Wales to vote in powers referendum
Voters will today go to the polls in a referendum to decide if the Welsh assembly should have direct law-making powers.
The referendum asks people whether Wales should be able to pass its own laws in its 20 devolved areas, as opposed to applying to Parliament.
Voting is open until 22:00 GMT, with the result expected to follow Friday afternoon.
In an article for ePolitix.com, Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd MP says the referendum is about giving power to the people and is an opportunity for the people of Wales that is far too important to be missed.
Also today, voting has begun in the Barnsley Central by-election, as candidates complete for the seat vacated by former MP Eric Illsley.
Business in the Commons will begin with questions to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and his team of ministers.
Expect the future of BSkyBto be among the topics, alongside questions on participation in sport by young people, jobs and growth in the creative and leisure industries and the role of tourism in stimulating economic growth.
MPs will then put questions to Commons leader Sir George Youngand representatives from the House of Commons Commission.
Sir George will then announce the forthcoming parliamentary businessand take questions from MPs.
The Commons will then debate support for UK armed forces and veterans, on a half-day motion by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
On committee corridor, the public accounts committee will hear from Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude and Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnellon reform of the civil service, discussing the 'Cabinet Manual', which Sir Gus has been at pains to point out is not intended to be a written constitution.
In Westminster Hall, MPs will focus on a 2010 report by the public accounts committee that claimed that health inequalitieshad increased over the past decade.
Written statements due today include statements on the Olympic stadium, on airport regulation, on the future of cheques, on the review of vocational education and on Libya. A very interesting one is a statement due on the future of public sector pension rightsfor staff transferred to the private sector.
In the upper chamber peers will question the government on apprenticeships offered by Network Rail, the use of light rail vehicles to provide low-cost passenger train operations, Palestine-Israeli negotiations and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Care and Compassion.
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