Business of the House

The business for the week commencing 2 June will be: Monday 2 June—Remaining stages of the Planning Bill (Day 1). Tuesday 3 June—Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill, followed by a motion to approve a European document relating to the promotion of energy from renewable resources, followed by a motion to approve a European document relating to maritime policy. Wednesday 4 June—Opposition Day [13th Allotted Day] there will be a debate on an Opposition motion. Subject to be announced. Thursday 5 June—Topical debate: subject to be announced, followed by a general debate on the future of care and support. Friday 6 June—Private Members' Bills. The provisional business for the week commencing 9 June will include: Monday 9 June—Conclusion of remaining stages of the Planning Bill. I should also like to inform the House that the business in Westminster Hall for 5 and 12 June will be: Thursday 5 June—A debate on the report from the Environment Audit Committee entitled ““Are Biofuels Sustainable?”” Thursday 12 June—A debate on the European Commission's annual policy strategy. On the question of freedom of information requests in relation to Members' allowances, following the High Court's decision last Friday I can confirm to the House that there will be no further appeal on the applications for information about the allowances claimed by 14 current and former Members. Tomorrow, information in respect of those 14 will be made public in the terms laid down by the High Court. Information in respect of all other current Members will be given out on a single date in the autumn. On the question of the home addresses of the 14 Members concerned in this case, the information will be made public, subject to individual consideration of security issues. I should like to tell hon. Members that as far as publishing the addresses of all Members is concerned, as Leader of the House, I am determined that hon. Members should be able to speak in this House on controversial issues without looking over their shoulders because their home addresses are in the public domain. We are considering further how we can be sure that the money for Members' London homes is properly spent, but we must also ensure that the protection needed for Members to speak out in the House remains.