What's happening

Today Willam Hague makes the first visit to Vietnam by a UK Foreign Secretary in 17 years

Today Health secretary Andrew Lansley gives a speech to commission leaders on the NHS Outcomes Framework

Today Skills mininster John Hayes visits Siemens sites in Germany on a fact-finding mission

9.00 Energy minister Greg Barker speaks at launch of a new report by the Renewable Energy Association

9.00 Resolution talks continue between members of the Unite union and officials from petrol haulage firms

9.30 Education secretary Michael Gove gives evidence to an education select committee hearing on his ministerial responsibilities

9.45 Ken Livingstone and Chuka Umunna make a campaign visit to Streatham

10.00 James Murdoch gives evidence to the Leveson Inquiry

10.00 Shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain appears in court in Belfast, charged with contempt of court over criticisms he made about Lord Justice Girvan's handling of a judicial review in his memoirs

10.10 Care services minister Paul Burstow speaks at summit that looks at improving older people's mental services

10.10 Roads minister Mike Penning and local transport minister Norman Baker give evidence at transport select committee hearing on road safety. Channel 4 broadcaster and cycling advocate Jon Snow and James Harding, editor of The Times follow

10.15 Alex Salmond gives the keynote address at the Scottish Trades Union Congress' annual congress

11.30 Russell Brand gives evidence to the home affairs select committee on drug addiction

12.30 Theresa May gives evidence to the home affairs select committee on a number of topics, including Abu Qatada

14.00 Nick Clegg and Andrew Mitchell give a joint speech entitled 'sustainable energy for all'

14.30 George Osborne takes Treasury questions in the Commons

14.30 The House of Lords debates the Scotland Bill

16.30 The House of Commons debates the National Planning Policy Framework

16.30 Pensions minister Steve Webb makes a speech at the National Association of Pension Funds

22.35 ITV hosts a London mayoral debate, featuring Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Brian Paddick and Jenny Jones

What's been said

Kick this shambolic Lords reform into the jungle, says Rachel Sylvester in The Times (£)

Lords buffoonery has to end, so why not abolish them, asks Polly Toynbee in The Guardian

Nearly all opposition to Lords reform is on Machiavellian grounds rather than principle, says Steve Richards in The Independent

Replace the Lords with a Council of the Realm, argues Philip Johnston in the Daily Telegraph