Ministry for Administrative Affairs

Are we nearly there yet?

Is it nearly the Christmas recess yet? No? Oh. Okay, well here we go again, then:

Oral PQs

  • Monday - Work and Pensions
  • Tuesday - Foreign and Commonwealth
  • Wednesday - Wales; Prime Minister
  • Thursday - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Business statement.

Important stuff

  • Opposition Day: the first allotted day on Wednesday is to be on hospital infections and the "failure of the Government to pursue schools reform," which translates as: various shadow Ministers spend afternoon shouting about MRSA and their new idea to, uh, get kids reading. Still, it should be worth a watch.
  • PMQs: swiftly moving into the Hollyoaks so-bad-it's-good category.

Might be of interest

  • Adjournment debate: Graham Stringer's got an hour and a half in Westminster Hall on the Barnett Formula. In the current context of Scot-bashing renegotiation of the relationship between the devolved regions, this could prove to be interesting.

On Committee

Selected highlights (heh) below, full listings here:

  • Monday 19th: FCO Annual Report;
  • Tuesday 20th: Defence Committee on the Future of Nato and European Defence;
  • Wednesday 21st: the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee on Flooding;
  • Thursday 22nd: Public Accounts Committee publish their report, "A new contract for NHS consultants in England."
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