The Week in Westminster

Monday, July 23 Commons: Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government (including Topical Questions). General debate: Subject tba. Adjournment: Societal effect of the drug Mamba.

Westminster Hall: No business scheduled for today.

Lords: Oral questions: Preventing the use of performance-enhancing drugs in junior and amateur sport; Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir; Enabling citizens to enter into a same-sex marriage in British Overseas Territories; Amending the Apprenticeship Levy to take account of the concerns of the creative industries. Debate: Preparations and negotiations connected to the UK’S exit from the EU.

Tuesday, July 24

Commons: Oral questions: Health and Social Care (including Topical Questions). Ten Minute Rule Motion: Civil Aviation (Accessibility). General debate: Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment. Adjournment: First tier tribunals, section 24 powers and enforcement on freeholders.

Westminster Hall: Debates on: The remit of the Office of Budget Responsibility; Train services to and from Preston Park; Taxpayer liability for safety at the Wylfa Nuclear power project; Rail investment in the East Midlands; Family hubs.

Lords: Oral questions: Updating the cost estimate and business case for HS2 Phase One; Implications for the Government’s proposed domestic abuse strategy of the default payment of universal credit to couples; What assessment the Government made of the precedents for Parliament providing them with a mandate for international negotiations. Legislation: Registration of Marriage Bill (HL), 3rd Reading; Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, 3rd Reading; Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill, 3rd Reading; Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill (HL), 3rd Reading; Non-domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill, 2nd Reading. Orders and regulations: Draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Motion to approve; Higher Education (Transparency Condition and Financial Support) (England) Regulations 2018, Motion to approve; Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2018, Motion to approve; Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Co-operation and Information Sharing) Regulations 2018, Motion to regret. Motion: To move to resolve that, notwithstanding the announcement by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on April 17, (HL Deb, cols 1074–5), following the adjournment on this day the House do next sit on Monday, Aug 6. Wednesday, July 25 Commons and Westminster

Hall: The House of Commons will be in recess. The House will next sit on Tuesday, Sept 4, 2018. Lords: The House of Lords will be in recess. The House will next sit on Tuesday, Sept 4, 2018.