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.
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.]
|
|
Second Readings
|
Mersey Tunnels Bill. (By Order.)
|
| Mr Ben Chapman
Stephen Hesford
Mr Robert N. Wareing
|
| On Second Reading of the Mersey Tunnels Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.
|
London Development Agency Bill. (By Order.)
|
| Mr Robert N. Wareing
|
| On Second Reading of the London Development Agency Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.
|
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health |
| *1 |
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): If he will make a statement on the latest figures on nurse recruitment in London.
|
|
|
(
43715
) |
| *2 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What steps he is taking to improve health care for those living in deprived areas.
|
|
|
(
43716
) |
| *3 |
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will make a statement on the future of midwifery-led maternity units.
|
|
|
(
43717
) |
| *4 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): How many delayed discharges there were in (a) May 1997, (b) May 1999 and (c) January 2002; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
43720
) |
| *5 |
Mr John Taylor (Solihull): What the consultation procedure is to inform a decision on the future of accidents and emergency services at Solihull Hospital; and who will make the decision.
|
|
|
(
43721
) |
| *6 |
Steve Webb (Northavon): What plans he has to ensure that primary care trusts and hospital trusts have the funding necessary to expand provision of digital hearing aids.
|
|
|
(
43722
) |
| *7 |
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): How many people have funded their operations themselves in the past year.
|
|
|
(
43723
) |
| *8 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): If he will make a statement about services at Edgware Hospital.
|
|
|
(
43724
) |
| *9 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What his priorities are for reducing health inequalities.
|
|
|
(
43725
) |
| *10 |
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): What assessment he has made of the impact of smoking cessation publicity measures on smoking cessation.
|
|
|
(
43726
) |
| *11 |
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): What representations he has received regarding the delivery of digital hearing aids and other hearing services via high street opticians.
|
|
|
(
43727
) |
| *12 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): If he will make a statement on the extent of MRSA in NHS hospitals.
|
|
|
(
43728
) |
| *13 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What steps he is taking to reduce the shortfall in the 2002-03 budget of the Barnsley Primary Care Trust.
|
|
|
(
43729
) |
| *14 |
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): If he will make a statement on delayed discharge.
|
|
|
(
43730
) |
| *15 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What change there has been in the number of NHS beds in hospitals in the North West since 1997.
|
|
|
(
43732
) |
| *16 |
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If he will make a statement on the average level of nursing home charges.
|
|
|
(
43733
) |
| *17 |
Roger Casale (Wimbledon): What steps he is taking to promote public accountability in the health service; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
43734
) |
| *18 |
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): What plans he has to analyse the impact of hospital mergers on health outcomes for patients.
|
|
|
(
43735
) |
| *19 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): If it is his policy to include Southampton University Hospitals Trust in the pilot scheme to allow NHS patients to be treated abroad.
|
|
|
(
43736
) |
| *20 |
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): What plans he has to visit Southend Hospital to discuss the provision of cancer treatment for people in South East Essex.
|
|
|
(
43737
) |
| *21 |
Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): If he will make a statement on progress to address health inequalities by changes to the funding formulae for health authorities/primary care trusts.
|
|
|
(
43738
) |
| *22 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): What the average response time was for the attendance of an emergency ambulance over the last 12 months in each English region.
|
|
|
(
43739
) |
| *23 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on progress in achieving booked admissions across the NHS.
|
|
|
(
43740
) |
| *24 |
Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth): What the latest figures for nurse recruitment in London were in the last 12 months.
|
|
|
(
43741
) |
| *25 |
Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): If he will make a statement on the free fruit scheme in schools.
|
|
|
(
43742
) |
| *26 |
Paul Clark (Gillingham): How many nurses have been recruited in the South East in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
|
|
|
(
43743
) |
| *27 |
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): What progress he is making in tackling the problem of delayed discharge in the National Health Service.
|
|
|
(
43744
) |
| *28 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What assessment he has made of the access to NHS dental treatment for the residents of North West Leicestershire; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
43745
) |
| *29 |
Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What categories of products that are currently on sale in the UK will be left outside of the scope of the proposed European Directive on traditional medicines; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
43746
) |
| *30 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): If he will make a statement on his policy on waiting times for cancer treatment.
|
|
|
(
43747
) |
| *31 |
Margaret Moran (Luton South): What measures he is taking to reduce perinatal mortality.
|
|
|
(
43748
) |
| *32 |
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): Whether he plans to equalize the calculations for NHS widows' and widowers' pension provision by including women doctors' pension contributions prior to 1988.
|
|
|
(
43749
) |
| *33 |
Hugh Bayley (City of York): What the Government is doing to improve rehabilitation services for people of working age.
|
|
|
(
43750
) |
| *34 |
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): What assessment he has made of the impact of the transfer of responsibilities from health authorities to PCTs on community initiatives and preventive care.
|
|
|
(
43751
) |
| *35 |
Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): What assistance he is giving to support NHS dentistry in Dorset.
|
|
|
(
43752
) |
| *36 |
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): What assessment he has made of progress towards the reduction of waiting times for cancer treatment.
|
|
|
(
43753
) |
| *37 |
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): What proportion of hospital consultants are contracted (a) full-time and (b) part-time to the NHS.
|
|
|
(
43754
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| + 1 | ENTERPRISE [No debate]
|
| Ms Secretary Hewitt
|
| Bill to establish and provide for the functions of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Appeal Tribunal; to make provision about mergers and market structures and conduct; to establish the Competition Service; to amend the constitution and functions of the Competition Commission; to create an offence for those entering into certain anti-competitive agreements; to provide for the disqualification of directors of companies engaging in certain anti-competitive practices; to make other provision about competition law; to amend the law relating to the protection of the collective interests of consumers; to make further provision about the disclosure of information obtained under competition and consumer legislation; to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 and make other provision about insolvency; and for connected purposes.
|
| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
|
| Ten minute rule Motion
|
| 2 | TRESPASSERS ON LAND (LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE AND EVICTION) [Up to 20 minutes]
|
| Mr Crispin Blunt
|
| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make a person liable for any damage caused to land, or property on that land, on which he is trespassing for the purpose of residing there; to amend the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in respect of eviction from land; and for connected purposes.
|
| The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).
|
|
Main Business |
| + 3 | STANDARDS AND PRIVILEGES [Until 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
|
| That this House approves the Sixth Report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges (House of Commons Paper No. 624), Registration of Interests by Members who have not taken their seat, and resolves that its provisions should come into force three months after the date of this Resolution.
|
| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 4 | FOOTBALL (DISORDER) (AMENDMENT) BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. [Until 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 5 | ADJOURNMENT [Until 7.00 p.m.]
|
| The Prime Minister
|
| That this House do now adjourn.
|
| Proposed subject for debate: Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment.
|
| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 6 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
|
| That the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 206), dated 5th February 2002, a copy of which was laid before this House on 13th February, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 7 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
|
| That the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Plans and Reviews Amendment and Specified Dates Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 305), dated 13th February 2002, a copy of which was laid before this House on 14th February, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 8 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
|
| That the Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 398), dated 21st February 2002, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27th February, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting
|
| 9 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Inappropriate pupil/teacher relationships (Jane Griffiths).
|
| Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Orders of 20th November 2000 and 19th March 2002).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | International Development | 10.00 a.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | Welsh Affairs | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | Oswalds, University of Wales, Bangor (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Broadband Cabling in Wales. |
| Witnesses: Gaia Technologies plc; Mr Phil Brady, University of Wales, Bangor, and Robertson Research International. |
| 3 | Home Affairs | 10.15 a.m. | Room S, Portcullis House (private) |
| 4 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.30 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 5 | Standards and Privileges | 10.30 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 6 | Statutory Instruments | Immediately after the meeting of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments | Room 6 (private) |
| 7 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disposal of Refrigerators Sub-Committee | 4.30 p.m.
4.45 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Disposal of Refrigerators. |
| Witnesses: Mr Peter Jones, Director, Development and External Relations, Biffa Waste Services Ltd; Mrs Marianne Wenning, Deputy Head, Climate Change Unit, and Dr Tom Batchelor, Directorate General, Environment, European Commission (at approximately 5.30 p.m.). |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 8 | Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments | 12.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
| |
|
| |
Written Questions tabled on Monday 25th April for answer today++
|
| 1 |
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish her conclusions on the report of the Gambling Review Body.
|
|
(
46680
) |
| 2 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the results of the recent consultation on media ownership rules.
|
|
(
46681
) |
| 3 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to replace the application forms for foreign nationals wishing to apply for leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
|
|
(
46682
) |
| 4 |
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will announce the (a) Ministerial priorities and (b) Best Value performance indicators for the police for 2002-03.
|
|
(
46683
) |
| 5 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on his plans for new office accommodation for the Home Office and Her Majesty's Prison Service staff working in Central London.
|
|
(
46684
) |
| 6 |
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what key performance targets have been set for Her Majesty's Land Registry Executive Agency for 2002-03.
|
|
(
46793
) |
| 7 |
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Law Commission intends to publish its 36th Annual Report.
|
|
(
46794
) |
| 8 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations made by his Honour John Gower QC and Sir Anthony Hammond KCB QC in their report on prosecutions conducted by the Solicitor's Office of HM Customs and Excise.
|
|
(
46855
) |
| 9 |
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) aggregate amount of civil defence grants to be made for the financial year 2002-03, (b) amount of grant to be paid in to each local authority and (c) criteria used to determine the allocation between authorities; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
46856
) |
| 10 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what targets for the Valuation Office Agency will be set for the year 2002-03.
|
|
(
46857
) |
| 11 |
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the results of his survey with local authorities to assess the impact of the introduction of the statutory minimum requirement for concessionary fares introduced under the Transport Act 2000.
|
|
(
46858
) |
| 12 |
Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency will publish its annual business plan.
|
|
(
46859
) |
| 13 |
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the key targets for 2002-03 for the Medical Devices Agency.
|
|
(
46860
) |
| 14 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Army Base Repair Organisation.
|
|
(
46925
) |
| 15 |
Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to announce the key targets for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for 2002-03.
|
|
(
46926
) |
| 16 |
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to pay compensation to airlines affected by the closure of US, Israeli and central London airspace following the terrorist attacks in the USA on 11th September; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
46927
) |
| 17 |
Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to consult on how to tackle poor standards amongst certain managers of property let on residential long leases; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
46928
) |
| 18 |
Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if appointments have been made to the Nursing and Midwifery and Health Professions Councils in readiness for their formal establishment on 1st April.
|
|
(
46929
) |
| 19 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets he has set for the (a) Appeals Service, (b) Disability and Carers Service and (c) Child Benefit Centre for 2002-03.
|
|
(
46930
) |
| 20 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will change the conditions for receiving Guardian's Allowance.
|
|
(
46931
) |
| 21 |
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what new schools private finance initiative projects she will support for signature in 2003-04; and if she will make a statement.
|
|
(
46932
) |
| 22 |
David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on surplus places in schools; and if she will publish the numbers and percentages of surplus places for each local education authority in England.
|
|
(
46933
) |
| 23 |
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will announce his decisions on the applications to extend the Heathrow Express and the Piccadilly Line to the proposed fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
46934
) |
| 24 |
Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the quinquennial review of the defence medical agencies; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
46935
) |
| 25 |
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the information submitted to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons about the UK's chemical protection programme.
|
|
(
46936
) |
| 26 |
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what performance targets have been set for the Defence Analytical Services Agency for 2002-03.
|
|
(
46937
) |
| 27 |
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish his Department's approach to environmental sustainability.
|
|
(
46938
) |
| 28 |
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the role of his Department's Investment Approvals Board.
|
|
(
46939
) |
| 29 |
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what key performance targets have been set for the Public Record Office Executive Agency for 2002-03.
|
|
(
47157
) |
| 30 |
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when his Department will publish the impact analysis of the discount rate change for personal injury awards from 3 per cent. and 2.5 per cent.
|
|
(
47158
) |
| 31 |
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets she has set her Department's Radiocommunications Agency for 2002-03.
|
|
(
47159
) |
| 32 |
Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will give her consent as holder of the special share to changes in the Articles of Association of BAe Systems plc and Rolls-Royce plc.
|
|
(
47160
) |
| 33 |
Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider changes to the landfill tax to support the achievement of the Government's waste policy.
|
|
(
47161
) |
| 34 |
Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she intends to distribute the waste minimisation and recycling fund.
|
|
(
47162
) |
| 35 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to pay grant to (a) provide e-voting pilots and (b) help local authorities achieve the vision of e-government set out in their implementing electronic government statements.
|
|
(
47163
) |
| 36 |
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to conduct a review of her Department's scientific and regulatory agencies.
|
|
(
47164
) |
| 37 |
Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the 2002-03 charging schemes for local air pollution control under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.
|
|
(
47165
) |
| 38 |
Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will respond to the Policy Commission's Report.
|
|
(
47166
) |
| 39 |
Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets she has set the Department's executive agency, Companies House for 2002-03.
|
|
(
47422
) |
|
