Day-by-Day Parliamentary Business

Provisional Business for Monday 10 – Friday 14 October 2016 And Provisional Business for Monday 17 - Friday 21 October 2016

Monday 10 October ...... 2 Tuesday 11 October ...... 4 Wednesday 12 October ...... 8 Thursday 13 October ...... 11 Friday 14 October ...... 13 Monday 17 October ...... 14 Tuesday 18 October ...... 15 Wednesday 19 October ...... 17 Thursday 20 October ...... 18 Friday 21 October ...... 19 Order of oral questions ...... 20 Key dates ...... 21 Government legislation in progress ...... 22

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Monday 10 October

Commons Chamber 2:30pm: Education questions (topicals at 3:15pm) Main business Motion to approve the second report of the Standards and Privileges Committee and suspend Justin Tomlinson Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Second Reading Motion to discharge from the Environmental Audit Committee and appoint Dr Thérèse Coffey Motion to discharge Harriett Baldwin from the Public Accounts Committee and appoint Adjournment debate on school admissions code for summer born and premature children (Stephen Hammond, Con, Wimbledon) Commons Committees Communities and Local Government Committee (4:00pm, Thatcher room) Social Care Witnesses: Ray James, Immediate Past President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Care, Sarah Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association, James Lloyd, Associate Fellow, The Strategic Society Centre, Councillor Jason Arthur, Lead Member for Finance and Health, London Borough of Haringey, Councillor Colin Noble, Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, County Councils Network, Tony Kirkham, Director of Resources, Newcastle City Council Public Accounts Committee (4:05pm, room 15) Financial sustainability in local authorities Witnesses: Melanie Dawes CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Matthew Style, Director of Local Government Finance, Department for Communities and Local Government, Catherine Frances, Director of Public Services, HM Treasury Transport Committee (4:05pm, Grimond room) Rail franchising Witnesses: Mike Hewitson, Head of Policy and Issues, Transport Focus, Stephen Joseph OBE, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport, and Stephen Locke, Chair, London TravelWatch; Gareth Powell, Director of Strategy and Contracted Services, Surface Transport, Transport for London, Charlie Hodgson, Managing Director, Rail Development, Go-Ahead, Richard McClean, Managing Director, Grand Central, and Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy, The Rail Delivery Group Work and Pensions Committee (4:30pm, Wilson room) The future of Jobcentre Plus Witnesses: Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Minister for Employment, Department for Work and Pensions, Paul Williams, Labour Market Operations Director, Department for Work and Pensions Lords Chamber 2:30pm: Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to strengthen provisions in the Investigatory Powers Bill to increase the protection of data relating to trade union and political activities - Lord Sharkey (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the harm to consumers caused by unsolicited real-time promotion of high-cost credit and of debt management solutions - Baroness Hussein-Ece (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many lone children in Calais with family links in the United Kingdom have been allowed into the United Kingdom in the past 12 months - Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of France on the application of the Dublin Regulation in that country Main business Wales Bill: Second Reading Motion to take note of the Report from the Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee (Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Con) Lords Committees High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill Committee (2:00pm, room 4) To further consider the Bill Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill (4:00pm, room 3A0 To further consider the Bill

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Monday 10 October continued… All-Party Parliamentary Groups 12:00 Rm U PCH APPG FOR THE ARMED FORCES. EGM. The deadline for receiving nominations for officers is at 10am on Monday 10th October. 14:00 CR16 APPG FOR CONCEPTION TO AGE 2. AGM. The first 1001 days. 14:00 Rm O PCH APPG ON GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS. AGM. 15:00 CR7 APPG ON WATERWAYS.AGM & Election of Officers. 16:00 Rm R PCH APPG ON British MUSEUM. AGM. At the meeting there will be the chance to meet our new Director, Hartwig Fischer and other colleagues and also to hear about our activities in London, throughout the UK and around the world over the coming months. 16:00 Rm O PCH APPG FOR ROOF INDUSTRY. AGM. 16:00 CR1 APPG ON ZOROASTRIAN. 16:30 CR6 APPG ON PARLIAMENTARY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. AGM. 17:30 CR6 APPG ON PARLIAMETNARY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. Discussion meeting. ‘Radiotherapy: Cancer treatment of the past and future?’ Speakers: Dr Alexandra Stewart, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal Surrey Hospital Professor Andy Beavis, Head of Radiation Physics, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Charlotte Beardmore, Director of Professional Policy, Society and College of Radiographers, Mark Davies, Patient. 19:00 Chess Rm APPG ON FREIGHT TRANSPORT. AGM.

19:00 CR6 APPG ON LONDON PLANNING AND BUILT ENVIROMENT. AGM. Guest Speakers: Jonathan Manns, Director, Planning, Colliers International, Dr Nicholas Falk - Chair, the URBED Trust, Andrew Dakers - Chief Executive, West London Business, Colin Wilson Senior Manager, GLA.

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Tuesday 11 October

Commons Chamber 11:30am: Health questions (topicals at 12:15pm) Main Business Ten Minute Rule Motion: Unlawful Killing (Recovery of Remains) (Conor McGinn, Lab, St Helens North) Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill: Second Reading Presentation of public petition: Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts (David Hanson, Lab, Delyn) Adjournment debate on police officer safety (Holly Lynch, Lab, Halifax) Westminster Hall 9:30am - 11:00am: Forced organ removal in China (Nominated by the Backbench Business Committee) (Jim Shannon, DUP, Strangford) 11:00am - 11:30am: Future of Coventry Football Club (Jim Cunningham, Lab, Coventry South) 2:30pm - 4:00pm: Reintroduction of the Royal Yacht Britannia for the purpose of international trade (Jake Berry, Con, Rossendale and Darwen) 4:00pm - 4:30pm: Immigration policy and the disability employment gap after the EU referendum (, Con, Forest of Dean) 4:30pm - 5:30pm: HS2 in the North West of England (Christian Matheson, Lab, City of Chester) Commons Committees General Committees Public Bill Committees Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (9:25am and 2:00pm, room 12) To further consider the Bill Digital Economy Bill Committee (9;25am and 2:00pm, Boothroyd room) To further consider the Bill Select Committees Business, Energy and Skills Committee (9:30am, room 6) Industrial strategy Witnesses: Tbc Energy and Climate Change Committee (9:30am, Grimond room) Energy Revolution Witnesses: Barry Hatton, Director of Asset Management, UK Power Networks, Amanda Lyne, Chair, UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Energy Association, and Dr Jill Cainey, Director, Electricity Storage Network ; Yoav Zingher, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kiwi Power , Phil Sheppard, Director of SO Operations, Network Capability, National Grid, Sara Bell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tempus Energy Technology, Professor Jim Watson, Director, UK Energy Research Centre , and Colin Calder, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PassivSystems (at 10.15am); Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive, Smart Energy GB, Simon Roberts, Chief Executive, Centre for Sustainable Energy , and Victoria MacGregor, Director of Energy, Citizens Advice Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (9:45am, Wilson room) The role and effectiveness of ACoBA and the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests Witnesses: Alexandra Runswick, Director, Unlock Democracy, David Hine, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Ian Hislop, Editor, Private Eye, Richard Brooks, journalist, Private Eye Environmental Audit Committee (10:15am, Thatcher room) The Future of the Natural Environment after the EU Referendum Witnesses: Dr Viviane Gravey, Lecturer in European Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Mr Stephen Trotter, Director for England, The Wildlife Trusts, Mr Martin Harper, Conservation Director, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Professor Carolyn Roberts, Vice-president, Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES); Mr George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmer’s Association (TfA), Mr Patrick Begg, Rural Enterprises Director, National Trust, Mr Richard Quinn, Chief Executive, Farmcare Ltd, and Mr Tim Breitmeyer, Deputy President, Country, Land and Business Association Defence Committee (11:30am, room 16) SDSR 2015 and the Army Witnesses: Lieutenant General (Retired) Sir Paul Newton KBE CBE, Professor of Strategy, University of Exeter, Professor Timothy Edmunds, Professor of International Security, University of Bristol, Dr Warren Chin, Senior Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, King's College London

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Tuesday 11 October continued… Health Committee (2:30pm, Wilson room) Department of Health and NHS finances Witnesses: Sir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, NHS Providers, Julie Wood, Chief Executive, NHS Clinical Commissioners, Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell, Chair, NHS Confederation Backbench Business Committee (2:30pm, room 16) Proposals for backbench debates Witnesses: Members of Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee (3:00pm, Thatcher room) The future operations of BBC Monitoring Witnesses: Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists, Francesca Unsworth, Director BBC World Service Group and Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC, Sara Beck, Director, BBC Monitoring, FCO Lords Chamber 2:30pm: Baroness Sugg and Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice will be introduced Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (Crossbench) to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people still serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection have been detained for longer than the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise statutorily prescribed for their offence, and what plans they have for the release of those people - Lord Spicer (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish their decision about additional runways for London airports - Baroness Altmann (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government how many county court judgments were issued against people who did not put in a defence, and what plans they have to take steps to reduce that number - Topical oral question Main business Investigatory Powers Bill: Report (Day 1 of 3) Debate on quality and affordability of housing in the United Kingdom (Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, Lib Dem) (Time limit 1 hour) Lords Committees High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill Committee (10:00am and 2:00pm, room 4) To further consider the Bill EU Justice Sub-Committee (10:30am, room 3) EU sanctions Witness: Paul Williams, Director Multilateral Policy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Andrew Murdoch, FCO Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Matthew Findlay, Deputy Head of Multilateral Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Maya Lester QC, Brick Court Chambers, Michael Bishop, Senior Legal Adviser, EU Council Legal Service Financial Exclusion Committee (10:30am, room 2A) Financial Exclusion Witness: Sarah Milan, Director, Rees Foundation, Louise Macdonald OBE, Chief Executive, Young Scot, Jon Boagey, Associate Director, National Youth Agency, Sumi Rabindrakumar, Research Officer, Gingerbread, Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group Financial Exclusion Committee (10:30am, room 2A) Financial Exclusion Witness: Sarah Milan, Director, Rees Foundation, Louise Macdonald OBE, Chief Executive, Young Scot, Jon Boagey, Associate Director, National Youth Agency, Sumi Rabindrakumar, Research Officer, Gingerbread, Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group Licensing Act 2003 Committee (10:30am, room 3A) Licensing Act 2003 Witness: Dr Alan Shrank, Chairman, National Organisation of Residents Associations, Councillor Carol Davies, National Organisation of Residents Associations, Richard Brown, Licensing Solicitor, Westminster Citizens Advice, Patricia Thomas, Chair, Harmood, Clarence, Hartland Residents Association

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Tuesday 11 October continued… Communications Commiteee (3:15pm, room 2) Children and the internet Witnesses: Mark Donkersley, Managing Director, e-Safe Systems Limited, Professor Derek McAuley, Professor of Digital Economy, Nottingham University, Adam Glass, Partner, Lewis Silkin Solicitors, Steve Wood, Interim Deputy Commissioner, Information Commissioners Office Financial Exclusion Committee (10:30am, room 2A) Financial Exclusion Witnesses: Sarah Milan, Director, Rees Foundation, Louise Macdonald OBE, Chief Executive, Young Scot, Jon Boagey, Associate Director, National Youth Agency, Sumi Rabindrakumar, Research Officer, Gingerbread, Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group Economic Affairs Committee (3:30pm, room 1) The Economics of UK Energy Policy Witnesses: Professor Richard Green, Professor of Sustainable Energy Business, Imperial College London, Tony Lodge, Political and Energy Analyst, Centre for Policy Studies, Jimmy Aldridge, Acting Associate Director for Energy, Transport & Climate, Institute for Public Policy Research Select Committee on Charities (3:45pm, room 4A) Charities Witnesses: Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), David Cutler, Director, The Baring Foundation European Union Committee (4:00pm, room 3) UK-Irish Relations Witnesses: MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the European Union All-Party Parliamentary Groups 8:30 Churchill Room APPG ON RARE,GENETIC AND UNDIAGNOSED. Guest Speakers: Dr Adnan Manzur, Great Ormond Street Hospital ,Nic Bungay, Muscular Dystrophy UK , Janis Clayton, PTC Therapeutics, Jayne Spink, Tuberous Sclerosis Association ,Dr Chris Kingswood, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals Trust, Dominic Wake, Novartis 10:00 Rm T PCH APPG FOR RUNNING. AGM. 10:30 Rm A, 1 APPG ON Brit Palestine. AGM & Election of Officers. Parliament Street 11:00 CR18 APPG ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Guest Speaker: Ahmet Unal Cevikoz. "APPG on Foreign Affairs: Exchange of views with Mr Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz immediate past Ambassador of Turkey to the UnitedKingdom". 11:30 C21 APPG ON FORESTRY. AGM. The meeting will focus forestry policy post Brexit.

12:00 Rm N PCH APPG ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. AGM & Election of New Chair. Following the AGM, the group will hold its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards lunch in Terrace Dining Room B, to honour Sir Michael Howard (historian) and Ms Heather Forbes (archivist, Gloucestershire Archives).” 12:15 Chuchill Rm APPG FOR JUSTICE FOR EQUITABLE LIFE POLICY HOLDERS. MP is hosting a parliamentary reception on behalf of the Equitable Members’ Action Group (EMAG) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Justice for Equitable Life Policyholders. 14:00 Rm R PCH APPG ON ICELAND. AGM. 14:00 CR14 APPG FOR NURSERY SCHOOLS AND NURSERY CLASSES. AGM. 14:00 CR9 APPG FOR LONDON – Meeting on Airport Capacity. With Speakers Stewart Wingate, CEO, Gatwick; Emma Gilthorpe, Strategy Director, Heathrow; and Captain William ‘Jock’ Lowe, Director, Heathrow Hub. 14:00 Rm P PCH APPG FOR TURKEY. AGM. 14:15 Rm R PCH APPG ON FAROE ISLAND. AGM. 14:30 Rm U PCH APPG ON ARGENTINA. AGM & Election of Officers. Speaker: The Ambassador of Argentina, H.E Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, taking part in a roundtable discussion with members of the APPG. 14:30 Rm R PCH APPG ON SICKLE CELL AND THALASSAEMIA. AGM. Guest Speaker:

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Christine Wright, Consultant Haematologist. 15:00 Rm P PCH APPPG ON PARLIAMENTARY SPACE COMMITTEE. AGM. 15:00 CR19 APPGs ON RETAIL, MARKETS AND TOWN CENTRES. AGM. 15:30 CR2a APPG ON FOOD AND HEALTH FORUM. Guest Speakers: Dr John Briffa, Professor Tim Spector of Kings College London and Dr Christian Salles, Co-ordinator of the TeRiFiQ research project. The All-Party Parliamentary Food and Health Forum is discussing the “Paleo” diet, recent French research which highlights the potential for healthier processed foods; and how the human microbiome and our genes contribute to our varying response to an identical diet, including weight gain. 15:30 Rm N PCH APPG ON STEEL AND MEAL RELATED INDUSTRIES. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, is scheduled to address the meeting from 4pm. The Group will meet in private (Members and Members’ staff only) from 3.30pm until 3.50pm, after which the meeting is open to members of the public. 16:00 Dining Room APPG ON FURNITURE INDUSTRY. AGM. B 16:00 CR21 APPG ON PROSTITUTION AND THE GLOBAL SEX TRADE. Guest: Kat Banyad, Dr Maddy Coy. A licence for pimps and brothel owners the reality of prostitution in New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands. 17:00 Rm S PCH APPG ON CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG. AGM. 17:00 Rm M PCH APPG ON Crossrail 2. AGM. Speaker: Lord Ahmad, DfT Minister with responsibility of Crossrail 2. 17:00 CR13 APPG ON CUBA. AGM & Election of officers & Plan programme for coming year. 17:00 House of Lord APPG ON Food AND HEALTH FORUM. AGM. This forum will discuss the Television Interview Forum’s activities over the year ahead after the formal business has been completed. Room 17:00 Rm U PCH APPG ON THE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY. AGM. 17:00 Rm W2 APPG ON IRAN. AGM & Election of Officers. 17:00 CR18 APPG FOR PACKAGING. AGM. 17:00 CR8 APPG ON RACING & BLOODSTOCK. Guest Speaker: Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority, Nick Rust. 18:00 Rm W2 APPG ON SELF BUILD, CUSTOM AND COMMUNITY HOUSEBUILDING AND PLACEMAKING. AGM & Election of officers. 18:00 Rm N PCH APPG ON STATISTICS. AGM. Guest Speaker: Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. Who will talk about the work of the Authority. Sir Andrew will be speaking about the Authority's statutory objective to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good and how this is delivered though the Authority Strategy ‘Better Statistics, Better Decisions’. 18:15 CR2a APPG ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT. Speaker: Bruce Lankford, Professor of Water & Irrigation Policy, University of East Anglia; Mohamed Bazza, Senior Officer, Irrigation Management, FAO; Julie van der Bliek, Director of Partnership and Knowledge Management, International Water Management Institute; Roger Calow, Programme Head, Water Policy, Overseas Development Institute. : ‘Panel discussion: Optimising water and irrigation infrastructure for smallholder farmers’. 19:00 Churchill APPG FOR DISABILITY. Evening Reception on behalf of Channel 4 in celebration Room of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

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Wednesday 12 October

Commons Chamber 11:30am: Scotland Office questions 12 noon: Prime Minister’s questions Main Business Ten Minute Rule Motion: Stalking (Sentencing) (Alex Chalk, Con, Cheltenham) Opposition day debate: Tbc Adjournment debate on gypsies and traveller policy (Andrew Selous, Con, South West Bedfordshire) Westminster Hall 9:30am - 11:00am: Relations between Britain and Iran (Seema Kennedy, Con, South Ribble) 11:00am - 11:30am: Cycling in Lincolnshire (Stephen Phillips, Con, Sleaford and North Hykeham) 2:30pm - 4:00pm: Future of the European Medicines Agency (Daniel Zeichner, Lab, Cambridge) 4:00pm - 4:30pm: Government plans to restrict tax credits to two children (Alison Thewliss, SNP, Glasgow Central) 4:30pm - 5:30pm: Potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on UK tourism (, Con, Mid ) Commons Committees Education Committee (9:30am, Grimond Room) Multi-academy trusts Witnesses: Jenny Bexon-Smith, Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber, , Rebecca Clark, Regional Schools Commissioner for South West England, Department for Education, Janet Renou, Regional Schools Commissioner for North of England, Department for Education Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (9:30am, room 15) Work of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland Witness: Graham Shields, Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland Women and Equalities Committee (9:30am, Thatcher room) Women in the House of Commons after the 2020 election Witnesses: Tim Farron MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin, Chair, Conservative Party, Rt Hon Angus Robertson MP, Leader, SNP Westminster Group, Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn, Leader, Labour Party Work and Pensions Committee (9:30am, Wilson room) Pension Protection Fund and the Pensions Regulator Witnesses: Rt Hon Steve Webb, former Minister of State for Pensions, Baroness Drake CBE, Pension scheme trustee and Govenor of the PPI, Professor David Blake, Director, Pensions Institute, Rosalind Conner, Association of Pensions Lawyers Public Accounts Committee (2:30pm, room 15) Delivering value through the Apprenticeships Programme Witnesses: Sir Martin Donnelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, David Hill, Director of Apprenticeships, Department for Education and Department and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Peter Lauener, Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency Procedure Committee (2:45pm, room 5) i. English votes for English law Standing Orders ii. Scrutiny of the Government’s Supply Estimates Witnesses: i. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP ii. Pete Wishart MP, SNP Shadow Leader of the House, Paul Flynn MP, Shadow Leader of the House Science and Technology Committee (4:00pm, Wilson room) Role and priorities of UKRI interim chair Witnesses: Sir John Kingman, Interim Chair, UK Research and Innovation, Rebecca Endean, Director, Science and Research, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Lords Chamber 3:00pm: Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Lord Beith (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with local authorities in the North East of England about the devolution of powers - Baroness Sheehan (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what agreement they have made with the government of France as to how the £17 million contribution of the United Kingdom towards the management of the migration situation in France, announced on 3 March, is to be deployed

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Wednesday 12 October continued… - Lord Hylton (Crossbench) to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of Israel the implementation of the recommendations of the 2012 Foreign and Commonwealth Office report Children in Military Custody and of the 2012 UNICEF report Children in Israeli Military Detention; and, if so, what was the result of those discussions - Topical oral question Main business Motion to appoint Lord Newby to the House of Lords Commission and Liaison Committee in place of Lord Wallace of Tankerness and Lord Bates as a member of the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees Bus Services Bill: Report Debate on the BBC charter Lords Committees EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (9:45am, room 4A) Brexit: financial services Witnesses: Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Bank of England, Huw Evans, Director General, Association of British Insurers, Stefan Hoffman, Head of European Affairs, Swiss Bankers' Association, Miles Celic, Chief Executive, TheCityUK High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill Committee (10:00am and 2:00pm, room 4) To further consider the Bill EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (10:20am, room 3) Brexit: Future UK-EU security and policing cooperation Witnessees: Stephen Rodhouse, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, National Police Chiefs’ Council, David Armond, Deputy Director General, National Crime Agency, Timothy Kirkhope MEP, European Parliament, Bill Hughes QPM CBE, Director General; Chief Executive, Serious Organised Crime Agency, Probimus Ltd International Relations Committee (10:30am, room 3A) Middle East Witnesses: Sir Derek Plumbly, Former British Ambassador to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon All-Party Parliamentary Groups 10:30 Rm W1 APPG ON SOUTHERN RAIL. Guest speaker: Chris Gibb, head of the new project board set up by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to deliver the required improvements across the Southern Network. Chris will be providing an introduction to the remit and focus of the project board before a Q&A session. 12:30 CR11 APPG ON ISLAMOPHOBIA. “Gendered Islamophobia Victimisation: Experiencing Misogyny, Harassment and Threats of Violence”. As part of Hate Crime Awareness Week, Stuart Andrew MP, Chair of the APPG on Islamophobia, invites you to hear from Associate Professor, Imran Awan and Senior Lecturer, Irene Zempi to share their recent findings and experiences of researching Islamophobia, using two independent research projects. 13:00 Rm C, 1 APPG ON ANTI-CORRUPTION. Guest Speakers: Duncan Hames Transparency Parliament Street International; Rachel Owens ,Global Witness; David McCluskey Taylor Wessing LLP

13:00 CR18 APPG ON HORMONE PREGNANCY TESTS. AGM. 13:00 CR12 APPG ON RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY GROUP. - PRASEG Seminar: The Revolution will be Digitised: Challenges and Opportunities of a Smarter Energy. 14:00 CR21 APPG FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT. 14:00 CR6 APPG ON PHARMACY. Roundtable discussion on the future role of community pharmacy. 14:00 MacMillan Rm APPG ON LOCAL DEMOCRACY.AGM & Election of Officers. PCH 15:00 Rm N PCH APPG ON PERFORMER ALLIANCE. AGM. Followed by Q &A on Brexit and the creative industry. Speaker: John McVay, Chair of Creative Industries Council working group assessing the impact of Brexit on the UK's creative industries; John Smith, General Secretary, Musicians’ Union; and Arts Council England will report on a survey ACE has conducted of arts organisations about Brexit. 15:30 Boothroyd Rm APPG for Food and Drink Manufacturing Brexit Roundtable. The event will

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discuss the key issues and concerns arising from the Referendum result and the priorities for the Industry. 16:00 W2 APPG ON BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY. The group will be discussing the most recent progress in the campaign for the resettlement of the Chagossians and a recent meeting with The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay to discuss the issue. 16:00 CR9 APPG ON CARBON MONOXIDE. Panel discussion: Detection, Technology & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection.Guest Speakers: Dr Sani Dimitroulopoulou, Public Health England, Gary Oakford, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Services, Leigh Greenham, Council for Gas Detection & Environmental Monitoring. 16:00 CR21 APPG ON CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERING. Guest Speakers: Michael, Lynas, CEO of the NCS Trust, Matthew Linning, strategic performance manager at Volunteer Scotland, Keji Okeowo, participation consultant and former leadership and programmes manager at the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services,Rosalyn Old, trustee for Girlguiding. 16:00 CR20 APPG ON PARKINSONS. AGM. 16:30 CR17 APPG FOR AGEING AND OLDER PEOPLE. AGM. 16:30 CR7 APPG FOR WATER SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION. AGM. 17:00 IPU Rm APPG ON BRITISH-CENTRAL AMERICA. AGM. The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, Minister of State for International Trade, will be addressing all eight Ambassadors from the Central American nations and the group’s members, followed by a wine and canapés reception in the same room. 17:00 Rm M PCH APPG ON BRITISH-TAIWANESE. AGM. 19:00 Dining Rm A APPG ON HEALTH. Annual Dinner (By invitation only). Guest Speaker: Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust.

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Thursday 13 October

Commons Chamber 9:30am: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions (topicals at 10:00am) 10:10am: Questions to the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission 10:30am: Business statement Main Business Backbench business debates on i. Baby loss (Antoinette Sandbach, Con, Eddisbury; Will Quince, Con, Colchester) and ii. Inquiry into hormone pregnancy tests (Yasmire Qureshi, Lab, Bolton South East; Hannah Bardell, SNP, Livingstone) Adjournment debate on costs of independent living for disabled people (Tulip Siddiq, Lab, Hampsted and Kilburn) Westminster Hall 11:30am: The tobacco control plan (Alex Cunningham, Lab, Stockton North) Commons Committees General Committees Public Bill Committees Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (11:30am and 2:00pm, room 12) To further consider the Bill Digital Economy Bill Committee (11:30am, Boothroyd room; 2:00pm, room 9) To further consider the Bill Select Committees Foreign Affairs Committee (9:15am, Thatcher room) Foreign policy developments: October 2016 Witness: Rt Hon MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Work and Pensions Committee (11:35am, Grimond room) Concentrix and tax credits Witnesses: Sarah Broome, claimant, Paul Eite, claimant, Peter Morris, claimant, and Marie Crowley, claimant; Philip Cassidy, Senior Vice President, Concentrix (at 12.15pm); Jon Thompson, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HMRC, and Nick Lodge, Director General for Benefits and Credits and Director General for Transformation, HMRC Lords Chamber 11:00am: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate will be introduced Oral questions, to ask the Government: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure that there is an increase in the level of supported housing across England so that the needs of vulnerable people are met Baroness Cox (Crossbench) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of recent developments in Syria Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Football Association Premier League fulfils its commitment to make all its clubs comply with the accessible stadia guidance by August 2017 Main business New Southgate Cemetary Bill: Third Reading Balloted debate on grammar schools and selection in education (Baroness Andrews, Lab) (Time limit 2.5 hours) Question for short debate: Tbc Balloted debate on local libraries and independent bookshops (Lord Bird, Crossbench) (Time limit 2.5 hours) Debate on the revival of the Middle East process (Lord Dykes, Crossbench) (1.5 hours) Lords Commitees High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (10:00am, room 4) To further consider the Bill EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (2:15pm, room 4A) Brexit: future trade between the UK and the EU Witnesses: Lord James Bridges of Headley MBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the European Union, Lord Mark Price CVO, Minister of State for Trade Policy, Department for International Trade

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Thursday 13 October continued… EU External Affairs Sub-Committee and EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (2:15pm, room 4A) Brexit: Future trade between the UK and the EU Witnesses: Lord Mark Price CVO, Minister of State for Trade Policy, Department for International Trade, Lord James Bridges of Headley MBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the European Union All-Party Parliamentary Groups 10:30 CR17 APPG ON FIXED ODDS BETTING TERMINALS. 15:00 Wilson Rm APPG ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM. Guest Speaker: Julia Gillard, Former Prime PCH Minister of Australia (2010-13) who will speak about the role of education to counter violent extremism. 16:00 CRG APPG ON PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION .Joint meeting with Civil Justice Council. To Review the latest and emerging evidence on public understanding of law. Guest Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Glenn and Professor Pascoe Pleasance. 17:00 CR2 APPG ON ‘HONOUR’ BASED ABUSE. AGM.

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Friday 14 October

Commons Chamber The House of Commons is not expected to sit Lords Chamber The House of Lords is not expected to sit

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Monday 17 October

Commons Chamber 2:30pm: Work and Pensions questions (topicals at 3:15pm) Main business Savings (Government Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Adjournment debate on ambulance waiting times (Richard Drax, Con, South Dorset) Lords Chamber 2:30pm: Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government when they now expect commercial flights to start at the airport in St Helena - Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that the United Kingdom becomes a global centre for innovation and growth in the sharing economy - Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the level of hidden homelessness in England - Baroness Quin (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent meetings have taken place between ministers and citizens affected by the under-occupancy charge Main business Investigatory Powers Bill: Report Question for short debate on premature deaths among people with a learning disability (Baroness Hollins, Crossbench) (Time limit 1 hour) Lords Committees Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (3:15pm, room 1) To further consider the Bill All-Party Parliamentary Groups 15:30pm Rm O APPG FOR ALLERGY. AGM. PCH 15:30 Rm W1 APPG ON POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. EGM & Election of new Co Chair. Heather Wheeler MP standing down as now Assistant Whip. 16:00 Rm U PCH APPG ON BULLYING. AGM. 16:00 Rm R PCH APPG FOR FUNERAL AND BEREAVEMENTS. AGM. 17:00 Rm T PCH APPG FOR TAMILS. AGM. 17:30 Rm O PCH APPG ON NEPAL. AGM & Election of Officers. 18:00 CR7 APPG ON RAIL. Guest Speaker: Richard McClean, Managing Director of Grand Central. 18:00 CR2a APPG FOR TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS. Q & A with Mrs Basaran, Including Prospective November Visit to the TRNC.

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Tuesday 18 October

Commons Chamber 11:30am: Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions (topicals at 12:15pm) Main Business Ten Minute Rule Motion: Historic England (Abolition) (, Con, North Herefordshire) Commons Committees Public Bill Committees Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (11:30am and 2:00pm, room 12) To further consider the Bill Digital Economy Bill (9:25am and 2:00pm, room 9) To further consider the Bill Select Committees Health Committee (2:30pm, room tbc) Department of Health and NHS finances Witnesses: Minister, NHS England, NHS Improvement Lords Chamber 2;30pm: Baroness Bertin will be introduced Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Crossbench) to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they stand behind the forecasts for the shortfall in the United Kingdom’s economic growth as a result of Brexit set out in HM Treasury analysis: the long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives, published in April - Lord Harrison (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend podiatry care for diabetics - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS England is informing patients that lifesaving drugs will be denied them if funding has to be made available for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention - Topical oral question Main business Children and Social Work Bill: Report (Day 1 of 2) Question for short debate on the potential effect on peace and stability in Europe and around the world of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union (Lord Collins, Lab) (Time limit 1 hour) Lords Committees NHS Sustainability Committee (10:00am, room 1) Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Witnesses: Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, NHS Providers, Margaret Wilcox, Vice-President, Adass, Dame Kate Barker, Chair, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, Sir Andrew Dilnot, Professor Julian Forder, Associate Research Fellow, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics Economic Affairs Committee (3:30pm, room 1) Economics of UK energy policy Witnesses: Rupert Darwall, Corporate strategist, Centre for Policy Studies, Dr David Clarke FREng, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Technologies Institute, Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, University College London, Matthew Bell, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change Select Committee on Charities (3:45pm, room 4A) Charities Witnesses: Tbc All-Party Parliamentary Groups 11:00 in Rm A, 1PS APPG ON LONDON STANSTED CORRIDOR. AGM. 14:00 IN CR10 APPG ON COMBATTING METAL THEFT. AGM. 14:00 in Rm O, APPG ON RUNAWAY AND MISSING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AGM PCH 15:00 in CR19 APPG ON SOMALILAND. AGM

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16:00 in Dining Rm APPG ON SMOKING AND HEALTH. AGM B 17:00 in Interview APPG ON HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE. AGM Rm 1, PCH

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Wednesday 19 October

Commons Chamber 11:30am: Wales Office questions 12 noon: Prime Minister’s questions Main business Tbc Commons Committees Scottish Affairs Committee (2:30pm, room tbc) i. Demography of Scotland and the implications for devolution ii. Scotland’s place in Europe Witnesses: i. Rt Hon David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, MP, Minister of State for Immigration Lords Chamber 3:00pm: Oral questions, to ask the Government: - Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the impact on long-term residential rental properties in London of the deregulation of short-term letting last year - Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their priorities for the United Kingdom’s international development aid budget - Lord Touhig (Lab) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent vexatious law suits being brought against British servicemen - Topical oral question Main business Investigatory Powers Bill: Report (Day 3 of 3) Question for short debate on the Fit to Work scheme (Lord Luce, Crossbench) (Time limit 1 hour) Lords Committees EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (10:00am, room 4A) Brexit: Financial services Witnesses: Simon Kirby MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury, Katharine Braddick, Director of Financial Services, HM Treasury, Lowri Khan CBE, Director of Financial Stability, HM Treasury EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (10:00am, room 3) Brexit: future UK-EU security and policing co-operation Witnesses: MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, , Rt Hon David Jones MP, Minister of State, Department for Exiting the European Union All-Party Parliamentary Groups 13:00 in Rm P, PCH APPG ON BUSINESS, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY. AGM 13:30 in CR18 APPG ON ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES. AGM 14:00 in CR18 APPG ON CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE. AGM 14:00 in CR19 APPG ON CROSSRAIL. AGM 14:30 in CRG APPG ON PRESCRIBED DRUG DEPENDENCE. AGM

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Thursday 20 October

Commons Chamber 9:30am: Exiting the European Union questions (topicals at 10:15am) 10:30am: Business statement Main business Tbc Westminster Hall 3:30pm: Debate on National Arthritis Week (Jim Shannon, DUP, Strangford) Commons Committees General Committees Digital Economic Bill Committee (11:30am, 2:30pm, room 9) To further consider the BIll Lords Chamber 11:00am: Lord Fraser of Corriegarth and Lord Caine will be introduced Oral question, to ask the Government: - Baroness Deech (Crossbench) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards creating the conditions necessary to halve the unemployment rate of disabled people - Lord Lexden (Con) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend voting rights in parliamentary elections to British citizens who have been living abroad for 15 years or more - The Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops) to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect those at risk of gambling-related harm - Topical oral question Main business Debate on the implications for foreign and security policy co-operation with European countries of the result of the referendum for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Lib Dem) Question for short debate: Tbc Debate on the future of environmental and climate change policy in the light of the result of the referendum for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Baroness Parminter, Lib Dem) Lords Committee EU External Affairs Sub-Committee (10:00am, room 1) Brexit: future trade between the UK and the EU Dr Virginia Acha, Executive Director of Research, Medical and Innovation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Steve Elliott, Chief Executive Officer, Chemical Industries Association, Fergus McReynolds, Director of EU Affairs, EEF - The Manufacturers' Organisation, James Selka, Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing Technologies Association

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Friday 21 October

Commons Chamber Second Reading of Private Members’ Bills: Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill Registration of Marriage Bill Terms of withdrawal from EU (Referendum) Bill EU Citizens Resident in the United Kingdom (Right to Stay) Bill Arms Export Controls (Countries of Concern) Bill Lords Chamber 10:00am: Second Reading of Private Members’ Bills: House of Lords Bill Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill

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Order of oral questions

Monday 10 October Tuesday 11 October Wednesday 12 October Thursday 13 October Education Health Scotland Environment, Food and Prime Minister Rural Affairs Church Commissioners, House of Commons Commission, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission Monday 17 October Tuesday 18 OCtober Wednesday 19 October Thursday 20 October Work and Pensions Foreign and Wales Exiting the European Union Commonwealth Office Prime Minister Monday 24 October Tuesday 25 October Wednesday 26 October Thursday 27 October Communities and Local Treasury Northern Ireland Attorney General Government Prime Minister Women and Equalities Leader of the House Monday 31 October Tuesday 1 November Wednesday 2 November Thursday 3 November Home Office Justice Cabinet Office Culture, Media and Sport Prime Minister International Trade

The full list, including tabling deadlines is available here: http://bit.ly/1Ws45fO

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Key dates

House of Commons House of Lords

Conference recess Conference recess 15 September – 10 October 15 September – 10 October

November recess Autumn recess 8 November – 14 November 9 November – 15 November

Christmas recess Christmas recess 20 December – 9 January 21 December – 9 January

February recess February recess 9 February – 20 February 9 February – 20 February

Sitting Fridays in the House of Commons Sitting Fridays in the House of Lords

21 October 21 October 28 October 18 November 4 November 2 December 18 November 9 December 25 November Further dates will be announced in due course 2 December 16 December 13 January 20 January 27 January 3 February 24 February 24 March

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Government legislation in progress Bus Services Bill HoL: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 8/6/16 CS: 29/6/16, 4/7/16, 6/7/16, 20/7/16 RS: 12/10/16 Children and Social Work Bill HoL: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 14/6/16 CS: 27/6/2016, 29/6/16, 4/7/16, 6/7/16, 11/7/16, 13/7/16 RS: 18/10/16 Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill HoL: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 6/6/16 CS: 28/6/16 RS: 6/9/16 3R: 13/9/16 Digital Economy Bill HoC: 1R: 5/7/16 2R: 13/9/16 Finance Bill HoC: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 19/5/16 CS: 27/6/16, 28/6/16, RS: 5/9/2016, 6/9/16 3R and RS: 13/9/16 Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill HoC: 1R: 15/9/16 Higher Education and Research Bill HoC: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 19/7/16 High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill Carry-over: 19/5/16 Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill HoL: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 27/6/16 Investigatory Powers Bill HoC: 1R: 19/5/16 2R: 19/5/16 RS: 6 and 7/6/16 3R: 7/6/16 HoL: 2R: 27/6/16 CS: 11/7/16,13/7/16,19/7/16,5/9/16,7/9/16 RS: 11,17,19/10/16 Neighbourhood Planning Bill HoC: 1R: 7/9/16 2R: 10/10/16 Policing and Crime Bill HoC: 1R: 19/5/2016 2R: 19/5/2016 RS: 13/6/16 3R: 13/6/16 HoL: 2R:18/7/16 CS: 14/9/16 Savings (Government Contributions) Bill HoC: 1R: 6/9/16 2R: 17/10/16 Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill HoC: 1R: 14/9/16 2R: 11/10/16 Wales Bill HoC: 1R: 7/6/2016 2R: 14/6/2016 CS: 5,11/6/2016 RS: 12/9/16 3R: 12/9/16 HoL: 2R: 10/10/2016

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