Lib Dems 'concern' over coalition policies
Three Liberal Democrat ministers have been secretly recorded expressing unease over coalition policies on welfare reform and tuition fees.
A day after Vince Cable was stripped of some ministerial responsibilities for his remarks, Michael Moore, Ed Davey and Steve Webb were caught saying they were unhappy over some government policies.
The Daily Telegraph had previously taped the business secretary saying he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch.
Scottish secretary Michael Moore described the increase in tuition fees to a maximum £9,000 as "the biggest, ugliest, most horrific thing in all of this... a car crash, a train wreck", the paper said.
Despite the Commons rising for the Christmas break, there are three select committee reports released today.
The House of Commons work and pensions committee publishes its report looking at the proposed changes to housing benefit.
It urges the government to monitor the impact of the changes and be prepared to increase the £190m fund it has set aside to smooth the transition to the new system and help local authorities deal with possible increases in homelessness.
The House of Commons environment committee publishes a report voicing concern over the adequacy of government funding for flood defences, after cuts announced in chancellor George Osborne's spending review.
And the House of Commons welsh affairs committee publishes its report looking at the Severn Crossings Toll.
Business in the Lords will begin with questions to the government on investment in science, funding for British Council Language Assistants Programmes, Common Fisheries Policy reform and caste discrimination and harassment.
Peers will then debate the second reading of the Energy Bill.
It sets out plans to support the UK's transition to "a secure, safe, low-carbon, affordable energy system" and tackle climate change internationally.
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