GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE

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 – 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 – 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 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 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 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. QSD on the House of Lords’s plans to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta – Baroness Boothroyd/Chairman of Committees (time limit 1½ hours)

Business in Grand Committee at 1.00pm 1. QSD on the situation of women in the Middle East after the events of the Arab Spring – Baroness Hussein-Ece/Baroness Northover (time limit 1 hour) 2. QSD on the OSCE Helsinki +40 discussions – Lord Bowness/Lord Wallace of Saltaire (time limit 1 hour) 3. QSD on the use of commencement orders – Lord Norton of Louth/Lord Wallace of Saltaire (time limit 1 hour) 4. Two further questions for short debate will be scheduled.

FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2013

Business in the Chamber at 10.00am 1. Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall [HL] – Second Reading – Lord Berkeley/Lord Wallace of Saltaire 2. Health and Social Care (Amendment) (Food Standards) Bill [HL] – Second Reading – Baroness Cumberlege/Earl Howe 3. A further Second Reading will be scheduled.

8 Information

Notes • This document informally advertises the business which the Government anticipates the House will take in the coming three weeks. It should be read together with the formal Order Paper produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments available from the Printed Paper Office and www.parliament.uk/lords • Timings in italics are estimates only: business may take more or less time than that estimated. Other times are maximums: business may take less time than the maximum • Items marked ‡ are expected to be taken during the dinner or lunch break. This usually starts at around 7.30pm or 1.30pm but may start earlier or later • The advertised business on any day may be interrupted for a Ministerial statement • The number of sessions shown for a stage of a bill represents the Government’s assessment of reasonable time given the balance of bills and remaining days to the likely end of the session. †indicates agreement in the Usual Channels as to that assessment. Progress remains in the hands of the House. Report stage is usually half the length of Committee

Questions for short debate The Whips’ Office offers time for 1-1½ hour questions for short debate in the order in which they appear in the waiting list in House of Lords Business. Members waiting to ask their first QSD of the session are offered time before members who have already asked a QSD this session. The slots available are the dinner breaks on most Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and end of business on Thursdays (though other business, mainly motions in opposition to SIs, competes for this time) and on occasion in Grand Committee. In addition, the Grand Committee meets for a day of up to five 1 hour QSDs for every six sitting weeks: the Grand Committee will meet for that purpose on: 24 October, 7 November. Further dates will be advertised in due course. To see the Whips’ Office progress in scheduling QSDs, visit www.lordswhips.org.uk.

Thursdays Debates will be taken on Thursdays until the end of January 2014. Bills will be taken on Thursdays from the start of February 2014 until the end of the session.

Sitting Fridays The House will sit on the following Fridays: 25 October, 8 November, 6 December. Further sitting Fridays may be advertised in due course.

Recess dates The Chief Whip has announced that, subject to the progress of business, the House will adjourn for: • Autumn long weekend: Wednesday 13 November to Sunday 17 November inclusive • Christmas: Thursday 19 December to Monday 6 January 2014 inclusive

Advice on business General inquiries Email [email protected] Telephone 020-7219 3131 Website www.lordswhips.org.uk

Advice on the day’s expected timing Main Office; 020-7219 3131; Room 13

Grouping of amendments Victoria Warren; 020-7219 1113; Room 14

Scheduling tabled private members’ business Mark Davies; 020-7219 5215; Room 14

9 Speakers’ Lists For most debates, it is necessary to sign-up in advance to speak. On days when the House sits after 12 noon, the lists of speakers close at 12 noon. On days when the House sits before 12 noon, the lists close at 6pm the previous day. The Government Whips’ Office then issues a list of speakers drawn up after consultation in the usual channels.

To sign-up to speak Telephone 020-7219 3131 Use the touchscreen in the main office (Room 13, Principal Floor) Use www.lordswhips.org.uk

To see who has signed-up to speak use the touchscreen in the main office (which has a print facility) or visit www.lordswhips.org.uk.

Current Speakers’ Lists On the morning of publication of this edition of Forthcoming Business, the following Speakers’ Lists were open:

Wednesday 16 October QSD on the supervision of offenders by the private and voluntary sectors after the proposed reorganisation of the probation service Thursday 17 October Debate on drugs policy Debate on the future of the Commonwealth in light of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in November Debate on the report of the Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change Tuesday 22 October Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill Second Reading Wednesday 23 October QSD on the United Nations High-level Panel report into the successor agenda to the Millennium Development Goals Thursday 24 October Debate on the economic benefits of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union Debate on the expected benefits of High Speed 2 QSD on promoting the needs of deaf people in the provision of public services QSD on the December 2012 memorandum by the Clerk of the Parliaments on Membership of the House of Lords QSD on encouraging closer commercial and educational ties with Iran QSD on increasing the level of housebuilding by May 2015 QSD on the impact on resource allocation of the work of the Natural Capital Committee QSD on the proposals for the Thames Tideway Tunnel Friday 25 October Voting Age (Comprehensive Reduction) Bill [HL]– Second Reading Medicinal Labelling Bill [HL] – Second Reading Equality (Titles) Bill [HL] – Second Reading Tuesday 29 October Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill – Second Reading QSD on the contribution made by voluntary staff to a sustainable public library system in the United Kingdom QSD on the plans for the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory

10 Wednesday 30 October Communications Committee report on media convergence Economic Affairs Committee report on corporation tax Thursday 7 November QSD on the situation of women in the Middle East after the events of the Arab Spring QSD on the OSCE Helsinki +40 discussions QSD on the use of commencement orders Friday 8 November Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall [HL] – Second Reading Health and Social Care (Amendment) (Food Standards) Bill [HL]

11 GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE HOUSE OF LORDS

Care Bill [HL]

Report calendar

Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should complete its Report stage in four days. This document, prepared by the bill team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the proceedings.

Session Date Clauses Policy

9 October Care and Support: general 1 1-9 2013 responsibilities; assessing needs

Care and Support: imposing charges and financial resources; 14 October duties and powers; next steps; 2 10-47 2013 direct and deferred payments continuity of care; where a person lives; safeguarding adults

Care and Support: provider failure; market oversight; transition for 16 October 3 48-82 children to adult care; enforcement 2013 of debts; misc Care standards: quality of services Care standards: CQC; performance 83 (inc. after cl 82 ratings 21 October 4 amendments) - Health Education England 2013 116 Health Research Authority General (Part 4)

GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE HOUSE OF LORDS

Children and Families Bill

Committee calendar

The House has committed the Children and Families Bill to a Grand Committee. Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should complete its Committee stage in nine days. This document, prepared by the Bill Team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the proceedings.

Session Date Clauses Policy

Adoption and children looked after by local 1 9 October 2013 1-6 authorities

14 October Adoption and children looked after by local 2 6-9 2013 authorities cont.

16 October 3 10-18 Family Justice 2013 Children and young people in England with Special Education Needs: Local Authority functions; special educational 4 21 October 19-29 needs etc; children & young people for whom a 2013 local authority is responsible; education, health & care provision; review of education & care provision; co-operation & assistance Children and young people in England with 23 October Special Education Needs: 5 30-36 2013 Information & advice; mainstream education; assessment Children and young people in England with 28 October Special Education Needs: 6 37-56 2013 Education, health & care plans; appeals, mediation and dispute resolution Children and young people in England with 30 October Special Education Needs: 7 57-73 2013 Functions of local authorities; functions of governing bodies; code of practice 4 November 8 74-88 Childcare etc; Children’s Commissioner 2013

Statutory Rights to leave & pay; time off work: 6 November 9 89-112 anti-natal care; Right to request flexible working; 2013 general provisions

GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE HOUSE OF LORDS

Energy Bill

Report calendar

Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should complete its Report stage in three days. This document, prepared by the Bill Team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the proceedings.

Session Date Clauses Policy

28 October Decarbonisation; 1 1-48 2013 Electricity Market Reform (Chapters 1-6)

4 November Electricity Market Reform cont. (Chapters 2 49-109 2013 7-9); Nuclear Regulation

Government Pipeline & Storage System; 6 November 3 110-147 Strategy & Policy statement; Consumer 2013 Protection and Misc.

GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE HOUSE OF LORDS

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill

Committee calendar

The House has committed the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill to a Committee of the whole House. Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should complete its Committee stage in three days. This document, prepared by the Bill Team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the proceedings.

Session Date Clauses Policy

1 8 October 2013 1-8 Ring-fencing

Depositor preference; Financial

9-15 (inc. after Service Compensation Scheme; 2 15 October 2013 Cl 15 Fees to meet Treasury

amendments) expenditure; FSMA; Bank of

England

16 (inc before Cl 16 3 23 October 2013 Misc; Final provisions amendments) - 21