The Week Ahead

The Thanksgiving Holiday continues for the week. At Westminster the week's business includes


House of Commons

Monday - 2nd Reading of the Health & Social Care Bill
Tuesday - 2nd Reading of the Housing & Regeneration Bill
Wednesday - Opposition debates on 'prisons crisis' and 'the performance of DEFRA'
Thursday - Topical Debate; and a debate on convicting rapists and protecting victims.


House of Lords

Monday - 2nd Reading of the Children & Young Persons Bill
Tuesday - 2nd Reading of the Climate Change Bill
Wednesday - 2nd Reading of the Regulatory Enforcement & Sanctions Bill
Thursday - Baroness Gale will initiate a debate to call attention to the Government’s record on the management and prosecution of sexual offences; and to move for papers. Lord Berkeley will initiate a second debate, this time to call attention to the growth in passenger and freight traffic on Britain’s railways; and to move for papers.
Friday - 2nd Reading of the House of Lords Bill and 2nd Reading of theDisabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill - both are private members bills