Order of Business Tuesday 5 February 2013

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons

Order of Business

At 11.30 am Prayers

Afterwards

Private Business

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

Consideration of Bill, as Amended

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords] (By Order)

Mr Christopher Chope

On Consideration of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be considered upon this day six months.

Second Readings

1. City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords] (By Order).

Mr Christopher Chope

On Second Reading of the City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

2. Humber Bridge Bill (By Order).

Mr Christopher Chope

On Second Reading of the Humber Bridge Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

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 Mel Stride (Central Devon): What progress he has made on his review of the prison regime. (141240)

 2 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of his proposals for the Probation Service on low and medium-risk offenders. (141241)

 3 Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What progress he has made of his plans for the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. (141242)

 4 Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): When he last met the Joint Committee on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement. (141243)

 5 Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent assessment he has made of the level of delay in criminal proceedings involving vulnerable witnesses. (141244)

 6 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of appeals related to the work capability assessment. (141245)

 7 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): If he will consider increasing magistrates' sentencing powers from a maximum of six months to a maximum of 12 months for the purpose of making greater use of magistrates' courts. (141246)

 8 Peter Aldous (Waveney): How he plans to ensure that the voluntary and charitable sectors play a full role in the rehabilitation of offenders. (141247)

 9 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What plans he has for the modernisation of the prison estate. (141248)

 10 Duncan Hames (Chippenham): What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners (a) entering and (b) leaving prison with an addiction to a Class A drug. (141249)

 11 Mike Weatherley (Hove): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the legislation on squatting in residential premises introduced in 2012. (141250)

 12 Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of alternatives to short-term prison sentences. (141251)

 13 Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What plans he has for the provision of prison places. (141252)

 14 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of alternatives to short-term prison sentences. (141253)

 15 Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What progress his Department is making on the use of prisoner transfer agreements to allow the removal of foreign prisoners. (141254)

 16 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What his Department's policy is on reform of judicial review. (141255)

 17 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): If he will develop a feedback process to the Department for Work and Pensions on the reasons for the overturning of employment and support allowance decisions by tribunal judges. (141256)

 18 Paul Flynn (Newport West): What plans he has to reduce recidivism amongst prisoners. (141257)

 19 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): When the Government will release the remaining papers relating to the Shrewsbury pickets. (141258)

 20 Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): If he will take steps to ensure that under the Salvation Army contract with his Department, trend mapping data is kept on the local authority district in which each victim of human trafficking is discovered in England and Wales. (141260)

 21 Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What the proposed size and cost is of the new prison to be sited in London, North West England or North Wales. (141261)

 22 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What his sentencing policy is for the most serious and violent offenders; and if he will make a statement. (141262)

 23 Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): If he will introduce costs protection for litigation for small and medium-sized businesses who have been mis-sold interest rate swap products. (141263)

At 12.15 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 Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (141265)

 T2 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East):  (141266)

 T3 Gareth Johnson (Dartford):  (141267)

 T4 Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):  (141268)

 T5 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  (141269)

 T6 Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington):  (141270)

 T7 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  (141271)

 T8 Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay):  (141272)

 T9 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):  (141273)

 T10 Simon Wright (Norwich South):  (141274)

At 12.30 pm Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

† indicates Government Business

† 1 BUILDING REGULATIONS (EXTERNAL RETAINING AND LOAD-BEARING WALLS) [Up to 20 minutes]

Stephen Mosley

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Building Regulations (2010) to include regulation of external retaining and load-bearing walls; 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

† 2 MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL: Second Reading. [Until 7.00 pm]

Debate may continue until 7.00 pm.

† 3 MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL (PROGRAMME) [No debate]

Secretary Maria Miller

That the following provisions shall apply to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) 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 12 March 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 and Third Reading shall be taken in two days in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

5. Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the second day.

6. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the second day.

7. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

8. 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.

As an Amendment to Secretary Maria Miller’s proposed Motion (Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)):

Mr Edward Leigh

Mr Peter Bone

(a)

Line 3, leave out from ‘a’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘Committee of the whole House’.

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

† 4 MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified. [No debate]

Greg Clark

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, it is expedient to authorise-

(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by a person holding office under Her Majesty or by a government department, and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided, and

(2) the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of that Fund.

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

At 7.00 pm

†  DEFERRED DIVISIONS [No debate]

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Secretary Maria Miller relating to Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Carry-over).

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 41A(3)).

† 5 MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL (CARRY-OVER) [No debate]

Secretary Maria Miller

That if, at the conclusion of this Session of Parliament, proceedings on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill have not been completed, they shall be resumed in the next Session.

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

† 6 PUBLIC BODIES [No debate]

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 1 November 2012, be approved.

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

† 7 PUBLIC BODIES [No debate]

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 1 November 2012, be approved.

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

† 8 SOCIAL SECURITY [No debate]

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

That the draft Social Security (Loss of Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 8 January, be approved.

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

† 9 CLIMATE CHANGE [No debate]

Sajid Javid

That the draft Climate Change Levy (Combined Heat and Power Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 10 January, be approved.

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

† 10 INCOME TAX [No debate]

Mr David Gauke

That the draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 7 January, be approved.

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

At the end of the sitting:

11 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Participation in outdoor pursuits (David Rutley).

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

COMMITTEES

PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEES

Further to consider the Bill.

Further to consider the Bill.

Further to consider the Bill.

DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES

To consider the draft National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups-Disapplication of Responsibility) Regulations 2012.

To consider the draft Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013.

To consider the draft Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013.

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making.

Witness: Professor John Kay, Chair, Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making.

Subject: Global Food Security.

Witnesses: Max Lawson, Oxfam, David McNair, Save the Children, and Patrick Mulvany, UK Food Group; Tim Lang, City University, London, Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development, and Andrew Dorward, School of Oriental and African Studies (at 10.30 am).

Subject: Procurement.

Witnesses: Kevin Craven and Jim Bligh, CBI, and Stephen Ratcliffe, UK Contractors Group; Peter Holbrook, Social Enterprise UK, James Allen, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and Mike Cherry, Federation of Small Businesses (at 10.30 am).

Subject: Work of the Information Commissioner's Office.

Witnesses: Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner, David Smith, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Data Protection, and Graham Smith, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Freedom of Information, Information Commissioner's Office.

Subject: Regulation of the Press.

Witnesses: Press Council of Ireland and Irish Press Ombudsman; Hacked Off (at 11.15 am).

Subject: Blacklisting in Employment.

Witness: Jack Winder.

Subject: Iran's Nuclear Programme.

Witnesses: Professor Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews, and Dr Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Shashank Joshi, Royal United Services Institute (at 3.30 pm).

Subject: Undercover Policing.

Witnesses: Harriet Wistrich, Birnberg Peirce and Partners, and Jules Carey and Marian Ellingworth, Tuckers Solicitors; Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, The Guardian (at 3.45 pm); Patricia Gallan QPM, Metropolitan Police (at 4.15 pm).

Subject: Proposals for Backbench Debates.

Witnesses: Members of Parliament.

Subject: Evidence from the Deputy Prime Minister.

Witness: Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP.

JOINT COMMITTEES

Subject: Banking Standards.

Witnesses: Antony Jenkins, Group Chief Executive, and Sir David Walker, Chairman, Barclays.

Subject: Banking Standards.

Witnesses: Bill Winters; consumer groups and basic bank account providers (at 5.30 pm).

Subject: Parliamentary Privilege.

Witnesses: Sir Malcolm Jack; John Hemming MP (at 5.40 pm); Press Association, BBC (at 6.20 pm).

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

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

Defence Acquisition (Seventh Report).

Funding for local transport: an overview (Twenty-Fifth Report).

(Seventeenth Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Minister for the Cabinet Office: Report of the Triennial Review of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

2Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

3Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Public Service Pensions Up-Rating 2013.

4Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Annual Statement on the Government Wine Cellar 2011-12.

5Secretary of State for Health: Independent review of the arrangements for the approval of registered medical practitioners and approved clinicians under the Mental Health Act 1983.

6Secretary of State for Justice: Judicial pensions reform.

7The Prime Minister: Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee: Access to communications data by the intelligence and security agencies.

8Secretary of State for Transport: Driving theory test.

9Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Government’s response to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee’s Third Report of Session 2012-13-Universal Credit implementation: meeting the needs of vulnerable claimants.