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Future Business Part B: Backbench business

Consists of items of business selected for debate under Standing Order No. 14 by the Backbench Business Committee on the days indicated. (These may include items listed in part A above.).

For Business for the period ending on Tuesday 21 December 2010 see Part A of this paper. For Remaining Orders and Notices see Part C 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 Business to be taken in European Committees 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.


B
Backbench business
   Consists of items of business selected for debate under Standing Order No. 14 by the Backbench Business Committee on the days indicated. (For details of items to be taken in the Chamber in the next two weeks see part A above.)
Arrangements for the pre-recess adjournment debate:
Tuesday 21 December
The Backbench Committee has received notice from 51 Members that they wish to take part in the full day pre-Christmas debate on Tuesday 21 December. The Committee has grouped these Members and subjects into six parts, as follows:
 
Cabinet Office
Health
Education
Treasury
Communities and Local Government
General Debate

For the first five parts, up to seven Members have indicated they want to raise subjects for which the department is responsible. A Minister from the relevant department will be invited to respond to the issues raised.
The final part of the debate will include Members who wish to raise other subjects, including subjects which are the responsibility of departments for which fewer than four Members had submitted a request. The Deputy Leader of the House is expected to reply to this general debate. The Committee expects each Member to receive a substantive written reply from the department to the points raised unless they are dealt with fully in the Deputy Leader of the House’s reply.
The names of those Members who have indicated to the Committee that they wish to raise a subject within the responsibilities of those Departments are listed below. The speaking order within each group will be decided by the occupant of the Chair on the day.
The Committee recommends that the time available on the day should be divided evenly between the 51 Members who have applied to take part in these debates. Each of the first five parts should take less than an hour, leaving up to two hours for the general debate at the end. Backbench Members should expect to speak for about six minutes and Ministers for not more than 10 minutes. Shadow Ministers are not expected to respond to the debate. Members are expected to attend throughout the debate for which they are grouped.

The new format aims to provide a better structure for the debate and an improved response from the Government to the concerns raised by Members. The Committee would be pleased to hear any comments or feedback from Members on the new format.

Members who have submitted a request to speak on Tuesday 21 December

Member

Subject

Department

Tony Baldry

Jubilee Borough status for Banbury

Cabinet Office

Harriett Baldwin

The West Lothian Question

Cabinet Office

Ms Karen Buck

Preparations to improve the accuracy of the 2011 Census

Cabinet Office

Mr Mark Field

Preparations to improve the accuracy of the 2011 Census

Cabinet Office

Jack Lopresti

Social mobility and the Big Society initiative

Cabinet Office

Fiona Mactaggart

Preparations to improve the accuracy of the 2011 Census

Cabinet Office

Penny Mordaunt

Support, transition and capacity-building for third sector organisations

Cabinet Office

Pete Wishart

Plans for a city status competition in HM the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year.

Cabinet Office

Mr Robert Buckland

NICE quality standards for autism spectrum disorders

Health

Dr Thérèse Coffey

Integrated drug treatment systems in prisons

Health

Barbara Keeley

Support for carers

Health

Jason McCartney

Maternity services in Huddersfield

Health

Chi Onwurah

Health in Newcastle upon Tyne

Health

Nick Smith

Public health policy

Health

Luciana Berger

Education Maintenance Allowance

Education

Bill Esterson

Education Maintenance Allowance

Education

Lilian Greenwood

Education Maintenance Allowance

Education

John Hemming

Adoption from care

Education

Fiona Bruce

Improving financial literacy

Treasury

Sheila Gilmore

Availability of basic bank accounts in Scotland

Treasury

Gregg McClymont

Funding settlement for HM Revenue and Customs

Treasury

David Morris

Practices of retail banks

Treasury

Mark Pawsey

Proposals to withdraw cheque facilities

Treasury

Justin Tomlinson

Financial education for young people

Treasury

Mr Chuka Umunna

Choice and competition in the banking sector

Treasury

Mr Frank Field

Repeated submission of planning applications

Communities and Local Government

Andrea Leadsom

Government’s proposed localism agenda

Communities and Local Government

Karl Turner

Hull Gateway Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder

Communities and Local Government

Peter Aldous

Infrastructure and job creation in East Anglia

Business, Innovation and Skills

Robert Halfon [R]

Supporting horology in the UK

Business, Innovation and Skills

Stephen Metcalfe

Support for businesses

Business, Innovation and Skills

Matthew Hancock

Future of the Horserace Betting Levy

Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

Julian Smith

Connecting rural communities to the Internet

Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

Duncan Hames

Transport in Chippenham constituency

Transport

Ms Gisela Stuart

Winter tyres

Transport

Phil Wilson

Intercity Express Programme

Transport

Richard Harrington

Encouraging local employment through the charity sector

Work and Pensions

Craig Whittaker

Direct payments to private landlords

Work and Pensions

Keith Vaz

Yemen

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Valerie Vaz

Women and human rights

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jonathan Lord

Magistrates’ court closures in Surrey

Justice

Andrew Selous

Access for non-resident parents in the family justice system

Justice

Thomas Docherty

Effects of the Strategic Defence and Security Review

Defence

Pat Glass

Energy prices

Energy and Climate Change

Elizabeth Truss

Future of food production in Norfolk

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Stephen Gilbert

Diversity and equality

Women and Equalities

Bob Russell

Funding of women’s refuge centres

Home Office

Mr David Amess

General

 

 
 
 
Thursday 13 January 2011 in Westminster Hall
Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The Committee chose this subject because there is significant support from Members for a wide-ranging debate on the effects of reductions in expenditure on the work of the Department and on local government, including representations for a debate from the Communities and Local Government Select Committee and Mr David Lammy.
Thursday 20 January 2011 in Westminster Hall
Anti-Semitism (Members in charge: Mike Freer and John Mann)
A debate on Anti-Semitism was suggested by Mike Freer and John Mann, on behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism. The Committee chose to schedule this subject for debate in advance of Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January.
 
(Backbench days allocated to date: 16 (of which 5 in Westminster Hall); days taken: 12.5, days remaining to be allocated: 19).