| *1 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What the legacy of the millennium projects will be in London and the regions. |
| (13426) |
| *2 |
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): What representations he has received on the impact of the introduction of a minimum wage in the tourist industry. |
| (13427) |
| *3 |
Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): What representations he has received on the impact of a minimum wage on employment in the nation's museums. |
| (13428) |
| *4 |
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What representations he has received concerning the TV licence. |
| (13430) |
| *5 |
Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): What plans he has to help improve the quality of training for British athletes. |
| (13431) |
| *6 |
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What representations he has received on proposals for a children's radio channel; and if he will make a statement. |
| (13432) |
| *7 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What assistance his Department is giving to sport for disabled people. |
| (13433) |
| *8 |
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What proposals he has to increase the number of radio licences. |
| (13434) |
| *9 |
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): If he will make a statement on the employment opportunities the tourist industry will be able to offer under the Welfare to Work programme. |
| (13435) |
| *10 |
Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): What plans he has to reform the National Lottery. |
| (13436) |
| *11 |
Mr Norman Baker (Lewes): What plans he has to protect live coverage of key sporting events on terrestrial television. |
| (13437) |
| *12 |
Ms Jennifer Jones (Wolverhampton South West): How many broadcasting licences have been granted by the Radio Authority to radio stations in the West Midlands since September 1996; and how many of these were granted to community radio stations. |
| (13438) |
| *13 |
Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): If he will review the accessibility of lottery funding to bids for children's play initiatives; and if he will make a statement. |
| (13439) |
| *14 |
Gillian Merron (Lincoln): What plans he has to meet the Chair and Director of the Eastern Regional Arts Board to discuss the development of the arts in their region. |
| (13440) |
| *15 |
Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell): What criteria will be applied to consideration of lottery bids which include an estimate of revenue funding to ensure that successful existing institutions remain viable. |
| (13442) |
| *16 |
Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): If he will make a statement on the importance he attaches to the role of museums in preserving the country's industrial heritage. |
| (13443) |
| *17 |
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): What plans he has for allocating National Lottery money to health related projects. |
| (13444) |
| *18 |
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath): If he has raised the issue of UEFA debarring the winner of the Coca Cola Cup from participating in the UEFA Cup with the European Commission. |
| (13445) |
| *19 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What plans he has for allocating Lottery money to health-related projects. |
| (13446) |
| *20 |
Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East): What progress he is making in increasing the figures of British cinema audiences watching British films. |
| (13447) |
| *21 |
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): What role he plans for the Arts Council of England in developing audiences for jazz. |
| (13448) |
| *22 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): How much has been allocated to date by the Millennium Commission to projects to mark the millennium. |
| (13449) |
| *23 |
Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What steps he takes to ensure a reasonable balance of Lottery grants for national, regional and local projects; and if he will make a statement. |
| (13450) |
| *24 |
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): What is his policy toward promoting provincial touring light operetta. |
| (13451) |
| *25 |
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): What plans he has for allocating National Lottery money to health-related projects. |
| (13452) |
| *26 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What plans he has to make the arts more accessible to a wider range of people. |
| (13453) |
| *32 |
Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell): What representations he has received in respect of proposals to close the magistrates' court in Morley. |
| [R](13459) |
| *33 |
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): What plans he has to increase the training given to immigration adjudicators. |
| (13460) |
| *34 |
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): What recent representations he has received regarding the availability of legal aid. |
| (13461) |
| *35 |
Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): If he will make a statement on progress in respect of the rationalisation of the magistrates' courts. |
| (13462) |
| *36 |
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): If he will report on progress in the refurbishment of the Lord Chancellor's accommodation within the Palace of Westminster, indicating the latest estimated cost. |
| (13463) |
| *37 |
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What proposals he has to clear the backlog of cases in the Immigration Tribunal. |
| (13464) |
| *38 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What primary legislation his Department intends to introduce in relation to legal aid. |
| (13465) |
| *39 |
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What plans he has for requiring members of the judiciary to disclose membership of secret societies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (13467) |
| *40 |
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): If he will make a statement on his plans to reform legal aid. |
| (13468) |
| *41 |
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): What is his policy toward controlling the legal aid budget. |
| (13469) |
| *42 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What assessment he has made of the impact on poor litigants of a system of conditional fees in respect of civil cases. |
| (13470) |
| *43 |
Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): If he will make a statement about his future plans for legal aid. |
| (13471) |
| *44 |
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): If he will make a statement on the proposed reforms of the legal aid system. |
| (13472) |
| +1 |
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY (REFERENDUM) BILL: Second Reading. [Until 10.00 p.m.] |
|
Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr Michael Howard
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Arbuthnot
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill because it fails to provide for Londoners to be consulted on proposals for an Assembly and for a directly elected Mayor separately. |
|
Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Robert Maclennan
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Tyler
Mr Nick Harvey
That this House declines to give the Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill a Second Reading because Her Majesty's Government's firm proposals for the Greater London Authority have not yet been published, because the Bill does not provide for electors to express a view on the type of Greater London Authority they prefer and in particular whether they support a directly elected mayor, and because the Bill allows the voters no chance to decide whether the Greater London Authority should be given tax-varying powers. |
| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m. |
|
Mr Secretary Prescott
|
| After Second Reading of the Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill, to move, That the Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House. |
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 63(2)). |
| +5 |
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE [No debate after 10.00 p.m.] |
|
Mrs Ann Taylor
(1) The following Standing Order (Environmental Audit Committee) be made:
|
| 'Environmental Audit Committee |
| (1) There shall be a select committee, called the Environmental Audit Committee, to consider to what extent the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development; to audit their performance against such targets as may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers; and to report thereon to the House.
(2) The committee shall consist of fifteen members, of whom four shall be a quorum.
(3) Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.
(4) The committee shall have power--
(a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House or by the Lords; and
(d) to meet concurrently with any committee appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments), or any sub-committee thereof, or with any committee appointed by the Lords, or any sub-committee thereof, for the purposes of deliberating or examining witnesses.'
(2) Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended, in line 27, after the word 'Accounts', by leaving out the word 'and', and in line 28, after the word 'Committee', by inserting the words 'and to the Environmental Audit Committee'. |
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m. |
| SELECT COMMITTEES |
| 1 |
Welsh Affairs |
1.15 p.m. |
Ladywell House,
Newtown (private) |
|
|
1.30 p.m. |
(public) |
|
Subject: The Impact of Devolution on Local Government and Economic Development in Wales
Witnesses: Development Board for Rural Wales |
| 2 |
Health |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 8 (private) |
| 3 |
Public Accounts |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 15 (public) |
|
Subject: Highlands & Islands Enterprise: Value for Money Review of Performance Measurement
Witnesses: Mr Gerald Wilson, Secretary and Head of Department, Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, Mr Iain Robertson, CBE, Chief Executive, and Mr Sandy Brady, Director, Executive Office, Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
| 4 |
Modernisation of the House of Commons |
6.00 p.m. |
Room 21 (private) |
