Business of the House of Commons
5 - 9 March 2001

Monday 5 March

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Social Security

Statement - National Minimum Wage - Mr Stephen Byers

Debate - on Welsh Affairs on a Motion for the adjournment of the House (Motion lapsed)

Adjournment - Jane Griffiths on Government policy on removal of abandoned vehicles

The House rose at 10.30pm

Tuesday 6 March

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 1.55pm

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Charlotte Atkins on nursery nurses

Mr Paul Burstow on neurology

Mr Tony Worthington on asbestos claims

Mr Philip Hammond on Government policy on Central Railways

Mr Ashok Kumar on coastal erosion and its impact on neighbouring communities

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Scotland; Advocate General; Lord Chancellor's Dept and President of the Council

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Education (Student Loans) - Mr Nick St Aubyn (Motion for leave to bring in, agreed to, no division)

Legislation - International Development Bill (2nd Reading agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - International Development Bill (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - International Development Bill (Agreed to on division)

Adjournment - Mr David Heath on road safety in Somerset

The House rose at 11.42pm

Wednesday 7 March

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 2.00pm

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Mr Alex Salmond on Government support for the fishing industry

Mr Paul Goggins on the UN Commission on Human Rights.

Mr William Cash on safety and traffic congestion in relation to railway crossings in Stone (Staffordshire) and Blythe Bridge

Mr Tony McWalter on education in moral philosophy

Mr Oliver Letwin on agriculture in West Dorset

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Wales; Prime Minister

Budget Statement - Chancellor of the Exchequer

Debate - Budget resolutions and economic situation (1st Day)

Adjournment - Mr Peter Kilfoyle on the conduct of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise

The House rose at 10.22pm

Thursday 8 March

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Agriculture; Solicitor General

Statement - Foot and Mouth Disease - Mr Nick Brown

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Debate - Budget resolutions and economic situation (2nd Day)

Adjournment - Mr Jonathan Sayeed on the mining of fuller's earth in Mid Bedfordshire

The House also sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 4.56pm

Westminster Hall: Adjournment Debate - Public Funding of Civil Legal Services

The House rose at 7.28pm

Friday 9 March

The House sat at 9.30 am

Private Members' Bills

The Bulletin goes to press before the actual proceedings on Friday are known

High Hedges Bill; Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill; Pensions Annuities (Amendment) Bill; Exorcism of Children (Prohibition) Bill; Vaccination of Children (Parental Choice) Bill; Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill; Outworking Bill; Climate Change Bill; Adoption of Sewers Bill; Road Transport Bill (Second Readings)

Note: Consideration of Private Members' Bills may include a lengthy debate on the first-named Bill and sometimes debate on others listed. These Bills, and any not reached by 2.30pm may go through the stage named and further stages, if objections are not made.

Adjournment Debate - Mr Dennis MacShane on teaching foreign languages: Nuffield languages enquiry