Order of Business for 22 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 2.30 p.m. Prayers

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

*1 Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central):    What financial provision he has made for training Territorial Army cadets in Doncaster.

(70491)

*2 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    What is the current deployment of British armed forces personnel in South East Europe.

(70492)

*3 Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    If he will make a statement on recent involvement by United Kingdom military forces in Sierra Leone.

(70493)

*4 Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.

(70494)

*5 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.

(70495)

*6 Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    What steps he is taking to improve retention in the Army.

(70496)

*7 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    If he will make a statement on the role of the British shipbuilding industry as a supplier for his Department.

(70497)

*8 Dr David Clark (South Shields):    If he will make a statement on the progress of his investigations into Gulf War Syndrome.

(70498)

*9 Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    If he will make a statement on his policy concerning defence industry consolidation in Europe.

(70499)

*10 Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North):    How many (a) service and (b) civilian personnel are currently (i) deployed and (ii) based in Scotland.

(70500)

*11 Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    What assessment he has made of the impact that the merger of GEC Marconi and British Aerospace will have on defence procurement (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) overseas; and if he will make a statement.

(70501)

*12 Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    What steps the Government is taking to review the value for money of professional training in the armed forces.

(70502)

*13 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    What representations he has received on the Government's expenditure plans in relation to cadets.

(70503)

*14 Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston):    What progress has been made in implementing the smart procurement programme; and if he will make a statement.

(70504)

*15 Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk):    What progress he has made in establishing the Learning Forces initiative announced in the Strategic Defence Review.

(70505)

*16 Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    What plans he has for the future use of the buildings of Staff College, Camberley.

(70506)

*17 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    If he will make a statement on progress with the design and manufacture of the Future Large Aircraft; and when it is planned to go into production.

(70507)

*18 Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    What discussions he has had with NATO officials about the decision to employ Dr Gwyn Prins of Chatham House in the office of the NATO Secretary-General.

(70508)

*19 Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East):    How many British service personnel are currently involved in helping to patrol the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq.

(70509)

*20 Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):    What policies his Department has for improving the quality of life for service families.

(70510)

*21 Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    When he plans to recommence his programme of voluntary immunisation of personnel against anthrax.

(70512)

*22 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.

(70513)

*23 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    How much his Department is spending on research into the illnesses of Gulf War veterans.

(70514)

*24 Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    What measures he has taken to address potential overstretch resulting from increasing United Kingdom military commitments.

(70515)

*25 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    If he will make a statement on the defence implications of the BAe/Marconi merger.

(70516)

*26 Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the Army's ethnic recruitment initiative in Brent.

(70517)

*27 Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    How many (a) Scots and (b) non-Scots are currently serving in the UK armed forces.

(70518)

*28 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    What contribution was made by the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping to the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement.

(70519)

*29 Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    If he will make a statement on the Defence Medical Services.

(70520)

*30 Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    What assessment he has made of the implications of a long-term deployment of forces in Kosovo on the (a) force structures and (b) budget planned by his Department.

(70521)

*31 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    When he expects the Airborne Standoff Radar to enter service with the Royal Air Force.

(70522)

*32 Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    If he will make a statement on progress towards NATO enlargement.

(70523)

*33 Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    What assessment he has made of morale in the Territorial Army.

(70524)

*34 Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham):    If he will make a statement on progress with Britain's landmine destruction programme.

(70525)

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

*35 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Commissioners' assets are currently allocated to property portfolios.

(70526)

*36 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what proposals he has for the future support of the clergy.

(70527)

*37 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on plans to reduce crimes or acts of vandalism against churches.

(70528)

*38 Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, how much income has been received in rents from land owned by the Commission in each of the last 10 years.

(70529)

*39 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the number of redundant churches that the Church Commissioners have become responsible for in the last three years; and what the cost to them has been in each of the last three years.

(70530)

*40 Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, for what areas of work the Commissioners have responsibility following their re-constitution on 1st January.

(70531)

*41 Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Commissioners have taken to ensure that the initial stipend is sufficient to attract new entrants to the clergy.

(70532)

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

Main Business
+ 1	IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM BILL: Second Reading. *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr Paddy Ashdown Mr A. J. Beith Mr Richard Allan Mr James Wallace Mr Richard Livsey Mr Paul Tyler
	That this House recognises the urgent need for reform of the asylum and immigration system with the priority of reducing delays within a fair system; further supports the recognition by the Government of the contribution made to life in the United Kingdom by immigrants; but declines to give the Immigration and Asylum Bill a Second Reading as it does not provide support of asylum seekers through the benefits system as the most cost-effective and best way, as it does not provide sufficient safeguards in relation to the use of detention, as it does not repeal previous discriminatory legislation and as it builds on the previous Government's strategy of deterrence which is contrary to international agreements on the treatment of refugees.
	Mr William Hague Mr Peter Lilley Sir Norman Fowler Mr James Clappison Mr John Greenway Mr James Arbuthnot
	That this House, whilst underlining Britain's commitment to genuine refugees but recognising the need to prevent fraudulent claims for political asylum and the widespread public concern on this issue, declines to give the Immigration and Asylum Bill a Second Reading because, before introducing it, the Government failed to establish an independent inquiry to consider what measures should be taken to combat such illegal immigration and because the Bill fails to create a situation whereby only genuine asylum applicants will be given permission to settle in this country.
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*
	Mr Secretary Straw *[No debate]* Margaret Beckett After Second Reading of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, to move, That the Bill be committed to a Special Standing Committee.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 63(2)).*
+ 2	IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM BILL [MONEY]: Queen's Recommendation signified. *[No debate]*
	Mrs Barbara Roche That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Immigration and Asylum Bill, it is expedient to authorise-- (1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-- (a) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor in consequence of the Act; and (b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums so payable by virtue of any other Act; and (2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).*
+ 3	IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM BILL *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr Secretary Straw Margaret Beckett
	That Standing Order No. 91 (Special standing committees) shall have effect in relation to the Immigration and Asylum Bill, with the following modifications: 1. in line 6, leave out the words "four morning" and insert the word "five". 2. in line 7, leave out the second word "three" and insert the word "four".
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 4	NORTHERN IRELAND *[Up to 1.5 hours]*
	Secretary Marjorie Mowlam That the draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1999, which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved.
*The Speaker will put the question not later than 1.5 hours after proceedings begin�(Standing Order No. 16).*
+ 5	INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Cook That the draft Diplomatic Privileges (British Nationals) Order 1999, which was laid before this House on 28th January, be approved.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).*

At the end of the sitting:

6	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Badgers and bovine tuberculosis in Staffordshire* (Charlotte Atkins). *Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).*

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STANDING COMMITTEES
1	Welsh Grand Committee	11.00 a.m.	The Council Chamber, Aberaeron (public)
	(i) To take oral questions
	(ii) To consider the matter of Transport Policy in Wales
SELECT COMMITTEES
2	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Environment Sub-Committee	11.30 a.m.	Newcastle Civic Centre (public)
	Subject: Regional Development Agencies.
	Witnesses: North East Development Agency; North of England Assembly for Local Authorities (at 12.00 noon); Council for the Protection of Rural England (at 12.30 p.m.); The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (at 1.00 p.m.)
3	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Environment Sub-Committee	4.30 p.m.	Leeds Town Hall (public)
	Subject: Regional Development Agencies.
	Witnesses: Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Development Agency; Regional Assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside (at 5.00 p.m.); Leeds TEC (at 5.30 p.m.); The Royal Town Planning Institute (at 6.00 p.m.)
4	Public Accounts	4.30 p.m.	Room 16 (public)
	Subject: Ministry of Defence: Major Equipment Storage.
	Witnesses: Mr Kevin Tebbit, CMG, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB, FEng, Chief of Defence Procurement.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Standing Committee Notices

Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 23rd February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 25th February at 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Greater London Authority Bill (except Clauses 1 to 4 and Schedules 1 and 2).

Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 23rd February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., and Thursday 25th February at 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., further to consider the Local Government Bill.

Standing Committee E will meet on Tuesday 23rd February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 25th February at 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Employment Relations Bill.

The Welsh Grand Committee will meet on Monday 22nd February at 11 a.m. at the County Hall, Aberaeron, to consider the matter of Transport Policy in Wales.

The Northern Ireland Grand Committee will meet on Thursday 25th February at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 23rd February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 1999 and the draft National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999.

The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 23rd February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 40) (HC 205).

The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 24th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 39) (HC 213).

The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 24th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft National Health Service Estate Management and Health Building Agency Trading Fund Order 1999.

The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 25th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) Order 1999.

The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 24th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999.

European Standing Committee B will meet on Wednesday 24th February at 10.30 a.m. to consider European Community Document No. 10786/98, relating to VAT Fraud in intra-Community Trade, European Community Document No. 14031/98, relating to the Independent Fraud Office, and European Community Document No. OJ C349: Court of Auditors Annual Report for 1997.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
*1	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): What financial provision he has made for training Territorial Army cadets in Doncaster.
	(70491)
*2	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What is the current deployment of British armed forces personnel in South East Europe.
	(70492)
*3	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): If he will make a statement on recent involvement by United Kingdom military forces in Sierra Leone.
	(70493)
*4	Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.
	(70494)
*5	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.
	(70495)
*6	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): What steps he is taking to improve retention in the Army.
	(70496)
*7	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on the role of the British shipbuilding industry as a supplier for his Department.
	(70497)
*8	Dr David Clark (South Shields): If he will make a statement on the progress of his investigations into Gulf War Syndrome.
	(70498)
*9	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): If he will make a statement on his policy concerning defence industry consolidation in Europe.
	(70499)
*10	Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): How many (a) service and (b) civilian personnel are currently (i) deployed and (ii) based in Scotland.
	(70500)
*11	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): What assessment he has made of the impact that the merger of GEC Marconi and British Aerospace will have on defence procurement (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(70501)
*12	Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): What steps the Government is taking to review the value for money of professional training in the armed forces.
	(70502)
*13	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): What representations he has received on the Government's expenditure plans in relation to cadets.
	(70503)
*14	Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): What progress has been made in implementing the smart procurement programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(70504)
*15	Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): What progress he has made in establishing the Learning Forces initiative announced in the Strategic Defence Review.
	(70505)
*16	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): What plans he has for the future use of the buildings of Staff College, Camberley.
	(70506)
*17	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will make a statement on progress with the design and manufacture of the Future Large Aircraft; and when it is planned to go into production.
	(70507)
*18	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What discussions he has had with NATO officials about the decision to employ Dr Gwyn Prins of Chatham House in the office of the NATO Secretary-General.
	(70508)
*19	Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): How many British service personnel are currently involved in helping to patrol the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq.
	(70509)
*20	Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): What policies his Department has for improving the quality of life for service families.
	(70510)
*21	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): When he plans to recommence his programme of voluntary immunisation of personnel against anthrax.
	(70512)
*22	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): When he expects to complete Britain's landmine destruction programme.
	(70513)
*23	Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): How much his Department is spending on research into the illnesses of Gulf War veterans.
	(70514)
*24	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): What measures he has taken to address potential overstretch resulting from increasing United Kingdom military commitments.
	(70515)
*25	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the defence implications of the BAe/Marconi merger.
	(70516)
*26	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): If he will make a statement on the progress of the Army's ethnic recruitment initiative in Brent.
	(70517)
*27	Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): How many (a) Scots and (b) non-Scots are currently serving in the UK armed forces.
	(70518)
*28	Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): What contribution was made by the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping to the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(70519)
*29	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): If he will make a statement on the Defence Medical Services.
	(70520)
*30	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What assessment he has made of the implications of a long-term deployment of forces in Kosovo on the (a) force structures and (b) budget planned by his Department.
	(70521)
*31	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): When he expects the Airborne Standoff Radar to enter service with the Royal Air Force.
	(70522)
*32	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): If he will make a statement on progress towards NATO enlargement.
	(70523)
*33	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): What assessment he has made of morale in the Territorial Army.
	(70524)
*34	Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): If he will make a statement on progress with Britain's landmine destruction programme.
	(70525)

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
*35	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Commissioners' assets are currently allocated to property portfolios.
	(70526)
*36	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what proposals he has for the future support of the clergy.
	(70527)
*37	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on plans to reduce crimes or acts of vandalism against churches.
	(70528)
*38	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, how much income has been received in rents from land owned by the Commission in each of the last 10 years.
	(70529)
*39	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the number of redundant churches that the Church Commissioners have become responsible for in the last three years; and what the cost to them has been in each of the last three years.
	(70530)
*40	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, for what areas of work the Commissioners have responsibility following their re-constitution on 1st January.
	(70531)
*41	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Commissioners have taken to ensure that the initial stipend is sufficient to attract new entrants to the clergy.
	(70532)



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