The Week in Westminster

Wednesday, Oct 20 Commons:

Oral questions: President of COP26. At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy. Legislation: Environment Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments. Adjournment: NHS dentistry in Lincolnshire. Westminster Hall: Debates on: Impact on Anglo-chinese relations following the AUKUS pact; Future impact of artificial intelligence on the economy and society; Access to cash; Humanitarian situation in Yemen; Carbon capture and storage.

Lords: Oral questions: Ensuring gambling operators provide high quality and accurate data for use by the Gambling Commission; Implementation of final report of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group, published in July 2019; Influence of environment considerations on government trade policy. Legislation: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Committee stage (Day 1). Short debate: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America.

Thursday, Oct 21 Commons: Oral questions: International Trade (including Topical Questions). Business Statement: Business Questions to the Leader of the House. Backbench Business: General debate on COP26 and limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees; General Debate On World Menopause Month.adjournment: Black History Month. Westminster Hall: Debates on: UK’S Climate Progress: the Committee on Climate Change’s 2021 Progress Report.

Lords: Oral questions: Employing ‘elemental analysis’ to determine where cotton used in goods imported to the UK was cultivated; Support for people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes who have gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic; What environmental considerations influence government trade policy. Debate: Character and pace of threat confronting the UK and her allies and the roles of (1) the Command Paper Defence in a Competitive Age; and (2) the four nations of the UK in addressing that threat; Role of civil nuclear power in meeting the UK’S electricity needs and energy security. Short debate: Government plans to consult on measures to enhance the integrity of electoral processes.

Friday, Oct 22 Commons: Private Members’ Bills, 2nd Readings: Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement); Local Government (Disqualification); Corporate Homicide; Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings); Energy Pricing; Electric Vehicle Charging Points (New Buildings); General Election (Leaders’ Debates); Homeless People (Current Accounts); Electoral Candidates (Age); Channel 4 (Privatisation); British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation); Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation); Workers (Rights and Definition); Immigration (Health and Social Care Staff); Workers (Rights); Planning and Local Representation; Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings (No 2); Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance); Covid-19 Vaccine Damage; Public Advocate; Wellbeing of Future Generations (No 2); Hospitals (Parking Charges and Business Rates); Voter Registration; Asylum Seekers (Return to Safe Countries); Planning (Street Plans); Hen Caging (Prohibition). Adjournment: Rail service reductions.

Lords: Legislation: Assisted Dying Bill (HL), 2nd Reading.