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Order of Business Thursday 22nd June 2000

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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 11.30 a.m.       Prayers
Afterwards


Private Business

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

Consideration of Bill, as amended

London Local Authorities Bill [Lords]. (By Order.)

Mr John McDonnell
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
Mr Jeremy Corbyn

        On Consideration of the London Local Authorities Bill [Lords], as amended, to move, That the Bill be considered upon this day six months.

        [Amendments and further Amendments to be proposed by the Promoters.]

        [Copies of the proposed Amendments and further Amendments may be obtained by Members from the Vote Office or inspected in the Private Bill Office.]


Second Reading

Mersey Tunnels Bill. (By Order.)

Mr Ben Chapman
Mrs Louise Ellman
Mr Frank Field
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McDonnell
Mr Alan Simpson

        On Second Reading of the Mersey Tunnels Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.


Afterwards
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
*1 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    If he will estimate the cost to public funds of the 75p increase in the basic state pension in the current financial year.
( 125824 )
*2 Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    What discussions his Department plans with voluntary sector bodies on the changes to the taxation of charitable giving set out in the Budget.
( 125825 )
*3 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    What the annual net cost or benefit to the Exchequer is of the charitable status of independent schools.
( 125826 )
*4 Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston):    What impact he estimates his plans to encourage greater use of payroll giving will have on the charity sector.
( 125827 )
*5 Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    What assessment he has made of the impact of his economic policies on levels of employment and unemployment in the North East.
( 125828 )
*6 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    What representations he has received on the impact of withdrawal of the married person's tax allowance on those who receive DSS benefits.
( 125829 )
*7 Julia Drown (South Swindon):    What assessment he has made of the timescale for the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.
( 125830 )
*8 Steve Webb (Northavon):    If he will estimate the number of married women who were paying national insurance in 1990-91 at the reduced rate for married women in circumstances where they would have paid less national insurance had they paid the full rate of national insurance contributions.
( 125832 )
*9 Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    What will be the impact on levels of child poverty of the changes to the working families tax credit announced in the Budget.
( 125833 )
*10 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    If he will make a statement on the revenue received from the auction of the third generation mobile telephone licences.
( 125834 )
*11 Mr Keith Darvill (Upminster):    What representations he has received from businesses on his decision to cut capital gains tax for long-term investments.
( 125835 )
*12 Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    What discussions he has had with (a) the Minister for Europe and (b) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the timing of any move to replace the pound by the euro.
( 125837 )
*13 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What plans he has to increase pensioner incomes.
( 125838 )
*14 Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    If he will make a statement on his discussions with the IMF on debt relief for the Highly Indebted Poor Countries.
( 125839 )
*15 Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    How many pensioners were sent a self-assessment tax form and were subsequently assessed as having no income tax liability in 1998-99.
( 125840 )
*16 Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye):    If he will make a statement on the inflation forecasts set out in the Red Book.
( 125841 )
*17 Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):    If he will make a statement on taxation of married couples.
( 125842 )
*18 Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    What discussions he has had with other departments on the impact of the landfill tax on fly-tipping.
( 125843 )
*19 Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    If he is undertaking studies on the role of hypothecated taxation as part of the Government's review of the NHS.
( 125844 )
*20 Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    If he will make a statement on the level of UK corporation tax in (a) the current financial year and (b) in 1997.
( 125845 )
*21 Mr Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster):    What recent representations he has received from businesses on the climate change levy.
( 125846 )
*22 Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    If he will make a statement on the impact of the changes to the working families tax credit announced in the Budget.
( 125847 )
*23 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    What has been the value of drugs originating in South American countries seized by Customs and Excise in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
( 125848 )
*24 Sir David Madel (South West Bedfordshire):    How many meetings of ECOFIN there have been since 2nd May 1997; and how many he has attended.
( 125849 )
*25 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    If he will make a statement on the increase in the availability of venture capital in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2000.
( 125850 )
*26 Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    What projection he has made for the savings ratio in the next quarter.
( 125851 )
*27 Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    What his policy is towards use of the tax system for the redistribution of income.
( 125852 )
*28 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    What representations he has received on the abolition of the married persons' tax allowance; and if he will make a statement.
( 125854 )
*29 Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    If he will make a statement on the contribution his Department is making to efforts to ensure that Britain meets its national and international environmental targets.
( 125855 )
*30 Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    What assessment he has made of the impact of increases in fuel duties since May 1997.
( 125856 )
*31 Mr David Amess (Southend West):    What recent representations he has received about joining the single currency.
( 125857 )
*32 Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West):    What assessment he has made of the effect on family incomes of the changes to the working families tax credit he announced in his Budget.
( 125858 )
*33 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    What measures he proposes to promote enterprise among disadvantaged groups and in disadvantaged areas in the South West.
( 125859 )
*34 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    What recent estimate he has made of the net increase in the amount of tax that will be paid in the current financial year as a result of his Budget.
( 125860 )
*35 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    What his policy is on supporting (a) manufacturing and (b) service employment in the UK economy.
( 125861 )
*36 Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):    What fiscal measures he has taken to encourage small businesses.
( 125862 )
*37 Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    If he will make a statement on his forecast for economic convergence of the British economy with that of those nations in the euro-zone.
( 125863 )

At 12.30 p.m.Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

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SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE    [No debate]

Mr Secretary Reid
Margaret Beckett

        That the Scottish Grand Committee shall meet on Monday 10th July at half-past Ten o'clock at the Glasgow City Council former High School buildings, Glasgow, to consider a substantive Motion for the adjournment of the Committee.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 100(1)).

+  2   

ADJOURNMENT    [Until 7.00 p.m.]

The Prime Minister

        That this House do now adjourn.

        Proposed subject for debate: Security and Intelligence Agencies.

        Relevant documents:

        Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 1998-99, Cm 4532, and the Government's response thereto, Cm 4569;

        Intelligence and Security Committee's Report on the Security and Intelligence Agencies' handling of the information provided by Mr Mitrokhin, Cm 4764, and the Government's response thereto, Cm 4765;

        Second Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 1998-99, HC 116, on Sierra Leone, and the Government's response thereto, Cm 4325;

        Third Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1998-99, HC 291, on Accountability of the Security Service, and the Government's response thereto, Cm 4588; and

        First Report from the Liaison Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC 300, on Shifting the Balance: Select Committees and the Executive (paragraphs 90 to 92), and the Government's response thereto, Cm 4737 (paragraph 56).

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

+  3   

NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE    [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]

Mr Secretary Mandelson
Margaret Beckett

        That

    (1)    the matter of devolution in Northern Ireland, being a matter relating exclusively to Northern Ireland, be referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee;

    (2)    the Committee shall meet at Westminster on Wednesday 5th July at 10.30 a.m., when it shall take questions for oral answer and shall then consider the matter of devolution in Northern Ireland, referred to it under paragraph (1);

    (3)    notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of Standing Committees), at that meeting the Chairman shall interrupt the proceedings under paragraph (2) at half-past One o'clock; and

    (4)    at the conclusion of the proceedings under paragraph (2), a motion for the adjournment of the Committee may be moved by a Minister of the Crown pursuant to Standing Order No. 116(5) (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (sittings)).

If opposed this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

  4   

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Local authority housing revenue and item 8 credit (Mr Tony McWalter).

        Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 25th October 1999).


COMMITTEE MEETINGS

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Standing Committee B2.30 p.m. Room 11 (public)
Further to consider the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill.
2Standing Committee G9.00 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 9 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Care Standards Bill [Lords].
3Standing Committee H1.00 p.m. Room 10 (public)
Further to consider the Finance Bill.

SELECT COMMITTEES

4Liaison9.30 a.m. Room 13 (private)
5Treasury Sub-Committee9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
Room 8 (private)
(public)
Subject: HM Treasury.
Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Lord Barnett; The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP (at 10.30 a.m.).
6Health10.15 a.m.
10.30 a.m.
Room 15 (private)
(public)
Subject: Consultants' Contracts.
Witnesses: British Medical Association; Mr John Denham MP, Minister of State, Department of Health.

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

 
 

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 21st June for answer today++

1 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement about the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996.
( 127693 )
2 Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms of reference are for the review of maternity pay and parental leave.
( 127694 )
3 Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when work is to start on the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
( 127787 )
4 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place copies of the United Kingdom's Employment Action Plan in the Library.
( 127788 )
5 Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department's latest Air Traffic Forecasts will be published.
127814 )

Standing Committee Notices

     Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 27th June at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 29th June at 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill.

     Standing Committee G will meet on Tuesday 27th June at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 27th June at 9.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Care Standards Bill [Lords].

     Standing Committee H will meet on Tuesday 27th June at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 29th June at 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses 1, 12, 30, 31, 59, 102 and 113).

     The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 26th June June at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Criminal Justice Act 1993 (Extension of Group A Offences) Order 2000.

     The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 27th June at 10.30 a.m. to consider the draft Attorney General's Salary Order 2000.

     The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 26th June at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2000.




 

 
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