GOVERNMENT WHIPS OFFICE

HOUSE OF LORDS
FORTHCOMING BUSINESS
25 NOVEMBER 2015
[Notes about this document are set out at the end]

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Enterprise Bill [HL] Report - (Day 1 of 1 ) Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
No business yet scheduled

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill Committee
Enterprise Bill [HL] Report Day 1

Business in the Chamber at 11.00am

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Debate on the protection of freedom of speech in universities Baroness
Deech/Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
3. QSD on the steps being taken by Her Majestys Government to foster links
between communities as part of their counter-terrorism strategy Baroness
Mobarik/Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Topical QSD, time limit 1 hour)
4. Debate on the case for building a health-creating society Lord Crisp/Lord
Prior of Brampton
Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm
No business yet scheduled

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2015

The House is expected not to sit
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Education and Adoption Bill Report Day

MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
European Union Referendum Bill Third Reading
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Committee Day 1

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill Committee
Baroness Altmann
3. Enterprise Bill [HL] Report - (Day 1 of 1 ) Baroness Neville-Rolfe
4. Debate on the report from the EU Committee The North Sea under pressure:
is regional marine co-operation the answer? Baroness Scott of Needham
Market/Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. European Union Referendum Bill Third Reading Baroness Anelay of St
Johns
3. Education and Adoption Bill Report (Day of 1) Lord Nash
4. National Health Service (Licensing and Pricing) (Amendment) Regulations
2015 motion to approve Lord Prior of Brampton
Amendment Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (Day 1 of 4)
3. QSD on the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and
AIDS Access denied Baroness Barker/Baroness Verma (dinner break
business, 1 hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
No business yet scheduled

THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Committee Day 2

Business in the Chamber at 11.00am

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Debate on the economy in the light of the Autumn Statement Lord
Carrington of Fulham/Lord ONeill of Gatley
3. QSD on the provision for informing women in their fifties of their pension
expectations in the light of the new single tier state pension Baroness
Bakewell/Baroness Altmann (Topical QSD, time limit 1 hour)
4. Debate on the United Kingdom's role in supporting international security
and stability in the light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review Earl
Attlee/Earl Howe
5. Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 motion to approve Lord
Freud
Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm
No business yet scheduled

FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2015

The House is expected not to sit
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Scotland Bill - Committee Day 1

PROVISIONAL
MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2015
Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Committee Day 3

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (Day 2 of 4 )
3. QSD on bilateral and multilateral defence and security cooperation with
the United Kingdoms European partners in NATO and the EU Lord
Wallace of Saltaire/Baroness Anelay of St Johns (dinner break business, 1
hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Scotland Bill Committee (Day 1) Lord Dunlop
3. QSD on kinship care as a means of support for vulnerable children
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top/Lord Nash (dinner break business, 1 hour)
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (Day 3 of 4 )
3. Dinner break business will be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
No business yet scheduled

THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Committee Day 4

Business in the Chamber at 11.00am

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Debate on the future of Legal Aid Lord Bach/Lord Faulks
3. A QSD may be scheduled between the two debates (Topical QSD, time limit
1 hour)
4. Debate on the quality and viability of the residential care sector Baroness
Wheeler/Lord Prior of Brampton
5. Further business may be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 1.00pm
It is expected that each short debate will start on the hour
1. QSD on the process for preparing official histories Lord Rodgers of
Quarry Bank/Lord Bridges of Headley (time limit 1 hour)
2. QSD on the impact on the economic development of the north of England of
the pausing of the electrification of the TransPennine rail line Lord Shutt
of Greetland/Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (time limit 1 hour)
3. QSD on small grass roots music venues Lord Clement-Jones/Baroness
Neville-Rolfe (time limit 1 hour)
4. QSD on the roles of the Energy Community and the Energy Charter Lord
Bowness/Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (time limit 1 hour)
5. QSD on how the business community can contribute to resolving the
challenges facing the United Kingdom Baroness Greengross/Baroness
Neville-Rolfe (time limit 1 hour)
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FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Report

Business in the Chamber at 10.00am

1. Accessible Sports Grounds Bill [HL] Committee Lord Faulkner of
Worcester/Baroness Neville-Rolfe
2. Online Safety Bill [HL] Committee Baroness Howe of Idlicote/Baroness
Shields
3. Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] Committee Lord Purvis of
Tweed/Lord Bridges of Headley

MONDAY 14 DECEMBER 2015

Last day to table amendments for the marshalled list for:
Education and Adoption Bill Report Day

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (Day 4 of 4 )
3. Dinner break business will be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL] Report (Day 1 of 1)
Lord Bridges of Headley
3. Dinner break business will be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 3.30pm
No business yet scheduled

WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 3.00pm
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Education and Adoption Bill Report (Day of 1 ) Lord Nash
3. Further business may be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 3.45pm
No business yet scheduled

THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER 2015

Business in the Chamber at 11.00am
1. Oral questions (30 minutes)
2. Balloted Debates
3. A QSD may be scheduled between the two debates (Topical QSD, time limit
1 hour)
4. Further business may be scheduled
Business in Grand Committee at 2.00pm
No business yet scheduled

FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 2015

The House is expected not to sit

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: 11 December, 29 January, 26 February and 11
March. 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:
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 26 November

Debate on the protection of freedom of speech in universities

QSD on the steps being taken by Her Majestys Government to foster
links between communities as part of their counter-terrorism
strategy
Debate on the case for building a health-creating society

Monday 30 November

Debate on the report from the EU Committee The North Sea under
pressure: is regional marine co-operation the answer?

Wednesday 2 December

QSD on the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and

AIDS Access denied

Thursday 3 December

Debate on the British economy in the light of the Autumn Statement

QSD on the provision for informing women in their fifties of their
pension expectations in the light of the new single tier state pension
Debate on the United Kingdom's role in supporting international
security and stability in the light of the Strategic Defence and
Security Review

Monday 7 December

QSD on bilateral and multilateral defence and security cooperation

with the United Kingdoms European partners in NATO and the EU

Tuesday 8 December

QSD on kinship care as a means of support for vulnerable children

Thursday 10 December

Debate on the future of Legal Aid

Debate on the quality and viability of the residential care sector
QSD on the process for preparing official histories
QSD on the impact on the economic development of the north of
England of the pausing of the electrification of the TransPennine rail
line
QSD on small grass roots music venues
QSD on the roles of the Energy Community and the Energy Charter
QSD on how the business community can contribute to resolving the
challenges facing the United Kingdom

Power

Power

ENTERPRISE BILL
Report stage calendar
Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should
complete its Report stage in one and a half 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

25 November
2015

30 November
2015

Clauses

Policy

Clauses 1-23

Clauses 24-31

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

WELFARE REFORM AND WORK BILL

Committee calendar
The House has committed the Welfare Reform and Work 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 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

Clauses

2 December
2015

7 December
2015

9 December
2015

Clauses 7-10
Clauses 16-20

Welfare Benefits cont.

Loans for mortgage interest etc
Social Security administration

14 December

Clauses 21-32

Social housing rents

Final

Clauses 11-12
Clauses 4-6

Clauses 13-15
Clauses 1-3

Power

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Policy

Welfare Benefits
Life chances

Welfare Benefits cont

Reports

EDUCATION AND ADOPTION BILL

Report stage calendar
Forthcoming Business indicates that the Usual Channels intend that the Bill should
complete its Report stage in one day. 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

1 December
2015
day

Clauses 3-6
& Clauses 1318

Schools causing concern: eligibility for

intervention (clause 3)
Schools causing concern: intervention
powers
Adoption
General

16 December
2015
day

Clauses 1-2 &

Clauses 7-12

Schools causing concern: eligibility for

intervention (clauses 1 &2))
Schools causing concern: conversion
into Academies

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