Order of Business Tuesday 16 April 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.

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 Health

 1 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): How much the NHS has spent on redundancy payments since May 2010. (150763)

 2 Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What progress he has made on the commitment that patients would have access to appropriate radiotherapy wherever they lived. (150764)

 3 Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): What steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer. (150765)

 4 Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What support his Department has given to local authorities and NHS commissioners to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes. (150766)

 5 Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What estimate he has made of his Department's underspend for 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. (150768)

 6 Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps his Department plans to take to improve dementia diagnosis rates and to reduce regional variations in such diagnoses. (150769)

 7 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What discussions he has had with the European Commission on limiting access to health services for Bulgarian and Romanian migrants from January 2014. (150770)

 8 Steve Brine (Winchester): What steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer. (150771)

 9 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): If his Department will make early intervention a priority for clinical commissioning groups and public health officers. (150772)

 10 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): When the Government plans to respond to the consultation on standardised packaging for tobacco products; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals on standardised packaging. (150773)

 11 Mark Durkan (Foyle): What steps the Government plans to take to ensure that patients with rare and very rare muscle-wasting conditions have access to high cost drugs when such treatments become available. (150774)

 12 Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer. (150775)

 13 Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps he is taking to make the services of hospices more available to NHS patients. (150776)

 14 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): How the NHS will be held to account on the experiences of cancer patients using the NHS. (150777)

 15 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): When he expects to take a decision on the reconfiguration of hospital services in Trafford. (150778)

 16 Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What steps the Government plans to take to improve public awareness of the signs and symptoms of early rheumatoid arthritis. (150779)

 17 David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): Whether there are plans to close the Accident and Emergency Department at Lancaster Royal Infirmary. (150780)

 18 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What assessment he has made of (a) the pressures faced by Kettering General Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department and (b) what can be done by Kettering General Hospital to achieve national accident and emergency transition time targets. (150781)

 19 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): How many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations since May 2010. (150782)

 20 Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): What estimate he has made of the likely number of nursing posts in England in 2015. (150783)

 21 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): What steps his Department is taking to alleviate the effect on healthcare funding in York and North Yorkshire of an ageing population. (150784)

 22 Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): What his policy is on the standardised packaging of tobacco products; and if he will make a statement. (150785)

 23 Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What estimate his Department has made of the likely level of capital receipts generated from the disposal of land at London hospitals between 2010 and 2015. (150786)

At 12.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

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

 T1 David Rutley (Macclesfield): If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. (150788)

 T2 Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West):  (150789)

 T3 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole):  (150790)

 T4 Priti Patel (Witham):  (150791)

 T5 Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):  (150792)

 T6 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):  (150793)

 T7 Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North):  (150794)

 T8 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):  (150795)

 T9 John Pugh (Southport):  (150796)

 T10 Steve Brine (Winchester):  (150797)

At 12.30 pm Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

1 ABORTION STATISTICS [Up to 20 minutes]

Fiona Bruce

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to compile statistics on gender ratios of foetuses aborted in the United Kingdom, and where available overseas; 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

Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 7.00 pm (Standing Order No. 15).

† indicates Government Business

† 2 CHARITIES [No debate]

Sajid Javid

That the draft Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 14 February, be approved.

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

† 3 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR CONSUMER DISPUTES [No debate]

Jo Swinson

That this House takes note of Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 26 February 2013, submitted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, relating to a draft Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR), and a draft Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR); and supports the Government’s general position to increase consumer confidence and enhance the internal market as intended by the proposed legislation.

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

† 4 GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 3)

Secretary Eric Pickles

That the following provisions shall apply to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 5 November 2012 (Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement at today’s sitting.

2. The proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table.

3. The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

Subsequent stages

4. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

5. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

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

† 5 GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. (None of the Lords Amendments engages financial privilege.)

Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement if the Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme) (No. 3) Motion is agreed to.

† 6 ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 3).

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 11 June and 16 October 2012 (Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) and Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement at today’s sitting.

2. The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order, namely Lords Amendments Nos. 35 to 40, remaining Lords Amendments.

Subsequent stages

3. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

4. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

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

† 7 ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. (Lords Amendments 64, 65, 66 and 104 engage financial privilege.) (Queen’s Consent to be signified in respect of Lords Amendment No. 71.)

Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement if the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 3) Motion is agreed to.

† 8 DEFAMATION BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the following provisions shall apply to the Defamation Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 12 June 2012 (Defamation Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement at today’s sitting.

Subsequent stages

2. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

3. The Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

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

† 9 DEFAMATION BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. (None of the Lords Amendments engages financial privilege.)

The Scottish Parliament has passed a legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.

Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement if the Defamation Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Motion is agreed to.

† 10 GROCERIES CODE ADJUDICATOR BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (No. 4)

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 19 November 2012 (Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords] (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Message

1. Proceedings on the Lords Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement at today’s sitting.

Subsequent stages

2. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

3. The Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

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

† 11 GROCERIES CODE ADJUDICATOR BILL [LORDS]: Consideration of a Lords Amendment to a Commons Amendment. (The Lords Amendment does not engage financial privilege.)

Proceedings on consideration of the Lords Amendment will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement if the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill (Programme) (No. 4) Motion is agreed to.

At 7.00 pm

†  BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate]

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, the motions in the name of Mr Andrew Lansley relating to the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee) and the Sittings of the House (Wednesday 17 April), may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) will not apply.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).

† 12 DRAFT VOTING ELIGIBILITY (PRISONERS) BILL (JOINT COMMITTEE)

Mr Andrew Lansley

That this House concurs with the Lords Message of 15 January 2013, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider the draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill presented to both Houses on 22 November 2012 (Cm 8499), and that the Committee should report by 31 October 2013.

That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords;

That the Committee shall have power-

(i) to send for persons, papers and records;

(ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;

(iii) to report from time to time;

(iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and

(v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That Mr Crispin Blunt, Steve Brine, Lorely Burt, Mr Nick Gibb, Sir Alan Meale and Derek Twigg be members of the Committee.

As an Amendment to Mr Andrew Lansley’s proposed Motion (Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee):

Mr Christoper Chope

Mr David Nuttall

Mr Charles Walker

Mr Edward Leigh

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr Peter Bone

Mr David DavisMr Stewart JacksonMr Graham Brady

Mr John RedwoodMrs Eleanor LaingMr Andrew Turner

Paul Flynn

(a)

Leave out lines 13 and 14 and insert ‘That the membership of the Committee shall be nominated by the Committee of Selection under Standing Order No. 121 following elections within the parties using whatever democratic and transparent method they choose.’.

Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 pm Business of the House Motion is agreed to.

† 13 SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE (WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL)

Mr Andrew Lansley

That, on Wednesday 17 April:

(1) the House shall meet at 2.30 pm and the moment of interruption shall be at 10.00 pm;

(2) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 21 (Time for taking questions), no questions shall be taken other than questions which are in the Speaker’s opinion of an urgent character and relate either to matters of public importance or to the arrangement of business;

(3) the sitting in Westminster Hall shall begin at 2.30 pm and continue for up to four and a half hours; and

(4) in calculating the period of four and a half hours in paragraph (3) no account shall be taken of any period during which the sitting in Westminster Hall may be suspended owing to a division being called in the House or in a committee of the whole House.

Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 pm Business of the House Motion is agreed to.

† 14 SECTION 5 OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 [No debate after 7.00 pm]

The Prime Minister

Secretary William Hague

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Mr Andrew Lansley

That, for the purposes of its approval under section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, the Government’s assessment as set out in the Budget Report shall be treated as if it were an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees).

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

At the end of the sitting:

15 ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Visa restrictions and the Sergei Magnitsky case (Mr Robert Buckland).

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.

SELECT COMMITTEES

Subject: Open Access.

Witnesses: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, British Academy, Public Library of Science and Reed Elsevier; Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Research Councils UK and SPARC Europe (at 10.30 am); Political Studies Association, The Russell Group, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Chair, Universities UK’s Research Policy Network, and Dr Martin Paul Eve (at 12 noon).

Subject: Energy Prices, Profits and Poverty.

Witnesses: SSE, EDF Energy, e.ON and Good Energy; RWE npower, British Gas, ScottishPower and Ovo Energy (at 11.00 am).

Subject: Future of the Civil Service.

Witness: Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff, 10 Downing Street.

Subject: Impact of Changes to Housing Benefit in Wales.

Witnesses: Community Housing Cymru, Wales and West Housing, Cynon Taf Community Housing Group and Bron Cafon Community Housing Group; National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association (at 10.15 am).

Subject: Regulation of the Press.

Witnesses: Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister of State, Cabinet Office; Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Deputy Leader, Labour Party (at 12.15 pm).

Subject: Work of ICAI.

Witnesses: Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary, Joy Hutcheon, Director General, Country Programmes, and Susanna Moorehead, Director, West and Southern Africa, Department for International Development.

Subjects: (i) The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 3: Educating the Children of Service Personnel; (ii) The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of Service Personnel.

Witnesses: (i) Gavin Barlow, Director, Service Policy, Colonel Clive Knightley, Acting Director, Ministry of Defence Directorate Children and Young People, Olivia Denson, Head of Service, Children’s Education Advisory Service, Kathryn Forsyth, Chief Executive, Service Children’s Education, and Martin Bull, Department for Education; (ii) Rear Admiral Simon Williams, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Training), and Colonel Carolyn Johnstone (at 3.30 pm).

Subject: State of the Scottish Economy.

Witnesses: CBI Scotland.

Subjects: (i) E-crime; (ii) Asylum.

Witnesses: (i) Chatham House, Oxford Cyber Security Centre and Oxford Internet Institute; British Bankers Association and Financial Fraud Action UK (at 3.30 pm); (ii) John Vine, Chief Inspector, Border and Immigration (at 4.15 pm).

Subject: Proposals for Backbench Debates.

Witnesses: Members of Parliament.

JOINT COMMITTEE

OTHER COMMITTEE

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

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS

Blacklisting in Employment: Interim Report (Ninth Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Private rented sector.

2Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correction to Parliamentary Question UIN 134856.

3Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill.

4Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publication of a draft Bill amending the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

5Secretary of State for the Home Department: European Arrest Warrant data.

6Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Department for Work and Pensions’ Credit Union Expansion Project.