Order of Business for 28 July 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.

Private Business

Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Consideration of Lords Amendments

Bill with Amendments

Tamar Bridge Bill.

[Copies of the Amendments may be obtained by Members from the Vote Office or may be inspected in the Private Bill Office.]

At 2.35 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

*1 Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    What steps he is taking to improve access to general practitioners with particular reference to areas with a low number of general practitioners per 1,000 population.

(50976)

*2 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    Pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 491, what representations he has received on methods of reducing clinical negligence litigation.

(50977)

*3 Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East):    What representations he has received on general practitioners' rights to information about the clinical performance of their local hospital.

(50978)

*4 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    What proportion of the increased funding provided to his Department in the most recent public spending allocations will be allocated to reducing waiting lists.

(50979)

*5 Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    How he intends to involve the public in discussions about limits on the provision of drugs and treatments in the NHS.

(50980)

*6 Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    If he will make a statement on how National Health Service dentists are paid for root canal work.

(50981)

*7 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    What estimate he has made of the number of people awaiting out-patient consultations on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 1998.

(50982)

*8 Norman Baker (Lewes):    What research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the causes of premature deaths each year which can be ascribed to (i) tobacco, (ii) alcohol and (iii) cannabis.

(50983)

*9 Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):    What factors underlay the response rate times achieved by Staffordshire Ambulance Service in the last three years.

(50984)

*10 Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    What meetings his Department held with members or representatives of local authorities prior to the June 1997 trawl for nominations to NHS trust boards; and if he will make a statement.

(50985)

*11 Paul Flynn (Newport West):    What proposals he has to reduce the incidence of over-medication of the elderly.

(50986)

*12 Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    What plans he has for extending NHS Direct.

(50987)

*13 Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):    What proportion of NHS staff have had disability awareness training.

(50988)

*14 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    What representations he has received on access by (a) general practitioners and (b) patients to information about the clinical performance of their local hospitals.

(50989)

*15 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What plans he has to publish average clinical performance of hospitals by procedure.

(50990)

*16 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    What representations he has received from representatives of general practitioners on his plans for primary care groups.

(50991)

*17 Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    What plans he has to visit Leicester General Hospital to discuss the renal unit.

(50992)

*18 Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    If he will make a statement on the current trends in hospital waiting lists.

(50993)

*19 Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):    What proposals he has for extending NHS Direct.

(50994)

*20 Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):    What are the current trends in the number of cancelled operations.

(50995)

*21 Laura Moffatt (Crawley):    What action he is taking to give patients and general practitioners new rights to information about the clinical performance of local hospitals.

(50996)

*22 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    When he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss local primary care services.

(50997)

*23 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    If he will make it his policy to replace free of charge amalgam fillings with non-mercury-based materials for persons diagnosed as having MS.

(50998)

*24 Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    If he will make a statement on community hospital funding between 1999 and 2002.

(50999)

*25 Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):    What support he has received from representatives of general practitioners for his plans for primary care groups.

(51000)

*26 Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    What plans he has for extending NHS Direct.

(51001)

*27 Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    What assessment he has made of the likely impact of the current administrative reorganisation and prioritisation of waiting lists on the overall figures.

(51002)

*28 Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    What plans he has to (a) assess and (b) publish records of clinical performance in hospitals.

(51003)

*29 Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    If he will make a statement on the number of vacancies that currently exist in general practitioner posts.

[R](51004)

*30 Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To whom letters requesting nominations from local authorities for trust boards will be sent for the next trawl for appointments; and if he will make a statement.

(51005)

*31 Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    What progress has been made on the completion of PFI projects in the Trent Region.

(51006)

*32 Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    If he will make a statement on the future of community hospitals in Worcestershire.

(51007)

*33 Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    What assessment he has made of the unexpired life of the buildings at Kidderminster Hospital for the purposes for which they were constructed.

(51008)

*34 Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    What assessment he has made of the effects of the provisions of the Competition Bill [Lords] on independent community pharmacies; and if he will make a statement.

(51009)

*35 Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    If he will make a statement on access to NHS dentistry in Somerset.

(51010)

*36 Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston):    What are the current trends in the number of cancelled operations.

(51011)

*37 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    If he will make a statement on the provision of radiotherapy services in the North West.

(51012)

*38 Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):    What is the current trend in the number of trainee general practitioners starting training.

(51013)

*39 Alice Mahon (Halifax):    What assessment he has made of the performance of NHS Direct.

(51014)

*40 Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    What are the proposed powers and duties of the National Director for Health Improvement.

(51015)

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

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

ORGAN DONATION [Up to 20 minutes]

Dr Evan Harris

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that the organs of potential donors are available for transplant on death unless the potential donor has previously indicated a wish to the contrary.

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   NORTHERN IRELAND (SENTENCES) BILL:    Consideration of Lords Amendments.    [Until any hour]

Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.

+  3   CRIME AND DISORDER BILL [LORDS]:    Consideration of Lords Reasons for disagreeing to certain Commons Amendments.    [Until any hour]

Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.

+  4   NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BILL:    Consideration of Lords Amendments.    [Until any hour]

    For Motions to disagree to Lords Amendments, and an Amendment consequential on a Lords Amendment, see separate Paper.

Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.

At 7.00 p.m.

+     OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS:    LLOYDS TSB BILL [LORDS] (By Order.):    Third Reading.    [Until 10.00 p.m.]

Mr Jim Cousins
Mr David Chaytor
The Reverend Ian Paisley
Mr Dennis Canavan
Mr Jeffrey Donaldson
Mr Roy Beggs

    On Third Reading of the Lloyds TSB Bill [Lords    ], to move, That the Bill be read the third time upon this day six months.

    Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

At 10.00 p.m.

+     BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE    [No debate]

The Prime Minister
    That, at this day's sitting, the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill, the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords    ] and the National Minimum Wage Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).

At the end of the sitting:

5   ADJOURNMENT

    Proposed subject: Regulation of Lloyd's insurance market (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).

    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   Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 10.30 a.m. Room 10 (public)

    To consider the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998 and the Comprehensive Spending Review for the purposes of Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.

2   Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 10.30 a.m. Room 9 (public)

    To consider the draft Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998.

3   Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation 10.30 a.m. Room 11 (public)

    To consider the draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 and the draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998.

SELECT COMMITTEES

4   Foreign Affairs 9.00 a.m.
9.30 a.m. Room 15 (private)
(public)

    Subject: Sierra Leone.

    Witness: Rt Hon Robin Cook, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

5   Foreign Affairs: Entry Clearance Sub-Committee Immediately after the meeting of the main committee Room 15 (private)

6   Deregulation 10.00 a.m. Room 18 (private)

7   International Development 10.00 a.m. Room 5 (private)

8   Public Administration 10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m. Room 8 (private)
(public)

    Subject: Annual Report of the Health Service Commissioner for 1997-98.

    Witness: Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, National Health Service Executive.

9   Welsh Affairs 10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m. Room 21 (private)
(public)

    Subject: National Health Service (Wales) Summarised Accounts 1996-97.

    Witness: Mr Peter Gregory, Director, Welsh Office Health Department.

10   Environmental Audit 10.15 a.m. Conference Room E,
7 Millbank (private)

11   Home Affairs 10.15 a.m. Room 19 (private)

12   Agriculture 10.30 a.m. Room 20 (private)

13   Standards and Privileges 10.30 a.m. Room 13 (private)

14   Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs 10.45 a.m. Room 6 (private)

15   Defence 11.00 a.m. Room 7 (private)

16   International Development 2.30 p.m. Room 20 (private)

17   Education and Employment 3.45 p.m.
4.30 p.m. Room 6 (private)
(public)

    Subject: Access for All?: A survey of post-16 participation.

    Witness: Dr Ian Johnston, Transition Chief Executive, University for Industry.

18   Science and Technology 3.45 p.m.
4.15 p.m. Room 15 (private)
(public)

    Subject: British Biotech plc.

    Witness: Dr Peter Lewis, former Director of Research and Development, British Biotech plc.

19   Procedure 4.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m. Room 8 (private)
(public)

    Subject: Financial Procdure.

    Witnesses: Mr Bill McKay, CB, Clerk of the House of Commons, Mr George Cubie, Clerk Assistant, Mr Paul Silk, Clerk of Supply.

20   Home Affairs 6.30 p.m. Room 5 (private)

21   Statutory Instruments Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments Room 7 (private)

JOINT COMMITTEE

22   Statutory Instruments 4.15 p.m. Room 7 (private)

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Monday 27th July for answer today++

1
   Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to promote common standards across the public and private sectors of building control.

(53361)

2
   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to assist Belize with debt relief.

(53363)

3
   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement about the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces.

(53364)

4
   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the future of the Cabinet Office.

(53365)

5
   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the resignation of Mr Denis Halliday, UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq.

(53459)

6
   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he has concluded his assessment of applications made in the 8th Round of Landward Petroleum Licensing.

(53546)

7
   Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the report of his Department's review of the Pilotage Act; and if he will make a statement.

(53547)

8
   Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will publish the outcome of the Alcohol and Tobacco Fraud Review.

(53548)

9
   Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the state of preparations by businesses and other organisations in the United Kingdom for the implications of EMU.

(53549)

10
   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he has received the first report of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

(53550)

11
   Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when the Coal Authority's Report and Accounts for 1997-98 will be laid before Parliament.

(53551)

12
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the consultation paper on the question of whether defendants in either-way cases should continue to be able to elect Crown Court trial.

(53552)

13
   Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the prior options review of the Scottish Record Office.

(53606)

14
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Pesticides Safety Directorate.

(53599)

15
   Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.

(53674)

16
   Angela Smith (Basildon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Meat Hygiene Service.

(53675)

17
   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Central Science Laboratory.

(53676)

18
   Mr Mike Hall (Weaver Vale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Planning Inspectorate's Annual Report and Accounts for 1997-98.

(53677)

19
   Helen Southworth (Warrington South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the Mental Health Act 1983; and if he will make a statement.

(53678)

20
   Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the Government's policy on tax-relieved profit related-pay in relation to (a) the proposed national minimum wage legislation and (b) the existing agricultural minimum wage legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(53679)

21
   Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an announcement on the tax consequences of EMU.

(53680)

22
   Christine Butler (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he will ensure better value for money for the taxpayer on right to buy sales; and how he will help local authorities buy back ex-council housing from owners in financial difficulty.

(53770)

23
   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors joined the NHS and how many doctors left the NHS by year, for the last four years.

(53771)

24
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Arundel and South Downs of 15th June, Official Report, columns 39-40, if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the discussion on the European Community's ecolabelling system at the Council of Ministers meeting of 16th and 17th June.

(53828)

25
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) planned and (b) current sterling coins match the dimensions of euro coinage; what discussions have taken place (i) on potential problems arising from duplication, (ii) between the Commission and his Department and (iii) with representatives of British business; and if he will make a statement.

(53829)

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Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1	Mr John Healey (Wentworth): What steps he is taking to improve access to general practitioners with particular reference to areas with a low number of general practitioners per 1,000 population.
	(50976)
*2	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): Pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 491, what representations he has received on methods of reducing clinical negligence litigation.
	(50977)
*3	Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East): What representations he has received on general practitioners' rights to information about the clinical performance of their local hospital.
	(50978)
*4	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): What proportion of the increased funding provided to his Department in the most recent public spending allocations will be allocated to reducing waiting lists.
	(50979)
*5	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): How he intends to involve the public in discussions about limits on the provision of drugs and treatments in the NHS.
	(50980)
*6	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): If he will make a statement on how National Health Service dentists are paid for root canal work.
	(50981)
*7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): What estimate he has made of the number of people awaiting out-patient consultations on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 1998.
	(50982)
*8	Norman Baker (Lewes): What research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the causes of premature deaths each year which can be ascribed to (i) tobacco, (ii) alcohol and (iii) cannabis.
	(50983)
*9	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): What factors underlay the response rate times achieved by Staffordshire Ambulance Service in the last three years.
	(50984)
*10	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What meetings his Department held with members or representatives of local authorities prior to the June 1997 trawl for nominations to NHS trust boards; and if he will make a statement.
	(50985)
*11	Paul Flynn (Newport West): What proposals he has to reduce the incidence of over-medication of the elderly.
	(50986)
*12	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): What plans he has for extending NHS Direct.
	(50987)
*13	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): What proportion of NHS staff have had disability awareness training.
	(50988)
*14	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What representations he has received on access by (a) general practitioners and (b) patients to information about the clinical performance of their local hospitals.
	(50989)
*15	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What plans he has to publish average clinical performance of hospitals by procedure.
	(50990)
*16	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): What representations he has received from representatives of general practitioners on his plans for primary care groups.
	(50991)
*17	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What plans he has to visit Leicester General Hospital to discuss the renal unit.
	(50992)
*18	Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): If he will make a statement on the current trends in hospital waiting lists.
	(50993)
*19	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): What proposals he has for extending NHS Direct.
	(50994)
*20	Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): What are the current trends in the number of cancelled operations.
	(50995)
*21	Laura Moffatt (Crawley): What action he is taking to give patients and general practitioners new rights to information about the clinical performance of local hospitals.
	(50996)
*22	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): When he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss local primary care services.
	(50997)
*23	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): If he will make it his policy to replace free of charge amalgam fillings with non-mercury-based materials for persons diagnosed as having MS.
	(50998)
*24	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): If he will make a statement on community hospital funding between 1999 and 2002.
	(50999)
*25	Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What support he has received from representatives of general practitioners for his plans for primary care groups.
	(51000)
*26	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): What plans he has for extending NHS Direct.
	(51001)
*27	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What assessment he has made of the likely impact of the current administrative reorganisation and prioritisation of waiting lists on the overall figures.
	(51002)
*28	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): What plans he has to (a) assess and (b) publish records of clinical performance in hospitals.
	(51003)
*29	Mr David Rendel (Newbury): If he will make a statement on the number of vacancies that currently exist in general practitioner posts.
	[R](51004)
*30	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To whom letters requesting nominations from local authorities for trust boards will be sent for the next trawl for appointments; and if he will make a statement.
	(51005)
*31	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): What progress has been made on the completion of PFI projects in the Trent Region.
	(51006)
*32	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If he will make a statement on the future of community hospitals in Worcestershire.
	(51007)
*33	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): What assessment he has made of the unexpired life of the buildings at Kidderminster Hospital for the purposes for which they were constructed.
	(51008)
*34	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): What assessment he has made of the effects of the provisions of the Competition Bill [Lords] on independent community pharmacies; and if he will make a statement.
	(51009)
*35	Jackie Ballard (Taunton): If he will make a statement on access to NHS dentistry in Somerset.
	(51010)
*36	Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston): What are the current trends in the number of cancelled operations.
	(51011)
*37	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): If he will make a statement on the provision of radiotherapy services in the North West.
	(51012)
*38	Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): What is the current trend in the number of trainee general practitioners starting training.
	(51013)
*39	Alice Mahon (Halifax): What assessment he has made of the performance of NHS Direct.
	(51014)
*40	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): What are the proposed powers and duties of the National Director for Health Improvement.
	(51015)

Main Business
+ 2	NORTHERN IRELAND (SENTENCES) BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. *[Until any hour]*
*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*
+ 3	CRIME AND DISORDER BILL [LORDS]: Consideration of Lords Reasons for disagreeing to certain Commons Amendments. *[Until any hour]*
*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*
+ 4	NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. *[Until any hour]*
	For Motions to disagree to Lords Amendments, and an Amendment consequential on a Lords Amendment, see separate Paper.
*Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.*

+	OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS: LLOYDS TSB BILL [LORDS] (By Order.): Third Reading. *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr Jim Cousins Mr David Chaytor The Reverend Ian Paisley Mr Dennis Canavan Mr Jeffrey Donaldson Mr Roy Beggs
	On Third Reading of the Lloyds TSB Bill [Lords ], to move, That the Bill be read the third time upon this day six months. Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*

+	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE *[No debate]*
	The Prime Minister That, at this day's sitting, the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill, the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords ] and the National Minimum Wage Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).*

5	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: Regulation of Lloyd's insurance market (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown). *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	Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	10.30 a.m.	Room 10 (public)
	To consider the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998 and the Comprehensive Spending Review for the purposes of Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.
2	Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	10.30 a.m.	Room 9 (public)
	To consider the draft Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998.
3	Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	10.30 a.m.	Room 11 (public)
	To consider the draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 and the draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998.
SELECT COMMITTEES
4	Foreign Affairs	9.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: Sierra Leone.
	Witness: Rt Hon Robin Cook, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
5	Foreign Affairs: Entry Clearance Sub-Committee	Immediately after the meeting of the main committee	Room 15 (private)
6	Deregulation	10.00 a.m.	Room 18 (private)
7	International Development	10.00 a.m.	Room 5 (private)
8	Public Administration	10.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Annual Report of the Health Service Commissioner for 1997-98.
	Witness: Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, National Health Service Executive.
9	Welsh Affairs	10.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: National Health Service (Wales) Summarised Accounts 1996-97.
	Witness: Mr Peter Gregory, Director, Welsh Office Health Department.
10	Environmental Audit	10.15 a.m.	Conference Room E, 7 Millbank (private)
11	Home Affairs	10.15 a.m.	Room 19 (private)
12	Agriculture	10.30 a.m.	Room 20 (private)
13	Standards and Privileges	10.30 a.m.	Room 13 (private)
14	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs	10.45 a.m.	Room 6 (private)
15	Defence	11.00 a.m.	Room 7 (private)
16	International Development	2.30 p.m.	Room 20 (private)
17	Education and Employment	3.45 p.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subject: Access for All?: A survey of post-16 participation.
	Witness: Dr Ian Johnston, Transition Chief Executive, University for Industry.
18	Science and Technology	3.45 p.m. 4.15 p.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: British Biotech plc.
	Witness: Dr Peter Lewis, former Director of Research and Development, British Biotech plc.
19	Procedure	4.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Financial Procdure.
	Witnesses: Mr Bill McKay, CB, Clerk of the House of Commons, Mr George Cubie, Clerk Assistant, Mr Paul Silk, Clerk of Supply.
20	Home Affairs	6.30 p.m.	Room 5 (private)
21	Statutory Instruments	Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments	Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEE
22	Statutory Instruments	4.15 p.m.	Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Monday 27th July for answer today++
1	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to promote common standards across the public and private sectors of building control.
	(53361)
2	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to assist Belize with debt relief.
	(53363)
3	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement about the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces.
	(53364)
4	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the future of the Cabinet Office.
	(53365)
5	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the resignation of Mr Denis Halliday, UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq.
	(53459)
6	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he has concluded his assessment of applications made in the 8th Round of Landward Petroleum Licensing.
	(53546)
7	Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the report of his Department's review of the Pilotage Act; and if he will make a statement.
	(53547)
8	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will publish the outcome of the Alcohol and Tobacco Fraud Review.
	(53548)
9	Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the state of preparations by businesses and other organisations in the United Kingdom for the implications of EMU.
	(53549)
10	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Prime Minister, if he has received the first report of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
	(53550)
11	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when the Coal Authority's Report and Accounts for 1997-98 will be laid before Parliament.
	(53551)
12	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the consultation paper on the question of whether defendants in either-way cases should continue to be able to elect Crown Court trial.
	(53552)
13	Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the prior options review of the Scottish Record Office.
	(53606)
14	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Pesticides Safety Directorate.
	(53599)
15	Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
	(53674)
16	Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Meat Hygiene Service.
	(53675)
17	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the 1997-98 Annual Report and Accounts for the Central Science Laboratory.
	(53676)
18	Mr Mike Hall (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Planning Inspectorate's Annual Report and Accounts for 1997-98.
	(53677)
19	Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the Mental Health Act 1983; and if he will make a statement.
	(53678)
20	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the Government's policy on tax-relieved profit related-pay in relation to (a) the proposed national minimum wage legislation and (b) the existing agricultural minimum wage legislation; and if he will make a statement.
	(53679)
21	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an announcement on the tax consequences of EMU.
	(53680)
22	Christine Butler (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he will ensure better value for money for the taxpayer on right to buy sales; and how he will help local authorities buy back ex-council housing from owners in financial difficulty.
	(53770)
23	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors joined the NHS and how many doctors left the NHS by year, for the last four years.
	(53771)
24	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Arundel and South Downs of 15th June, Official Report, columns 39-40, if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the discussion on the European Community's ecolabelling system at the Council of Ministers meeting of 16th and 17th June.
	(53828)
25	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) planned and (b) current sterling coins match the dimensions of euro coinage; what discussions have taken place (i) on potential problems arising from duplication, (ii) between the Commission and his Department and (iii) with representatives of British business; and if he will make a statement.
	(53829)