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Order of Business 28th February

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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 pp. 154 to 181 of the Notice Paper relating to Private Business.]


Afterwards
Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
*1 Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):    If he will make a statement on the operation of the EU growth and stability pact.
( 35742 )
*2 Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    If he will make a statement on stamp duty exemptions.
( 35743 )
*3 Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    What studies his Department has undertaken of the management costs of (a) PPPs and (b) conventionally procured public sector projects.
( 35744 )
*4 Mr John McFall (Dumbarton):    If he will make a statement on his recent initiative for relief of international debt.
( 35745 )
*5 Valerie Davey (Bristol West):    What steps he is taking to encourage his counterparts in other countries to provide funding to ensure that all children worldwide receive primary education by 2015.
( 35746 )
*6 Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    On what date his Department started the preliminary technical work for evaluating the five economic tests for euro membership.
( 35747 )
*7 Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    If he will make a statement on the progress made by Customs and Excise in tracing the assets and bank accounts of proscribed terrorist organisations.
( 35748 )
*8 Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):    What estimate he has made of the level of public sector net capital investment as a proportion of national income over the period of the first comprehensive spending review.
( 35749 )
*9 Patrick Mercer (Newark):    What recent representations he has received from the British chambers of commerce regarding business taxation and regulation.
( 35750 )
*10 Mr John Baron (Billericay):    What recent representations he has received from the Federation of Small Businesses regarding business taxation and regulation of small businesses.
( 35751 )
*11 Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    What representations he has received from the tourism industry on the impact of the level of the pound against the euro since 1997.
( 35752 )
*12 Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):    How many families in the North West are receiving working family tax credit.
( 35753 )
*13 Vera Baird (Redcar):    What steps he is taking to support the voluntary and community sectors.
( 35754 )
*14 Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    If he will make a statement on policy measures he intends to take by way of taxation to improve the competitiveness of the UK economy.
( 35756 )
*15 Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    If he will make a statement on the impact of productivity on the UK's competitiveness.
( 35757 )
*16 Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill):    What assessment he has made of the impact of the heavily indebted poor countries' debt relief process in delivering a sustainable exit from debt for eligible countries.
( 35759 )
*17 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    What response he has made to the Financial Services Authority's proposals to end polarisation in financial advice.
( 35760 )
*18 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    What assessment he has made of the performance of the euro since 1st January.
( 35761 )
*19 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):    What measures he is taking to increase the take-home pay of those in low paid work.
( 35763 )
*20 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    What the additional public debt would be as a percentage of GDP if all capital expenditure agreed under private finance and private partnership initiatives were included.
( 35764 )
*21 Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart):    What fiscal measures he is taking in relation to the productivity gap between Britain and her main European competitors.
( 35765 )
*22 Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    What assessment he has made of the impact that changes in regulation have had on the competitiveness of UK industry since 1997.
( 35766 )
*23 Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    What recent representations he has received on the measures he announced in the Pre-Budget Report to support families.
( 35768 )
*24 Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):    How he intends to fund improvements in local authority public services; and if he will make a statement.
( 35769 )
*25 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    What his forecasts are for the impact of productivity on UK economic growth over the next three years.
( 35770 )
*26 Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath & Crayford):    What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment by British business.
( 35771 )
*27 Roger Casale (Wimbledon):    If he will make a statement on his plans for investment in public services in London.
( 35772 )
*28 Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    If he will allocate additional resources for renewable energy in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
( 35773 )
*29 Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    What recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on the European single currency.
( 35774 )
*30 Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    What assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change levy on the combined heat and power industry.
( 35775 )
*31 Mr Piara S. Khabra (Ealing, Southall):    If he will make a statement on recent measures he has taken to improve levels of employment.
( 35776 )
*32 Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):    If he will make a statement on the operations of the Office of National Statistics.
( 35777 )
*33 Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston):    If he will make a statement on how the new integrated tax credits will affect families with children in Lancashire.
( 35778 )
*34 Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):    If he will make a statement on the estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the workforce who are unemployed and economically inactive, broken down by region.
( 35779 )
*35 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    What the aggregate debt is authorised through PFI projects by the Government since 1997.
( 35780 )
*36 Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West):    If he will make a statement on progress in international efforts to relieve world poverty.
( 35781 )

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

Preliminary Business

Notice of Presentation of Bill

  1  

COMPANIES ACT 1989 (AMENDMENT)        [No debate]

Mr Austin Mitchell

        Bill to prevent the sale by auditors of other services to audit clients.

Formal first reading: no debate or decision.


Main Business

+  2  

ADJOURNMENT        [Until 7.00 p.m.]

The Prime Minister

        That this House do now adjourn.

        Proposed subject for debate: Welsh Affairs.

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting

  3  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Crime with firearms in London (Ms Diane Abbott).

        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 COMMITTEE

1Standing Committee A8.55 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 12 (public)
(public)
Further to consider the Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill.

SELECT COMMITTEES

2Treasury9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m.
Room 8 (private)
(public)
Subject: February Inflation Report.
Witnesses: Rt Hon Sir Edward George, Governor of the Bank of England and Monetary Policy Committee officials.
3Deregulation and Regulatory Reform9.30 a.m.Room 20 (private)
4Public Administration10.00 a.m.


10.30 a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Government Information and Communication.
Witnesses: Mr Mike Granatt CB, Head of Government Information and Communication Service; Mr Jonathan Baume, General Secretary of the FDA, Professor Stuart Weir, The Democratic Audit, and Mr Nicholas Jones, BBC (at approximately 11.30 a.m.).

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

 
 

Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 27th February for answer today++

1 Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response has been received to the request to Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle that she not proceed to another death sentence for Mr Krishna Maharaj.
( 39860 )
2 Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will decide whether to reappoint Christine Bell to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
( 39861 )
3 Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will give details of the English areas which will benefit from the targeted Lottery initiative she announced on 27th June 2001; and if she will indicate how these areas were chosen.
( 39862 )
4 Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the outcome is of the accreditation of local strategic partnerships in the areas due to receive neighbourhood renewal funds for 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.
( 40165 )
5 Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has for the future of British shipbuilders.
( 40166 )
6 Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans there are to change the departmental expenditure limit and administration cost limits for her Department and the Office of Fair Trading.
( 40167 )
7 Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she has received the 2001 Review of the Government Chemist.
( 40168 )
8 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will publish the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service's Corporate Plan for 2002 to 2006.
( 40169 )
9 Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he is taking to improve enforcement performance; and if he will make a statement.
( 40170 )
10 Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which Scottish areas will benefit from the Fair Share National Lottery Initiative.
( 40171 )
11 Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the 2000-01 Annual Report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art will be published.
( 40172 )
12 Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his future plans are for Joint Force Harrier; and if he will make a statement.
( 40173 )
13 Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has changed his procurement plans for the Nimrod MRA4.
( 40174 )
14 Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which minister is responsible for making civil defence grants under the Civil Defence Act 1948 as amended by the Civil Defence (Grants) Act 2002.
( 40019 )
15 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Torbay Borough Council.
( 40020 )
16 Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of the London Borough of Southwark.
( 40021 )
17 Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the report and recommendations of the Review Body on Senior Salaries.
( 40338 )
18 Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on hunting with dogs.
( 40339 )

Standing Committee Notices

     Standing Committee A will meet on Thursday 7th March at 8.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Pensions Annuities (Amendment) Bill.

     The Scottish Grand Committee will meet on Tuesday 5th March at 10.30 a.m. to consider Defence in Scotland.

     The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 6th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002.

     The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 6th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the Parish Councils (Model of Conduct) (England) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3576).

     The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 6th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Renewables Obligations Order 2002.

     The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 7th March at 9.55 a.m. to consider the draft Tax Credits Up-rating Order 2002.

     The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 7th March at 9.55 a.m. to consider the Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 317).

     The Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 4th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

     The Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 5th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) Order 2002.

     The Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 7th March at 9.55 a.m. to consider the draft National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2002.




 

 
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