Order of Business for 18 November 1999

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Order of Business Thursday 18th 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 11.30 a.m. Prayers

Afterwards Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Notices of Presentation of Bills

+ 1	REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Straw Bill to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*
+ 2	GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS *[No debate]*
	Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Bill to make provision about government resources and accounts; to provide for financial assistance for a body established to participate in public-private partnerships; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*
+ 3	ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Byers Bill to make provision to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic data storage; to make provision about the modification of licences granted under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*
+ 4	FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS *[No debate]*
	Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Bill to make provision about the regulation of financial services and markets; to provide for the transfer of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies, industrial and provident societies and certain other mutual societies; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*
+ 5	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Straw Bill to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Public Records Act 1958; and for connected purposes.
*Formal first reading: no debate or decision.*

Main Business
+ 6	QUEEN'S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): Adjourned Debate on Question [17th November]. *[Until 7.00 p.m.]*
	Motion made, and Question proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament--(Dr Jack Cunningham). *Proposed subjects for debate: Environment, Transport and the Countryside.*
*Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.*
+ 7	BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE *[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That Private Members' Bills shall have precedence over government business on 28th January, 4th and 11th February, 3rd, 10th and 24th March, 7th and 14th April, 5th, 12th and 19th May, 9th June and 21st July 2000.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.*
+ 8	SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE *[No debate]*
	Margaret Beckett That the House shall not sit on the following Fridays: 3rd, 10th and 17th December 1999 and 14th and 21st January, 18th February, 31st March, 16th and 30th June and 14th July 2000.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 12).*
+ 9	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 2218) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.*
+ 10	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 2219) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.*
+ 11	DELEGATED LEGISLATION *[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]*
	Margaret Beckett That the Air Navigation (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 2059) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.*

At the end of the sitting:

12	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: *Objective 2 funding in Beverley and Holderness* (Mr James Cran). *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
SELECT COMMITTEES
1	Treasury	9.30 a.m.	Room 6 (private)
2	Culture, Media and Sport	10.00 a.m. 10.45 a.m.	Room 15 (private) (public)
	Subject: Funding of the BBC.
	Witnesses: Mr Gavyn Davies and Lord Lipsey.
3	Foreign Affairs	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 21 (private) (public)
	Subject: Kosovo.
	Witnesses: Mr Emyr Jones Parry CMG, Political Director, Sir John Goulden KCMG, Permanent Representative, UKDEL, NATO, Brussels, and Mr Brian Donnelly, Director, Regional Crisis and former Ambassador in Belgrade, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
4	Health	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 8 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking.
	Witnesses: Department of Health officials.
5	International Development	10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.	Room 5 (private) (public)
	Subject: The Implementation of Resource Accounting and Budgeting in the Department for International Development.
	Witnesses: Mr Graham Stegmann, Aid Policy and Resources, and Mr Colin Raynor, Head of Finance Department, Department for International Development.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 17th November for answer today++
1	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on the Financial Management and Policy Review of Rent Assessment Panels in England.
	(98437)
2	Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the preparations of the international aviation industry towards achieving millennium compliance.
	(98438)
3	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, how many people have been employed in the Civil Service under the New Deal for the young and unemployed.
	(98439)
4	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what progress has been made with the introduction of information technology in the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement.
	(98440)
5	Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will undertake a quinquennial review of Remploy Ltd.
	(98571)
6	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the Orange Badge scheme of parking concessions for disabled people following the report produced by his statutory advisers, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.
	(98572)
7	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he intends to undertake a review of the British Library.
	(98605)
8	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will be in a position to respond to the report he has received on progress with the Greenwich Millennium Village.
	(98606)
9	Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to improve the arrangements for processing planning enforcement appeals in England.
	(98607)
10	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has received from the Health and Safety Executive the first of the monthly reports which he requested on signals passed at danger; and if he will make a statement.
	(98608)
11	Jean Corston (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Defence Communication Services Agency for 1999-2000.
	(98609)
12	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has received from the Food Chain Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(98610)
13	Mr Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in South Africa.
	(98662)
14	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes are to be made to the reserve service liability of non-commissioned Royal Air Force personnel.
	(98663)
15	Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to implement section 4 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997.
	(98814)
16	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replies were received in response to the White Paper on the funding of political parties in the United Kingdom.
	(98815)
17	Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the future of police training in England and Wales.
	(98816)
18	Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the proposed timetable for the implementation of (a) the recommendations relating to vulnerable and intimidated witnesses contained in the report, Speaking Up For Justice, and (b) the measures designed to help witnesses give evidence in Part II of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	(98817)
19	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to strengthen immigration legislation to tackle abuse of the United Kingdom's immigration control.
	(98818)
20	Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Government will publish the quinquennial review of the Public Trust Office.
	(99046)

Standing Committee Notices
	European Standing Committee C will meet on Monday 22nd November at 4.30 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 10297/99 relating to World Trade Organisation Millennium Round. Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 23rd November at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 25th November at 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 25th November at 9.55 a.m. to consider the draft Dental Auxiliaries (Amendment) Regulations 1999. European Standing Committee B will meet on Thursday 25th November at 10.30 a.m. to consider European Union Document No. 8329/99 relating to Financial Services and European Union Documents Nos. 6615/98, 8781/99 and 8484/1/99 relating to Taxation and Financial Services. The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 25th November at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1999.