Order of Business for 9 November 1998

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Order of Business Monday 9th November 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 p.m. Prayers

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

*1 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    What plans he has to increase access to national museums and galleries in the next three years.

(57240)

*2 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    What discussions he has had with Sadlers Wells over the impact of the decision to close the Royal Opera House.

(57241)

*3 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    In what ways environmental projects have benefited from the National Lottery.

(57242)

*4 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    In what ways education projects will benefit from the National Lottery.

(57243)

*5 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    What representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in relation to the teaching of music in schools.

(57244)

*6 Steve Webb (Northavon):    When he expects to conclude his review of the arrangements for concessionary television licences.

(57245)

*7 Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    What monies his Department allocated for sports provision on housing estates in the (a) current and (b) next financial year.

(57246)

*8 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What assessment his Department has made of the resources needed to make all Premier and Nationwide football grounds all-seating.

(57249)

*9 Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    What responses he has received from the good causes to the announcement about their future after 2001.

(57250)

*10 Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    What representations he has received regarding the Lodge Hill residential centre in West Sussex.

(57251)

*11 Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):    What assessment he has made of the impact of digital broadcasting on local radio stations.

(57252)

*12 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    If he will make a statement on his Department's support for Britain's industrial heritage.

(57253)

*13 Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    If he will make a statement on the role of NESTA in encouraging scientific knowledge transfer.

(57254)

*14 Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    How education projects will benefit from the National Lottery.

(57256)

*15 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the allocation of funding by the Arts Council for music.

(57257)

*16 Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    How many natural sites the Government are putting forward to UNESCO as proposed new world heritage sites.

(57258)

*17 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    What representations he has received on the proposal to reschedule News at Ten.

(57259)

*18 Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Opportunities Fund.

(57260)

*19 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    What plans he has to co-ordinate the work of scientific `hands-on' centres across the UK.

(57261)

*20 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    When the Government intends to review the BBC licence fee; and what form the review will take.

(57262)

*21 Helen Jones (Warrington North):    In what ways millennium projects will benefit people in the North West.

(57263)

*22 Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    In what ways the National Lottery will benefit Millennium award-winners in London.

(57265)

*23 Christine Russell (City of Chester):    How many people are employed in the cultural and creative industries.

(57266)

*24 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    How many people are employed in the cultural and creative industries.

(57267)

*25 Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    Pursuant to his Answer of 8th December, Official Report, column 470, what new initiatives he is considering to increase access to ballet for young people and those on low pay.

(57268)

*26 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    What action his Department is taking to ensure (a) communities and (b) individuals are made aware of the availability of lottery funds for communities eligible for small grants; and if he will make a statement.

(57269)

At 3.10 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in respect of the Millennium Experience

*27 Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Millennium Experience Company in raising sponsorship for the Millennium Experience.

(57270)

*28 Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    What discussions he has had with the UK's small breweries about promoting local beers during the period of the Millennium Experience.

(57271)

*29 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    What representations he has received on the size of the total lottery contribution to the Millennium Dome.

(57272)

*30 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    What plans he has to include information on cancer research in Britain in the Millennium Dome.

(57273)

*31 Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    What is the total amount of monies currently identified for sponsorship of zones within the Millennium Dome.

(57274)

*32 Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    How much of the funding for the Millennium Experience from sponsors is (a) committed, (b) promised and (c) made in kind.

(57275)

*33 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    If he will list the sponsors currently involved in the Millennium Dome.

(57276)

*34 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    If he will make a statement on the impact of the Millennium Experience on the regions.

(57277)

*35 Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    If the contract for catering in the Millennium Experience has been awarded; if it was put out to tender; and if he will make a statement.

(57278)

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

*36 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what impact there has been on the Commissioners' assets arising out of the collapse of (a) hedge funds and (b) other financial institutions.

(57280)

*37 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what impact there has been on the Commissioners' assets as a result of the turbulence in the world's financial markets.

(57282)

*38 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church Commissioners will make it their policy not to invest in countries where state-organised torture, murder and disappearances are or have been prevalent.

(57283)

*39 Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the compatibility of holdings in GEC with their investment policy.

(57284)

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	ADJOURNMENT *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	The Prime Minister That this House do now adjourn. Proposed subject for debate: *Fifth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom.*
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*

At 10.00 p.m.

	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
	The Prime Minister That, at this day's sitting, the Statute Law Repeals Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).*

+ 2	STATUTE LAW REPEALS BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.
*Remaining stages may also be taken.*
	*The Questions on Second and Third Reading of Consolidation Bills are put without debate (Standing Order No. 58).*
+ 3	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the Education (Infant Class Sizes)(England) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1973), be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 4	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2211) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 5	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2231) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 6	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the Disabled Persons (Disability Discrimination) (Exemption for Small Employers) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2618), be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
7	CATERING COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr Thomas Graham be discharged from the Catering Committee and Rosemary McKenna be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
8	EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Ms Margaret Hodge and Mr Gerry Steinberg be discharged from the Education and Employment Committee and Mr Gordon Marsden and Mr Malcolm Wicks be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
9	HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr Ross Cranston and Ms Beverley Hughes be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Miss Melanie Johnson and Mr Paul Stinchcombe be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
10	INFORMATION COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr John Whittingdale be discharged from the Information Committee and Mr Tim Collins be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
11	NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr Desmond Browne be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Mr Stephen McCabe be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
12	SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr Paul Goggins, Ms Patricia Hewitt, Mr Frank Roy, Ms Gisela Stuart and Mr Malcolm Wicks be discharged from the Social Security Committee and Mr Vernon Coaker, Mr Andrew Dismore, Mr Michael Foster (Hastings and Rye), Mrs Joan Humble and Kali Mountford be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
13	TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Gillian Merron be discharged from the Trade and Industry Committee and Helen Southworth be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
14	TREASURY COMMITTEE *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection. That Mr Charles Clarke and Ms Ruth Kelly be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Dr Lewis Moonie and Jacqui Smith be added to the Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting:

15	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Information technology provision in rural primary schools* (David Taylor). *Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).*

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
SELECT COMMITTEE
1	Treasury	4.00 p.m. 4.15 p.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: The World Economy and the Pre-Budget Report.
	Witness: Rt Hon Gordon Brown, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
*1	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): What plans he has to increase access to national museums and galleries in the next three years.
	(57240)
*2	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): What discussions he has had with Sadlers Wells over the impact of the decision to close the Royal Opera House.
	(57241)
*3	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): In what ways environmental projects have benefited from the National Lottery.
	(57242)
*4	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): In what ways education projects will benefit from the National Lottery.
	(57243)
*5	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in relation to the teaching of music in schools.
	(57244)
*6	Steve Webb (Northavon): When he expects to conclude his review of the arrangements for concessionary television licences.
	(57245)
*7	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What monies his Department allocated for sports provision on housing estates in the (a) current and (b) next financial year.
	(57246)
*8	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What assessment his Department has made of the resources needed to make all Premier and Nationwide football grounds all-seating.
	(57249)
*9	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): What responses he has received from the good causes to the announcement about their future after 2001.
	(57250)
*10	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): What representations he has received regarding the Lodge Hill residential centre in West Sussex.
	(57251)
*11	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): What assessment he has made of the impact of digital broadcasting on local radio stations.
	(57252)
*12	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): If he will make a statement on his Department's support for Britain's industrial heritage.
	(57253)
*13	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): If he will make a statement on the role of NESTA in encouraging scientific knowledge transfer.
	(57254)
*14	Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): How education projects will benefit from the National Lottery.
	(57256)
*15	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the allocation of funding by the Arts Council for music.
	(57257)
*16	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): How many natural sites the Government are putting forward to UNESCO as proposed new world heritage sites.
	(57258)
*17	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): What representations he has received on the proposal to reschedule News at Ten.
	(57259)
*18	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Opportunities Fund.
	(57260)
*19	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What plans he has to co-ordinate the work of scientific `hands-on' centres across the UK.
	(57261)
*20	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): When the Government intends to review the BBC licence fee; and what form the review will take.
	(57262)
*21	Helen Jones (Warrington North): In what ways millennium projects will benefit people in the North West.
	(57263)
*22	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): In what ways the National Lottery will benefit Millennium award-winners in London.
	(57265)
*23	Christine Russell (City of Chester): How many people are employed in the cultural and creative industries.
	(57266)
*24	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): How many people are employed in the cultural and creative industries.
	(57267)
*25	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): Pursuant to his Answer of 8th December, Official Report, column 470, what new initiatives he is considering to increase access to ballet for young people and those on low pay.
	(57268)
*26	Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): What action his Department is taking to ensure (a) communities and (b) individuals are made aware of the availability of lottery funds for communities eligible for small grants; and if he will make a statement.
	(57269)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in respect of the Millennium Experience
*27	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Millennium Experience Company in raising sponsorship for the Millennium Experience.
	(57270)
*28	Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby): What discussions he has had with the UK's small breweries about promoting local beers during the period of the Millennium Experience.
	(57271)
*29	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): What representations he has received on the size of the total lottery contribution to the Millennium Dome.
	(57272)
*30	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What plans he has to include information on cancer research in Britain in the Millennium Dome.
	(57273)
*31	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What is the total amount of monies currently identified for sponsorship of zones within the Millennium Dome.
	(57274)
*32	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): How much of the funding for the Millennium Experience from sponsors is (a) committed, (b) promised and (c) made in kind.
	(57275)
*33	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will list the sponsors currently involved in the Millennium Dome.
	(57276)
*34	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on the impact of the Millennium Experience on the regions.
	(57277)
*35	Mr Robert Syms (Poole): If the contract for catering in the Millennium Experience has been awarded; if it was put out to tender; and if he will make a statement.
	(57278)

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
*36	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what impact there has been on the Commissioners' assets arising out of the collapse of (a) hedge funds and (b) other financial institutions.
	(57280)
*37	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what impact there has been on the Commissioners' assets as a result of the turbulence in the world's financial markets.
	(57282)
*38	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church Commissioners will make it their policy not to invest in countries where state-organised torture, murder and disappearances are or have been prevalent.
	(57283)
*39	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the compatibility of holdings in GEC with their investment policy.
	(57284)



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