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Order of Business Monday 30th March 1998

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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. 
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
*1 Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    If he will estimate the number of persons who entered the United Kingdom illegally in the last year.
(35148)
*2 Mr Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    If he will make a statement on his plans to make bribery of honourable Members an offence.
(35149)
*3 Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    When he will reform the laws of procedure on the conduct of inquests.
(35150)
*4 Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    What measures he plans to take to improve public confidence in community sentences.
(35153)
*5 Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    What plans he has to tackle crime amongst young people.
(35154)
*6 Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    What representations he has received with regard to the remand of 15 and 16-year olds in adult prisons.
(35155)
*7 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    Pursuant to his Answer of 22nd December, Official Record, column 569, if he will make a statement on the police investigations into the murder of Woman Police Constable Fletcher.
(35156)
*8 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    What plans he has to relax criteria for admission to the United Kingdom as refugees in order to speed up the processing of applications by asylum seekers.
(35157)
*9 Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley):    If he will make a statement on the role of his Department in respect of complaints against the Probation Service.
(35159)
*10 Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    What estimates he has made of the level of the prison population in England and Wales on 1st April (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
(35160)
*11 Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    What changes the Government is planning to introduce to the current system of admitting asylum seekers; and whether he will make a statement.
(35162)
*12 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    What plans he has to amend the tariff system on length of sentences for serious indictable offences.
(35163)
*13 Angela Smith (Basildon):    What plans he has to ensure that vulnerable witnesses are afforded greater protection in court.
(35164)
*14 Mr David Amess (Southend West):    How many representations he has received in respect of the payment of compensation to gun owners who have surrendered their firearms.
(35165)
*15 Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):    What pilot schemes (a) have been implemented and (b) are proposed to improve the delivery of non-custodial sentencing.
(35166)
*16 Norman Baker (Lewes):    What conclusions he has reached in his consideration of possible changes to improve the accountability of MI5.
(35168)
*17 Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    What plans he has to introduce schemes to (a) identify and (b) improve literacy and numeracy standards amongst young offenders in non-custodial regimes.
(35169)
*18 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    If he will make a statement on the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on United Kingdom citizens.
(35171)
*19 Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    If he will make a statement on procedures for dealing with political refugees.
(35172)
*20 Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    If he will make a statement on the detention of asylum seekers.
(35173)
*21 Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    What recent representations he has received about the funding of police forces in rural areas in 1998-99.
(35174)
*22 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    What proposals he has for safeguarding human rights in Jersey.
(35175)
*23 Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    What progress has been made in countering drugs abuse; and if he will make a statement.
(35176)
*24 Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    What proposals he has to increase the police grant to Surrey.
(35177)
*25 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    What measures he proposes to introduce in support of the family.
(35178)
*26 Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood):    What plans he has to introduce further measures to protect (a) child witnesses and (b) vulnerable adults in the court system.
(35179)
*27 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    What steps he has taken to prevent possible violent conduct by football supporters during the World Cup.
(35180)
*28 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    If he will make a statement on the results of random drug test programmes in prisons.
(35181)
*29 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    What plans he has in relation to young offenders' institutions in London and the South East.
(35182)
*30 Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    What money he has made available for the recruitment of extra police constables in Essex in 1997-98.
(35183)
*31 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    What plans he has to increase the proportion of resources devoted to policing in rural areas.
(35184)
*32 Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    What steps he is taking to ensure young persons are not held within the adult prison system.
(35185)
*33 Mr David Hanson (Delyn):    What initiatives he is undertaking to encourage businesses to utilise the prison work force.
(35186)
*34 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):    What proportion of people arrested by the police in the last year for which figures are available were addicted to heroin and other opiates.
(35187)

At 3.30 p.m.Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)


Main Business
+  1   SCOTLAND BILL (PROGRAMME)    [No debate]
 Mrs Ann Taylor
Mr Secretary Dewar
 
        That the Order [13th January] relating to the Scotland Bill (Programme) be further amended as follows:
        (a) In paragraph 1, by leaving out `at Ten o'clock' and inserting `six hours and thirty minutes after the House resolves itself into a Committee on the Bill', and
        (b) By inserting after paragraph 1A the following paragraph--
          `1B. On the seventh and eighth allotted days paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for any part of the period of six hours and thirty minutes after the House resolves itself into a Committee on the Bill which falls after Ten o'clock'.
To be decided without debate (Order of 13th January).
+  2   SCOTLAND BILL (PROGRAMME)    [No debate]
 Mrs Ann Taylor
Mr Secretary Dewar
 
        That the further Report [26th March] from the Business Committee be now considered.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 82).
 Mrs Ann Taylor
Mr Secretary Dewar
 
        (Upon consideration of the Report) To move, That this House agrees with the Committee in its Resolution.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 82).
+  3   SCOTLAND BILL: Committee [7th allotted day] (Progress reported 4th March).    [Up to 6.5 hours]
For Amendments, see separate Paper.
 
        Proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the periods specified below (if the motions relating to the Scotland Bill (Programme) are agreed to):
 
         Schedule 5 up to and including line 16 on page 59 of the Bill         20 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 35 on page 59 of the Bill         40 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 30 on page 60 of the Bill         2 hours 10 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 40 on page 60 of the Bill         3 hours
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 44 on page 60 of the Bill         3 hours 15 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 18 on page 61 of the Bill         3 hours 30 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 20 on page 63 of the Bill         5 hours
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 44 on page 65 of the Bill         6 hours 10 minutes
 
        Schedule 5 up to and including line 27 on page 68 of the Bill         6 hours 30 minutes
+  4   LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND)    [No debate]
 Mr Secretary Dewar
        That the draft Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Amendment Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+  5   LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND)    [No debate]
 Mr Secretary Dewar
        That the draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+  6   LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND)    [No debate]
 Mr Secretary Dewar
        That the draft Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+  7   LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND)    [No debate]
 Mr Secretary Dewar
        That the draft Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+  8   SOCIAL SECURITY    [No debate]
 Mr Secretary Blunkett
        That the draft Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 9th March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+  9   AID TO SHIPBUILDING    [No debate]
 The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Secretary Margaret Beckett
 
        That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 11165/97, two draft Regulations on aid to shipbuilding, and 11167/97, a Commission Communication: Towards a new shipbuilding policy (as they relate to new rules on Community aids to shipbuilding); and approves the Government's support for the Commission's proposals to end operating aid for shipbuilding and to focus remaining aids on improving the competitiveness of the industry, as providing a good basis for reaching agreement and fully taking account of the UK's shipbuilding interests, subject to the Government being satisfied that the aid limits and monitoring provisions are sufficiently rigorous.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
+  10   BANANAS    [No debate]
 The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Dr John Cunningham
 
        That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 5357/98, a draft Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No. 404/93 on the common organisation of the market in bananas and a draft Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate with countries having a substantial interest in the supply of bananas to the EU, and European Community Document No. 6150/98, a draft Regulation establishing a special framework of assistance for traditional ACP suppliers of bananas; and supports the Government's position that these proposals together represent a serious attempt to meet the EU's international obligations under the WTO and the Lome Convention, that revised arrangements must take full account of the interests of those Caribbean countries which have traditionally supplied the UK with bananas and that aid to the Caribbean Commonwealth producers has an important part to play in assisting general adaptation to more competitive market conditions.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
At the end of the sitting:
11   ADJOURNMENT
 
        Proposed subject: Rail services between London and the West Country (Steve Webb).
        Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
SELECT COMMITTEES
1   Trade and Industry 3.30 p.m. Town House, Aberdeen (public)
        Subject: Energy Policy.
        Witnesses: United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association; United Kingdom Offshore Contractors Association; Inter-union Offshore Oil Committee.
2   Information 4.30 p.m. Room 13 (private)
3   Public Accounts 4.30 p.m. Room 16 (public)
        Subject: Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 (HC 251-1).
        Witnesses: Sir Richard Mottram, Permanent Under-Secretary, Sir Robert Walmsley, Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence.
4   Modernisation 6.00 p.m. Room 21 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Friday 27th March for answer today++
    
1  
  
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement about his plans for the development of the University for Industry.
(37263)

 
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