housing, Transport, Agriculture and the Environment (B. Andrews)

Wednesday 14 November (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Lord Jenkin of Roding to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce the name of the new Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Lord Livsey of Talgarth to ask Her Majesty's Government what legal options are available to compensate United Kingdom sheep and cattle farmers for their losses as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak originating at the Pirbright animal research centre site. Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic and human costs of conflict in Africa; and what prospects there are for the ratification of a global arms trade treaty

Debate on the Address - Consumer Affairs, Industry, Energy and Economic Affairs (L. Jones of Birmingham)

Thursday 15 November (11.00am)

Oral questions - Lord Dearing to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the particular educational needs of children born in August who are at present substantially less likely to enter higher education than those born in September. Baroness Gardner of Parkes to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued any instructions or guidance to local councils to demolish rather than restore Victorian terraced houses. Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government whether in their recent report on obesity the Foresight Group considered the effects of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as bisphenol A on the developing foetus and young children

Debates - Balloted debates

Question for Short Debate - on work opportunities for prisoners (L. Dubs)

Provisional Future Business of the House of Lords
19 - 22 November 2007

Monday 19 November (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their justification for the recent statement made by the Prime Minister that "millions of jobs are dependent on our membership of the European Union". Baroness Howe of Idlicote to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their reaction to the fall in the number of secondary school pupils achieving GCSE success in modern languages. Lord Astor of Hever to ask Her Majesty's Government how many destroyers and similar surface vessels they regard as necessary to dispose of their commitments. Lord De Mauley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Regulatory Reform Orders have been put forward by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in the last year

Legislation - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] (Second Reading)

Tuesday 20 November (2.30pm)

Oral questions - Lord Ashley of Stoke to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the effectiveness of existing legislation to help disabled people. Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the effect of the reduction in 1998 of the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years old. Lord Elton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Parliament will be able to amend the new European Union Treaty

Legislation - Local Transport Bill [HL] (Second Reading)

Wednesday 21 November (3.00pm)

Oral questions - Lord Renton of Mount Harry to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are proposing any changes in the relationship between the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury. Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to incorporate the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation. Lord Harrison to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage or oblige United Kingdom tobacco manufacturers to introduce the self-extinguishing fire safety cigarette

Thursday 22 November (11.00am)

Oral questions - Lord Blackwell to ask Her Majesty's Government which articles of the former Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe will not be reflected in the consolidated European Union Treaty base if the proposed European Union Reform Treaty is adopted. Lord Wallace of Saltaire to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to inform Parliament about the implications for British involvement in the United States missile defence system of recent United States-Russian negotiations on the system and its future deployment. Baroness Miller of Hendon to ask Her Majesty's Government why they resisted proposals to impose lower "roaming" mobile telephone charges to customers than were ultimately fixed by the European Union, and what benefits ensue to United Kingdom users from the higher charges that now apply instead of the lower ones that were proposed

Debates - Conservative debates.