Political News W/C 4th December

Future parliamentary business from Monday 4 December 2023

Provisional parliamentary business has now been announced for this period, including the following that may be of relevance to you. Parliament will rise for Christmas Recess on Tuesday 19 December and return on Monday 8 January. Please note, the following may change at short notice.

House of Commons

Monday 4 December

Legislation: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Remaining stages (from 3:30pm)

Tuesday 5 December

Debate on the Motion in the Name of the Official Opposition – topic TBA (from 12:30pm)

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 11, Palace of Westminster (2:30pm)

Wednesday 6 December

Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 9, Palace of Westminster (9:25am)

Home Affairs Committee: Policing of protests. Witnesses: Chris Nineham, Vice Chair at Stop the War Coalition; Iman Atta OBE, Director at Tell MAMA; Ben Jamal, Director at Palestinian Solidarity Campaign; Dr Dave Rich, Director of Policy at Community Security Trust; Gideon Falter, Chief Executive at Campaign Against Antisemitism. Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster (9:30am)

Prime Minister’s Questions (12pm)

Legislation: Sentencing Bill: Second reading (from 12:30pm)

European Scrutiny Committee: Retained EU law: the progress and mechanics of reform. Witnesses: Dr Oliver Garner, Maurice Wohl Research Leader in European Rule of Law at Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Joël Reland, Research Associate at UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Adelyn Wilson, Head of Strathclyde Law School and Professor of Law at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Dr Robert Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Public Law at University of Aberdeen. Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster (2:30pm)

Westminster Hall debate: Statutory parental bereavement leave and pay – Darren Henry (4pm, 60mins)

Thursday 7 December

Attorney General Questions (from 10:10am)

Business Questions (from 10:30am)

Adjournment debate: Violent crime and anti social behaviour in Carshalton and Wallington – Elliot Colburn (est. 5pm)

House of Peers

Monday 4 December

Oral question: Remarks by Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, that his government is prepared to deport asylum seekers deemed dangerous, in potential breach of the European Convention on Human Rights – Lord Lilley (2:50pm)

Orders and regulations: Draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (Port Examination Code of Practice) Regulations 2023 Draft National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023 Draft National Security Act 2023 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Regulations 2023 (from 3:10pm)

Tuesday 5 December

Oral question: Number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum aged 12 and under placed in hotels while waiting for local authority placement in the last two years – Lord Scriven (2:40pm)

Wednesday 6 December

Orders and regulations: Draft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) and associated regret motion (from 3:40pm)

Orders and regulations: Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023 and associated regret motion

Orders and regulations: Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 and associated regret motion

Orders and regulations: Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 and associated regret motion

Thursday 7 December

No relevant business currently scheduled

Friday 8 December

No relevant business currently scheduled