The coalition's first defence review came under heavy criticism - this session looks to the next big set of policy questions about the future size and shape of the UK's armed forces.
After much stonewalling by the Sudanese government, the UN's fact-finders were finally allowed into Darfur last month, but human-rights groups claimed that this timing was merely intended to blunt criticism of Sudan by the Commission on Human Rights during its recently ended annual six-week session.