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Tuesday 29 November 2016

House of Commons

Main Chamber

Time Business
11:30am
Oral questions

Treasury, including Topical Questions
Ten Minute Rule Motion

Statutory Nuisance (Aircraft Noise)
Legislation

Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill - 2nd reading
Legislation

Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill - Programme motion
Legislation

Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill - Money resolution
Opposed Private Business

New Southgate Cemetery Bill (HL) - 2nd Reading
Adjournment

Variant CJD and surgery

Westminster Hall

Time Business
9:30am - 11:00am
Westminster Hall debate

Effect of Government proposals on supported housing
11:00am - 11:30am
Westminster Hall debate

Dissident activity in Upper Bann
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Westminster Hall debate

CCTV in equine slaughterhouses
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Westminster Hall debate

Return of foreign national offenders to prison in own country
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Westminster Hall debate

Immigration rules for refugee family reunion

General Committee

Time Business Venue
9:25am
Public Bill Committee

Technical and Further Education Bill

 Room 12, Palace of Westminster
2:00pm
Public Bill Committee

Technical and Further Education Bill

 Room 12, Palace of Westminster

Select Committee

Time Business Venue
9:15am
Oral Evidence Session
Autumn Statement 2016

Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies

 The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9:30am
Oral Evidence Session
Prison reform

Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation, Ministry of Justice
Michael Spurr, Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service

 The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10:00am
Oral Evidence Session
The Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules

Mr Graham Brady MP, Chair of the 1922 Committee
John Cryer MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Rt Hon Angus Robertson MP, Deputy Leader of the SNP
Mr Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Chair of the Health Committee
John Mann MP

 Room 6, Palace of Westminster
10:15am
Oral Evidence Session
UK trade options beyond 2019

John Alty, Director General, Trade Policy Group, Department for International Trade
Oliver Griffiths, Director, Capability, Trade Policy Group, Department for International Trade
Paul McComb, Programme Director - Transition, Department for International Trade
James Norton, HR and Organisational Development Director, Department for International Trade
Professor Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff University/ Co-chair of Economists for Brexit
Martin Howe QC, Economists for Brexit/Lawyers for Britain
Dr Swati Dhingra, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
Professor Jim Rollo, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex

 Room 16, Palace of Westminster
11:30am
Oral Evidence Session
Military exercises and the duty of care: follow up

Mark Lancaster TD VR MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Air Marshal Richard Garwood CB CBE DFC RAF, Director General, Defence Safety Authority
Major General Timothy Hyams OBE, General Officer Commanding The Army Recruiting and Training Division
Isabel Letwin CBE, Director, Ministry of Defence Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department

 The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2:30pm
Oral Evidence Session
Suicide Prevention

Professor Louis Appleby, Director of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness
Professor Carmine Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health
Professor Kevin Fenton, Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England
Jonathan Marron, Director of Community, Mental Health and 7 Day Services, Department of Health
Phoebe Robinson, Head of Mental Health and Secure Care, NHS England

 The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2:30pm
Oral Evidence Session
Proposals for backbench debates

Members of Parliament

 Room 16, Palace of Westminster
3:00pm
Oral Evidence Session
The UK's relations with Russia

Mary Dejevsky, journalist and broadcaster
Lord Truscott, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Oxana Brazhnik, Bureau Chief
Nikolai Gorshkov, Editor, Sputnik UK
Anna Belkina, Director of Marketing and Strategic Development Head of Communications, RT

 The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
4:00pm
Oral Evidence Session
Building Industry

Sandra Dinneen, Chief Executive, South Norfolk Council
Councillor Peter John, Leader of the Council, London Borough of Southwark
Tim Hill, Chief Planning Officer, Leeds City Council
Kathleen Kelly, Assistant Director of Policy and Research, National Housing Federation
David Montague, Chief Executive, L&Q
Matt Harrison, Chief Executive, Great Places

 The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

House of Lords

Main Chamber

Time Business
2:30pm
Royal Assent

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Oral questions

Tackling corruption in sport
Oral questions

Making detention centres safer for LGBT asylum seekers
Oral questions

Case for moving Parliament and central departments to the north of England
Oral questions

How many affordable houses to rent the Government expect local authorities to build by 2020
Debate

Economy in light of the Autumn Statement

Grand Committee

No business announced for today

Select Committee

Time Business Venue
10:00am
Private Meeting
 Room 2, Palace of Westminster
10:00am
Private Meeting
 Room 3, Palace of Westminster
10:00am
Oral Evidence Session
High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill
 Room 4, Palace of Westminster
10:00am
Oral Evidence Session
Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS

(at 10:05 am)
Ms Nicky O'Conner, Chief Operations Officer, Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board
Mr Steve Wilson, Executive Lead - Finance and Investment, Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board
Professor Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive, Manchester City Council
Professor Kieran Walshe, Professor of Health & Policy & Management, Manchester Business School
(at 11:00 am)
Dr Ron Zimmern, Chairman, PHG Foundation
Mr Andy Williams, Chief Executive, NHS Digital
Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine , University of Oxford
Professor Keith McNeil, NHS Chief Clinical Information Officer , NHS England
(at 12:00 pm)
Professor Dame Anne Johnson, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL
Mr Mark Davies, Director, Department of Health
Mr Adrian Masters, Director for Strategy, Public Health England

 Room 1, Palace of Westminster
10:15am
Oral Evidence Session
Licensing Act 2003

(at 10:30 am)
Ms Leenamari Aantaa-Collier, Senior Associate, The Wilkes Partnership LLP
Mr Anthony Lyons, Partner, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP
Mr Karl Suschitzky, Environmental Health Officer, Derby City Council
Mr Peter Rogers, Managing Director, Sustainable Acoustics
(at 11:30 am)
Mr Alan Miller, Night Time Industries Association
Mr Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Deltic Group
Mr Ron Reid, Shoosmiths, McDonalds Restaurants
Mr Ibrahim Dogus, British Kebab and Retail Awards

 Room 3A, Palace of Westminster
10:30am
Private Meeting
 Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
10:30am
Oral Evidence Session
Financial Exclusion

(at 10:40 am)
Mr Adam Land, Senior Director, Remedies, Business and Financial Analysis, Competition and Markets Authority
Professor Alasdair Smith, Chair, Retail Banking Market Investigation, Competition and Markets Authority
Mr Bill Roberts, Remedies Director, Lead for the Open API remedy, Competition and Markets Authority
(at 11:40 am)
Ms Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance and Member, True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin), Open University
Mr Martin Upton, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Director of the Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin), Open University

 Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
11:45am
Private Meeting
 Room 3, Palace of Westminster
2:00pm
Oral Evidence Session
High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill
 Room 4, Palace of Westminster
3:15pm
Oral Evidence Session
Children and the internet

(at 3:30 pm)
The Baroness Shields OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mr Edward Timpson MP, Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, Department for Education
Ms Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation, Department of Health

 Room 2, Palace of Westminster
3:30pm
Oral Evidence Session
The Economics of UK Energy Policy

(at 3:35 pm)
Mr Ashley Ibbett, Director of Clean Electricity, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Mr Dan Monzani, Head of Energy Security, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Ms Paro Konar-Thakkar, Head of Energy Economics and Analysis, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

 Room 1, Palace of Westminster
3:45pm
Oral Evidence Session
Charities

(at 4:00 pm)
Mr David Skelton, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google
Mr Nick Pickles, UK Head of Policy, Twitter
(at 4:45 pm)
Ms Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund
Ms Gemma Bull, Portfolio Development Director, Big Lottery Fund
(at 5:30 pm)
Mr Tim Jones, Chief Executive and Secretary, Allia
Sir Harvey McGrath, Chair, Big Society Capital
Mr Cliff Prior, CEO, Big Society Capital

 Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
3:45pm
Private Meeting
 Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

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