In Committee land the education committee ponders the revised schools admission and appeals codes and the Public Accounts Committee returns to one of its favourite topics, HM Revenue and Customs annual accounts, with the top brass of HMRC.
The service sector, which accounts for three-quarters of the UK economy, was revised down to a 0.1% contraction, compared with zero growth in the first estimate.
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. growth, mounted at a revised annual pace of 1.9% versus a previous estimate of a 2.0% gain.