| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment |
| *1 |
Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): How he proposes to improve the promotion of self-employment through the New Deal. |
| (88964) |
| *2 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to improve the level of communication and cooperation between schools in the same locality. |
| (88965) |
| *3 |
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What assessment he has made of the effects of pupil mobility on standards in schools. |
| (88966) |
| *4 |
Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): What support has been made available to schools to help them reduce the number of pupils who are excluded. |
| (88967) |
| *5 |
Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): How many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have been taken out of the special measures category since the beginning of the current academic year. |
| (88968) |
| *6 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): What assessment he has made of the level of support from the voluntary sector for the early learning goals. |
| (88969) |
| *7 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What support has been given to specialist schools to enable them to increase their links with the community. |
| (88971) |
| *8 |
Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): What representations he has received from schools regarding the literacy hour. |
| (88973) |
| *9 |
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): How many schools have been designated specialist schools since May 1997. |
| (88974) |
| *10 |
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Deal for disabled people. |
| (88975) |
| *11 |
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving jobseeker's allowance meet their responsibilities of looking for work and improving their employability. |
| (88977) |
| *12 |
Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What estimate he has made of the number of new jobs created by utility companies since 1st May 1997. |
| (88978) |
| *13 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will make a statement on the average class size for children aged seven to 11 years in Leicestershire. |
| (88979) |
| *14 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): If he will make a statement on his plans to encourage and support voluntary work in the community. |
| (88980) |
| *15 |
Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): What steps he is taking to inform employers and small businesses of their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995. |
| (88981) |
| *16 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What assessment his Department has made of the progress made in eliminating the backlog of essential repairs and improvements to school buildings in England. |
| (88982) |
| *17 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What support is given by his Department to initiatives for helping young people who are not in education, training or employment. |
| (88983) |
| *18 |
Alice Mahon (Halifax): What steps his Department is taking to tackle age discrimination in the workplace. |
| (88984) |
| *19 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If he will make a statement on the Government's policy in respect of those with severe learning disability. |
| (88985) |
| *20 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): If he will make a statement on the funds passed on to schools by local education authorities in 1999-2000. |
| (88986) |
| *21 |
Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): What progress has been made in reducing class sizes for five, six and seven year olds; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88987) |
| *22 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): What provisions there are in the national curriculum to ensure the teaching of literacy in primary schools. |
| (88988) |
| *23 |
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): Which areas have been chosen for New Deal 50 plus pathfinder projects. |
| (88989) |
| *24 |
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): What responses there have been to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's consultation on establishing a foundation stage for three to five year olds. |
| (88990) |
| *25 |
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): How many pupils were excluded from school last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88991) |
| *26 |
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): What steps he is taking to increase the equality of funding between pupils in different parts of England. |
| (88992) |
| *27 |
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): What steps he is taking to raise the quality of early years pre-school education. |
| (88993) |
| *28 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What additional resources will be made available to increase pay levels for lecturers in further and higher education institutions. |
| (88994) |
| *29 |
Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): What assessment he has made of the provision of nursery places in Sheffield. |
| (88995) |
| *30 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What representations he has received on the tables of English local education authorities schools' budgets. |
| (88996) |
| *31 |
Mr John Healey (Wentworth): What steps he is taking to improve the functioning of the New Deal Gateway. |
| (88997) |
| *32 |
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): When the review of pre-school education will be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88998) |
| *33 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): If he will make a statement on the progress of the Environmental Task Force option within the New Deal for young people. |
| (88999) |
| *34 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): If he will list those local authorities not spending the full amount of their central government funding allocated for schools. |
| (89000) |
| *35 |
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What representations he has received about the funding of schools in Northumberland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (89001) |
| *36 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): How many employers have signed up to the New Deal to date. |
| (89002) |
| *37 |
Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): When he expects to announce the results of the review of school transport. |
| (89003) |
|
| Main Business |
| + 1 |
YOUTH JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) [Up to 3 hours] |
| | Margaret Beckett
Mr Secretary Straw
Sir George Young
Mr Paul Tyler |
| | That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords ]-- |
| Timetable |
| | 1. Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be taken in the order specified in the Table and completed at today's sitting; and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.
| TABLE |
| Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| New Clauses relating to Part I;
amendments relating to Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1 and Clauses 14 and 15. | 2.5 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order. |
| Any New Clauses relating to the making of orders under Clause 44(5) which may be selected: amendments relating to Clauses 44 to 48, Schedule 2 and Clauses 49 to 52. |
4 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order. |
| Remaining New Clauses; amendments relating to Clauses 16 to 43. | 5.5 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order. |
| Amendments to Clauses 53 to 59, Schedule 3 and Clauses 60 to 63; New Schedules; amendments relating to Clauses 64 to 67, Schedules 4 to 7 and Clause 68: Third Reading. | 6 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order. |
|
| Questions to be put |
| | 2.--(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.
(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;
(c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
(3) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
(4) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under sub-paragraph (2)(c) on amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, the Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those Amendments or Motions. |
| Miscellaneous |
| | 3. Standing Order No. 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.
4. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill.
5. 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.
6. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to, or in the course of proceedings on, 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.
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 they have been commenced; and Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to those proceedings.
8. 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.
9. 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 |
YOUTH JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. [Up to 6 hours] |
| For Amendments, see separate Paper. |
| Third Reading may also be taken. |
| | Proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Programme Motion, if that Motion is agreed to. |
| + 3 |
EC PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2000 [No debate] |
| | The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Blunkett |
| | That this House takes note of European Union Documents Nos. COM(99)200, the Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) of the European Communities for 2000, and SEC(99)600, the Commission's Overview of the PDB; and supports the Government's efforts to maintain budget discipline in the Community; and European Union Document No. 7698/99, Inter-Institutional Agreement (IIA) between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6th May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure; and supports the Government in welcoming the renewal of the IIA as an important contribution to increasing the efficiency of the budgetary procedure and to maintaining budgetary discipline. |
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)). |
| + 4 |
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate after 7.00 p.m.] |
| | Margaret Beckett
That paragraph 2(a) of Standing Order No. 54 (Consideration of estimates) shall not apply at the sitting on Monday 12th July, insofar as any Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett relating to the Eighth Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges (HC 607) shall stand as first business. |
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m. |
| COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
| STANDING COMMITTEES |
| 1 |
Northern Ireland Grand Committee |
2.30 p.m. |
Room 14 (public) |
| |
| (ii) To consider the matter of the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland. |
| (iii) Half-hour Adjournment Debate: Mr William Thompson (Northern Ireland Agricultural Industry). |
| 2 |
Standing Committee A |
9.00 a.m.
4.30 p.m. |
Room 10 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill. |
| 3 |
Standing Committee B |
9.00 a.m.
1.30 p.m. |
Room 11 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Food Standards Bill. |
| SELECT COMMITTEES |
| 4 |
Education and Employment: (Employment Sub-Committee) |
9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m. |
Room 18 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Employment Consequences of European Economic and Monetary Union. |
| Witnesses: Vauxhall Motors UK Ltd and Unilever plc. |
| 5 |
Environmental Audit |
9.30 a.m. |
Room 19 (private) |
| 6 |
Treasury |
9.30 a.m. |
Room 8 (private) |
| 7 |
Health |
10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. |
Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Procedures related to Adverse Clinical Incidents and Outcomes in Medical Care. |
| Witnesses: Association for Victims of Medical Accidents, Association of Community Health Councils of England and Wales; Health Service Commissioner. |
| JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 8 |
Draft Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill |
3.30 p.m. |
Room 3 (public) |
| Subject: Draft Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill. |
| Witnesses: Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council; South Somerset District Council and Epsom and Ewell District Council (at 4.00 p.m.); Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council and Nottingham City Council (at 4.40 p.m.). |
| [The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
|
| Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 7th July for answer today++ |
1
| Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when regulations will be made to give effect to the Government's decision to take the necessary steps to meet the concerns expressed by the European Commission about the United Kingdom's implementation of the general fire safety provisions of the European Council framework directive, as set out in his Answer to the honourable Member for Nottingham East of 8th April 1998, Official Report, column 255; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90697) |
2
| Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Trade and Industry, what legislation he plans to introduce to implement his proposed reforms of the Post Office. |
| (90730) |
3
| Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small self-administered pension schemes there are in existence; how many such schemes have ceased to be approved within the last five years; what he estimates to be the loss to the Revenue when the scheme assets of schemes which have ceased to be approved are transferred offshore; what he estimates the gain to the Revenue will be from his proposals in the Budget to address that abuse; if he will list all the consultees to his proposals to address this abuse; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90731) |
4
| Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the proportion of normal self-administered pension schemes that are liable to pay tax. |
| (90732) |
5
| Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate by area in relation to each species of fish covered by quota, the amount of fish discarded from United Kingdom registered fishing vessels in the last five years; what proportion of the fish discarded in each case were (a) of a marketable condition and (b) under-sized; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90733) |
6
| Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Trade and Industry, when he will announce further decisions on power station proposals currently with his Department. |
| (90734) |
7
| Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to improve joint working between his departments. |
| (90735) |
8
| Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the loss of revenue from cross-border shopping and smuggling of road fuels, petrol and diesel from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland. |
| (90736) |
9
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the fleet of new trains to be introduced into service by Central Trains Ltd and Anglia Railways Train Services Ltd complies with the provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90800) |
10
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer to the Right honourable Member for Berwick upon Tweed of 7th July, how many junior doctors were working beyond the 56 hour limit as at 31st March; what proportion of junior doctors this represents; and what percentage change this represents from the number so working in September 1998. |
| (90801) |
11
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ban the use of Lindane for seed treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90837) |
12
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice his Department has provided to farmers on ways they can reduce the risk of diseases spreading to their cattle. |
| (90838) |
13
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for consultation on the proposed level of fees for cattle passports. |
| (90839) |
14
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the consumer/environmental/pressure groups with which his Department's Ministers or officials have held meetings since June 1998, indicating in how many of these meetings genetically-modified organisms or biotechnology were discussed. |
| (90922) |
15
| Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce new designations under the European Commission's Shellfish Waters Directive. |
| (90923) |
16
| Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to bring forward new regulations on tree preservation orders; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90924) |
|
| Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 13th July at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 15th July at 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill. |
| Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 13th July at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 15th July at 9.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. further to consider the Food Standards Bill. |
| Standing Committee D will meet on Thursday 15th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill [Lords]. |
| The Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 13th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1999. |
| The Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 14th July at 10 a.m. to consider the draft North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. |
| The Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 15th July at 10 a.m. to consider the draft International Copper Study Group (Legal Capacities) Order 1999, the draft International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Miscellaneous Provisions Order 1999 and the draft INTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 1999. |
| The Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 15th July at 10 a.m. to consider the draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Procedural Rules) Order 1999, the draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Code of Conduct) Order 1999 and the draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Guidelines) Order 1999. |
| The Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 15th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Aeroplane Noise (Amendment) Regulations 1999. |
|
MEMORANDUM
Forthcoming Adjournment Debates
Wednesday 21st July
There will be no 90 minutes (General) Debates Pursuant to Standing Order No. 10(3) under which matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment will be considered.
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