Friday 3rd February 2012 | 16:13

House of Commons Business

Commons Chamber

2.30pm: Motion on the consideration of the London Local Authorities Bill [Lords] (no debate).

Motions on the second readings of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill and the Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords] (no debate).

Deputy prime minister's questions (topical questions at 2.50pm).

3.10pm: Attorney general's questions.

Ten-minute-rule motion: Offshore Gambling (Licensing) Bill (Matthew Hancock, Con, West Suffolk).

Main business

Opposition day (1/2 day) debate on responsibility and reform in British banks.

Backbench business (1/2 day) debate on metal theft.

Motion to approve the draft City of Coventry (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 (no debate).

Motion to approve the draft City of Wakefield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 (no debate).

Motion to take note of a European Union document on EU accounting requirements (no debate).

Motion on the business of the House on Tuesday February 21.

Presentation of a public petition on police cuts (Humberside) (Diana Johnson, Lab, Kingston upon Hull North) (no debate).

Adjournment debate on asbestos in schools (Ian Lavery, Lab, Wansbeck).

Westminster Hall

9:30am - 11:00am: Intellectual property and its contribution to economic growth (Pete Wishart, SNP, Perth and North Perthshire).

11:00am - 12:30pm: Government's alcohol strategy (Dr Sarah Wollaston, Con, Totnes).

12:30pm - 1:00pm: Operation of Wirral Borough Council (Frank Field, Lab, Birkenhead).

1:00pm - 1:30pm: Fitting of safety stop valves on fishing vessels (Sheryll Murray, Con, South East Cornwall).

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Role of government in supporting economic development in Barnsley (Angela Smith, Lab, Penistone and Stocksbridge).

Commons Committees

Health Committee (10.30am, Wilson room).
Subject: PIP breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions.
Witnesses: Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director, Sir Kent Woods, chief executive of MHRA, Dr Anne-Marie Slowther, associate professor of Clinical Ethics at Warwick Medical School and consultant clinical ethicist at University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, and Simon Withey, consultant plastic surgeon, member of the Council of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, member of the Steering Committee looking at standards in aesthetic plastic surgery.

European Scrutiny Committee (10.30am, room 5).
Subject: Reinforcing the eurozone.
Witnesses: Professor Paul Craig, University of Oxford, Professor Simon Hix, London School of Economics; Charles Grant, director, Centre for European Reform (at 11.15am).

International Development Committee (11.30am, European Commission).
Subject: EU development assistance.
Witnesses: Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development.

Defence Committee (2.30pm, Wilson room).
Subject: The armed forces covenant in action? Part 2: Accommodation.
Witnesses: Kim Richardson, chair, Naval Families Federation, Julie McCarthy, chief executive, Army Families Federation, and Dawn McCafferty, chairman, RAF Families Federation; David Olney, chief operating officer, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Gavin Barlow, director service personnel policy, Air Commodore Alan Opie, head of operations accommodation (DIO), Brigadier John Wootton, director infrastructure Army HQ, Ministry of Defence (at 3.30pm).

Welsh Affairs Committee (9.30am, Llandudno).
Subject: Support for armed forces Veterans in Wales.
Witnesses: The Royal British Legion, St Dunstan’s Centre, and CAIS (Drug and Alcohol Agency).

Transport Committee (10.05am, Thatcher room).
Subject: Road safety.
Witnesses: DCC Suzette Davenport, Association of Chief Police Officers, Inspector Alan Jones, Police Federation of England and Wales, and David Etheridge, Chief Fire Officers Association; Brian Simpson MEP, Chair, European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee, Ellen Townsend, policy director, European Transport Safety Council, and Szabolcs Schmidt, European Commission (at 10.50am).

Energy and Climate Change Committee (10.15am, room 6).
Subject: Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors.
Witnesses:  Association for the Conservation of Energy, Citizens Advice, and Friends of the Earth; London Borough of Newham, National Private Tenants Organisation, and Residential Landlords Association (at 11.00am).

Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (10.30am, room 16).
Subject: The Insolvency Service.
Witnesses: Stephen Speed, inspector general and chief executive, and Graham Horne, deputy chief executive, The Insolvency Service.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee (10.30am, room 15).
Subject: Library closures.
Witnesses: Miranda McKearney, director, The Reading Agency, Abigail Barker, Voices for the Library, and Andrew Coburn, secretary, The Library Campaign; Sue Charteris, author of the Charteris Report (at 11.30am).

Justice Committee (10.30am, room 8).
Subject: The budget and structure of the MoJ.
Witnesses: G4S Care and Justice Services, Sodexo Justice Services, and Liberata; The Prison Advice & Care Trust, Wales Probation Trust, and thebigword (at 11.15am).

Home Affairs Committee (11.00am, Grimond room).
Subject: Private investigators.
Witnesses: Christopher Graham, information commissioner; Tony Imossi, president, Association of British Investigators, Ian Hopkins, Board Member and past president, Institute of Professional Investigators, and Ian Withers, governing council member, World Association of Professional Investigators (at 11.30am); Commander Peter Spindler, and Roy Clark QPM, retired deputy assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police (at 12.15pm).

Backbench Business Committee (1.00pm, room 17).
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates.
Witnesses: Members of Parliament.

Committees On Arms Export Controls (5.00pm, Grimond room).
Subject: Strategic export controls.
Witnesses: Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.