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Order of Business Wednesday 2nd December 1998 Here you can browse the House of Commons Order of Business for Wednesday 2 December 1998.

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 9.30 a.m.

Prayers

Afterwards
Adjournment Debates

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 Ian Stewart	Compensation for vaccine damaged people.
	11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.	Mr Adrian Sanders	Economic problems facing seaside holiday towns.
	12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m.	Mr Hilton Dawson	Aid for children in Burundi.
	1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.	Dr Jenny Tonge	Audiology services in the NHS.
	1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.	Mr Lindsay Hoyle	Territorial Army 101 Battalion Headquarters in Chorley.
	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).

At 2.30 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
*1	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    If she will make a statement on the decommissioning of weapons from terrorist organisations.
	(61198)
*2	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    What progress has been made on the decommissioning of illegally held arms; and if she will make a statement.
	(61199)
*3	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    What progress has been made on the decommissioning of illegally held arms and explosives.
	(61200)
*4	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    If she will make a statement on the current security situation.
	(61201)
*5	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    What discussions she has held with leaders of political parties represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly about a linkage between decommissioning of terrorist weapons and eligibility for participation in the Northern Ireland Executive.
	(61202)
*6	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    If she will make a statement on the latest trends in tourism in Northern Ireland.
	(61203)
*7	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    If she will grant core funding to the ME Association in Northern Ireland in 1999-2000.
	(61204)
*8	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    If she will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland.
	(61205)
*9	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    What progress has been made on the decommissioning of illegally held arms and explosives.
	(61206)
*10	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    What assessment she has made of school exam results in Northern Ireland relative to the rest of Great Britain.
	(61207)
*11	Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):    What plans she has to reform the working of the Industrial Development Board.
	(61208)
*12	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    If she will make a statement on the latest position in the peace process.
	(61209)
*13	Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone):    If she will abolish the Parades Commission.
	(61210)
*14	Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):    What action is being taken to encourage inward investment in Northern Ireland from (a) the United States and (b) elsewhere.
	(61211)
*15	Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    What support the Government is giving to farmers in Northern Ireland in the current financial year.
	(61212)
*16	Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    What action is being taken to encourage inward investment in Northern Ireland from (a) the United States and (b) elsewhere.
	(61213)
*17	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    What actions she is taking to help people who have been victims of violence in Northern Ireland.
	(61214)
*18	Mr Clifford Forsythe (South Antrim):    How many staff are currently employed by (a) Ulsterbus and (b) Northern Ireland Railways.
	(61215)
*19	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    What representations she has received concerning the early release of terrorist prisoners.
	(61216)
*20	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    If she will make a statement on progress following the Belfast Agreement.
	(61217)
*21	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    What steps she is taking to increase the number of nursery school places.
	(61218)
*22	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    When she expects final implementation of the arrangements contained in the Belfast Agreement.
	(61219)
*23	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    If she will make a statement on progress with the Government's anti-drug strategy in Northern Ireland following the appointment of the UK anti-drugs co-ordinator.
	(61220)
*24	Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    What progress has been made on the Belfast Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
	(61221)
*25	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    If she will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland.
	(61222)
*26	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    If she will make it her policy that prisoner releases and the decommissioning of illegally held arms and explosives should proceed in parallel.
	(61223)
*27	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    What support the Government is giving to farmers in Northern Ireland.
	(61224)
*28	Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole):    When she expects the decommissioning of illegally held arms and explosives to begin.
	(61225)
*29	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    What plans she has to review the conduct of specified organisations in co-operating with the International Commission on Decommissioning under section 3(9)(d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
	(61226)
*30	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    What progress is being made in securing the decommissioning of weapons.
	(61227)

At 3.00 p.m.

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
*Q1	Mr William Cash (Stone):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61228)
*Q2	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61229)
*Q3	Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61230)
*Q4	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61231)
*Q5	Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61232)
*Q6	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61233)
*Q7	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61234)
*Q8	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61235)
*Q9	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61237)
*Q10	Norman Baker (Lewes):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61238)
*Q11	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61239)
*Q12	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61240)
*Q13	Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61241)
*Q14	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61242)
*Q15	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61243)
*Q16	Sir Raymond Whitney (Wycombe):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61244)
*Q17	Steve Webb (Northavon):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61245)
*Q18	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61246)
*Q19	Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2nd December.
	(61247)

At 3.30 p.m.

Private Notice Questions (if any) Ministerial Statements (if any)

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Preliminary Business

Notices of Presentation of Bills

+  2	SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE    [No debate]
	Mr Secretary Dewar     Bill to make provision with respect to the financial limits in section 25(2) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
+  3	GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY    [No debate]
	Mr Secretary Prescott     Bill to establish and make provision about the Greater London Authority, the Mayor of London and the London Assembly; to make provision in relation to London borough councils and the    Common Council of the City of London with respect to matters consequential on the establishment of the Greater London Authority; to make provision with respect to the functions of other local authorities and statutory bodies exercising functions in Greater London; to make provision about transport and road traffic in and around Greater London; to make provision about policing in Greater London and to make an adjustment of the metropolitan police district; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.

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Main Business
+  4	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME)    [Up to 3 hours]
	Margaret Beckett Mr Secretary Straw
	That the following provisions shall apply to proceedings on the European Parliamentary Elections Bill:
Timetable
	1. Proceedings on Second Reading, in Committee, on Consideration and on Third Reading shall be completed at the sitting this day and shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, four hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
Questions to be put
	2. When the Bill has been read a second time--     (a) it shall, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of Bills), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put,     (b) proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed while the Question is put, in accordance with Standing Order No. 52(1) (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), on any financial resolution relating to the Bill,     (c) on the conclusion of proceedings on any financial resolution relating to the Bill, proceedings on the Bill shall be resumed and the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an instruction has been given.     3. On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question and, if he reports the Bill with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.     4. For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1 the Speaker or Chairman shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)--     (a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;     (b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;     (c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;     (d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.     5. On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
Miscellaneous
	6. Standing Order 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill at the sitting this day; and the proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.     7. The proceedings on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this order shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after commencement; and the Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to those proceedings.     8. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to proceedings on the Bill.     9. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken.     10. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to the Bill except by a Minister of the Crown.     11. If at the sitting this day a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over to seven o'clock and proceedings on this Motion have begun before that time, the Motion for the Adjournment shall stand over until the conclusion of proceedings on the Bill.     12. If the House is adjourned at the sitting this day, or the sitting is suspended, before the conclusion of proceedings on the Bill, no notice shall be required, of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.     The Speaker will put the Question not more than three hours after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 83).

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At 10.00 p.m.

+	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
	The Prime Minister     That, at this day's sitting, the Motion relating to the European Parliamentary Elections Bill (Allocation of Time) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).

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+  5	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL:    Second Reading.    [Up to 4 hours]
For Amendments, see separate Paper.
Remaining stages may be taken.
	Proceedings on Second Reading, in Committee, on Consideration and on Third Reading shall be completed at the sitting this day and shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Allocation of Time Motion, if that Motion is agreed to.     If the Allocation of Time Motion is agreed to, and the Bill is committed to a Committee of the whole House, further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed, and, as soon as the proceedings on any resolution come to by the House on European Parliamentary Elections Bill [Money] have been concluded, the House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill.
+  6	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL [MONEY]:    Queen's Recommendation signified.    [No debate]
	Dawn Primarolo     That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the European Parliamentary Elections Bill, it is expedient to authorise the charging on and payment out of the Consolidated Fund of--     (1) charges to which returning officers are entitled by virtue of that Act, and     (2) sums required by the Secretary of State for expenditure on the provision of training relating to functions conferred on returning officers by virtue of that Act.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
+  7	NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE    [No debate]
	Margaret Beckett Secretary Marjorie Mowlam
	That the Northern Ireland Grand Committee shall meet at Westminster on Thursday 10th December, Thursday 28th January, Thursday 25th February, Thursday 25th March, Thursday 10th June and Thursday 8th July at 10.30 a.m.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 116)
+  8	NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE    [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
	Secretary Marjorie Mowlam Margaret Beckett
	That--     (i) the matter of the Comprehensive Spending Review in Northern Ireland, being a matter relating exclusively to Northern Ireland, be referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee for its consideration; and     (ii) at the sitting on Thursday 10th December:     (a) the Committee shall consider the matter referred to it in paragraph (i) above; and     (b) a motion for the adjournment of the Committee may be made by a Minister of the Crown pursuant to Standing Order 116(5).
If opposed this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

9	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: Future of Harefield Hospital (Mr John Wilkinson).     Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STANDING COMMITTEE
1	Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 11 (public)
	To consider the draft Functions of Traffic Wardens (Scotland) Order 1998.
2	Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 9 (public)
	To consider the draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Ireland) Order 1998.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3	Catering	9.30 a.m.	Room 13 (private)
4	Education and Employment: Education Sub-Committee	9.30 a.m. 9.45 a.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Work of OFSTED.
	Witnesses: Professor John MacBeath, Professor Peter Mortimore and Professor Harvey Goldstein; NAHT and SHA (at approximately 10.30 a.m.).
5	Modernisation of the House of Commons	9.30 a.m.	Room 20 (private)
6	Trade and Industry	10.00 a.m.	Room 5 (private)
7	Agriculture	10.15 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: CAP Reform: Rural Development.
	Witnesses: Mr Elliot Morley, MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher, MP, Minister for the Environment, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
8	Defence	10.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Territorial Army.
	Witnesses: Colonel Richard Puttnam, Vice Chairman of the Council of TAVRAs, Colonel Tony Sellon, Chairman of the Greater London TAVRA, Colonel Mike Taylor, Chairman of the North Western TAVRA.
9	Social Security	10.30 a.m. 10.45 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Disability Living Allowance Benefit Integrity Project.
	Witnesses: Mr Stephen Timms, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security and Department of Social Security officials.
10	Public Accounts	12.00 p.m.	Room 16 (public)
	Subject: (i) National Audit Office Estimates.
	Witnesses: (i) Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Bob Le Marechal, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, Ms Caroline Mawhood, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office.
	Subject: (ii) Northern Ireland Audit Office Estimates.
	Witnesses: (ii) Mr John Dowdall, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Brian Poulter, Secretary, Northern Ireland Audit Office.
11	Culture, Media and Sport	2.00 p.m.	Woolwich Town Hall (public)
	Subject: Back to the Dome.
	Witnesses: The London Borough of Greenwich; the Metropolitan Police (at 2.45 p.m.).
12	Northern Ireland Affairs	4.30 p.m.	Room 8 (private)
13	Science and Technology	3.45 p.m. 5.00 p.m.	Room 20 (private) (public)
	Subject: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation.
	Witnesses: Mr John Weston, Chief Executive, and Mr Trevor Truman, British Aerospace plc.
14	European Scrutiny	4.00 p.m. 4.05 p.m.	Room 19 (private) (public)
	Subject: Drafting guidelines for Community legislation.
	Witness: Mr Peter Kilfoyle, MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office.
15	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 1st December for answer today++

1	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how expenditure incurred by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on consultancy advice, to assist in its consideration of Belfast Harbour Commissioner's proposal to transfer the Port of Belfast to the private sector, will be funded.
	(62345)
2	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how planned expenditure incurred by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on the runway strengthening and provision of storage facilities at St. Angelo's Airport, Co. Fermanagh will be funded.
	(62346)
3	Ann Coffey (Stockport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what capital resources he is making available to local authorities for the personal social services in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02.
	(62351)
4	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if his Department intends to publish a White Paper on modernising justice.
	(62352)
5	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what responses the Government has received to its consultation paper, Rights of Audience and Rights to Conduct Litigation in England and Wales: the Way Ahead.
	(62353)
6	Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the non-domestic rate poundage for Scotland will be in 1999-2000.
	(62354)
7	Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to develop its approach to sustainable development and environmental protection.
	(62355)
8	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are his proposals for police authority revenue spending in 1999-2000.
	(62482)
9	Ms Hazel Blears (Salford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to announce the allocations of police grant for individual police authorities in England and Wales for 1999-2000.
	(62483)
10	David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Prime Minister, what changes there are in the composition of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union.
	(62511)
11	Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend the United Kingdom Management Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste.
	(62524)
12	Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government will submit Orton Pit to the European Commission as a candidate special area of conservation.
	(62525)
13	Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what response he received to the consultation on the Composting Development Group report; and if he will make a statement.
	(62526)

MEMORANDUM

BALLOT FOR PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS

The Speaker has appointed 12 noon and Committee Room 10 as the time and place for holding the Ballot for Private Members' Bills on Thursday 3rd December.

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