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 Culture, Media and Sport |
| *1 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What recent advice she has given to Historic Royal Palaces regarding the imposition of charges to the public.
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(
129551
) |
| *2 |
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): Whether it is the policy of the Government to seek to legislate to permit certain mind sports to be recognised as sports for the purpose of receiving National Lottery funding.
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|
|
(
129552
) |
| *3 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): If she will make a statement on the most recent funding settlement from the Arts Council for the performing arts in the regions.
|
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|
(
129553
) |
| *4 |
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): If she will make a statement on Government-funded provision for athletics in the North East.
|
|
|
(
129554
) |
| *5 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If she will make an assessment of the criteria used by the Lottery funding bodies to distribute their resources to applicants.
|
|
|
(
129555
) |
| *6 |
Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): What benefits for UK regions she estimates will accrue from the London Olympics bid.
|
|
|
(
129556
) |
| *7 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): What responsibilities the Government has regarding the availability of (a) analogue and (b) digital television services in Greenock and Inverclyde.
|
|
|
(
129557
) |
| *8 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What arrangements are in place to promote (a) England and (b) Britain overseas as tourist destinations.
|
|
|
(
129558
) |
| *9 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): If she will make a statement on the (a) governance, (b) independence and (c) accountability of the BBC.
|
|
|
(
129559
) |
| *10 |
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): If she will make a statement on her policy on rate relief for amateur sports clubs.
|
|
|
(
129561
) |
| *11 |
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): What discussions she has had with (a) ITV, (b) Channel 4, (c) Channel 5 and (d) BSkyB regarding their policy on free to view access to their services on digital satellite television.
|
|
|
(
129562
) |
| *12 |
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): If she will make a statement on the protection of the architectural aesthetic views of historic buildings not covered by existing regulations and planning legislation.
|
|
|
(
129563
) |
| *13 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What assistance has been provided by her Department in protecting the antiquities of Mesopotamia.
|
|
|
(
129564
) |
| *14 |
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): What steps she is taking to increase the number of subtitled films screened in the UK.
|
|
|
(
129565
) |
| *15 |
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): When she expects to announce the name of the Chief Executive Officer of the 2012 London Olympic bid; and if she will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
129566
) |
| *16 |
Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): What assessment has been made of the number of (a) domestic and (b) overseas tourists in England this summer.
|
|
|
(
129567
) |
| *17 |
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What her estimate is of the switch-off date for analogue television; and if she will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
129568
) |
| *18 |
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): If she will make a statement on the committee structure for London's 2012 Olympic bid.
|
|
|
(
129569
) |
| *19 |
Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): What discussions her Department has had with Regional Development Agencies on their progress in co-ordinating regional tourism strategies.
|
|
|
(
129570
) |
| *20 |
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If she will make a statement on the Office of Fair Trading's proposals on the British horseracing industry.
|
|
|
(
129571
) |
| Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, and the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners |
| *21 |
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Committee has had with the Electoral Commission on the use of marked electoral registers in political campaigning.
|
|
|
(
129572
) |
| *22 |
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have set or intend to set a requirement relating to sexual orientation for any of their employees in non-proselytising roles; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
129573
) |
| *23 |
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with regard to access to churches and church buildings.
|
|
|
(
129574
) |
| *24 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make a statement on the Commission's assessment of measures necessary for the prevention of intimidation of postal voters.
|
|
|
(
129575
) |
| *25 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what provision is made to assist stakeholders interested in local government and boundary reviews to obtain information to help them to make submissions to the Boundary Committee; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
129576
) |
| *26 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church Commissioners have made to the Government about the public financial support available to cathedrals.
|
|
|
(
129577
) |
| *27 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Church's income came from collections in the last five financial years.
|
|
|
(
129578
) |
| *28 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Commission will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of holding local and national elections on a Sunday.
|
|
|
(
129579
) |
| *29 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make a statement on the rights of disabled voters to vote by proxy.
|
|
|
(
129580
) |
| *30 |
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the privacy of data concerning votes cast electronically in elections; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
129581
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | WATER BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)
[No debate]
|
| Secretary Margaret Beckett
Mr Peter Hain
|
| That the programme order of 8th September 2003 in relation to the Water Bill [Lords] be amended by the substitution in paragraph (2) (time for conclusion of proceedings in Standing Committee) for the words `Tuesday 21st October' of the words `Thursday 23rd October'.
|
| To be decided without debate (Orders of 28th June 2001 and 29th October 2002).
|
| + 2 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 4)
[No debate]
|
| Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Peter Hain
|
| That the following provisions shall apply to the Local Government Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 7th January 2003, 28th January 2003 and 25th February 2003:
|
| Consideration of Lords Amendments
|
| 1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption at this day's sitting.
|
| 2. Those proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table, and each part of those proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time shown in the second column.
|
| Lords amendments
| Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| Nos. 3, 6, 19 and 20 | 2½ hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order |
| Nos. 1 and 2, 4 and 5, 7 to 18 and 21 to 56 | The moment of interruption |
| Subsequent stages
|
| 3. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question put.
|
| 4. 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.
|
| To be decided without debate (Orders of 28th June 2001 and 29th October 2002).
|
| + 3 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. (Queen's Consent to be signified.)
[Until 10.00 p.m.]
|
| For Motions and Amendments relating to Lords Amendments, see separate Paper.
|
| Proceedings shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 p.m., if the Local Government Bill (Programme) (No. 4) Motion is agreed to.
|
| + 4 | NORTHERN IRELAND
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003, which was laid before this House on 3rd July, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 5 | MARITIME TRANSPORT SECURITY
[No debate]
|
| |
| That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 8566/03, Commission Communication on enhancing maritime transport security and draft Regulation on enhancing ship and port facility security; and supports the Government's continuing commitment to working with the European Union to that end.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
|
| + 6 | EUROPEAN SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That Miss Anne McIntosh be discharged from the European Scrutiny Committee and Mr David Heathcoat-Amory be added.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| + 7 | STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| |
|
|
| (1) There shall be a standing committee, called the Standing Committee on the Inter-Governmental Conference on the Future of Europe.
|
| (2) At any sitting of the standing committee, the chairman may permit a Minister or Ministers to make statements on the Inter-Governmental Conference, and questions may then be put thereon by Members:
|
| Provided that no proceedings under this paragraph may continue after the expiry of a period of one and a half hours from their commencement, except with the leave of the chairman.
|
| (3) At the conclusion of proceedings under paragraph (2), the committee may consider either of the following—
|
| (a) when a written report has been laid before Parliament by a Minister or Ministers, a Motion proposed from the chair `That the committee has considered the report of [date] on the Inter-Governmental Conference'; or
|
| (b) a Motion for the adjournment of the committee, provided that a Minister of the Crown has given notice of a subject relating to the Inter-Governmental Conference for the debate on the adjournment not later than five days before the sitting.
|
| (4)(a) The chairman shall put any Questions necessary to dispose of the proceedings on any Motion under paragraph (3)(a), if not previously concluded, when the committee shall have sat for two and a half hours; and the chairman shall thereupon report that the committee has considered the report of [date] on the Inter-Governmental Conference, without putting any further Question;
|
| (b) in case of a Motion under paragraph (3)(b), the chairman shall adjourn the committee without putting any question, not later than two and a half hours after the committee has begun sitting.
|
| (5)(a) Notwithstanding Standing Order No. 86, the standing committee shall consist of those Members of the House nominated for the time being to the European Scrutiny Committee (appointed under Standing Order No. 143) and to the Foreign Affairs Committee (appointed under Standing Order No. 152); and
|
| (b) any Member of the House, not being a member of the committee, may take part in the proceedings of the committee and be counted in the quorum, but shall not vote or make any motion, except that any member of the government may move a Motion under paragraph (3)(b).
|
| (6) Members of the House of Lords may participate in the committee's proceedings, but no member of that House may vote or make any motion or be counted in the quorum.
|
| That this Order be a Standing Order of the House until the end of the next Session of Parliament.
|
| An explanatory Memorandum relating to this Motion is available in the Vote Office.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| + 8 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1684), be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| + 9 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That the Care Standards Act 2000 (Domiciliary Care Agencies and Nurses Agencies) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 2323), be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting
|
| 10 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Probate services (Mr Win Griffiths).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Standing Committee D (Programming Sub-Committee) (Water Bill [Lords]) | 7.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the Animals By-Products Regulation 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1482). |
|
| 3 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.15 p.m.
2.30 p.m. | The Grimond Room,
Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Alternative Uses for Crops: Biofuels. |
| Witnesses: Sustainable Development Commission; Lord Whitty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 4 | Education and Skills | 3.45 p.m. | The Wilson Room,
Portcullis House (private) |
| 5 | Science and Technology | 4.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private) |
| 6 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (public) |
| Subject: Improving Service Quality in the Forensic Science Service. |
| Witness: Dr David Werrett, Chief Executive, Forensic Science Service. |
| 7 | Information | 4.30 p.m. | The Boothroyd Room,
Portcullis House (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 8 | Human Rights | 4.30 p.m.
5.00 p.m. | Room 5 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN Treaties). |
| Witnesses: Mr Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mr John Benjamin, Head of the Human Rights Policy Department and Ms Helen Upton, Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today |
| 1 | Deputy Prime Minister: Draft Planning Policy Statement 7—Sustainable Development in Rural Areas. |
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister: Council tax in 2003-04 and 2004-05. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Annual multi-agency public protection arrangements reports. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Defence: The new armed forces pension and compensation schemes. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: The British Council Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts for 2002-03. |
| 6 | Minister of State, Department for International Development: Volcanic activity (Montserrat). |
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