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Hey team.
Cybersecurity is the flavour of the week.
MPs debate a new bill on the topic for the first time on Monday. It includes various measures which aim to reduce the risk of attacks to essential services.
We can probably expect an urgent question on Venezuela.
MPs will want to quiz ministers on the UK's position as the situation unfolds.
And Wednesday is an Opposition Day.
It's the turn of the Tories to choose a topic. But we probably won't know what it is until the order paper for the day is published.
Until next week. In the meantime, feel free to tweet me, or just reply to this email.
Sebastian (@sebastiansalek)
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MONDAY 5 JANUARY
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 6 JANUARY
Property (Registration and Valuation) Bill
Introduces new requirements for registering and valuing domestic and non-domestic properties. Ten minute rule motion presented by Jodie Gosling.
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Updates the UK’s main cybersecurity law to cover more organisations that keep the country running, including data centres and managed IT service providers. Gives regulators stronger powers to force companies to improve their cybersecurity and to report serious cyber attacks properly. Allows ministers to change the rules more easily in future and to step in directly when cyber threats pose a risk to national security. The aim is to reduce the risk that cyber attacks disrupt essential services or expose sensitive data.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
WEDNESDAY 7 JANUARY
Student finance (Review of Payment Schedules) Bill
Requires the government to review when student finance payments are paid to undergraduates, and to consider advance payments in some circumstances. It's usually paid after term begins, and many students have to cover expenses before then. Ten minute rule motion presented by Luke Charters.
THURSDAY 8 JANUARY
No votes scheduled
FRIDAY 9 JANUARY
No votes scheduled
LAST WEEK'S VOTES
Passed
- Employment Rights Bill – became law
- Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill – goes to committee stage
- Vacant Commercial Properties (Temporary Use) Bill – goes to second reading
- Finance (No. 2) Bill – goes to committee stage
- Youth Services Bill – goes to second reading
- National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill – goes to committee stage
Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.
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