The House met for the first time in 2008 at 2.30pm. After prayers led by the Lord Bishop of Ely Questions were taken on the Annapolis Conference (Israel & Palestine); the treatment of severe trauma patients in hospital accident and emergency units; Zimbabwe; and the funding of the British Transport Police's contribution to Olympic security in 2012.

The Employment Bill was given its second reading. After the frontbench speeches the reading was interrupted for a statement on Pakistan and Kenya was repeated. After the 2nd Reading was successfully concluded the House debated the report of the House's Economic Affairs Committee on "Apprenticeship: A Key Route to Skill". The House adjourned at 9.37pm.