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Order of Business Wednesday 29th March 2000
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+ 2 | CHILD SUPPORT, PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. (Queen's Consent to be signified on Third Reading.) [Until any hour] |
Mr Secretary Darling
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For Amendments, see separate Paper.
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At 10.00 p.m.
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+ | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate] |
The Prime Minister
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).
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+ 3 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (SCOTLAND) [No debate] |
Mr Secretary Reid
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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+ 4 | INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES [No debate] |
Mr Secretary Cook
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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+ 5 | AUDIT COMMISSION [No debate] |
Mr Secretary Prescott
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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+ 6 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [No debate] |
Mr Secretary Prescott
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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+ 7 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE [No debate] |
Mr Secretary Milburn
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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At the end of the sitting:
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8 | ADJOURNMENT |
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS | |||
STANDING COMMITTEES | |||
1 | Standing Committee C | 10.30 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
To consider the Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Bill. | |||
2 | European Standing Committee A | 10.30 a.m. | Room 10 (public) |
To consider European Union Document No. 12992/99 relating to Aid System for Flax and Hemp. | |||
SELECT COMMITTEES | |||
3 | Education and Employment: Education Sub-Committee | 9.30 a.m. 9.45 a.m. | Room 18 (private) (public) |
Subject: Early Years. | |||
Witnesses: Gillian Pugh OBE, Chief Executive, Coram Family and Margaret Lochrie, Chief Executive, Pre-school Learning Alliance. | |||
4 | Defence | 10.00 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
5 | Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs | 10.00 a.m. 10.15 a.m. | Room 8 (private) (public) |
Subject: Proposed Urban White Paper. | |||
Witnesses: Local Government Association and Society of Local Authority Chief Executives; The Rt. Hon. Estelle Morris MP, Minister for School Standards and Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Education and Employment, Department for Education and Employment (at 11.05 a.m.). | |||
6 | Scottish Affairs | 10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. | Room 21 (private) (public) |
Subject: (1) Poverty in Scotland (2) The Work of the Scotland Office since Devolution. | |||
Witness: The Rt. Hon. Dr John Reid, Secretary of State for Scotland. | |||
7 | Social Security | 10.00 a.m. 10.45 a.m. | Room 19 (private) (public) |
Subject: Housing Benefit. | |||
Witnesses: National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Shelter; Audit Commission (at 11.45 a.m.). | |||
8 | Trade and Industry | 10.00 a.m. | Room 15 (public) |
Subject: BMW, Rover and Longbridge. | |||
Witnesses: TGWU, GMB, AEEU, MSF; BMW Rover Group (at approximately 11.00 a.m.); Rover dealers (at approximately 12.15 p.m.). | |||
9 | Public Administration | 10.45 a.m. 11.15 a.m. | Room 20 (private) (public) |
Subject: Public Participation. | |||
Witnesses: Sir Michael Lyons, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council, and the Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council; Sue Goss, Office of Public Management, and Professor Gerry Stoker, University of Strathclyde. | |||
10 | Agriculture | 11.00 a.m. | Room 17 (private) |
11 | Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Transport Sub-Committee | 3.45 p.m. 4.00 p.m. | Room 16 (private) (public) |
Subject: The Road Haulage Industry. | |||
Witnesses: The Shadow Road Haulage Forum; The Lord Whitty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and officials of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (at 4.45 p.m.). | |||
12 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 3.45 p.m. 4.15 p.m. | Room 6 (private) (public) |
Subject: Public ExpenditureInward Investment in Northern Ireland. | |||
Witness: Mr John Simpson. | |||
13 | Science and Technology | 3.45 p.m. | Room 5 (private) |
14 | Trade and Industry | 4.00 p.m. | Room 8 (public) |
Subject: BMW, Rover and Longbridge. | |||
Witnesses: Chairman of Automative Components Section, SMMT; Alchemy Partners (at approximately 4.40 p.m.). | |||
15 | Selection | 4.15 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
16 | Education and Employment: Employment Sub-Committee | 4.30 p.m. | Room 18 (private) |
17 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
Subject: Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals. | |||
Witness: Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, NHS Executive. | |||
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 28th March for answer today++ | ||
1 | Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Finance Bill will be published; and if he will make explanatory notes on the Bill's clauses available to honourable Members. | |
( 117043 ) | ||
2 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made concerning the establishment of the Food Standards Agency; and if he will make a statement. | |
( 117044 ) | ||
3 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on what arrangements have been made to operate the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield from 1st April. | |
( 117045 ) | ||
4 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes she intends to make to the Modernising Government Action Plan targets for delivery of Government services electronically. | |
( 117046 ) | ||
5 | Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will respond to the report of the Scoping Study in relation to arson prevention in England and Wales. | |
( 117116 ) | ||
6 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what priorities will be set for placing juvenile offenders when the detention and training order comes into operation. | |
( 117117 ) | ||
7 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the timing of a public-private partnership for BNFL. | |
( 117205 ) | ||
8 | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his plans are for the next quinquennial review of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory. | |
( 117206 ) | ||
9 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if Ms Ann Chant has completed her review of the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman; and when it is intended to publish her report. | |
( 117207 ) | ||
10 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the report of the Quigley Committee. | |
( 117208 ) | ||
11 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has for new regulations relating to number plates. | |
( 117295 ) |
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