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Before oral questions begins, Leader of the House Baroness Evans of Bowes Park pays tribute to Lord Waddington, who has died aged 87.

Lord Waddington served as home secretary under Margaret Thatcher and was a former Leader of the House of Lords.

Baroness Evans describes him as "a great parliamentarian" and "a man who never abandoned his Lancastrian roots".

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John Bercow's opening tribute to Sir Gerald Kaufman, whose death was announced last night, begins that he will be "sorely missed by his relatives, his friends, his constituents"

The Speaker outlines the Labour MP's work in the Fabian Society, as a journalist in the Daily Mirror, before his election to the House of Commons in 1970.

He commends his “principle and utter dedication for well over 46 years” and says he will be remembered as a “passionate, eloquent, relentless campaigner for social justice”. 

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Speaker John Bercow has announced the death of Sir Gerald Kaufman, who served in the House of Commons for over 46 years, and was Father of the House.

You can read his obituary here .

And you can read back over some of his contributions to the Commons here in Hansard, external .

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Today will start with questions to Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, on housing, business rates and homelessness, amongst other issues.

At 3.30pm, the shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth will ask about the loss of confidential NHS correspondence by NHS Shared Business Services, after the news broke earlier today.

Later on the afternoon, the main business is the second Estimates Day. Under scrutiny today is spending on flood prevention and social care - two topics which have given the Conservatives considerable headaches. 

The day will end with an adjournment debate on the ICL Boulby Potash Mine tabled by Labour's Tom Blenkinsop.

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Another week, another busy Brexity day in the House of Lords.

Having passed the bill to trigger Article 50 - the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill -  at second reading peers now move on to the committee stage.

The committee stage allows members to table, debate and vote on amendments to the bill.

Key amendments concern guaranteeing the resident rights of EU citizens, retaining membership of the single market and allowing parliament a "meaningful vote" on the final exit deal.

First, however, peers begin with oral questions which today covers the industrial strategy, school funding, defence and the rights of Iranian-born British citizens.

And welcome to another busy week at Westminster.

All eyes will be turned to the House of Lords today and on Wednesday, when peers debate committee stage of the Brexit bill - aka the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. It's the bill that gives the prime minister the power to trigger Article 50 and begin the process of the UK leaving the EU.

There could be late nights tonight and Wednesday night, as peers grapple with the details of the bill.

But there's plenty going on in the Commons and on committee corridor this week too - BBC parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy's blog explaining what's on this week is a good place to start .