Order of Business for 5 May 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 Environment, Transport and the Regions

*1 Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    What has been the average change in council tax levels for 1998-99.

(39503)

*2 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    If he will end the system of paying housing benefit for council tenants out of housing revenue accounts.

(39504)

*3 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    What action he plans to take to encourage Londoners to vote in the referendum on 7th May.

(39505)

*4 Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    If he will make a statement on his Department's role in publicising the arrangements for the London referendum.

(39506)

*5 Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle):    If he will make it his policy to adopt a target of building two thirds of new housing development in brown-field sites.

(39508)

*6 Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    Pursuant to chapter 3 of the White Paper on A Mayor and Assembly for London, if he will make a statement on arrangements for ensuring public accountability of the Mayor and Assembly.

(39509)

*7 Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    What recent representations he has received about the allocation of revenue support grant between local authorities.

(39511)

*8 Norman Baker (Lewes):    What assessment he has made of the extent of Government control to regulate the intrusion into the environment of GMOs.

(39512)

*9 Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    If he will visit Sunderland to examine the effect of greenfield development on the inner city; and if he will make a statement.

(39513)

*10 Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    What representations he has received on the cost to local government pension funds in 1998-99 of the abolition of advance corporation tax credit.

(39514)

*11 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    What assessment he has made of the landscape and environmental value of limestone pavements; and what plans he has to protect them.

(39515)

*12 Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    What estimate he has made of the percentage change which will be required in council tax rates in order to take account of changes to the taxation of local government pension funds in the last year.

(39516)

*13 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    What discussions he has had with the Government Office for the South West regarding Gloucestershire's structure plan.

(39517)

*14 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What support he will give for re-establishing industrial use of brown-field sites.

(39519)

*15 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    If he will make a statement on his policy on local business rates.

(39520)

*16 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    What assessment he has made of the contribution of air traffic provision to English regional development; and if he will make a statement.

(39521)

*17 Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    If he will make a statement about the Bellwin formula.

(39522)

*18 Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If he will make a statement on his plans to increase the supply of affordable housing.

(39523)

*19 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What plans he has for changes in the method of calculating receipts taken into account in connection with local government expenditure.

(39524)

*20 Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    How many residents of West Sussex have expressed to him their opposition to Government plans for additional housebuilding in the county.

(39525)

*21 Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    If he will make a statement on the cost of running local authority services in sparsely populated rural areas.

(39526)

*22 Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    If he will make a statement on his programme for the implementation of his proposals for the governance of London if they are approved in the referendum on 7th May.

(39527)

*23 Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    If he will make a statement on the timescale for implementing his plans for a London Mayor and Assembly.

(39528)

*24 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    What representations he has received on the impact on council tax levels in 1998-99 of the abolition of the advance corporation tax credit.

(39529)

*25 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    If he will make a statement on the impact of his Department's policy on sustainable development on the elderly in rural areas.

(39530)

*26 Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    What assessment he has made of the advantages of a regional assembly for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(39531)

*27 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What action he is setting in train to prevent plant species extinction, following the publication of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of threatened plants compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; and what funding he is providing for the sustained up-dating of the Red List.

(39532)

At 3.05 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions relating to Transport

*28 Helen Jones (Warrington North):    What measures he proposes to encourage the purchase of more fuel efficient, less polluting cars.

(39534)

*29 Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    What plans he has in respect of the future role of the private car.

(39535)

*30 Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    If he will make a statement on the distribution of the rural bus partnership fund in England.

(39536)

*31 Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    What is his estimate of the number of Railtrack communication masts that are also being used for commercial telecommunications.

(39537)

*32 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    If he will introduce measures to accelerate the purchase of new rolling stock.

(39538)

*33 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    What representations he has received on the impact on small businesses of taxes on company car parking space.

(39539)

*34 Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    When he expects his Department to conclude its roads review.

(39540)

*35 Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    What measures he proposes to ensure the safety of minicab passengers in London.

(39541)

*36 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    What representations he has received on the upgrading and maintenance of trunk roads.

(39542)

*37 Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    What plans he has to allow local authorities to levy road charges.

(39543)

*38 Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    What plans he has to encourage the purchase of cars which are less polluting and more fuel efficient.

(39544)

*39 Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East):    What measures he is taking to ensure the safety of rail passengers.

(39545)

*40 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    What assessment he has made of the standard of the food services provided on the motorway system.

(39546)

*41 Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    What assessment he has made of the impact of increased motoring charges on elderly people and those living in rural areas.

(39547)

*42 Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon):    If he will make a statement on the recent research on the effect of congestion upon traffic speeds in London.

(39548)

*43 Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden):    If he will make a statement on the current levels of investment in Britain's motorway and trunk road network; and when he plans to complete his review of Britain's roads programme.

(39549)

*44 Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    If he will make a statement on how his integrated transport policy will apply to rural areas.

(39550)

*45 Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    When he last met representatives from the Automobile Association to discuss road safety.

(39551)

*46 Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    When he last met the Chief Coastguard to discuss the future of the Coastguard Service; and if he will make a statement.

(39552)

*47 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    What steps he is taking to encourage the provision of cycle lanes in (a) London and (b) other major conurbations.

(39553)

*48 Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    If he will make a statement on the distribution of the rural bus partnership fund in England.

(39554)

*49 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    If he will make a statement on the change in the levels of rail freight since 1993.

(39555)

*50 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    What representations he has received about the Rainworth By-pass, Nottinghamshire.

(39556)

*51 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    How he intends to attract capital to London Underground.

(39557)

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

Preliminary Business
*Ten minute rule Motion*
1	REGISTRATION OF DOGS *[Up to 20 minutes]*
	Mr Richard Allan That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a scheme for the compulsory registration of dogs; and for connected purposes. *The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23)*

Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 10.00 p.m. (Standing Order No. 15).

Main Business
+ 2	MAGISTRATES' COURTS (PROCEDURE) BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. *[Until any hour]*
Remaining stages may also be taken.
	*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*
+ 3	LATE PAYMENT OF COMMERCIAL DEBTS (INTEREST) BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading. *[Until any hour]*
	*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*

At 10.00 p.m.

+	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE *[No debate]*
	The Prime Minister That, at this day's sitting, the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Bill [Lords] and the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).*

+ 4

WATER POLICY AND BATHING WATER [No debate]

The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Blunkett
Secretary Margaret Beckett

That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 7531/97, a draft Directive establishing a framework for Community action on water policy, and 12929/97, the Commission's proposed amendments to this draft Directive; endorses the Government's proposed approach to negotiations on the proposal in the Council, also takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 6177/94, a draft Directive concerning the quality of bathing water, and 12591/97, an amended draft Directive on the quality of bathing water; and endorses the Government's approach to the proposal.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).

At the end of the sitting:

5	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: War memorial at the Hermitage riverside site* (Ms Oona King).* *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	Welsh Grand Committee	11.00 a.m.	County Hall, Carmarthen (public)
	To take oral Questions and to consider the matter of Rural Economy in Wales.
2	Standing Committee A	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 11 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the National Lottery Bill [Lords].
3	Standing Committee B	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 9 (public)
	Further to consider the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords].
4	Standing Committee D	4.30 p.m.	Room 12 (public)
	To consider the Data Protection Bill [Lords].
5	Standing Committee E	4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public)
	To consider the Finance (No. 2) Bill.
SELECT COMMITTEES
6	International Development	8.45 a.m. 9.00 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: Montserrat.
	Witnesses: Rt Hon Robin Cook, MP, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Rt Hon Clare Short, MP, Secretary of State, Department for International Development (at 10.00 a.m.).
7	Foreign Affairs	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Foreign Policy and Human Rights.
	Witnesses: Mr Tony Lloyd, MP, Minister of State, and Mr Ronald Nash, LVO, Head, Human Rights Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
8	Public Administration	10.00 a.m.	Room 5 (private)
9	Agriculture	10.15 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: MAFF/Intervention Board Departmental Report 1998.
	Witnesses: Mr Richard Packer, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and Mr George Trevelyan, Chief Executive, Intervention Board.
10	Home Affairs	10.15 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subjects: (i) Alternatives to Prison Sentences; (ii) Prisons and Probation Issues.
	Witness: Ms Joyce Quin, MP, Minister of State, Home Office.
11	Education and Employment: Education Sub- Committee	3.00 p.m.	Room 18 (private)
12	Business Committee: Scotland Bill	6.00 p.m.	Chairman of Ways and Means Office (private)
13	Statutory Instruments	Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee of Statutory Instruments	Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEE
14	Statutory Instruments	4.15 p.m.	Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
*1	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): What has been the average change in council tax levels for 1998-99.
	(39503)
*2	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): If he will end the system of paying housing benefit for council tenants out of housing revenue accounts.
	(39504)
*3	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): What action he plans to take to encourage Londoners to vote in the referendum on 7th May.
	(39505)
*4	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): If he will make a statement on his Department's role in publicising the arrangements for the London referendum.
	(39506)
*5	Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle): If he will make it his policy to adopt a target of building two thirds of new housing development in brown-field sites.
	(39508)
*6	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): Pursuant to chapter 3 of the White Paper on A Mayor and Assembly for London, if he will make a statement on arrangements for ensuring public accountability of the Mayor and Assembly.
	(39509)
*7	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What recent representations he has received about the allocation of revenue support grant between local authorities.
	(39511)
*8	Norman Baker (Lewes): What assessment he has made of the extent of Government control to regulate the intrusion into the environment of GMOs.
	(39512)
*9	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): If he will visit Sunderland to examine the effect of greenfield development on the inner city; and if he will make a statement.
	(39513)
*10	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): What representations he has received on the cost to local government pension funds in 1998-99 of the abolition of advance corporation tax credit.
	(39514)
*11	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What assessment he has made of the landscape and environmental value of limestone pavements; and what plans he has to protect them.
	(39515)
*12	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): What estimate he has made of the percentage change which will be required in council tax rates in order to take account of changes to the taxation of local government pension funds in the last year.
	(39516)
*13	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What discussions he has had with the Government Office for the South West regarding Gloucestershire's structure plan.
	(39517)
*14	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What support he will give for re-establishing industrial use of brown-field sites.
	(39519)
*15	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): If he will make a statement on his policy on local business rates.
	(39520)
*16	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): What assessment he has made of the contribution of air traffic provision to English regional development; and if he will make a statement.
	(39521)
*17	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): If he will make a statement about the Bellwin formula.
	(39522)
*18	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on his plans to increase the supply of affordable housing.
	(39523)
*19	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What plans he has for changes in the method of calculating receipts taken into account in connection with local government expenditure.
	(39524)
*20	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): How many residents of West Sussex have expressed to him their opposition to Government plans for additional housebuilding in the county.
	(39525)
*21	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): If he will make a statement on the cost of running local authority services in sparsely populated rural areas.
	(39526)
*22	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): If he will make a statement on his programme for the implementation of his proposals for the governance of London if they are approved in the referendum on 7th May.
	(39527)
*23	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): If he will make a statement on the timescale for implementing his plans for a London Mayor and Assembly.
	(39528)
*24	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): What representations he has received on the impact on council tax levels in 1998-99 of the abolition of the advance corporation tax credit.
	(39529)
*25	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If he will make a statement on the impact of his Department's policy on sustainable development on the elderly in rural areas.
	(39530)
*26	Mr Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment he has made of the advantages of a regional assembly for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
	(39531)
*27	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What action he is setting in train to prevent plant species extinction, following the publication of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of threatened plants compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; and what funding he is providing for the sustained up-dating of the Red List.
	(39532)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions relating to Transport
*28	Helen Jones (Warrington North): What measures he proposes to encourage the purchase of more fuel efficient, less polluting cars.
	(39534)
*29	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What plans he has in respect of the future role of the private car.
	(39535)
*30	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): If he will make a statement on the distribution of the rural bus partnership fund in England.
	(39536)
*31	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What is his estimate of the number of Railtrack communication masts that are also being used for commercial telecommunications.
	(39537)
*32	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): If he will introduce measures to accelerate the purchase of new rolling stock.
	(39538)
*33	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): What representations he has received on the impact on small businesses of taxes on company car parking space.
	(39539)
*34	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): When he expects his Department to conclude its roads review.
	(39540)
*35	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): What measures he proposes to ensure the safety of minicab passengers in London.
	(39541)
*36	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): What representations he has received on the upgrading and maintenance of trunk roads.
	(39542)
*37	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): What plans he has to allow local authorities to levy road charges.
	(39543)
*38	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): What plans he has to encourage the purchase of cars which are less polluting and more fuel efficient.
	(39544)
*39	Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): What measures he is taking to ensure the safety of rail passengers.
	(39545)
*40	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): What assessment he has made of the standard of the food services provided on the motorway system.
	(39546)
*41	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): What assessment he has made of the impact of increased motoring charges on elderly people and those living in rural areas.
	(39547)
*42	Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon): If he will make a statement on the recent research on the effect of congestion upon traffic speeds in London.
	(39548)
*43	Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden): If he will make a statement on the current levels of investment in Britain's motorway and trunk road network; and when he plans to complete his review of Britain's roads programme.
	(39549)
*44	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): If he will make a statement on how his integrated transport policy will apply to rural areas.
	(39550)
*45	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): When he last met representatives from the Automobile Association to discuss road safety.
	(39551)
*46	Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): When he last met the Chief Coastguard to discuss the future of the Coastguard Service; and if he will make a statement.
	(39552)
*47	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): What steps he is taking to encourage the provision of cycle lanes in (a) London and (b) other major conurbations.
	(39553)
*48	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): If he will make a statement on the distribution of the rural bus partnership fund in England.
	(39554)
*49	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): If he will make a statement on the change in the levels of rail freight since 1993.
	(39555)
*50	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What representations he has received about the Rainworth By-pass, Nottinghamshire.
	(39556)
*51	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): How he intends to attract capital to London Underground.
	(39557)