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House of Lords Business
Peers have risen for the Whitsun recess. Normal service resumes on Monday 7 June.

The table below gives a typical agenda for the House of Lords.

24-28 May
Monday 24 May: (from 1430 BST)
Questions Improving the Crown Prosecution Service Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
Football clubs going into administration Lord of Worcester (Labour)
Incentive schemes for GPs to keep patients with chronic illnesses out of hospital Baroness Greengross
Legislation Children Bill Committee stage
Question Foreign nationals held in prisons & detention centres Viscount Bridgeman (Conservative)
Tuesday 25 May (from 1430 BST)
Questions Restoring the Higher Education Funding Councils Lord Walton of Detchant (crossbencher)
Searching of goods & travellers at UK airports Lord Ahmed (Labour)
The case of a journalist investigating corruption in the EU Lord Tebbit (Conservative)
The quality of the Home Office website Earl of Caithness
Uncertainty in the oil market Lord Ezra
Legislation Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill Second reading (Lord Filkin)
Higher Education Bill Committee
Question Reports on peace discussions in Burma Baroness Hooper (Conservative)
Wednesday 26 May (from 1430 BST)
Questions Trafficking of women and girls in Kosovo Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat)
An agreed definition of "abusive tax avoidance" Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat)
Debate Priorities in foreign & commonwealth affairs Lord Wright of Richmond
Falls in charitable giving Lord Joffe (Independent)
Legislation Human Rights Act 1998 (Amendment Northern Ireland) Order 2004 Baroness Amos (Labour)
Mental Health (Amendment Northern Ireland) Order 2004 Baroness Amos (Labour)
Thursday 27 May (from 1100 BST)
Questions Actions against the former Daily Mirror editor Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Ulster Unionist)
Support for the National Neighbourhood Watch Association Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat)
Aid for the Palestinian people next year Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat)
The possible extinction of the red squirrel in the UK Earl Peel (Conservative)
Legislation The Children Bill Committee stage
Friday 28 May: House in recess

You can watch the discussions in the House of Lords from 0600 GMT the day after each sitting day and overnight throughout the week

SEE ALSO:
House of Lords Business
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House of Commons Business
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Westminster Hall Business
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