Order of Business for 1 June 1998

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Order of Business Monday 1st June 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 Culture, Media and Sport

*1 Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If he will make a statement on his plans to support regional theatre.

(41984)

*2 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    If he will make a statement on the future of the major art houses in the United Kingdom.

(41986)

*3 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    Under what circumstances the Elgin Marbles might be returned to Athens to mark the millennium.

(41988)

*4 Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    If he will make a statement on the regulations governing media ownership.

(41989)

*5 Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    What plans he has to support the performing arts in Kettering.

(41990)

*6 Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):    If he will make a statement on the role of sport in combating social exclusion.

(41991)

*7 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    If he will make a statement on funding for museums.

(41993)

*8 Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    How the Lottery reforms will benefit the performing arts.

(41994)

*9 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    When the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund will start to finance out-of-school hours clubs.

(41995)

*10 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What the Government is doing to support local authority initiatives in tourism.

(41996)

*11 Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    What recent discussions he has had with the ITC regarding the quality of commercial television; and if he will make a statement.

(41997)

*12 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    What proportion of millennium projects will be outside London.

(41998)

*13 Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    How the Government is helping to develop participation in sport by young people.

(41999)

*14 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    How many films have been made on location in the United Kingdom in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(42000)

*15 Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    When the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund will start to provide finance to healthy living centres.

(42001)

*16 Helen Jones (Warrington North):    What plans he has to ensure a more equitable distribution of Heritage Lottery Fund grants between the different parts of the United Kingdom.

(42002)

*17 Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    What steps he is taking to ensure local libraries are able to take full advantage of the Internet and other electronic information services.

(42003)

*18 Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush):    What discussions he has held with the Press Complaints Commission on press regulation in respect of children.

(42004)

*19 Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    What action he is taking to implement proposals made to him by the Film Task Force.

(42006)

*20 Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    How the Government is helping to develop participation in sport by young people.

(42007)

*21 Mr Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster):    If he will make a statement on his policy concerning taxation and the film industry.

(42008)

*22 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    If he will evaluate the preservation and display of sites of archaeological significance in the vicinity of new public buildings in Cologne.

(42009)

*23 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    What proposals he has to allow the Royal Parks to generate more income through staging events.

(42010)

*24 Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    What measures he will take to ensure that his Department's creative industries Task Force works with the proposed regional development agencies to develop arts-based businesses.

(42011)

*25 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    What steps he is taking to increase opportunities for young people in London to participate in sport.

(42012)

*26 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    When he last met the National Lottery Charities Board to discuss grants to the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement.

(42013)

At 3.10 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Minister without Portfolio in respect of the Millennium Experience

*27 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    What allowance has been made for cost overruns in his estimates of expenditure on the Millennium Experience.

(42014)

*28 Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden):    If he will make a statement on the role of Camelot as the distributor of tickets for the Millennium Experience.

(42015)

*29 Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    How much public money will be spent on the Millennium Experience between the present time and the staging of the event.

(42017)

*30 Bob Russell (Colchester):    What plans he has to enable exhibits in the Millennium Experience to be displayed elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

(42018)

*31 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    If he will make a statement on the budget for the Millennium Experience at Greenwich.

(42019)

*32 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    If he will make a statement on the content of games to be included in the Serious Play Zone.

(42020)

*33 Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    What representations he has received on linking the Millennium Experience in the UK with the experience of debt reduction or cancellation in other countries of the world.

(42021)

*34 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    What estimate he has made of the number of people from Altrincham and Sale West who will visit the Millennium Experience.

(42023)

At 3.20 p.m.

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

*35 Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make it his policy to reallocate money currently provided for bishops' chauffeurs.

(42024)

*36 Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make an assessment of the financial implications of disestablishment of the Church of England.

(42025)

*37 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the returns made on the Commissioners' assets for 1996-97.

(42026)

*38 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions he has had with the Church Commissioners on ethical investments.

(42027)

*39 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial implications of extending the scrutiny of the National Audit Office to non-departmental public bodies not presently covered.

(42028)

*40 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what the ratio of assets will be in (a) property and (b) shares for the financial year 1997-98.

(42029)

*41 Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what representations he has received concerning the Government review of charity taxation.

(42030)

*42 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what effect the recently announced rise in the value of their assets will have on the parishes.

(42031)

*43 Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken to ensure a Christian dimension to the Millennium Dome.

(42032)

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

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

Main Business
+ 1	PETROLEUM BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading. *[No debate]*
Remaining stages may also be taken.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 58).*
+ 2	AUDIT COMMISSION BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading. *[No debate]*
Remaining stages may also be taken.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 58).*
+ 3	NATIONAL LOTTERY BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. *[Until any hour]*
For Amendments, see separate Paper.
Remaining stages may also be taken.
	*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*
+ 4	LATE PAYMENT OF COMMERCIAL DEBTS (INTEREST) BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. *[Until any hour]*
For Amendments, see separate Paper.
Remaining stages may also be taken.
	*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 National Lottery 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).*

+ 5	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mrs Ann Taylor That, at the sitting on Thursday 4th June, the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motions in the name of Mrs Ann Taylor relating to Modernisation of the House of Commons not later than Ten o'clock and such Questions shall include the Questions on any Amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 6	FISHERIES MONITORING UNDER THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY *[No debate]*
	The Prime Minister Mr Secretary Prescott Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Secretary Cook Mr Secretary Straw Mr Jack Cunningham
	That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 6123/98, a Commission Communication on Fisheries monitoring under the Common Fisheries Policy; also notes that the Communication builds on an undertaking given by the Commission to the Prime Minister at the Amsterdam European Council in June 1997; and endorses action being taken by the Government to secure more effective and consistent standards of enforcement across the Community.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).*
+ 7	HUMAN RIGHTS BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mrs Ann Taylor Mr Secretary Straw Mrs Gillian Shephard Mr Paul Tyler
	That the following provisions shall apply to proceedings on the Human Rights Bill [Lords].
*Committee of the whole House*
	1. (1) The remaining proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in four allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion six and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the fourth of those days. (2) On each such allotted day, paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill for any part of the period of six and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill which falls after Ten o'clock.
*Business Committee*
	2. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill. 3. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which proceedings on consideration of the Bill are taken, but the resolutions of the Business Committee may include alterations in that order.
*Conclusion of proceedings*
	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 shall forthwith put 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; (c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; (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 two or more Questions would fall to be put under sub-paragraph (1)(c) on amendments moved on Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, or under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chairman shall instead put a single question in relation to those amendments, Motions or provisions. (4) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill. (5) If on an allotted day a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) stands over from an earlier day or to Seven o'clock-- (a) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion after that time shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion, and (b) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (a) permits them to continue.
*Supplementary*
	5. If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order and if an effect of the Motion would be to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill, the Question on that Motion shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour. 6. If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of further proceedings on the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and proceedings on the Motion, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.
*Interpretation*
	7. 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. *The Speaker will put the question not more than three hours after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 83). This period may not continue or commence after 10.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting

8	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Racism in Strathclyde Police* (Ms Sandra Osborne). *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	Education and Employment: Employment Sub- Committee	3.15 p.m. 3.30 p.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Part-time Working.
	Witnesses: Thompsons Solicitors; Mr Ian McCartney, MP, Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry, and Department of Trade and Industry officials (at approximately 4.00 p.m.).
2	Health	4.00 p.m.	Room 6 (private)
3	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Environment Sub-Committee	5.00 p.m.	Room 16 (private)
4	Modernisation of the House of Commons	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 29th May for answer today++
1	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the fourth report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
	(44072)
2	Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement of Government policy on immigration and nationality.
	(44078)
3	Ms Fiona Jones (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new initiatives are planned to increase the effectiveness of the incentives and earned privileges scheme which encourages responsible behaviour by prisoners.
	(44090)
4	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the European Commission in seeking to release stocks of British intervention beef for use by the armed forces.
	(44107)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
*1	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on his plans to support regional theatre.
	(41984)
*2	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will make a statement on the future of the major art houses in the United Kingdom.
	(41986)
*3	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): Under what circumstances the Elgin Marbles might be returned to Athens to mark the millennium.
	(41988)
*4	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): If he will make a statement on the regulations governing media ownership.
	(41989)
*5	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): What plans he has to support the performing arts in Kettering.
	(41990)
*6	Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): If he will make a statement on the role of sport in combating social exclusion.
	(41991)
*7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on funding for museums.
	(41993)
*8	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): How the Lottery reforms will benefit the performing arts.
	(41994)
*9	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): When the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund will start to finance out-of-school hours clubs.
	(41995)
*10	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What the Government is doing to support local authority initiatives in tourism.
	(41996)
*11	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What recent discussions he has had with the ITC regarding the quality of commercial television; and if he will make a statement.
	(41997)
*12	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What proportion of millennium projects will be outside London.
	(41998)
*13	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East): How the Government is helping to develop participation in sport by young people.
	(41999)
*14	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): How many films have been made on location in the United Kingdom in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(42000)
*15	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): When the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund will start to provide finance to healthy living centres.
	(42001)
*16	Helen Jones (Warrington North): What plans he has to ensure a more equitable distribution of Heritage Lottery Fund grants between the different parts of the United Kingdom.
	(42002)
*17	Mr John Healey (Wentworth): What steps he is taking to ensure local libraries are able to take full advantage of the Internet and other electronic information services.
	(42003)
*18	Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush): What discussions he has held with the Press Complaints Commission on press regulation in respect of children.
	(42004)
*19	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): What action he is taking to implement proposals made to him by the Film Task Force.
	(42006)
*20	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): How the Government is helping to develop participation in sport by young people.
	(42007)
*21	Mr Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster): If he will make a statement on his policy concerning taxation and the film industry.
	(42008)
*22	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): If he will evaluate the preservation and display of sites of archaeological significance in the vicinity of new public buildings in Cologne.
	(42009)
*23	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): What proposals he has to allow the Royal Parks to generate more income through staging events.
	(42010)
*24	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): What measures he will take to ensure that his Department's creative industries Task Force works with the proposed regional development agencies to develop arts-based businesses.
	(42011)
*25	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): What steps he is taking to increase opportunities for young people in London to participate in sport.
	(42012)
*26	Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): When he last met the National Lottery Charities Board to discuss grants to the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(42013)

Oral Questions to the Minister without Portfolio in respect of the Millennium Experience
*27	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): What allowance has been made for cost overruns in his estimates of expenditure on the Millennium Experience.
	(42014)
*28	Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden): If he will make a statement on the role of Camelot as the distributor of tickets for the Millennium Experience.
	(42015)
*29	Mr Damian Green (Ashford): How much public money will be spent on the Millennium Experience between the present time and the staging of the event.
	(42017)
*30	Bob Russell (Colchester): What plans he has to enable exhibits in the Millennium Experience to be displayed elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
	(42018)
*31	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the budget for the Millennium Experience at Greenwich.
	(42019)
*32	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): If he will make a statement on the content of games to be included in the Serious Play Zone.
	(42020)
*33	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What representations he has received on linking the Millennium Experience in the UK with the experience of debt reduction or cancellation in other countries of the world.
	(42021)
*34	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): What estimate he has made of the number of people from Altrincham and Sale West who will visit the Millennium Experience.
	(42023)

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
*35	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make it his policy to reallocate money currently provided for bishops' chauffeurs.
	(42024)
*36	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make an assessment of the financial implications of disestablishment of the Church of England.
	(42025)
*37	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the returns made on the Commissioners' assets for 1996-97.
	(42026)
*38	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions he has had with the Church Commissioners on ethical investments.
	(42027)
*39	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial implications of extending the scrutiny of the National Audit Office to non-departmental public bodies not presently covered.
	(42028)
*40	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what the ratio of assets will be in (a) property and (b) shares for the financial year 1997-98.
	(42029)
*41	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what representations he has received concerning the Government review of charity taxation.
	(42030)
*42	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what effect the recently announced rise in the value of their assets will have on the parishes.
	(42031)
*43	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken to ensure a Christian dimension to the Millennium Dome.
	(42032)



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