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Order Paper Tuesday 5 November 1996

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No. 10 TUESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 1996 221
ORDER PAPER

PRIVATE BUSINESS AFTER PRAYERS

NOTICE OF MOTION AT THE TIME OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

    The Chairman of Ways and Means
          King's College London Bill [Lords]: That the Promoters of the King's College London Bill [Lords] may, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders or practice of this House, proceed with the Bill in the present Session; and the Petition for the Bill shall be deemed to have been deposited and all Standing Orders applicable thereto shall be deemed to have been complied with;
          That if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the present Session, the Agents for the Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration signed by them stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the Lords in the last Session;
          That, as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, that such a declaration has been so deposited, has been laid upon the Table of the House, the Bill shall be read the first and second time (and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read) and shall be ordered to be read the third time;
          That no further Fees shall be charged in respect of any proceedings on the Bill in respect of which Fees have already been incurred during any previous Session.

    PROVISIONAL ORDER BILLS

    Consideration of Bills.

        1. City of Edinburgh Council Order Confirmation Bill.
        2. Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation Bill.

    * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer
    Questions marked thus     [R] indicate that a relevant registered interest has been declared

    QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

    Questions to the Prime Minister will start at 3.15 p.m.

    *1 Mr Barry Field (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions his Department has drawn from the last census.
    609
    *2 Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts have so far settled nurses' pay in the present financial year.
    610
    *3 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the number of in-patient and out-patient treatments in the National Health Service in 1978-79; and what were the figures in 1995-96.
    611
    *4 Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he takes to monitor local public consultation processes on health issues.
    612
    *5 Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he intends to make to the document Fetal Sentience, a copy of which has been sent to him.
    613
    *6 Mr Nick Ainger (Pembroke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in England were providing National Health Service treatment for children and adult patients without restriction in 1985 and in 1995.
    614
    *7 Mr Roy Hughes (Newport East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from the BMA concerning the funding of the NHS.
    615
    *8 Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue new guidance to family doctors on the prescribing of antibiotics.
    616
    *9 Mr Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received an electric wheelchair from their local health authority since the introduction of the scheme.
    617
    *10 Mr Toby Jessel (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the current proposals to rebuild most of the West Middlesex University Hospital.
    618
    *11 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for improving dental care in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire; and if he will make a statement.
    619
    *12 Mr Ian Bruce (Dorset South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on National Health Service waiting lists in Dorset in relation to those in the rest of England.
    620
    *13 Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide assistance to small community pharmacies.
    621
    *14 Mr Graham Riddick (Colne Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health-care facilities in Yorkshire hospitals.
    623
    *15 Mr Michael Fabricant (Mid Staffordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will visit the Victoria Hospital, Lichfield; and if he will make a statement.
    624
    *16 Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the NHS of injuries by fireworks in the last year for which figures are available.
    625
    *17 Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has carried out into possible links between diesel exhaust emissions and asthma; and if he will make a statement.
    626
    *18 Mr David Martin (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy on mixed wards in NHS hospitals.
    627
    *19 Mr Tony Lloyd (Stretford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Manchester Health Authority and Family Practitioners Committee about health care in Manchester.
    629
    *20 Mr John Austin-Walker (Woolwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to reduce the mortality rate from breast cancer.
    630
    *21 Mr Nigel Spearing (Newham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ascertain the likely financial deficits of district health authorities for each financial year until 1999-2000.
    631
    *22 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chairman of North Thames Region and with the Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority and Redbridge and Forest NHS trusts about their performance as published in league tables.
    632
    *23 Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what will be the full cost to the NHS in the current financial year of the removal of zero rating from incontinence products.
    633
    *24 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the proposed new local contracting arrangements for NHS dentistry.
    634
    *25 Mr Robert Hughes (Aberdeen North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the level of the prescription charge in 1979 at current prices.
    635
    *26 Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists are practising in Berkshire; and how many of them are taking on new adult National Health Service patients.
    636
    *27 Ms Liz Lynne (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of current health authority deficits in the present financial year.
    637

    Questions to the Prime Minister will start at 3.15 p.m.

    *Q1 Dawn Primarolo (Bristol South):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    638
    *Q2 Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    639
    *Q3 Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    640
    *Q4 Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh, Leith):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    641
    *Q5 Judith Church (Dagenham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    642
    *Q6 Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    644
    *Q7 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    645
    *Q8 Mr Tony Lloyd (Stretford):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    646
    *Q9 Sir David Steel (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 5th November.
    647

    AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

    Notice of Motion

      Mr Tony Newton

            Transport:    That the Railtrack Group PLC (Target Investment Limit) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996, No. 2551) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.

    To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101 (4).

    ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS

    Those marked * are Government Orders of the Day

    *1 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL: Second Reading.
    Mr Tony Blair
    Mr John Prescott
    Mr George Robertson
    Mr John McFall
    Mr Donald Dewar
    Mr Eric Clarke
          That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill which, without proper review or study, seeks to reverse the key reforms introduced in the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 passed in this Parliament; proposes to introduce, without any Scottish piloting or examination, electronic tagging for offenders and lays the way open for electronic tagging of offenders under the age of 16, thereby threatening the operation of Scotland's unique Children's Hearings system; provides hopelessly optimistic and unrealistic estimated costs and manpower implications; and miserably fails to address the real problems of crime in Scotland which have so greatly increased in the last seventeen years.
    Mr Paddy Ashdown
    Mr A. J. Beith
    Mr James Wallace
    Mr Menzies Campbell
    Mr Alex Carlile
    Mr Archy Kirkwood
          That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill which fails to establish a system of sentencing which adequately protects the public and ensures the rehabilitation of offenders and the alleviation of crime; fails to address the decline in conviction rates and will undermine the securing of convictions in certain cases; will require the building of unnecessary new prisons which will divert funding from essential law and order services including policing and crime prevention; undermines the doctrine of the separation of powers and fetters the proper role of judicial discretion; will damage the process of parole leading to a greater risk to the public; fails to seek restorative justice and the incorporation of victims into the justice system; and seeks to bring additional bureaucracy to the system of criminal legal aid and the denial of choice to many accused persons.
    2 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [MONEY]: Queen's Recommendation signified.
    Mr Michael Jack
          That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill, there shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament--
      (a) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State--
            (i) in respect of contracts for the remote monitoring of restriction of liberty orders;
            (ii) in respect of common police services in Scotland;
      (b) any expenses incurred by the Scottish Legal Aid Board in relation to--
            (i) the employment by it of solicitors for the purpose of providing criminal legal assistance;
            (ii) contracts entered into by it with firms of solicitors for the provision of criminal legal assistance;
      (c) any expenses incurred by the Lord Advocate in respect of grants for the provision of forensic medical services; and
      (d) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable out of money so provided under any other Act.
    To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 50A(1)(a).
    3 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL
    Mr Secretary Forsyth

        That the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill may be proceeded with as if it had been certified by the Speaker as relating exclusively to Scotland.

        On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Mr Roy Hughes proposes to raise the subject of Her Majesty's Goverment's policy towards VAT on toll charges.
    COMMITTEES
    STANDING COMMITTEES
    1 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 10.30 a.m. Room 11 (public)
          To consider the draft open-ended Investment Companies (Investment Companies with Variable Capital) Regulations 1996
    2 Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 11 (public)
          To consider the Special Grant Report (No. 22) (House of Commons Paper No. 16)
    SELECT COMMITTEES
    3 Public Service 3.30 p.m. Room 6 (private)
    4 Statutory Instruments Immediately
    after the
    Meeting of the
    Joint
    Committee
    		 Room 7 (private)
    JOINT COMMITTEE
    5 Statutory Instruments 4.15 p.m. Room 7 (private)

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

 
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