10 - 14 March: Coming up in the Commons

Monday 10 March

14.30 – Questions to the Department for Education.

Followed by Urgent Questions and/or Ministerial Statements

Main Business –

• Second reading of the Crime and Policing Bill. 

Adjournment Debate – Closure of Owens in Hastings and Town Deal funding - Helena Dollimore (Hastings and Rye)

Westminster Hall debates:

• 16:30 – Petitions Committee debate: suspending legal and illegal migration - Dave Robertson (Lichfield).

This debate was selected by the Petitions Committee. The Committee considers petitions submitted on Parliament’s website and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons. Find out more on the Committee’s website.

Tuesday 11 March

11.30 –  Questions to the Ministry of Justice.

Followed by Urgent Questions and/or Ministerial Statements

Main Business –

• Remaining stages (Day One) of the Employment Rights Bill. 

Adjournment Debate – European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism and Northern Ireland - Gavin Robinson (Belfast East).

Westminster Hall debates:

• 09:30 – Governance of English rugby union - Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth). The subject of this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
• 11.00 – Effectiveness of the Nolan Principles in local government - Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire).
• 14.30 –  Anti-social behaviour in the East of England - Alice Macdonald (Norwich North).
• 16:00 – Gender critical beliefs and the Equality Act 2010 - Rosie Duffield (Canterbury).
• 16:30 – Potential merits of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace - Steve Yemm (Mansfield).

Wednesday 12 March

11.30 –  Questions to the Wales Office.

12.00 –  Prime Minister’s Questions

Followed by Urgent Questions and/or Ministerial Statements

12.30 –  Main Business –

• Remaining stages (Day Two) of the Employment Rights Bill.

Adjournment Debate – 40th anniversary of the Swann Report into racism in education - Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside).

Westminster Hall debates:

• 09:30 – The use of stop and search - Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East).
• 11.00 – Government support for community theatre - Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove).
• 14.30 – Role of water companies in new housing development planning - Helen Morgan (North Shropshire).
• 16:00 – Government support for human rights and peace in Kashmir - Tahir Ali (Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley).
• 16:30 – Government support for rural communities - Caroline Voaden (South Devon).

Thursday 13 March

09.30 – Questions to the Department for Business and Trade.

Followed by Urgent Questions

10.30 - Business Statement from the Leader of the House of Commons

Followed by Ministerial Statements

Main Business:

• Future of farming 
• Mental health support in educational settings 

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee. What is the Backbench Business Committee? Find out more here.

Adjournment Debate – Contribution of Muslims to communities - Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West).

Westminster Hall debates:

13:30 - Educational opportunities for young carers - Chris Vince (Harlow).

Friday 14 March

09.30 –  Private Members Bills

• Rare Cancers Bill: Second Reading - Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West).
• Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill: Second Reading - Peter Lamb (Crawley).
• Arm’s-Length Bodies (Review) Bill: Second Reading - Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch).

What is a Private Members’ Bill? Find out more here.

Note: If proceedings on the first Bill end before 2.30pm the second Bill and possibly subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining. See order paper for list of remaining bills. 

14.30 – Adjournment Debate – Impact of inflation on HS2 mitigation projects

Greg Smith – (Mid Buckinghamshire).