Order of Business for 19 October 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

Private Business

Note: Private business is not debated at this time and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Further Consideration of Bill, as Amended

City of London (Ward Elections) Bill. (By Order.)

Mr John McDonnell
Mr Harry Cohen
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Andrew Mackinlay

    On further Consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill, as amended, to move, That the Bill be further considered upon this day six months.

Mr John McDonnell

    On further Consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill, as amended:

    [For Amendments, see Notice Paper relating to Private Business.]

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

*1 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    What is the (a) length of the waiting list and (b) average waiting time for a brain scan for those aged (i) under 18 years and (ii) 18 years and over; and if he will make a statement.

(92584)

*2 Ms Hazel Blears (Salford):    What steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate care is available to terminally-ill patients admitted to general hospitals.

(92585)

*3 Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    What discussions he has held with (a) the health authority and (b) health trusts in Camden and Islington concerning the operation of the Health Action Zone.

(92586)

*4 Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    What steps he is taking to regulate the provision of health care by the independent sector.

(92587)

*5 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    When he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss the North East London health economy.

(92588)

*6 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What investment his Department is making in services to combat cancer of the bowel.

(92589)

*7 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on government policy relating to organ transplants.

(92590)

*8 Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    What assessment he has made of the provision of dental services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and if he will make a statement.

(92591)

*9 Norman Baker (Lewes):    If he will make a statement on the use of bovine materials in vaccines.

(92592)

*10 Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth):    What discussions he has had with the Home Secretary concerning the range of complementary and alternative medical treatments available in Her Majesty's prisons and Her Majesty's young offenders institutions; what was decided; and if he will make a statement.

(92593)

*11 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar):    When he plans to bring forward regulations to govern the chiropody profession.

(92594)

*12 Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    How many casualty modernisation schemes are planned to improve security for staff.

(92595)

*13 Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    If he will commission a study of the effect of mergers of accident and emergency units on clinical outcomes.

(92596)

*14 Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):    How many emergency cases were treated by the NHS during the years to the end of March (a) 1999, (b) 1998 and (c) 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(92597)

*15 Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    If he will make a statement on the financial position of the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority.

(92600)

*16 Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    How many casualty department modernisation schemes are planned this year to improve facilities for children.

(92601)

*17 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    What instructions are being given to health authorities on the relative priority to be given to (a) reducing financial deficits and (b) maintaining standards of health care among health providers in their districts.

(92602)

*18 Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley):    How many non-emergency in-patient cases were treated by the NHS during the year to the end of March (a) 1999 and (b) 1998.

(92604)

*19 Mr David Amess (Southend West):    What recent representations he has received on waiting times for (a) non-urgent and (b) urgent cardiac (i) operations and (ii) procedures.

(92605)

*20 Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    When he expects to issue new guidance concerning the prescribing of beta interferon for (a) relapsing remitting and (b) secondary progressive MS.

(92606)

*21 Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    If he will make a statement on his policy on the role and training of optometrists.

(92607)

*22 Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    If he plans to accept the proposed national standards for the inspection of care homes drawn up by the Centre for Policy on Ageing earlier this year.

(92608)

*23 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    If he will make a statement on the planned level of capital investment in the NHS over the next three years.

(92610)

*24 Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    What has been the cost to date of establishing (a) primary care groups and (b)primary care trusts.

(92611)

*25 Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet):    What period of consultation he proposes on the draft Tobacco (Prohibition of Advertising and Promotion) Regulations.

(92612)

*26 Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    How many patients have been waiting in excess of one year for treatment.

(92613)

*27 Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    What recent discussions he has held with local health authorities regarding the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer in men in their areas; and if he will make a statement.

(92614)

*28 Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):    What representations he has received regarding the level of the standard mortality ratio in the Barnsley area.

(92615)

*29 Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    If he will make a statement on progress in implementing the proposals in the White Paper, Smoking Kills.

(92616)

*30 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    What steps he is taking to tackle the growing incidence of TB.

(92617)

*31 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    What studies he has commissioned or evaluated on the relationship between the chewing of tobacco products and the development of oral cancers.

(92618)

*32 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    How many action plans have been approved by his Department to help local authorities improve their performance in providing high-quality social services for children in need.

(92620)

*33 Bob Russell (Colchester):    What monitoring is carried out to ensure that IVF treatment is available in every health authority area.

(92621)

*34 Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    What investment his Department is making in services to combat osteoporosis.

(92622)

*35 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    How many patients have been referred to a consultant by their GP but are still awaiting their first appointment with the consultant.

(92623)

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

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

MILITARY EXPENDITURE (CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION) [Up to 20 minutes]

Mr John McDonnell

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to give taxpayers the right to direct that proportion of their income tax which would otherwise be spent on military purposes to a fund for international aid.

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).

Main Business
+ 2	ADJOURNMENT *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	The Prime Minister That this House do now adjourn. Proposed subjects for debate: *(1) First Report from the Treasury Committee on the Office for National Statistics; (2) Reports from the Select Committee on Public Administration on the work of the Ombudsman.* Relevant documents: First Report from the Treasury Committee, Session 1998-99, Office for National Statistics (HC 43), and the Government's response thereto (HC 267); First Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 1998-99, Report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman for 1997-98 (HC 136); Second Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 1998-99, Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman for 1997-98 (HC 54); Second Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 1997-98, Report of the Health Service Ombudsman for 1996-97 (HC 352), and the Government's response thereto (HC 1055 of Session 1997-98).
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting:

ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject:

Rural crime

Mrs Gillian Shephard

Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STANDING COMMITTEE
1	Standing Committee A	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill.
SELECT COMMITTEES
2	Home Affairs	10.15 a.m.	Room 21 (private)
3	Public Administration	11.00 a.m.	Room 8 (private)
4	Agriculture	4.00 p.m.	Room 20 (private)
5	Welsh Affairs	4.30 p.m.	Room 17 (private)
6	Procedure	6.00 p.m.	Room 8 (private)
7	Statutory Instruments	Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments	Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEE
8	Statutory Instruments	4.15 p.m.	Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Question tabled on Monday 18th October for answer today ‡
1	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to publish the final report of the Home Office Working Party on Electoral Procedures.
	(94816)
2	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made with the establishment of the Rent Service as a Next Steps executive agency.
	(94817)
3	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if he will make a statement on arrangements for the introduction of a new e-mail system in the House.
	(94818)
4	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the recent European Central Bank's agreement on gold.
	(94834)
5	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to publish his Pre-Budget Report.
	(94835)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What is the (a) length of the waiting list and (b) average waiting time for a brain scan for those aged (i) under 18 years and (ii) 18 years and over; and if he will make a statement.
	(92584)
*2	Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): What steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate care is available to terminally-ill patients admitted to general hospitals.
	(92585)
*3	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What discussions he has held with (a) the health authority and (b) health trusts in Camden and Islington concerning the operation of the Health Action Zone.
	(92586)
*4	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): What steps he is taking to regulate the provision of health care by the independent sector.
	(92587)
*5	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): When he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss the North East London health economy.
	(92588)
*6	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What investment his Department is making in services to combat cancer of the bowel.
	(92589)
*7	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on government policy relating to organ transplants.
	(92590)
*8	Mr Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment he has made of the provision of dental services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and if he will make a statement.
	(92591)
*9	Norman Baker (Lewes): If he will make a statement on the use of bovine materials in vaccines.
	(92592)
*10	Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What discussions he has had with the Home Secretary concerning the range of complementary and alternative medical treatments available in Her Majesty's prisons and Her Majesty's young offenders institutions; what was decided; and if he will make a statement.
	(92593)
*11	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): When he plans to bring forward regulations to govern the chiropody profession.
	(92594)
*12	Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): How many casualty modernisation schemes are planned to improve security for staff.
	(92595)
*13	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): If he will commission a study of the effect of mergers of accident and emergency units on clinical outcomes.
	(92596)
*14	Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): How many emergency cases were treated by the NHS during the years to the end of March (a) 1999, (b) 1998 and (c) 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(92597)
*15	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): If he will make a statement on the financial position of the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority.
	(92600)
*16	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): How many casualty department modernisation schemes are planned this year to improve facilities for children.
	(92601)
*17	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What instructions are being given to health authorities on the relative priority to be given to (a) reducing financial deficits and (b) maintaining standards of health care among health providers in their districts.
	(92602)
*18	Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley): How many non-emergency in-patient cases were treated by the NHS during the year to the end of March (a) 1999 and (b) 1998.
	(92604)
*19	Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent representations he has received on waiting times for (a) non-urgent and (b) urgent cardiac (i) operations and (ii) procedures.
	(92605)
*20	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): When he expects to issue new guidance concerning the prescribing of beta interferon for (a) relapsing remitting and (b) secondary progressive MS.
	(92606)
*21	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on his policy on the role and training of optometrists.
	(92607)
*22	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): If he plans to accept the proposed national standards for the inspection of care homes drawn up by the Centre for Policy on Ageing earlier this year.
	(92608)
*23	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): If he will make a statement on the planned level of capital investment in the NHS over the next three years.
	(92610)
*24	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): What has been the cost to date of establishing (a) primary care groups and (b)primary care trusts.
	(92611)
*25	Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): What period of consultation he proposes on the draft Tobacco (Prohibition of Advertising and Promotion) Regulations.
	(92612)
*26	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): How many patients have been waiting in excess of one year for treatment.
	(92613)
*27	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): What recent discussions he has held with local health authorities regarding the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer in men in their areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(92614)
*28	Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What representations he has received regarding the level of the standard mortality ratio in the Barnsley area.
	(92615)
*29	Mr John Healey (Wentworth): If he will make a statement on progress in implementing the proposals in the White Paper, Smoking Kills.
	(92616)
*30	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What steps he is taking to tackle the growing incidence of TB.
	(92617)
*31	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What studies he has commissioned or evaluated on the relationship between the chewing of tobacco products and the development of oral cancers.
	(92618)
*32	Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): How many action plans have been approved by his Department to help local authorities improve their performance in providing high-quality social services for children in need.
	(92620)
*33	Bob Russell (Colchester): What monitoring is carried out to ensure that IVF treatment is available in every health authority area.
	(92621)
*34	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What investment his Department is making in services to combat osteoporosis.
	(92622)
*35	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): How many patients have been referred to a consultant by their GP but are still awaiting their first appointment with the consultant.
	(92623)