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Order Paper Wednesday 5 March 1997

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No. 76 WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH 1997 2297
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. Mr Roy Beggs Hospital provision in Northern Ireland.
11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Mrs Teresa Gorman Asylum seekers.
12.30 p.m.-1.00 p.m. Mr David Hinchliffe The imprisonment of Mr Wayne Hood.
1.00 p.m.-1.30 p.m. Mr John Wilkinson British participation in the Franco-German Armaments Agency.
1.30 p.m.-2.00 p.m. Mr Norman Hogg M80 motorway extension - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.
    The Motion for the Adjournment of the House will lapse at Two o'clock and the sitting will be suspended until half-past Two o'clock, pursuant to Standing Order No. 10.

* 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 Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the letter of the Lord Advocate to the honourable Member for Linlithgow of 14th February, by whom the allegations were considered and the conclusions drawn that proof of the Scottish case against the two accused Libyans did not depend upon evidence which Mr Thurman might give.
17299
*2 Mr Hartley Booth (Finchley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his policy in respect of Scottish representation on the European Union Committee of the Regions.
17314
*3 Sir David Steel (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the expected levels of council tax for 1997-98.
17315
*4 Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to mark the thousandth anniversary of the succession of King Kenneth III to the Scottish throne.
17316
*5 Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the allocation of capital consents via the capital challenge fund for the financial year 1997-98.
17317
*6 Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representation, he has received in respect of the document, The Scottish Health Service: Ready for the Future, with particular reference to the establishment of hospices as resource centres.
17318
*7 Mr David Shaw (Dover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the mechanisms for the introduction of a separate system of income taxation in Scotland.
17319
*8 Mr Warren Hawksley (Halesowen and Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received about the future of wild salmon in Scotland.
17320
*9 Dame Jill Knight (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the recent Coopers and Lybrand report on local government spending in Scotland.
17321
*10 Mr Den Dover (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on planned funding levels for the National Health Service in Scotland.
17322
*11 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to improve the appraisal system for teachers in Scotland.
17323
*12 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the future of wild salmon in Scotland.
17324
*13 Sir David Knox (Staffordshire Moorlands):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent per pupil in secondary schools in Scotland in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what was the figure in 1978-79, at constant prices.
17325
*14 Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on public expenditure in Glasgow.
17326
*15 Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has for the future management of the water and sewerage services in Scotland.
17327
*16 Sir Ralph Howell (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what role he plans for the Secretary of State for Scotland at future meetings of the Scottish Grand Committee.
17328
*17 Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Hillhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will meet the Scottish Trades Union Congress to discuss the unemployment situation in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
17329
*18 Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he has taken to ensure the future of commercial shipbuilding in (a) Scotland and (b) Govan.
17330
*19 Roseanna Cunningham (Perth and Kinross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the STUC to discuss employment trends in the public sector in Scotland.
17332
*20 Mr Brian Wilson (Cunninghame North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the current economic prospects in North Ayrshire.
17333
*21 Mr Matthew Banks (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the work of the Scottish Grand Committee over the last year.
17334
*22 Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met COSLA to discuss the second stage of the Special Islands Needs Allowance review.
17335
*23 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations he has received regarding plans for (a) a gondola and (b) a funicular railway at Glenmore in the Cairngorms.
17336
*24 Mr Norman Hogg (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the impact on the manpower of Scottish local authorities of the revenue support grant settlement for 1997-98; and if he will make a statement.
17337
*25 Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what will be the change in the number of teaching posts in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland in 1997-98.
17339
*26 Mr Allan Stewart (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his latest assessment of the economic consequences of his policy towards non-domestic rates in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
17340
*27 Mr William McKelvey (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to announce the successful bids for challenge funding to aid flood prevention projects.
17341
*28 Mr Bill Walker (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proposals he has for introducing a flood management scheme for the whole of the River Tay catchment area.
17342
*29 Mr John Marshall (Hendon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the level of unemployment in Scotland.
17343
*30 Mr David Congdon (Croydon North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the contribution of the Scottish Grand Committee to the accountability of his Department.
17344
*31 Sir Hector Monro (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the amount of money made available to the Dumfries and Galloway Health Board in each of the last three years.
17345
*32 Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met Scottish Enterprise to discuss trends in the Scottish economy.
17346
*33 Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Cromarty and Skye):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations he has received on the projected level of local government expenditure in the Highlands.
17347
*34 Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations he has received on local government finance.
17348
*35 Mr Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the Government's policy regarding the privatisation of National Health Service clinical services in Scotland.
17349
*36 Mr Simon Coombs (Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the mechanisms required for the introduction of a separate system of income taxation in Scotland.
17350
*37 Mr Phil Gallie (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the electronic tagging of persistent offenders in a pilot project in Norfolk; and if he will make a statement on the implications for Scotland.
17352

AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

Notice of Motion

    Mr Andrew Robathan
        Civil Actions (Limit on Proceedings):    That leave be given to bring in a Bill to contain civil actions for compensation.

ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS

Those marked thus * are Government Orders of the Day

2 PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
Mr Secretary Howard
        That the draft Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Continuance) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 18th February, be approved.
          The Speaker will put the Question on the above Motion in the name of Mr Secretary Howard not later than Seven o'clock, pursuant to Order [28th February.]
3 NORTHERN IRELAND
Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew
        That the draft Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 13th February, be approved.
          The Speaker will put the Question on the above Motion in the name of Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew not later than Ten o'clock, pursuant to Order [28th February.]
4 POLICE (INSURANCE OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTANTS) BILL [LORDS] [MONEY]: Queen's Recommendation signified.
Mr Michael Jack
        That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money so provided.
          The Speaker will put the Question necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motion not later than three-quarters of an hour after it has been made, pursuant to Standing Order No. 50A(1)(b).
        On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Sir Cyril Townsend proposes to raise the subject of the War Crimes Act 1991.
COMMITTEES
STANDING COMMITTEES
1 European Standing Committee B 10.30 a.m. Room 10 (public)
        To consider EC Documents OJC340 in respect of Court of Auditors' Report 1995, OJ C395 in respect of Court of Auditors' Statement of Assurance for 1995 and OJ C395 in respect of Court of Auditors' Statement of Assurance for 1995: European Development Fund.
2 Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 11 (public)
        To consider the draft Driving Standards Agency Trading Fund Order 1997.
3 Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 12 (public)
        To consider the draft Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Trading Fund Order 1997.
4 Second Reading Committee 4.30 p.m. Room 10 (public)
        To consider the Police and Fireman's Pensions Bill.
SELECT COMMITTEES
5 Environment 9.15 a.m. Room 8 (private)
9.30 a.m. (public)
        Subject: The Work of the Health and Safety Executive.
        Witness: Sir Paul Beresford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Department of the Environment.
6 Defence 10.00 a.m. Room 16 (private)
7 Parliamentary Commissioner for
Administration		 10.00 a.m. Room 19 (private)
8 Trade and Industry 10.15 a.m. Room 15 (private)
9 Agriculture 10.30 a.m. Room 20 (private)
10 Welsh Affairs 10.30 a.m. Room 18 (private)
11 Science and Technology 11.00 a.m. Room 21 (private)
11.30 a.m. (public)
        Subject: Cloning.
        Witnesses: Mrs Ruth Deech, Chairman, Mrs Suzanne McCarthy, Chief Executive, Mr Graham Miles, Legal Adviser, Mr David Thorne, Licensing Manager and Mr Mark Salmon, Policy and Finance Manager, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
12 National Heritage 3.00 p.m. Small Ministerial
Room, Lower
Ministers' Floor
(private)
13 Treasury 3.15 p.m. Room 8 (private)
4.15 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Public Expenditure Survey and Spending Objectives.
        Witnesses: The Rt Hon William Waldegrave, MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and officials of HM Treasury.
14 Public Service 3.35 p.m. Large Ministerial
Room, Lower Ground
Floor (private)
15 Northern Ireland Affairs 3.45 p.m. Room 5 (private)
16 Transport 3.45 p.m. Room 15 (private)
4.00 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Driving Standards Agency.
        Witness: Driving Standards Agency.
17 Education and Employment 4.00 p.m. Room 18 (private)
18 European Legislation 4.00 p.m. Room 19 (private)
19 Foreign Affairs 4.00 p.m. Room 6 (private)
4.30 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Public Expenditure.
        Witness: Sir John Coles, KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
20 Social Security 4.00 p.m. Room 17 (private)
21 Public Accounts 4.15 p.m. Room 16 (public)
        Subjects: Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust: Progress in Regenerating Housing Estates: HMSO: 1995 Operating Accounts.
        Witnesses: Mr Andrew Turnbull, CB, CVO, Permanent Secretary, Mr Michael Wilkinson, Regeneration Directorate, Department of the Environment; Mr Michael Wilson, Chief Executive and Mr David Foster, Director of Finance, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust; Mr Mike Lynn, Former Chief Executive, The Stationery Office (at 5.30 p.m.).
22 Science and Technology 4.15 p.m. Room 21 (private)
4.30 p.m. (public)
        Subject: Research Councils.
        Witnesses: Sir David Plastow, Chairman and Professor George Radda, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council; Dr Alan Rudge, Chairman and Professor Richard Brook, Chief Executive, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (at 5.15 p.m.).
23 Selection 4.15 p.m. Room 13 (private)
24 Accommodation and Works 4.30 p.m. Grand Committee
Room (private)
25 Home Affairs 4.30 p.m. Room 20 (private)
26 Procedure 5.00 p.m. Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

 
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