GOVERNMENT WHIPS’ OFFICE

FORTHCOMING BUSINESS 14 APRIL 2021

[Notes about this document are set out at the end]

WEDNESDAY 14 APRIL 2021

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill – Third Reading Financial Services Bill – Report (day 3)

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Financial Services Bill – Report (day 2) – Earl Howe

Business in in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Debate on the case for building an inclusive society in the post-pandemic world and of the actions necessary by both national and local government to achieve this in the UK – Baroness Lister of Burtersett/Lord Greenhalgh (time limit 5 hours)

THURSDAY 15 APRIL 2021

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill – Third Reading

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. National Security and Investment Bill – Report – Lord Callanan

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Draft Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 – Lord Agnew of Oulton (time limit 1 hour) 2. Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Wine) (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2021 – Lord Gardiner of Kimble (time limit 1 hour) 3. Draft Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 – Lord Gardiner of Kimble (time limit 1 hour)

FRIDAY 16 APRIL 2021

Last day to table motions or amendments for: Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] – consideration of Commons amendments Fire Safety Bill – Consideration of Commons reasons

Business in the Chamber at 11.00am 1. Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill – Second Reading – Baroness Pidding/Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 2. Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill – Second Reading – Baroness Wyld/Lord Bethell 3. Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill – Second Reading – Lord Randall of Uxbridge/Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park 4. Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill – Committee – Baroness Lister of Burtersett/Baroness Berridge

MONDAY 19 APRIL 2021

Last day to table motions or amendments for: Domestic Abuse Bill – Consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for: National Security and Investment Bill – Third Reading

Business in the Chamber at 1.00pm 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill – Third Reading – Baroness Goldie 3. Financial Services Bill – Report (day 3) & Third Reading – Earl Howe

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 – Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (time limit 1 hour) 2. Draft Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2021 – Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (time limit 1 hour) 3. Draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 – Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (time limit 1 hour)

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TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] – consideration of Commons amendments – Baroness Vere of Norbiton 3. Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill – Third Reading – Lord Greenhalgh 4. Fire Safety Bill – Consideration of Commons reasons – Lord Greenhalgh 5. Debate on the report from the Conduct Committee Registration of members’ foreign interests: follow-up – Baroness Donaghy

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm No business yet scheduled

WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Domestic Abuse Bill – consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons – Baroness Williams of Trafford

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Debate on the case for the integration of policymaking in national and local government to achieve net zero carbon emissions in the UK – Lord Teverson/Lord Callanan (time limit 5 hours)

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THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. National Security and Investment Bill – Third Reading – Lord Callanan 3. Motion to approve a statutory instrument relating to counter-terrorism 4. Debate on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon/Baroness Goldie (time limit 5 hours) 5. Diocesan Boards of Education Measure – motion to direct that the Measure be presented for Royal Assent – The Bishop of Durham 6. Cathedrals Measure – motion to direct that the Measure be presented for Royal Assent – The Bishop of Durham – The Bishop of Durham

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Balloted QSD on the effectiveness of Body Mass Index as a medical guideline – Lord Addington/Lord Bethell (time limit 1 hour) 2. Balloted QSD on the report by the Commission on Alcohol Harm 2020 ‘It’s everywhere’ – alcohol’s public face and private harm – Baroness Finlay of Llandaff/Lord Bethell (time limit 1 hour) 3. Balloted QSD on the risk of mass evictions resulting from COVID-19-related poverty and preventing such evictions – Lord Bird/Lord Greenhalgh (time limit 1 hour) 4. Balloted QSD on declaring a biodiversity emergency – Lord Teverson/Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (time limit 1 hour)

FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2021 The House is expected not to sit

PROVISIONAL

MONDAY 26 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 1.00pm 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm Items 1 and 2 will be debated together for up to 1 hour 1. Draft Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 - Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 2. Draft Civil Liability Act 2018 (Financial Conduct Authority) (Whiplash) Regulations 2021 - Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (time limit 1 hour) 3. Further business may be scheduled

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TUESDAY 27 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Draft International Accounting Standards (Delegation of Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 – Lord Callanan (time limit 1 hour) 2. Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order 2021 – Lord Callanan (time limit 1 hour) 3. Further business may be scheduled

WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm 1. Debate on the reduction in UK development aid and its impact on achieving the objectives outlined in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy - Lord Alton of Liverpool/Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (time limit 3 hours) 2. Debate on the economic value of biodiversity and the report The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review - Baroness Boycott/Lord Agnew of Oulton (time limit 1½ hours)

THURSDAY 29 APRIL 2021

Business in the Chamber at 12noon 1. Oral questions (40 minutes) 2. Oral questions to the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (30 minutes) 3. Consideration of Commons amendments and/or reasons

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm No business yet scheduled

FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2021 The House is expected not to sit

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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 ● 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. Progress remains in the hands of the House. Report stage is usually half the length of Committee

Recess dates Subject to the progress of business, the House will be adjourned during the following period:

• Whitsun: Friday 28 May to Sunday 6 June inclusive

Sitting Fridays The House is expected to sit on the following Friday: 16 April.

Questions for short debate In line with paragraphs 58-66 of the Guidance on Hybrid House and Hybrid Grand Committee from the Procedure and Privileges Committee (9th edition), four balloted questions for short debate will be asked on Thursday 22 April.

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 Anishaa Aubeeluck; 020-7219 1113; Room 14

Scheduling private members’ business Ben Burgess; 020-7219 5215; Room 14

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Speakers’ lists For all debates, questions and statements it is now necessary to sign-up in advance to speak. Once lists close the Government Whips’ Office consults the usual channels about the order of speakers and then issues an ordered list. To see who has signed-up to speak visit www.lordswhips.org.uk/speakers-lists.

To sign-up to speak Telephone 020-7219 3131 Use www.lordswhips.org.uk/speakers-lists for debates and bills Use https://www.lordswhips.org.uk/oral-questions-1 for questions etc.

On the day of publication of this edition of Forthcoming Business, the following speakers’ lists were open:

Friday 16 April Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill – Second Reading Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill – Second Reading Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill – Second Reading Monday 19 April Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Draft Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2021 Draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 Tuesday 20 April Debate on the report from the Conduct Committee Registration of members’ foreign interests: follow-up Wednesday 21 April Debate on the case for the integration of policymaking in national and local government to achieve net zero carbon emissions in the UK Thursday 22 April Debate on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Diocesan Boards of Education Measure Cathedrals Measure Balloted QSD on the effectiveness of Body Mass Index as a medical guideline Balloted QSD on the report by the Commission on Alcohol Harm 2020 ‘It’s everywhere’ – alcohol’s public face and private harm Balloted QSD on the risk of mass evictions resulting from COVID-19- related poverty and preventing such evictions Balloted QSD on declaring a biodiversity emergency

The following speakers’ lists will open on Monday 19 April:

Monday 26 April Draft Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 and the draft Civil Liability Act 2018 (Financial Conduct Authority) (Whiplash) Regulations 2021 Tuesday 27 April Draft International Accounting Standards (Delegation of Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order 2021 Wednesday 28 April Debate on the reduction in UK development aid and its impact on achieving the objectives outlined in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Debate on the economic value of biodiversity and the report The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

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Participants lists for the amending stages of bills Any member of the House may take part in the amending stages of bills, providing they have signed up to the relevant participants list in advance, and subject to practical limits on the number of members who can be set up to participate in a single sitting. Once the participants list has been published, on the working day before the stage, it will not be possible for further members to add their names, and thus to seek to take part in that day’s debate on the bill. Full guidance has been issued by the . Members can sign up here when the lists are opened: http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/speakers-lists

Friday 16 April Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill – Committee – a participants list will be open between 10.00am and 6.00pm on Wednesday 14 April Monday 19 April Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill – Third Reading – a participants list will be open between 10.00am and 6.00pm on Thursday 15 April if amendments have been tabled Financial Services Bill – Report (day 3) – a participants list will be open between 10.00am and 6.00pm on Thursday 15 April Tuesday 20 April Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill – Third Reading – a participants list will be open between 10.00am and 6.00pm on Friday 16 April if amendments have been tabled Thursday 22 April National Security and Investment Bill – Third Reading – a participants list will be open between 10.00am and 6.00pm on Tuesday 20 April if amendments have been tabled

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