+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): What support he is providing for those facing redundancy as a result of the planned closure of Marks and Spencer Direct.
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159055
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Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): If he will make a statement on the future of the UK steel industry.
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159059
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Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): If he will make a statement on his strategy for promoting inward investment in the English regions.
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159060
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Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What support he will give to the development of offshore wind energy generation.
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159061
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Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What plans he has for reviewing the rights of consumers after (a) bankruptcy and (b) insolvency.
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159062
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If he will make a statement on manufacturing industry in the Vale of York.
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159063
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Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): What contribution the chemical industry in (a) the UK and (b) the North West made to GDP in the last year for which figures are available.
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159064
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Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): What plans he has to institute a DTI inspector's inquiry into the events leading up to the collapse of Chester Street Holdings.
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159066
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Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What the implications are for businesses of replacing the pound by the single European currency.
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159069
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| *10 |
Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): If he will make a statement on the progress made by IRISC in the settlement of compensation claims by former miners suffering from vibration white finger and respiratory diseases.
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159070
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Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What progress has been made in agreeing a memorandum of understanding with banks concerning the Universal Bank.
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159071
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| *12 |
Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): If the proposals on arms brokering in the draft Export Control and Non-Proliferation Bill will apply to the activities of UK citizens operating wholly abroad.
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159072
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Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): What assessment he has made of the protection offered to (a) disabled and (b) elderly people purchasing and leasing mobility aids.
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159073
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| *14 |
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): What steps he is taking to promote energy from offshore wind.
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159074
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| *15 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What representations he has received regarding the impact of the foot and mouth outbreak on rural businesses.
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159075
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Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): If he will make a statement on recent trends in gas prices.
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159076
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Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the proposed National Working Council Directive.
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159078
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Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): What steps he is taking to encourage the development of electricity from offshore windfarms.
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159080
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| *19 |
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): What action his Department is taking to create the environment for growing hi-tech businesses in Milton Keynes.
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159082
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| *20 |
Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): If he will make a statement on progress with the Universal Bank.
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159083
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| *21 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What discussions he has had with the aerospace industry regarding developing industrial co-operation with Romania.
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159084
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| *22 |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): What investigations the Takeover Panel is undertaking.
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159085
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| *23 |
Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What discussions he has had with the Post Office regarding financing security improvements at sub-post offices.
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159086
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| *24 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): If he will make a statement on his policy on the application of the minimum wage to housesitters.
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159087
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| *25 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): If he will ask the Office of Fair Trading to take steps to abolish the Rule of 78 for redemption of all existing mortgages.
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159088
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Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): If he will make a statement on the role played by the Small Business Service during the current foot and mouth outbreak.
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159089
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Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What studies he has commissioned into the regulatory costs of (a) British business, (b) US business and (c) business in other EU member states.
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159090
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Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): What assessment his Department has made of the United Kingdom's ability to meet its electricity needs in each of the next five years.
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159091
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Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): If he will make a statement on trends in the balance of trade over the last 12 months.
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159092
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Mr John Grogan (Selby): What plans he has to increase the number of bank holidays.
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159093
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Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): If he will make a statement on the future of Cammel Laird.
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159094
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Main Business |
| + 1 | ADJOURNMENT [Until 7.00 p.m.]
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| The Prime Minister
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| That this House do now adjourn.
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| Proposed subject for debate: International Development White Paper - Making Globalisation Work for the Poor (Cm. 5006).
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| Tenth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 1999-2000, After Seattle—The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries, HC 227, and the Government's response thereto, HC 218.
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| First Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2000-01, on the Globalisation White Paper, HC 208.
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| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 2 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: The March 2001 Special Commission meeting on the Hague Convention on Child Abduction (Sir John Stanley).
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| Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 20th November 2000).
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Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 2nd May for answer today++
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| 1 |
Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government will respond to the report of the Select Committee on Health on Access to NHS Dentistry.
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160476
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| 2 |
Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the source of information for the public about rights of way which are open for public use.
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160477
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Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when guidance will be available on quality bus partnership schemes.
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160478
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Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made in implementing measures to improve the safety of merchant shipping and safety at ports and harbours; and if he will make a statement.
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160479
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Mr Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will make further appointments to the Standards Board for England.
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160480
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Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will receive the annual report for 2000 of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Independent Complaints Audit Committee; and if he will make a statement.
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160481
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| 7 |
Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on adopting the use of electronic data tags to reduce property crime.
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160482
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Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce the increase in remuneration for the asylum support adjudicators for 2001-02.
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160483
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| 9 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance targets she has set for the Government Car and Despatch Agency for 2001-02.
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160484
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| 10 |
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what further guidance has been offered to Government departments on issues relating to devolution.
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160485
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| 11 |
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance targets she has set the Central Office of Information for 2001-02.
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160486
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| 12 |
Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what work is being undertaken to enable citizens and businesses to quickly find official information on the Internet and elsewhere.
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160487
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| 13 |
Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he intends to lay before Parliament the Eighth Annual Report of the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.
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160531
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| 14 |
Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will publish the Government's response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment's Report on their visit to Northern Ireland in December 1999.
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160532
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| 15 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the Government's plans for future collaboration with the European Community in the area of external development assistance.
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160533
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| 16 |
Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide financial assistance to Essex Police Authority under the Bellwin Scheme in respect of costs incurred following the Korean air crash in the county on 22nd December 1999.
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160583
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| 17 |
Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recommendations flow from the review of the management performance of the National Investment and Loans Office since it absorbed the Office of the Paymaster General in 1996, conducted by Treasury officials.
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160585
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| 18 |
Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress has been made towards eradicating foot and mouth disease; and if he will make a statement.
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160584
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| 19 |
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce regulations to apply the Habitats and Birds Directives to the UK Continental Shelf; and when he will be in a position to make licence awards in the Nineteenth Round of offshore petroleum licensing.
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160586
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| 20 |
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government plans to take forward the paid adoption leave announced in the Budget.
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160587
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| 21 |
Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government plans to take forward paid paternity leave as announced in the Budget.
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160588
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| 22 |
Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on recent developments in the Post Office Network.
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160589
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| 23 |
Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made in the review of the work of the Treasury Solicitor's Department.
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160590
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| 24 |
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps the Lord Chancellor is taking to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to become magistrates.
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160591
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| 25 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will make an announcement on the measures the Government will take to support those individuals and communities affected by the restructuring and redundancies planned by Corus.
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160592
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| 26 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the progress of the negotiations on public access to EU documents.
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160593
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| 27 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review Schedule 1 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
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160594
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| 28 |
Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements have been made for the appointment of assistant surveillance commissioners under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
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160595
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| 29 |
Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been appointed as the next HM Chief Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement.
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160596
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| 30 |
Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been appointed as the next HM Chief Inspector of Probation; and if he will make a statement.
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160597
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| 31 |
Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local authorities in England have completed their reviews and assessments of air quality; and which authorities in England have so far failed to do so.
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160598
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Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 10th May at 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses 1 to 3 and 16 to 53 and Schedules 4 to 11).
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| The Programming Sub-Committee of Standing Committee B in respect of the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 10.00 a.m.
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| Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 10.30 a.m. to consider the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill.
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| The Standing Committee on Regional Affairs will meet on Thursday 10th May at 1.30 p.m. to consider the matter of raising the economic performance of the regions and tackling regional imbalances.
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| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 1077).
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| The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 8th May at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Education Standards Funds (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 826), the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 907) and the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 951).
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