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.
| Oral Questions the Secretary of State for Scotland |
| *1 |
Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): How many pensioners in Scotland receive the free television licences for people over 75 years of age.
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(
25070
) |
| *2 |
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): How many new regulatory measures affecting Scottish businesses the Government has (a) introduced and (b) abolished since 1999.
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(
25071
) |
| *3 |
Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): What plans she has for future activity as part of her Friends of Scotland initiative.
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(
25072
) |
| *4 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): When she last discussed the future of the Barnett Formula with Treasury ministers.
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(
25073
) |
| *5 |
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): When she last met the Chairman of Scottish Enterprise to discuss trends in the Scottish economy; and if she will make a statement.
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(
25074
) |
| *6 |
Anne Picking (East Lothian): If she will make a statement on Scotland Office involvement in the PIU energy review.
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(
25075
) |
| *7 |
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): How many people in Scotland are benefiting from the recent uprating of the national minimum wage.
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(
25076
) |
| *8 |
Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld & Kilsyth): If she will make a statement on her role in preparations for the introduction of the euro in Scotland.
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(
25077
) |
| *9 |
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): If she will make a statement on employment trends in Scotland since September 2001.
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|
(
25078
) |
| *10 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): How many people in Scotland are benefiting from the working families tax credit.
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|
(
25079
) |
| *11 |
Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): What action she is taking to make the work of the Disability Rights Commission more widely known in Scotland.
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(
25080
) |
| *12 |
Pete Wishart (North Tayside): What recent progress she has made with her consultation on MSP numbers.
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(
25081
) |
| *13 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): What discussions she has had with Scottish Ministers concerning Scotland's application to hold the European Football Championships in 2008.
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(
25082
) |
| *14 |
Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): What recent successes have been achieved through efforts in Scotland to confiscate drugs and the proceeds of drug sales.
|
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(
25083
) |
| *15 |
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): What discussions she has had with Scottish Ministers regarding Scottish participation in EU institutions.
|
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(
25084
) |
| *16 |
Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): If she will make a statement on the number of children living in poverty in Scotland in each year since 1997.
|
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(
25085
) |
| *17 |
David Hamilton (Midlothian): When she next plans to meet representatives from the STUC to discuss trade union legislation.
|
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(
25086
) |
| *18 |
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs concerning the rural economy in Scotland.
|
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(
25087
) |
| *19 |
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): When she last met representatives of NATS; and what issues were discussed.
|
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|
(
25088
) |
| *20 |
Angus Robertson (Moray): What discussions she has had with the Prime Minister about the Convention established at the Laeken EU Council; and if there will be participants from the Scottish Parliament in the UK delegation to the Convention.
|
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(
25089
) |
| *21 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What plans she has to encourage rural enterprises; and if she will make a statement.
|
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(
25091
) |
| *22 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): What representations she has received concerning pensions payable in Scotland.
|
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(
25092
) |
| *23 |
Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire): When she next plans to meet representatives of the Scottish Trades Union Congress to discuss legislation affecting trade unions; and what will be discussed.
|
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(
25093
) |
| *24 |
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): What steps are being taken to ensure the enforcement of the national minimum wage in Scotland.
|
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|
(
25094
) |
| Oral Questions to the Advocate General |
| *25 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): If she will make a statement on the operation of the Sewell Motions procedure.
|
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(
25039
) |
| *26 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): When she last had discussions with the Scottish Executive on human rights cases involving devolution.
|
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(
25040
) |
| *27 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): Pursuant to her Answer of 4th December, Official Report, column 153, on the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill, if she has passed on the concerns of the honourable Member for Linlithgow to her honourable friend the Home Secretary.
|
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(
25041
) |
| *28 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): What discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive concerning the passage of the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001.
|
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|
(
25042
) |
| Oral Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department |
| *29 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What plans he has to encourage more applications to join the lay magistracy; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
25043
) |
| *30 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the system for enforcement of payment of fines by magistrates' courts; and if he will make a statement.
|
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|
(
25044
) |
| *31 |
Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): If he will take steps to promote the establishment of a patient advocacy liaison service and community legal service information point in every NHS hospital.
|
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|
(
25045
) |
| *32 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): How many appeals against refusal of asylum have been lodged and are awaiting a hearing.
|
|
|
(
25046
) |
| *33 |
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): If he will make a statement on progress in the case of Sonia Deary.
|
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|
(
25047
) |
| *34 |
Mr John Grogan (Selby): If he will review policy on the closure of rural magistrates' courts; and what assessment he has made of the findings of the Auld report on this subject.
|
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(
25048
) |
| *35 |
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): If he will make a statement as to the role of magistrates under the proposals in the Report of Lord Justice Auld.
|
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|
(
25050
) |
| *36 |
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): When he last met the Chairman of CAFCASS to discuss its progress.
|
|
|
(
25051
) |
| *37 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What progress has been made in building new court houses by means of PFI.
|
|
|
(
25052
) |
| *38 |
Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): If he will review the process of recording a charge against property.
|
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|
(
25053
) |
| *39 |
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent discussions the Lord Chancellor has had with the Home Secretary arising from his recent speech about the ethics of the legal profession; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
25054
) |
| *40 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What customer-friendly policies the Public Guardianship Office has developed since its creation.
|
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|
(
25055
) |
| *41 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on plans to promote ethnic diversity on the bench.
|
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|
(
25056
) |
| *42 |
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): When he will respond to Lord Justice Auld's recommendations.
|
|
|
(
25057
) |
| Oral Questions to the President of the Council and the honourable Member answering for the House of Commons Commission |
| *43 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Council, what proposals he has to reform of the Oath of Allegiance for honourable Members taking their seats in the House.
|
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(
25058
) |
| *44 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, if he will invite the House of Lords Appointments Commission to discuss with people's peers their experience of their membership of the Lords with a view to informing its future recommendations.
|
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|
(
25059
) |
| *45 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the President of the Council, if he will ask the Select Committee of Modernisation of the House of Commons to consider in what further ways the use of Information Technology can assist the work of honourable Members.
|
|
|
(
25061
) |
| *46 |
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, which recent letters to the Commission from the Commissioner for Standards have not been published to honourable Members.
|
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(
25062
) |
| *47 |
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the President of the Council, what assessment he has made of the impact of his proposals for changes to the sitting hours of the House on honourable Members with school age children living outside the London area.
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(
25063
) |
| *48 |
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the President of the Council, if he will bring forward proposals to the Modernisation Committee to improve the effectiveness of standing committees in scrutinising bills.
|
|
|
(
25064
) |
| *49 |
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what provision has been made in the accounting procedures of the House for the use of euro; and if he will make a statement.
|
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(
25065
) |
| *50 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on his plans for pre-legislative scrutiny of bills.
|
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(
25066
) |
| *51 |
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the President of the Council, if he will bring forward proposals to reform the Parliamentary Oath.
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(
25067
) |
| *52 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on his proposals to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons about the future use of electronic methods of voting.
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|
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(
25068
) |
| *53 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on his proposals to reform question time.
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|
(
25069
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Ten minute rule Motion
|
| 1 | MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (EMPLOYMENT DISQUALIFICATION) [Up to 20 minutes]
|
| Peter Bradley
|
| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the remunerated employment a Member of Parliament may undertake.
|
| The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).
|
|
Main Business |
| + 2 | NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORM AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. [Until 10.00 p.m.]
|
| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
|
| Third Reading will also be taken.
|
| Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading will be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 p.m., if not previously concluded (Order of 20th November 2001).
|
| + 3 | SITTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Stephen Twigg
|
| That, following the Order of 20th November 2000, Mr Nicholas Winterton, Mr John McWilliam, Mr Frank Cook and Mr Edward O'Hara be appointed to act as additional Deputy Speakers at sittings in Westminster Hall during this Session.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting
|
| 4 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Allocation of school places in East Sussex (Mr Nigel Waterson).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Special Standing Committee | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 14 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Adoption and Children Bill. |
| 2 | Standing Committee A | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public)
(public) |
| To consider the Tax Credits Bill. |
| 3 | Standing Committee B | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Proceeds of Crime Bill. |
| 4 | Standing Committee D | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 5 (public)
(public) |
| To consider the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords]. |
| 5 | Standing Committee F | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Employment Bill. |
| 6 | Standing Committee G | 10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Education Bill. |
|
| 7 | Deregulation and Regulatory Reform | 9.30 a.m. | Room 20 (private) |
| 8 | International Development | 9.45 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development. |
| Witnesses: Mr Richard Manning, Director-General, Resources, Mr Andrew Bennett, Chief Natural Resources Adviser, and Mr Adrian Davis, Head, Environment Policy Department, Department for International Development, and Mr David Warrilow, Head of Science Policy, Global Atmosphere Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 9 | Welsh Affairs | 9.45 a.m.
10.45 a.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Objective 1. |
| Witnesses: Officials from Cornwall, Merseyside and South Yorkshire Objective 1 Regions and an official from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. |
| 10 | Home Affairs | 10.15 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Government's Drugs Policy: Is it Working? |
| Witnesses: Dr Claire Gerada, Royal College of General Practitioners, Mrs Christine Glover, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Dr Rob Barnett, British Medical Association and Dr Andy Thompson, NHS Alliance. |
| 11 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.30 a.m.
10.45 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Arts Development. |
| Witnesses: The South Bank Centre; The Arts Council, England (at 11.45 a.m.). |
| 12 | Standards and Privileges | 10.30 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 13 | Transport, Local Goverment and the Regions: Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | 12.55 p.m.
1.00 p.m. | Ordnance Survey Offices, Southampton (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Ordnance Survey. |
| Witnesses: Dr Vanessa Lawrence, Director General & Chief Executive, Mr David Willey, Director of Business Change, and Mr Steve Erskine, Managing Director of Graphic Brands, Ordnance Survey. |
| 14 | Standards and Privileges | 4.00 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 15 | Treasury | 4.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Review of Departmental Reports. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. |
| 16 | Procedure | 4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (private) |
| 17 | Statutory Instruments | Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments | Room 7 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 18 | Statutory Instruments | 4.15 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
| |
|
| |
Written Questions tabled on Monday 14th January for answer today++
|
| 1 |
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will announce the full composition of the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of Western European Union.
|
|
(
28176
) |
| 2 |
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 20th July 2001 to the honourable Member for South Derbyshire, Official Report, columns 609-10, what decisions she has made on Out-of-Round Offshore Licence awards.
|
|
(
28191
) |
| 3 |
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what opportunities there are for companies to acquire petroleum licences over unlicensed acreage in the North Sea.
|
|
(
28192
) |
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