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Session 2010-11
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Order of Business Monday 15 November 2010

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.


House of Commons
Order of Business

 
At 2.30 pm
  Prayers
Afterwards
Notes:
  indicates a question for oral answer.
 
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
 
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer
 
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
 1
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):  What qualifications teachers employed by free schools will be required to have.
(23515)
 2
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham):  What steps he is taking to reduce the administrative burden on (a) headteachers and (b) school governors.
(23517)
 3
Gareth Johnson (Dartford):  What recent assessment he has made of academic standards in primary schools in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(23518)
 4
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):  What assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposed pupil premium on children in (a) Reading East constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(23519)
 5
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  What recent assessment he has made of standards of attainment in secondary schools in (a) Clacton constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(23520)
 6
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow):  What funding his Department plans to provide for schools in Waltham Forest for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(23522)
 7
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston):  What steps he is taking to provide support for parents in preparing their children to start school.
(23524)
 8
Mark Menzies (Fylde):  What plans he has for future provision for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement.
(23525)
 9
Helen Jones (Warrington North):  What discussions he has had with headteachers on the Government's plans to end the education maintenance allowance.
(23526)
 10
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):  What assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of participation in post-16 education of the withdrawal of education maintenance allowance.
(23528)
 11
Tony Baldry (Banbury):  What steps he is taking to promote the teaching of history in schools.
(23529)
 12
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central):  What plans he has to provide assistance for schools in planning their budget for 2011-12.
(23530)
 13
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley):  What representations he has received on serious case reviews since the implementation of his Department's requirement to publish them in full.
(23531)
 14
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth):  What recent representations he has received on standards of attainment in secondary schools in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) England.
(23532)
 15
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth):  What recent assessment he has made of standards of attainment in secondary schools in (a) Brentford and Isleworth constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(23534)
 16
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles):  What assessment he has made of the effect on the number of young people in the North West remaining in further education of his decision to end education maintenance allowance.
(23535)
 17
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):  Whether students eligible for the higher rate of education maintenance allowance will be eligible for an equivalent amount under the replacement scheme.
(23536)
 18
Ian Austin (Dudley North):  What assessment he has made of the likely effects on sport in schools of planned changes in his Department's expenditure.
(23537)
 19
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth):  What recent representations he has received on standards of attainment in secondary schools in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) England.
(23538)
 20
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):  What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the future of sport in schools of the reductions in funding for school sport proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(23539)
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
 T1
Clive Efford (Eltham):  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(23540)
 T2
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye):
(23541)
 T3
David Mowat (Warrington South):
(23542)
 T4
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk):
(23543)
 T5
Derek Twigg (Halton):
(23544)
 T6
Richard Graham (Gloucester):
(23545)
 T7
Robert Halfon (Harlow):
(23546)
 T8
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):
(23547)
 T9
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):
(23548)
 T10
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):
(23549)

At 3.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements, including on G20

Main Business
  indicates Government Business
1
TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING ETC. BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.
[Until 10.00 pm]
   The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.
   The Fourth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (Second Report); and other Bills, HC 598, is relevant.
Debate may continue until 10.00 pm.
2
TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING ETC. BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME)
[No separate debate]
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
   That the following provisions shall apply to the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [Lords]:
Committal
   1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
   2.   Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 25 November 2010.
   3.   The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
   4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
   5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
   6.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
   7.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)).
3
TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING ETC. BILL [LORDS] [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified.
[No separate debate]
Mark Hoban
 
   That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise—
(1)   
the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenses incurred by the Treasury or any other Minister of the Crown in consequence of the Act; and
(2)   
the making of payments into the Consolidated Fund.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
4
SPORTS GROUNDS SAFETY AUTHORITY BILL [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified.
[Up to 45 minutes]
Mark Hoban
 
   That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act.
   The Speaker will put the question not later than 45 minutes after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b)).
5
IMMIGRATION
[No debate]
Secretary Theresa May
 
   That the draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 11 October, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
 
 
At the end of the sitting:
6
ADJOURNMENT
 
   Proposed subject: Preservation of Sunderland Point  (David Morris).
   Debate may continue until 10.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE
1
European Committee B
4.30 pm
Room 10 (public)
   To consider Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 2 June 2010 and 29 September 2010 relating to Council Decision amending and extending Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo.
DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
2
First Delegated Legislation Committee
4.30 pm
Room 9 (public)
   To consider the draft Disabled People’s Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3
Foreign Affairs
1.30 pm
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
2.00 pm
(public)
   Subject: The UK’s Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan.
   Witnesses: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Karen Pierce CMG, Director South Asia and Afghanistan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
4
Backbench Business
3.55 pm
Room 8 (private)
 
4.00 pm
(public)
   Subject: Proposals for Backbench Debates.
   Witnesses: Members of Parliament.
5
Communities and Local Government
4.00 pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
4.30 pm
(public)
   Subject: Localism.
   Witnesses: Professor George Jones, Emeritus Professor of Government, London School of Economics, Professor John Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Local Government, University of Birmingham, and Henry Peterson, Consultant; Andy Sawford, Chief Executive, Local Government Information Unit, Ed Cox, Director, ippr north, and Alex Thomson, Chief Executive, Localis (at 5.15 pm).
6
Administration
4.30 pm
Room 16 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: July to September 2010.
2
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport: London 2012 community sport legacy.
3
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Post-Council statement.
4
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Pension protection system: Setting the 2011-12 administration levies.
5
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: State Pension Credit Research Study.