Order of Business Friday 25 January 2013

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons

Order of Business

At 9.30 am Prayers

Afterwards

Main Business

Note: If proceedings on the first Bill end before 2.30 pm, the second Bill and, possibly, subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining. After 2.30 pm, only those Bills which are unopposed may make further progress.

1 OFFSHORE GAMBLING BILL: Second Reading.

Member in charge: Miss Anne McIntosh, on behalf of Matthew Hancock

2 MICRO BUSINESSES AND ENERGY CONTRACT ROLL-OVER BILL: Second Reading.

Member in charge: Caroline Lucas

3 LOCAL SERVICES (PLANNING) BILL: Second Reading.

Member in charge: Dr Julian Huppert

4 LAND VALUE TAX BILL: Second Reading.

Member in charge: Caroline Lucas

5 HOUSE OF LORDS (CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP) BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.

Member in charge: Mrs Eleanor Laing

Debate may continue until 2.30 pm.

At the end of the sitting:

6 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: High Speed 2 (Proposed Marshalling Yard, Birmingham) (Mr Liam Byrne).

Debate may continue until 3.00 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 11).

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

Apprenticeships: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2012-13 (Fifth Special Report).

Governance and leadership of the Department for Education: Government Response to the Third Report of the Committee, Session 2012-13 (Third Special Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Planning and schools.

2Secretary of State for Health: Government response to the consultation on proposals to transfer functions from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human Tissue Authority.

3Secretary of State for the Home Department: European Union opt-in decision: European Commission’s proposal to increase the co-financing rate for the European Refugee Fund, the European Return Fund and the European Fund for Integration of Third Country Nationals.

4Secretary of State for Justice: Transforming Bailiff Action.

5Secretary of State for Transport: Blue badge scheme.