+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
| *1 |
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): What plans he has to help employees of companies affected by large scale redundancies to find new work.
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(
45011
) |
| *2 |
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): What targets he has set for reducing discrimination against older people.
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(
45012
) |
| *3 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): If he will make a statement on the Child Support Agency's achievement against performance targets in the last five years.
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(
45013
) |
| *4 |
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What assessment his Department has made of the effect the New Deal has had on youth unemployment.
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(
45014
) |
| *5 |
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): What plans he has to extend the winter heating allowance to people with disabilities.
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(
45015
) |
| *6 |
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): If he will make a statement on his proposals to reform the New Deal for the Young Unemployed.
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(
45016
) |
| *7 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): If he will make a statement on trends in the value and expected yield of pension funds since 1997.
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(
45017
) |
| *8 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What progress has been made in meeting his Department's targets on tackling benefit fraud.
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(
45018
) |
| *9 |
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): What assessment he has made as to the adequacy of pension provision in the UK.
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(
45019
) |
| *10 |
Ross Cranston (Dudley North): What plans he has to make jobcentres more responsive to the needs of those who are out of work.
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(
45020
) |
| *11 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): What plans he has to help people affected by large scale redundancies to find new work.
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(
45021
) |
| *12 |
Phil Sawford (Kettering): How many pensioners in the Kettering constituency benefit from the minimum income guarantee.
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(
45022
) |
| *13 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What his Department is doing to improve work opportunities for carers.
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(
45023
) |
| *14 |
Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): What his targets are for the reduction of benefit fraud.
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(
45025
) |
| *15 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What progress has been made in tackling housing benefit fraud; and if he will make a statement.
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(
45026
) |
| *16 |
Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans): What plans he has to encourage companies to retain existing final salaries pension schemes and to make them available to new employees; and if he will make a statement.
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(
45027
) |
| *17 |
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): What plans he has to introduce legislative proposals to tackle age discrimination.
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(
45028
) |
| *18 |
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the new pensions service in meeting the needs of pensioners.
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(
45029
) |
| *19 |
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): If he will make a statement on his plans to reform the housing benefit system.
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(
45030
) |
| *20 |
Dr John Pugh (Southport): What percentage of New Deal leavers have entered sustained unsubsidised jobs.
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(
45031
) |
| *21 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): How many of the Government's target group have taken out stakeholder pensions.
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(
45032
) |
| *22 |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): If he will make a statement on the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
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(
45033
) |
| *23 |
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What plans he has to restore the link between the basic pension and earnings.
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(
45035
) |
| *24 |
Tony Cunningham (Workington): What steps he is taking to develop his Department's strategy to help older people.
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(
45036
) |
| *25 |
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): How many people are receiving services from JobCentre Plus.
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(
45037
) |
| *26 |
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What assessment he has made of the number of people of working age who are neither working nor registered as seeking work or as benefit claimants.
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(
45038
) |
| *27 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What progress has been made in helping people with disabilities to get and keep employment.
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(
45039
) |
| *28 |
Sue Doughty (Guildford): If he will estimate how many pensioners will not receive their entitlement to pension credit in this financial year.
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(
45042
) |
| *29 |
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): How many cases of fraud there were in 2000-01 in income support.
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(
45043
) |
| *30 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): What plans he has to help people back into work in areas of acute social deprivation.
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(
45044
) |
| *31 |
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): If he will make a statement on the New Deal for Lone Parents.
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(
45045
) |
| *32 |
Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): What his Department is doing to tackle poverty among disabled people.
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(
45046
) |
| *33 |
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East): If he will make a statement on the work of action teams for jobs.
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(
45047
) |
| *34 |
Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): What steps he plans to take to increase public awareness of the state second pension; and if he will make a statement.
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(
45048
) |
| *35 |
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): How many area-based City of Westminster poverty initiatives are administered by his Department.
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(
45049
) |
| *36 |
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): If he will make a statement on the progress made in implementing the Job Centre Plus programme.
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(
45050
) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | ELECTORAL FRAUD (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL (PROGRAMME) (No.2) [Up to 45 minutes]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Reid
|
| That the following provisions shall apply to the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 10th July 2001:
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| Consideration of Lords Amendments
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| 1. Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Seven o'clock on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
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| Subsequent stages
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| 2. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
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| The Speaker will put the Question not later than 45 minutes after the commencement of proceedings (Order A (8) of 28th June 2001).
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| + 2 | ELECTORAL FRAUD (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. [Until 7.00 p.m.]
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| Proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 p.m., if the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Motion is agreed to.
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| At 7.00 p.m.
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| | OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS: CITY OF LONDON (WARD ELECTIONS) BILL: Further Consideration of Bill, as amended. (By Order). [Until any hour]
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| 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.
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| For Amendments, see Notice Paper relating to Private Business.
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| Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.
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| Third Reading may also be taken.
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| Debate may continue until any hour, if the 10.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.
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| At 10.00 p.m.
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| + | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate]
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| The Prime Minister
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| That at this day's sitting, Opposed Private Business may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).
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|
| At the end of the sitting
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| 3 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Future of Malton Hospital (Mr John Greenway).
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| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] Programming Sub-Committee (of Standing Committee A) | 6.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | Enterprise Bill Programming Sub-Committee (of Standing Committee B) | 7.00 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
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| 3 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disposal of Refrigerators Sub-Committee | 2.45 p.m.
3.00 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Disposal of Refrigerators. |
| Witness: Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister of State (Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 4 | Health | 3.45 p.m. | Room 8 (private) |
| 5 | Public Accounts | 4.00 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: The Management of Surplus Property by Trusts in the NHS in England. |
| Witnesses: Mr Nigel Crisp, Permanent Secretary and NHS Chief Executive, and Mr Peter Wearmouth, Chief Executive, NHS Estates, Department of Health. |
| 6 | Science and Technology | 4.00 p.m.4.15 p.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Science Education from 14 to 19. |
| Witnesses: Ralph Levinson, Institute of Education, Claire Matterson, Wellcome Trust, Dr Jerry Ravetz, and Dr Jon Turney, University College London; Dr Stuart Brown, University of Nottingham Medical School, Professor Ian Haines, UK Deans of Science Committee, and Professor Tom Ruxton, Engineering Professors' Council (at 4.50 p.m.); Vicki Garson, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Alan Hanslip, Octel Corp, Graham Speechley, Benteler Automotive UK, and Erica Tyson, Rolls Royce, (at 5.25 p.m.). |
| 7 | Information | 4.30 p.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 8 | Human Rights | 4.30 p.m. | Room 3a (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
