Mr Straw has announced that England fans will not be allowed into the French city centre in an effort to prevent further trouble.

The government has "unreservedly condemned" the behaviour of the hooligans and is giving the French police its full support.

The main business in the House is the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill which will bring into effect the scheme for early release of paramilitary prisoners, as agreed to in the Good Friday Agreement. The government committed itself to seeking to enact this legislation by the end of June 1998.

Last week, the Tories threatened to vote against it unless reassurances over decommissioning were given. The Ulster Unionists and the Conservatives have tabled amendments to tighten up the provisions of the Bill.

Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam and Northern Ireland security Minister Adam Ingram will be speaking for the Government. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Andrew Mackay and Northern Ireland spokesman Malcolm Moss will be speaking for the Conservatives. Phil Willis (Education spokesman) will be speaking for the Liberal Democrats.

COMMONS

Questions

Home Office.

Business

Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill - Committee - 1st day.

Eve adjournment

The distribution of European Structural Funds in the UK - Gareth Thomas, Lab, Harrow West.

SELECT COMMITTEES

Public Accounts: Managing the Millennium Trust 16:30 BST (15:30 GMT).

Witnesses: Robin Mountfield, Second Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office; Alan Langlands, Chief Executive of NHS Executive.

Trade and Industry: Georgian Uranium and Dounreay, Scotland 17.15 BST (16:15 GMT).

Witnesses: UK Atomic Energy Authority, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Highland Council.

LORDS

Starred Questions

To what extent will the measures to reduce truancy and exclusion from school depend upon changing the content of what is taught? Lord Quirk.

Does the government propose to insist that the European Council reconsiders the proposed abolition of duty free shopping on 1st July 1999? Lord Rowallan.

What is the planned expenditure in real terms per prisoner for 1998-99, compared with that in 1995-96? Earl of Longford.

When does the government expect the Managing Trustees of the Parlianment Contributory Pension Fund to include a Trustee from among the pensioners of the Fund? Lord Randall of St Budeaux.

Business

Building Regulations (Energy Rating Information) (Amendment) Bill - Committee - The Baroness Nichol.

Government of Wales Bill - committee.

Unstarred Question

Does the government intend to alter the building regulations relating to ire in Scotland to bring them nearer to those applying in England and Wales? Lord Howie of Troon.

EU summit begins in Cardiff.

Dounreay A group of MPs visits the site as part of an inquiry into the troubled nuclear plant.