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 Northern Ireland |
| *1 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of the 11-plus in Northern Ireland.
|
|
|
(
89176
) |
| *2 |
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discusions he has held with Northern Ireland party leaders about the future of the devolved institutions.
|
|
|
(
89177
) |
| *3 |
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further progress has been made towards the implementation of outstanding elements of the Good Friday Agreement.
|
|
|
(
89178
) |
| *4 |
Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to help the victims of crime in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
89179
) |
| *5 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on recent progress on decisions taken at the Weston Park conference.
|
|
|
(
89181
) |
| *6 |
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had on the prospects for re-establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly.
|
|
|
(
89182
) |
| *7 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the decommissioning of arms and explosives by paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.
|
|
|
(
89183
) |
| *8 |
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has held with Northern Ireland party leaders about the future of the devolved institutions.
|
|
|
(
89184
) |
| *9 |
Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had on the prospects for re-establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly.
|
|
|
(
89185
) |
| *10 |
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had on devolved power being reinstated in Northern Ireland.
|
|
|
(
89186
) |
| *11 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received about punishment beatings in Northern Ireland.
|
|
|
(
89187
) |
| *12 |
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research his Department has carried out into the impact of regulations on small businesses in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
89188
) |
| *13 |
David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he has received the final report from Sir John Chilcott on the break-in at Castlereagh RUC station on 17th March 2002; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
89189
) |
| *14 |
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the current security situation in Northern Ireland.
|
|
|
(
89190
) |
| Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.
| *Q1 |
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8th January.
|
|
(
89191
) |
| *Q2 |
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
|
|
(
89192
) |
| *Q3 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):
|
|
(
89193
) |
| *Q4 |
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):
|
|
(
89194
) |
| *Q5 |
Patsy Calton (Cheadle):
|
|
(
89195
) |
| *Q6 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):
|
|
(
89196
) |
| *Q7 |
Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):
|
|
(
89197
) |
| *Q8 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):
|
|
(
89198
) |
| *Q9 |
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):
|
|
(
89200
) |
| *Q10 |
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):
|
|
(
89201
) |
| *Q11 |
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): what recent discussions he has had with President Bush concerning world peace.
|
|
(
89202
) |
| *Q12 |
David Hamilton (Midlothian):
|
|
(
89203
) |
| *Q13 |
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):
|
|
(
89204
) |
| *Q14 |
Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):
|
|
(
89205
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| 1 | HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK (OFFENCES) [No debate]
|
| |
| Bill to make provision about the prosecution and punishment of offences which are, or are treated as being, offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 or the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969.
|
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
|
|
Main Business |
| 2 | OPPOSITION DAY [1st Allotted Day] [Until 7.00 p.m.]
|
| | FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
|
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Dr Liam Fox
Mr Simon Burns
Tim Loughton
Mr John Baron
Chris Grayling
|
| That this House welcomes the principle of Foundation Hospitals as a means of improving and enhancing patient care and giving hospitals the opportunity to operate free from political and ministerial interference; regrets the timidity of the Government, which is restricting applications for Foundation status solely to those hospitals enjoying 3-star status; fears that this restriction will create a two-tier health service, to the detriment of patients and staff, and therefore urges the Government to allow all hospitals to bid for Foundation status; calls for clarification of contradictions between ministerial statements and guidance contained in the Department of Health's `A Guide to NHS Foundation Trusts, December 2002' about how Foundation Hospitals are intended to operate; and further calls on the Government to resolve widely publicised ministerial differences, which are likely to deter hospitals from seeking Foundation status.
|
| As Amendments to Mr Iain Duncan Smith's proposed Motion (Foundation Hospitals):
|
| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Dr Evan Harris
Mrs Patsy Calton
Mr Paul Marsden
Mr Andrew Stunell
|
| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `is appalled by the over-centralisation of NHS management in Whitehall and the attempted micro-management of health services by the Government which distorts resource allocation and clinical priorities; notes that more diversity of providers of NHS care, free at the point of delivery, paid for by general taxation, available to all regardless of the ability to pay, would be welcome, provided that such changes are instigated at a local level; therefore believes that the Government's plans for Foundation Hospitals are deeply flawed as they are imposed centrally, based on discredited and meaningless political star-rating measures, do not provide genuine freedom from the Government's target-based approach and are liable to be divisive because of the financial rewards and freedoms available only to a few trusts; and further believes that genuine decentralisation would involve devolution of revenue-raising powers, commissioning and strategic decision-making to democratically-accountable regional and local NHS bodies.'.
|
| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Robin Cook
Ms Secretary Hewitt
Mr Secretary Milburn
|
| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `welcomes the principle of NHS Foundation Trusts as part of the Government's wider programme to improve services for NHS patients; believes that NHS Foundation Trusts must be part of the National Health Service providing care to NHS patients according to NHS principles and subject to NHS standards and inspection; further believes that there should be no arbitrary cap on the numbers of NHS Foundation Trusts and that all NHS hospitals should get the help, support or intervention they need to improve; recognises that extra resources for the health service are delivering improved services for NHS patients and have to be matched with reforms so that standards in the NHS are national but control is local; supports the Government's efforts to devolve power to frontline services and to strengthen accountability to local communities; and rejects any proposal to introduce top-up vouchers for private treatment, tax subsidies for private medical insurance or cuts in public spending of 20 per cent. in view of the inevitable impact that such policies would have on NHS patients including those treated in NHS Foundation Trusts.'.
|
| The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
|
| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting
|
| 3 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Autism services (Mrs Patsy Calton).
|
| Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 29th October 2002).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Standing Committee B (Programming Sub-Committee) (Criminal Justice Bill) | 3.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | Standing Committee G (Programming Sub-Committee) (Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill) | 6.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 3 | Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 2850). |
|
| 4 | Education and Skills | 9.00 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 5 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 9.15 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 6 | Regulatory Reform and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions (Joint Meeting) | 9.30 a.m.
9.35 a.m. | Room 19 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Regulatory Reform (Housing Management Agreements) Order 2003. |
| Witnesses: Mr Tony McNulty MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Mr David Green, Policy Adviser, Sarah Millington, Legal Adviser, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
| 7 | European Scrutiny | 10.00 a.m. | Room 18 (private) |
| 8 | Procedure | 10.00 a.m. | Room 16 (private) |
| 9 | Selection | 2.15 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 10 | Defence | 2.30 p.m. | Room 15 (private) |
| 11 | Work and Pensions | 2.30 p.m. | Conference Room E, 7 Millbank (private) |
| 12 | Modernisation of the House of Commons | 3.30 p.m. | Room 16 (private) |
| 13 | Transport | 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Overcrowding on Public Transport. |
| Witnesses: PTE Group; Rail Passengers Council (at approximately 4.40 p.m.); London Transport Users Group (at approximately 5.20 p.m.). |
| 14 | Environmental Audit | 4.00 p.m. | Room 20 (private) |
| 15 | Trade and Industry | 4.00 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 16 | Welsh Affairs | 4.00 p.m. | Room 18 (private) |
| 17 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 4.15 p.m. | Room 19 (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
| Written Ministerial Statements to be made today |
| 1 | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Fixed odds betting machines. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for Defence: MoD review of six principal service museums. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Defence: METEOR air-to-air missile. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Financial Management and Policy Review of the Commons Commissioners. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Home Department: United Kingdom immigration control. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Home Department: New independent member of the Board of the Central Police Training and Development Authority (CENTREX). |
| 7 | Secretary of State for Health: 2003-04 to 2005-06 National Health Service capital allocations. |
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