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.
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Second Reading
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London Development Agency Bill. (By Order.)
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| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills |
| *1 |
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): If she will make a statement on trends in school funding since 1997.
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(
64395
) |
| *2 |
Roger Casale (Wimbledon): What additional assistance she plans to give to education authorities to accommodate demand for places in individual primary schools which are heavily over-subscribed.
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(
64396
) |
| *3 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): Pursuant to her Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 579W, to the honourable Member for Winchester, what monitoring systems she has put in place to measure the effect of the additional funding for the FE sector on recruitment and retention of staff.
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(
64398
) |
| *4 |
Julia Drown (South Swindon): What steps she is taking to increase numbers of students in higher education.
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(
64399
) |
| *5 |
Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): What assessment she has made of the impact of educational maintenance allowances.
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(
64400
) |
| *6 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): If she will make a statement about the level of violence in schools.
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(
64401
) |
| *7 |
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): If she will make a statement on her Department's policies regarding travel to school.
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(
64402
) |
| *8 |
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): If she will make a statement on the number of teacher vacancies.
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(
64403
) |
| *9 |
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): What assessment she has made of the impact of redundancies on medical academics in London medical schools on the training of medical students.
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(
64404
) |
| *10 |
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What progress has been made with increasing the amount of information technology in schools since 1997.
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(
64405
) |
| *11 |
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): When she next plans to discuss the provision of special needs education in Gloucestershire with the local education authority.
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(
64406
) |
| *12 |
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): Based on benchmark tables as defined in the Autumn Package, 2001, how many of Kent and Medway's grammar schools fall in the bottom quartile of performance expectations of schools; and how many would be expected to fall in that bottom quartile if they performed to the average level of grammar school performance.
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(
64407
) |
| *13 |
Andy Burnham (Leigh): If she will make a statement about future resources for the further education sector.
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(
64408
) |
| *14 |
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If she will make a statement on the monies owed to course-providers following the closure of the individual learning account scheme.
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(
64409
) |
| *15 |
Sue Doughty (Guildford): If she wil make a statement on the provision of neighbourhood nurseries under the Neighbourhood Nursery Initiative.
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(
64410
) |
| *16 |
Gillian Merron (Lincoln): What steps she is taking to support links between schools and business.
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(
64411
) |
| *17 |
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): What was (a) the average amount in England assessed under the SSA to spend on each child's education and (b) the average SSA figure per child in Cornwall in the last year for which figures are available.
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(
64412
) |
| *18 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If she will make a statement on the development of the Excellence in Cities programme.
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(
64413
) |
| *19 |
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): If she will make a statement on provision for schooling of children with autism.
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(
64414
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| *20 |
Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): What assessment she has made of Birmingham LEA's proposals for a collegiate academy.
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(
64415
) |
| *21 |
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): What action she is taking to improve the regulation of after-school clubs.
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(
64416
) |
| *22 |
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): What measures she is taking to increase basic literacy and numeracy skills for adults.
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(
64417
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| *23 |
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps she is taking to improve recruitment and retention of further education lecturers.
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(
64418
) |
| *24 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What plans there are to improve the provision of childcare places for the under-fives.
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(
64419
) |
| *25 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent assessment she has made on the impact of disciplinary problems on standards in schools.
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(
64420
) |
| *26 |
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): What recent assessment she has made of the standard of teaching of science in secondary schools.
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(
64421
) |
| *27 |
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): If she will make a statement on the long-term social and economic costs of truancy, particularly in communities of high deprivation.
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(
64422
) |
| *28 |
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): If she will make a statement on funding for schools education.
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(
64423
) |
| *29 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When she next expects to meet governors of state primary schools to discuss the burden of paperwork.
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(
64424
) |
| *30 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What action she proposes to reduce the level of truanting taking place with parental consent.
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(
64425
) |
| *31 |
Patsy Calton (Cheadle): If she will make a statement on the future of funding for schools education.
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(
64426
) |
| *32 |
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): What plans she has to consult with universities over the new system of student support.
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(
64427
) |
| *33 |
Patrick Mercer (Newark): When she intends to publish a consultation document outlining options for a new system of student support; and if she will make a statement.
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(
64428
) |
| *34 |
Colin Burgon (Elmet): How much money has been allocated for new school buildings and renovations in the current financial year; and if she will make a statement.
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(
64429
) |
| Oral Questions to the Solicitor General |
| *35 |
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): If she will make a statement on the level of successful prosecutions by the Crown Prosecution Service over the last 12 months.
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(
64430
) |
| *36 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): How many cases have been referred since 1997 to the Attorney General for review of allegedly inadequate sentences.
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(
64431
) |
| *37 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What progress has been made in granting access by the victims of crime to prosecution barristers.
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(
64432
) |
| *38 |
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): How many prosecutions were abandoned before trial in the last year for which figures are available.
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(
64433
) |
| *39 |
Julia Drown (South Swindon): What steps she is taking to ensure CPS lawyers have the skills to prosecute successfully in rape trials.
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(
64434
) |
| *40 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): If she will make a statement on the use of IT in the Crown Prosecution Service.
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(
64435
) |
| *41 |
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What plans she has (a) to give the CPS a greater role in the investigatory stage of cases and (b) to encourage it to assess the evidence earlier.
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(
64436
) |
| *42 |
Tony Cunningham (Workington): What her policy is on taking the views of the family of victims into account when deciding whether to prosecute following a death in police custody.
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(
64438
) |
| *43 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When she next expects to meet the CPS to discuss youth justice.
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(
64439
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
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| 1 | WASTE (No. 2) [No debate]
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| Mr Desmond Swayne
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| Bill to grant additional powers to local authorities in England and Wales for the enforcement of controls and for the prosecution of offences relating to the unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal of waste and the transporting of controlled waste without registering; to amend the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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Main Business |
| + 2 | FINANCE BILL: Not amended in the Committee and as amended in the Standing Committee, to be further considered. [Until any hour]
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| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
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| Third Reading may also be taken.
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| Debate may continue until any hour (Standing Order No. 15 and Order of 24th June).
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| + 3 | INVESTIGATORY POWERS [No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Blunkett
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| That the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Code of Practice) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 10th June, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 4 | INVESTIGATORY POWERS [No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Blunkett
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| That the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance: Code of Practice) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 10th June, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 5 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE [No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Milburn
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| That the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 101) (HC 942), on Personal Social Services Performance Grant for 2002-03, which was laid before this House on 19th June, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 6 | GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS [No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Prescott
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| That the draft Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Trading Fund (Variation) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 19th June, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 7 | PUBLIC TRUSTEE (LIABILITY AND FEES) BILL [LORDS] [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
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| That, during the proceedings on the Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill [Lords], the Standing Committee on the Bill shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it shall meet.
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| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting
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| 8 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Care homes in Kent (Miss Ann Widdecombe).
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| 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).
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COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 9.55 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the National Care Standards Commission (Children's Rights Director) Regulations (S.I., 2002, No. 1250). |
| 2 | Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Pathogens Access Appeal Commission (Procedure) Rules 2002 and the draft Court of Appeal (Appeals from Pathogens Access Appeal Commission) Rules 2002. |
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| 3 | Public Administration | 9.45 a.m.
10.00 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Civil Service Issues. |
| Witness: Sir Andrew Turnbull KCB CVO, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury. |
| 4 | Treasury | 9.45 a.m.
10.00 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: UK and the IMF. |
| Witness: Mr Horst Kohler, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund. |
| 5 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.30 a.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 6 | Welsh Affairs | 10.30 a.m. | Room 18 (private) |
| 7 | Environmental Audit | 10.45 a.m.
11.00 a.m. | Room 20 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Buying Time for Forests. |
| Witness: Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 8 | Education and Skills | 1.30 p.m. | The Wilson Room,
Portcullis House
(private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 9 | Draft Communications Bill | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Draft Communications Bill. |
| Witnesses: Scottish Media Group; Daily Mail and General Trust, and Associated Newspapers (at approximately 10.45 a.m.); Trinity Mirror and News International (at approximately 11.15 a.m.); Newspaper Society (at approximately 11.45 a.m.). |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
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Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 3rd July for answer today++
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| 1 |
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to intervene in Hull Council; and if he will make a statement.
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(
67579
) |
| 2 |
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has set a tariff in the case of Harold Shipman.
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(
67644
) |
| 3 |
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if a decision has been made about the future location of the Wolvercote Clinic; and if he will make a statement on the provision of residential treatment of sex offenders living in the community.
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(
67645
) |
| 4 |
Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Government's response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report of Session 2001-02 on stem cell research.
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|
(
67646
) |
| 5 |
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on when it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to support officially a plea for clemency on compassionate grounds from a British national imprisoned overseas.
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(
67699
) |
| 6 |
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Pickering Report on pensions simplification will be published.
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(
67724
) |
| 7 |
Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28th November 2001, Official Report, column 992W, on the UK Atomic Energy Authority, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear liabilities will be published.
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|
(
67725
) |
| 8 |
Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an announcement about the Wye Navigation Order.
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|
(
68018
) |
Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 10.30 am to consider the Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill [Lords].
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| Standing Committee B will meet on Thursday 11th July at 9.00 am and 2.30 pm further to consider Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill.
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| The Scottish Grand Committee will meet on Wednesday 10th July at 10.30 am to consider the matter of the impact of the Government's policies in promoting social inclusion in Scotland.
|
| European Standing Committee B will meet on Monday 8th July at 4.30 pm to consider European Union Document No. 7727/2/02, relating to world summit for sustainable development and European Union Document No. 6863/02, relating to `poverty diseases'.
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| European Standing Committee C will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 4.30 pm to consider European Union Documents Nos. 11576/01 and 11496/01, relating to genetically modified food and feed.
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| European Standing Committee C will meet on Wednesday 10th July at 10.30 am to consider European Union Document No. 7430/02, relating to working conditions for temporary workers.
|
| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 8th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Freedom of Information (Designation of Persons as Public Authorities) Order 2002.
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| The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 8th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2002 and the draft Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2002.
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| The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 8th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft State Pension Credit Regulations 2002.
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| The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 8th July at 4.30 pm to consider section 5 of the European Communities Act 1993.
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| The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 10.30 am to consider the draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
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| The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 10.30 am to consider the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1223).
|
| The Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2002.
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| The Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 9th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) Order 2002 and the draft Child Support (Temporary Compensation Payment Scheme) (Modification and Amendment) Regulations 2002.
|
| The Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 10th July at 4.30 pm to consider the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 102) (HC 943), on Children's Services (Quality Protects) Special Grants for 2001-02 and 2002-03 and the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 104) (HC 1005) on Children's Services Quality Protects Adoption and Performance Taskforce Special Grant for 2002-03.
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| The Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 10th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations 2002.
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| The Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 10th July at 4.30 pm to consider the draft Caribbean Development Bank (Further Payments) Order 2002 and the draft African Development Fund (Additional Subscriptions) Order 2002.
|
| The Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 11th July at 9.55 am to consider the draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, the draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and the draft Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
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| The Thirteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 11th July at 4.30 pm to consider the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 92) (HC 877) on Special Grants for Asylum Seekers Support (Adults and Families of Asylum Seekers) for 1999-2000 and the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 99) (HC 878) on Special Grants for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children for 2002-03.
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