What's happening in Parliament on Thursday?

Changes to the National Insurance threshold, as announced in the Spring Statement, will be dealt with on Thursday.

Thursday 24 March

Commons: (09:30) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport questions, followed by questions to the Attorney General (10:10). Then comes the statement on the following week's Commons agenda, from the Leader of the House.

Main debates: All stages of a bill to change the National Insurance threshold, as announced by the chancellor in his Spring Statement. The bill was published online on Wednesday, which is not the normal drill for the first reading of a bill, but justified as expedient in rushing it through the House. There will be a Business of the House motion setting out a strict timetable for consideration of the bill.

The fast-tracking of the NICs legislation means that the two Backbench Business Committee debates have been postponed. They were on war pensions and armed forces compensation scheme payments, then on the impact of long Covid on the UK workforce.

Adjournment: Conservative Adam Holloway on the Lower Thames Crossing.

Westminster Hall: (13:30) a debate on World TB Day 2022 led by Labour MP Virendra Sharma.

Committees: The Transport, and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committees join forces (09:30) for a one-off evidence session on the sacking of 800 workers by P&O, to examine what options are available to government and the 800 workers who have lost their jobs.

The witnesses include expert Professor Alan Bogg; Mark Dickinson, general secretary, Nautilus International; Dean Beale, chief executive of the The Insolvency; Peter Hebblethwaite, chief executive, P&O Ferries and ministers Robert Courts (Department for Transport) and Paul Scully (BEIS).

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (10:45) holds a pre-appointment hearing with the government's preferred candidate for chair of the Charity Commission, barrister Orlando Fraser, who served on the Commission from 2013 to 2017. In December, the committee approved the appointment of Martin Thomas, who then resigned a week later.

Lords: (11:00) questions on building more Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy, and on the impact of cutting the number of civil servants.

Main debates: Commons amendments to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, including those dealing with the role of combined mayoral authorities and the transition from BTEC to T-Levels.

And then, it's report stage consideration of the Nuclear Energy Financing Bill, looking at the bill's impact on people on low incomes and at legacy projects and green energy.

Wednesday 23 March

Commons:

Welsh questions begin at 11:30 GMT, followed by Prime Minister's Questions at 12:00.

Main debate: The Spring Economic Statement from the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

MPs will also deal with Lords amendments to the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill and debate a motion to approve Draft Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022.

Ten minute rule bill: Labour MP Karen Buck introduces a bill calling for a national register of short and holiday-let accommodation - another move in her long campaign to regulate AirBnB and similar companies to control the impact on neighbours and neighbourhoods.

Westminster Hall: Labour's Cat Smith has a debate on the impact of Covid-19 on social work from 09:30. Later in the day, at 16:30, former children's minister Edward Timpson leads a debate on making PE a core subject in schools.

Committees: At 09:15, Work and Pensions discusses saving for later life and the impact of the pension freedoms introduced in 2015. They will hear from charities supporting older people and representatives from professional organisations.,

At 09:30, Science and Technology looks at the sharing of personal health data for innovation and the privacy concerns it might raise, with witnesses from the research community, and privacy campaigners.

And from 15:00, Women and Equalities focuses on the UK asylum process, with evidence on the experience of women and girls applying for asylum. The inquiry will cover violence against women and girls, other types of abuse and exploitation, and related trauma - as well as access to housing, financial support and healthcare. The session will cover the implications of the Nationality and Borders Bill for women.

Lords:

From 15:00, there will be questions on the lack of qualified vets, and the possibility of a fourth vaccination against Covid.

That is followed by a brief Third Reading debate on the Health and Care Bill - although there will be some action around the powers of the health secretary.

Main debate: The final day of Committee consideration of the Elections Bill, focussing on the clauses dealing with overseas donations, votes at 16, campaign spending and Trade Union restrictions.

Finally, there is a debate on a regret motion from Labour peer Lord Davies of Brixton on this year's Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order - it will not keep pace with inflation, following the government's decision to suspend the "triple lock" on the value of the state pension.

And here is what else happened this week...

Tuesday 22 March

Commons

Urgent question: Labour's Kevan Jones raises the compensation settlement for the "555" sub-postmasters, who led the legal challenge to the criminal convictions under the Horizon financial software scandal, but saw much of their compensation eaten up by legal fees. There is pressure to ensure that the group who led the fight to expose the scandal of the wrongful convictions should not end up with less compensation than those who were not involved in the original legal action. Following the publication of a written statement on the compensation scheme from Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Mr Jones will be pushing for interim payments to help ex-sub-postmasters now living in poverty, as well as for more detail of how the scheme will operate - including assurance that the scheme will not be operated by the Post Office.

Ten minute rule bill: Plaid Cymru's Ben Lake will present a measure calling for a report on the feasibility of devolving management of the billions spent in Wales under the Shared Prosperity Fund to the Welsh government.

Main debate: Nationality and Borders bill - consideration of Lords amendments. The government was defeated 19 times on detailed issues in the Bill, including on points like the powers to deprive people of citizenship, giving asylum seekers whose cases have not been determined within six months of arriving in the UK the right to work, and removing the "offshoring" provisions that would allow asylum seeker to be held in a third country while their cases were determined. Some of these are central features of the Bill, with strong support from Conservative MPs whose constituents voted to take back control of the UK's borders - so ministers will want to push back against the Lords.

There's strong support for an amendment to give asylum seekers the right to work in the UK while awaiting the result of their application. The amendment has been backed in a letter signed by 66 Conservative politicians - and watch out for some big name supporters, including former cabinet ministers Robert Buckland and Andrew Mitchell.

Monday 21 March

Commons: The day opens at 14.30 GMT with Work and Pensions Questions. After that there are two Labour-led opposition day debates: the first on the sacking of 800 workers at P&O Ferries, and the second on the impact of rising prices on pensioners.

Adjournment debate: Labour MP Paul Blomfield raises the findings of the inquest into the death of Jack Richie, a gambling addict who took his own life. He'll touch on the government's ongoing review of the Gambling Act. This is likely to be cross-party affair, with a number of MPs concerned about problem gambling likely to be present in the chamber. He's unlikely to be able to extract concrete promises from the government (probably in the form of culture minister Chris Philp) while the review is under way - but he will put down markers about the need for an NHS pathway for treatment of gambling addicts, to be funded by the industry, as well as pointing at the failures in the system that contributed to Jack's death. His parents are hoping to watch from the public gallery.

Westminster Hall: MPs will debate a petition calling for the shooting of badgers to be banned, and another which says the self-employed should be eligible for statutory adoption pay. The petitioners argue that this should be available to a self-employed parent in the same way that maternity allowance is available for self-employed new mums.

Committees: The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (16.30) quizzes key national infrastructure operators including BT, National Grid, Network Rail and Thames Water on their role in ensuring resilience to extreme weather and other effects of climate change.

Lords: The day begins at 14:30 with questions to ministers on secure housing for women leaving prison and specialist mental health services for people sleeping rough. Then peers turn to the detail of a private member's bill from the Commons, the Local Government (Disqualification) Bill, which would disqualify councillors who are put on the sex offenders register but not given a custodial sentence. This may be a pretty rapid, not least because there would not be parliamentary time to process any changes peers might make to the bill, so the passing of an amendment would effectively kill it.

Main debate: Peers return to their long march through the detail of the Elections Bill - with the fourth of five days of committee stage scrutiny, and a focus on the government's plans for Voter ID.