House of Lords back to business today

• Oral Questions: probing the Government on issues including national early diagnosis campaigns for serious diseases, children’s public service channels, international development funds and the current situation in Syria
• third reading of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill: a final chance for the Lords to change the Bill
• the main debate on the key principles and purpose of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, and 
• the fifteenth day of line by line examination of the Welfare Reform Bill.

House of Lords committees will continue their scrutiny this week of:

• financial transaction tax
• the future of investigative journalism
• the role of Chief Scientific Advisers
• the judicial appointments process
• EU freshwater policy
• the EU drugs strategy
• the modernisation of higher education in Europe: the EU contribution.

See more committee business in our calendar 

Recess

Parliament does not sit all year round, and when in recess Members of the House of Lords and MPs can carry out their other duties. Recess patterns can vary and the dates of when each House is in recess are not necessarily the same.

• FAQs: Recess dates