1 | ADJOURNMENT [Until 2.00 p.m.] |
| The Prime Minister |
| That this House do now adjourn. |
| Subjects proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House: |
| 9.35 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment (Standing Order No. 10(3)). |
| 12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m. | Mr David Hinchliffe | Cherry Tree Day Nursery, Wakefield. |
| 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. | Dr Vincent Cable | School choice and the Greenwich Judgement. |
| 1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. | Mr Ian Stewart | Health and safety representatives in UK workplaces. |
| The Motion for the Adjournment of the House will lapse at 2.00 p.m. and the sitting will be suspended until 2.30 p.m. (Standing Order No. 10). |
|
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales |
*1 |
Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): How many representations he has received to date about his proposal to abolish Llanelli/Dinefwr Hospital Trust. |
| (41413) |
*2 |
Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): If he will make a statement on the prospects for the aerospace industry in Wales. |
| (41414) |
*3 |
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn): What representations he has received on the future of European structural funds for Wales. |
| (41415) |
*4 |
Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): If he will make a statement on the current situation of hill farmers. |
| (41416) |
*5 |
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): What plans he has to improve trunk roads linking north and south Wales. |
| (41417) |
*6 |
Mr Martin Caton (Gower): If he will make a statement on his plans for tackling social exclusion in Wales. |
| (41418) |
*7 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What representations he has received regarding the number of honourable Members representing Welsh constituencies. |
| (41419) |
*8 |
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): If he will make a statement on the level of unemployment in Wales. |
| (41420) |
*9 |
Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): If he will make a statement on the freight transport strategy for Wales. |
| (41421) |
*10 |
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): What representations he has received concerning assistance for farming in Wales. |
| (41422) |
*11 |
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): If he will request the Home Office to conduct an inquiry into the recent deaths at Parc Prison in Bridgend. |
| (41423) |
*12 |
Mr William Cash (Stone): What progress he has made in gaining financial assistance from the European Union for areas of severe economic deprivation in Wales. |
| (41424) |
*13 |
Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What was public expenditure, including lottery grants, in each of the last five years for (a) Cardiff Bay, (b) Cardiff and (c) all other county borough councils or their predecessors; and what are the figures for each of those areas for (i) 1998-99 and (ii)1999-2000. |
| (41425) |
*14 |
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): What representations he has received concerning class sizes in primary schools in Wales. |
| (41426) |
*15 |
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): What representations he has received concerning farming in Wales since 1st March. |
| (41428) |
*16 |
Mr Donald Anderson (Swansea East): If he will make a statement on the work of the National Assembly Advisory Group. |
| (41429) |
*17 |
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): If he will make a statement on his freight transport strategy for Wales. |
| (41430) |
*18 |
Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): What discussions he has had with other Government departments on the review of European structural funds in Wales. |
| (41431) |
*19 |
Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): What representations he has received concerning the closure of rural schools in Wales. |
| (41432) |
*20 |
Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): What plans he has to encourage the growth of the renewable energy sector in Wales. |
| (41433) |
*21 |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What assessment he has made of the implications of the changes to advance corporation tax in the current budget on the financing of local authorities in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41434) |
*22 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What representations he has received concerning the restructuring of the Ambulance Service in Wales. |
| (41435) |
*23 |
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): What representations he has received from (a) Welsh businesses and (b) others on the impact of the recent punctuality record of Great Western trains between London and South Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41436) |
*24 |
Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): If he will make a statement on the All-Wales Agri-Environmental Scheme. |
| (41437) |
*25 |
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): What measures he has taken to improve public health in Wales. |
| (41438) |
*26 |
Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): What steps his Department has taken to extend information on the dangers of drug misuse to primary schools. |
| (41439) |
*27 |
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): If he will make a statement on the number of companies participating in the New Deal. |
| (41440) |
*28 |
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): What representations he has received concerning the costs of running a car and access to public transport in rural Wales. |
| (41441) |
*29 |
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): When he plans to produce his child care strategy for Wales. |
| (41442) |
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
*Q1 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): If he will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the level of unemployment in the EU. |
| (41393) |
*Q2 |
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41394) |
*Q3 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): When he next intends to visit the Macclesfield constituency. |
| (41395) |
*Q4 |
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41396) |
*Q5 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41397) |
*Q6 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41398) |
*Q7 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41399) |
*Q8 |
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41401) |
*Q9 |
Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41402) |
*Q10 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41403) |
*Q11 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41404) |
*Q12 |
Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41405) |
*Q13 |
Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41406) |
*Q14 |
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41407) |
*Q15 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41408) |
*Q16 |
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41409) |
*Q17 |
Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41410) |
*Q18 |
Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41411) |
*Q19 |
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20th May. |
| (41412) |
|
COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
STANDING COMMITTEES |
1 |
Scottish Grand Committee |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 10 (public) |
| (1) To consider a substantive Motion for the Adjournment of the Committee on Further and Higher Education in Scotland. |
| (2) Half-hour Adjournment Debate: Employment Creation Measures in the Scottish Borders. |
| (Copies of the Order Paper are available from the Vote Office) |
2 |
European Standing Committee A |
10.30 a.m. |
Room 9 (public) |
| To consider European Community Document No. 6123/98 relating to Fisheries Monitoring under the Common Fisheries Policy. |
SELECT COMMITTEES |
3 |
Education and Employment: Education Sub Committee |
9.00 a.m.
9.15 a.m. |
Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Role of Headteachers. |
| Witnesses: Association of Chief Education Officers, Society of Education Officers; National Governors' Council, National Association of Governors and Managers, and Mr Richard Gold (at 10.15 a.m.). |
4 |
Culture, Media and Sport |
10.00 a.m. |
Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Objectives and Performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. |
| Witnesses: Rt Hon Tom Clarke, MP, Minister for Film and Tourism; Rt Hon Chris Smith, MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (at 11.15 a.m). |
5 |
Health |
10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. |
Grand Committee Room (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Welfare of Former British Child Migrants. |
| Witnesses: Department of Health officials; Home Children Canada and the Ellen Foundation Inc. |
6 |
Scottish Affairs |
10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. |
Room 21 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Work of Scottish Natural Heritage. |
| Witnesses: Chief Executive and Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage. |
7 |
Environmental Audit |
10.30 a.m. |
Room 19 (private) |
8 |
Science and Technology |
3.00 p.m.
3.15 p.m. |
Harston Mill,
Harston,
Cambridge (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation. |
| Witnesses: Dr Gordon Edge, Executive Chairman, and Dr Peter Hyde, Managing Director, Generics Group plc. |
9 |
Treasury |
4.00 p.m. |
Room 7 (private) |
10 |
Public Administration |
4.15 p.m. |
Room 6 (private) |
11 |
Selection |
4.15 p.m. |
Room 13 (private) |
12 |
Public Accounts |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: The Performance of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England. |
| Witnesses: Mr Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, Dr Sue Atkinson, Regional Director of Public Health, South Thames Regional Office, Ms Julietta Patnick, National Co-ordinator Cancer Screening Services, NHS Executive. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
|
Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 19th May for answer today++ |
1 | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will announce the requirements for school-level target setting from September 1998. |
| (43104) |
2 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| (43105) |
3 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out his plans for a review of transfer and committal procedures in serious fraud trials. |
| (43178) |
4 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the corporate plan and key tasks and targets for 1989-99 for the NHS Estates Agency. |
| (43179) |
5 | Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the outcome of the Energy Council meeting on 11th May. |
| (43180) |
6 | Mr John Hutton (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Prime Minister, what changes he has made to the composition of the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. |
| (43181) |
7 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what response he has received to the consultation exercise he held on the Government's green paper, Crown Copyright in the Information Age. |
| (43280) |
8 | Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will announce details of the applications to set up education action zones. |
| (43281) |