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Order of Business Thursday 27th July 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.

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 the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
*1 Mr David Drew (Stroud):    How much agrimonetary compensation has been provided for arable farmers this year.
( 131261 )
*2 Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    If he will make a statement on Operation Gangmaster.
( 131262 )
*3 Paul Flynn (Newport West):    What assessment he has made of the effect of subsidies for farm diversification and innovation.
( 131263 )
*4 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    What assessment he has made of the impact of pesticide use on the biodiversity of farmed land.
( 131264 )
*5 Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):    What representations he has received concerning the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill.
( 131265 )
*6 Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    What measures his Department is taking to promote small business enterprise in the farming industry.
( 131266 )
*7 Mr Phil Hope (Corby):    When he expects to open the pig industry restructuring scheme to applicants.
( 131268 )
*8 Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    What his priorities are for the next reform of the Common Agricultural Policy dairy regime.
( 131270 )
*9 Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    If he will make a statement about government support for farmers' co-operatives.
( 131271 )
*10 Mr John Grogan (Selby):    If he will make a statement about his policy towards small and medium-sized abattoirs.
( 131273 )
*11 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    What recent discussions he has had with staff at his Department's office in Exeter about re-organisation of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
( 131274 )
*12 Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    What steps he is taking to protect wild salmon from the consequences of salmon farming.
( 131275 )
*13 David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    When he plans to open the pig industry restructuring scheme to applicants.
( 131276 )
*14 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    How many countries have lifted bans on British beef since 1st May 1997.
( 131277 )
*15 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    What representations he has received concerning the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill.
( 131278 )
*16 Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    If he will make a statement on the report of the Independent Husbandry Panel on TB and cattle husbandry.
( 131279 )
*17 Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe concerning the effect of enlargement of the European Union on agriculture.
( 131280 )
*18 Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    How many farmers applied in each of the last three years for grants from the organic farming scheme.
( 131281 )
*19 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    What recent discussions he has had with the European Commission about state aids for pig farmers.
( 131282 )
*20 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    If he will make a statement on government policy on livestock farming in the next year.
( 131283 )
*21 Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    If he will make a statement on the situation relating to male dairy calves.
( 131284 )
*22 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    If he will make a statement on the Government's economic objectives for livestock farming in the coming year.
( 131285 )
*23 Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    What estimate he has made of the productive capacity of the dairy industry over the next year.
( 131286 )
*24 Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    What assessment he has made of the impact of government regulation on agriculture with respect to farm (a) incomes and (b) operating costs.
( 131287 )
*25 Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):    What his priorities are for the next reform of the Common Agriculture Policy dairy regime.
( 131288 )
*26 Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    What progress has been made in identifying the reason for the most recently announced BSE case.
( 131289 )
*27 Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    What assessment he has made of recent industry proposals for the reform of fisheries regulations.
( 131290 )

At 12.15 p.m.
Oral Questions to the Solicitor General
*28 Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    What opportunities for flexible working exist within the Government legal services.
( 131291 )
*29 Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    What discussions he has had with representatives of the police on prosecution policy in respect of football hooligans.
( 131293 )
*30 Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    What criteria the law officers apply when determining whether or not to refer an unduly lenient sentence to the Court of Appeal.
( 131294 )
*31 Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    If he will make a statement on the CPS's success rate in prosecutions in South Staffordshire.
( 131295 )
*32 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    What assessment he has made of the impact of cases brought under the European Convention on Human Rights on the workload of the CPS.
( 131296 )
*33 Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    If he will make a statement on measurement of the satisfaction of victims of crime with the Crown Prosecution Service.
( 131297 )
*34 Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    If he will make a statement on the role of the CPS in ensuring the effective prosecution of incidents of domestic violence.
( 131298 )
*35 Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    What criteria were adopted in the selection process for the recently appointed Treasury Solicitor.
( 131299 )
*36 Mr Geraint Davies (Croydon Central):    What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the cooperation between the Crown Prosecution Service, the police and the courts in reducing the average time taken between arrest and sentencing of criminals.
( 131300 )

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

        Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 7.00 p.m. (Standing Order No. 15 and Order of 25th October 1999).


Main Business

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FOOTBALL (DISORDER) BILL (SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOCATION OF TIME)    [Up to 1 hour]

Margaret Beckett
Mr Secretary Straw

        That the Order of the House of 17th July be supplemented as follows:

Lords Amendments

        1.    Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed at today's sitting and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Order.

        2.— (1)    This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.

        (2)    The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.

        (3)    If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment, the Speaker shall then put forthwith—

      (a)    a single Question on any further Amendments of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and

      (b)    the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as amended.

        (4)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith—

      (a)    a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and

      (b)    the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as amended.

        (5)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment.

        (6)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.

        (7)    As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment.

Subsequent stages

        3.— (1)    The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Bill.

        (2)    The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

        (3)    Sub-paragraphs (4) to (7) apply for the purpose of bringing those proceedings to a conclusion.

        (4)    The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.

        (5)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair.

        (6)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message.

        (7)    The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.

Reasons Committee

        4.    The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its Chairman.

        5.— (1)    A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.

        (2)    Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement.

        (3)    For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) the Chairman shall—

      (a)    first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided; and

      (b)    then put forthwith successively Questions on Motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments.

        (4)    The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put.

Miscellaneous

        6.    If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the expiry of the period at the end of which proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under this Order, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provision of this Order.

        7.— (1)    In this paragraph the proceedings" means proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments and on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill.

        (2)    Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings.

        (3)    The proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.

        (4)    No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, the proceedings shall be made except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.

        8.— (1)    This paragraph applies if—

      (a)    a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) has been stood over to Seven o'clock; and

      (b)    proceedings on this Motion have begun before then.

        (2)    The bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings which, under this Order, are to be brought to a conclusion after that time, shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House.

        The Speaker will put the Question not more than 1 hour after proceedings begin (Order of 17th July).

+  2   

FOOTBALL (DISORDER) BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments.    [Up to 2 hours]

        Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Supplemental Allocation of Time Motion, if that Motion is agreed to.

+  3   

UTILITIES BILL:       Consideration of Lords Amendments.    [Until any hour]

        For a consequential Amendment, Motions to disagree, Amendments in lieu and Amendments to Lords Amendments, see separate Paper.

Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.

+  4   

POSTAL SERVICES BILL:       Consideration of Lords Amendments.    [Until any hour]

        For Amendments to Lords Amendments, a consequential Amendment and a Motion to disagree, see separate Paper.

Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.


At 7.00 p.m.

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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE    [No debate]

The Prime Minister

        That, at this day's sitting, the Motion on Football (Disorder) Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time), the Utilities Bill and the Postal Services Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15 and Order of 25th October 1999).


+  5   

PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY PENSION FUND    [Up to 1½ hours]

Mr Keith Bradley

        That Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewart of Portmoak, shall be appointed as a Managing Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund, in pursuance of Section 1 of the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987.

        The Speaker will put the question not later than one and a half hours after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 16).

At the end of the sitting:

  6   

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Future of industry and employment in Dunstable (Sir David Madel).

        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).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEE

1Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation4.30 p.m. Room 9 (public)
To consider the Rutland College, Oakham (Dissolution) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1684).

SELECT COMMITTEES

2Agriculture9.30 a.m. Room 18 (private)
3International Development10.00 a.m. Room 5 (private)

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

 
 

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 26th July for answer today++

1 Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the regional develpment agencies have prepared annual accounts and reports for 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
( 133601 )
2 Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Broxbourne will recieve a reply to her letters of 25th May, 21st June and 19th July relating to her constituent Mrs Babayemi.
( 133602 )
3 Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made by his Department in its strategic environmental appraisal of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement.
( 133603 )
4 Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on troop levels in Kosovo.
( 133604 )
5 Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Army Personnel Centre for the financial year 2000-01.
( 133605 )
6 Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she will publish the six-monthly update of information on task forces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews established since 2nd May 1997.
( 133606 )
7 Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if additional guidance will be offered to show those issues for which Ministers remain responsible, following devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
( 133607 )
8 Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if violations of the United Nations sanctions against UNITA are continuing; and if he will make a statement.
( 133608 )
9 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for August and the major European Union events for the next six months.
( 133609 )
10 Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will report on the responses to the consultation paper on high hedges.
( 133610 )
11 Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish in draft the legislation to enable UK ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
( 133611 )
12 Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish the UK contribution to the OSPAR Quality Status Report for the Celtic Seas Region.
( 133612 )
13 Mr Paul Clark (Gillingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has for changes in the arrangements for safeguarding aerodromes and navigation facilities.
( 133613 )
14 Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to publish the recommendations of the advisory group set up to undertake a Fundamental Review of Compulsory Purchase Laws, Procedures and Compensation and the results of the associated research into the operation of the Crichel Down rules.
( 133614 )
15 Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he proposes to take following the court's decision in the Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club case.
( 133615 )
16 Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Planning Inspector's Annual Report and Accounts for 1999-2000.
( 133616 )
17 Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will make further information available on the structure and resourcing of the Supporting People programme.
( 133617 )
18 Mr Phil Hope (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next quinquennial review of the Community Development Foundation will take place; and if he will make a statement.
( 133618 )
19 Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for future inspection arrangements for the prisons and probation services.
( 133619 )
20 Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will lay before Parliament the Annual Report of the Police Information Technology Organisation.
( 133620 )
21 Mr Paul Clark (Gillingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations were made by Lord Laming's working group on Target Performance Improvement; and if he will make a statement.
( 133621 )
22 Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he proposes to take to help prisons' boards of visitors to be more effective in the way they monitor Prison Service establishments and report on their findings.
( 133622 )
23 Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to publish the results of the review of penalties for road traffic offences.
( 133623 )
24 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed pilot study for financial bonds for visitors.
( 133687 )
25 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Intervention Board will publish its 1999-2000 Annual Report and Accounts.
( 133688 )
26 Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the performance of the Government Offices for the Regions in 1999-2000 in meeting targets for issuing decisions on called-in planning applications and on recovered appeals following receipt of the Inspector's report; and if he will make a statement.
( 133689 )
27 Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the Employment Service Annual Report and Accounts for 1999-2000 will be laid before Parliament.
( 133690 )
28 Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what effect UFI Ltd's change to charitable status has had on the framework, including controls, within which the Department provides financial support.
( 133691 )
29 Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish details of London Underground Limited's performance in 1999-2000.
( 133692 )
30 Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consultation has taken place about new procedure rules for appeals to the immigration appellate authorities; and when the new rules will be laid before Parliament.
( 133732 )
31 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he intends to undertake reviews of the (a) National Heritage Memorial Fund, (b) National Gallery, (c) National Portrait Gallery and (d) Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
( 133733 )
32 Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if there are trade sanctions against Iran.
( 133734 )
33 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on the coal state aid scheme; and if he will make a statement.
( 133735 )
34 Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Coal Authority's Report and Accounts for 1999-2000 will be laid before Parliament.
( 133736 )
35 Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the outcome of the 9th Landward Round of Oil and Gas Licensing.
( 133737 )
36 Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce his decision on Burlington Resources (Irish Sea) Ltd's proposal to build a gas-fired power station at Rhosgoch on the Isle of Anglesey.
( 133738 )
37 Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Annual Report and Accounts of the NHS Pensions Agency.
( 133739 )
38 Mr Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance is being planned for the Rover supply chain during the interruption to production of the Rover 75 while the production line is being moved from Oxford to Longbridge.
( 133760 )
39 Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 21st July, Official Report, column 357W, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the court hearing on further interim payments to National Bus Company pensioners.
( 133761 )
40 Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has reached a decision on the future of Companies House following the review announced by the Minister of Competitiveness on 16th February, Official Report, column 557W.
( 133762 )
41 Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answers of 12th April, Official Report, columns 222-23W and 5th June, Official Report, columns 149-51W on judges, when he will make a further announcement on part-time judicial appointments to tribunals.
( 133763 )
42 Mr Paul Clark (Gillingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to announce the winning bid for the future of the Millennium Dome at Greenwich.
( 133774 )
43 Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research the Social Exclusion Unit has undertaken on the views of people living in deprived areas towards public services.
( 133775 )
44 David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to announce the winning bid for the future use of the Millennium Dome at Greenwich.
( 133776 )
45 Mr Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to strengthen local government's capacity to develop modern procurement practices.
( 133777 )

Standing Committee Notices

     Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 24th October at 10.30 a.m. to consider the Trustee Bill [Lords].

     The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 24th October at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Nickel) (Safety) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1668).

     The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 25th October at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Target and Programmes of Study in Citizenship) (England) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1603) and the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1606).

     The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 27th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Rutland Sixth Form College, Oakham (Dissolution) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1684).




 

 
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