House of Commons
Session 2012-13
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Summary Agenda Thursday 7 February 2013
Summary Agenda
9.30 am |
Prayers. |
Afterwards |
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, including at 10.15 am Topical Questions. |
10.30 am |
Urgent Questions (if any); Business Question to the Leader of the House; Ministerial Statements (if any). |
Afterwards |
Backbench Business: (1) Subsidies for new nuclear power (Motion); (2) General Debate: Closure of accident and emergency departments (may continue until 5.00 pm). Sittings of the House (22 March) (Motion) (no debate after 5.00 pm). |
At the end of the sitting |
Adjournment Debate: Upgrading and dualling of the A47 (George Freeman) (until 5.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later). |
Sitting in Westminster Hall |
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General Debates: |
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1.30 pm |
Protecting the Arctic, Second Report of the Environment Audit Committee, HC 171, and the Government Response, HC 858. |
Future Maritime Surveillance, Fifth Report of the Defence Committee, HC 110, and the Government Response, HC 827 (until 4.30 pm). |
MEMORANDUM
FEBRUARY ADJOURNMENT 2013
Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 5.30 pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 14 February. Thereafter, they may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post, which will be treated as if tabled on Friday 22 February.
TABLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns:
Last date for tabling* |
Date for answer |
Departments etc |
Thursday 14 February |
Monday 25 February |
Defence (T) |
Thursday 14 February |
Tuesday 26 February |
Health (T) |
Thursday 14 February |
Wednesday 27 February |
Wales |
Monday 25 February |
Thursday 28 February |
Transport (T) |
* The latest time for tabling is 12.30 pm on each of these days.
The results of the shuffles on 14 February will be published on 15 February. They will be available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfutoral/futoral.pdf
For further details of last tabling days for other departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-table-office/order-of-oral-questions1.pdf
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the February Adjournment is 10.30 pm or the rise of the House (whichever is earlier) on Monday 11 February (for answer on Thursday 14 February). For Questions tabled after this time and before the rise of the House on Thursday 14 February, the earliest named day for a Question for written answer is Monday 25 February.
After the House has adjourned Questions tabled for ordinary written answer and for named day will be treated as having been tabled on Friday 22 February. Questions for ordinary written answer will be for answer on Tuesday 26 February, and Questions for named day written answer will be for answer not earlier than Wednesday 27 February.