Order of Business for 29.10.98

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Order of Business Thursday 29th October 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.

At 2.30 Prayers

Afterwards

Private Business

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

Consideration of Bill as Amended

Bodmin Moor Commons Bill [Lords]. (By Order.)

Mr Andrew F. Bennett

    On Consideration of the Bodmin Moor Commons Bill [Lords], as amended, to move, That the Bill be considered upon this day six months.
[For Amendments, see Notice Paper relating to Private Business.]

Second Reading

Alliance and Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords]. (By Order.)

Mr John McWilliam

    On Second Reading of the Alliance and Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

*1 Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    When he plans to meet business leaders in the North East to discuss export prospects for the region.

(55050)

*2 Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    What plans he has to increase the target set for renewable energy output in 2010.

(55052)

*3 Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    What assessment he has made of the prospects for securing Objective 1 status for United Kingdom regions in the next round of negotiations on EU structural funds.

(55053)

*4 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    What representations he has received from United Kingdom aerospace companies concerning difficulties in securing Federal Aviation Authority approval.

(55054)

*5 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    If he will make a statement on his Department's work in supporting high-technology Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.

(55055)

*6 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    What his Department estimates to be the cost of the Social Chapter's Parental Leave Directive, Works Councils Directive and Part Time Workers Directive to British business.

(55056)

*7 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    What research his Department has undertaken on the cost to British industry of increases in interest rates.

(55058)

*8 Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East):    What plans he has to increase employment opportunities in small businesses.

(55059)

*9 Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    What responses he has received to the consultation on the Strategic Export Controls White Paper.

(55060)

*10 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    If he will make a statement on the prospects for the steel industry.

(55061)

*11 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    What assessment he has made of the impact of the provisions of the Competition Bill [Lords] on employment in the brewing industry.

(55063)

*12 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What representations he has received from the British Libyan Business Group concerning actions taken since July 1998 by the Libyan government against UK firms involved in work in Libya.

(55065)

*13 Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    What representations he has received on the Fairness at Work White Paper.

(55066)

*14 Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    What assessment he has made of the contribution of the science base to the UK economy as a whole.

(55067)

*15 Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    What representations he has received on the future of the Post Office.

(55068)

*16 Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the restructuring of the aerospace industries.

(55069)

*17 Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    What forms of European assistance will be available to the Berwick-upon-Tweed area following the closure of Pringle of Scotland's factory there.

(55070)

*18 Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    What recent meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in respect of the co-ordination of government policy on (a) the minimum wage and (b) fairness at work legislation.

(55071)

*19 Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    What progress has been made in achieving a fair system of regulation in the energy market.

(55072)

*20 Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    What are the Government's priorities for promoting manufacturing and construction in London.

(55073)

*21 Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central):    What representations he has received on the Fairness at Work White Paper.

(55074)

*22 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    What recent assessment he has made of his Department's Competitiveness UK initiative.

(55076)

*23 Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    When he expects to make a decision on the future of Parcelforce.

(55077)

*24 Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    If he will make a statement on the changes to be made to the setting of the pool price for electricity.

(55078)

*25 Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    What progress he is making on the implementation of the EC directive on part time working.

(55079)

*26 Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    What steps he is taking to promote the use of science, engineering and technology across government.

(55080)

*27 Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):    What steps his Department is taking to promote information technology on a local basis.

(55082)

*28 Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    What representations he has received on the impact of current levels of sterling on manufacturing companies seeking to export goods.

(55084)

*29 Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    What assessment he has made of the impact of current interest rates upon the manufacturing sector.

(55087)

*30 Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    What representations he has received from the clothing and textile industry on the prospects for the industry.

(55088)

*31 Paul Flynn (Newport West):    What assessment he has made of the effects of current levels of interest rates on the profitability of Britain's industry.

(55089)

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

Preliminary Business

Notice of Presentation of Bill

1	NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA (PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION) *[No debate]*
	Mr Michael Fabricant Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission to investigate the benefits or otherwise of accession by the United Kingdom to the North American Free Trade Area Treaty; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*

Main Business
+ 2	ADJOURNMENT *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	The Prime Minister That this House do now adjourn. Proposed subject for debate: *Quarantine for pets.* The Fifth Report from the Agriculture Committee of Session 1993-94, on Health Controls on the Importation of Live Animals (HC 347-I, published on 23rd November 1994), is relevant.
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting:

3	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields near power lines* (Miss Anne McIntosh). *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	Health	9.50 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Relationship between Health and Social Services.
	Witnesses: Department of Health officials.
2	Culture, Media and Sport	10.00 a.m.	Room 15 (private)
3	Education and Employment: Employment Sub-Committee	10.30 a.m. 10.45 a.m.	Room 18 (private) (public)
	Subject: Part-time Working.
	Witnesses: First Division Association, Medical Women's Federation, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and The Law Society.
4	Treasury	4.00 p.m. 4.15 p.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: The World Economy.
	Witnesses: Mr Howard Davies, Chairman and Mr Michael Foot, Managing Director and Head of Financial Supervision, Financial Services Authority.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 28th October for answer today++
1	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish a response to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee's Seventh Report of this Session on London Underground (HC 715).
	(57728)
2	Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will announce the external finance limits that will apply to the Scottish Water and Sewerage Authorities in 1999-2000 and in the following two years; and if he will make a statement.
	(57729)
3	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for November; and if he will list the major European Union events for the next six months.
	(57730)
4	Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the annual report of the Millennium Commission is to be produced.
	(57731)
5	Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has concluded his consideration of responses to the Government's consultation paper on the funding of home improvement agencies; and if he will make a statement.
	(57732)
6	Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, when he will publish the latest recruitment statistics for the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; and if he make a statement.
	(57733)
7	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on further developments on the Tax Law Rewrite project.
	(57734)
8	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provision he will make for management and maintenance spending on council housing in England for 1999-2000.
	(57736)
9	Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, when the next review of the Buying Agency will be conducted.
	(57737)
10	Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will repeal the requirement for local authorities to publish their staff numbers locally.
	(57850)
11	Ms Fiona Jones (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the response to the Government Panel on Sustainable Development's Fourth Annual Report will be published.
	(57851)
12	Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will respond to the Intelligence and Security Committee's annual report for 1997-98.
	(57852)
13	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will report on the outcome of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 26th and 27th October.
	(57853)
14	Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what resources he will make available to authorities that were reorganised on 1st April 1996, 1997 or 1998 for reorganisation costs incurred by them in 1998-99; and if he will make a statement.
	(57854)
15	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will announce the outcome of the review by Customs and Excise of the VAT exemption for charity welfare services.
	(57891)
16	Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government will respond to the report by the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development on Integrating Biodiversity into Management Systems.
	(57952)
17	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has reached a conclusion about the contribution which the utilities pay to public transport operators in connection with diversionary works.
	(57971)
18	Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Independent Television Commissioin about the limits under the broadcasting acts on the provision of digital terrestrial programming; and if he will make a statement.
	(57972)

Standing Committee Notices

The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 3rd November at 10.30 a.m. to consider the draft Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1998.

The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 4th November at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Local Government (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 5th November at 10.30 a.m. to consider the draft Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

European Standing Committee B will meet on Wednesday 4th November at 10.30 a.m. to consider European Community Document No. 8328/98 relating to Social Action Programme (1998-2000).

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
*1	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): When he plans to meet business leaders in the North East to discuss export prospects for the region.
	(55050)
*2	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): What plans he has to increase the target set for renewable energy output in 2010.
	(55052)
*3	Mr Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment he has made of the prospects for securing Objective 1 status for United Kingdom regions in the next round of negotiations on EU structural funds.
	(55053)
*4	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What representations he has received from United Kingdom aerospace companies concerning difficulties in securing Federal Aviation Authority approval.
	(55054)
*5	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): If he will make a statement on his Department's work in supporting high-technology Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.
	(55055)
*6	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): What his Department estimates to be the cost of the Social Chapter's Parental Leave Directive, Works Councils Directive and Part Time Workers Directive to British business.
	(55056)
*7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): What research his Department has undertaken on the cost to British industry of increases in interest rates.
	(55058)
*8	Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): What plans he has to increase employment opportunities in small businesses.
	(55059)
*9	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): What responses he has received to the consultation on the Strategic Export Controls White Paper.
	(55060)
*10	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): If he will make a statement on the prospects for the steel industry.
	(55061)
*11	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): What assessment he has made of the impact of the provisions of the Competition Bill [Lords] on employment in the brewing industry.
	(55063)
*12	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What representations he has received from the British Libyan Business Group concerning actions taken since July 1998 by the Libyan government against UK firms involved in work in Libya.
	(55065)
*13	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): What representations he has received on the Fairness at Work White Paper.
	(55066)
*14	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): What assessment he has made of the contribution of the science base to the UK economy as a whole.
	(55067)
*15	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): What representations he has received on the future of the Post Office.
	(55068)
*16	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): If he will make a statement on the progress of the restructuring of the aerospace industries.
	(55069)
*17	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What forms of European assistance will be available to the Berwick-upon-Tweed area following the closure of Pringle of Scotland's factory there.
	(55070)
*18	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): What recent meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in respect of the co-ordination of government policy on (a) the minimum wage and (b) fairness at work legislation.
	(55071)
*19	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What progress has been made in achieving a fair system of regulation in the energy market.
	(55072)
*20	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What are the Government's priorities for promoting manufacturing and construction in London.
	(55073)
*21	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): What representations he has received on the Fairness at Work White Paper.
	(55074)
*22	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): What recent assessment he has made of his Department's Competitiveness UK initiative.
	(55076)
*23	Mr Damian Green (Ashford): When he expects to make a decision on the future of Parcelforce.
	(55077)
*24	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): If he will make a statement on the changes to be made to the setting of the pool price for electricity.
	(55078)
*25	Mr John Healey (Wentworth): What progress he is making on the implementation of the EC directive on part time working.
	(55079)
*26	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): What steps he is taking to promote the use of science, engineering and technology across government.
	(55080)
*27	Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): What steps his Department is taking to promote information technology on a local basis.
	(55082)
*28	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): What representations he has received on the impact of current levels of sterling on manufacturing companies seeking to export goods.
	(55084)
*29	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): What assessment he has made of the impact of current interest rates upon the manufacturing sector.
	(55087)
*30	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What representations he has received from the clothing and textile industry on the prospects for the industry.
	(55088)
*31	Paul Flynn (Newport West): What assessment he has made of the effects of current levels of interest rates on the profitability of Britain's industry.
	(55089)