Week in Westminster

Wednesday, Dec 1 Commons: Oral questions: President of COP26 (including Topical Questions). At noon, questions to the Prime Minister. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Quarries (Planning). Legislation: Committee of the Whole House: Finance (No 2) Bill. Adjournment: 125th anniversary of Shotton steelworks. Westminster Hall: Debates on: Reductions in community debt advice services; Leicester Space Park and the wider space sector; Introducing a Natural History GCSE; Cider industry and duty changes; Contribution of food and drink to the UK economy. Lords: Oral questions: When water companies will be required to deliver the first stage of reductions in the level of sewage discharged into rivers and the sea; Benefits of early years interventions on peoples’ welfare and social mobility; Amending the requirements of the driving test for HGV drivers; ambulance response times. Debates: Report from the Procedure and Privileges Committee “Speakers’ lists for oral questions and “Secretary of State” questions: Divisions: passreaders” - motion to approve and motions to regret; Report from the Liaison Committee “Designation of responsible committee of the House of Lords for the purposes of Section 3 of the Trade Act 2021”; Report from the Liaison Committee “New committee activity in 2022”. Orders and regulations: Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021; Health protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No 4) Regulations 2021. Legislation: Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill, Report Stage. Orders and regulations: School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1101), motion to regret. Legislation: National Insurance Contributions Bill, 2nd Reading.