The Week in Westminster

Wednesday, February 28 Commons:

Oral questions: Northern Ireland Office. At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Brain tumours. Legislation: Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]: Second reading. Adjournment: British Justice System and international corruption cases.

Westminster Hall: Debates: Trends in funding levels for youth services; Provision of cycle trails; Leasehold reform and new homes; Rebuild of Leighton Hospital; Digital exclusion.

Lords: Oral questions: Assessment of skill shortages affecting business and industry; The UK’S position in UNICEF’S Innocenti Report Card 18 “Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth”; Adequacy of the Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation and support for local authorities. Legislation: Media Bill – second reading.

Thursday, February 29 Commons: Oral questions: Cabinet Office. Business Statement: Business Questions to the Leader of the House. Backbench Business: Debate on a Motion on language in politics on International Women’s Day; General Debate on Welsh affairs. Adjournment: Young adults with spinal injuries and NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Westminster Hall: Debates: Colleges Week 2024; Eating

Disorders Awareness Week 2024. Lords: Oral questions: Bringing about a sustainable peace as the war in Ukraine passes its second anniversary; Prime Minister of Israel’s ruling out a two-state solution with the Palestinians; Supporting charities which might struggle to pay salaries following the planned rise in the national minimum wage, particularly those supporting adults with serious learning disabilities, their families and carers. Debates: Windrush scandal and the implementation and effectiveness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme; The polluted state of rivers and the case for regulation of private water companies.