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.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland |
| *1 |
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): What recent discussions she has had with Postcomm regarding deregulation of postal services in Scotland.
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(
65298
) |
| *2 |
Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld & Kilsyth): What steps she is taking to ensure that Scottish women's views are fully represented in the debate on the Future of Europe.
|
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(
65300
) |
| *3 |
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): If she will make a statement on the impact on the Scottish economy of the Common Agricultural Policy in the last 12 months.
|
|
|
(
65299
) |
| *4 |
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): If she will make a statement on the reform of postal services in Scotland.
|
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|
(
65301
) |
| *5 |
Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): What steps she is taking to represent Scottish interests in connection with the Convention on the Future of Europe.
|
|
|
(
65302
) |
| *6 |
Patrick Mercer (Newark): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the future of Scottish regiments.
|
|
|
(
65303
) |
| *7 |
Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): If she will take steps to stop (a) the women empowering women scheme and (b) other pyramid selling.
|
|
|
(
65304
) |
| *8 |
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): What action is being taken against employers in Scotland who are failing to pay the national minimum wage.
|
|
|
(
65305
) |
| *9 |
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): How many jobs in Scotland are (a) directly and (b) indirectly related to the defence industry.
|
|
|
(
65306
) |
| *10 |
Eric Joyce (Falkirk West): If she will estimate the number of potential defence related jobs in Scotland in connection with the two planned UK aircraft carrier contracts.
|
|
|
(
65307
) |
| *11 |
Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): What steps are being taken to ensure the enforcement of the national minimum wage in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65308
) |
| *12 |
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): What discussions she has held with the Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority about the future of the Waverley Line from Edinburgh to Carlisle.
|
|
|
(
65309
) |
| *13 |
Mr John Taylor (Solihull): If she will make a statement on the future of nuclear energy provision in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65310
) |
| *14 |
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the implications for Scotland of the future of Scottish regiments.
|
|
|
(
65311
) |
| *15 |
Mr Iain Luke (Dundee East): When she last met CBI Scotland to discuss enterprise in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65312
) |
| *16 |
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive on cross border road links, with special reference to the A1.
|
|
|
(
65313
) |
| *17 |
Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): What recent meetings she has had with business and industrial leaders regarding the impact on Scotland of the United Kingdom joining the euro.
|
|
|
(
65314
) |
| *18 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): When she plans to make a statement on the consultation process on the size of the Scottish Parliament.
|
|
|
(
65315
) |
| *19 |
John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): What assessment she has made of the ability of Scotland's airport infrastructure to keep up with projected growth in passenger numbers.
|
|
|
(
65316
) |
| *20 |
Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): If she will make a statement on the action being taken to seize the assets of drug barons in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65317
) |
| *21 |
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): If she will make a statement on the European Common Fisheries Policy as it affects Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65318
) |
| *22 |
Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire): What progress has been made in securing the payment of compensation to asbestosis victims in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65319
) |
| *23 |
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If she will make a statement on the recent performance of the manufacturing industry in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
65320
) |
| *24 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): Pursuant to the oral Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 708, on oil and gas taxation, what action she has taken to investigate the procedures for subcontracting work in the oil industry.
|
|
|
(
65321
) |
| *25 |
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): When she next plans to meet representatives from credit unions in Scotland to discuss financial exclusion.
|
|
|
(
65322
) |
| Oral Questions to the Advocate General |
| *26 |
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): What the purpose was of her recent official visit to Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
|
|
|
(
65323
) |
| *27 |
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): How many devolution issues she has dealt with in the last month.
|
|
|
(
65324
) |
| *28 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What devolution issues have been raised with her since 11th June under the Scotland Act 1998.
|
|
|
(
65325
) |
| *29 |
John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): How many devolution issues she has been involved in, in the last month.
|
|
|
(
65326
) |
| *30 |
Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): What role she has in relation to challenges which are alleged to be contraventions of European law.
|
|
|
(
65327
) |
| *31 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What representations she has received in the previous month relating to possible breaches of rights within the scope of the European Convention on Human Rights.
|
|
|
(
65328
) |
| *32 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): What devolution issues have been raised with her since 11th June.
|
|
|
(
65329
) |
| *33 |
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): What devolution issues have been raised since 11th June under the Scotland Act 1998.
|
|
|
(
65330
) |
| *34 |
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): What devolution issues have been raised since 11th June under the Scotland Act 1998.
|
|
|
(
65331
) |
| *35 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): What devolution issues have been raised since 11th June under the Scotland Act 1998.
|
|
|
(
65332
) |
| Oral Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department |
| *36 |
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden): When the 1901 online census service will be fully functional.
|
|
|
(
65333
) |
| *37 |
Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): What plans he has to propose reforms to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords.
|
|
|
(
65334
) |
| *38 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet members of the lay magistracy to discuss the administration of justice in rural areas.
|
|
|
(
65335
) |
| *39 |
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): If he will make a statement on the development of IT systems within his Department.
|
|
|
(
65336
) |
| *40 |
Mr George Osborne (Tatton): When he will announce his decision on the proposed closure of Knutsford Crown Court.
|
|
|
(
65338
) |
| *41 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): What plans he has to implement the proposals in Making Decisions; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
65339
) |
| *42 |
Vera Baird (Redcar): If he will take steps to draw the attention of the Judicial Studies Board to the comments about rape trials made in the HMIC/CPSI Thematic Report on rape; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
65340
) |
| *43 |
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley): What progress has been made with the review of the law relating to transsexuals; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
65341
) |
| *44 |
Mr Chris Bryant (Rhondda): What plans he has to make copies of the marked electoral register more widely available.
|
|
|
(
65342
) |
| *45 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on the Interdepartmental Working Group on Transsexual People.
|
|
|
(
65343
) |
| *46 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): If he will make a statement on his review of Under High Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs and Sheriffs' High Court enforcement functions.
|
|
|
(
65344
) |
| *47 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): Pursuant to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 713W, on wigs, if he intends to canvass the views of all members of the legal profession in connection with his review of court dress.
|
|
|
(
65345
) |
| *48 |
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): What measures he is taking to protect people with mental incapacity in the courts system.
|
|
|
(
65346
) |
| Oral Questions to the President of the Council, the honourable Member answering for the House of Commons Commission and the Chairman of the Finance and Services Committee |
| *49 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on arrangements for receiving members of the public at the House.
|
|
|
(
65349
) |
| *50 |
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to propose to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons that there should be time limits on speeches in all debates in the House.
|
|
|
(
65350
) |
| *51 |
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to present proposals to improve scrutiny of government legislation.
|
|
|
(
65351
) |
| *52 |
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to ensure that more Bills in the next session are subject to pre-legislative scrutiny.
|
|
|
(
65352
) |
| *53 |
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on arrangements made between the Transport Office and the House of Commons Commission in relation to the purchase price of airline tickets.
|
|
|
(
65353
) |
| *54 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Procedure Committee on parliamentary questions.
|
|
|
(
65354
) |
| *55 |
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to ensure that more Bills in the next session are subject to pre-legislative scrutiny.
|
|
|
(
65355
) |
| *56 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, when the Privy Council last met; and if he will make a statement on arrangements for convening meetings of the Privy Council.
|
|
|
(
65356
) |
| *57 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to ensure more Bills in the next Queen's Speech are subject to pre-legislative scrutiny.
|
|
|
(
65357
) |
| *58 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the President of the Council, what discussions he has had with representatives of peers about when they will confirm their membership of the Joint Committee on the Future of the House of Lords.
|
|
|
(
65358
) |
| *59 |
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the President of the Council, what assessment he has made of the impact of programming motions on the number of amendments to Bills discussed.
|
|
|
(
65359
) |
| *60 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the President of the Council, what further proposals he plans to put before the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons on working hours of the House.
|
|
|
(
65360
) |
| *61 |
Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment he has made of the new visitors' facility in Westminster Hall; and what plans he has to extend the facilities further.
|
|
|
(
65361
) |
| *62 |
Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the President of the Council, what assessment he has made of the Westminster Hall experiment; and what plans he has to develop the experiment.
|
|
|
(
65362
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| 1 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTERS (RESTRICTIONS ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS) (No. 2) [No debate]
|
| Mr Desmond Swayne
|
| Bill to permit a local planning authority to decline to determine an application for the development of telecommunications transmission antennae in certain circumstances.
|
| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
|
| Ten minute rule Motion
|
| 2 | EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL (PROTECTION) [Up to 20 minutes]
|
| Mr Bill Etherington
|
| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make it an offence to assault, intimidate or otherwise interfere with emergency services personnel in the execution of their duties; 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 | POLICE REFORM BILL [LORDS]: (PROGRAMME) (No. 2) [Up to 45 minutes]
|
| Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Blunkett
|
| That pursuant to the report [25th June 2002] from Standing Committee A, the Order of 7th May 2002 (Police Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme)) shall be varied as follows:
|
| Consideration and Third Reading
|
| 1. Paragraph 4 of the Order (consideration and Third Reading) shall be omitted.
|
| 2. (1) Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be concluded in one and a half days.
|
|
(2) Proceedings on consideration shall be taken on each of those days as shown in the first column in the following Table and shall be taken in the order so shown, and each part of the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the table.
|
| Table |
Proceedings
| Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| First day (half day) |
| New Clauses, New Schedules, and Amendments relating to Part 3, New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments relating to Chapter 2 of Part 4 and New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments relating to Parts 5 to 7. | Seven o'clock or three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order, whichever is later.
|
| New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments relating to Part 1. | Six o'clock or, if that day is a Thursday, Three o'clock. |
| New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments relating to Part 2 and Chapter 1 of Part 4. | Nine o'clock or, if that day is a Thursday, Six o'clock. |
|
(3) Proceedings on Third Reading (so far as not previously concluded) shall 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.
|
| The Speaker will put the Question not later than 45 minutes after the commencement of the proceedings (Order A(8) of 28th June 2001).
|
| + 4 | POLICE REFORM BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered (1st allotted day).
|
| For Amendments, see separate paper.
|
| Proceedings on the Bill shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 p.m. or three hours after commencement of proceedings on the Police Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) Motion, whichever is the later, if that Motion is agreed to.
|
| | OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS [Up to 3 hours]
|
| | MERSEY TUNNELS BILL: Second Reading (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.
|
| Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.
|
| Debate may continue for up to three hours (Order of 1st July).
|
| At the end of the sitting
|
| 5 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: GM crops (Eric Joyce).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Standing Committee A | 10.30 a.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the Public Trustee (Liaibility and Fees) Bill [Lords]. |
| 2 | European Standing Committee C | 4.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider EU Documents Nos. 11576/01 and 11496/01 relating to Genetically Modified Food and Feed. |
| 3 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 10.30 a.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2002. |
| 4 | Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 10.30 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1223). |
| 5 | Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2202. |
| 6 | Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| 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. |
|
| 7 | Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | 9.45 a.m. | Room 16 (private) |
| 8 | Treasury | 10.00 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 9 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.30 a.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 10 | International Development | 10.30 a.m. | Room 5 (private) |
| 11 | Trade and Industry | 10.45 a.m.
11.00 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Nuclear Liabilities Management Authority. |
| Witnesses: British Nuclear Industry Forum; Greenpeace (at approximately 11.45 a.m.); Friends of the Earth (at approximately 12.25 p.m.). |
| 12 | Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Draft Local Government Bill. |
| Witnesses: SOLACE; Institute of Housing (at approximately 4.45 p.m.); Gerry Stoker and Tony Travers (at approximately 5.15 p.m.). |
| 13 | Trade and Industry | 4.00 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Nuclear Liabilities Management Authority. |
| Witnesses: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; Professor Gordon MacKerron (at approximately 4.50 p.m.); Department of Trade and Industry (at approximately 5.25 p.m.); British Nuclear Fuels Limited (at approximately 6.10 p.m.). |
| 14 | Statutory Instruments | Immediately after the JCSI meeting | Room 7 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEES |
| 15 | House of Lords Reform | 10.30 a.m. | Room 20 (private) |
| Subject: To elect Chairman and consider course of proceedings. |
| 16 | Statutory Instruments | 4.15 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
|
| Public Accounts Commission | 4.00 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The National Audit Office's Corporate Plan for 2003-04 to 2005-06. |
| Witnesses: Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Officials of the National Audit Office. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
| |
|
| |
Written Questions tabled on Monday 8th July for answer today++
|
| 1 |
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Youth Justice Board will publish its annual review for 2001-02.
|
|
(
68764
) |
| 2 |
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when his Department will publish guidance on the better management and preparation of development plans.
|
|
(
68765
) |
| 3 |
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to pay grant to local authorities under Round 4 of the Invest to Save Budget and under the Local Government On-line Programme.
|
|
(
68860
) |
| 4 |
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether a decision has been taken to authorise the replacement of the existing ozone-depleting CFC-based air conditioning chillers at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre with a new refrigerant system.
|
|
(
68861
) |
| 5 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue department's Vote on Account provision for 2002-03 will be sufficient to finance spending until Royal Assent to the Appropriation Act later this summer.
|
|
(
68862
) |
| 6 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the British Trade and Cultural Office, Taipei, has concluded a Double Taxation Agreement with the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom.
|
|
(
68863
) |
| 7 |
Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the 2002-03 to 2003-04 Expenditure Plans for his Department.
|
|
(
68864
) |
| 8 |
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Tenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit.
|
|
(
69001
) |
| 9 |
Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the levels of departmental spending.
|
|
(
69035
) |
| 10 |
Chris Mole (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on how successful the UK has been in attracting inward investment.
|
|
(
69036
) |
| 11 |
Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the next programme of inspections for the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate.
|
|
(
69184
) |
|
