Future Business Part C: Remaining Orders and Notices

Consists of items of business set down formally for today but not expected to be taken today. (These may include items included in the business statement and therefore listed in part A above.) Also includes items on which divisions have been deferred.

For Business for the period ending on Monday 29 April 2013 see Part A of this paper. For Backbench business see Part B of this paper. For Business to be taken in Westminster Hall see Part D of this paper. For Other future business see Part E of this paper. For Forthcoming European business see Part F of this paper. For Notices of Public Petitions see Part G of this paper. For Notices of written ministerial statements see Part H of this paper.

Notes:
** On these Fridays Private Members' Bills have precedence. Proceedings will commence at 9.35 a.m. Only the first Bill is certain to be debated. If the debate ends before 2.30 p.m., the second Bill and, possibly, subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining. After 2.30 p.m., only those Bills which are unopposed may make further progress.
††On these day Private Members' Bills do not have precedence and the Bill cannot make progress.

1 PUBLIC BODIES

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 18 December 2012, be approved.

The Fifth Report from the Justice Committee, Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013, HC 927, and the Eighth Report from the Committee, on Scrutiny of the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013, HC 965, are relevant.

2 ENERGY BILL: As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered (Queen’s and Prince of Wales’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading).

For Amendments see pages 765, 805-06, 827-28, 895-96, 1009-11, 1107-08, 1117 and 1201-02 of Supplement to Votes.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.

3 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Mr Secretary Moore

That the draft Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 11 March, be approved.

4 MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL: Not amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered (Queen’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading).

For Amendments see pages 953-59, 1103-06, 1109-11and 1177-78 of Supplement to Votes.

5 EDUCATION

Secretary Michael Gove

That the draft Duty to Participate in Education or Training (Alternative Ways of Working) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 14 March, be approved.

6 EDUCATION

Secretary Michael Gove

That the draft Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 14 March, be approved.

7 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY

Secretary Vince Cable

That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, in respect of Beechbrook Capital as part of the Business Finance Partnership, sums exceeding £10 million and up to a cumulative total of £20 million.

8 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 25 March, be approved.

9 PUBLIC BODIES

Secretary Maria Miller

That the draft Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 25 March, be approved.

10 TRANSPORT

Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

That the draft Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 25 March, be approved.

11 REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 26 March, be approved.

12 FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

Greg Clark

That the draft Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013, which was laid before this House on 26 March, be approved.

13 WATER

Secretary Owen Paterson

That the draft Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 26 March, be approved.

14 POLICE

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 26 March, be approved.

15 ELECTRICITY

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Planning Act 2008 (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects) (Electric Lines) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 10 April, be approved.

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

16 FINANCIAL SERVICES (BANKING REFORM) BILL: As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered

17 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Secretary Jeremy Hunt

That the draft National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Repeal of Pilot Schemes Limitation) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 22 April, be approved.

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

18 LICENCES AND LICENSING

Secretary Maria Miller

That the draft Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 23 April, be approved.

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

19 TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 24 April, be approved.

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

20 TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 24 April, be approved.

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

21 BACKBENCH BUSINESS (AMENDMENT OF STANDING ORDERS)

Mr Charles Walker

That-

(1) Standing Order No. 152J (Backbench Business Committee) be amended in line 23, at the end, to add ‘and to hear representations from Members of the House in public’;

(2) Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business) be amended in line 50, at the end, by adding the words ‘Provided that the figure of thirty-five days shall be increased by one day for each week the House shall sit in a session in excess of a year.’;

(3) the following new Standing Order be made-

‘Allocation of time to backbench business

(1) Where proceedings to be taken as backbench business have been determined by the Backbench Business Committee in accordance with paragraph (8) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business), a motion may be made on behalf of that Committee at the commencement of those proceedings by the chair or another member of the committee allocating time to the proceedings; and the question on any such motion shall be put forthwith.

(2) A motion under paragraph (1)-

(a) shall be in the terms of a resolution of the Backbench Business Committee reported to the House in accordance with paragraph (9) of Standing Order No. 152J (Backbench Business Committee);

(b) may not provide for any proceedings to be taken after the expiration of the time for opposed business other than the decisions on any questions necessary to dispose of the backbench business, such questions to include the questions on any amendment selected by the Speaker which may then be moved.

(c) may provide that Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the backbench business.’.

(4) Standing Order No. 152J (Backbench Business Committee) be amended in line 42, at the end, by adding the words-

‘(9) The Committee shall report to the House any resolution which it makes about the allocation of time to proceedings to be taken as backbench business on a day allotted under paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business), provided that such a resolution is agreed without a division.’.

22 EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS ON AMENDMENTS TO BILLS

Mr Charles Walker

Thomas Docherty

That this House approves the recommendation contained in paragraph 21 of the Procedure Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2012-13, Explanatory statements on amendments, HC 979.

23 WRITTEN STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS WHO ANSWER ON BEHALF OF STATUTORY BODIES

Mr Charles Walker

Thomas Docherty

That-

(1) this House approves the recommendation of the Procedure Committee contained in paragraph 6 of its Fifth Report, Statements by Members who answer on behalf of statutory bodies (HC 1017), that the ability to make written statements should be extended to Members answering on behalf of statutory bodies; and

(2) Standing Order No. 22A be amended accordingly as follows-

(a) in the title, leave out ‘by Ministers’;

(b) in line 2, after ‘House,’, add ‘or other Member of the House to whom written questions may be addressed,’;

(c) in line 2, leave out ‘his’ and insert ‘an’;

(d) in line 2, leave out ‘ministerial’.