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Session 2010-11
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Order of Business Monday 22 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 Work and Pensions
 1
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West):  What recent assessment he has made of the effect of trends in longevity on his Department's expenditure on pensions.
(25106)
 2
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling):  What steps his Department plans to take to assist employers to provide real time pay data for Universal Credit computations.
(25107)
 3
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles):  What steps he is taking to encourage social enterprises to become providers under the Work Programme.
(25109)
 4
Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald):  What plans he has to increase parental responsibility for child maintenance.
(25110)
 5
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw):  What recent discussions his Department has had with disability organisations on proposals to remove the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance from residents in publicly-funded care homes.
(25111)
 6
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East):  What estimate he has made of the likely effects on his Department's expenditure on out-of-work benefit payments to residents of Barnsley East constituency of implementation of the changes announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(25112)
 7
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):  What discussions he has had with representatives of the social care sector on the cost of mobility support for disabled people.
(25113)
 8
Henry Smith (Crawley):  What recent progress his Department has made on delivering its Work Programme.
(25114)
 9
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  What steps he is taking to help disabled people into employment.
(25115)
 10
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock):  What steps he is taking to help disabled people into employment.
(25116)
 11
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford):  What recent progress has been made on the work capability assessment independent review led by Professor Malcolm Harrington.
(25117)
 12
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands):  What assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed Universal Credit on work incentives.
(25118)
 13
Richard Harrington (Watford):  What recent progress his Department has made on delivering its Work Programme.
(25119)
 14
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):  Whether his Department plans to publish a gender impact assessment of the changes to be made to the benefits regime as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(25120)
 15
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):  What steps he is taking to help disabled people into employment.
(25122)
 16
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):  What assessment he has made of the likely contribution of the proposed Universal Credit to his Department's objective of encouraging people to work.
(25123)
 17
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):  What assessment he has made of the likely effects of the Work Programme on unemployed people who volunteer.
(25124)
 18
Mr David Ward (Bradford East):  What assessment he has made of the likely effects of his proposed reductions in housing benefit entitlement on jobseeker's allowance claimants who have been unable to find work for more than 12 months.
(25125)
 19
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):  What recent assessment he has made of the value for money delivered by the Flexible New Deal Programme.
(25126)
 20
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale):  What effects he expects the introduction of the proposed Universal Credit to have on marginal deduction rates experienced by households currently in receipt of tax credits only.
(25127)
 21
Chris Williamson (Derby North):  What provisions are being made for women aged between 54 and 59 adversely affected by the acceleration in the increase in state pension age.
(25128)
 22
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham):  What steps his Department is taking to ensure that appropriate IT systems are in place to support his Department's proposed reform of the benefits system.
(25129)
 23
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North):  What plans he has to increase parental responsibility for child maintenance.
(25130)
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
 T1
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough):  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(25131)
 T2
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North):
(25132)
 T3
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
(25133)
 T4
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):
(25134)
 T5
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands):
(25135)
 T6
Guy Opperman (Hexham):
(25136)
 T7
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon):
(25137)
 T8
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):
(25138)
 T9
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):
(25139)
 T10
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):
(25140)

At 3.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business
1
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND HEALTH IN PREGNANCY GRANT BILL: Not amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
[Until 10.00 pm]
For Amendments, see separate paper.
Third Reading will also be taken.
   Proceedings on Consideration will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 9.00 pm, and proceedings on Third Reading will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 pm (Order of 26 October 2010).
2
STANDARDS AND PRIVILEGES
[No debate after 10.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That Mr Jim Cunningham be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Privileges and Tom Blenkinsop be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.
3
ADMINISTRATION
[No debate after 10.00 pm]
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Tom Harris and Mrs Siân C. James be discharged from the Administration Committee and Mr John Spellar and Mr Dave Watts be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.
4
WELSH AFFAIRS
[No debate after 10.00 pm]
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Nia Griffith be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Mrs Siân C. James be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.
5
ADJOURNMENT (CHRISTMAS; AND FEBRUARY, EASTER AND MAY 2011)
[No debate]
Sir George Young
 
   That this House, at its rising on Tuesday 21 December 2010, do adjourn till Monday 10 January 2011; at its rising on Thursday 17 February 2011, do adjourn till Monday 28 February 2011; at its rising on Tuesday 5 April 2011, do adjourn till Tuesday 26 April 2011; and at its rising on Thursday 28 April 2011, do adjourn till Tuesday 3 May 2011.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 25).
 
At the end of the sitting:
6
ADJOURNMENT
 
   Proposed subject: Effects of proposed changes to housing benefit in West Ham (Lyn Brown).
   Debate may continue until 10.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES
DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES
1
First Delegated Legislation Committee
4.30 pm
Room 9 (public)
   To consider the draft Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010.
2
Second Delegated Legislation Committee
4.30 pm
Room 12 (public)
   To consider the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3
Backbench Business
3.55 pm
Room 8 (private)
 
4.00 pm
(public)
   Subject: Proposals For Backbench Debates.
   Witnesses: Members of Parliament.
4
Communities and Local Government
4.00 pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
4.30 pm
(public)
   Subject: Abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies.
   Witnesses: Councillor Harker, East Midlands Council, Councillor Ken Thornber, Leader, Hampshire County Council, Councillor Symon Fraser, Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and Councillor Derek Antrobus, Chair of the Planning and Housing Commission, Association of Greater Manchester Authorities; Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (at 5.15 pm).
5
European Scrutiny
4.00 pm
Room 15 (private)
 
4.30 pm
(public)
   Subject: European Union Bill.
   Witnesses: Professor Paul Craig, Professor in English Law, St John’s College, Oxford; Professor Trevor Hartley, London School of Economics (at 5.10 pm).
6
Administration
4.30 pm
Room 16 (private)
 
5.00 pm
(public)
   Subject: Catering Services in the House of Commons.
   Witnesses: Parliamentary Press Gallery; Unite, Parliamentary Staff Branch (at 5.30 pm).
7
Treasury
4.00 pm
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Monday 22 November
Time of publication
No.
1
Welsh Affairs
10.00 am
HC 603
   The proposed amendment of Schedule 7 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Second Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Social housing.
2
Secretary of State for Education: Year 1 phonics screening check.
3
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan: UN Special Session at the UN Security Council, 16 November 2010.
4
Secretary of State for International Development: Visit of Secretary of State to Sudan, 8–11 November 2010.