They'll get the agenda for their first week back in January - although expect all kinds of extra statements and urgent questions to pepper the order paper when they return - and then the chair of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Tim Yeo, leads on Consumer Engagement with Energy Markets and its new inquiry on energy prices, profits and poverty.

BBC: Week ahead

Havens Hospices had said the two-storey building at Leigh-on-Sea would respond to "an urgent need" for extra capacity.

BBC: Leigh-on-Sea Havens Hospice plan turned down

In October, Havens said the two-storey building would respond to "an urgent need" for extra capacity and that it intended to appeal.

BBC: Havens Hospice: Planning appeal over Leigh-on-Sea site