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Wednesday 22 February 2017

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Main Chamber

11.30 am	Oral questions International Development, including Topical Questions
12.00 pm	Prime Minister's Question Time
	Legislation Lee Valley Regional Park (Amendment) Bill - 1st reading - James Berry
	Motion Police Grant
	Motion Local Government Finance Reports
	Adjournment Aster Group Housing Association and private residents - Simon Hoare

Westminster Hall

9.30 am - 11.00 am	Westminster Hall debate Changes in council funding and social care - Alan Johnson
11.00 am - 11.30 am	Westminster Hall debate School funding in Cheshire West and Chester - Christian Matheson
2.30 pm - 4.00 pm	Westminster Hall debate Promoting trade with the Commonwealth - Jake Berry
4.00 pm - 4.30 pm	Westminster Hall debate Local government funding and Lancashire County Council - David Morris
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm	Westminster Hall debate Purchase of distressed assets by Cerberus Capital Management - George Kerevan

General Committees

8.55 am	Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee Draft Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2017 Location: Room 9, Palace of Westminster
2.30 pm	Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee Draft Claims in respect of Loss or Damage arising from Competition Infringements (Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment)) Regulations 2017 Location: Room 9, Palace of Westminster
2.30 pm	Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee Draft Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 Location: Room 11, Palace of Westminster
2.30 pm	Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee Draft Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017 Location: Room 12, Palace of Westminster
4.30 pm	Public Bill Committee Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Location: Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Select Committees

9.15 am	Exiting the European Union - Oral Evidence Session The UK’s negotiating objectives for its withdrawal from the EU Sir Ivan Rogers, former United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Union Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.25 am	International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact - Oral Evidence Session ICAI's review on the effects of DFID's cash transfer programmes on poverty and vulnerability Dr Alison Evans, Chief Commissioner Willem van Eekelen, Team Leader, Independent Commission for Aid Impact Nick Dyer, Director General, Policy and Global Programmes Jonathan Hargreaves, Head Governance, Open Societies and Anti-corruption Heather Kindness, Team Leader, Social Protection, Department for International Development Location: Room 5, Palace of Westminster
9.30 am	Work and Pensions - Oral Evidence Session Self-employment and the gig economy Andrew Byrne, Head of Public Policy, Uber UK Lesley Smith, Director of Public Policy UK and Ireland, Amazon Dan Warne, Managing Director UK and Ireland, Deliveroo Carole Woodhead, CEO, Hermes UK Ltd Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
9.30 am	Northern Ireland Affairs - Oral Evidence Session Future of the land border with the Republic of Ireland Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive, Manufacturing NI Colin Hayburn, Executive Director, Almac Group Graeme McBurney, President and Managing Director, Almac Pharma Services Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
9.30 am	Science and Technology - Oral Evidence Session Industrial Strategy: science, research and innovation Professor Alex Halliday, Vice President, Royal Society Professor Quintin McKellar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire and Chair, Universities UK's Innovation and Growth Policy Network Professor Paul Nightingale, Deputy Director, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Steve Bates, Chief Executive, BioIndustry Association Jen Rae, Head of Policy, Nesta Allan Cook, Vice President, Royal Academy of Engineering Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
9.45 am	Education - Oral Evidence Session Primary Assessment Claire Burton, Chief Executive Officer, Standards and Testing Agency Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, Ofqual Dr Michelle Meadows, Executive Director for Strategy, Risk and Research, Ofqual Nick Gibb MP, Minister for School Standards, Department for Education Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10.00 am	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Oral Evidence Session CMA's investigation of the UK Energy Market Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive, Energy UK Audrey Gallacher, Director of Retail Energy Supply, Energy UK Dermot Nolan, Chief Executive, Ofgem Rachel Fletcher, Senior Partner, Consumers & Competition, Ofgem Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
2.15 pm	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Oral Evidence Session Feeding the nation: labour contraints Julia Long, National Officer for Food, Drink and Agriculture, Unite Bridget Henderson, Research Officer, Unite Tim Breitmeyer, Deputy President, Country Land and Business Association George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association Minette Batters, Deputy President, National Farmers Union Location: Room 16, Palace of Westminster
2.15 pm	European Scrutiny - Oral Evidence Session Departmental scrutiny: Home Office: Asylum reform and other scrutiny-related matters Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Home Office Kenny Bowie, Principal Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, Home Office Location: Room 6, Palace of Westminster
2.30 pm	Public Accounts - Oral Evidence Session Housing: state of the nation Toby Lloyd, Head of Housing Development, Shelter Terrie Alafat, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Housing Peter Andrew, Deputy Chair, Home Builders Federation The Lord Porter of Spalding Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government Helen MacNamara, Director General, Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government Peter Schofield, Director General, Finance, Department for Work and Pensions Location: The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
2.30 pm	Home Affairs - Oral Evidence Session Unaccompanied child migrants Lily Caprani, Deputy Executive Director, Unicef George Gabriel, Project Lead, Safe Passage UK Martha Mackenzie, Deputy Head of Government Relations, Save the Children Melanie Ward, Associate Director, Policy and Advocacy, International Rescue Committee Tam Baillie, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland Councillor Stephen Cowan, Leader of the Council, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Richard Crellin, Policy Manager, Poverty and Inequality, Children’s Society Councillor David Simmonds, Local Government Association Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.30 pm	Treasury - Oral Evidence Session EU Insurance Regulation Sam Woods, Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation and Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority Victoria Saporta, Executive Director, Prudential Policy, Bank of England David Belsham, External Member, Prudential Regulation Authority Board Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
4.00 pm	Justice - Oral Evidence Session Implications of Brexit for the Crown Dependencies Sir Oliver Heald QC MP, Minister of State for Courts and Justice, Ministry of Justice Elaine Cobb, Head of Crown Dependencies Team, Ministry of Justice Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Joint Committees

3.15 pm

Human Rights - Oral Evidence Session
Mental health and deaths in prison

Juliet Lyon, Chair, Independent Advisory Panel
Lord Harris of Haringey
Frances Crook, Chief Executive, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Rt Hon the Baroness Corston

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