MPs sat from 11.30 GMT and the day began with questions to the ministerial team at the Northern Ireland Office.
At noon, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stood in for David Cameron at prime minister's questions.
There was an urgent question from Yvette Cooper on the resettlement of vulnerable Syrian refugees.
Then there was a statement by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan on preparing young people for the world of work: Tristram Hunt replied for Labour.
MPs then turned their attention to the Stamp Duty Land Tax Bill at second reading. After that, MPs considered Lords amendments to the Wales Bill.
Peers began their day with oral question to government ministers
Peers debated both statements made in the House of Commons as government ministers repeated them in the House of Lords.
The Modern Slavery Bill completed its committee stage in the House of Lords.
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Financial Secretary David Gauke is outlining the changes to stamp duty, as MPs debate the bill at second reading.
In his Autumn Statement, George Osborne said 98% of homeowners in England and Wales would pay less after the changes to stamp duty. He said that, in fact, only people who buy homes worth more than £937,000 will pay more in tax.
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MPs now turn their attention to the Stamp Duty Land Tax Bill at second reading.
The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced changes to stamp duty in his annual Autumn Statement.
Stamp Duty Land Tax is paid when property is bought or transferred - and this bill amends the existing legislation which prescribes the method of calculating the amount due.
A new table of rates and bands applying to residential property transactions will be implemented by the bill.
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Ten minute rule bills are introduced by backbench MPs and are a type of private members' bill.
The MP introducing the bill can give a ten minute speech when proposing it to the House.
A ten minute rule bill may be opposed and MPs can vote on whether to give the bill a second reading.
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Statements are over and the next item of business is a ten minute rule bill on planning consent applications from Conservative MP Nigel Evans.
The bill would require applicants for planning consent to enter into a contract with the relevant planning authority.
The contract would set out certain undertakings relating to the application for planning consent.
Failure to meet the undertakings that the contract stipulates would result in planning consent being withdrawn.
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Lib Dem Simon Wright asks how the public sector will be represented on the planned careers and enterprise company.
"We are intending that various large public sector employers will have a role on the advisory board," Nicky Morgan responds.
This could include the NHS and the armed forces, she adds.
Labour MP Sarah Champion tweets: @BillEstersonMP tells SoS the select committee for Education felt the Govs proposal for career guidance was "nothing short of a train wreck"
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Ms Morgan says the new careers company will be "employer-led" and Parliament will be able to scrutinise how government money is spent on it.
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Mr Hunt calls Ms Morgan's statement "a poorly thought through, end-of-term initiative".
Ms Morgan accuses Labour of having "no plan for young people".
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Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt claims that "it is the dismantling of careers advice that stands amongst this government's greatest crimes".
He adds: "You get more careers advice as a prisoner than as a school pupil under this government."
He calls for universal work experience to be available in schools.
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A British Chambers of Commerce survey of 3,000 firms found nine out of 10 said school leavers were not ready for employment.
Three-quarters of the companies surveyed put the situation down to a lack of work experience.
Out of the companies surveyed, half said they did not offer work experience placements themselves.
The British Chambers of Commerce called for universal work experience in all secondary schools.
Chairman of Education Committee Graham Stuart MP tweets: Nicky Morgan is giving a statement in Parliament on careers advice and guidance. Welcome recognition of the issue.
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Nicky Morgan says the new careers and enterprise company would work to "break down barriers between employers and schools".
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Nicky Morgan says she wants young people "to make a compelling pitch for a job and I want them to be able to bounce back if things don't work out".
She adds that careers support is inadequate in many schools and announces "a new careers and enterprise company for schools".
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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is making a statement on preparing children for the world of work.
She tells MPs she wants "every young person" to have the skills and knowledge to succeed in life.
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Labour's Paul Flynn says areas including Rochdale and Cardiff take far more asylum seekers than Mr Brokenshire's outer London constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup, or Home Secretary Theresa May's constituency of Maidenhead in Berkshire.
The Home Office minister insists that the government works with local authorities on distributing asylum support.
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SNP MP Angus MacNeil says Amnesty International has commented that the numbers of Syrian refugees the UK has taken in "should cause heads to hang in shame".
He adds that "the SNP Scottish government wants to help".
Mr Brokenshire says the UK government is "working with local authorities and others".
Conservative MP Alan Duncan tweets: Just raised in PMQs the death today of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein, who died while protesting in his own land against its occupation.
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Labour MP Barry Sheerman claims there has been a "lack of leadership and drift" from the prime minister on the Syrian refugee crisis.
James Brokenshire argues that David Cameron and the government are showing "very direct leadership".
Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert tweets: Still in the Chamber hoping to speak about why the UK should take more of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees #fb
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Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather says Turkey has taken in more refugees in the last three days "than are resident in the whole of Europe altogether".
Mr Brokenshire says she is right to draw attention to the impact on Syria's neighbours.