Order of Business Monday 26 November 2012

+ 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 Defence

 1 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of cadet forces in the UK. (129598)

 2 Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): If he will make it his policy not to commit British forces to combat in Syria. (129599)

 3 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What assessment he has made of likely UK military commitments in Afghanistan in 2015. (129600)

 4 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): How many Joint Strike Fighter jets his Department plans to procure. (129601)

 5 Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent progress he has made on enabling businesses to employ members of the Reserves. (129602)

 6 Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What steps he is taking to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to bid for procurement contracts with his Department. (129603)

 7 John Glen (Salisbury): What assessment he has made of the success of Operation Atalanta. (129604)

 8 Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): What assessment he has made of the scope for improved European defence co-operation. (129605)

 9 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): What his policy is on combat immunity; and if he will make a statement. (129606)

 10 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): What recent progress there has been on security transition in Afghanistan. (129607)

 11 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What assessment he has made of likely UK military commitments in Afghanistan in 2015. (129608)

 12 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What estimate he has made of the cost of UK military intervention in Libya. (129609)

 13 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): Whether he has met the Commander of 12th Mechanized Brigade following its return from Afghanistan. (129611)

 14 Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): What plans he has for the future of Defence Equipment and Support; and if he will make a statement. (129612)

 15 Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): What support he has received from major employers for the proposals set out in his Reserves Green Paper. (129614)

 16 Jessica Lee (Erewash): What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of cadet forces in the UK. (129615)

 17 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What comparative assessment he has made of the value and terms of armed forces pensions and other public sector pensions. (129616)

 18 Henry Smith (Crawley): Whether the main gate decision on the successor to the Vanguard class submarines will be made in 2016. (129617)

 19 Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): What recent representations he has received on the Government's proposals to disband the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. (129618)

 20 Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent assessment he has made of the number of apprentices employed by (a) his Department and the public bodies for which it is responsible, (b) the armed forces and (c) the main suppliers of each. (129620)

 21 Mr David Amess (Southend West): What assessment he has made of likely UK military commitments in Afghanistan in 2015. (129621)

 22 Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): What recent discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on the potential effect on UK defence policy of Scottish independence. (129622)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

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

 T1 Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (129623)

 T2 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West):  (129624)

 T3 Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye):  (129625)

 T4 Jim McGovern (Dundee West):  (129626)

 T5 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):  (129627)

 T6 Nick de Bois (Enfield North):  (129628)

 T7 David Mowat (Warrington South):  (129630)

 T8 Robert Halfon (Harlow):  (129631)

 T9 Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth):  (129632)

At 3.30 pm Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

† indicates Government Business

† 1 SMALL CHARITABLE DONATIONS BILL: As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered. [Until 10.00 pm]

For Amendments, see separate Paper.

Third Reading will also be taken.

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.

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 4 September).

† 2 LEGAL SERVICES [No debate]

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) (Amendment) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 15 October, be approved.

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

† 3 HOUSING [No debate]

Secretary Eric Pickles

That the draft Housing Act 1996 (Additional Preference for Armed Forces) (England) Regulations 2012, which were laid before this House on 18 October, be approved.

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

4 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [No debate after 10.00 pm]

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Heidi Alexander be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and Andy Sawford be added.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.

5 HOME AFFAIRS [No debate after 10.00 pm]

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Karl Turner be added to the Home Affairs Committee.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.

6 TRANSPORT [No debate after 10.00 pm]

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Tom Harris be discharged from the Transport Committee and Lucy Powell be added.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.

7 WELSH AFFAIRS [No debate after 10.00 pm]

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Susan Elan Jones be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Stephen Doughty be added.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 pm.

At the end of the sitting:

8 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Access to sanitation (Naomi Long).

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

COMMITTEES

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Managing risk at Sellafield.

Witnesses: George Beveridge, Deputy Managing Director, Sellafield Ltd, John Clarke, Chief Executive, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Phil Wynn Owen, Acting Permanent Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Mark Higson, Office for Nuclear Development, Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Subject: Role of the Local Authorities in Health Issues.

Witnesses: Cllr Steve Bedser, Chair, Community Wellbeing Board, Local Government Association, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing, Cllr Alan Connett, Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing, District Councils Network, Professor Gabriel Scally, Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments, University of the West of England and Dr Penny Toff, co-Chair, Public Health Medicine Committee, British Medical Association; Caroline Abrahams, Director of External Affairs, Age UK, Richard Blyth, Head of Policy and Practice, Royal Town Planning Institute, Andy Murdock, External Relations and Policy Director, Celesio UK and Paul Woodward, Chief Executive, Sue Ryder (at 5.20 pm).

Subject: Regional Breakdown of Transport Spending.

Witnesses: Jonathan Bray, Support Unit Director, Passenger Transport Executive Group, Ed Cox, Director, Institute for Public Policy Research North, and Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics.

JOINT COMMITTEE

Subject: Panel on Wholesale Competition.

Witnesses: Dave Cliff, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, Jean-Pierre Zigrand, Reader in Finance at the London School of Economics, and Oliver Linton FBA, Chair of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge; Alexander Justham, Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange plc (at 5.30 pm).

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

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Honours System: Further Report with the Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2012–13 (Seventh Report).

Legislative Scrutiny: Crime and Courts Bill (Fifth Report).

DFID’s programme in Zambia: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2012–13 (Seventh Special Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative Round 1 winners.

2Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade)-Pre-Council.

3Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Arrangements for publication of the report of the Patrick Finucane Review.