Order of Business Thursday 28 February 2013

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Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons

Order of Business

At 9.30 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 Secretary of State for Transport

 1 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): How many new railway stations have been opened since privatisation; and how many further stations are planned in the future. (145050)

 2 Kris Hopkins (Keighley): What recent progress has been made on high speed rail; and if he will make a statement. (145051)

 3 Michael Ellis (Northampton North): What progress he has made on devolving speed limits to local authorities. (145052)

 4 George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): What steps his Department is taking to secure an operator for the Great Western rail franchise. (145053)

 5 Robert Halfon (Harlow): What progress he is making on road building and new motorway junction schemes. (145054)

 6 Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What steps his Department is taking to secure an operator for the Great Western rail franchise. (145055)

 7 Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of Clyde Coastguard Station. (145056)

 8 Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden): When he expects to meet the new owners of Stansted Airport. (145057)

 9 Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): What progress his Department has made on funding new railway stations. (145058)

 10 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What assessment he has made of Quality Bus Contracts; and if he will make a statement. (145059)

 11 Hugh Bayley (York Central): When the Government plans to announce the timetable for bids for the franchise to run rail services on the East Coast Main Line. (145060)

 12 Peter Aldous (Waveney): What steps his Department has taken to resume the rail franchising programme. (145061)

 13 Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What progress his Department has made on funding new railway stations. (145062)

 14 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): If he will ensure that the specification for the next franchise for the Midland Mainline will allow bidders to bring forward proposals for electric trains which are (a) new and (b) built in the UK. (145063)

 15 Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps his Department has taken to resume the rail franchising programme. (145064)

 16 Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his High Speed 2 rail proposals on existing West Coast Main Line services. (145065)

 17 Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): What his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse arising from the cancelled and delayed rail franchise competitions; and if he will make a statement. (145066)

 18 Mr John Spellar (Warley): What steps his Department is taking to prevent abuse of DVLA data by parking companies. (145067)

 19 Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What progress his Department has made on creating additional capacity on the railways. (145068)

 20 Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What assessment he has made of the likely level of demand for rail and tube services in London between 2013 and 2030; and how he plans to meet such demand. (145069)

At 10.05 am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

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

 T1 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (145071)

 T2 Karl McCartney (Lincoln):  (145072)

 T3 Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):  (145074)

 T4 Kris Hopkins (Keighley):  (145076)

 T5 Henry Smith (Crawley):  (145078)

 T6 Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  (145079)

At 10.15 am

Oral Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission and the Leader of the House

 1 Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had with the Food Standards Agency on products served at catering outlets in the House of Commons. (145139)

 2 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on plans to carry out repairs and modernisation of the Parliamentary Estate. (145140)

 3 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will introduce a procedure to inform all hon. Members when Written Ministerial Statements deemed to be too commercially sensitive to be listed in the Order Paper are published. (145141)

 4 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the number of apprentices employed by the House Service and its primary contractors and their sub-contractors. (145142)

 5 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Leader of the House, what comparative assessment he has made of the annual number of sitting days of the House and that of other parliaments around the world. (145143)

 6 Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the three most frequently borrowed books are in the Library in the current Parliament. (145144)

 7 Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress the Commission has made on reducing the subsidy on food and drink served in the House. (145145)

 8 Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Leader of the House, what his policy is on the time available for Private Member's Bills. (145146)

 9 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on improvements to wi-fi on the Parliamentary Estate which will enable the use of internet radios in offices. (145147)

At 10.30 am Urgent Questions (if any)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

1 BACKBENCH BUSINESS [Until 5.00 pm]

KESRI LEHAR PETITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA

John McDonnell

Sir Peter Bottomley

Jeremy Corbyn

Mark Durkan

Seema Malhotra

Mr Virendra Sharma

Mr Bob AinsworthMr Graham Allen Sir Tony Baldry

Tom BrakeRichard Burden Lorely Burt

Mr Ronnie Campbell Martin CatonKaty Clark

Mr Tom ClarkeMike CrockartJohn Cryer

Mr Jim CunninghamSimon DanczukJim Dobbin

Mr Frank DoranJonathan EdwardsNatascha Engel

Tim FarronPaul FlynnMike Gapes

Mr Roger GodsiffFabian HamiltonJohn Hemming

Margaret HodgeMr Adam HollowayKelvin Hopkins

Stewart HosieSimon HughesMr Marcus Jones

Jeremy LefroyMr Elfyn Llwyd Naomi Long

Mr Andrew LoveCaroline LucasDr Alasdair McDonnell

Jim McGovernIain McKenzieMr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Mr Khalid MahmoodGrahame M. MorrisMr George Mudie

Greg MulhollandPaul MurphySandra Osborne

Teresa PearceMr Alan ReidMrs Linda Riordan

Ms Margaret RitchieJohn RobertsonMr Geoffrey Robinson

Dame Joan RuddockMr Barry SheermanJim Sheridan

Andrew StunellMr Gerry SutcliffeJohn Thurso

Keith VazValerie VazJoan Walley

Mr David WardMr Mike WeirChris White

Hywel WilliamsStephen WilliamsPete Wishart

David Wright

That this House welcomes the national petition launched by the Kesri Lehar campaign urging the UK Government to press the Indian government to sign and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which encompasses the death penalty, with the result that India would abolish the death penalty and lift this threat from Balwant Singh Rajoana and others.

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KURDISH GENOCIDE

Nadhim Zahawi

Robert Halfon

Meg Munn

Fabian Hamilton

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Stephen Metcalfe

Bob StewartMike Gapes Meg Hillier

Mr Jeffrey M. DonaldsonNick de BoisMrs Mary Glindon

Ann ClwydJason McCartneyMr Andrew Love

That this House formally recognises the genocide against the people of Iraqi Kurdistan; encourages governments, the EU and UN to do likewise; believes that this will enable Kurdish people, many in the UK, to achieve justice for their considerable loss; and further believes that it would enable the UK, the home of democracy and freedom, to send out a message of support for international conventions and human rights, which is made even more pressing by the slaughter in Syria and the possible use of chemical arsenals.

Debate may continue until 5.00 pm.

At the end of the sitting:

2 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Future healthcare provision in the London Borough of Sutton (Paul Burstow).

Debate may continue until 5.30 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.

DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

To consider the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2013 and the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: A Severn Barrage?

Witnesses: Environment Agency; Environment Directorate-General and European Commission (at 10.00 am); Greg Barker MP, Minister of State (at 10.45 am).

Subject: (i) The impact and effectiveness of ministerial reshuffles; (ii) Do we need a constitutional convention for the UK?

Witnesses: (i) Lord O’Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary; (ii) Professor Gerald Holtham (at 10.45 am); Alan Trench (at 11.30 am).

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

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

The work of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in 2012 (Second Report).

Ministry of Defence: managing the defence inventory (Thirty-Second Report).

Legislative Scrutiny: Justice and Security Bill (Second Report) (Eighth Report).

Too Little, Too Late: Committee’s observations on the Government Response to the Report on Overseas Students and Net Migration (Seventh Report).

Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Groceries Code Adjudicator (Eighth Report).

Rookery South (Resource Recovery Facility) Order 2011 (First Special Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative: Round 2 successful bids.

2Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Fire Service College.

3Secretary of State for the Home Department: Renewal of immigration concession for Syrian nationals.

4Secretary of State for Justice: Creation of the Legal Aid Agency.

5Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland security situation.

6Secretary of State for Scotland: Emergency towing vessels.