Business of the House of Commons
30 March - 6 April 2001

Friday 30 March

The House sat at 9.30 am

Private Members' Bills

Adoption Bill; Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (Debate adjourned); Patient Consent Form Bill (Objected to); Adoption of Sewers Bill (Objected to); Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill (Objected to); Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Bill (Objected to); Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill (Not moved); Private Dental Practitioners Bill (Not moved); Rail Passenger Services Bill (Objected to); Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill (Not moved); Climate Change Bill (Objected to); Local Elections (Free Delivery of Election Addresses) Bill (Not moved) (Second Readings) See Public Bill List for new dates

Adjournment - Sandra Gidley on criminal offences and the Internet

The House rose at 2.59pm

Monday 2 April

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Social Security

Legislation - Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [HL] (Remaining Stages: no amendments made; 3rd Reading agreed to, no division

Money Resolution - Armed Forces Bill (Agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - Armed Forces Bill (Agreed to on division)

Legislation - Armed Forces Bill (Consideration in Committee: Clauses 1-30 & 32-41 and Schedules 1-4 & 6-8 agreed to; Schedule 5, as amended, agreed to; Clause 1 agreed to on division: 3rd Reading agreed to, no division)

Delegated Legislation - Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2001 (Division deferred until 4 April - )

Adjournment -Mrs Janet Dean on Lupus

The House rose at 12.28am

Tuesday 3 April

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am and 1.58pm

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Mr Keith Darvill on modernising Local Government Finance - Green Paper

Mr Simon Hughes on standards of care in nursing and residential homes

Tom Cox on state pension entitlement of British expatriates

Sir Peter Emery on the impact of the closure of local Magistrates Courts on justice

Ms Oona King on Government policy on bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children

The House sat at 2.30pm

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

House of Commons Commission

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Graffiti (Control) - Dr Jenny Tonge (Motion for leave to bring in, agreed to, no division)

Business Motion - Elections Bill (Agreed to on division)

Legislation - International Criminal Court Bill [HL] (Second Reading agreed to, no division)

Programme Motion - International Criminal Court Bill [HL] (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - Christmas Day (Trading) Bill (Agreed to, no division)

Adjournment -Mrs Caroline Spelman on Motorway Service Stations

The House rose at 12.15am

Wednesday 4 April

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

Westminster Hall: Private Members' Debates

Mr James Clappison on the future of the Green Belt

Mr George Stevenson on the Law Society and the Office of Supervision of Solicitors

Mr Simon Thomas on the planning process for renewable energy in Wales

Fiona Mactaggart on overage applications for entry clearance to the UK

Mr Edward Garnier on local government finance in the Harborough constituency

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Wales; Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Street Works - Julia Drown (Motion for leave to bring in, agreed to, no division)

Allocation of Time Motion - Elections Bill and Election Publications Bill [HL]

Legislation - Elections Bill (All Stages: 2nd Reading agreed to, no division; Committee, Clauses 1-8 & Schedule, as amended agreed to; 3rd Reading agreed to, no division)

Legislation - Election Publications Bill [HL] (All Stages: 2nd Reading agreed to on division; Committee, Clauses 1-3 agreed to; 3rd Reading agreed to on division)

Adjournment - Mr Michael Jabez Foster on Hastings Multi-Medal Study

The House rose at 12.06am

Thursday 5 April

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Agriculture; Solicitor General

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Legislation - International Development Bill (Remaining Stages: no amendments made, 3rd Reading agreed to, no division)

Adjournment - Dr Vincent Cable on Government policy on compensation for British prisoners of war used as slave labour in Germany

The House will also sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.29pm

Westminster Hall: Adjournment Debate -Debate on Renewable Energy

The House rose at 7.25pm

Friday 6 April

The House sat at 9.30 am

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

Private Members' Bills

Children's Rights Commissioner Bill; Employee Consultation Rights Bill; Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill; Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill; Exorcism of Children (Prohibition) Bill; Standards and Privileges (Independent Appeals Body) Bill; Siting of Telecommunications Masts Bill; Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill; Electricity Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill; Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill; Patient Consent Form Bill; Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill; Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Bill; Rail Passenger Services Bill; Climate Change Bill; Adoption 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 - Mr Paul Marsden on proposals for a Ministry of Rural Development