The Week in Westminster
Monday, Nov 16 Commons: Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government (including Topical Questions). Legislation: Pension Schemes Bill (Lords), remaining stages. Adjournment: Leaseholders and cladding in Greenwich and Woolwich.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: e-petition 307339, relating to trade deals and the NHS; e-petitions 300528, 302855, 306494, 324762, and 552911, relating to university tuition fees.
Oral questions: Impact on the spread of COVID-19 of students returning to their universities; Process for child victims of trafficking seeking leave to remain in the UK; Plans to remove visa requirements for visitors to the UK from Peru; Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into legislation. Orders and regulations: Draft Road Vehicles and Non-road Mobile Machinery (Type-approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; Draft Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; Draft New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment)
(EU Exit) Regulations 2020; European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; Reciprocal and Cross-border Healthcare (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Tuesday, Nov 17 Commons: Oral questions: Health and Social Care (including Topical Questions). Ten Minute Rule Motion: Details to be provided. Legislation: National Security And Investment Bill: 2nd Reading. Motion: Motion to approve a money resolution relating to the Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill. Adjournment: Permanent 18-tonne weight limit for Cleveland Bridge.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: The COVID-19 outbreak and employment rights; Disabled access at leisure facilities; UK support for an international fund for Israeli-palestinian peace; Integrated Rail Plan and HS2; Support for SMES and the net zero target.
Lords: Introduction: Lord Woodley. Oral questions: Report by the Children’s Commissioner “Unregulated Children in care living in semi-independent accommodation”; Government commitment to “explore the legal and practical challenges of limited reform relating to the law on marriage and religious weddings”; Publication of the outcome of the Williams Rail Review. Legislation: Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill, Report Stage and 3rd
Reading. Legislation: Fire Safety Bill, Report Stage.
Wednesday, Nov 18 Commons: Oral questions: Wales. At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Supported Accommodation. Motions: Ecodesign for EnergyRelated Products and Energy Information (Amendment)
(EU Exit) Regulations 2020; The Construction Products (Amendment etc)(eu Exit) Regulations 2020. Consideration of Lords amendments, if necessary. General debate: COVID-19. Adjournment: Solar flares and electricity grid reliance. Westminster Hall: Debates: Future of the Union Learning Fund; Tackling worker exploitation in the textile industry in Leicester; Future of the aviation industry; Asylum seekers and permission to work; Moorland burning.
Lords: Oral questions: Reports on treatment of migrants and asylum seekers at the border of Croatia and Bosnia-herzegovina; Plans for campaigns on behaviour change before COP 26; Appointment of Cabinet-level to coordinate crossgovernment policy to strengthen families. Legislation: United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Report Stage (Day 1).
Thursday, Nov 19 Commons:
Oral questions: International Trade (including Topical Questions). Business Statement and Business Questions to the Leader of the House. Backbench Business: Regulation and prevention of online harms; International Men’s Day. Adjournment: Department for Health and Social Care’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: Fuel poverty and energy price caps; The future of work.
Lords: Introduction: Lord Bellingham. Oral questions: Return to face to face appointments on demand for medical patients; Financial support provided for research into therapies and treatments for people with brain tumours; Encouraging fossil fuel intensive businesses to accelerate their move to net zero carbon emissions. Legislation: Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill (HL), consideration of Commons amendments. Orders and regulations: Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; Customs Safety, Security and Economic Operators Registration and Identification (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
Friday, Nov 20 Commons: The House of Commons is not sitting today and will sit next on Monday, Nov 23. Lords: No business scheduled for today.