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Order of Business Monday 24 October 2011

+ 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

Robert Halfon (Harlow): What steps he is taking to reduce youth unemployment.

(75984)

Mel Stride (Central Devon): What steps he is taking to reduce youth unemployment.

(75985)

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): What steps he is taking to encourage people with multiple sclerosis to return to work.

(75986)

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): If he will publish monthly information on the number of people successfully placed in jobs by Work Programme contractors and the cost per job outcome.

(75987)

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What his approach is to tackling youth unemployment.

(75988)

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What steps his Department is taking to support access to lending from credit unions.

(75989)

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): When he plans to bring forward new work capability assessment descriptors for mental health and fluctuating conditions.

(75990)

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What assessment he has made of the factors underlying recent trends in the level of unemployment.

(75991)

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps he is taking to help women who are most affected by the state pension age proposals contained in the Pensions Bill.

(75992)

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps his Department is taking to support access to lending from credit unions.

(75993)

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What assessment he has made of progress towards implementation of the recommendations of the Harrington Review of the work capability assessment.

(75994)

Priti Patel (Witham): What assessment he has made of the potential effects on the payment of benefits of the reasoned opinion from the European Commission on the UK's right to reside test.

(75995)

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps he is taking to reduce youth unemployment.

(75996)

Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What recent discussions he has had with organisations representing disabled people about the face-to-face assessment process for personal independence payments.

(75997)

Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent assessment he has made of the level of unemployment.

(75998)

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What steps he is taking to help women who are most affected by the state pension age proposals contained in the Pensions Bill.

(75999)

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the replacement of the social fund.

(76000)

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the Jobcentre Plus network to administer the benefits system during periods of rising unemployment.

(76001)

Henry Smith (Crawley): What assessment he has made of the potential effects on the payment of benefits of the reasoned opinion from the European Commission on the UK's right to reside test.

(76002)

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What estimate he has made of the potential number of tenants who could accrue rent arrears as a result of implementation of his proposals to restrict housing benefit for social tenants in accordance with household size.

(76003)

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): What the average length of time was for an appeal in respect of a decision on a claim for employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.

(76004)

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): What estimate he has made of the potential effect on the number of women leaving work of his planned reduction in refundable childcare costs.

(76005)

Philip Davies (Shipley): What proportion of crisis loans are repaid; and if he will make a statement.

(76006)

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What assessment he has made of the effect on child poverty of benefit changes in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.

(76007)

John Stevenson (Carlisle): What progress he has made on the introduction of a single-tier state pension.

(76008)

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.

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

(76009)

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South):

(76010)

Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian):

(76011)

Bob Russell (Colchester):

(76012)

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):

(76013)

Jessica Morden (Newport East):

(76014)

Duncan Hames (Chippenham):

(76015)

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):

(76016)

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North):

(76017)

T10

Priti Patel (Witham):

(76018)

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

Main Business

†	indicates Government Business

BACKBENCH BUSINESS (34th allotted day)

[Until 10.00 pm]

NATIONAL REFERENDUM ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

Mr David Nuttall

Mr Frank Field

Mr Graham Brady

Zac Goldsmith

Keith Vaz

Tracey Crouch

Steve Baker	Mr John Baron	Andrew Bingham
Mr Brian Binley	Bob Blackman	Mr Peter Bone
Andrew Bridgen	Dan Byles	Mr Gregory Campbell
Mr Ronnie Campbell	Mr Douglas Carswell	Mr William Cash
Mr Christopher Chope	Mr James Clappison	John Cryer
David T. C. Davies	Philip Davies	Mr David Davis
Nick de Bois	Caroline Dinenage	Mr Nigel Dodds
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Nadine Dorries	Richard Drax
Mr Mark Field	Mr James Gray	Gordon Henderson
Kate Hoey	Mr Philip Hollobone	Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Bernard Jenkin	Mr Edward Leigh	Chris Kelly
Dr Julian Lewis	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	Karl McCartney
Jason McCartney	Dr William McCrea	John McDonnell
Mrs Anne Main	Patrick Mercer	Nigel Mills
Austin Mitchell	Anne Marie Morris	Sheryll Murray
Caroline Nokes	Mr Matthew Offord	Ian Paisley
Priti Patel	Andrew Percy	Mark Pritchard
Mark Reckless	Mr John Redwood	Mr Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rosindell	Jim Shannon	Mr Richard Shepherd
David Simpson	Henry Smith	Mr Mark Spencer
Bob Stewart	Graham Stringer	Ms Gisela Stuart
Justin Tomlinson	Mr Andrew Turner	Martin Vickers
Mike Weatherley	Heather Wheeler	Craig Whittaker
Mr John Whittingdale	Sammy Wilson	Dr Sarah Wollaston

That this House calls upon the Government to introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament to provide for the holding of a national referendum on whether the United Kingdom should

(a)	remain a member of the European Union on the current terms;

(b)	leave the European Union; or

(c)	re-negotiate the terms of its membership in order to create a new relationship based on trade and co-operation.

As Amendments to Mr David Nuttall’s proposed Motion (National Referendum on the European Union):

Richard Harrington

Mr Sam Gyimah

Neil Parish

Brandon Lewis

Karen Bradley

Nicky Morgan

Mrs Helen Grant	Nadhim Zahawi	Peter Aldous
Dr Daniel Poulter	Sir Peter Bottomley	David Morris

(a)

Line 1, leave out from ‘House’ to end and add ‘believes that it was wrong for successive governments to hand over increasing powers to the EU without seeking the approval of the British people in a referendum; further believes that it was right for the present Government to introduce legislation which required a referendum before the transfer of any further power in a new Treaty; notes that by enacting this legislation, Parliament has prevented such undemocratic transfers of power in the future; further believes that the steady and unaccountable intrusion of the EU into almost every aspect of people’s lives has gone too far and that the burden of EU legislation is suppressing growth in the UK economy; calls upon the Government to negotiate to return powers that should reside with the UK rather than the EU, including in the field of social and employment legislation; further calls on the Government to bring the EU budget under control, with anything more than a real terms freeze in the next EU multi-annual budget being unacceptable; further believes that the UK should not participate in the Eurozone bail-out of Greece and insists that the Government avoid participation in any further Eurozone bail-out of Greece; and further believes that Eurozone bail-outs should be the responsibility of Member States in the Eurozone.’.

George Eustice

Andrea Leadsom

Guto Bebb

Mike Freer

Mark Garnier

Amber Rudd

Sarah Newton	Richard Fuller	Mr Steve Brine
Jackie Doyle-Price	Charlie Elphicke	Margot James
Simon Kirby	Karen Lumley	Claire Perry
James Wharton	Nadhim Zahawi	Gavin Williamson
Paul Maynard	David Mowat	Steven Mosley
David Morris

(b)

Line 1, leave out from ‘to’ to end and add ‘publish a White Paper during the next Session of Parliament setting out the powers and competences that it would seek to repatriate from the EU, to commence a renegotiation of the UK’s relationship with the EU and to put the outcome of those negotiations to a national referendum.’.

Caroline Lucas

(c)

Line 7, at end add ‘; or

(d) seek to build support for radical reform of the EU, increasing its transparency and accountability, refocusing its objectives on co-operation and environmental sustainability rather than competition and free trade and enabling member states to exercise greater control over their own economies.’.

Debate may continue until 10.00 pm.

†

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

[No debate]

Mark Hoban

That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 5 September, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

[No debate after 10.00 pm]