Order of Business Wednesday 19 December 2012

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons

Order of Business

At 11.30 am 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 Minister for the Cabinet Office

 1 Hugh Bayley (York Central): How many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed in York in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2012. (134225)

 2 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent assessment he has made of the implementation of the Government's procurement reforms. (134226)

 3 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What plans he has to promote volunteering opportunities for recently retired people to work with young people. (134227)

 4 Richard Graham (Gloucester): What progress he has made on his plans for the National Citizen Service. (134228)

 5 Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What his policy is on streamlining the procurement process to enable more small and medium-sized enterprises to secure Government contracts. (134229)

 6 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): What steps he is taking to support smaller charities. (134230)

 7 Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What recent progress he has made on the Government's cyber security strategy and establishing a centre for global cyber security capacity building. (134231)

 8 Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What assessment he has made of the merits of establishing an independent body to investigate complaints against charities. (134232)

 9 Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): What steps his Department is taking to build a legacy of volunteering following the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (134233)

 10 Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): What progress he has made on his plans for the National Citizen Service. (134235)

 11 Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What discussions he has had with charitable leaders on the financial outlook for the voluntary and community sector in the next 12 months. (134236)

 12 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What steps he is taking to support smaller charities. (134237)

 13 Andy Sawford (Corby): What discussions he has had with charitable leaders on the financial outlook for the voluntary and community sector in the next 12 months. (134238)

 14 Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What steps he is taking to support smaller charities. (134239)

At 11.53 am

Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

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

 T1 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (134240)

 T2 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):  (134242)

 T3 Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  (134243)

 T4 Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham):  (134244)

 T5 Jessica Lee (Erewash):  (134245)

 T6 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  (134246)

 T7 Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  (134249)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.

 Q1 Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 19 December. (134210)

 Q2 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):  (134211)

 Q3 Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):  (134212)

 Q4 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):  (134213)

 Q5 Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):  (134214)

 Q6 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  (134215)

 Q7 Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):  (134216)

 Q8 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):  (134219)

 Q9 Neil Carmichael (Stroud):  (134220)

 Q10 Andrew George (St Ives):  (134221)

 Q11 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):  (134222)

 Q12 Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):  (134223)

 Q13 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West):  (134224)

At 12.30 pm Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements, including on Afghanistan: Quarterly Update

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

1 CHARITIES ACT 2011 (AMENDMENT) [Up to 20 minutes]

Mr Peter Bone

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Charities Act 2011 to treat all religious institutions as charities; 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 ENERGY BILL: Second Reading. [Until 7.00 pm]

Caroline Lucas

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Energy Bill because it creates a legal framework to lock the UK into expensive, high carbon gas generation for decades to come, in opposition to scientific advice on the urgency of action needed to avoid irreversible climate change and prevent devastating global warming and the need to leave the great majority of fossil fuel reserves in the ground; notes that it omits a target to reflect the independent expert advice of the Committee on Climate Change that emissions from the power sector should be virtually zero by 2030; believes that it will result in vast subsidies to new nuclear power stations, diverting investment away from faster, less costly, more jobs-rich and more secure means of meeting electricity needs such as renewable energy technologies and interconnectors; further believes that it overlooks the huge potential of energy efficiency and demand reduction, despite widespread consensus that these are the cheapest, quickest, most effective ways to protect householders against high energy bills and cut emissions; and further believes that it deprives smaller independent generators and community or cooperative energy schemes of fair access to the market, instead entrenching the dominance of the Big Six energy companies, whose latest round of price hikes are likely to have placed a further 300,000 households into fuel poverty by Christmas.

Edward Miliband

Caroline Flint

Mary Creagh

Mr Chuka Umunna

Ms Angela Eagle

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House, whilst affirming its support for measures included in the Bill to reform the electricity market to deliver secure, clean and affordable electricity, declines to give a Second Reading to the Energy Bill because it fails to include a clear target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030, and because it fails to include direct measures to increase transparency, competition or liquidity or ensure that the energy market is properly regulated and works in the interests of consumers.

Debate may continue until 7.00 pm.

† 3 ENERGY BILL (PROGRAMME)  [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill:

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 Tuesday 12 February 2013.

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 Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)).

† 4 ENERGY BILL [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified.  [No debate]

Greg Clark

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Energy Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-

(1) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act,

(2) any expenditure incurred by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority by virtue of the Act, and

(3) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).

† 5 ENERGY BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] [No debate]

Greg Clark

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Energy Bill, it is expedient to authorise-

(1) provisions by virtue of which persons may be required to make payments, or provide financial collateral, for the purposes of, or in connection with, enabling-

(a) a CFD counterparty to discharge obligations in relation to CFDs;

(b) a settlement body to meet its costs in carrying out functions conferred by or under the Act;

(c) a CFD counterparty, an investment contract counterparty or the Secretary of State to discharge obligations in relation to investment contracts;

(2) the imposition of a levy in connection with the certificate purchase obligation;

(3) the imposition of fees under the Act;

(4) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.

In this Resolution-

‘CFD counterparty’ and ‘CFDs’ have the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Bill;

‘settlement body’ has the same meaning as in Chapter 3 of that Part;

‘investment contract counterparty’ and ‘investment contracts’ have the same meaning as in Chapter 5 of that Part; and

‘certificate purchase obligation’ has the same meaning as in Chapter 7 of that Part.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).

† 6 ENERGY BILL (CARRY-OVER) [No debate]

Secretary Edward Davey

That if, at the conclusion of this Session of Parliament, proceedings on the Energy Bill have not been completed, they shall be resumed in the next Session.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 80A(1)(a)).

† 7 EU DEVELOPMENT FOR DRINKING WATER AND BASIC SANITATION  [No debate]

Lynne Featherstone

That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 14531/12, European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No. 13/2012: European Union Development Assistance for Drinking Water Supply and Basic Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Countries, and No. 14028/12, Commission Staff Working Document on Humanitarian WASH Policy: Meeting the challenge of rapidly increasing humanitarian needs in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); and welcomes the Government’s approach to developing WASH policy within the European Union.

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

† 8 MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS WITH A FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATE  [No debate after 7.00 pm]

Mr Andrew Lansley

John Thurso

That the following new Standing Order be made-

‘Motions and amendments with a financial consequence for the House of Commons Administration Estimate.

(1) Motions which would have a direct consequence of additional expenditure under the House of Commons: Administration Estimate estimated to be £50,000 or more shall not be considered by the House unless a memorandum setting out their expected financial consequences has been made available to the House.

(2) The Accounting Officer shall make such a memorandum available to the House within a reasonable time of a motion to which this Order applies being tabled.

(3) (a)  This Order shall also apply to amendments to motions which would have the expenditure consequences set out in paragraph (1), but the absence of such a memorandum shall not prevent the House from considering such an amendment.

(b) In his decision as to the selection of such an amendment, the Speaker shall, in addition to such other considerations as may, in his view, be relevant, take into account whether sufficient time has been available for the House to be provided with adequate information regarding the financial consequences.

(4) The Speaker shall decide whether a motion or amendment falls within the terms of this Order.’.

The First Report from the Finance and Services Committee, Session 2010-12, Proposed Standing Order on Motions and amendments with implications for the House Administration budget, HC 1768, is relevant.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 pm.

At the end of the sitting:

9 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Portland search and rescue helicopter (Richard Drax).

Debate may continue until 7.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: Work Programme: The Experience of Different User Groups.

Witnesses: Mr Dave Simmonds, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Ian Mulheirn, Director, Social Market Foundation, and Professor Roy Sainsbury, Research Director and Professor of Social Policy, University of York.

Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland.

Witnesses: Philip Dunne MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews, Chief of Material Fleet and Les Mosco, Commercial Director, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence.

Subject: Arms Export Controls 2013.

Witnesses: Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and officials; Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and officials (at 3.30 pm).

Subject: Private Members’ Bills.

Witnesses: Mr Christopher Chope MP, Philip Davies MP, and Rebecca Harris MP.

Subject: Implementation of Welfare Reform by Local Authorities.

Witnesses: Cllr Sharon Taylor, Deputy Chair and Paul Raynes, Head of Finance and Localism Programmes, Local Government Association, Sue Ramsden, Policy Leader, National Housing Federation, and Gavin Smart, Director, Policy and Practice, Chartered Institute of Housing.

JOINT COMMITTEES

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

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

Pre-legislative scrutiny: Special Educational Needs (Sixth Report).

The work of the UK Border Agency (December 2011–March 2012): Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2012–13 (Sixth Special Report).

The work of the Border Force: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2012–13 (Seventh Special Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Attorney General: Crown Prosecution Service interim guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media.

2Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Completion of the Triennial Review of the Industrial Development Advisory Board and publication of the report.

3Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: ECOFIN 12 December.

4Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Local government finance.

5Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Local Government Pension Scheme.

6Secretary of State for Defence: United Kingdom’s future nuclear deterrent: 2012 Update to Parliament.

7Secretary of State for Education: Education funding reform.

8Secretary of State for Education: School funding 2013-14.

9Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: First DECC annual progress report on the roll-out of smart meters.

10Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Publication of report on international aviation and shipping emissions.

11Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Overseas territories: Joint Ministerial Council.

12Secretary of State for the Home Department: Hillsborough investigation.

13Secretary of State for the Home Department: Provisional police funding announcement.

14Secretary of State for Justice: Administrative justice and tribunals.

15Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Automatic enrolment transitional provisions.