Order of Business for 4 February 1999

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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 11.30 a.m. Prayers

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

*1 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What plans he has to lift the ban on beef on the bone following the report from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement.

(67796)

*2 Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    What reviews he is undertaking of the use of pesticides in agriculture.

(67797)

*3 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    What discussions took place with the DTI to ensure food production contributed to the DTI's policy document Building the Knowledge Driven Economy_Our Competitive Future.

(67798)

*4 Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    What discussions he has had with food retailers regarding the sale of humanely reared meat; and if he will make a statement.

(67799)

*5 Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    What measures he is taking to ensure that consumers have adequate information on genetically modified foods.

(67800)

*6 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    When he plans to meet the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes to discuss genetically modified food.

(67801)

*7 Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    If he will make a statement about the powers he has to ban imported meat.

(67802)

*8 Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    What discussions he has had with the food industry in relation to genetically modified foods.

(67803)

*9 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What meetings he has had recently with the representatives of the UK fishing industry to discuss reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

(67804)

*10 Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    What discussions he has had about compulsory insurance schemes to cover GM products.

(67805)

*11 Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):    What progress has been made in establishing a traceability scheme for beef cattle.

(67806)

*12 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    If he will make a statement on the current profitability of the pig industry.

(67807)

*13 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    What action he plans to take to assist the pig industry.

(67808)

*14 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    What representations he has received about illegal pig subsidies to French and German producers; and if he will make a statement.

(67809)

*15 Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):    What measures his Department is taking to improve marketing in the food industry.

(67810)

*16 Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    What measures he has taken to improve the welfare of battery hens.

(67811)

*17 Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    What discussions he has had with the food industry in relation to genetically modified foods.

(67812)

*18 Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    If he will make a statement about contingency plans in the event of a strike by meat hygiene inspectors.

(67813)

*19 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    If he will make a statement about food safety standards for imports from outside the EU.

(67814)

*20 Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    If he will make a statement about the cost to British farmers of compliance with food and animal welfare standards.

(67815)

*21 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What steps his Department has taken to persuade local authorities in England not to place an arbitrary restriction on the purchase of British beef and beef products.

(67816)

*22 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    What steps he is taking to encourage innovation and diversification in the small farm sector.

(67818)

*23 Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    If he will make a statement on the current incomes of hill farmers in the UK.

(67819)

*24 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What proposals he has for studies of the work of meat inspectors.

(67820)

*25 Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    What plans he has to press for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement.

(67821)

*26 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    If he will make a statement about his Department's powers to ban importation of foodstuffs whose production standards are illegal in this country.

(67822)

*27 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    What steps he has taken to promote sustainable rural development.

(67823)

*28 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    What recent representations he has received regarding reform of environmental measures under the CAP.

(67824)

*29 Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    What steps are being taken to dispose of meat and bone meal; and if he will make a statement.

(67825)

At 12.15 p.m.

Oral Questions to Mr Attorney General

*30 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What encouragement he is giving to Government lawyers to do pro bono work.

(67827)

*31 Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    On how many occasions he has sought leave to appeal against over lenient sentences since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(67828)

*32 Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    What initiatives are being taken forward in order to improve co-operation between the CPS and the police.

(67829)

*33 Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    If he will make a statement on progress on the Government's fast-track prosecution of juveniles.

(67831)

*34 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    How many cases involving fraud on mortgage applications have been prosecuted by the CPS in each of the last five years.

(67832)

*35 Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    What plans he has to review aims and objectives of the Crown Prosecution Service.

(67833)

*36 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    On how many occasions he has exercised the procedure of Nolle Prosequi since May 1997.

(67834)

*37 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    If he will make a statement on his communications with the Attorney General of the United States in relation to the legality of the US military strike against the Al Shifa factory in Khartoum.

(67835)

At 12.30 p.m. Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business
+ 1	POLICE *[Until 4.00 p.m.]*
	Mr Secretary Straw That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1999-2000 (HC 179), which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved. *The Speaker will put the question not later than 4.00 p.m. (Order of 1st February).*
+ 2	LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE *[Until 7.00 p.m.]*
	Mr Secretary Prescott That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1999-2000 (HC 143), which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved.
+ 3	LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
	Mr Secretary Prescott That the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 37) (HC 144), which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved.
+ 4	LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
	Mr Secretary Prescott That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1997-98: Amending Report 1999 (HC 145), which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved. *The Speaker will put the questions on the above three Motions in the name of Mr Secretary Prescott not later than 7.00 p.m. (Order of 1st February).*
+ 5	NATIONAL LOTTERY *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Smith That the draft Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 1999, which was laid before this House on 20th January, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
+ 6	FOOD STANDARDS *[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett Mr Nick Brown
	That a select committee of thirteen Members be appointed to report on the draft bill on the Food Standards Agency (Cm. 4249); That Ms Diana Organ, Ms Sally Keeble, Audrey Wise, Dr Howard Stoate, Dr Lewis Moonie, Mr Martyn Jones, Mr Kevin Barron, Dr Stephen Ladyman, Mr Owen Paterson, Mr David Curry, Mr Robert Walter, Dr Peter Brand and the Reverend Martin Smyth be members of the Committee; That the Committee have power (a) to send for persons, papers and records; (b) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; (c) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom; (d) to appoint specialist advisers; and (e) to communicate to any select committee of either House their evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest; and That the Committee shall report by 31st March 1999.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting:

ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject:

Parapets on bridges over motorways

(Mr Harry Cohen)

Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 16th December).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STANDING COMMITTEES
1	Standing Committee A	2.30 p.m.	Room 11 (public)
	Further to consider the Greater London Authority Bill (except Clauses 1 to 4 and Schedules 1 and 2).
2	Standing Committee D	9.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 14 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Tax Credits Bill.
3	Standing Committee E	9.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 9 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill.
4	Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public)
	To consider the draft Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.
SELECT COMMITTEES
5	Agriculture	9.15 a.m. 9.30 a.m.	Queen's Hotel, Penzance (private) (public)
	Subject: Sea Fishing.
	Witnesses: Local Fishermen; Cornwall Fish Producers Organisation Ltd; Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee; Local Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food officials.
6	Education and Employment: Employment Sub-Committee	9.30 a.m. 9.45 a.m.	Room 18 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Performance and Future Role of the Employment Service.
	Witnesses: Manpower, Reed, the Corporate Services Group and the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services.
7	Treasury Sub-Committee	9.30 a.m.	Room 8 (private)
8	Health	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subject: National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
	Witnesses: Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman-Designate, National Institute for Clinical Excellence and Department of Health officials.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 3rd February for answer today++
1	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will estimate for each of the last four years for which figures are available the principal items of expenditure from the total annual budget of the Complaints and Discipline Department of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and how many officers and staff were employed and at what salary grades.
	(69656)
2	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the numbers and percentages of surplus places are in each local education authority in England; and if he will make a statement on his policy on surplus places in schools.
	(69657)
3	Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he is making to abolish GP fundholding.
	(69658)
4	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he proposes to publish the memorandum on the Zinoviev letter which he commissioned from his Department's historians.
	(69659)
5	Mr Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish his fourth report to Parliament on Hong Kong and the implementation of the Joint Declaration.
	(69660)
6	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he proposes to take to regulate further who may drive small public service vehicles.
	(69801)
7	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome has been of the consultation exercise that has been undertaken on the proposal to introduce a Drug Supply Offender Protection Order; and if he will make a statement.
	(69802)
8	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made to collate the information his Department has about mechanisms which could be used to test for the presence of uranium in the human body.
	(68903)
9	Mr Michael Foster (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are his plans for the King Edward VII Convalescent Home for Officers at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
	(69804)
10	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to receive the report of the commissioners appointed to prepare draft standing orders for the National Assembly for Wales.
	(69805)
11	Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on monitoring the progress of the Portcullis House project.
	(70000)

Standing Committee Notices

Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 9th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 11th February at 2.30 p.m. to consider further the Greater London Authority Bill (except Clauses 1 to 4 and Schedules 1 and 2).

Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 9th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 11th February at 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to consider further the Local Government Bill.

Standing Committee D will meet on Tuesday 9th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., and Thursday 11th February at 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to consider the Tax Credits Bill.

Standing Committee E will meet on Tuesday 9th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., and Thursday 11th February at 9a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to consider the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (except Clause 1).

The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 10th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Hallmarking (Hallmarking Act Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2978).

The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 11th February at 10 a.m. to consider the draft Railways (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1999.

MEMORANDUM

There will be no General or Short Adjournment Debates on Wednesday 17th February as the House will not be sitting.

There will also be no General Adjournment Debates on Wednesday 24th February as the subjects for debate between 9.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. will be two Select Committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee under Standing Order No. 10(4).

Oral Questions to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
*1	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What plans he has to lift the ban on beef on the bone following the report from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement.
	(67796)
*2	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): What reviews he is undertaking of the use of pesticides in agriculture.
	(67797)
*3	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What discussions took place with the DTI to ensure food production contributed to the DTI's policy document Building the Knowledge Driven Economy_Our Competitive Future.
	(67798)
*4	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What discussions he has had with food retailers regarding the sale of humanely reared meat; and if he will make a statement.
	(67799)
*5	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): What measures he is taking to ensure that consumers have adequate information on genetically modified foods.
	(67800)
*6	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): When he plans to meet the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes to discuss genetically modified food.
	(67801)
*7	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): If he will make a statement about the powers he has to ban imported meat.
	(67802)
*8	Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): What discussions he has had with the food industry in relation to genetically modified foods.
	(67803)
*9	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What meetings he has had recently with the representatives of the UK fishing industry to discuss reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
	(67804)
*10	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): What discussions he has had about compulsory insurance schemes to cover GM products.
	(67805)
*11	Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): What progress has been made in establishing a traceability scheme for beef cattle.
	(67806)
*12	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on the current profitability of the pig industry.
	(67807)
*13	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What action he plans to take to assist the pig industry.
	(67808)
*14	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What representations he has received about illegal pig subsidies to French and German producers; and if he will make a statement.
	(67809)
*15	Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): What measures his Department is taking to improve marketing in the food industry.
	(67810)
*16	Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What measures he has taken to improve the welfare of battery hens.
	(67811)
*17	Mr Tony Colman (Putney): What discussions he has had with the food industry in relation to genetically modified foods.
	(67812)
*18	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): If he will make a statement about contingency plans in the event of a strike by meat hygiene inspectors.
	(67813)
*19	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): If he will make a statement about food safety standards for imports from outside the EU.
	(67814)
*20	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): If he will make a statement about the cost to British farmers of compliance with food and animal welfare standards.
	(67815)
*21	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What steps his Department has taken to persuade local authorities in England not to place an arbitrary restriction on the purchase of British beef and beef products.
	(67816)
*22	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to encourage innovation and diversification in the small farm sector.
	(67818)
*23	Jackie Ballard (Taunton): If he will make a statement on the current incomes of hill farmers in the UK.
	(67819)
*24	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What proposals he has for studies of the work of meat inspectors.
	(67820)
*25	Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): What plans he has to press for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(67821)
*26	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement about his Department's powers to ban importation of foodstuffs whose production standards are illegal in this country.
	(67822)
*27	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What steps he has taken to promote sustainable rural development.
	(67823)
*28	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What recent representations he has received regarding reform of environmental measures under the CAP.
	(67824)
*29	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): What steps are being taken to dispose of meat and bone meal; and if he will make a statement.
	(67825)

Oral Questions to Mr Attorney General
*30	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What encouragement he is giving to Government lawyers to do pro bono work.
	(67827)
*31	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): On how many occasions he has sought leave to appeal against over lenient sentences since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(67828)
*32	Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): What initiatives are being taken forward in order to improve co-operation between the CPS and the police.
	(67829)
*33	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): If he will make a statement on progress on the Government's fast-track prosecution of juveniles.
	(67831)
*34	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): How many cases involving fraud on mortgage applications have been prosecuted by the CPS in each of the last five years.
	(67832)
*35	Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What plans he has to review aims and objectives of the Crown Prosecution Service.
	(67833)
*36	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): On how many occasions he has exercised the procedure of Nolle Prosequi since May 1997.
	(67834)
*37	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): If he will make a statement on his communications with the Attorney General of the United States in relation to the legality of the US military strike against the Al Shifa factory in Khartoum.
	(67835)



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