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Order Paper Tuesday 21 January 1997

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No. 46 TUESDAY 21ST JANUARY 1997 1405
ORDER PAPER

PRIVATE BUSINESS AFTER PRAYERS

Third Reading

King's College London Bill [Lords].

* 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 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of capitation funding the Nottingham Health Authority will receive in 1997-98.
10356
*2 Mr Eddie Loyden (Liverpool, Garston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the Centre for Policy Studies concerning the future funding of the National Health Service.
10357
*3 Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met the chairmen of health authorities to discuss services for mentally ill people.
10358
*4 Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the latest figures for the number of hospitals closed since 1979.
10359
*5 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss the financial position of Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority and the situation in local hospitals.
10360
*6 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of renal services in Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
10361
*7 Mr Peter Butler (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes are served by fund-holding general practitioners (i) as a percentage of the population and (ii) in total.
10362
*8 Mr Rod Richards (Clwyd North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the likely savings to be made for the health services as a result of the measures contained in the Health Authorities Act 1995.
10363
*9 Mr Jacques Arnold (Gravesham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the development of the Private Finance Initiative for the construction of new hospitals.
10364
*10 Mr Robert Ainsworth (Coventry North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of local pay bargaining as a means of determining pay awards for NHS staff.
10365
*11 Joan Walley (Stoke on Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the performance targets set for ambulance services.
10366
*12 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about mental health services.
10367
*13 Dr Tony Wright (Cannock and Burntwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the right of general practitioners to remove patients from their list.
10368
*14 Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met representatives of Mencap to discuss community care services for people with learning disabilities.
10369
*15 Mr Hugh Bayley (York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a national charter for long-term care.
10370
*16 Mr Tony Banks (Newham North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects are currently being funded by his Department involving the use of animals; and what species are involved.
10371
*17 Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to alter the basis of funding of the National Health Service.
10372
*18 Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental check-ups were carried out in Berkshire in the last year for which figures are available.
10373
*19 Mr David Hanson (Delyn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the report of the Advisory Committee on xenotransplantation.
10374
*20 Mr Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what will be the funding for 1997 for the Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton Health Authority.
10375
*21 Mr Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new proposals he has to reduce deaths resulting from the use of medicinal drugs.
10376
*22 Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to increase public awareness of the complaints procedures in respect of NHS dentists.
10377
*23 Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the level of the prescription charge in 1979 at current prices.
10378
*24 Ms Liz Lynne (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to adopt a universal vaccination policy to protect children against the hepatitis B virus.
10379
*25 Mr John Whittingdale (South Colchester and Maldon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to promote evidence-based medicine; and if he will make a statement.
10380
*26 Sir Peter Fry (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number of fundholding general practices in Northamptonshire in each year since fundholding commenced.
10381
*27 Lady Olga Maitland (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of lives which could be saved every year through prioritisation of emergency 999 calls.
10382
*28 Mr John Marshall (Hendon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about creating a hardship fund for haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C.
10383
*29 Mr Toby Jessel (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress of the scheme to rebuild the West Middlesex University Hospital.
10384
*30 Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what current proposals he has to increase the number of dentists practising in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
10385

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

*Q1 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10386
*Q2 Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10387
*Q3 Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10388
*Q4 Mr Richard Alexander (Newark):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10389
*Q5 Mr Hugh Bayley (York):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10390
*Q6 Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10392
*Q7 Lady Olga Maitland (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10393
*Q8 Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10394
*Q9 Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 21st January.
10395

AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

Notice of Presentation of Bill

    Alice Mahon
          Regulation of Diet Industry:    Bill to regulate the diet industry; to bring all medicines relating to diets under control; and for connected purposes.

Notice of Motion

    Mrs Teresa Gorman
          United Kingdom Membership of the European Union (Referendum):    That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the holding of a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union.

ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS

Those marked thus * are Government Orders of the Day

1 OPPOSITION DAY [3rd allotted day]
THE STATE OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Mr Tony Blair
Mr John Prescott
Mr Chris Smith
Tessa Jowell
Mr Doug Hoyle
Mr Donald Dewar
        That this House expresses its deep concern at the grave situation now evident in the National Health Service in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; believes that anxiety about Her Majesty's Government's policy for this situation now transcends party lines; notes with alarm that throughout the United Kingdom beds have been cut, operations are being cancelled, intensive care beds are unavailable, and emergency services are under intolerable pressure; believes that the spiralling costs of the internal market--now totalling an extra £1.5 billion a year--and its diversion of resources away from front-line patient care have created these problems; salutes staff of all kinds and at all levels in the NHS who have worked hard to keep the service going; believes that government policy has left many people in urban and rural communities without the access to health care they need, especially in relation to services for the elderly and for those being discharged from hospital after surgery at an increasingly early stage; deplores the way in which many NHS decisions, especially on the future of hospitals and casualty services, are being taken in a manner that does not give due weight to the views of local people; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to set about restoring the NHS as a public service that puts patients first.
        As Amendments to Mr Tony Blair's proposed Motion (The State of the National Health Service):
The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Heseltine
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Howard
Mr Secretary Rifkind
Mr Secretary Dorrell
        Line    1,    leave out from 'House' to end and add 'notes that the National Health Service is providing high quality care to more patients than ever before; congratulates the dedication and professionalism of the National Health Service's staff during the recent cold weather which has placed exceptional demands upon them; believes that the National Health Service requires a growing budget for patient care and therefore welcomes the Health Service Guarantee given by the Prime Minister to increase spending on the National Health Service in real terms in each of the next five years, including an extra £1.6 billion for patient care in 1997-98; and believes that this guarantee reinforces the Government's consistent record of investment in the National Health Service and its professional staff.'.
Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Ms Liz Lynne
Mr James Wallace
Mr Alex Carlile
        Line    17,    at end add 'by immediately halting further bed and hospital closures for a year pending an independent review of need and supply by a body with the confidence of all political parties and the public; and by guaranteeing to the NHS the minimum funds it needs to meet demand.'.
          The selection of the matter to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition, pursuant to Standing Order No. 13(2).
2 AGRICULTURE (S.I., 1996, No. 3186)
Mr Tony Blair
Mr John Prescott
Dr Gavin Strang
Mr Elliot Morley
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Donald Dewar
        That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Selective Cull (Enforcement of Community Compensation Conditions) Regulations 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 3186), dated 18th December 1996, a copy of which was laid before this House on 18th December, be annulled.
3 ANIMALS (S.I., 1996, No. 3184)
Mr Tony Blair
Mr John Prescott
Dr Gavin Strang
Mr Elliot Morley
Mrs Llin Golding
Mr Donald Dewar
        That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 3184), dated 18th December 1996, a copy of which was laid before this House on 18th December, be annulled.
          The Speaker will put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above two Motions not later than one and half hours after the start of proceedings on the first of them, pursuant to Order [17th January].
4 SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE
Mr Tony Newton
Mr Secretary Forsyth
        That the Order of the House [6th November] shall be amended in paragraph (6), by leaving out the word 'Scotland' and inserting the words 'the Town Hall, Montrose'.
        To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 94H(1).
5 DRAFT BUDGET FOR 1997
The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Heseltine
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Howard
Mr Secretary Rifkind
Mr Secretary Lang
        That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 9372/96, the draft general budget of the European Communities for 1997, SEC(96)1677, the Letter of Amendment No. 1 to the preliminary draft budget of the European Communities for 1997, PE252.724, the European Parliament's resolution on amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for 1997, 11689/96 and 11690/96 on the Council's Decisions on the European Parliament's proposed amendments and modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for 1997, and the unnumbered explanatory Memorandum submitted by HM Treasury on 15th November relating to the Letter of Amendment No. 2 to the draft general budget of the European Communities for 1997; and supports the Government's efforts to maintain budget discipline in the Community.
        To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(9).
        On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Mr William O'Brien proposes to raise the subject of Pinderfields Hospital.

COMMITTEES
STANDING COMMITTEES
1 Standing Committee E 10.30 a.m. Room 14 (public)
4.30 p.m. (public)
        Further to consider the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill.
2 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 11 (public)
        To consider the draft Broadcasting (Sign Language) Order 1996.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3 Deregulation 10.30 a.m. Room 15 (private)
10.45 a.m. (public)
        Subject: The Deregulation (Betting and Gaming Advertising) Order 1997.
        Witnesses: Bingo Association of Great Britain, Top Rank Ltd, Gala Clubs, The Gaming Board, Gamblers Anonymous, The Home Office, Independent Television Commission, Radio Authority.
4 Education and Employment Sub-Committee 4.00 p.m. Room 8 (private)
4.15 p.m. (public)
        Subject: The Project Work Pilots.
        Witness: The Rt Hon Gillian Shephard, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Employment.
5 Statutory Instruments Immediately after the
Meeting of
the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
 Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEES
6 Special Procedure Order 10.30 a.m. Room 4 (private)
11.00 a.m. (public)
2.15 p.m. (public)
        Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (Oakwell Regeneration Area) Compulsory Purchase Order 1994.
7 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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