Next week in Parliament

The main business in Parliament next week includes:

MONDAY - Commons: Questions to Welsh Office ministers, Church Commissioners and Lord Chancellor's Department; European Communities (Amendment) Bill, Committee Stage. Lords: District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order; Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations; Debates on report on caring systems, and Rosyth dockyard.

TUESDAY - Commons: Education questions; Questions to the Prime Minister; Railways Bill, Second Reading; Customs and Excise orders; VAT orders. Lords: Agriculture Bill, Third Reading; Welsh Language Bill, Committee Stage.

WEDNESDAY - Commons: Scottish questions; English Revenue Support Grant Reports motions; Criminal Justice Act (Contracted Out Prisons) Order. Lords: Debates on council funding of charities, legal aid and tourist boards.

THURSDAY - Commons: Treasury questions; Questions to the Prime Minister; European Communities (Amendment) Bill, Committee Stage. Lords: Welsh Language Bill, Committee Stage; Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (EC Recognition) (Amendment) Order; Liverpool Housing Action Trust (Area and Constitution) Order.

FRIDAY - Commons: Caravan Sites (Amendment) Bill. Lords: Not sitting.

Business today

Commons: Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill, Second Reading. Lords: Not sitting.