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Summary Agenda 2 December 2002

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2.30 p.m.Prayers.
 
AfterwardsOral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
 
3.30 p.m.Urgent Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any).
 
AfterwardsOpposition Day: Policing in Northern Ireland (may continue for up to three hours or until 7.00 p.m., whichever is the later).
 
Convention on the Future of Europe (Motion) (may continue for up to three hours).
 
Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) (without debate).
 
Sittings in Westminster Hall (Motion) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
 
Adjournment (Christmas) (Motion) (without debate).
 
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
 
Motions to change the membership of committees: Administration; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Northern Ireland Affairs; Scottish Affairs; Trade and Industry; Transport; Work and Pensions (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
 
At the end of the sittingAdjournment Debate: Motorised wheelchairs (Mr David Kidney) (until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later).
 

MEMORANDA
 

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TABLING ORAL QUESTIONS

    Following the decisions of the House of 29th October, a new system for tabling oral questions will take effect from 1st January 2003. The Speaker has directed that the `shuffles' for oral questions to be taken in the week the House returns from the recess will take place at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday 19th December. The `shuffles' will be for the following Departments:

Date for answerDepartments
Tuesday 7th JanuaryScotland
Advocate General
Lord Chancellor's Department
President of the Council and House of Commons Commission
Wednesday 8th JanuaryNorthern Ireland
Prime Minister
Thursday 9th JanuaryEducation and Skills
Solicitor General
The first day on which questions may be tabled for these departments will be Monday 9th December.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR TABLING ORAL QUESTIONS FROM 1st JANUARY 2003


    The new tabling system will allow Members to table at any time and on any sitting day from immediately after Question Time to a particular department to three sitting days before the next Question Time (excluding Fridays). For oral questions to the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the deadline will be five sitting days before Question Time. All `shuffles' will take place at 12.30 p.m. on the final tabling day. Receipt of oral questions electronically and by post will start from 1st January.
    The deadline and the `shuffles' for oral questions for the week beginning Monday 13th January will be as follows:
Date of answer
Departments
Final tabling day
(12.30 p.m.)
Monday 13th JanuaryWork and Pensions
Tuesday 7th January
Tuesday 14th JanuaryHealthWednesday 8th January
Wednesday 15th JanuaryWales
Prime Minister		Tuesday 7th January
Thursday 9th January
Thursday 16th JanuaryTrade and Industry
Minister for Women		Monday 13th January
Details of last tabling dates will now be shown on the Order of Questions.

WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE

[Sitting at Westminster on Thursday 5th December at 8.55 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.]

    Applications for a half-hour adjournment debate at the conclusion of the main debate at the afternoon sitting on Thursday 5th December should be submitted to the Speaker's Office by 10.00 p.m. or the rising of the House (whichever is the earlier) on Monday 2nd December. The Ballot will take place on Tuesday 3rd December.

SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE

[Sitting at Westminster on Tuesday 10th December at 10.30 a.m.]

    Applications for a half-hour adjournment debate at the conclusion of the main debate at the sitting on Tuesday 10th December should be submitted to the Speaker's Office by 10.00 p.m. or the rising of the House (whichever is the earlier) on Tuesday 3rd December. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 4th December.

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