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Order of Business 8 March 2004

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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.


At 2.30 p.m.      Prayers
Afterwards
+    

NOTICE OF MOTION FOR AN UNOPPOSED RETURN        [No debate]

      Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
      EQUITABLE LIFE INQUIRY
         That there should be laid before this House a Return of the Report of the Equitable Life Inquiry, conducted by the Right Honourable Lord Penrose.

No debate.

Afterwards
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
*1 Mr David Amess (Southend West):    If she will make a statement on the funding of sports facilities from Lottery funds.
( 158916 )
*2 Colin Burgon (Elmet):    What plans she has to meet football representative bodies to discuss player behaviour.
( 158917 )
*3 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    What rights of entry the TV Licensing Authority has into households which do not have a TV licence.
( 158918 )
*4 John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    If she will make a statement on the level of support for the British film industry.
( 158919 )
*5 Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):    When she will announce the date for analogue switch-off; and if she will make a statement.
( 158920 )
*6 Linda Perham (Ilford North):    What steps her Department is taking to promote better health through sport and fitness training.
( 158921 )
*7 Eric Joyce (Falkirk West):    What assessment she has made of the impact on Scotland of a successful UK bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.
( 158922 )
*8 Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    When she last met the Director of the National Gallery to discuss the work of the Gallery.
( 158923 )
*9 Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    What initiatives she is pursuing to inform other parts of the UK of the potential benefits of a successful London Olympic bid.
( 158924 )
*10 Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    If she will make a statement on her Department's progress on her Public Service Agreement target to enhance the take-up of sporting opportunities by five to 16 year olds.
( 158925 )
*11 Hugh Bayley (York, City of):    What plans the Heritage Lottery Fund has to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
( 158926 )
*12 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    If she will make a statement on Lottery funding for school playing fields.
( 158927 )
*13 David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    What assessment she has made of the contribution of museums to the UK economy in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
( 158928 )
*14 Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):    How many museums in receipt of grants from the National Lottery have closed in each of the past three years.
( 158929 )
*15 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    What recent discussions she has had with the authorities representing rugby union about the improvement of stadia.
( 158930 )
*16 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    If she will make a statement on the progress of the Office of Fair Trading investigation into the control of horse racing.
( 158931 )
*17 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    What progress has been made with the Digital Television Action Plan with respect to the dates for analogue switch-off in different regions; and if she will make a statement.
( 158933 )
*18 Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):    If she will make a statement on cross-cutting work with the Home Office to tackle late-night binge drinking.
( 158934 )
*19 Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):    What assessment she has made of the implications of allowing police authorities to raise a levy on city centre licensed premises to pay for policing costs.
( 158935 )

At 3.15 p.m.
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
*20 Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what proposals there are to allow further and wider community participation in the procedure for the review of local government ward boundaries; and if he will make a statement
( 158936 )
*21 Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the potential risks of holding all-postal pilots in four regions in the June 2004 European and local government elections.
( 158937 )
*22 Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the timetable for removal of the temporary builders' yard adjacent to Westminster Abbey.
( 158938 )
*23 Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what action parishioners can take to prevent church land in their parish being sold by the diocesan authority for development.
( 158939 )
*24 Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy of the Commissioners is regarding (a) the cultivation and use of GM crops and (b) the keeping of animals on their land.
( 158941 )
*25 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the current plans are for the funding of mission activities and the future of the section 23 grant for cathedrals with respect to the recent decision made by Synod; and if he will make a statement.
( 158942 )
*26 Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church Commissioners have made to the Government about the draft Charities Bill.
( 158943 )
*27 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the future of Lambeth Palace Library.
( 158944 )
*28 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the total salary cost of parish priests was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2003-04.
( 158945 )

At 3.30 p.m.Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

+  1  

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY AND LOCAL ELECTIONS (PILOTS) BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 3)

[No debate]

      Mr Peter Hain
      Mr Christopher Leslie
        That the following provisions shall apply to the European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 21st October 2003 and 29th October 2003:

Consideration of Lords Amendments

    1.   Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed at today's sitting and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement.

Subsequent stages

    2.   Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question put.

    3.   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 6th November 2003).

+  2  

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY AND LOCAL ELECTIONS (PILOTS) BILL:      Consideration of Lords Amendments.

[Up to three hours]

        For Motions and Amendments relating to the Lords Amendments, see separate Paper.

        Proceedings shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement, if the European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill (Programme) (No. 3) Motion is agreed to.

+  3  

GANGMASTERS (LICENSING) BILL (MONEY):      Queen's recommendation signified.

[Up to 45 minutes]

      Ruth Kelly
        That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill, it is expedient to authorise—

    (1)   the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

      (a)      any expenditure incurred under the Act by a Minister of the Crown or government department or by a body performing functions on behalf of the Crown, and

      (b)      any increase attributable to the provisions of the Act in the sums payable out of such money under any other Act, and

    (2)   the making of payments into the Consolidated Fund.

        The Speaker will put the Question not later than 45 minutes after proceedings begin (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b)).

+  4  

VISITOR FACILITIES

[Until 10.00 p.m.]

      Mr Peter Hain
        That this House approves the First Joint Report of the Accommodation and Works Committee and the Administration Committee on Visitor Facilities: Access to Parliament (House of Commons Paper No. 324) and endorses the Committees' proposals for a new reception and security building at the north end of Cromwell Green.

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

+  5  

NOMINATION OF SELECT COMMITTEES

[No debate after 10.00 p.m]

      Mr Peter Hain
        That the Standing Orders be amended as follows:

      (1)   In Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business), line 18, leave out from `committees' to `which' in line 20 and insert `to which that paragraph applies'.

      (2)   In Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), line 10, leave out from `under' to `, or' in line 13 and insert `the Standing Orders of this House (with the exception of the Liaison Committee, the Committee of Selection, the Committee on Standards and Privileges and any Committee established under a temporary Standing Order).'

An explanatory memorandum is available in the Vote Office.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

  6  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject:      Anti-social behaviour in Cambridge (Mrs Anne Campbell).

        Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Standing Committee A6.00 p.m.Room 7 (private)
(Programming Sub-Committee) (Gender Recognition Bill)
2Standing Committee B6.00 p.m.Room 13 (private) (tbc)
(Programming Sub-Committee) (Pensions Bill)
3First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation4.30 p.m.Room 9 (public)
To consider the draft Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2004.

SELECT COMMITTEES

4Education and Skills3.45 p.m.


4.00 p.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: The Work of Ofsted.
Witnesses: Mr David Bell, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, Mr David Taylor, Director of Inspection, Mr Robert Green, Strategy & Resources Directorate, and Mr Maurice Smith, Early Years Directorate, Ofsted.
5Public Accounts4.30 p.m.Room 15 (public)
Subject: Income generated by the Museums and Galleries.
Witnesses: Sue Street, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Mr Robert Crawford CBE, Director General, Imperial War Museum and Chairman of the National Museums Directors' Conference, and Rear Admiral Roy Clare, Director, National Maritime Museum.
6Science and Technology4.00 p.m.


4.30 p.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Scientific Publications.
Witnesses: Dr Julia King, Institute of Physics, Mrs Sally Morris, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, and Mr Martin Richardson, Oxford University Press; Dr Nigel Goddard, Axiope Project, Mr Vitek Tracz, BioMed Central, and Dr Harold E. Varmus, Public Library of Science (at approximately 5.15 p.m.).
7Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Milk Pricing Sub-Committee3.55 p.m.


4.00 p.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Milk Pricing.
Witnesses: Federation of Milk Groups, Dairy Industry Association (DIAL); Milk Development Council; and Lord Whitty of Camberwell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

JOINT COMMITTEE

8Human Rights4.30 p.m.Room 3A (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 the Home Department:      Appointment of the new Chair of the Police Information Technology Organisation.
2    Secretary of State for Health:      Cancellation of outstanding public dividend capital of dissolved NHS trusts.
3    Secretary of State for Trade and Industry:      Appointment of members to the Council for Science and Technology.


 

 
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