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Cabinet Office ministers Francis Maude and Oliver Letwin are taking questions from MPs on the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, the Big Society Bank and support for the voluntary sector.

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Labour MP Barbara Keeley is introducing a bill under the ten minute rule motion seeking better support for carers.

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Prime Minister David Cameron is taking questions from acting Opposition Leader Harriet Harman and MPs.

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MPs are debating the police grant for forces across England and Wales for 2010-11 which has been cut by £135m as part of the the government's drive to reduce the deficit.

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MPs are debating a motion to approve regulations extending the 28 day pre-charge detention period for an extra six months.

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Peers are debating a motion to approve a European document relating to the EU's new diplomatic service, the European External Action Service.

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Conservative MP Dan Byles is leading an adjournment debate on the role of part-time firefighters.

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Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles and his team are taking questions on Home Information Packs, private landlords, small businesses and travellers.

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Committee stage of the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget, continues in the Commons.

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MPs are setting questions to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and his team on the Independent Living Fund, the retirement age, youth unemployment and the Future Jobs Fund.

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MPs are debating the Academies Bill, which seeks to extend Labour's academy schools programme in England, at second reading.

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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is taking questions from MPs on plans to close magistrates' courts, community service sentences, the 1998 Human Rights Act and civil partnerships.

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MPs are holding the first ever debate chosen by the Commons Backbench Committee, focusing on the procedure governing ministerial statements to the House.

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MPs are debating a motion which would allow the UK Youth Parliament to meet in the Commons chamber once a year for the duration of the Parliament.

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Foreign Secretary William Hague is making a statement on his recent visit to Afghanistan.

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MPs are setting questions to Transport Secretary Phil Hammond and his team on the long term viability of the rail network, the future of Dover port, the Intercity Express Programme and travel agents.

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Women and Equality Minister Theresa May and her team are taking questions on the trafficking of young women and increasing Black, Asian and other minority ethnic representation in the Civil Service.

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Commons Leader Sir George Young is announcing the forthcoming parliamentary business and taking topical questions from MPs.

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Treasury Minister Mark Hoban is outlining the coalition's plans to compensate savers affected by the collapse of private pensions company Equitable Life in 2000.

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MPs are setting questions to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the level of participation in sport, the television licence fee, plans to grant the NAO access to BBC accounts and the 2003 Licensing Act.

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House Leader Sir George Young and representatives from the House of Commons Commission are taking questions on Early Day motions and parliamentary procedure governing major policy announcements.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is making a statement to MPs outlining plans to radically reform policing ain England and Wales.

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MPs are setting questions to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on the West Lothian question, the alternative vote referendum and voter registration in Great Britain.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is announcing that the UK government is to sign up to a European order allowing for new cross-border police cooperation.

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MPs are taking part in the traditional end of term debate in which MPs can speak on any subject of their choosing.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is answering an urgent question on fresh allegations that No 10 aide Andy Coulson was involved in phone-tapping while editor of the News of the World.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is taking questions from MPs on alcohol licensing, police funding, private wheel clampers and immigration.

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Plans for a referendum on changing the way in which MPs are elected to Parliament are being debated in the House of Commons.

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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is taking questions on mental health services, out of hours care, diabetes and cancer survival rates.

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International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is updating the House on the UK's response to the Pakistan floods.

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MPs are debating a bill which proposes capping civil service redundancy payments at a maximum of one year's salary for compulsory redundancies and 15 months' salary for voluntary exits.

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MPs are setting questions to Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan and her team on plans to reduce the number of MPs, prison capacities, winter fuel payments and the Welsh referendum.

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MPs are taking part in a Labour-led debate on crime and policing.

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Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is taking questions from MPs on farm animal welfare, flood defences, farming regulations and food labelling standards.

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The Commons is debating a motion on allegations that MPs' voicemails were hacked into by News of the World journalists.

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MPs are debating a motion tabled by the Backbench Business Committee on the continued deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan.

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Defence Secretary Liam Fox and his ministerial team are answering MPs' questions on NATO, sharing military equipment with other countries, the defence review and armed forces pay.

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MPs are debating a bill which would introduce five-year fixed term Parliaments and set the date of the next general election at 7 May 2015.

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MPs are setting questions to Foreign Secretary William Hague and his team on the Middle East, political stability in the Maldives, UK-Iranian relations and UK ratification of EU treaties.

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MPs are debating a bill allowing for the creation of a payment scheme to compensate savers affected by the collapse of Equitable Life.

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Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson and his team are taking questions from MPs on paramilitary organisations, corporation tax changes, the Saville Inquiry and economic development.

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Cabinet Office Minister Mark Harper is making a statement on individual electoral registration, whereby people sign up as voters personally and not by household.

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MPs are debating the remaining stages of a bill which abolishes identity cards and scraps the National Identity Register.

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Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and his team are taking questions on energy supply, low-carbon technologies and onshore wind farms.

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MPs are debating a motion tabled by the Backbench Business Committee on the forthcoming security and strategic defence review and the future of the UK armed forces.

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Education Secretary Michael Gove is taking questions from MPs on bullying, support for special educational needs pupils, academies and the future of the primary school curriculum.

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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is outlining his plans to introduce a universal credit in replace of the current benefits system, as part of a wider package of welfare reforms.

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MPs are setting questions to Chancellor George Osborne and his ministerial team on tax compliance, reducing the budget deficit, the Office for Budget Responsibility and simplifying the tax system.

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Business Secretary Vince Cable is making a statement to the House on Lord Browne's review of higher education and student finance which recommends lifting the cap on university fees.

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Committee stage of the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill is underway in the House of Commons focusing on aspects relating to the electoral reform referendum.

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International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell and his team are taking questions on overseas aid, humanitarian aid to Gaza, UK-Israeli co-operation on international development and the Pakistan floods.

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Conservative MP David Nuttall is presenting a bill which would exempt pubs and private members' clubs from the smoking ban.

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MPs are debating the London Local Authorities Bill which confers further powers on local authorities in London, such as the power to issue fines for littering.

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MPs are debating a motion relating to the 2011 EU draft Budget.

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MPs are setting questions to Business Secretary Vince Cable and his team on adult and community learning, tuition fees, finance for small businesses and plans for a green investment bank.

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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude is outlining to the House the government's plans to abolish, merge or reform non-departmental public bodies.

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MPs are taking part in a debate chosen by the Backbench Business committee on contaminated blood and blood products in the NHS.

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MPs are taking part in a debate chosen by the Backbench Business Committee on Anti-Slavery Day and human-trafficking.

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Prime Minister David Cameron is taking questions from MPs on the details of the country's first large-scale defence and security review since 1998.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is unveiling the scale of public sector spending cuts in the UK as part of the government's drive to tackle the UK deficit.

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MPs are debating the Local Government Bill, which reverses changes made by Labour to local government structures in Norwich and Exeter, at second reading.

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MPs are debating Labour MP John McDonnell's bill which would prevent employers from blocking strike action voted for by union members.

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MPs are debating Labour MP John McDonnell's bill which would prevent employers from blocking strike action voted for by union members.

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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his ministerial team are taking questions from MPs on arts funding, the 2012 Olympics and the future of Welsh TV channel S4C.

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Attorney General Dominic Grieve is taking questions from MPs.

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Transport Secretary Philip Hammond is making a statement on investment in highways and local transport schemes.

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MPs are debating the Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill at second reading.

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MPs are putting their questions to Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore and his team.

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MPs are debating the second reading of the Postal Services Bill, which provides for the privatisation of Royal Mail.

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Business Secretary Vince Cable is making a statement on the Local Growth White Paper, which sets out new terms of engagement between local councils in England and central government.

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MPs are taking part in a debate on the government's Spending Review.

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Prime Minister David Cameron is making a statement on the European Council summit which met in Brussels on 28-29 October to discuss measures to avert another financial crisis within the eurozone.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is making a statement to the House on the discovery of a bomb on board a US-bound cargo plane at East Midlands Airport last week.

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MPs are debating the Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Bill at report stage.

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Universities Minister David Willetts is setting out the government's plans to reform student funding in England.

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MPs are holding a debate on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

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MPs are debating the strategic defence and security review unveiled by Prime Minister David Cameron last month.

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Speaker Bercow is making a statement on the political future of former Labour MP Phil Woolas, who has been found guilty of making false statements against his opponent during the election campaign.

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Speaker Bercow is making a statement on the political future of former Labour MP Phil Woolas, who has been found guilty of making false statements against his opponent during the election campaign.

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MPs are taking part in a Labour-led debate on government plans to cap housing benefit payments at £20,000 a year.

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Peers are debating a motion to approve several European Documents relating to economic policy coordination.

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Policing Minister Nick Herbert is making a statement on the violence that broke out outside Conservative Party headquarters yesterday afternoon during a peaceful protest over tuition fees.

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MPs are taking part in a debate chosen by the Backbench Business Committee on the government's policy on growth.

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MPs are debating a motion to take note of a Public Accounts Committee report on the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service response to an increase in demand for its services.

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Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is making a statement on changes to the system of criminal and civil legal aid in England and Wales.

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MPs are debating the Terror Asset Freezing Bill, which introduces a permanent asset-freezing regime, at second reading.

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Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is announcing the outcome of the Sellafield inquiry launched in 2007 after body parts were removed from deceased nuclear workers for testing.

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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is making a statement on plans to pay compensation to ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees who accused British security forces of colluding in their torture overseas.

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MPs are taking part in a Labour-led debate on the government's planned shake-up of the NHS system in England.

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MPs are taking part in a Labour-led debate on funding and schools reform.

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MPs are debating motions to approve regulations that bring the rules operating local and assembly elections in Northern Ireland in line with rules for Westminster elections.

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MPs are taking part in a debate chosen by the Backbench Business Committee on immigration.

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Prime Minister David Cameron is making a statement on the NATO summit where leaders agreed a strategy to handover military control of Afghanistan to Afghan forces by 2014.

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Chancellor George Osborne is unveiling details of the UK's £7bn contribution to the Irish Republic's bail-out package.

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MPs are debating the remaining stages of a bill which ends three Labour schemes: Child Trust Funds, Savings Gateway Accounts and the Health in Pregnancy Grant.

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MPs are debating the National Insurance Contributions Bill at second reading.

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Education Secretary Michael Gove is unveiling proposed reforms to education in England, including plans to overhaul the way teachers are trained and changes to the national curriculum.

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MPs are debating a motion to approve draft regulations that modernise and simplify the rules on electing MSPs to the Scottish Parliament.

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Transport Secretary Phil Hammond is announcing details of the government's £8bn investment in Britain's railways.

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Chancellor George Osborne is delivering his autumn statement to MPs following the release of the Office for Budget Responsibility's updated growth and borrowing forecasts.

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MPs are taking part in a backbench business debate on banking reform.

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MPs are taking part in a backbench business debate on the regulation of financial advisers.

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MPs are setting questions to deputy PM Nick Clegg on the effectiveness of the coalition, the accuracy of the electoral register, proposals for House of Lords reform and lobbyists.

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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is setting out details of his Public Health White Paper, which proposes putting councils in charge of encouraging healthier lifestyles.

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MPs are debating the government's plan to scrap ring-fenced school sport funding on an opposition day motion tabled by Labour.

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MPs are debating the government's plan to increase university tuition fees in England to up to £9,000 on an opposition day motion.

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MPs are debating a motion to approve regulations relating to the rules governing elections in Wales.

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MPs are debating National Policy Statements on energy infrastructure.

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