Order of Business for 2 November 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

*1 Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw):    If he will make a statement about his Department's actions this year to combat the drugs trade.

(95030)

*2 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    If he will make a statement on British relations with Pakistan.

(95031)

*3 Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    If he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the supply of arms to Jordan.

(95032)

*4 Mr John Grogan (Selby):    If he will make a statement on the current state of the Middle East peace process.

(95033)

*5 Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    What discussions he has held with the President of the European Commission on proposals for reforms to EU institutions and decision-making procedures.

(95034)

*6 Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):    What assessment he has made of the reconstruction programme in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.

(95035)

*7 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    If he will make a statement on sanctions applying to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

(95036)

*8 Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    If he will make a statement on the British Government's support for economic development in the Palestinian Authority area.

(95038)

*9 Helen Jones (Warrington North):    What measures he is taking to open up recruitment to his Department to people from a wider social background.

(95039)

*10 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What assessment he has made of recent changes in the Kenya administration in relation to democracy building.

(95040)

*11 Christine Russell (City of Chester):    If he will initiate new steps to improve conflict resolution procedures in Africa.

(95041)

*12 Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    If he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards reparations being paid to those who were used as slave labour in camps operated by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

(95042)

*13 Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    If he will make a statement on the progress of discussions with the UN Security Council with regard to Iraq.

(95043)

*14 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    What progress is being made with the reconstruction of Kosovo.

(95044)

*15 Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    If he will make a statement about Britain's relations with Albania.

(95046)

*16 Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    What response he has sent to recent proposals by an independent commission for reform of the EU institutions.

(95047)

*17 Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North):    What assessment he has made of the impact of the US Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

(95048)

*18 Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    What recent representations he has made to the Government of Indonesia concerning human rights.

(95049)

*19 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What discussions he has had with representatives of the present government of Pakistan.

(95050)

*20 Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    What efforts he is making to ensure that his Department attracts candidates for employment from all sections of British society.

(95051)

*21 Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    If he will make a statement on the Government's policy on Pakistani-Indian bilateral relations.

(95053)

*22 Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):    What assessment he has made of the prospects for controls on the testing of nuclear weapons, following the rejection of the treaty by the United States Senate.

(95054)

*23 Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    If when he last met his colleagues from other member-states of the European Union they discussed matters relating to the policing of communities in Kosovo.

(95056)

*24 Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    What steps he is taking to promote democracy and human rights in China.

(95058)

*25 Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    What representations he has made to the European Commission concerning the obstruction of movement between Spain and Gibraltar.

[R](95059)

*26 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    What discussions he has had with with the US Administration on the US Senate's failure to ratify the nuclear test ban treaty.

(95060)

*27 Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    When he next expects to meet the Secretary General of the Commonwealth to discuss the criteria for Commonwealth membership.

(95061)

*28 Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    What assessment he has made of the reconstruction programme required in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.

(95062)

*29 Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If he will make a statement on the Government's current assessment of the situation in East Timor.

(95063)

*30 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What progress has been made in the development of consular relationships with Nigeria since its readmission to the Commonwealth.

(95064)

*31 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    What assessment he has made of when Pakistan will be re-admitted as a full member of the Commonwealth.

[R](95065)

*32 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    When he next plans to meet senior members of the judiciary, the legal professions and the police to discuss the consequences of the Tampere Conference of 15th and 16th October.

(95066)

*33 Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):    If he will make a statement on the ethical dimension to his foreign policy as outlined in his Department's mission statement.

(95068)

*34 Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    When he next plans to meet the German Chancellor to discuss European enlargement; and if he will make a statement.

(95069)

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

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

CYCLISTS' HELMETS [Up to 20 minutes]

Jean Corston

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to promote the wearing of protective headgear by cyclists; and for connected purposes.

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

Main Business
2	OPPOSITION DAY [14th allotted day - second part] *[Until 7.00 p.m.]*
	PLANNING, GREENFIELDS AND BROWNFIELDS
	Mr William Hague Mr John Redwood Mr Bernard Jenkin Mr Damian Green Mr Nigel Waterson Mr James Arbuthnot
	That this House regrets the growing divide between the prosperous and deprived areas of Britain; condemns the run-down of industry and the dereliction of inner city and old industrial areas; urges the Government to put in place better measures to encourage urban and industrial regeneration; vigorously opposes the idea that hundreds of thousands more people will be encouraged to move out of the urban areas into new housing on greenfield sites; further urges the Secretary of State to veto the South East plan for 1.1 million new homes, half on greenfield land, and to warn inspectors not to come to similar conclusions for other parts of the country; reminds the Government that there will be demand for new and better housing in the cities which they should help developers to meet by their planning and renewal policies; and stresses that sustainable development means limiting greenfield housing construction.
	As Amendments to Mr William Hague's proposed Motion (Planning, Greenfields and Brownfields):
	The Prime Minister Mr Secretary Prescott Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Secretary Cook Mr Secretary Straw Mr Secretary Blunkett
	Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `welcomes the Government's continued commitment to sustainable growth, safeguarding the countryside and promoting an urban renaissance; welcomes the establishment of Regional Development Agencies and the policies and programmes which have been put in place to improve the prosperity and quality of life of the regions and supports the targeting of regeneration initiatives in areas of greatest need; recognises that the Government's integrated, inclusive and strategic approach is encouraging urban and industrial regeneration; welcomes the Government's inter-linked policies for revitalising the UK's towns and cities and protecting the countryside; supports the Government's target for building 60 per cent. of all new housing on previously developed land and welcomes the new housing planning policy guidance which encourages "in town" brownfield site development first under a phased sequential test; supports this Government's approach to new out-of-town shopping developments; welcomes the Government's move away from the previous "predict and provide" approach to housing provision and the introduction of a "plan, monitor and manage" policy under the new regional planning policy arrangements, including Examination in Public and Independent Panel assessment; recognises the need for a more detailed evaluation of land availability and capacity and welcomes the establishment of a National Land Use Database; supports the Government's policies on protecting the Green Belt; and believes the Government's planning, housing, transport, countryside protection, welfare and economic policies will achieve more sustainable and equitable patterns of both urban and rural development.'.
	Mr Charles Kennedy Mr A. J. Beith Mr Don Foster Mr Adrian Sanders Mr Tom Brake Mr Paul Tyler
	Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `regrets that, despite a change of Government, there remains a growing divide between the prosperous and deprived areas of Britain; is concerned at the increasing pressure on greenfield sites across the United Kingdom and the effect of economic overheating on housing demand in areas such as the South East; calls for measures that encourage local authorities, public bodies and developers to use existing infrastructure first before building on greenfield sites; recognises that top-down housing targets do not meet local housing need and that the experience of the last Government's "predict and provide" policy resulted in record numbers of homeless and inadequately housed people; further recognises that the sale of council houses, without their replacement, reduced the availability of affordable housing for rent; and urges the Government to involve local authorities more in a regionalised planning system and to allow them to access resources independently of the Treasury to meet local housing needs.'.
	Relevant documents: Tenth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1997-98, on Housing (HC495-I) and the Government's response thereto (Cm 4080); and Seventeenth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1998-99, on Housing: PPG3 (HC490-I). The selection of the matter to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
*Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.*

At 7.00 p.m.

OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS: CITY OF LONDON (WARD ELECTIONS) BILL: Adjourned Debate on Question [28th October]. (By Order.) [Until 10.00 p.m.]

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Promoters of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill in the next Session of Parliament, provided that the Agents for the Bill give notice to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office not later than the day before the close of the present Session of their intention to suspend further proceedings and that all Fees due on the Bill up to that date be paid;

That on the fifth day on which the House sits in the next Session the Bill shall be presented to the House;

That there shall be deposited with the Bill a declaration signed by the Agents for the Bill, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill presented in the House in the present Session;

That as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, that such a declaration has been so deposited, has been laid upon the Table of the House, the Bill shall be read the first and second time and committed (and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read and committed) and shall be committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means;

That the Chairman of Ways and Means shall make such Amendments thereto as have been made by the committee in the present Session, and shall report the Bill as amended to the House forthwith, and the Bill, so amended, shall be ordered to be considered;

That no further Fees shall be charged in respect of any proceedings on the Bill in respect of which Fees have already been incurred during the present Session;

The Chairman of Ways and Means ):--

Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject:

Impact of beer duty on independent family breweries and the rural economy

Mr Tony Baldry

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	Standing Committee A	10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public) (public)
	Further to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill.
2	First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 9 (public)
	To consider the draft Working Time Regulations 1999.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3	Environmental Audit	9.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.	Room 19 (private) (public)
	Subject: A Sustainable Millennium Round (WTO).
	Witnesses: Mr Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Trade, Department of Trade and Industry.
4	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Environment Sub-Committee	9.45 a.m. 10.00 a.m.	Room 16 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Work of the Health and Safety Executive.
	Witnesses: Trades Union Congress; The Pesticides Trusts (at 10.40 a.m.); Centre for Corporate Accountability (at 11.10 a.m.).
5	Agriculture	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 20 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Marketing of Milk.
	Witnesses: Milk Marque Ltd.
6	Foreign Affairs	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: Relations with Russia.
	Witnesses: Mr David Cant, Executive Director, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, Mr David Bonser, Director, Waste Management and Decommissioning, and Mr Desmond Cecil, Senior Adviser, British Nuclear Fuels plc and Mr Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs for Russia, BP Amoco plc; Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Senior Consultant in Global Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank, Mr Alan Brown, Director, Group Risk, Barclays plc, Mr David Riley, Director, Fitch IBCA, and Mr Sergey Putintsev, Manager, SGS UK Ltd (at about 11.30 a.m.).
7	Welsh Affairs	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 6 (private) (public)
	Subject: European Structural Funds.
	Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Paul Murphy MP, Secretary of State for Wales, and Wales Office officials.
8	Home Affairs	10.15 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Work of the Lord Chancellor's Department.
	Witness: The Rt. Hon. the Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, Lord Chancellor.
9	Treasury	10.15 a.m. 10.45 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Financial Services Authority.
	Witnesses: Mr Howard Davies, Chairman, Mr Michael Folger, Director, Investment Businesses, and Mr Andrew Whittaker, Deputy General Counsel to the Board, Financial Services Authority.
10	Education and Employment	3.45 p.m.	Room 18 (private)
11	Broadcasting	4.00 p.m.	Room 8 (public)
	Subject: The Development of Parliamentary Broadcasting.
	Witnesses: The Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Ltd (PARBUL).
12	Procedure	4.00 p.m.	Room 13 (private)
13	Statutory Instruments	Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments	Room 7 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEE
14	Statutory Instruments	4.15 p.m.	Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Monday 1st November 1999 for answer today++
1	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the five-yearly review of the Valuation Office Agency will commence.
	(97132)
2	Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what key performance targets he has set for the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1999-2000.
	(97205)
3	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is towards disposal of land held by local authorities under the Green Belts (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 and towards the treatment of any proceeds.
	(97206)
4	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to improve retention in the Army; and if he will make a statement.
	(97207)
5	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what resources he will make available to authorities that have been reorganised on 1st April 1997 and 1998 for reorganisation costs incurred by them in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(97208)
6	Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements he is making to assist those refugees recognised by the United Kingdom as in need of international protection to settle successfully in this country; and if he will make a statement
	(97214)

Standing Committee Notices

The meeting of the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation on Tuesday 2nd November at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Jobseeker's Allowance Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1999, will now not take place.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
*1	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): If he will make a statement about his Department's actions this year to combat the drugs trade.
	(95030)
*2	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): If he will make a statement on British relations with Pakistan.
	(95031)
*3	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): If he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the supply of arms to Jordan.
	(95032)
*4	Mr John Grogan (Selby): If he will make a statement on the current state of the Middle East peace process.
	(95033)
*5	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): What discussions he has held with the President of the European Commission on proposals for reforms to EU institutions and decision-making procedures.
	(95034)
*6	Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown): What assessment he has made of the reconstruction programme in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.
	(95035)
*7	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): If he will make a statement on sanctions applying to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
	(95036)
*8	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): If he will make a statement on the British Government's support for economic development in the Palestinian Authority area.
	(95038)
*9	Helen Jones (Warrington North): What measures he is taking to open up recruitment to his Department to people from a wider social background.
	(95039)
*10	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What assessment he has made of recent changes in the Kenya administration in relation to democracy building.
	(95040)
*11	Christine Russell (City of Chester): If he will initiate new steps to improve conflict resolution procedures in Africa.
	(95041)
*12	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): If he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards reparations being paid to those who were used as slave labour in camps operated by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
	(95042)
*13	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): If he will make a statement on the progress of discussions with the UN Security Council with regard to Iraq.
	(95043)
*14	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): What progress is being made with the reconstruction of Kosovo.
	(95044)
*15	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): If he will make a statement about Britain's relations with Albania.
	(95046)
*16	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What response he has sent to recent proposals by an independent commission for reform of the EU institutions.
	(95047)
*17	Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): What assessment he has made of the impact of the US Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
	(95048)
*18	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What recent representations he has made to the Government of Indonesia concerning human rights.
	(95049)
*19	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What discussions he has had with representatives of the present government of Pakistan.
	(95050)
*20	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): What efforts he is making to ensure that his Department attracts candidates for employment from all sections of British society.
	(95051)
*21	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will make a statement on the Government's policy on Pakistani-Indian bilateral relations.
	(95053)
*22	Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): What assessment he has made of the prospects for controls on the testing of nuclear weapons, following the rejection of the treaty by the United States Senate.
	(95054)
*23	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): If when he last met his colleagues from other member-states of the European Union they discussed matters relating to the policing of communities in Kosovo.
	(95056)
*24	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): What steps he is taking to promote democracy and human rights in China.
	(95058)
*25	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): What representations he has made to the European Commission concerning the obstruction of movement between Spain and Gibraltar.
	[R](95059)
*26	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What discussions he has had with with the US Administration on the US Senate's failure to ratify the nuclear test ban treaty.
	(95060)
*27	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): When he next expects to meet the Secretary General of the Commonwealth to discuss the criteria for Commonwealth membership.
	(95061)
*28	Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): What assessment he has made of the reconstruction programme required in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.
	(95062)
*29	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on the Government's current assessment of the situation in East Timor.
	(95063)
*30	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What progress has been made in the development of consular relationships with Nigeria since its readmission to the Commonwealth.
	(95064)
*31	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What assessment he has made of when Pakistan will be re-admitted as a full member of the Commonwealth.
	[R](95065)
*32	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): When he next plans to meet senior members of the judiciary, the legal professions and the police to discuss the consequences of the Tampere Conference of 15th and 16th October.
	(95066)
*33	Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): If he will make a statement on the ethical dimension to his foreign policy as outlined in his Department's mission statement.
	(95068)
*34	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): When he next plans to meet the German Chancellor to discuss European enlargement; and if he will make a statement.
	(95069)