Order of Business Tuesday 3 July 2012

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Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons

Order of Business

At 2.30 pm Prayers

Afterwards

Private Business

Note: Private Business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: That the promoters of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords], which was originally introduced in the House of Lords in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, may have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills) (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

Canterbury City Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the Canterbury City Council Bill be now considered.

That the promoters of the Canterbury City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, should have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills) (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

Leeds City Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the Leeds City Council Bill be now considered.

That the promoters of the Leeds City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, should have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills) (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

Nottingham City Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the Nottingham City Council Bill be now considered.

That the promoters of the Nottingham City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, should have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills) (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

Reading Borough Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the Reading Borough Council Bill be now considered.

That the promoters of the Reading Borough Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, should have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills) (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords]: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords] be now considered.

That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution (By Order).

The Chairman of Ways and Means

Transport for London Bill [Lords]: That so much of the Lords Message [21 May] as relates to the Transport for London Bill [Lords] be now considered.

That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution (By Order).

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 Justice

 1 Peter Aldous (Waveney): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on improving training and skills of adult prisoners to improve their employment chances after the end of their sentence and reduce the risk of reoffending. (114716)

 2 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent representations he has received on the implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. (114718)

 3 Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): What recent assessment he has made of arrangements for handling sensitive information from the intelligence services in court proceedings. (114719)

 4 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on providing high-quality services for women within the criminal justice system following the election of police and crime commissioners. (114720)

 5 Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on public safety of the abolition of sentences of imprisonment for public protection. (114721)

 6 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What progress he has made on his proposals to reform the probation system. (114722)

 7 Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the system for recovery of criminal fines. (114723)

 8 Mr Don Foster (Bath): What steps he is taking to define the criteria for public interest defence through his planned reform of defamation law. (114724)

 9 Steve Brine (Winchester): What recent steps he has taken to reduce reoffending by young offenders. (114725)

 10 Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): What plans he has to protect and enhance the powers of the magistracy. (114726)

 11 Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): What progress he has made with his proposals on regulation of bailiff services. (114727)

 12 Stephen Timms (East Ham): What assessment he has made of the availability of legal advice to people on low incomes who will be affected by the Government's proposed welfare reforms. (114728)

 13 Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent assessment he has made of the value for money and effectiveness of the Office of the Information Commissioner. (114729)

 14 Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What recent steps he has taken to reduce reoffending by young offenders. (114730)

 15 Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What recent assessment he has made of the operation of community payback; and if he will make a statement. (114731)

 16 Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel. (114732)

 17 Claire Perry (Devizes): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on improving training and skills of adult prisoners to improve their employment chances after the end of their sentence and reduce the risk of reoffending. (114733)

 18 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on improving training and skills of adult prisoners to improve their employment chances after the end of their sentence and reduce the risk of reoffending. (114734)

 19 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent steps he has taken to reduce reoffending by young offenders. (114735)

 20 John Robertson (Glasgow North West): When he last had discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government. (114736)

 21 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): What evidential basis he used to support his decision to introduce closed material procedures in civil proceedings. (114738)

 22 David Mowat (Warrington South): What comparative assessment he has made of the number of whiplash claims in the courts in (a) England and Wales, (b) France and (c) Germany. (114739)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

 T1 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (114740)

 T2 Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough):  (114741)

 T3 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton):  (114742)

 T4 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central):  (114743)

 T5 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East):  (114745)

 T6 Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood):  (114746)

 T7 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion):  (114747)

 T8 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  (114748)

 T9 Bob Blackman (Harrow East):  (114749)

At 3.30 pm Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

1 HONOURS (EQUALITY OF TITLES FOR PARTNERS) [Up to 20 minutes]

Oliver Colvile

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for husbands and civil partners of those receiving honours to be allowed to use equivalent honorary titles to those available to women; and for connected purposes.

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).

Main Business

† indicates Government Business

† 2 FINANCE BILL: As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered [2nd day]. 

For Amendments, see separate Paper.

Third Reading will also be taken.

Proceedings on new Clauses, Amendments to Clauses, new Schedules and Amendments to Schedules relating to value added tax will be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 pm; proceedings on new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the taxation of banks and employees of banks, remaining new Clauses and Amendments to Clauses, remaining new Schedules and Amendments to Schedules and remaining proceedings on Consideration will be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 pm; and proceedings on Third Reading will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 11.00 pm (Order of 2 July).

† 3 PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM [No debate]

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 10 May, be approved.

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

† 4 PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM [No debate]

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Code of Practice for the Video Recording with Sound of Post-Charge Questioning) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 10 May, be approved.

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

† 5 PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM [No debate]

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Codes of Practice for the Exercise of Stop and Search Powers) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 10 May, be approved.

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

† 6 POLICE [No debate]

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes C, G and H) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 10 May, be approved.

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

† 7 EDUCATION [No debate]

Secretary Michael Gove

That the draft Education (Amendment of the Curriculum Requirements for Fourth Key Stage) (England) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 11 June, be approved.

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

† 8 ENERGY [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2012, which were laid before this House on 11 June, be approved.

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

† 9 ENERGY CONSERVATION [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Green Deal (Energy Efficiency Improvements) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 11 June, be approved.

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

† 10 ENERGY CONSERVATION [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012, which were laid before this House on 11 June, be approved.

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

† 11 ENERGY CONSERVATION [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Green Deal (Qualifying Energy Improvements) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 11 June, be approved.

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

† 12 ELECTRICITY [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 13 June, be approved.

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

† 13 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: ANNUAL AUDIT [No debate]

Mark Hoban

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 14879/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to the Commission Report on the Protection of the European Union’s financial interests: Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2010, together with two unnumbered Reports from the European Court of Auditors dated 10 November 2011, relating to the Annual Report on the Activities Funded by the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds in the financial year 2010, and the Annual Report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2010; regrets that the EU budget has been given a qualified audit by the EU oversight body the Court of Auditors every year for the past 17 years; agrees that, in these challenging economic times, the same high standards applied to national budgets should be applied to the EU budget, especially as national taxpayers fund the EU budget; supports the Government’s decision to, for the first time, oppose signing off the EU budget earlier this year; and encourages the Government to continue to call for important and urgent improvements to the quality of EU financial management.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(11)).

At the end of the sitting:

14 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Violence against health workers (Nic Dakin).

Debate may continue until 10.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES

PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE

Further to consider the Bill.

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE

To consider European Union Document No. 13943/11, a draft Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy.

DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES

To consider the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2012.

To consider the draft Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012.

To consider the draft Police and Crime Panels (Modification of Functions) Regulations 2012.

To consider the draft Broadcasting (Local Digital Television Programme Services and Independent Productions) (Amendment) Order 2012.

To consider the draft Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012.

To consider the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 1375).

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: Chair of the Charity Commission Valedictory Hearing.

Witness: Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Charity Commission.

Subject: Trade and Investment: Brazil.

Witnesses: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Nick Baird, Chief Executive Officer, UK Trade & Industry.

Subject: The Road to UNFCCC COP 18 and Beyond.

Witnesses: Gregory Barker MP, Minister of State, Pete Betts, Director, International Climate Change, and David Capper, Head, International Climate Policy Team, Department for Energy and Climate Change.

Subject: Future of Afghanistan: Development Progress and Prospects after 2014.

Witnesses: Dr Stuart Gordon, London School of Economics, Gerard Russell, Afghanistan analyst, and David Loyn, Afghanistan and Development Correspondent, BBC; Orzala Ashraf, independent civil society activist, David Page, Afghanaid, Mervyn Lee, Mercy Corps, and Howard Mollett, CARE International (at 11.30 am).

Subject: Broadband Delivery UK.

Witnesses: Ed Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Simon Towler, Head of Spectrum and Broadband, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Robert Sullivan, Chief Executive, Broadband Delivery UK.

Subject: Cross-border Road and Rail Connectivity.

Witnesses: First Great Western, and Arriva Trains Wales; Network Rail (at 11.15 am).

Subjects: (i) Localised Child Grooming; (ii) Valuing the Police; (iii) Drugs.

Witnesses: (i) Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Home Office; (ii) Sir Denis O’Connor CBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary (at 11.30 am); (iii) Richard Bradshaw, Director of Offender Health, and Digby Griffith, Director of National Operational Services, National Offender Management Service (at 12 noon); Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (at 12.30 pm).

Subject: Road Freight.

Witnesses: Jack Semple, Director of Policy, Road Haulage Association, Theo de Pencier, Chief Executive, and Karen Dee, Director of Policy, Freight Transport Association, and Nigel Cook, Managing Director, Elddis Transport; Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at 11.30 am).

Subject: Proposals for Backbench Debates.

Witnesses: Members of Parliament.

Subject: Defence Implications of possible Scottish Independence.

Witnesses: Lt Col (rtd) Stuart Crawford, and Professor Malcolm Chalmers.

Subject: Evidence from the Prime Minister.

Witness: Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister.

Subject: Protecting the Arctic.

Witness: Professor Richard Steiner, Oasis Earth (via video link).

JOINT COMMITTEES

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Administration of Examinations for 15–19 year olds in England (First Report).

EU proposals for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2010–12 (First Special Report).

(Fourth Report).

(Sixth Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Extra-statutory Concession A19.

2Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sanctions for the directors of failed banks.

3Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Planning simplification measures.

4Secretary of State for Defence: Olympics security.

5Secretary of State for Education: Child sexual exploitation.

6Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flooding in the Midlands and the North of England on 28 June.

7Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Foreign Affairs Council, 25 June 2012.

8Secretary of State for Health: Nursing and Midwifery Council: Strategic review.