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.
Private Business |
| Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.
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Further Consideration of Bill, as amended
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City of London (Ward Elections) Bill. (By Order.)
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| Mr Andrew Mackinlay
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr John McDonnell
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| 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.
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| [For Amendments, see pp. 262 to 270 of the Notice Paper relating to Private Business.]
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PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL
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Third Reading
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Railtrack (Waverley Station) Order Confirmation Bill.
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| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development |
| *1 |
Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): When she last met British non-governmental organisations to discuss the situation in Rwanda; and if she will make a statement.
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123169
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| *2 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): If she will make a statement on the provision of education in countries involved in conflict.
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123171
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| *3 |
Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): What financial support the European Union is providing for the administration of elections in Kosovo.
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123172
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| *4 |
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): If she will make a statement on progress in reforming the EU's development work.
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123173
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| *5 |
Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): In which areas of Mozambique the main British aid effort is concentrated.
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123174
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| *6 |
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): If she will make a statement on aid to Zimbabwe.
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123175
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| *7 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will make a statement on her Department's activities in Zimbabwe.
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123176
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| *8 |
Mr Andrew George (St Ives): If she will make a statement on the impact of her Department's aid programme on conservation projects in Africa.
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123177
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| *9 |
Ms Claire Ward (Watford): What discussions she has had on the condition of Romanian orphans.
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123178
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| *10 |
Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): If she will make a statement on the current humanitarian situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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123180
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| *11 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What the changes will be in the next two financial years in her Department's funding of training for customs officers in (a) St. Lucia and (b) other parts of the Caribbean.
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123181
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| *12 |
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): What resources she is devoting in her aid programmes to support for school infrastructure and equipment in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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123182
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| *13 |
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What recent assessment she has made of the extent of hunger in Southern Africa.
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123183
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| *14 |
Mr Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford): What reforms she will propose to the European Union to increase the effectiveness of its whole aid programme.
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123184
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| *15 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): What assessment she has made of Christian Aid's recent reports on the impact of climate-related disasters on developing countries.
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123185
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| *16 |
Mr Geraint Davies (Croydon Central): What action her Department has taken to improve the education and productivity of women to reduce poverty in the developing world.
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123186
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| *17 |
Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of development monies provided to Mozambique to remedy flood damage.
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123187
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| *18 |
Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): If she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Sierra Leone.
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123188
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| *19 |
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton): What representations she has received from voluntary organisations and charities regarding the debt reduction initiative in advance of the G8 summit at Okinawa.
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123189
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| *20 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): When she expects to publish the White Paper on Globalisation.
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123190
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| *21 |
Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): If she will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's response to the Plan Colombia proposals made by the Colombian Government.
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123191
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| *22 |
Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): If she will make a statement about debt relief in Southern Africa.
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123192
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| *23 |
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): When she expects the targets on debt relief for HIPC countries to be reached.
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123193
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| *24 |
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What plans she has to promote the development of on-line communications in the developing world.
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123194
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| *25 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If she will make a statement on aid programmes for Zimbabwe.
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123195
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| *26 |
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have held with the governments of countries in receipt of aid on the use of biotechnology.
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123196
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| *27 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): When she last met her EU counterparts to discuss EU aid programmes; and what subjects were discussed.
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123197
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| *28 |
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): If she will make a statement on British aid to Sierra Leone.
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123198
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| Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
| *Q1 |
Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123199
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| *Q2 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): If he will hold discussions with the Governments of (a) Bahrain, (b) the United Arab Emirates, (c) Saudi Arabia, (d) Iran and (e) Turkey on the future of UN sanctions against Iraq.
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123200
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| *Q3 |
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123201
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| *Q4 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123202
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| *Q5 |
Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123203
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| *Q6 |
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123204
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| *Q7 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123205
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| *Q8 |
Mr Andrew George (St Ives): If he will visit West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in the St. Ives constituency.
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123206
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| *Q9 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123207
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| *Q10 |
Mr William Cash (Stone): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123208
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| *Q11 |
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123209
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| *Q12 |
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123211
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| *Q13 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123212
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| *Q14 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123213
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| *Q15 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123215
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| *Q16 |
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123216
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| *Q17 |
Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123217
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| *Q18 |
Mr John Healey (Wentworth): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7th June.
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123218
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Main Business |
| 2 | OPPOSITION DAY [12th allotted day] [Until 10.00 p.m.]
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| EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN BRITAIN
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Don Foster
Mr Phil Willis
Mr Matthew Taylor
Mr Paul Tyler
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| Mr Peter Bottomley
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| That this House believes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was being simplistic and divisive in attacking the admissions procedure of Oxford University on the basis of a single, individual case; regrets the lack of action by the Government to promote freedom and opportunity for all the people of the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to match its rhetoric with action, by removing government obstacles to the less well-off entering university, significantly increasing investment in education, taking those on low incomes out of income tax, tackling pensioner poverty, improving the quality of healthcare for all, and ensuring access to basic services in both rural and urban communities.
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| As Amendments to Mr Charles Kennedy's proposed Motion (Equal Opportunities in Britain):
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Blunkett
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `believes that true opportunity for all requires that access to higher education should be based on merit not background; welcomes the measures the Government has implemented to widen access as part of the record increase in education spending of 8 per cent. in real terms in this year alone; and welcomes the many initiatives taken to help those in society whose needs are greatest, including an extra #950 a year for older pensioners on low incomes and a record increase in NHS spending of an extra #2 billion this year, plus 6.1 per cent. average growth year on year until 2004.'.
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| Mrs Theresa May
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Bercow
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr James Arbuthnot
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `requires that access to higher education should be based on academic excellence and should be managed by academics, not politicians; regrets that the imposition of tuition fees and abolition of maintenance grants has curtailed the access to university of able students with low incomes, with particular reference to mature students; and recognises that any specific bursaries now offered to politically-determined classes of students will carry no more credibility than other government measures designed to bribe groups of the electorate with their own money.'.
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| BRITAIN'S STRATEGIC INTERESTS
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Menzies Campbell
Dr Jenny Tonge
Mr Paul Keetch
Mr Paul Tyler
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| That this House believes that the strategic interests of the United Kingdom will best be served by collective action through the United Nations, NATO, the Commonwealth, the European Security and Defence Identity and similar political, economic and military institutions and initiatives; is concerned that the opportunities for a reduction in nuclear weapons have been prejudiced by the refusal of the United States Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and by the proposal that the United States should deploy a system of National Missile Defence, if necessary in breach of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; welcomes the `unequivocal' declaration of the five permanent members of the Security Council that they will seek to eliminate all nuclear weapons in fulfilment of their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to state, first, what its policy is towards the United States proposal for National Missile Defence and, secondly, what steps it proposes to take to fulfil its pledge to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons; congratulates the armed forces of the Crown on their successful military campaigns in Kosovo and Sierra Leone but expresses disappointment that in the latter case Her Majesty's Government has chosen to deploy UK forces independently of the United Nations peacekeeping force and not as part of it and thereby failed to strengthen the UN effort and to enhance its credibility; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to publish the policy criteria by which it determines that there is a need for intervention.
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| As an Amendment to Mr Charles Kennedy's proposed Motion (Britain's Strategic Interests):
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Hoon
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `believes that the strategic interests of the United Kingdom are normally best served through collective action through the United Nations, NATO, the Commonwealth, the European Security and Defence Identity, and similar political, economic and military institutions and initiatives, and with allies, but that the United Kingdom should reserve the right to act independently where absolutely necessary; notes that the United States has not yet taken a decision to deploy a National Missile Defence, and that Her Majesty's Government has made clear, both to the US and to Russia, that it wishes to see the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and strategic stability, preserved; welcomes Her Majesty's Government's intention to pursue its pledge to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons through bilateral and multilateral negotiations, including through the Non-Proliferation Treaty machinery; and recalls that a principal aim of the deployment of British forces to Sierra Leone was to allow the deployment of additional UN forces, which is now well under way, and to support the UN effort there, and as such has been welcomed by the UN Secretary General.'.
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| The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
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| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 3 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Provision of civil protection in the Isle of Wight (Dr Peter Brand).
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| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
STANDING COMMITTEES |
| 1 | Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000. |
| 2 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Local Authority (Stocks and Bonds) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, and the draft Uncertified Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2000. |
SELECT COMMITTEES |
| 3 | Defence | 9.20 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Lessons of Kosovo. |
| Witness: General Klaus Naumann. |
| 4 | Modernisation of the House of Commons | 9.30 a.m. | Room 21 (private) |
| 5 | Foreign Affairs | 9.45 a.m.
10.00 a.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Feira European Council. |
| Witness: The Rt. Hon. Robin Cook MP, Foreign Secretary. |
| 6 | Social Security | 10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m. | Room 19 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Housing Benefit. |
| Witnesses: Centre for Housing Policy and Council of Mortgage Lenders. |
| 7 | Education and Employment: Employment Sub-Committee | 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | Room 18 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Recruiting Unemployed People. |
| Witnesses: Cay Stratton, New Deal Task Force, Jeff Jablow, Wildcat Service Corporation, New York and Chris Evans, Centre for Social Inclusion. |
| 8 | Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Transport Sub-Committee | 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Air Service Agreements between the United Kingdom and the United States. |
| Witnesses: British Airways; Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (at 4.40 p.m.); Singapore Airlines Limited (at 5.20 p.m.). |
| 9 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 3.45 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Public Expenditure—Inward Investment in Northern Ireland. |
| Witness: The Rt. Hon. Adam Ingram MP. |
| 10 | European Scrutiny | 4.00 p.m. | Room 19 (private) |
| 11 | Selection | 4.15 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 12 | Defence | 4.30 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 13 | Public Administration | 4.15 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Making Government Work. |
| Witness: Lord Neill of Bladen, Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. |
| 14 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: Progress on Resource Accounting and Preparations for Resource Based Supply. |
| Witnesses: Professor Andrew Likierman, Head of Government Accountancy Service, Mr John Gieve, Managing Director, Public Services Directorate, Ms Ros Dunn, Head of Resource, Accounting & Budgeting Team, Mr Doug Rayner, Policy Adviser, Resource, Accounting & Budgeting Team and Mr Chris Richards, Accountancy Adviser, Central Accountancy Team, HM Treasury. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
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Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 6th June for answer today++
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| 1 |
Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the report on inquiries into allegations against the former Teesside Development Corporation will be completed; and if he will make a statement.
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125244
) |
| 2 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the Joint Entry Clearance Unit.
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125245
) |
| 3 |
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will be in a position to announce his decisions on those applications for gas-fired combined heat and power stations that are awaiting determination.
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(
125246
) |
| 4 |
Mr John McWilliam (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre Agency for the financial year 2000-01.
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(
125247
) |
| 5 |
Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Defence Procurement Agency for the financial year 2000-01.
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(
125248
) |
| 6 |
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what contribution the Government is making to the United Nations Conference, Women 2000: Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century.
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(
125249
) |
| 7 |
Mrs Eileen Gordon (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary on specialist operations.
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(
125250
) |
| 8 |
Ann Keen (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has recently authorised the issue of export licences for Iran as an exception to the national arms embargo.
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(
125251
) |
| 9 |
Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish guidance dealing with the preparation of community strategies; and if he will make a statement.
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(
125356
) |
