Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
25 - 29 January 2010

Monday 25 January

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - EU External Action Service - Lord Howell of Guildford; Responsibility for energy performance certificates - Lord Redesdale; Illegal immigration through the use of "bogus" colleges - Lord Naseby; Reciprocal health agreements with Gurnesey, the Isle of Man and Jersey - Lord Smith of Clifton

Legislation - Equality Bill - Committee of the whole House (Day 4) - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Legislation - Kent County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill - First reading

Legislation - Allhallows Staining Church Bill - First reading - The Clothworkers' Company

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Legislation - Child Poverty Bill - Committee stage (Day 3) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Tuesday 26 January

The House will sit at

Oral Questions - Confidence in British-based banks - Lord Renton of Mount Harry; Unemployment in the UK - Lord Roberts of Conwy; Traffic Director for London - Baroness Gardner of Parkes

Legislation - Marriage (Wales) Bill [HL] - Third reading - Lord Rowe-Beddoe

Legislation - Digital Economy Bill [HL] - Committee of the whole House (Day 5) - Lord Mandelson/Lord Davies of Oldham

Orders and Regulations - Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2010; Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010 - Motion to withdraw - Baroness Crawley/Viscount Eccles

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Orders and Regulations - Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 - BaronessCrawley.; State Pension Credit (Disclosure of Information) (Electricity Suppliers) Regulations 2010 - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentence: Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2010 - Baroness Scotland.; Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 201 - Lord Davies of Oldham; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham

Wednesday 27 January

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Registration of non-British passports held by British passport holders - Lord Marlesford; Shares listed on the Alternative Investment Market - Lord Lee of Trafford; Ability of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda Síoch na to investigate and prosecute crimes across the border - Lord Cope of Berkeley

Legislation - Equality Bill - Committee of the whole House (Day 5) - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Orders and Regulations - Northern Rock plc Transfer Order - Motion of regret - Baroness Noakes/Lord Davies of Oldham

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:45pm

Legislation - Child Poverty Bill - Committee stage (Day 4) - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Thursday 28 January

The House will sit at 11:00pm

Oral Questions - Speed cameras - Lord Trimble; Safety of Antarctic cruise ships - Earl Attlee; Arrest warrants in private prosecutions against political persons - Lord Maclennan of Rogart

Debates - The case for a fairer and more progressive tax system - Lord McNally; The case for further political and constitutional reform - Lord Tyler; The Report of the EU Committee on Codecision and national parliamentary scrutiny - Lord Roper

Friday 29 January

The House will not be sitting.

Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords
1 - 5 February 2010

Monday 1 February

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Banking services for customers - Lord Dykes; The number of those paying the higher rate of income tax who have left the UK - Baroness Valentine; A national registration system for the practice of herbal medicine - Lord Pearson of Rannoch; Civil Litigation costs. - Lord Clinton-Davis

Legislation - Live Music Bill [HL] - Committee of the whole House - Lord Clement-Jones

Legislation - Personal Care at Home Bill - Second reading - Baroness Thornton

Orders and Regulations - Draft Pharmacy Order 2010 - Motion of regret - Baroness Thornton/Lord Scott of Foscote

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm

Orders and Regulations - Passengers' Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 - Lord Faulkner of Worcester; Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2010 - Lord Faulkner of Worcester; Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) Order 2010 - minister tbc.; National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social Welfare) Order 2010 - Lord Davies of Oldham; Infrastructure Planning (Decisions) Regulations 2010 - Lord McKenzie of Luton

Tuesday 2 February

The House will sit at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - The monitoring of the Homes and Communities Agency's duty to deliver good design - Lord Howarth of Newport; The purchasing of Government debt when quantitative easing ends - Lord Hamilton of Epsom; Money from dormant bank accounts reaching front-line youth services - Baroness Walmsley

Legislation - Bribery Bill [HL] - Report stage - Lord Bach

Debate - Report of the Committee on the Barnett Formula - Lord Richard

Wednesday 3 February

The House will sit at 3:00pm

Oral Questions - Number of people injured as a result of the recent bad weather - Lord Dubs; Increasing food production in the UK - Baroness Byford; Control orders - Lord Lloyd of Berwick

Legislation - Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [HL] - Report stage - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Legislation - Digital Economy Bill [HL] - Committee of the whole House (Day 6) - Lord Mandelson/Lord Davies of Oldham

The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:45pm

Debate - The conflict in the eastern Congo - Lord Chidgey/Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead; Age discrimination in mental health services - Baroness Murphy/minister tbc; The law on assisted dying - Lord Warner/Lord Bach

Thursday 4 February

The House will sit at 11:00am

Oral Questions - Access to NHS dentists - Lord Colwyn; Prosecutions for corruption or bribery abroad - Lord Steel of Aikwood; Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - Lord Wright of Richmond

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport - Lord Adonis

Debate - Enterprise and innovation in stimulating economic growth - Lord Sanderson of Bowden; The Convergence Programme for the UK - Lord Myners

Friday 5 February

The House will not be sitting.