Newington's Emma Sisk looks ahead to the next fortnight in Westminster, and the issues we can expect to dominate the political agenda.

The coming weeks will be dominated by the fallout of Prime Minister Theresa May’s snap election announcement. Activity began today following a vote under the provisions of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act confirming the General Election date of Thursday 8 June. Weary canvassers will continue the long slog to get out the vote just one month after their efforts have been put to the test on the local elections, scheduled 4 May.

The Prime Minister will face the Liaison Committee on Monday 24 April, the ‘chief’ select committee, made up of the chairs from each of the other committees. The committee features former Labour heavyweights among its members, including Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper and Harriet Harman, as well as influential Tories, including Dr Sarah Wollaston and the committee’s chair, Andrew Tyrie. The significant experience of the committee has unpicked Theresa May’s composure before. At the last Liaison committee session the Prime Minister became exposed by the interrogation tactics of the committee.  The appearance may yet reveal more about Theresa May’s election strategy and aspirations for what a post-Brexit Government will look like.

Policy makers who had eagerly anticipated the Clean Growth Plan and the Consumer Markets Bill this month will be disappointed. In today’s BEIS Select Committee it was confirmed that the Clean Growth Plan is “in a holding pen” and it’s probable that the Consumer Markets Bill will follow suit, as the General Election announcement has likely thrown any declaration to cap energy bills or reform the electricity market for now.