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Order of Business Thursday 15th January 1998 Here you can browse the House of Commons Order of Business for Thursday 15 January 1998.

Notes: * Indicates a question for oral answer. [R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest. Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer. Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer. + Indicates Government business. Timings are indicative only. ++ These are ordinary written questions of which no previous notice has been given. For other questions for written answer today see the 'Order Book'.

At 2.30 p.m.

Prayers

At 2.35 p.m.
Private Business
Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed. Consideration of Bill Ordered to lie upon the Table Tamar Bridge Bill.

At 2.35 p.m.

Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
*1	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling)    What representations he has received on his policy to spend the proceeds of the windfall tax on a welfare to work programme.
	21051
*2	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough)    What is his policy on providing financial support to high-technology industries.
	21052
*3	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)    What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on tax avoidance issues.
	21053
*4	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle)    What representations he has received from manufacturing industry about the effect on exports of the value of sterling.
	21054
*5	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney)    What plans he has to impose VAT on research grants by charitable trusts; and if he will make a statement.
	21055
*6	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York)    What his priorities are for job creation at the ECOFIN meeting in York during the UK presidency.
	21056
*7	Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham)    What representations he has received about the steps he is taking to prepare business for EMU.
	21057
*8	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury)    If he will make a statement on the number of (a) new taxes introduced and (b) increases in tax rates since 1st May.
	21058
*9	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)    If he will make a statement concerning the taxation of the casino industry.
	21059
*10	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South)    What recent discussions he has had with other EC countries regarding the convergence of excise on alcohol and tobacco; and if he will make a statement.
	21060
*11	Mr Robert Syms (Poole)    What is his policy for increasing saving by individuals.
	21061
*12	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk)    What is his policy on tax avoidance.
	21063
*13	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)    If he will make a statement on his policy on tax free offshore trusts.
	21064
*14	Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington)    What representations he has received from employees' representatives on his policy to spend the proceeds of the windfall tax on a Welfare to Work programme.
	21065
*15	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk)    If he will make a statement on the taxation of offshore trusts.
	21066
*16	Norman Baker (Lewes)    What steps he is taking to use fiscal measures to encourage good environmental practice.
	21067
*17	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch)    When he next plans to meet leaders of the Local Government Association to discuss the control total for local government for 1998--99.
	21068
*18	Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle)    What representations he has received regarding PEPs.
	21069
*19	Mr John Healey (Wentworth)    If he will make a statement on the steps he is taking to encourage greater public awareness of the implications of EMU.
	21070
*20	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North)    What discussions he has had with employers' groups on his policy to spend the proceeds of the windfall tax on a Welfare to Work programme.
	21071
*21	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)    What representations he has received regarding his proposals for individual savings accounts.
	21072
*22	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)    What representations he has received regarding his plans for a general provision against tax avoidance.
	21073
*23	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire)    What representations he has received from pensioner groups on his policy to reduce VAT on fuel.
	21074
*24	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)    If he will meet the Belgian finance minister to discuss harmful tax competition.
	21075
*25	Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East)    What representations he has received from pensioner groups on his policy to reduce the VAT rate on fuel.
	21076
*26	Helen Jones (Warrington North)    What representations he has received from trade unions on his EMU policy.
	21077
*27	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome)    What recent representations he has received on the effect of hypothecated taxation on service provision.
	21078
*28	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham)    Which of his ministerial colleagues receive papers on the development of policy for the taxation of offshore trusts.
	21079
*29	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)    What representations he has received from employers' groups on his policy to spend the proceeds of the windfall tax on a Welfare to Work programme.
	21080
*30	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire)    What representations he has received recently concerning national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.
	21082
*31	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)    What recent representations he has received about the current level of sterling.
	21083
*32	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull)    What discussions he has had with other governments regarding measures to tackle tax avoidance.
	21084
*33	Mr Damian Green (Ashford)    Which of his Ministerial colleagues receive papers on the development of policy for the taxation of offshore trusts.
	21085
*34	Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole)    What plans he has to simplify the calculation of income tax for the purposes of self-assessment.
	21086
*35	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West)    What assessment he has made of the annual cost to the Treasury of tax avoidance through the use of offshore trusts.
	21087
*36	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West)    What is his current forecast of the Budget surplus or deficit for 1998--99.
	21088
*37	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)    On what basis he calculated that there would be an additional six million savers under his proposals in the Green Paper on ISA's.
	21089
*38	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands)    What representations he has received from trade unions on his policy to reduce the VAT rate on fuel.
	21090

At 3.30 p.m.

Private Notice Questions (if any) Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business
+  1	GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL    [Until 10.00 p.m.]
	Mr Secretary Davies     That the Order [9th December] relating to committal of the Government of Wales Bill be discharged and that the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
+  2	GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL (PROGRAMME)    [Up to 3 hours]
	Mr Secretary Davies Mrs Ann Taylor Mrs Gillian Shephard Mr Paul Tyler Mr Dafydd Wigley
	That the following provisions shall apply to the Government of Wales Bill--     1.--(1) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in seven allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the seventh day.     (2) In that Committee the Bill shall be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 and 2, Schedule 1, Clauses 3 to 22, Schedule 2, Clauses 23 to 29, Schedule 3, Clauses 30 to 73, Schedule 4, Clauses 74 to 104, Schedule 5, Clauses 105 to 108, Schedule 6, Clauses 109 and 110, Schedule 7, Clauses 111 to 117, Schedule 8, Clauses 118 and 119, Schedule 9, Clause 120, Schedule 10, Clause 121, Schedule 11, Clauses 122 to 132, Schedule 12, Clauses 133 to 136, Schedule 13, Clauses 137 to 140, New Clauses, New Schedules, Clauses 141 and 142, Schedule 14, Clauses 143 to 149.     2. Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be completed in two allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the second day.     3.--(1) Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall apply to proceedings             on the Bill.     (2) Notwithstanding the Standing Order, not more than nine other Members shall be nominated by the Speaker to the Business Committee in respect of the Bill.     (3) Resolutions of the Business Committee may include alterations in the order in which proceedings on the Bill may be taken on consideration.     (4) The Business Committee shall report to the House a Resolution as to proceedings in Committee not later than 19th January 1998.     (5) Any Resolution of the Business Committee may be varied by a further Report of the Committee under the Standing Order (whether before or after the date on which the Committee is to report under this paragraph and whether or not that Resolution has been agreed to by the House).     4. For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by or under this Order--     (1) The Chairman or Speaker shall put forthwith the following Questions (but no others)-- (a) any Question already proposed from the Chair; (b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed (including in the case of a new Clause or Schedule which has been read a second time, the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill); (c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and (d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.     (2) Proceedings under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.     (3) If, apart from this sub-paragraph, two or more questions would fall to be put by the Chairman under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to a series of clauses or Schedules to which no notice of amendment has been given by a Minister of the Crown, the Chairman shall instead put a single question in relation to those clauses and Schedules.     (4) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.     5. In this Order "allotted day" means any day on which the Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the Day.     6. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order so as to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Order, the Question thereon shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.     7. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of proceedings on any Lords Amendments or any subsequent message from the Lords relating to the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.
	The Speaker will put the question not more than three hours after the start of proceedings (Standing Order No. 83).
Debate may not continue after 10.00 p.m.
+  3	EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL [1st allotted day]:    Committee (Progress reported 3rd December).    [Until 10.00 p.m.]
	Clause No. 1 (Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties").
	Amendment (No. 66) proposed in page 1, line 13, after `2', to insert `(except paragraph 13).'--(Mr Gary Streeter    ).
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
For Amendments, see separate Paper.
	The Chairman will put the questions on amendments which have been selected to the specified parts of Clause 1 not later than 7.30 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. respectively (Order of 17th December).
Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

4	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: Fourth year tuition fees for non-Scottish domiciled UK students at Scottish universities (Mr Andrew Welsh).     Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STANDING COMMITTEES
1	Standing Committee B	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public) (public)
	To consider the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords].
2	Standing Committee D	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 11 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the National Minimum Wage Bill.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3	Education and Employment: Employment Sub-Committee	9.15 a.m. 9.30 a.m.	Room 16 (private) (public)
	Subject: The New Deal.     Witnesses: Department for Education and Employment officials.
4	Agriculture	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: The UK Beef Industry.     Witnesses: National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Farmers' Union of Wales, National Farmers' Union of Scotland and Ulster Farmers' Union; Individual beef farmers.
5	Treasury	10.30 a.m.	Room 8 (private)
6	Foreign Affairs	10.45 a.m.	Room 5 (private)
7	Health	10.00 a.m. 10.45 a.m.	Ground Floor Conference Room, 7 Millbank (private) (public)
	Subject: Children Looked After by Local Authorities.     Witnesses: Foster Carers; Adoptive Parents; Young People who have formerly been in care.