GOVERNMENT WHIPS OFFICE
HOUSE OF LORDS
FORTHCOMING BUSINESS
4 NOVEMBER 2015
[Notes about this document are set out at the end]
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Energy Bill [HL] Third Reading Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
3. European Union Referendum Bill Committee (Day 3 of 3) Baroness
Anelay of St Johns
4. QSD on the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation Lord Black
of Brentwood/Lord Prior of Brampton (dinner break business, 1 hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
1. Enterprise Bill [HL] Committee (Day 4 of 4) Baroness Neville-Rolfe
THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL] - Committee Day 1
Business in the Chamber at 11.00am
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Debate on the impact of pornography on society Bishop of
Chester/Baroness Shields (balloted debate, 2 hours)
3. Debate on the progress made in the regeneration of East London since the
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the remaining challenges Lord
Mawson/Baroness Neville-Rolfe (balloted debate, 2 hours)
Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm
1. Education and Adoption Bill Committee (Day 1 of 3) Lord Nash
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2015
The House is expected not to sit
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Education and Adoption Bill Committee Day 2
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2015
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL] - Committee Day 2
Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL] Committee (Day 1 of
2) Lord Bridges of Headley
3. QSD on the tabling of Parliamentary questions Lord Hunt of
Chesterton/Earl Howe (dinner break business, 1 hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill Second Reading
Baroness Altmann
3. Finance Bill Second Reading (and remaining stages) Lord ONeill of
Gatley
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
1. Education and Adoption Bill Committee (Day 2 of 3) Lord Nash
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 11am
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL] Committee (Day 2 of
2) Lord Bridges of Headley
3. QSD on bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and African
countries Lord Sheikh/Lord Maude of Horsham (lunch break business, 1
hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 12 noon
No business yet scheduled
Autumn long weekend adjournment:
Thursday 12 November 2015 to
Monday 16 November inclusive
Friday 13 November
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Education and Adoption Bill Committee Day 3
Monday 16 November
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
European Union Referendum Bill Report Day 1
PROVISIONAL
TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Welfare Reform and Work Bill Second Reading Lord Freud
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
1. Education and Adoption Bill Committee (Day 3 of 3) Lord Nash
WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. European Union Referendum Bill Report (Day 1 of 1 ) Baroness
Anelay of St Johns
3. QSD on stroke services, care and support and the National Stroke Strategy
Baroness Wheeler/Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (dinner break business, 1
hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
No business yet scheduled
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2015
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
European Union Referendum Bill Report Day 1
Business in the Chamber at 11.00am
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Debate on the role of trade unions in a democracy and their contribution to
the economy Lord Foulkes of Cumnock/Baroness Neville-Rolfe
3. A QSD may be scheduled between the two debates (Topical QSD, time limit
1 hour)
4. Debate on the foreign ownership of national assets and the case for revising
the related laws on corporate governance Viscount Hanworth/The Earl of
Courtown
5. QSD on the effectiveness of Her Majestys Governments international
development policies The Earl of Sandwich/Baroness Verma (time limit
1 hours)
Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm
No business yet scheduled
FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 10.00am
1. Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL] Second Reading Lord Alton of
Liverpool/Lord Prior of Brampton
2 Planning (Subterranean Development) Bill [HL] Second Reading Lord
Dubs/Baroness Williams of Trafford
3. Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL] Second Reading Lord Lexden/Baroness
Williams of Trafford
4. Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL] Committee Lord
Foulkes of Cumnock/Lord Bridges of Headley
MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015
Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. European Union Referendum Bill Report (Day 1 of 1 ) Baroness
Anelay of St Johns
3. Dinner break business will be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled
Information
Notes
This document informally advertises the business which the Government anticipates the House will
take in the coming three weeks. It should be read together with the formal Order Paper produced by
the Clerk of the Parliaments, available from the Printed Paper Office and www.parliament.uk/lords
Timings in italics are estimates only: business may take more or less time than that estimated. Other
times are maximums: business may take less time than the maximum
Items marked are expected to be taken during the dinner or lunch break. This usually starts at
around 7.30pm or 1.30pm but may start earlier or later
The advertised business on any day may be interrupted for a Ministerial statement
The number of sessions shown for a stage of a bill represents the Governments assessment of
reasonable time given the balance of bills and remaining days to the likely end of the session.
indicates agreement in the Usual Channels as to that assessment. Progress remains in the hands of
the House. Report stage is usually half the length of Committee
Questions for short debate
The Whips Office offers time for 1-1 hour questions for short debate in the order in which
they appear in the waiting list in House of Lords Business. Members waiting to ask their first QSD
of the session are offered time before members who have already asked a QSD this session. The
slots available are the dinner breaks on most Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and end of
business on Thursdays (though other business, mainly motions in opposition to SIs, competes
for this time) and on occasion in Grand Committee. In addition, the Grand Committee meets for
a day of up to five 1 hour QSDs at least for every six sitting weeks: the Grand Committee will
meet for that purpose on: 10 December. Further dates will be advertised in due course. To see
the Whips Office progress in scheduling QSDs, visit www.lordswhips.org.uk/qsds.
Sitting Fridays
The House will sit on the following Fridays: 20 November and 11 December. Further sitting
Fridays will be advertised in due course.
Recess dates
The Chief Whip has announced that, subject to the progress of business, the House will be
adjourned for the following periods in 2015:
Autumn long weekend: Thursday 12 November to Monday 16 November inclusive
Christmas: Wednesday 23 December to Sunday 10 January inclusive
February: Friday 12 February to Sunday 21 February inclusive
Further announcements regarding recess dates will be made in due course.
Advice on business
General inquiries
Email
Telephone
Website
holgovernmentwhips@parliament.uk
020-7219 3131
www.lordswhips.org.uk
Advice on the days expected timing
Main Office; 020-7219 3131; Room 13
Grouping of amendments
Victoria Warren; 020-7219 1113; Room 14
Scheduling tabled private members business
Ben Burgess; 020-7219 5215; Room 14
Speakers Lists
For most debates, it is necessary to sign-up in advance to speak. Speakers lists close at 6pm on
the previous weekday (4pm on Fridays) except when a speakers list for an afternoon sitting has
been open for less than a sitting day, in which case the list closes at 12 noon on the day of the
debate. The Government Whips Office then consults the usual channels about the order of
speakers and issues an ordered list of speakers.
To sign-up to speak
Telephone 020-7219 3131
Use the touchscreen in the main office (Room 13, Principal Floor)
Use www.lordswhips.org.uk
To see who has signed-up to speak use the touchscreen in the main office (which has a print facility)
or visit www.lordswhips.org.uk.
Current Speakers Lists
On the morning of publication of this edition of Forthcoming Business, the following Speakers
Lists were open:
Thursday 5 November
Debate on the impact of pornography on society
Debate on the progress made in the regeneration of East London
since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the remaining
challenges
Monday 9 November
QSD on the tabling of Parliamentary questions
Tuesday 10 November
National Insurance Contributions Bill (Rate Ceilings) Second
Reading
Finance Bill Second Reading
Wednesday 11 November QSD on bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and African
countries
Tuesday 17 November
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Second Reading
Wednesday 18 November QSD on stroke services, care and support and the National Stroke
Strategy
Thursday 19 November
Debate on the role of trade unions in a democracy and their
contribution to the economy
Debate on the foreign ownership of national assets and the case for
revising the related laws on corporate governance
QSD on the effectiveness of Her Majestys Governments
international development policies
Friday 20 November
Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL] Second Reading
Planning (Subterranean Development) Bill [HL] Second Reading
Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL] Second Reading
EUROPEAN UNION REFERENDUM BILL
Committee calendar
The House has committed the European Union Referendum Bill to a Committee of
the Whole House. Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend
that the Bill should complete its Committee stage in three days. This document,
prepared by the Bill team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject
matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but
it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their own
participation in the proceedings.
Session
Date
Clauses
Policy
28 October
2015
Clauses 1 & 2
The Referendum
Entitlement to vote in the referendum
2 November
2015
Clause 5
4 November
2015
Clauses 3, 4
& 6-12
Gibraltar
After clause 5 amendments
Further provision about the
referendum
Conduct regulations, etc
Power to modify section 125 of the
2000 Act
Supplemental and final provisions
Power
Supplemental & Final provisions
EDUCATION AND ADOPTION BILL
Committee calendar
The House has committed the Education and Adoption Bill to a Grand Committee.
Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should
complete its Committee stage in three days. This document, prepared by the Bill
team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be
covered each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help
participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the
proceedings.
Session
Date
Clauses
Policy
5 November
Clauses 1-6
Schools causing concern: eligibility for
intervention
Schools causing concern: intervention
powers
10 November
Clauses 7-10
Schools causing concern: conversion
into Academies
Clauses 11-18
Schools causing concern: conversion
into Academies cont.
Adoption
General
17 November
Power
BANK OF ENGLAND AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES BILL
Committee calendar
The House has committed the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill to a
Committee of the whole House. Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual
Channels intend that the Bill should complete its Committee stage in two days.
This document, prepared by the Bill team and agreed in the Usual Channels, sets
out the subject matter expected to be covered each day. It is non-binding and may
be revised, but it is intended to help participants with grouping and planning their
own participation in the proceedings.
Session
Date
9 November
2015
11 November
2015
Clauses
Policy
Clauses 1-11
The Bank of England:
Governance
Financial arrangements
Clauses 12-30
The Bank of England cont.:
Prudential regulations &
consequential and transitional
provision
Financial Services
Miscellaneous
General
ENTERPRISE BILL
Committee calendar
The House has committed the Enterprise Bill to a Grand Committee. Forthcoming
Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should complete its
Committee stage in four days. This document, prepared by the Bill team and
agreed in the Usual Channels, sets out the subject matter expected to be covered
each day. It is non-binding and may be revised, but it is intended to help
participants with grouping and planning their own participation in the
proceedings.
Session
Date
26 October
2015
28 October
2015
Clauses
Clauses 1-12
Clauses 13-25
2 November
2015
4 November
2015
Clauses 26-31
Power
10
Policy
The Small Business Commissioner
Regulators
Extension of the Primary Authority
Scheme
Apprenticeships
Late Payment of Insurance Claims
Non-Domestic Rating
Industrial Development
Public Sector Employment:
Restrictions on Exit Payments
General Provisions
