| 1 | ADJOURNMENT [Until 2.00 p.m.] |
| The Prime Minister |
| That this House do now adjourn. |
| Subjects proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House: |
| 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. | Mr Crispin Blunt | The European Union and defence policy. |
| 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Christine Butler | Economic development of the Eastern Region. |
| 12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m. | Mr Andrew Lansley | Provision of residential care homes in South Cambridgeshire. |
| 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. | Mr Kevin Barron | Secretary of State's decision on the Waverley site planning application and its implications for coalfield regeneration. |
| 1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. | Mr Owen Paterson | Impact of taxation on the road haulage industry. |
| The Motion for the Adjournment of the House will lapse at 2.00 p.m. and the sitting will be suspended until 2.30 p.m. (Standing Order No. 10). |
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| Private Business |
Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.
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| Second Reading |
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords]. (By Order.)
On Second Reading of the Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.
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NOTICE OF MOTION AT THE TIME OF PRIVATE BUSINESS
The Chairman of Ways and Means
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [LORDS]: That the promoters of the Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that the Agents for the Bill give notice to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of their intention to suspend further proceedings not later than the day before the close of the present Session and that all Fees due on the Bill up to that date be paid;
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, the Agents for the Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration signed by them, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the Lords in the present Session;
That, as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, that such a declaration has been so deposited, has been laid upon the Table of the House, the Bill shall be read the first and shall be ordered to be read a second time;
That the Petition against the Bill presented in the present Session which stands referred to the Committee on the Bill shall stand referred to the Committee on the Bill in the next Session;
That no Petitioners shall be heard before the Committee on the Bill, unless their Petition has been presented within the time limited within the present Session or deposited pursuant to paragraph (b) of Standing Order 126 relating to Private Business;
That, in relation to the Bill, Standing Order 127 relating to Private Business shall have effect as if the words under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against Bill)" were omitted;
That no further Fees shall be charged in respect of any proceedings on the Bill in respect of which Fees have already been incurred during the present Session;
That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House.
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| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development |
| *1 |
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): What assistance her Department has provided to the people of Bangladesh to cope with the damage caused by the recent floods. |
| (57800) |
| *2 |
Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): What steps her Department is taking to support conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction. |
| (57801) |
| *3 |
Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): What steps Her Majesty's Government is taking to assist the governments of developing countries with their approaches to the World Trade Organisation in the run up to the next round of trade negotiations. |
| (57802) |
| *4 |
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): What plans she has to support the work of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in relation to international development. |
| (57804) |
| *5 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What plans she has to visit Zimbabwe to discuss aid projects in that country. |
| (57805) |
| *6 |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): How many projects are currently being supported by the Know How Fund; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57806) |
| *7 |
Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): What assistance has been given by (a) her Department and (b) the European Union to the people made homeless in Kosovo in recent months. |
| (57807) |
| *8 |
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What assistance her Department has given in 1998 to countries suffering from natural disasters. |
| (57808) |
| *9 |
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): When she last met the President of the World Bank to discuss the impact of world financial affairs on international development; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57809) |
| *10 |
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): What progress has been made on measures to ensure that companies work to eliminate the use of child labour in countries where they operate or are supplied from. |
| (57811) |
| *11 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): If she will make a statement on the current role of (a) NGOs and (b) the private sector in the delivery of aid using resources from the UK Government. |
| (57812) |
| *12 |
Mr Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford): If she will make a statement on her Department's debt-reduction programmes. |
| (57813) |
| *13 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What plans she has to visit the island of St. Helena to discuss future aid provision. |
| (57814) |
| *14 |
Mr John McAllion (Dundee East): What recent representations she has received in relation to the impact of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment on future development needs. |
| (57815) |
| *15 |
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): If she will make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh following the recent floods. |
| (57816) |
| *16 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): If she will make a statement on the future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation. |
| (57817) |
| *17 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): What assessment she has made of the potential impact on poor farmers of terminator gene technology. |
| (57818) |
| *18 |
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): What priority her Department gives to countering fraud in its aid programmes. |
| (57819) |
| *19 |
Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): What assessment she has made of the impact of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment on future development needs. |
| (57820) |
| *20 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What help she is giving the government of Bangladesh to remove arsenic from subterranean water supplies. |
| (57821) |
| *21 |
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): If she will make a statement on her recent visit to Tanzania to discuss development. |
| (57822) |
| *22 |
Mr John Healey (Wentworth): If she will make a statement on action her Department is taking to relieve the pressure of chronic debts for the poorest developing countries. |
| (57823) |
| *23 |
Tom Cox (Tooting): What discussions her Department has held in the last 12 months with the government of Romania on the issue of the welfare and protection of children. |
| (57824) |
| *24 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): If she will take steps to increase the accountability of the way in which EU aid money is disbursed. |
| (57825) |
| *25 |
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): What support her Department is giving to the Jubilee 2000 project. |
| (57826) |
| *26 |
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): If she will make a statement on the proportion of the UK aid programme which is disbursed through multilateral organisations. |
| (57827) |
| *27 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): What assessment her Department has made of the assistance needs of the people of Kosovo. |
| (57828) |
| Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
| *Q1 |
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57830) |
| *Q2 |
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57831) |
| *Q3 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): If he will make an official visit to Newhaven. |
| (57832) |
| *Q4 |
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57833) |
| *Q5 |
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57834) |
| *Q6 |
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57835) |
| *Q7 |
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57836) |
| *Q8 |
Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57837) |
| *Q9 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57838) |
| *Q10 |
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57839) |
| *Q11 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57840) |
| *Q12 |
Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57841) |
| *Q13 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): What plans he has to reform the area cost adjustment. |
| (57842) |
| *Q14 |
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57843) |
| *Q15 |
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57844) |
| *Q16 |
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57845) |
| *Q17 |
Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57846) |
| *Q18 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57847) |
| *Q19 |
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57848) |
| *Q20 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. |
| (57849) |
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| Main Business |
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SCOTLAND BILL (PROGRAMME) [Up to 45 minutes] |
| | Mr Secretary Dewar
Margaret Beckett
Sir George Young
Mr Paul Tyler
Mrs Margaret Ewing |
| | That the Order [13th January] relating to the Scotland Bill (Programme) be supplemented as follows-- |
| Lords Amendments |
| | 1. Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed in two allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion three and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the second allotted day.
2.--(1) The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order, namely: Nos. 215 to 220, 1 to 87, 125 to 129, 237 to 278, 88 to 124, 130 to 214, 221 to 236 and 279 to 302.
(2) The two allotted days shall be allotted in the manner shown in the Table set out below.
(3) Each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the expiry of the period (calculated from the commencement of proceedings on the Bill) specified in the second column of the Table.
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3.--(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question already proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.
(3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment the Speaker shall then put forthwith--
(a) the Question on any further amendment to the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and
(b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended.
(4) The Speaker shall then designate such of the remaining Lords Amendments as appear to the Speaker to involve questions of Privilege.
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith--
(a) the Question on any Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and
(b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended.
(6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment.
(7) The Speaker shall then put forthwith with respect to the Lords Amendments designated by the Speaker which have not been disposed of the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in those Amendments.
(8) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.
(9) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a separate Question on any other Amendment which is moved by a Minister of the Crown and relevant to the Lords Amendment.
(10) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its Chairman.
(11) Proceedings under this paragraph shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House. |
| Supplemental |
| | 4. A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.
5. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on Consideration of the Lords Amendments--
(a) on the first allotted day, 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, and
(b) on the second allotted day, for any part of the period of three and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill which falls after Ten o'clock.
Proccedings on the Motion, if not previously concluded, will be brought to a conclusion 45 minutes after their commencement (Order of 13th January). |
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SCOTLAND BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. [Up to 6.5 hours] |
| | For Motions to disagree, Amendments in lieu and an Amendment to a Lords Amendment, see separate Paper.
If the Motion on Scotland Bill (Programme) is agreed to, proceedings may continue for up to 6.5 hours. |
| + 5 |
NORTHERN IRELAND [No debate] |
| | Secretary Marjorie Mowlam
That the draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1998, which was laid before this House on 19th October, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). |
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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE [No debate] |
| | Secretary Marjorie Mowlam
That the draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, which were laid before this House on 19th October, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
| STANDING COMMITTEES |
| 1 |
European Standing Committee B |
10.30 a.m. |
Room 10 (public) |
| To consider European Community Document No. 7046/98 relating to Agenda 2000: The Financial Perspective 2000-2006; European Community Document No. 7221/98, relating to Agenda 2000: The International Agreement of the 29th October 1993; European Community Document No. 9302/98, relating to Own Resources based on VAT and GNP; and European Community Document No. Com (98) 560, relating to Financing and European Union. |
| 2 |
Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the draft Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1998. |
| 3 |
Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Insurance) Order 1998. |
| SELECT COMMITTEES |
| 4 |
Education and Employment: Education Sub-Committee |
9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m. |
Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Work of OFSTED. |
| Witnesses: Professor Carol Fitz-Gibbon and Dr Peter Tymms, University of Durham; Universities Council for the Education of Teachers and Standing Conference of Principals (at approximately 10.30 a.m.). |
| 5 |
Modernisation of the House of Commons |
9.30 a.m. |
Room 21 (private) |
| 6 |
Scottish Affairs |
10.00 a.m. |
Room 19 (private) |
| 7 |
Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs |
10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. |
Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Integrated Transport White Paper. |
| Witnesses: Professor Phil Goodwin; Local Government Association; Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers (ATCO); County Surveyors Society. |
| 8 |
Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Transport Sub-Committee |
3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. |
Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Maritime and Coastguard Agency. |
| Witnesses: Public and Commercial Services Union; Scottish Fishermen's Federation; Cruising Association and Royal Yachting Association. |
| 9 |
Northern Ireland Affairs |
3.45 p.m. |
Room 8 (private) |
| 10 |
Science and Technology |
3.45 p.m.
4.15 p.m. |
Room 20 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation. |
| Witness: Mr Martin Sandford, Director of Medical and Physical Sciences, BTG plc. |
| 11 |
European Legislation |
4.00 p.m. |
Room 19 (private) |
| 11 |
Selection |
4.15 p.m. |
Room 13 (private) |
| [The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
|
| Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 10th November for answer today++ |
1
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has any plans to continue the do-it-yourself shared ownership scheme. |
| (59553) |
2
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what plans he has to change the Government's policy on non-disclosure of information on the ethnic origin of individuals appointed to public bodies. |
| (59575) |
3
| Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the outcome of the most recent meeting of the Standing Committee on Preparations for EMU. |
| (59576) |
4
| Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on relations between Government and the voluntary and community sector in England. |
| (59608) |
5
| Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to protect groundwater. |
| (59640) |
6
| Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the oral Statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence of 2nd November, Official Report, column 540, if he will make a further statement on the timetable for the issue of a consultation paper on radioactive waste management. |
| (59641) |
7
| Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish the work commissioned to follow-up the Policy Appraisal and the Environment initiative. |
| (59642) |
8
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask Mr Attorney General, pursuant to his Answer of 14th November 1997, Official Report, columns 683-4, concerning the Quinquennial Review of Government Property Lawyers, if he is able to report on the outcome of that review. |
| (59646) |
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