On the Agenda

In Brief

Prime minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on nuclear defence at the Commonwealth Club.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson addresses the Federation of Small Businesses annual conference in Aberdeen. Other speakers also include shadow chancellor George Osborne and first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond.

Defence secretary Bob Ainsworth announces honours for Operation Panther's Claw.

Children's minister Baroness Morgan makes an announcement on child performers.

Higher education minister David Lammy commissions an independent health check of the Student Loans Company by PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure it is ready to process applications and answer customer enquiries during the peak months this summer.

Pubs minister John Healey announces measures to protect community pubs in an effort to stem nearly 40 closures a week, backed by £4m in government funding. http://bit.ly/9vbBxG

Health minister Mike O'Brien publishes the reply to a consultation on innovation pass for new medicines and the response to a consultation on strengthening national commissioning.

Health minister Phil Hope makes an announcement on a pilot for commissioning wheelchair and seating services.

Health minister Ann Keen publishes a national framework report and centre for workforce intelligence.

Conservative leader David Cameron launches the party's Energy Security Green Paper with a visit to Grain LNG in Kent.

Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox delviers a speech to industry body ADS on the role of a UK defence industrial base.

First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones delivers a keynote speech at a Bevan Foundation conference "One Wales, One Year to go" in Cardiff.

The UK Independence Party holds its conference and manifesto launch in Milton Keynes..

Mayor of London Boris Johnson opens Braham Street Park, a new park in the heart of the city - built on a site formerly occupied by the Aldgate gyratory traffic system.

Results UK writes for ePolitix.com ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Wednesday 24th March. http://bit.ly/bBURU9

The National Primary Teacher Education Council and the General Teaching Council for England are hold a workshop to review the proposed changes to the primary curriculum, following the Cambridge and Rose Reviews, and discuss the implications for initial teacher education. http://bit.ly/9FQstK

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure has its final day. http://bit.ly/cxEM4j

Reports and Statistics

The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee publishes a report on the National Forest. http://bit.ly/9WxhgD

The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee publishes the government response to the report on the review of the LCO Process.

The National Audit Office publishes a report on the Consumer First programme and the delivery of student finance. It warns England's student loans and grants system is at "substantial" risk of being hit by delays again this year. http://bit.ly/ay2vgt

Ofqual publishes a report suggesting rising numbers of teachers are concerned about the quality of A-levels.

Policy Exchange publishes a report finding that 85 per cent of prisoners claim to have had access to drugs during their time in jail and that prison officers were regularly responsible for bringing them in.

The Campaign for Better Transport publishes a report suggesting more than 67,000 flights in private jets and 'air taxis' last year avoided paying any tax, despite emitting up to 30 times more carbon dioxide per passenger

The National Cancer Equality Initiative publishes a report on reducing cancer inequality.