The Week in Westminster

Tuesday, Nov 23

Commons: Oral questions: Health and Social Care (including Topical Questions). Ten Minute Rule Motion: Climate Education. Legislation: Health and Care Bill (Day 2): Remaining stages. Adjournment: Ickford and flood risk in planning.

Westminster Hall: Debates: Promotion and regulation of financial products on Black Friday; Hertfordshire Greenbelt and the National Planning Policy Framework; Ofsted inspection of multi-academy trusts.

Lords: Oral questions: Level of ministerial attention that charities and civil society will receive; Continued detention of opposition politician Makomborero Haruzivishe in Zimbabwe and political repression in that country; The award of £48m from the Levelling Up Fund to the Council of the Isles of Scilly for the purchase of new ships and requirement for the Council to demonstrate value for money by arranging competitive tenders for the procurement, construction and operation, of the ships; Persistence of the gender pay gap and steps required to close it. Legislation: Dormant Assets Bill, 3rd Reading; Armed Forces Bill, Report Stage.

Wednesday, Nov 24 Commons: Oral questions: Women and Equalities (including Topical Questions). At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Social Media Platforms (Identity Verification). Legislation: Commercial Rent (Coronavirus), 2nd Reading. Motion: Motion to approve a statutory instrument relating to terrorism. Adjournment: Death of Captain David Mockett. Westminster Hall: Debates: Energy intensive industries; York’s bid to host the headquarters of Great British Railways; Islamophobia Awareness Month; Government action on body image in the media and online; Provision of bus services in the North East. Lords: Oral questions: Preventing the takeover of NHS surgeries in the UK by American health insurance companies; Compliance with money laundering regulations by banks in the UK and steps taken by the Financial Conduct Authority to prevent money laundering; Introducing rules on smoke-free pavements outside pubs and restaurants; Criteria for the appointment of the next Chairman of Ofcom. Legislation: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Committee Stage (Day 11).

Thursday, Nov 25

Commons: Oral questions: Cabinet Office (including Topical Questions). Business Statement and Business Questions to the Leader of the House. Backbench Business: General Debates: Freedom of religion or belief: 40th anniversary of the declaration on the elimination of religious intolerance; Alcohol harm. Adjournment: Potential merits of ring-fenced funding for tidal energy generation. Westminster Hall: Debate: International Men’s Day.

Lords: Oral questions: Case for designating all Members of the House of Lords as Politically Exposed Persons for the purposes of anti money-laundering rules; The White Ribbon campaign which seeks to end male violence against women; Publication of the government’s international development strategy. Debates: Reported remarks of the Foreign Secretary that a genocide is underway against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China; The numbers of migrants arriving in the United Kingdom illegally by boat. Orders and Regulations: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No 3) (High-risk Countries) Regulations 2021; Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No 3) Order 2021.

Friday, Nov 26 Commons: Private Members’ Bills, 2nd Reading: Down Syndrome; Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions); Registers of Births and Deaths; Public Bodies (Representation from Devolved Nations); Electoral Commission (Abolition); Illegal Immigration (Offences); Full Employment; Health and Safety at Work; Corporate Homicide; Workers (Rights and Definition); BBC Licence Fee (Abolition); Homeless People (Current Accounts); Electoral Candidates (Age); Leader of the House of Commons (Election); General Election (Leaders’ Debates); Hospitals (Parking Charges and Business Rates); Voter Registration; Asylum Seekers (Return to Safe Countries); Plastic (Wet Wipes); Peerage Nominations (Disqualification of Party Donors); Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax); Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes); Channel 4 (Privatisation); British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation). Adjournment: Future of Portishead Railway. Lords: The House of Lords is not sitting and will next sit on Nov 29, 2021.