What's happening in Parliament on Thursday?

Thursday 10 March

Commons: The day begins at 09:30, with Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions, followed at 10:10 by questions to the MPs who speak for the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission, the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, the Public Accounts Commission and Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission - a possible venue for questions about the future of the multi-billion pound renovation programme for the Palace of Westminster. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper will ask an urgent question about the barriers facing Ukrainian refugees - and there will also be an additional ministerial statement from Home Secretary Priti Patel on the matter. Commons leader Mark Spencer will set out the Commons agenda for the coming week, and Defence Minister Jeremy Quinn will set out the government's shipbuilding strategy. Blink and you'll miss it, but MPs will then spend a couple of micro-seconds rubber-stamping the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill, a measure which moves sums around the government's various budget heads.

Main debate: Former cabinet minister Maria Miller leads a backbench debate about International Women's Day. With an eye on events in Afghanistan and Ukraine, she will focus on the importance of democracy to women's rights, and argue for the government to do more to support civil society groups across the world. Watch out for the Labour MP Jess Phillips's wracking recitation of the names of women murdered in the last year - this will be the seventh time she has done this, and the annual event has done much to focus minds in Parliament.

Westminster Hall: There are debates on the impact of the pandemic on people with long-term deteriorating health conditions (13:30), and on support for prostate cancer sufferers during the pandemic (15:00).

Lords: Opens at 11:00 with questions on the impact of the increasing cost of living on single mothers, the detention of political prisoners, attacks on journalists and the constitutional referendum in Belarus, and the number of care home residents evicted following complaints against their care homes.

Main debate: It's the first of five days of committee stage debate on the Elections Bill. This is the probing phase of debate in the Lords, and there are not normally any votes; but look out for markers on amendments likely to be pushed at report stage. This is another bill where a lot of changes may be made by peers, against government resistance. Labour opposes the clauses to introduce voter ID, and will propose amendments on alternatives.

Wednesday 9 March

Commons: Northern Ireland Questions (11:30) are followed by Prime Minister's Questions (12:00).

Statements: The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwateng will announce plans to ban imports of Russian oil, including details of a proposed eight-month transition period, intended to avoid disruption to supplies in the UK.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will also make a statement on Ukraine.

Ten-minute rule bill: Conservative James Daly makes another bid to enact two proposals that have been in play for a while in Westminster, "Gizmos Law" and "Tuks Law." Gizmos Law would make it a legal requirement for all local authorities to scan a microchip of a deceased cat in order to return it to the registered owner before it is either cremated or placed on landfill.

Tuks Law would require vets to scan for rescue backup contact details (ie a former owner or the breeder) and contact them to enquire as to whether they would like to take ownership of the pet and also to confirm the person presenting the animal is registered on the microchip prior to euthanising a healthy or treatable animal.

Main debate: Estimates Day. Debates over this are a kind of symbolic vestige of MPs' control over the government's spending. At the end of proceedings the Commons rubber-stamps motions allocating billions of public money across government departments. But the actual debates are on specific issues chosen for debate by the Backbench Business Committee.

First, the Education Committee Chair, Conservative ex-minister Robert Halfon, will highlight his concerns that the £5bn spent on educational catch-up, post-pandemic, have not reached many of the most disadvantaged children. This is a longstanding concern for committee.

Second, Labour MP John Spellar will lead a debate on defence spending, with an eye on the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Westminster Hall: Conservative Brendan Clarke-Smith leads a debate on large solar farms (14:30) And Labour's Christian Matheson leads a debate on government support for allergy research and treatments (16:00).

Committees: Home Affairs (10:00) hears from the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, immigration campaigners and specialist lawyers about the UK's handling of refugees from the invasion.

Transport (09:00) hears West Midlands Mayor Andy Street on how the government's Integrated Rail Plan has levelled up transport in the region.

Work and Pensions (09.15) quizzes food writer and blogger Jack Monroe on how the rising cost of living is driving food poverty.

Lords (15:00): Questions on a national green skills strategy, scrutiny of trade talks with India, Greenland and Israel, and UK membership of the EU's Horizon programme.

Main debate: It's the final report-stage day for Health and Care Bill, with votes on amendments on international reciprocal healthcare agreements; adult social care; and on nutrition, public health and cosmetic care regulation. Watch out too for Lord Forsyth's assisted dying amendment, to require the government to produce a bill for debate on this issue. This could run into the early hours of Thursday.

Tuesday 8 March

Commons: (11:30): Foreign Office Questions starts the day.

That's followed by presentation of a series of bills by Lib Dem MPs, to coincide with International Women's Day - these are presentation bills, which carry no priority for debate, and so they are purely symbolic, at this stage, although a number are supported by campaigning groups.

The bills are the Official Development Assistance Equalities Impact Assessment (Women and Girls) Bill, from Layla Moran; the Women Leaving Prison (Safe Accommodation) Bill from Daisy Cooper; the State Pension Underpayments (Divorced Women) Bill from Wendy Chamberlain; the Gender Pay Gap Bill from Sarah Olney; the Surgical Mesh (Support) Bill from Sarah Green; the Maternity Services (Rural Areas) Bill from Helen Morgan; the Planning (Women's Safety) Bill from Christine Jardine; the Miscarriage and Stillbirth (Black and Asian Women) Bill from Munira Wilson and the Rape (Conviction Rates) Bill from Wera Hobhouse.

Ten minute rule bill: The Institutes of Technology (Royal Charter) Bill from the Conservative former Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Buckland. This would allow Institutes of Technology (he has one in his Swindon constituency) to apply to receive a Royal Charter, putting them on equal footing with universities.

Main debate: There are two Labour motions; first calling on the government to cancel its planned 1.25% rise in National Insurance Contributions on the argument that it will cost families an average of £500 per year; second, a motion linked to International Women's Day, regretting the fall in conviction rates for rape and calling on the government to introduce minimum sentences for stalking and rape, to raise minimum sentencing for spiking, take measures to help victims and look at setting up specialist rape offence courts.

Unprecedented: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address MPs in the Commons Chamber, by video link (17:00) - a completely unprecedented innovation reflecting both the urgency of the situation and his own international standing. Up to now addresses by foreign leaders, however prestigious, have been delivered in other Parliamentary venues, like Westminster Hall.

Westminster Hall: Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney leads a debate on reports of misogyny and sexual harassment in the Metropolitan Police (9:30).

Conservative former minister John Penrose, who reviewed UK competition and consumer policy, leads a debate on his findings (14:30) fresh from warning the prime minister that he should re-adopt the Cameron-era "one in two out" policy to keep down the number of new regulations - warning that "otherwise the blob will win".

Committees: Defence (14:00) quizzes ministers George Freeman (business) and James Heappey (defence) on the UK's Space Defence.

Vamps' guitarist James Brittain-McVey is among the witnesses in Health's inquiry (10:00) into the impact of body image on physical and mental health.

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (11:00) looks at the security of the UK's energy markets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Lords (14:30): Questions on action on prisoners serving indefinite sentences, funding for bus improvement plans, and the political situation in Zimbabwe.

Main business: The third and final report stage day on the Nationality and Borders Bill - look out for votes on human trafficking, modern slavery, cross-border travel in Ireland and "golden" visas.

Monday 8 March

Commons (14:30): Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Questions

Main debate: Second Reading of the Economic Crime Bill, which creates a register that will mean foreign owners of UK property must declare and verify their identity with Companies House.

The aim is to stop overseas criminals and oligarchs using agents to create companies which then buy up property in the UK, preserving their anonymity.

The timetable motion calls for a six-hour debate with votes on no more than three amendments.

An alliance of backbenchers has been deciding its strategy over the weekend - and one of its leading lights, Labour's Dame Margaret Hodge, says she is worried about "serious loopholes" in the bill's provisions, and will be negotiating to find ways of closing them.

Interestingly, this is a Home Office, rather than a Treasury, bill, with Security Minister Damian Hinds leading for the government.

Committees: Foreign Affairs has a rescheduled session with Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss (14:00). It will be an important opportunity to probe the government's approach to Ukraine.

Treasury (13:00) examines the effectiveness of Russian economic sanctions, the impact on Russia and the UK, and the role of the Economic Crime Bill in sanctioning Russian oligarchs. Witnesses include sanctions and payments policy experts and anti-money laundering campaigners.

Public Accounts (16:00) looks at the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Reports and Accounts 2020-21, with permanent secretary Sir Chris Wormald. I imagine spending on PPE might come up

Procedure (16:15) holds the first of two evidence sessions this week on the Commons internal controversy over bringing babies into the chamber, with Conservative Alicia Kearns, a recent mother who's against allowing it. A later session will hear from Labour MP Stella Creasey, who's been campaigning to allow babies in.

Lords: There are questions (14:30) on the impact of increasing National Insurance, the outcome of the Global Refugee Forum and banning the sale of single-use plastic.

And Conservative Lord Lexden continues his series of questions pursuing the investigation into spurious allegations of child abuse against former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.

Main debate: Health and Care Bill - Report (day three of four). There is some prospect that the most contentious issue in the bill - the value of the "care cost cap" after which the government picks up the tab for someone's social care needs - could be debated quite late at night.

But it might be delayed until Wednesday. I'm told negotiations are continuing on this point.

The day is expected to cover clauses dealing with carers and support during discharge of patients from hospital, and patient safety and the Health and Safety Investigations Board.

Votes on some of these are likely.