Week in Westminster

Monday, Dec 11 Commons: Oral questions: Education (including Topical Questions). Legislation: Finance Bill, Second Reading. Adjournment: Shooting of Abdul Karim Boudiaf in 2009.

Westminster Hall: Debate: E-petitions 200004, 187570, 193282 and 200311 relating to a referendum on the deal for the UK’S exit from the European Union.

Lords: Oral questions: Whether UK citizens who wish to retain European citizenship post-brexit may do so; Effectiveness of local welfare assistance schemes in meeting need; Why kinship carers who subsequently have their own child are not exempt from the two child limit; Guidance for Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning diplomatic skills in the performance of their duties. Legislation: Data Protection Bill [HL], Report stage (day 1). Short debate: Recent developments in Sudan and South Sudan. Tuesday, Dec 12

Commons: Oral questions: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (including Topical Questions). Ten Minute Rule Motion: Courts (Abuse of Process). Legislation: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, Committee stage (day 6), Committee of the whole House. Adjournment: Green paper on children and young people’s mental health provision -

Westminster Hall: Debates on: Funding for domestic violence refuges – general debate determined by the Backbench Business Committee; Government policy on animal welfare; future of society lotteries, the Health Lottery and limits on prize values; provision of children’s services by local authorities; healthcare optimisation plan, Kirklees.

Lords: Oral questions: How many people with a diagnosis of atrial fibrilation who were admitted to hospital with a stroke were not on an appropriate anti-coagulation therapy prior to admission; Number of doctors from European Economic Area states working in the UK who may be planning to leave the NHS after the UK withdrawal from the EU; Ensuring the £8.4 billion of European Structural Investment Funds allocated to local government for 2014–20 is available for support of businesses and infrastructure improvements and an equivalent value is available for the period after 2020. Legislation: Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Bill [HL], Committee stage (day 4), Committee of the Whole House. Short debate: Human rights priorities in the light of Brexit. Wednesday, Dec 13 Commons: Oral questions: Wales. At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Short and holiday-let accommodation (notification of local authorities). Legislation: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, Committee stage (day 7), Committee of the whole House. Adjournment: UK ban on flights to Sharma El Sheikh.

Westminster Hall: Debates on: Parental rights of prisoners; Cliff erosion of north coastline of the Isle of Sheppey; Work capability assessments; Male suicide; Quality in the built environment.

Lords: Oral questions: Noncommonwealth member countries attending the 2018 Commonwealth Summit in London; progress towards establishing a single national standard for household recycling; percentage of students who will pay back their student loans in full. Legislation: Data Protection Bill [HL], Report stage (day 2). Short debate: Transitional arrangements for state pension provision for women born in the 1950s.