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.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development |
| *1 |
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): If she will make a statement on EU aid programmes.
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157642
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| *2 |
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): What outcomes she will aim to achieve from the special General Assembly of the United Nations on HIV/AIDS.
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157643
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| *3 |
Mr Andrew George (St Ives): What recent assessment she has made of the transport infrastructure needs of the island of St Helena.
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157645
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| *4 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): When she will next meet the Development Committee of the European Parliament to discuss the World Bank's Business Partnership for Development.
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157646
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| *5 |
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): If she will make a statement on government aid to Somalia.
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157647
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| *6 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What action her Deparment is taking to improve the trading opportunities of poorer countries.
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157648
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| *7 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): What support her Department offers to ensure public water supply and electricity supply to communities in poorer countries; and if she will make a statement.
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157649
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| *8 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What the budget is for EU and UK development assistance to Egypt for (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002.
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| *9 |
Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): How much her Department is spending on overseas development assistance to Russia.
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157651
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| *10 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): If she will make a statement on aid to the Palestinian Authority.
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157652
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| *11 |
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston): If she will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policies on poverty reduction in Peru.
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157653
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| *12 |
Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): If she will make a statement on development aid to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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| *13 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): How much money her Department has committed in support of sexual reproductive health programmes and action against HIV/AIDS since 1997; and how much it plans to spend in the next financial year.
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157655
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| *14 |
Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): If she will make a statement on the measures her Department is taking to strengthen the international effort to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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157656
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| *15 |
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): What risk and impact assessments her Department has commissioned on genetically modified fish programmes.
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157657
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| *16 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What recent representations she has received regarding assistance for projects in Zimbabwe.
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157658
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| *17 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What steps she is taking to help developing countries contribute to carbon dioxide reduction under the Kyoto Protocol.
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157660
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| *18 |
Julia Drown (South Swindon): If she will make a statement on her policy in respect of the use of World Trade Organisation sponsored and unilateral trade sanctions as a response to developing countries providing generic drugs to treat diseases.
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157661
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| *19 |
Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): What assistance her Department is providing to the Government of Malawi to support its anti-corruption measures.
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157662
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| *20 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What assistance her Department is giving to amputee victims of the RUF in Sierra Leone.
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157663
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| *21 |
Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): If she will make a statement on discussions with the US Administration on Third World debt.
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157664
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| *22 |
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): What discussions she has had with other governments in the industrialised world concerning future aid to Zimbabwe.
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157665
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| *23 |
Jean Corston (Bristol East): What steps her Department is taking to help reduce levels of maternal mortality in developing countries.
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157666
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| *24 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If she will make a statement on her Department's involvement in aid projects in Zimbabwe.
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157667
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| *25 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): What assessment her Department has made of the impact of the availability of small firearms on developing countries.
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157668
) |
| *26 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): If she will make a statement about the role of trade unions in developing countries in promoting social justice.
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157669
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| *27 |
Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What assessment her Department has made of the level of corruption in British government aid programmes.
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157670
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| *28 |
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): What assessment she has made of the impact of the US President's decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on sustainable development in developing countries.
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157671
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| Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
| *Q1 |
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157672
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| *Q2 |
Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157673
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| *Q3 |
Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157674
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| *Q4 |
Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157675
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| *Q5 |
Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157676
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| *Q6 |
Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157677
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| *Q7 |
Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157678
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| *Q8 |
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157679
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| *Q9 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157680
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| *Q10 |
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157681
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| *Q11 |
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157682
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| *Q12 |
Mr Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157683
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| *Q13 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): When he next plans to visit East Midlands Airport.
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157684
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| *Q14 |
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157685
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| *Q15 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157686
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| *Q16 |
Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157687
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| *Q17 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157688
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| *Q18 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157689
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| *Q19 |
Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157690
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| *Q20 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25th April.
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157691
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| At 3.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| 1 | EXTENSION OF SUMMER TIME [No debate]
|
| Mr Nigel Beard
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| Bill to amend the Summer Time Act 1972 so as to provide for the maintenance of British Summer Time throughout the year.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| Ten minute rule Motion
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| 2 | AGE EQUALITY COMMISSION [Up to 20 minutes]
|
| Mr Lawrie Quinn
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| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the establishment of an Age Equality Commission to advise the Government on discrimination issues in relation to older people.
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| The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).
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|
Main Business |
| 3 | OPPOSITION DAY [8th allotted day] [Until 10.00 p.m.]
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| | THE RURAL ECONOMY
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Colin Breed
Mr David Heath
Mr Matthew Taylor
Mr Paul Tyler
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| Mr Andrew George
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| That this House notes that the current foot and mouth crisis has impacted upon a wide range of rural businesses and services, affecting almost every aspect of rural life; further notes that foot and mouth has hit a countryside already in decline as a result of years of neglect under successive Governments; urges Her Majesty's Government to provide realistic emergency support to the whole range of businesses affected to enable them to withstand this crisis; and calls on the Government to put in place long-term policies to regenerate British agriculture and to revitalise the rural economy as a whole.
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| As Amendments to Mr Charles Kennedy's proposed Motion (The Rural Economy):
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Smith
Mr Secretary Byers
Mr Nicholas Brown
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `notes that the current foot and mouth crisis has impacted upon a wide range of rural businesses and services, affecting many aspects of rural life; further notes that foot and mouth has hit a countryside that has suffered from lack of investment under previous governments; agrees that the first priority must be the isolation, control and eradication of foot and mouth disease; endorses the Government's commitment to rural communities as set out in the Rural White Paper and the England Rural Development Programme; welcomes the extra financial help the Government has made available to farmers and rural businesses affected by foot and mouth, including agrimonetary compensation for livestock farmers and the Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme; welcomes the work of the Rural Task Force including its work to open up the countryside and business relief, deferral of tax and national insurance contributions, extension of the small firms loan guarantee scheme and new grants to Regional Development Agencies and tourism authorities; and calls on the Government to continue putting in place the long-term policies needed to regenerate British agriculture and revitalise the rural economy as a whole.'.
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| Mr William Hague
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr James Paice [R]
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
Mr James Arbuthnot
|
Relevant interest declared.
| Line 3, leave out from `life' to end and add `deplores the failure of the Government to take prompt and effective action to bring foot and mouth disease under control; regrets the reluctance of the Government to apply the lessons of the 1967 outbreak and heed the constructive suggestions of the Opposition; and urges the Government to introduce at once recovery measures for agriculture, tourism and other rural businesses damaged by the crisis.'.
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| | MULTILATERALISM IN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
|
| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Paddy Ashdown
Mr Menzies Campbell
Mr Mark Oaten
Mr Paul Tyler
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| Mr Andrew George
|
| That this House believes that in environmental, foreign affairs and security policies only a collective and multilateral approach will now suceed; regrets the unilateral decision of the United States to refuse to adopt the Kyoto Protocol and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to use every effort to persuade the United States government to reverse that decision; asserts the universality of human rights and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to recognise that respect for human rights should be at the centre of a foreign policy with an ethical dimension; and reaffirms its support for a reformed, fully-funded United Nations equipped to respond swiftly to oppression and the systematic abuse of human rights.
|
| As an Amendment to Mr Charles Kennedy's proposed Motion (Multilateralism in Foreign and Security Policy):
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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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| Secretary Clare Short
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `believes that the United Kingdom's national interests are best served by addressing the challenges of the modern world in constructive partnership with other countries and international organisations; further believes that human rights and protection of the environment are important global issues which are central to Her Majesty's Government's foreign policy; and welcomes the Government's full support for the work of the United Nations and initiatives to improve UN peacekeeping and the effectiveness of the Security Council.'.
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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.
|
| At the end of the sitting:
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| 4 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Redundancies at Nortec Networks Paignton and the effects on the South Devon economy (Mr Adrian Sanders).
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| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
|
| 1 | Finance Bill Programming Sub-Committee (of Standing Committee A) | 9.00 a.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | Standing Committee C | 10.30 a.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the National Lottery (Amendment) Bill. |
| 3 | Standing Committee G | 10.30 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill. |
| 4 | European Standing Committee A | 10.30 a.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider European Union Document No. 14329/00 relating to a European Aviation Safety Agency. |
| 5 | European Standing Committee B | 10.30 a.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider European Union Document no. 11529/00 relating to Community Immigration Policy. |
|
| 6 | Education and Employment: Education Sub-Committee | 9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Early Years: Follow-up. |
| Witnesses: National Childminding Association; Handsworth Community Nursery, Sheffield; Peers Early Education Partnership, Oxford; Pen Green Centre, Corby; Early Years National Training Organisation; and Professor Helen Penn, Professor of Early Childhood, University of East London. |
| 7 | Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Export Controls and Non-Proliferation Bill, Cm 5091. |
| Witnesses: Mr Ian Davis, Saferworld, Sarah Meek, International Alert, Julia Saunders, Oxfam and Mr Michael Crowley, BASIC, UK Working Group on Arms; Major-General Alan Sharman, Director General, Defence Manufacturers' Association, Mr Brinley Salzmann, Secretary, Mr Farouk Saeed, Vice-Chairman, Mr Nigel Knowles, Member, Mr Mike McLaughlin, Head of Government Relations, British Defence Manufacturers' Export Licensing Group (at 11.15 a.m.). |
| 8 | Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Walking in Towns and Cities. |
| Witnesses: Urban Design Alliance, Institution of Civil Engineers; Social Exclusion Unit (at 11.00 a.m.); Local Government Association (at 11.30 a.m.). |
| 9 | Agriculture | 10.15 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Foot and Mouth Disease. |
| Witnesses: Professor David King, FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser, Office of Science and Technology; National Farmers Union of England and Wales. |
| 10 | Social Security | 10.30 a.m.
10.45 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Social Security Appeals. |
| Witnesses: Judge Michael Harris, President, and Mr Neil Ward, Chief Executive, The Appeals Service; Officials from the Benefits Agency, Department of Social Security (at 11.45 a.m.). |
| 11 | Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry | 3.40 p.m.
3.50 p.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Export Controls and Non-Proliferation Bill, Cm 5091. |
| Witnesses: Professor Roderick Floud, Dr Andrew Tilbrook and Mr Nicholas Bohm, Universities UK; Rt. Hon. The Lord Scott of Foscote and Presily Baxendale QC (at 4.15 p.m.); Rt. Hon. Stephen Byers, MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (at 5.00 p.m.). |
| 12 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 3.45 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Legal Aid in Northern Ireland. |
| Witnesses: Northern Ireland Court Service. |
| 13 | Science and Technology | 3.45 p.m. | Room 5 (private) |
| 14 | European Scrutiny | 4.00 p.m. | Room 19 (private) |
| 15 | Public Administration | 4.15 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
|
| Subject: Freedom of Information. |
| Witnesses: Mr Michael Buckley, Parliamentary Ombudsman and Mrs Elizabeth France, Information Commissioner. |
| 16 | Selection | 4.15 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 17 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: Report on Inland Revenue Appropriation Account 1999-2000. |
| Witnesses: Mr Nick Montagu, CB, Chairman, Ms Ann Chant, Deputy Chairman & Director General, Strategic Service Delivery, Mr John Yard, Director (Business Services), Board of Inland Revenue, Mr William Thomas, Managing Director (UK and Ireland), Electronic Data Systems Ltd, and Ms Elizabeth Astall, Partner, Accenture. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
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Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 24th April for answer today++
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| 1 |
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Defence Procurement Agency for the financial year 2001-02.
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159240
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| 2 |
Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Army Base Repair Organisation for the financial year 2001-02.
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(
159241
) |
| 3 |
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress on the Tornado GR4 Mid Life Update.
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(
159242
) |
| 4 |
Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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(
159243
) |
| 5 |
Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the review of the boards of visitors.
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(
159244
) |
| 6 |
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the members of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights; and if she will make a statement on its objectives.
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(
159344
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