The Week in Westminster
Monday, July 18
Commons: Oral questions: Communities and Local Government, including Topical Questions. Debate: Motion relating to the UK’s nuclear deterrent. Adjournment: Reform of surrogacy law.
Westminster Hall: Debate on Epetition 131167 relating to changes to the student loans agreement.
Lords: Oral questions: Bringing together all communities following the result of the EU referendum; Clarifying the conditions for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative; When Parliament’s authority should be sought as part of the negotiation for leaving the EU; Implications of the EU referendum for the tourism and hospitality industries. Legislation: Policing and Crime Bill, 2nd reading. Orders and regulations: Draft Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016, motion to approve; Draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016, motion to approve.
Tuesday, July 19
Commons: Oral questions: Treasury, including Topical Questions. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Income Tax (Non-Military Expenditure). Legislation: Higher Education and Research Bill, 2nd reading; Higher Education and Research Bill, Programme motion; Higher Education and Research Bill, Money resolution; Higher Education and Research Bill, Ways and Means resolution. Adjournment: Cockling in the Dee Estuary.
Westminster Hall: Debates on: Persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East and its effect on the UK; Future of Channel 4; Contribution of Poles to UK society; Squash and the Olympic Games; Implications of the UK leaving the EU for the UK-Ireland border.
Lords: Introduction: the Bishop of Oxford. Oral questions: Impact of the payment of universal credit monthly in arrears and the seven-day waiting period; Parliamentary scrutiny of the draft Royal Charter of the BBC; Achieving the target of one million new homes by 2020. Legislation: Investigatory Powers Bill, Committee stage (Day 3), Committee of the Whole House. Orders and regulations: Draft Carbon Budget Order 2016, motion to approve; Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2016, motion to approve.