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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 11.30 a.m.      Prayers
Afterwards

Private Business

        Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Further Consideration of Bill, as amended

City of London (Ward Elections) Bill. (By Order.)

John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
John Cryer
Ms Diane Abbott
Mr Alan Simpson

Mr Neil Gerrard

        On further Consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill, as amended, to move, That the Bill be further considered upon this day six months.

[For Amendments, see the Notice Paper relating to Private Business.]

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
*1 Andrew George (St Ives):    What progress she has made in securing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
( 29536 )
*2 Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    If she will ban the use of the pesticide Lindane.
( 29537 )
*3 Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    If she will make a statement on the resumption of local agricultural shows.
( 29538 )
*4 Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    If she will make a statement on the cost to (a) local councils and (b) individuals of implementing the EU Directive on the recycling of refrigerators and freezers.
( 29539 )
*5 Mr John Baron (Billericay):    What financial support her Department is giving to local councils in order to help them meet their waste recycling targets.
( 29540 )
*6 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    What the (a) timetable and (b) mechanics are of opening livestock markets.
( 29542 )
*7 Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):    If she will make a statement on the issues discussed with the Polish Government on her recent visit to Poland.
( 29543 )
*8 Mr David Drew (Stroud):    If she will make a statement on the recent discussions about rural strategy she has had with parish and town councils and their representative body.
( 29544 )
*9 Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    If she will make a statement on the progress her Department has made in reforming the regulations governing meat imports.
( 29545 )
*10 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):    If she will make an assessment of the impact of conservation measures for cod stocks in (a) Icelandic and Norwegian waters and (b) waters under the aegis of the EU Common Fisheries Policy.
( 29546 )
*11 Mr David Cameron (Witney):    What steps she is taking to support village shops, pubs and post offices in rural communities.
( 29547 )
*12 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    What support is given by the European Commission to rural communities in disadvantaged areas of the UK.
( 29548 )
*13 Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):    How many live sheep were exported from the UK in the last year for which figures are available before the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
( 29549 )
*14 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    If she will make a statement on the recycling of refrigerators and freezers.
( 29550 )
*15 Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):    What assessment she has made of the implications of climate change upon the risk of flooding of the River Severn.
( 29551 )
*16 John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland):    If she will make a statement on the Government's plans for improving energy efficiency.
( 29552 )
*17 Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    What steps she is taking to promote European-wide measures to encourage recycling.
( 29553 )
*18 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden):    What progress has been made by her Department on improving air quality since 1997.
( 29554 )
*19 Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West):    What recent contact she has had with her Polish counterparts regarding the agricultural chapter of Poland's EU enlargement application.
( 29555 )
*20 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    What action she is taking to encourage the development of new sources of CHP.
( 29556 )
*21 Mr John Grogan (Selby):    What measures she is taking to support rural pubs.
( 29557 )
*22 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    What steps she proposes to take to reduce the length of journeys of livestock to slaughter.
( 29558 )
*23 Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    If she will make a statement on the development of new recycling plants for refrigerators and freezers.
( 29559 )
*24 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    If she will make a statement on Government policy towards the production of organic food for children.
( 29560 )
*25 Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    What measures will be taken this year to consult local communities over the locations of farm scale evaluations of GM crops.
( 29561 )
*26 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    If she will make a statement on the industrial action in her Department.
( 29562 )
*27 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    What representations she has received on the operations of NETA in relation to (a) CHP and (b) renewables.
( 29563 )
*28 Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    What assessment she has made of the Parrett Catchment Project.
( 29564 )
*29 Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):    What assessment she has made of the state of sub-post offices in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
( 29565 )
*30 Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    What role her Department is playing in the review of the landfill tax credit scheme; and what her objectives are for the review.
( 29567 )
*31 Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    If she will make a statement on what assessments have been conducted of the potential (a) environmental, (b) economic and (c) social impacts of the manufacture of MOX fuel at Sellafield.
( 29568 )
*32 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    What targets she has set for carbon dioxide reduction in the next five years.
( 29569 )
*33 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    What assessment she has made of the losses incurred by farmers through the OTMS due to restrictions on movements during the foot and mouth epidemic.
( 29570 )
*34 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    When she will next meet the Board of British Waterways to discuss the extension of the English canal system; and if she will make a statement.
( 29571 )
*35 Bob Russell (Colchester):    If she will make a statement on progress towards meeting the targets of the Government's Waste Management Strategy (2000) and progress since the Waste Summit.
( 29572 )
*36 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West):    What assessment she has made of the proportion of organically produced food consumed in (a) the UK and (b) other EU countries which is imported; and if she will make a statement.
( 29573 )
*37 Paul Flynn (Newport West):    What assessments she has made of the effect on animal welfare and transport costs of the use of electronic livestock markets during the foot and mouth epidemic.
( 29574 )

At 12.30 p.m.Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

+  1  

COMMONHOLD AND LEASEHOLD REFORM BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)        [No debate]

Mr Robin Cook
Mr Michael Wills

        That, pursuant to the report of 24th January 2002 from Standing Committee D, the Order of 8th January 2002 (Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme)) shall be varied as follows—

Consideration and Third Reading

        1.   Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Order shall be omitted.

        2.   Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be concluded in two allotted days.

        3.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Nine o'clock on the second of those days or, if that day is a Thursday, at Six o'clock on that day.

        4.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the second of those days or, if that day is a Thursday, at Seven o'clock on that day.

        5.   An allotted day is one on which the Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the day.

To be decided without debate (Order A(6) of 28th June 2001).

+  2  

TRAVEL CONCESSIONS (ELIGIBILITY) BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered.        [Until 7.00 p.m.]

For Amendments, see separate Paper.

Third Reading may also be taken.

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

  3  

AGRICULTURE (S.I., 2001, No. 3966)        [Up to 1

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Keith Simpson
Mrs Ann Winterton
David Maclean
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

        That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Environmental Impact Assessment (Uncultivated Land and Semi-natural Areas) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3966), dated 10th December 2001, a copy of which was laid before this House on 11th December, be annulled.

        The special attention of the House has been drawn to this instrument by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments in its Seventeenth Report, Session 2001-02, HC 135-xvii.

        The Speaker will put the Question after 1

  4  

LINE OF ROUTE        [Until 7.00 p.m.]

Mrs Marion Roe

        That this House approves the First Report from the Administration Committee on The Summer Line of Route—The 2001 Opening and Proposals for the Future (House of Commons Paper No. 433).

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting

  5  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Handling of the case of Mr Richard Neale by the NHS (Mr William Hague).

        Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 20th November 2000.).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Standing Committee B9.15 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 11 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Proceeds of Crime Bill.
2Standing Committee E9.30 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 12 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Office of Communications Bill [Lords].
3Standing Committee F9:30 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 9 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill.
4Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation9.55 a.m.Room 10 (public)
To consider the Draft Air Navigation (Environmental Standards) Order 2002.

SELECT COMMITTEES

5Liaison9.30 a.m.Room 16 (private)
6Public Administration10.00 a.m.


10.30 a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Ombudsman Issues.
Witness: Mr Christopher Leslie MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office.
7Health10.30 a.m.The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)

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

 
 

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 30th January for answer today++

1 Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will extend the life of the Firearms Consultative Committee.
( 32768 )
2 Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the Prison Service's corporate plan for 2002-03 to 2004-05 and business plan and key performance indicators for 2002-03.
( 32769 )
3 Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will lay before Parliament a report on the working of the Terrorism Act 2000.
( 32770 )
4 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what decision has been made with regard to the People's Panel following the expiry of the contract with MORI.
( 32895 )
5 Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Highways Agency's Annual Report and Accounts for 2000-01 will be published; and what results it will report.
( 32979 )
6 Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional control measures have been introduced to control the possible spread of bovine TB after the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
( 33076 )
7 Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the fees to be paid by merchants and saddlers for registration in 2002-03 with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain under the Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) Order 1998 have yet been determined.
( 33077 )
8 Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the Merseyrail passenger franchise.
( 33078 )
9 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on farm incomes.
( 33079 )
10 Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will publish the Bilateral Concordat between the Northern Ireland Court Service and the Northern Ireland Devolved Administration.
( 33080 )
11 Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he intends to consult on perceived abuses of defamation procedures.
( 33183 )
12 Mr Calum MacDonald (Western Isles): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement about the centralisation of debt recovery within his Department.
( 33184 )

Standing Committee Notices

     Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Proceeds of Crime Bill.

     Standing Committee C will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Home Energy Conservation Bill.

     Standing Committee E will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Office of Communications Bill.

     Standing Committee F will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 7th February at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill.

     The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 6th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Contracting Out (Functions in relation to Apsley House) Order 2002.

     The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 10.30 a.m. to consider the draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 2002 and the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 2002.

     The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 5th February at 4.30 p.m. to consider the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4043).




 

 
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