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Order Paper Wednesday 12 February 1997

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No. 62 WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 1997 1863
ORDER PAPER

ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS

Business to be taken before Questions

1 ADJOURNMENT
The Prime Minister
    That this House do now adjourn.
    Subjects proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House:
9.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Sir Giles Shaw (Science &Technology Committee) The prior options reviews of public sector research establishments.
    The First Report from the Science and Technology Committee of Session 1994-95, on the Efficiency Unit Scrutiny of Public Sector Research Establishments (HC 19), the Government's Response thereto (HC 805), the Fifth Report from the Science and Technology Committee of Session 1995-6 and the First Report of Session 1996-97 on the Prior Options Reviews of Public Sector Research Establishments (HC 643 and HC 71-I) and the Government's Response thereto (HC 291 of Session 1996-97) are relevant.
11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Mr Giles Radice(Public ServiceCommittee) Ministerial accountability and responsibility.
    The Second Report from the Public Service Committee of Session 1995-96, on Ministerial Accountability and Responsibility (HC 313), the Government's Response thereto (HC 67 of Session 1996-97) and the First Report from the Public Service Committee of Session 1996-97, on Ministerial Accountability and Responsibility, (HC 234), are relevant.
    The above two subjects have been selected by the Liaison Committee pursuant to Standing Order No. 10 (4).
12.30 p.m.-1.00 p.m. Mr Walter Sweeney Inward investment in the Vale of Glamorgan.
1.00 p.m.-1.30 p.m. Mr Nick Ainger Ambulance services in Pembrokeshire.
1.30 p.m.-2.00 p.m. Sir Teddy Taylor The financing and operation of local fire services.

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

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

*1 Mr Ian Bruce (Dorset South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussion he has had with the Nigerian Military Government concerning the restoration of democratic institutions to Nigeria.
13954
*2 Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Cyprus to discuss the recent increase in tension there.
13955
*3 Dr Tony Wright (Cannock and Burntwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress to date in establishing an international criminal court.
13956
*4 Mr James Pawsey (Rugby and Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans has he to make an official visit to China to discuss United Kingdom-Sino relations.
13957
*5 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on peace negotiations in northern Iraq.
13958
*6 Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on issues relating to economic and monetary union.
13959
*7 Mr Peter Butler (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between the United Kingdom and Kenya.
13960
*8 Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the changes in Government policy in respect of landmines in the last two years.
13961
*9 Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help to achieve a settlement of the Cyprus problem.
13962
*10 Mr David Evans (Welwyn Hatfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had about the future of Gibraltar.
13963
*11 Sir Robert Hicks (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet the Foreign Minister of Yemen to discuss Anglo-Yemeni relations; and if he will make a statement.
13964
*12 Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made by his Department to the Moroccan Government concerning the case of Mrs Sherratt.
13965
*13 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the European Union initiative against racism and xenophobia.
13966
*14 Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the United Kingdom has (a) won and (b) lost cases before the European Court of Justice in the last 10 years.
13967
*15 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current human rights situation in Nigeria.
13968
*16 Sir David Knox (Staffordshire Moorlands):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about Britain's relations with the other countries in the European Union.
13969
*17 Mr Robert Ainsworth (Coventry North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the steps taken by the Government to promote respect for human rights in Burma.
13970
*18 Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in the Middle East peace process.
13971
*19 Mr Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government regarding the implementation of the Oslo Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
13972
*20 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has recently received regarding British funding of United Nations agencies; and if he will make a statement.
13973
*21 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what subjects he is advised by Mr John Kennedy and Mr Perry Miller.
13974
*22 Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Broadgreen):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met representatives of the US Government to discuss the sale of arms to Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
13975
*23 Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issues of artists' resale rights and the misuse of Article 100(a) of the Treaty of Rome by the Commission at the forthcoming IGC.
13976
*24 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of Gibraltar.
13977
*25 Mr Simon Coombs (Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of Malta's application to join the European Union.
13978
*26 Mr Harry Greenway (Ealing North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet the President of the Russian Republic to discuss Anglo-Russian relations; and if he will make a statement.
13979
*27 Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the opportunities for political reconciliation in Kashmir following the recent state elections.
13980
*28 Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Hillhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bahrain about the workings of the state security law there; and if he will make a statement.
13981
*29 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress there has been in the Inter-Governmental Conference as regards the role of national parliaments.
13982
*30 Mr William O'Brien (Normanton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet non-governmental organisations to discuss the political situation in India and Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.
13983
*31 Mr D. N. Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next intends to visit China to discuss Hong Kong.
13984
*32 Mr Graham Riddick (Colne Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers he is seeking to have returned to the United Kingdom from European Union institutions during the current Intergovernmental Conference negotiations.
13985
*33 Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has recently received regarding the situation in Zaire; and if he will make a statement.
13986
*34 Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in achieving the Government's objectives in respect of the European institutions in the Intergovernmental Conference.
13987
*35 Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political stability of Caribbean countries.
13988
*36 Mr Richard Spring (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between the United Kingdom and Korea.
13989
*37 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed the relationship between the European Union and the Western European Union with the French and German foreign ministers.
13990
*38 Mr Jacques Arnold (Gravesham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on United Kingdom relations with Argentina.
13991
*39 Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received about the future of the BBC World Service.
13992
*40 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet Chinese government ministers to discuss Hong Kong.
13993

AT THE COMMENCMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

Notice of Motion

    Mr David Winnick
          Political Fundraising:    That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision in respect of the funding of political parties at general elections and other times.

ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS

Those marked thus * are Government Orders of the Day

*2 POLICE BILL [LORDS]:    Second Reading.
Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Alex Carlile
Diana Maddock
Mr James Wallace
Mr Archy Kirkwood
        That this House believes that the Police Bill [Lords] is not an acceptable and effective measure unless the bugging of private places by the police is made fully subject to prior judicial authorisation; unless the power to require job applicants to produce a criminal conviction certificate is limited to posts for which there is a reasonable justification for such a certificate; and unless the service authorities for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad are made up primarily of members of local police authorities.
3 POLICE BILL [LORDS] [MONEY]:    Queen's Recommendation signified.
Mr Michael Jack
        That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Police Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise--
        (1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of--
          (a) any expenses of the Secretary of State attributable to the provisions of the Act,
          (b) any compensation payable, by virtue of the provisions of the Act, by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and
          (c) any increase attributable to the provisions of the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment; and
        (2) the payment of any sums into the Consolidated Fund.
        To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 50A (1) (a).
4 PENSIONS
Mr Secretary Lilley
        That the draft Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations 1997, which were laid before this House on 28th January, be approved.
        To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101 (6).
*5 TRANSFER OF CROFTING ESTATES BILL [LORDS]:    Second Reading.
Mr Tony Newton
Mr Secretary Forsyth
        On the Order for the Second Reading of the Transfer of Crofting Estates Bill [Lords] being read, to move, That the Bill be referred to the Scottish Grand Committee.
        To be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 94E(2).
6 SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE
Mr Tony Newton
Mr Secretary Forsyth
        That, at the meeting of the Scottish Grand Committee on Monday 17th February, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 94E (Scottish Grand Committee (bills in relation to their principle)), the Chairman shall put any Question necessary to dispose of any Motion which may be made in relation to the Transfer of Crofting Estates Bill [Lords] at half-past Two o'clock, if not previously concluded.
        On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Joan Walley proposes to raise the subject of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: Endangered species, Basking Shark.
COMMITTEES
STANDING COMMITTEES
1 Standing Committee C 10.30 a.m. Room 9 (public)
        To consider the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill.
2 Standing Committee E 10.30 a.m. Room 12 (public)
        Further to consider the Jurisdiction (Conspiracy and Incitement) Bill
3 European Standing Committee A 10.30 a.m. Room 11 (public)
        To consider EC Document No. 5217/97 relating to Commission Report of Raw Tobacco.
4 European Standing Committee B 10.30 a.m. Room 10 (public)
        To consider EC Document No. 5147/96 relating to Takeover Bids.
5 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 9 (public)
        To consider the draft Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Survivability) Regulations 1997.
6 Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 12 (public)
        To consider the Advanced Television Services Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996, No. 3151)
SELECT COMMITTEES
7 Environment 9.15 a.m. Room 21 (private)
9.30 a.m. (public)
        Subject: The Work of the Health and Safety Executive.
        Witnesses: The Confederation of British Industry, Trades Union Congress; RoSPA, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.
8 Defence 10.00 a.m. Room 16 (private)
9 Welsh Affairs 10.00 a.m. Room 6 (private)
10.30 a.m. (public)
        Subject: National Museums and Galleries of Wales.
        Witnesses: Mr Colin Ford, Director, Mr Matthew Prichard, President of the Museum's Council and Mr Alun Thomas, Vice-President, National Museums and Galleries of Wales.
10 Foreign Affairs 10.30 a.m. Room 15 (private)
11 Public Service 3.35 p.m. Room 20 (private)
4.00 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Operation of the Citizen's Charter.
        Witness: Benefits Agency.
12 Education and Employment 4.00 p.m. Room 18 (private)
13 European Legislation 4.00 p.m. Room 19 (private)
14 Treasury 4.00 p.m. Room 8 (private)
4.15 p.m. (public)
        Subject: The Stock Exchange.
        Witness: The London Stock Exchange.
15 Public Accounts 4.15 p.m. Room 15 (public)
        Subject: Resignation of the Accounting Officer for English Heritage.
        Witnesses: Mr Hayden Phillips, CB, Permanent Secretary, Department of National Heritage, Mrs Jane Sharman, Acting Chief Executive, English Heritage.
16 Science and Technology 4.15 p.m. Room 21 (private)
4.30 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Research Councils.
        Witnesses: Dr Bruce Smith, Chairman, Professor Ronald Amann, Chief Executive and Mr Glyn Davis, Director of Resources, Economic and Social Research Council.
17 Selection 4.15 p.m. Room 13 (private)
18 Procedure 5.00 p.m. Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEES
19 Special Procedure Order 10.00 a.m. Room 4 (public)
        Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (Oakwell Regeneration Area) Compulsory Purchase Order 1994.
20 Consolidation etc., Bills 4.30 p.m. Room 3 (public)
        Subject: Justices of the Peace Bill [H.L.].
        Witnesses: Mrs Alison Bertlin, Draftsman and Mr Alistair Twort, Lord Chancellor's Department.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

 
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