Order of Business for 20 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 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

*1 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    What plans he has to ban the import of pigmeat derived from animals fed on meat and bonemeal; and if he will make a statement.

(83846)

*2 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    If he will make a statement on progress on quarantine reform.

(83847)

*3 Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    What representations he has received about the level of regulation on low throughput poultry plants.

(83848)

*4 Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    If he will make a statement on the outcome of the May Agriculture Council concerning the recent agreement on CAP reform in relation to farm incomes.

(83850)

*5 Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone):    What assessment he has made of the implications for the beef industry of a lifting of the ban on sale of beef on the bone in one part of the United Kingdom only.

(83851)

*6 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    What measures he is taking to ensure that controls on specified risk materials do not place additional burdens on the livestock industry.

(83852)

*7 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    If he will make a statement on Government policy towards the classification of nutritional dietary supplements as food.

(83853)

*8 Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    How many responses he has received on the draft Food Standards Bill.

(83854)

*9 Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    If he will make a statement about the incomes of farmers in the pig industry.

(83856)

*10 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    What measures he has taken to protect wildlife from industrial fisheries.

(83857)

*11 Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West):    What support his Department is giving to research into organic production techniques in 1999-2000.

(83858)

*12 Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    What discussions he has had with the fishing industry about the marketing of their products.

(83859)

*13 Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    What progress is being made with the implementation of the Date Based Export Scheme.

(83860)

*14 Mr David Drew (Stroud):    What long-term trends have been identified in his Department's study of farm incomes and farm support payments.

(83861)

*15 Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    What action he is taking to ensure purchasers of pre-cooked foods are able to know whether they contain genetically-modified ingredients.

(83862)

*16 Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    What assessment he has made of the impact of falling farm incomes on the rural economy.

(83863)

*17 Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    If he will make a statement about changes to the British quota before the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2002.

(83864)

*18 Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):    What is his policy on permitting hormone-treated beef from the United States into the UK.

(83865)

*19 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    If he will make a statement on liaison arrangements between his Ministry and the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions with regard to genetically-modified organisms.

(83866)

*20 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    What restrictions are placed on import of agricultural products from the USA.

(83867)

*21 Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    What action his Department is taking to encourage organic farming.

(83868)

*22 Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    What responses he has received to the consultation on the draft Food Standards Bill.

(83869)

*23 Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    What is the average number of cattle passports issued each week by his Department.

(83870)

*24 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What studies he has commissioned on cross-pollination in relation to genetically-modified crops.

(83871)

*25 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    How many consumer representatives have been appointed to his Department's advisory committees.

(83872)

*26 Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    What steps he is taking to limit the use of antibiotic growth promoters in animals.

(83873)

*27 Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston):    What steps he will take to ban fur farming in the United Kingdom.

(83874)

*28 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    How many responses he has received to the consultation on the draft Food Standards Bill.

(83875)

At 12.15 p.m.

Oral Questions to Mr Attorney General

*29 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    If he will make it the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service to disclose to the victims of crime the reasons for deciding in any case not to prosecute.

(83876)

*30 Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford):    What progress has been made in implementing the Glidewell report in London.

(83877)

*31 Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    What plans he has to increase the use of private sector lawyers by prosecution services.

(83878)

*32 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    How many cases he has been involved in within the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice at the Hague in the last 12 months.

(83879)

*33 Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    How many unduly lenient sentences he has referred to the Court of Appeal since 1st May 1997.

(83880)

*34 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    How many cases the Serious Fraud Office have prosecuted in the current year to date.

(83881)

*35 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What steps the Treasury Solicitor has taken to ensure that his Department takes full advantage of the new civil procedures.

(83882)

*36 Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    What is the current case load of (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the equivalent sections of the Crown Prosecution Service.

(83884)

*37 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    If he will make a statement on the number of prosecutions there have been for incitement to racial hatred in each year since 1995.

(83885)

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

Main Business
+ 1	WELFARE REFORM AND PENSIONS BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) *[Up to 3 hours]*
	Margaret Beckett Mr Secretary Darling
	That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill--

Order of consideration

1. The Bill, as amended, shall be further considered in the following order, namely amendments relating to Clauses 53 to 56; remaining New Clauses; amendments relating to Clauses 1 to 6, Schedule 1, Clauses 7 to 16, Schedule 2, Clause 17, Schedule 3, Clauses 18 and 19, Schedule 4, Clauses 20 to 29, Schedule 5, Clauses 30 to 44, Schedule 6, Clauses 45 to 50, Schedule 7, Clauses 51 and 52, Clauses 57 to 61, Schedule 8, Clauses 62 to 64, Schedule 9, Clause 65, Schedule 10, Clauses 66 to 70, Schedule 11 and Clause 71; New Schedules; amendments relating to Clauses 72 and 73, Schedule 12, Clauses 74 to 76, Schedule 13 and Clauses 77 to 79.

Timetable

2.--(1) Proceedings on Consideration in respect of amendments relating to Clauses 53 to 56 shall be completed at today's sitting and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion four and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.

(2) The remaining proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be completed at today's sitting and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.

Questions to be put

3.--(1) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 2(1) the Speaker 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 that any remaining amendments to Clauses 53 to 56 standing in the name of a Minister of the Crown be made to the Bill;

(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

(2) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 2(2) the Speaker 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;

(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

Miscellaneous

4. Standing Order 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill at today's sitting, and the proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House. 5. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill. 6. No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken or to recommit the Bill; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith. 7. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to the Bill except by a Minister of the Crown; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith. 8. 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 they have been commenced; and Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to those proceedings. 9. If at today's sitting a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (as that Standing Order has effect in accordance with the Order of the House [16th December 1998]) stands over to Four 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. 10. If the House is adjourned at today's sitting, 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).*
+ 2	WELFARE REFORM AND PENSIONS BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be further considered. (Queen's Consent to be signified on Third Reading.)
*For Amendments, see separate Paper.*
*Third Reading may also be taken.*
	Mr William Hague Mr Iain Duncan Smith Mr Quentin Davies Mr Eric Pickles Mrs Jacqui Lait
	That this House declines to give a Third Reading to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill, because it will increase dependency, create chaos in the pensions industry, hurt those who save for their retirement, and affect the most vulnerable by the withdrawal of incapacity benefit from those who have saved for pensions. Proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the periods specified below after the commencement of proceedings on the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Allocation of Time) Motion, if that Motion is agreed to: Proceedings in respect of amendments relating to Clauses 53 to 56 - 4.5 hours Remaining proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading - 6 hours

At the end of the sitting:

3	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Relations between the British and French authorities concerning the deaths of British citizens in France* (Mr Tim Collins). *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	9.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m.	Room 11 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Health Bill [Lords].
2	Standing Committee B	9.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses Nos. 2, 28 and 99).
3	Standing Committee F	9.00 a.m. 2.30 p.m.	Room 14 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Disability Rights Commission Bill [Lords].
SELECT COMMITTEES
4	Environmental Audit	9.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: Greening Government Initiative.
	Witness: Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
5	Treasury Sub-Committee	9.30 a.m.	Room 19 (private)
6	Culture, Media and Sport	10.00 a.m.	Room 15 (public)
	Subject: The Performing Right Society and the Abolition of the Classical Music Subsidy.
	Witnesses: The Classical Music Alliance; Jazz Services Limited and the English Folk Dance and Song Society (at 10.50 a.m.); the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (at 11.40 a.m.).
7	Health	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 16 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Private Finance Initiative.
	Witness: Norfolk & Norwich NHS Trust; Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust.
8	International Development	11.00 a.m. 11.30 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: Debt Relief.
	Witnesses: Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Director, International Finance, HM Treasury; Rt. Hon. Clare Short MP, Secretary of State, Mr Paul Spray, Economic Adviser, Department for International Development.
9	Agriculture	2.00 p.m. 2.15 p.m.	Arbuthnot House, Broad Street, Peterhead (private) (public)
	Subject: Sea Fishing.
	Witnesses: Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency; Professor Alasdair McIntyre; Scottish Fish Merchants' Federation; Aberdeen Fish Producers' Organisation, North East of Scotland Fishermen's Organisation and Scottish Fishermen's Organisation.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 19th May for answer today++
1	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the Government's response to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Report on Sierra Leone.
	(85205)
2	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she intends to lay before Parliament Mr Jim McDonald's annual report as Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.
	(85206)
3	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland Prison Service intends to publish its 1999-2000 Corporate and Business Plan; and what performance targets have been set for 1999-2000.
	(85207)
4	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans any changes to the remit for the Monetary Policy Committee.
	(85208)
5	Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will make an announcement on the outcome of the consultation on the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Acts 1966 and 1974.
	(85231)
6	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the appointment of a joint prisons/probation panel to accredit the design and delivery of work with offenders designed to reduce re-offending.
	(85232)
7	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the British Board of Film Classification's Annual Report for1998 will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(85233)
8	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the United Kindom's application to participate in the Schengen acquis.
	(85234)
9	Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what key targets have been set for the Defence Medical Training Organisation for the financial year 1999-2000.
	(85235)
10	Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what key targets have been set for the Defence Secondary Care Agency for the financial year 1999-2000.
	(85236)
11	Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what key targets have been set for the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency for the financial year 1999-2000.
	(85237)
12	Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what key targets have been set for the Defence Dental Agency for the financial year 1999-2000.
	(85275)

MEMORANDUM--REVISED
WHITSUN ADJOURNMENT 1999
(Changes from the previous published Memorandum are shown in italics)
TABLING DATES FOR QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
Under Standing Order No. 22(8), the Speaker has appointed the following dates for tabling of Questions for oral answer on the first ten sitting days after the Whitsun adjournment.
Date of tabling	Date for answer	Departments etc.
Thursday 20th May	Thursday 10th June	Education and Employment
Monday 24th May	Monday 14th June	Home Office
Tuesday 25th May	Tuesday 15th June	Environment, Transport and the Regions
Wednesday 26th May	Wednesday 16th June	International Development Prime Minister
Tuesday 8th June	Thursday 17th June	Trade and Industry
	Monday 21st June Tuesday 22 June	Defence Church Commissioners and Public Accounts Commission Foreign and Commonwealth

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON A NAMED DAY
The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Whitsun adjournment is the rising of the House on Friday 21st May.
The following dates have been specified for minimum notice for tabling named day written questions for answer on the first three days after the adjournment:
Time for tabling	For answer on
4.30 p.m. on Thursday 3rd June	Tuesday 8th June and Wednesday 9th June
4.30 p.m. on Monday 7th June	Thursday 10th June

MEMORANDUM

Forthcoming Adjournment Debates
Wednesday 9th June General and Short Debates

Applications should be made to Madam Speaker's Office by 10 p.m. or the rising of the House whichever is the earlier on Tuesday 25th May. The ballot will take place on Wednesday 26th May.

8th to 14th June End of Day Debates

Applications should be made to Madam Speaker's Office by 10 p.m. or the rising of the House whichever is the earlier on Tuesday 25th May. The ballot will take place on Wednesday 26th May.

Oral Questions to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
*1	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What plans he has to ban the import of pigmeat derived from animals fed on meat and bonemeal; and if he will make a statement.
	(83846)
*2	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on progress on quarantine reform.
	(83847)
*3	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): What representations he has received about the level of regulation on low throughput poultry plants.
	(83848)
*4	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): If he will make a statement on the outcome of the May Agriculture Council concerning the recent agreement on CAP reform in relation to farm incomes.
	(83850)
*5	Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone): What assessment he has made of the implications for the beef industry of a lifting of the ban on sale of beef on the bone in one part of the United Kingdom only.
	(83851)
*6	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What measures he is taking to ensure that controls on specified risk materials do not place additional burdens on the livestock industry.
	(83852)
*7	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): If he will make a statement on Government policy towards the classification of nutritional dietary supplements as food.
	(83853)
*8	Joan Ryan (Enfield North): How many responses he has received on the draft Food Standards Bill.
	(83854)
*9	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): If he will make a statement about the incomes of farmers in the pig industry.
	(83856)
*10	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): What measures he has taken to protect wildlife from industrial fisheries.
	(83857)
*11	Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): What support his Department is giving to research into organic production techniques in 1999-2000.
	(83858)
*12	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What discussions he has had with the fishing industry about the marketing of their products.
	(83859)
*13	Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): What progress is being made with the implementation of the Date Based Export Scheme.
	(83860)
*14	Mr David Drew (Stroud): What long-term trends have been identified in his Department's study of farm incomes and farm support payments.
	(83861)
*15	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What action he is taking to ensure purchasers of pre-cooked foods are able to know whether they contain genetically-modified ingredients.
	(83862)
*16	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What assessment he has made of the impact of falling farm incomes on the rural economy.
	(83863)
*17	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): If he will make a statement about changes to the British quota before the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2002.
	(83864)
*18	Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): What is his policy on permitting hormone-treated beef from the United States into the UK.
	(83865)
*19	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): If he will make a statement on liaison arrangements between his Ministry and the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions with regard to genetically-modified organisms.
	(83866)
*20	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What restrictions are placed on import of agricultural products from the USA.
	(83867)
*21	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): What action his Department is taking to encourage organic farming.
	(83868)
*22	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): What responses he has received to the consultation on the draft Food Standards Bill.
	(83869)
*23	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): What is the average number of cattle passports issued each week by his Department.
	(83870)
*24	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What studies he has commissioned on cross-pollination in relation to genetically-modified crops.
	(83871)
*25	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): How many consumer representatives have been appointed to his Department's advisory committees.
	(83872)
*26	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): What steps he is taking to limit the use of antibiotic growth promoters in animals.
	(83873)
*27	Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): What steps he will take to ban fur farming in the United Kingdom.
	(83874)
*28	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): How many responses he has received to the consultation on the draft Food Standards Bill.
	(83875)

Oral Questions to Mr Attorney General
*29	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): If he will make it the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service to disclose to the victims of crime the reasons for deciding in any case not to prosecute.
	(83876)
*30	Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What progress has been made in implementing the Glidewell report in London.
	(83877)
*31	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): What plans he has to increase the use of private sector lawyers by prosecution services.
	(83878)
*32	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): How many cases he has been involved in within the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice at the Hague in the last 12 months.
	(83879)
*33	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): How many unduly lenient sentences he has referred to the Court of Appeal since 1st May 1997.
	(83880)
*34	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): How many cases the Serious Fraud Office have prosecuted in the current year to date.
	(83881)
*35	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What steps the Treasury Solicitor has taken to ensure that his Department takes full advantage of the new civil procedures.
	(83882)
*36	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): What is the current case load of (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the equivalent sections of the Crown Prosecution Service.
	(83884)
*37	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): If he will make a statement on the number of prosecutions there have been for incitement to racial hatred in each year since 1995.
	(83885)



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