The Week at Westminster

Monday 2 March

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Culture, Media and Sport; Olympics; including Topical Questions
Legislation - Political Parties and Elections Bill - remaining stages
Adjournment - Mobile home parks - Mr John Gummer

Tuesday 3 March

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates - **

The House will sit at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Communities and Local Government
Ten Minute Rule Bill - Employment Retention - John Robertson
Motion - Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of Sections 1 to 9) Order 2009
Legislation - Corporation Tax Bill - Third reading
Adjournment - *

Wednesday 4 March

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-5.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates - **

The House will sit at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Northern Ireland; Prime Minister
Ten Minute Rule Bill - Teaching of British History in Schools - Andrew Rosindell
Programme Motion - Northern Ireland Bill - Consideration of an Allocation of Time Motion
Legislation - Northern Ireland Bill - All stages
Adjournment - *

Thursday 5 March

The House will sit at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Energy and Climate Change; Leader of the House; House of Commons Commission
Business Statement - Leader of the House
Debate - International Women’s Day
Adjournment - *

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall - a debate on 7th report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, HC 73 (Session 2007-08) entitled

‘A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities’, and the Governments response, Cm 7378 (Session 2007-08) and further response Cm 7536 (Session 2008-09);

Friday 6 March

The House will sit at 9.30am

Private Members’ Bills -
Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill - Peter Luff (2R); Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill - David Mundell (2R); Presumption of Death Bill - Mr Tim Boswell (2R); Exercise of Reasonable Discretion Bill - Mr Tim Boswell (2R)
Adjournment - *

What are Westminster Hall Debates?

Introduced in December 1999, Westminster Hall sits alongside the main Chamber, and is aimed at fostering a new style of debate. Sessions are open to all MPs, who sit in a horseshoe arrangement which is meant to encourage constructive rather than confrontational debate.

The meetings are presided over by a Deputy Speaker and there are no votes.