The Week in Westminster
Tuesday, May 8
Commons: Oral questions: Health and Social Care (including Topical Questions). Ten Minute Rule Motion: Protection of Pollinators. Legislation: Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill (Lords), remaining stages. Consideration of Lords amendments: Nuclear Safeguards Bill. Motion: Statutory Instrument on Criminal Legal Aid. Adjournment: Homeopathy in veterinary medicine.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: Concessionary bus passes; Children missing from care homes; Recent trends in employment growth; Progress on the Government’s skills strategy; Effect of the monsoon season on the Rohingya.
Lords: Oral questions: UK’S ability to take advantage of the Digital Single Market and of country of origin principles for e-commerce once the UK leaves the EU; Confidentiality agreements in respect of negotiations concerning the UK’S withdrawal from the EU; Strengthening legal safety requirements for fridges and freezers sold in the UK. Legislation: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, Report (Day 6).
Wednesday, May 9 Commons: Oral questions: Northern Ireland. At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: European Union Withdrawal Agreement (Public Vote). Legislation: Data Protection Bill (Lords), remaining stages. Motion: Relating to a Statutory Instrument on Education (Student Support). Adjournment: Universal credit and terminal illness.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: Economies of the UK islands; Support for deaf children in South Gloucestershire; Role of the new Office of Product Safety and Standards; Proposed closure of DWP offices in Merthyr Tydfil; Electric vehicle and bicycle take-up.
Lords: Oral questions: Impact of Brexit on the economy of the North East of England; Recommendations in the “Manifesto to Strengthen Families”; How many young asylum seekers have been required to cease studying as a condition of immigration bail. Legislation: Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill, Committee Stage (Day 1). Orders and regulations: Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018, regret motion.