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Order of Business Thursday 6th May 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 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
*1 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    When he will publish the recommendations of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in respect of Milk Marque; and if he will make a statement.
(82356)
*2 Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    If he will make a statement on his Department's work to increase the number of high productivity and knowledge-based enterprises.
(82358)
*3 Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    If he will make a statement on progress with the millennium readiness of computer systems in the private sector.
(82359)
*4 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    What assessment he has made of the prospects for exporters in the present financial year.
(82360)
*5 Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    What assessment he has made of the effect of the national minimum wage since its introduction.
(82361)
*6 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    If he will make a statement on trade relations with Libya.
(82362)
*7 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    If he will make a statement on the Government's progress in encouraging power generation from renewable sources.
(82364)
*8 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    What assessment he has made of the economic impact of (a) clusters and (b) networks of high-technology, research-orientated small and medium enterprises.
(82365)
*9 Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    What plans he has to promote an increase in the level of investment in manufacturing industry.
(82366)
*10 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    What assessment he has made of the effect of the current value of sterling on the UK steel industry.
(82367)
*11 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    When he intends to publish the Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report on the selling of milk in the United Kingdom.
(82368)
*12 Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    If he will make a statement on the implementation of the national minimum wage.
(82369)
*13 Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford):    What plans he has for regulating the advertisement of military weapons and manuals on the Internet.
(82370)
*14 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What assessment he has made of the effect on the UK economy of the implementation of the national minimum wage and the working time directive.
(82371)
*15 Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):    If he will review ways to stimulate the creation of new companies in science parks around universities with the participation of university staff.
(82373)
*16 Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    What assessment he has made of the effect of current energy prices on the least affluent sections of society.
(82376)
*17 Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    If he will make a statement on parental and family leave.
(82377)
*18 Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    What plans he has to increase the number of entrepreneurs from ethnic minorities.
(82378)
*19 Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    What account he proposes to take of the needs of upland and coastal areas in North Yorkshire in allocating Objective 2 status for EU funding.
(82379)
*20 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    What steps he is taking to support policies on environmental sustainability for manufacturing industry.
(82380)
*21 Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North):    What assessment he has made of the impact of the national minimum wage since its introduction.
(82381)
*22 Bob Russell (Colchester):    How much was spent on overseas trade fairs to promote British exports in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.
(82382)
*23 Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If he will make a statement on the impact of the national minimum wage.
(82384)
*24 Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    What steps he is taking to ensure that small businesses have access to finance for development.
(82385)
*25 Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    When he expects to announce his decision on Milk Marque following the Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report.
(82386)
*26 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    What assessment he has made of the number of people who have become entitled to annual leave as a result of the Working Time Directive.
(82387)
*27 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    What recent measures his Department is taking to support British companies in respect of export promotion; and if he will make a statement.
(82389)
*28 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    What conditions he attached to the launch aid awarded to Rolls Royce to help with the development of the Trent engine.
(82391)
*29 Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South):    If he will make a statement on the outcome of the latest consultations with industry on E-commerce.
(82393)
*30 Mr Geraint Davies (Croydon Central):    What steps he is taking to advise business of the opportunities and implications of the Employment Relations Bill.
(82394)

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


Main Business
+  1   ADJOURNMENT    [Until 7.00 p.m.]
 The Prime Minister
        That this House do now adjourn.
        Proposed subject for debate: Modernising London's Health Service.    
Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
+  2   TRAVEL BY MEMBERS TO NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AND EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS    [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
 Margaret Beckett
Paddy Tipping
 
        That the Resolution of 6th December 1991 relating to travel by Members to European Community Institutions be rescinded.
        That, in the opinion of this House, provision should be made as from 1st April 1999 for reimbursing Members in respect of the cost of travelling on parliamentary duties between the United Kingdom and any European Union institution in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg or the national parliament of another European Union member state and any additional expenses necessarily incurred in such travelling, subject to the limit that
        (1) the amount payable to a Member in any year, beginning with 1st April, shall not exceed the aggregate of--
          (a) the cost of a return business class airfare for the journey on the assumption that the journey begins and ends at a London airport and that the destination is any of the three cities mentioned above or the location of the national parliament of a European Union member state; and
          (b) twice the corresponding civil service class A standard subsistence rate for the time being in operation; and
        (2) expenditure in pursuance of this Resolution within financial year 1999-2000 shall not exceed the total currently planned for expenditure on travel by Members to European Union institutions within that year.
 
        As Amendments to Margaret Beckett's proposed Motion (Travel by Members to National Parliaments and European Union Institutions):
 Mr Andrew Mackinlay
    Line 7 after `state', insert `or the House of Assembly of Gibraltar'.
 Mr Andrew Mackinlay
    Line 13 after `above', insert `or Gibraltar'.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
+  3   SELECT COMMITTEES (QUORUM) [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
 Margaret Beckett
Paddy Tipping
 
        That, for the remainder of the present Session of Parliament, Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) shall have effect subject to the following modification: in line 48, at the end to add--
        `(4A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4) above, where more than two committees or sub-committees appointed under this order meet concurrently in accordance with paragraph (4)(e) above, the quorum of each such committee or sub-committee shall be two.'.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
+  4   PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY PENSION FUND    [Up to 1.5 hours]
 Mr Keith Bradley
        That, in pursuance of section 1(2) of the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987, Mr Eric Martlew be appointed a Managing Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund in the room of Paddy Tipping.
          
          The Speaker will put the question not later than one and a half hours after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 16).    
At the end of the sitting:

5   ADJOURNMENT
 
        Proposed subject: Career prospects for trainee obstetricians in the NHS (Dr Evan Harris).
        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).

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 5th May for answer today++
1  
  
Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's investments.
(83724)
2  
  
Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish the directions setting out the pension scheme for members of the National Assembly for Wales.
(83725)
3  
  
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what key targets have been set for the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency for the financial year 1999-2000.
(83763)
4  
  
Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will make a statement on progress towards issuing licences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act for operators of third generation mobile communications networks.
(83794)

Standing Committee Notices
    Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 13th May at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. further to consider the Health Bill [Lords].
    Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 13th May at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses Nos. 2, 28 and 99).
    Standing Committee C will meet on Wednesday 12th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Referendums Bill.
    Standing Committee E will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 13th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Access to Justice Bill [Lords].
    The Special Standing Committee on Immigration and Asylum will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 13th May at 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
    The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 10.30 a.m. to consider the Education (School Organisation Committees) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 700), the Education (School Organisation Plans) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 701) and the Education (Transition to New Framework) (School Organisation Proposals) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 704).
    The Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet Tuesday 11th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Potato Industry Development Council (Amendment) Order 1999.
    The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 11th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Education (Budget Statements and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 486).
    The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 12th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1999-2000 and the Economic Fiscal Strategy 1999-2000 (for the purposes of their approval under section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993).
    The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 12th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations 1999.
    The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 12th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Framework Agreement for Trade and Co-operation between the European Community and its Member States and the Republic of Korea Order 1999, and the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Economic Partnership, Political Co-ordination and Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the United Mexican States) Order 1999.
    The Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 12th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Education (Education Standards Etc. Grants) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 606).
    The Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 13th May at 10.00 a.m. to consider the draft Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 1999.
    The Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 13th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 47) on Rural Bus Subsidy Grants for 1999-2000 (HC 407).

Memorandum
Wednesday Morning Debates_Wednesday 19th May
      On Wednesday 19th May, there will be no General Debates; the subjects for debate on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House 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).
        Arrangements for the half-hour debates between 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. are unaffected and Members should apply for them in the usual way.

 
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