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 Trade and Industry |
| *1 |
Mr David Cameron (Witney): What steps she is taking to encourage small businesses to increase employment levels; and if she will make a statement.
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130814
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| *2 |
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): What discussions she has had with representatives of the British Horseracing Board about the Office of Fair Trading investigation into the control of British horseracing.
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| *3 |
Mr Chris Bryant (Rhondda): If she will make a statement on the proposed merger of Carlton and Granada.
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| *4 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): What assessment she has made of the impact of the world trade talks in Cancun on developing countries.
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| *5 |
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): If she will make a statement on the take-up of the Post Office Card Account and its effects on the Post Office network.
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| *6 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If she will make a statement on recent progress with the Urban Network Reinvention Programme for the Post Office.
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| *7 |
David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): What estimate she has made of the number of manufacturing jobs in the UK electronics sector that have been lost to Eastern Europe in the last five years.
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| *8 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): If she will make a statement on recent progress with the Urban Network Reinvention Programme.
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| *9 |
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): What action she is taking to improve the skills base of manufacturing industry.
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| *10 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If she will make a statement on the World Trade Organisation negotiations in Cancun.
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| *11 |
Ann Winterton (Congleton): What assessment she has made of the competitiveness of the UK's ceramics industry.
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| *12 |
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): What recent reports she has received on the impact of trends in manufacturing output in the UK upon the economy in the South East.
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| *13 |
Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): When she expects the first payments to be made under the Coal Industry Investment Aid Scheme.
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| *14 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): What recent discussions she has had with the Inland Revenue on the taxation position of small businesses run by married couples.
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| *15 |
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): What analysis has been conducted of the effect of the Manufacturing Advisory Service on small and medium sized companies.
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| Oral Questions to the Minister for Women |
| *16 |
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): What plans she has to introduce legislation to provide for equality of membership rights in private members' clubs.
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| *17 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If she will make a statement on maternity provision for working women.
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130835
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| *18 |
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps she is taking to increase the number of women employed in service industries; and if she will make a statement.
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| *19 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): What assessment she has made of the impact of the Government's tax credits and benefits changes on women's income.
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130837
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| *20 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): What steps the Government is taking to encourage more women to start up small and medium sized enterprises.
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| *21 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on strategies to increase the number of women entering the information and communications technology profession; and if she will make a statement.
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| *22 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): What plans she has to increase funding to women's refuges.
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| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
| Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 6.00 p.m. (Standing Order No. 15).
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Main Business |
| + 1 | ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (INSPECTIONS) BILL [LORDS] Second Reading.
[Until 6.00 p.m.]
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| Third Report from the Defence Committee, Session 2002-03, Arms Control and Disarmament Inspections Bill (HC 321), and the Government response thereto, Second Special Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 754.
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| Debate may continue until 6.00 p.m.
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| + 2 | ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (INSPECTIONS) BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME).
[No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Peter Hain
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| That the following provisions shall apply to the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill [Lords]:
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| Committal
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| 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
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| Standing Committee
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| 2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 23rd October 2003.
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| 3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
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| Consideration and Third Reading
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| 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
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| 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced.
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| 6. Sessional Order B (programming committees) made by the House on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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| Other proceedings
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| 7. Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.
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| To be decided without debate (Orders of 28th June 2001 and 29th October 2002).
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| At 6.00 p.m.
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| + | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate]
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| |
| That, at this day's sitting, consideration of any Lords Messages that may be received 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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| (Note: The House may be asked to consider any Lords Messages which may be received).
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| At the end of the sitting
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| 3 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: OFT investigation into the control of horse racing (Mr Laurence Robertson).
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| Debate may continue until 6.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 29th October 2002).
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| The Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Messages from the Lords shall have been received and he shall have notified the Royal Assent to Acts agreed upon by both Houses (Order of 11th September).
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COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | Standing Committee B | 9.10 a.m.
2.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]. |
| 2 | Standing Committee D | 8.55 a.m.
2.30 p.m. | Room 14 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Water Bill [Lords]. |
| 3 | European Standing Committee A | 2.00 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider European Union Document No. 9081/03 relating to Recovery of Cod Stocks. |
| 4 | Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 8.55 a.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the draft Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. |
| 5 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Partnerships etc. (Removal of Twenty Member Limit) Northern Ireland Order 2003. |
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| 6 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions | 10.00 a.m. | Oldham Art Gallery (public) |
| Subject: Social Cohesion. |
| Witnesses: The Home Office; Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (at approximately 10.30 a.m.); Commission for Racial Equality (at approximately 11.00 a.m.). |
| 7 | Treasury | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Bank of England August 2003 Inflation Report. |
| Witnesses: Mr Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Charles Bean, Executive Director on Monetary Policy, Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Bank of England and Mr Stephen Nickell, Mr Richard Lambert, External Member of the Monetary Policy Committee. |
| 8 | Health | 10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Obesity. |
| Witnesses: Sustain, Food Commission, Sustrans, National Heart Foundation, British Heart Foundation Centre for Physical Activity and Health. |
| 9 | International Development | 2.10 p.m.
2.30 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistant (at approximately 3.30 p.m.). |
| Witnesses: (i) CARE International, Christian Aid, Save the Children, and Amar International Charitable Foundation and (ii) BAAG (British Agencies Afghanistan Group), CARE International, Christian Aid, Save the Children and Oxfam. |
[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 Transport: London Underground PPP - consultancy costs. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Current UK implemented sanctions. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Travel support for the relatives of British terrorist victims. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office: FCO/TUC International Advisory Council. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Payments Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2002-03. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Health: National Health Service dentistry. |
| 7 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Opportunity for All-Fifth Annual Report. |
| 8 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Older workers. |
| 9 | Secretary of State for Defence: Modification to night military low-flying system. |
| 10 | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: British Energy Credit Facility Agreement. |
| 11 | Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: HM Treasury Review of Cash Ratio Deposits. |
| 12 | Deputy Prime Minister: Safety Valve Mechanism and the Local Government Finance Settlement 2004-05. |
Written Question tabled on Wednesday 17th September for answer today‡ |
| 1 |
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to announce new appointments to the Committee on Standards in Public Life; and if he will make a statement.
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Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 14th October at 10.30 a.m. to consider the Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill.
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| Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 14th October at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. further to consider the Sexual Offences Bill [Lords].
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| Standing Committee D will meet on Tuesday 14th October at 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 16th October at 8.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Water Bill [Lords].
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| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 15th October at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Thurrock Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2003.
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| The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 16th October at 9.55 a.m. to consider the draft Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2003.
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