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Business of the House

The business for the week commencing 19 October will be: Monday 19 October—Opposition day (18th allotted day). There will be a full day's debate entitled "Economic Recovery and Welfare" on an Opposition motion. Tuesday 20 October—Second Reading of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. Wednesday 21 October—Opposition day (19th allotted day). There will be debates on Equitable Life and climate change. Both debates will arise on a Liberal Democrat motion. Thursday 22 October—Topical debate (subject to be announced), followed by a motion to take note of the outstanding reports of the Public Accounts Committee to which the Government have replied. Details will be given in the Official Report. [The details are as follows: The 1st to the 6th, the 8th to the 11th, the 13th to the 23rd, and the 31st reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2008-09, and the Treasury Minutes of these reports (CM 7568, 7622 and 7636.] The provisional business for the week commencing 26 October will include: Monday 26 October—Remaining stages of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (day 1). Tuesday 27 October—Conclusion of remaining stages of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords], followed by Opposition day (unallotted half-day). There will be a half-day debate on an Opposition motion in the name of the minority parties (subject to be announced). Wednesday 28 October—Opposition day (20th allotted day). There will be a debate on an Opposition motion (subject to be announced). Thursday 29 October—Topical debate (subject to be announced), followed by general debate on the social care Green Paper. The House will wish to know that on Wednesday 11 November at 11 o'clock in Westminster Abbey, there will be a Service of Commemoration to mark the passing of the first world war generation. Given the significance of this occasion, I propose to bring forward a motion to change the start of House business on 11 November. Instead of beginning at 11.30, as it usually is on Wednesdays, the beginning of House business will be at 2.30 pm. I should also like to inform the House that the business in Westminster Hall for 22 and 29 October will be: Thursday 22 October—A debate on the report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the Licensing Act 2003. Thursday 29 October—A debate on the report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee on UK offshore oil and gas.