Political News W/C 27th November

Future parliamentary business from Monday 27 November 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 27 November

Home Office Questions (2:30pm)

Conclusion of debate on the Autumn Statement (from 3:30pm)

First Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels). Location: Room 9, Palace of Westminster (4:30pm)

Second Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 11, Palace of Westminster (4:30pm)

Third Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 12, Palace of Westminster (6pm)

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 10, Palace of Westminster (6pm)

Tuesday 28 November

Treasury Committee: Autumn Statement 2023. Witnesses: Richard Hughes, Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility; Professor David Miles CBE, Member at Budget Responsibility Committee; Tom Josephs, Member at Budget Responsibility Committee. Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (10:15am)

Legislation: Criminal Justice Bill: Second Reading (from 12:30pm)

Treasury Committee: Autumn Statement 2023. Witnesses: Dr Jumana Saleheen, Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy Group at Vanguard Europe; Torsten Bell, Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation; Paul Johnson, Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies; Dr Zubaida Haque, Deputy Director and Head of Research and Policy at Women's Budget Group. Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (2:15am)

Wednesday 29 November

Home Affairs Committee: Work of the Home Office. Witnesses: Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE, Permanent Secretary at Home Office; Simon Ridley, Interim Second Permanent Secretary at Home Office. Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (9:30am)

Westminster Hall debate: Prisons in Wales – Liz Saville Roberts (11am, 30min)

Prime Minister’s Questions (12pm)

Treasury Committee: Autumn Statement 2023. Witnesses: Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury; William Macfarlane CBE, Director, Strategy, Planning and Budget at HM Treasury. Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (2:15pm)

Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (Port Examination Code of Practice) Regulations 2023, The draft National Security Act 2023 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Regulations 2023, The draft National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 11, Palace of Westminster (2:30pm)

Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023. Location: Room 12, Palace of Westminster (2:30pm)

Adjournment debate: Refugee family reunion routes from Sudan – Stuart C McDonald (est. 7pm)

Thursday 30 November

Public Accounts Committee: Reducing the harm from illegal drugs. Witnesses: Professor Dame Carol Black, Independent Advisor at Combating Drugs; Mike Trace, CEO at The Forward Trust; Alice Wiseman, Addictions Lead at The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), and Director of Public Health at Gateshead Council; Mark Lay, National Drugs Coordinator at National Police Chiefs’ Council. Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (10am)

Business Questions (from 10:30am)

Legislation: National Insurance Contributions (Reduction In Rates) Bill: 2nd reading, Committee and Remaining Stages (from 11:30am)

Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023. Location: Room 9, Palace of Westminster (11:30am)

Adjournment debate: Conditions at HM Prison Bedford – Mohammad Yasin (est. 5pm)

Deadlines for Prime Minister’s Questions (on Wednesday 6 December), Attorney General Questions (on Thursday 7 December)

House of Peers

Monday 27 November

Oral question: Progress of reform within the Metropolitan Police – Lord Lexden (3:10pm)

Orders and regulations: Draft Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023 and draft Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023 - motion to approve and motion to regret – Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Baroness Brinton

Tuesday 28 November

Oral question: Home Office’s decision to disband the dedicated team responsible for their Windrush policy and if this will undermine their commitments to the Windrush Generation – Lord Davies of Brixton (2:30pm)

Wednesday 29 November

Oral question: Increasing the maximum limit for political parties to spend at general elections – Lord Rennard (3pm)

Public Services Committee: The transition from education to employment for young disabled people. Witnesses: Ms Deirdre Costigan, National Officer, Disability Equality at UNISON - the public service union; Jane Lancastle, Assistant Secretary at Prospect (trade union). Location: Room 4, Palace of Westminster (3pm)

Debate: Autumn Statement 2023 (from 3:40pm)

Grand Committee debate: Covid-19 Committee report: 'Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing' – Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho

Thursday 30 November

No relevant business currently scheduled