On the Agenda
This page lists the business taking place in the UK's parliaments and assemblies, along with details of other political events.
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The Agenda in Westminster
Commons Chamber
2.30pm: Communities and local government (topical questions at 3.15pm).
Ten minute rule motion: Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry Bill (David Heath).
Main business
Remaining stages (day 1) of the Finance Bill.
Adjournment debate: UK government policy on torture (David Davis).
Westminster Hall
9.30–11.00am: Future of the UK steel industry (Denis MacShane).
11.00am–12.30pm: Teaching standards in schools in England (Graham Stuart).
12.30–1.00pm: Operation of Mitcham Job Centre Plus (Siobhain McDonagh).
1.00–1.30pm: Marketing of structured products backed by Lehman Brothers (Edward Vaizey).
1.30–2.00pm: Effect of ballistic missile defence policies (Peter Kilfoyle).
Select Committees
Regulatory reform committee (9.35am, room 19).
Subject: Themes and Trends in Regulatory Reform.
Witnesses: Ian Lucas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Jitinder Kohli, Director General, Strategy and Communications, and Philip Rycroft, Chief Executive, Better Regulation Executive, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Treasury committee (9.45am, The Thatcher Room).
Subject: Mortgage arrears and access to mortgage finance.
Witnesses: Jon Pain, Managing Director, Retail Markets, and Leslie Titcombe, Sector Leader, Retail Intermediaries and Mortgages, Financial Services Authority; Lord Myners CBE, Financial Services Secretary, HM Treasury, and Rt Hon John Healey MP, Minister for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government (at 10.30am).
Environmental audit committee (10.20am, room 15).
Subject: Green jobs and skills.
Witnesses: Environmental Industries Commission; British Wind Energy Association, REpower UK Ltd, and Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd (at 11.10am).
Culture, media and sport committee (10.30am, room 16).
Subject: The future of local and regional media.
Witnesses: Press Association; Newspaper Society (at 11.30am).
East Midlands regional committee (10.30am, room 18).
Subject: Regional Economic Strategy.
Witnesses: East Midland Development Agency.
Home affairs committee (10.30am, room 6).
Subject: (i) The future of the Forensic Science Service (ii) Missing unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
Witnesses: (i) Forensic Science Service; Prospect, and the Public and Commercial Services Union (at 11.00am) (ii) Hillingdon Borough Council (at 11.30am).
International development committee (10.30am, room 5).
Subject: DFID’s Programme in Nigeria.
Witnesses: Save the Children, and VSO.
Defence committee (11.00am, The Grimond Room).
Subject: The Comprehensive Approach.
Witnesses: Bill Rammell MP, Minister for the Armed Forces, and Brigadier Gordon Messenger DSO OBE ADC, Ministry of Defence, Michael Jabez Foster MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development, Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, and Nick Pickard, Head of the Security Policy Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Richard Teuten, Head of Stabilisation Unit.
Welsh affairs committee (11.00am, room 8).
Subject: Ports in Wales.
Witnesses: Association of Chief Police Officers (Wales) and UK Border Agency.
Business and enterprise committee (11.30am, The Wilson Room).
Subject: The work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the current crisis.
Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State, and Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Justice committee (4.15pm, The Wilson Room).
Subject: Sentencing Guidelines: principles of sentencing for youths.
Witnesses: Mary Duff, Chairman, and Chris Stanley, member, Youth Courts Committee, Magistrates’ Association; Tim Bateman, Senior Youth Crime Policy Development Officer, Nacro, and Martin Narey, Chief Executive, and Pam Hibbert, Assistant Director-Policy, Barnardo’s (at 4.50pm).
General Committees
Joint committee
Human rights joint committee (1.45pm, room 5).
Subject: Business and human rights.
Witnesses: Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Scottish Human Rights Commission.
Other committee
Speaker's Conference (10.05am, The Boothroyd Room).
Witnesses: Lesbian and Gay Foundation, and Simon Fanshawe; Campaign for Gender Balance (at 10.40am).
Public Bill committees
Equality Bill committee (10.30am and 4.00pm, room 12).
Subject: Further to consider the Bill.
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] committee (10.30am and 4.00pm, room 10).
Subject: Further to consider the Bill.
Delegated legislation committee
Second Delegated Legislation committee (10.30am, room 9).
Subject: To consider the draft Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Violent Offender Orders) (Notification Requirements) Regulations 2009.
Sixth Delegated Legislation committee (10.30am, room 11).
Subject: To consider the draft Criminal Defence Service (Provisional Representation Orders) Regulations 2009.
Eighth Delegated Legislation committee (4.30pm, room 9).
Subject: To consider the draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009.
Third Delegated Legislation committee (4.30pm, room 11).
Subject: To consider the draft Children Act 1989 (Higher Education Bursary) (England) Regulations 2009.
Lords Chamber
European Union Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade) (10.35am).
Subject: Inquiry on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
Witnesses: Mr Andrew Baker, Chief Executive, Alternative Investment Association (AIMA); (11.00am) Mr Simon Walker, Chief Executive, BVCA; and (11.30am) Mr Peter Montagnon, Director of Investment Affairs, Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Science and Technology Committee (Sub-Committee I) (10.40am).
Subject: Nanotechnologies and Food.
Witnesses: Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and (11.40am) Dr Nicholas Deliyanakis, DG Research.
The Agenda in the Scottish Parliament
In Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is in recess until August 30.
The Agenda in the Welsh Assembly
In Plenary
1.30pm: questions to the first minister.
followed by: business statement and announcement.
followed by: statement by the first minister on the Welsh Assembly Government's response to the E.coli inquiry.
followed by: statement by the minister for the environment on the Climate Change Commission and climate change strategy.
followed by: debate on the 10th anniversary of devolution.
In Committee
9.00am: Petitions Committee considers new and current petitions.
9.30am: Children and Young People Committee considers arrangements for the placement of children into care in Wales.
9.30am: Legislation Committee No. 5considers the proposed Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure.
The Agenda in the Northern Ireland Assembly
In Plenary
The Northern Ireland Assembly is in recess until September 6.
