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Order of Business Tuesday 16th October 2001

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Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer        [No debate]

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.


At 2.30 p.m.      Prayers
Afterwards
  

                  NOTICE OF MOTION FOR AN UNOPPOSED RETURN

        Equitable Life Assurance Society: Return of the report of the Financial Services Authority on the review of the regulation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1st January 1999 to 8th December 2000, which Her Majesty's Government is submitting as evidence to the inquiry conducted by Lord Penrose.

No debate

Afterwards
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    What plans he has for Purley Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
( 3763 )
*2 Bob Russell (Colchester):    If he will make additional funding available to appoint a second consultant neurologist for the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust.
( 3764 )
*3 Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):    How many meetings he has had with trades unions since 7th June to discuss public/private partnerships in the NHS.
( 3765 )
*4 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):    If he will make a statement on the future of regional specialist hospital services in North West London.
( 3766 )
*5 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    If he will make a statement on his plans for a national strategy to combat the hepatitis C virus.
( 3767 )
*6 Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):    What plans he has for reform of the General Medical Council.
( 3769 )
*7 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    What action he is taking to improve maternity services.
( 3770 )
*8 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    What plans he has to improve heart services.
( 3771 )
*9 Mr David Cameron (Witney):    What plans he has to safeguard and expand cottage and community hospitals.
( 3772 )
*10 Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    If he will publish whole time equivalent target figures for additional GPs in service by 2004.
( 3773 )
*11 Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    If he will make it his policy to recognise endometriosis as a long-term cyclical condition.
( 3774 )
*12 Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    What plans he has to reduce the number of patients who fail to keep outpatient appointments.
( 3775 )
*13 Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington):    What plans he has to improve emergency services.
( 3776 )
*14 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    If he will make a statement on cervical cancer screening in the NHS.
( 3777 )
*15 Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    When the provisions of section 49(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
( 3778 )
*16 Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    What steps he has taken to review the concordats between the NHS and the private sector.
( 3779 )
*17 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    If he will make a statement on the NICE report on the availability of beta interferon for MS sufferers.
( 3780 )
*18 Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):    What his plans are for improving co-operation between health and social care.
( 3781 )
*19 The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    What plans he has for increasing the use of diagnostic testing in health care.
( 3782 )
*20 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    When he expects to introduce legislation to ban the cloning of human beings; and if he will make a statement.
( 3783 )
*21 Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):    What plans he has to improve co-operation between health and social care.
( 3784 )
*22 Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    What support his Department is giving for services to help people with osteoporosis.
( 3785 )
*23 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    What action he has taken to improve child care for NHS staff.
( 3786 )
*24 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    If he will make a statement on the merger of health authorities in Lancashire.
( 3787 )
*25 Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    If he will make a statement on progress in tackling bed-blocking in the health service.
( 3788 )
*26 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    How many NHS dental practices there are in Pendle and Burnley; and how many are accepting new NHS patients.
( 3789 )
*27 Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    What action he is taking to tackle health inequalities; and if he will make a statement.
( 3790 )
*28 Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    If he will make a statement on progress with the establishment of a university of the NHS.
( 3791 )
*29 Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    What plans he has to improve cancer services.
( 3792 )
*30 Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North):    If he will make a statement on progress in the creation of primary care trusts.
( 3793 )
*31 Bob Spink (Castle Point):    What assessment his Department has made of the clinical benefits of beta interferon for MS sufferers.
( 3794 )
*32 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    What plans he has to increase the availability of radiotherapy equipment.
( 3795 )
*33 Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth):    How many treatments have been provided by osteopaths on the NHS in each year since 1992.
( 3796 )
*34 Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):    What plans he has to improve cancer services.
( 3797 )
*35 Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    When he plans to publish a new contract for general practitioners.
( 3798 )
*36 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the availability of public capital for hospital building programmes.
( 3799 )
*37 Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):    What plans he has to ensure that NHS dentistry is accessible in all areas.
( 3800 )
*38 Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):    If he will make a statement on the availability of NHS dentists in the rural districts of North Yorkshire.
( 3801 )
*39 Lembit O­pik (Montgomeryshire):    What plans he has to improve the retention of staff working in the professions allied to medicine.
( 3802 )

At 3.30 p.m.Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

+  1  

ADJOURNMENT        [Until 10.00 p.m.]

The Prime Minister

        That this House do now adjourn.

        Proposed subject for debate: Coalition Against International Terrorism.

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

  2  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Pensions clawback (Linda Perham).

        Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Standing Committee B10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m.
Room 11 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Export Control Bill.
2Standing Committee D10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m.
Room 12 (public)
(public)
To consider the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill.
3First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation10.30 a.m.Room 9 (public)
To consider the draft Contracting Out of Functions (Tribunal Staff) Order 2001.

SELECT COMMITTEES

4Deregulation and Regulatory Reform9.30 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
Room 20 (private)
(public)
Subject: Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2001.
Witness: Mr Kim Howells, MP, Minister, Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
5Transport, Local Government and the Regions9.40 a.m.The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
6Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Urban Affairs Sub-committee9.45 a.m.


10.15 a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: PPG17: Sport, Open Space and Recreation.
Witnesses: English Heritage and Countryside Agency; English Nature (at 10.45 a.m.); Sport England and Business in Sport and Leisure Ltd (BISL) (at 11.05 a.m.); Officials from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and Officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (at 11.30 a.m.).
7Culture, Media and Sport10.00 a.m.


10.30 a.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Picketts Lock.
Witnesses: Mr Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council, and Mr Steve Brailey, Chief Executive, Sheffield International Venues; Mr Ron Sheard, Director of the World Stadium Team and Mr Roger Maslin, Director of Finance, Wembley National Stadium Limited/World Stadium Team (at 11.15 a.m.); Mr Patrick Carter, Mr Robert Raine and Ms Rachel Downey, Lee Valley Stadium Review Team (at 12.00 noon).
8International Development10.00 a.m.Room 7 (private)
9Treasury10.00 a.m.
10.45 a.m.
Room 8 (private)
(public)
Subject: Financial Services Authority.
Witnesses: Sir Howard Davies, Chairman, and other officials of the Financial Services Authority.
10Home Affairs10.15 a.m.
10.45 a.m.
Room 6 (private)
(public)
Subject: The Work of the Lord Chancellor's Department.
Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Lord Irvine of Lairg, QC, and officials from the Lord Chancellor's Department.
11Welsh Affairs10.30 a.m.The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
12Statutory InstrumentsImmediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory InstrumentsRoom 7 (private)

JOINT COMMITTEE

13Statutory Instruments4.15 p.m.Room 7 (private)

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

 
 

Written Questions tabled on Monday 15th October for answer today++

1 Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she intends to undertake a review of English Heritage.
( 8121 )
2 Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he proposes to review the future of English Partnerships.
( 8242 )
3 Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Probation Board for Northern Ireland's Annual Report for 2000-01 will be published.
( 8243 )
4 Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the results of the electoral research project recently commissioned on the district council and parliamentary elections which were held in Northern Ireland.
( 8244 )
5 Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the latest report received from the Oversight Commissioner.
( 8245 )
6 Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board; and if he will publish the names of those bodies consulted by him under the provisions of Schedule 1 Part 111 paragraph 8(2)(c) to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.
( 8246 )
7 Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what secondary legislation the Government plans to introduce under the Export Control Bill; if the Government will hold a public consultation on that legislation; and if she will make a statement.
( 8317 )
8 Mr John McWilliam (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress she has made in appointing the new Intellectual Property Advisory Committee.
( 8318 )
9 Mr John McWilliam (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Low Pay Commission has been given its new terms of reference.
( 8319 )
10 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce new appointments to the Police Complaints Authority.
( 8320 )
11 Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the appointment will be made of the UK member to the Committee of Experts for the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
( 8267 )
12 Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, in the aftermath of the G8 Summit held in Genoa on 20th July, consular officials from other EU countries were able to gain access to their detained nationals earlier than British consular officials.
( 8268 )
13 Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will publish the next report on recruitment to the fast stream of the Civil Service.
( 8269 )
14 Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she intends to undertake a review of English Heritage.
( 8270 )
15 Mr Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Prime Minister, what the composition is of the Intelligence and Security Committee.
( 8271 )
16 Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence he will provide to Lord Penrose's Inquiry into Equitable Life; and if he will publish it.
( 8280 )



 

 
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