Business of the House of Commons
23 - 30 March 2001

Friday 23 March

The House sat at 9.30 am

Private Members' Bills

National Lottery (Amendment) Bill (2nd Reading agreed to); Railways Bill (Withdrawn); Human Fertilisation And Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill (2nd Reading agreed to); Register Of Drug Trafficking Offenders Bill (Debate adjourned); Siting Of Telecommunications Masts Bill (Objected to); Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Bill (Objected to); Copyright Etc and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill (Objected to); Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill (Objected to); Private Dental Practitioners Bill (Objected to); Rail Passenger Services Bill (Objected to); Pensions Annuities (Amendment) Bill (Objected to); Climate Change Bill (Objected to); High Hedges Bill (Objected to)

See Public Bill List for new dates

Statement (11 am) - Marchioness Inquiries - Mr John Prescott

Adjournment - Gillian Merron on access to criminal records

The House rose at 2.53pm

Monday 26 March

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Culture, Media and Sport and Church Commissioners

Statement - European Council (Stockholm) - Mr Tony Blair

Legislation - Adoption and Children Bill (2nd Reading agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - Adoption and Children Bill (Agreed to, no division)

Adjournment - Mr James Gray on education funding in Wiltshire

The House rose at 10.56pm

Tuesday 27 March

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

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Mr Keith Simpson on the impact of the foot and mouth outbreak on the rural economy

Mr Eric Joyce on the Scottish economy

Mr Graham Brady on Wythenshawe heart transplant centre

Ms Linda Perham on the Department of Health guidance on charging policies for home care

Mr John Randall on the Government funding for the London Borough of Hillingdon

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth

Statements - 1) Macedonia - Mr Robin Cook 2) Foot and Mouth - Mr Nick Brown

Ten Minute Rule Bill - European Union (Implications of withdrawal) (No. 2) - Mr Christopher Gill (Motion for leave to bring in, agreed to, no division)

Legislation - Social Security Fraud Bill (HL) (2nd Reading agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - Social Security Fraud Bill [HL] (Agreed to, on division)

Delegated Legislation - Draft Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2000 (Division deferred until 28 March)

Adjournment - Mr Geoffrey Robinson on Walsgrave Hospital

The House rose at 11.31pm

Wednesday 28 March

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 1.59pm

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Paul Flynn on the crisis in the steel industry

Mr Matthew Taylor on tourism in the South West

Mr Ben Chapman on staffing hours at fire stations in the Wirral

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown on hospital patient transport in Gloucestershire

Mr Stephen Hepburn on unemployment in Jarrow

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions -Northern Ireland; Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Bus Services (Provision of Information) - Mr Bill Rammell (Motion for leave to bring in, agreed to, no division)

Legislation - Private Security Industry Bill [HL] (2nd Reading agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - Private Security Industry Bill [HL] (Agreed to on division)

Adjournment - Sir Richard Body on public order consequences of travellers' camps: Skegness

The House rose at 11.21pm

Thursday 29 March

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Treasury

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Personal Statement - Mr Roy Beggs

Debate - on the Intelligence Agencies on a motion for the adjournment of the House (Motion withdrawn)

Adjournment - Mr Dave Watts on compliance of Ravenhead Glass with employees and employment rights regulations

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 4.27pm

Westminster Hall: Adjournment Debate - on the 2nd Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Electoral Malpractice in Northern Ireland (HC 316 1999-00)

The House rose at 6.58pm

Friday 30 March

The House sat at 9.30 am

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

Private Members' Bills

Adoption Bill; Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill; Patient Consent Form Bill; Education (Funding) Bill; Adoption of Sewers Bill; Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill; Register of Drug Trafficking Offenders Bill; Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Bill; Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill; Private Dental Practitioners Bill; Rail Passenger Services Bill; Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill; Climate Change Bill; Local Elections (Free Delivery of Election Addresses) 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 -Sandra Gidley on criminal offences and the Internet