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GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE HOUSE OF LORDS FORTHCOMING BUSINESS 16 OCTOBER 2013 [Notes about this document are set out at the end] WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm 1. Introduction – Mike Whitby Esq will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Care Bill [HL] – Report (Day 3 of 4†) – Earl Howe 4. ‡ QSD on the supervision of offenders by the private and voluntary sectors after the proposed reorganisation of the probation service – Lord Marks of Henley on Thames/Lord McNally (dinner break business, 1 hour) Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 3 of 9†) – Lord Nash THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER 2013 Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Care Bill – Report Day 4 Children and Families Bill – Committee Day 4 Business in the Chamber at 11.00am 1. Introductions – Matthew Carrington Esq and Howard Leigh Esq will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Debate on drugs policy – Baroness Meacher/Lord Taylor of Holbeach 4. Debate on the future of the Commonwealth – Lord Luce/Baroness Warsi 5. Debate on the report of the Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change – Lord Filkin/Earl Howe Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm No business scheduled FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2013 The House is expected not to sit MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Committee Day 3 Children and Families Bill – Committee Day 5 Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Rumi Verjee Esq CBE and Alison Suttie will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL] – Third Reading – Lord Gardiner of Kimble 4. Care Bill [HL] – Report (Day 4 of 4†) – Earl Howe 5. ‡ Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 – Lord McKenzie of Luton/Lord Freud (dinner break business) Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 4 of 9†) – Lord Nash TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Jeremy Purvis Esq and Lady Hodgson of Astley Abbots will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill – Second Reading – Viscount Younger of Leckie / Lord Wallace of Saltaire Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm 1. Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill – Second Reading Committee – Lord McNally (Law Commission Bill) 2 WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm 1. Introduction – The Bishop of Carlisle will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill – Committee (Day 3 of 3†) – Lord Deighton 4. ‡ QSD on the United Nations High-level Panel report into the successor agenda to the Millennium Development Goals – Baroness Jenkin of Kennington/Lord Bates (dinner break business, time limit 1 hour) Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 5 of 9†) – Lord Nash THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2013 Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Energy Bill – Report Day 1 Children and Families Bill – Committee Day 6 Business in the Chamber at 11.00am 1. Introductions – Daniel Finkelstein Esq OBE and Christine Humphreys will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Debate on the economic benefits of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union – Lord Shipley/Lord Newby 4. Debate on the expected benefits of High Speed 2 – Lord Greaves/Baroness Kramer 5. QSD on promoting the needs of deaf people in the provision of public services – Lord Hunt of Kings Heath/Earl Howe (time limit 90 minutes) Business in Grand Committee at 1.00pm 1. QSD on the December 2012 memorandum by the Clerk of the Parliaments on Membership of the House of Lords – Lord Higgins/Lord Wallace of Saltaire (time limit 1 hour) 2. QSD on encouraging closer commercial and educational ties with Iran – Baroness Afshar/Baroness Warsi (time limit 1 hour) 3. QSD on increasing the level of housebuilding by May 2015– Lord Stoneham of Droxford /Baroness Stowell of Beeston (time limit 1 hour) 4. QSD on the impact on resource allocation of the work of the Natural Capital Committee – Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer/Lord de Mauley (time limit 1 hour) 5. QSD on the proposals for the Thames Tideway Tunnel – Lord Berkeley/Lord de Mauley (time limit 1 hour) 3 FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 Business in the Chamber at 10.00am 1. Voting Age (Comprehensive Reduction) Bill [HL]– Second Reading – Lord Tyler/Lord Wallace of Saltaire 2. Medicinal Labelling Bill [HL] – Second Reading – Lord Winston/Earl Howe 3. Equality (Titles) Bill [HL] – Second Reading – Lord Lucas/Lord Wallace of Saltaire PROVISIONAL MONDAY 28 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Children and Families Bill - Committee Day 7 Care Bill – Third Reading Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Sir Stephen Sherbourne CBE and Brian Paddick Esq will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Energy Bill – Report (Day 1 of 3†) – Baroness Verma 4. ‡ EU Committee report on the proposal to establish a European Public Prosecutor’s Office: recommendation for a Reasoned Opinion – Lord Rowlands/Lord Taylor of Holbeach (dinner break business) Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 6 of 9†) – Lord Nash 4 TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe and Sir William Haughey OBE will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Care Bill [HL] – Third Reading – Earl Howe 4. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill – Second Reading – Lord Taylor of Holbeach Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm 1. Further business will be scheduled. 2. QSD on the contribution made by voluntary staff to a sustainable public library system in the United Kingdom – Lord Stevenson of Balmacara/Lord Gardiner of Kimble (time limit 1 hour) 3. QSD on the plans for the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory – Baroness Whitaker/Lord Wallace of Saltaire (time limit 1 hour) WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm 1. Introduction – Christopher Holmes Esq MBE will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Communications Committee report on media convergence – Lord Inglewood/Lord Gardiner of Kimble 4. Economic Affairs Committee report on corporation tax – Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market/Lord Deighton 5. Further business will be scheduled. Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 7 of 9†) – Lord Nash 5 THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2013 Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Energy Bill – Report Day 2 Children and Families Bill – Committee Day 8 Business in the Chamber at 11.00am 1. Introductions – Richard Balfe Esq and James Palumbo Esq will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Labour Party Debates 4. ‡A topical QSD may be scheduled between the two debates (Lunch break business, time limit 1 hour) 5. Further business will be scheduled Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm No business yet scheduled FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 The House is expected not to sit Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill – Committee Day 1 MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Energy Bill - Report Day 3 Children and Families Bill – Committee Day 9 Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Lady Kennedy of Southwark and the Bishop of St Albans will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Energy Bill – Report (Day 2 of 3†) – Baroness Verma 4. ‡ Debate on the report from the European Union Committee on the UK opt- in to the Eurojust Regulation – Baroness Corston/Lord Taylor of Holbeach (dinner break business) Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 8 of 9†) – Lord Nash 6 TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm 1. Introductions – Susan Williams and Jennifer Jones AM will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill – Committee (Day 1 of 4†) – Lord Wallace of Saltaire 4. ‡ Dinner break business will be scheduled Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm No business yet scheduled WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2013 House dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room at 7.30pm Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm 1. Introduction – Sir Charles Allen will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Energy Bill – Report (Day 3 of 3†) – Baroness Verma 4. ‡ Dinner break business will be scheduled Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm 1. Children and Families Bill – Committee (Day 9 of 9†) – Lord Nash 7 THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2013 Business in the Chamber at 11.00am 1. Introduction – Sir Anthony Bamford will be introduced. 2. Oral questions (30 minutes) 3. Conservative Party Debates 4. ‡A topical QSD will be scheduled between the two debates (Lunch break business, time limit 1 hour) 5.