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.
MEMORANDUM |
EASTER ADJOURNMENT 2004
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| Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 6.30 p.m. or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on 1st April. Thereafter, they may table oral and written questions electronically or by post.
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TABLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
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| Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling questions for oral answer after Easter.
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| Last date of tabling*
| Date for answer
| Departments etc.
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| Thursday 1st April | Monday 19th April | Culture, Media and Sport
Church Commissioners,
Public Accounts
Commission and
Speaker's Committee on
the Electoral Commission |
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Thursday 1st April |
Tuesday 20th April |
Transport
Cabinet Office |
| Thursday 1st April | Wednesday 21st April | Deputy Prime Minister
Prime Minister |
| Monday 19th April
(First sitting day after Easter) | Thursday 22nd April | Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs |
| Tuesday 27th April | Scotland
Advocate General |
For further details of last tabling days for oral questions, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office.
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| The results of the shuffles on 1st April will be published on 2nd April in a blue notice paper available from the Vote Office and on http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm.
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| *The shuffle will be held at 12.30 p.m.
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QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON A NAMED DAY
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| The latest time for tabling a question for written answer on a named day before the Easter adjournment is 10.30 p.m. or the rising of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Monday 29th March, for answer on Thursday 1st April.
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| The following dates have been specified for the minimum notice for tabling named day written questions for answer on the first three days after the adjournment:
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| Time for tabling | For answer on |
| 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday 14th April | Monday 19th April and Tuesday 20th April |
| 4.30 p.m. on Friday 16th April | Wednesday 21st April |
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
| *1 |
Mr David Cameron (Witney): What steps are being taken to increase the take-up rates of broadband in the UK.
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(
163433
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| *2 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): What recent discussions she has had with other countries' trade ministers about the Doha trade round.
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(
163434
) |
| *3 |
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): If she will make a statement on her Department's initiatives to stimulate levels of North Sea exploration drilling.
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(
163435
) |
| *4 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): How many jobs have been created by spin-out companies from universities in the last five years.
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(
163436
) |
| *5 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What action her Department is taking in relation to the objectives of the Fair Trade movement, with particular reference to Belize.
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(
163437
) |
| *6 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): If she will make a statement on the level of transmission access charges levied on renewable energy providers in the north of Scotland.
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(
163438
) |
| *7 |
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): What steps she is taking to increase the availability of broadband in rural areas.
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(
163439
) |
| *8 |
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): What discussions she has held with other Government departments concerning the allocation of sites for the development of off-shore wind turbine farms.
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(
163440
) |
| *9 |
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What steps she is taking to aid the United Kingdom coal industry.
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(
163441
) |
| *10 |
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What plans she has to introduce legislation on the issuing of long-service awards by companies.
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(
163442
) |
| *11 |
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): What estimate she has made of the number of people benefiting from the recent uprating of the national minimum wage.
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(
163443
) |
| *12 |
Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): If she will create an independent national body to oversee all mandatory recalls of defective products.
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(
163444
) |
| *13 |
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What assessment she has made of the economic contribution of the music industry in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
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(
163445
) |
| *14 |
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): What assessment she has made of the way the Government consults small firms on new legislation.
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(
163446
) |
| *15 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What steps the Department is taking towards deregulation of the chemical industry.
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(
163447
) |
| *16 |
Ann Winterton (Congleton): What the balance of trade with the European Union was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the balance was (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.
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(
163448
) |
| *17 |
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): If she will make it her policy under the United Kingdom national allocation plan to exempt nuclear generation from the EU emissions trading scheme.
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(
163449
) |
| *18 |
Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): If she will discuss with representatives of the Economic Community of West African States the Department's policy on extraterritorial export control legislation.
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(
163450
) |
| *19 |
Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): What steps she is taking to improve productivity in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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(
163451
) |
| *20 |
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): What assessment she has made of how the level of internet access in the United Kingdom compares with that in other European countries.
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(
163452
) |
| Oral Questions to the Minister for Women |
| *21 |
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What plans she has to reduce discrimination against pregnant women in employment.
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(
163453
) |
| *22 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What steps she is taking to encourage more Muslim women to enter the labour market.
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(
163454
) |
| *23 |
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): What steps the Government is taking to reduce pay differences between men and women.
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(
163455
) |
| *24 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): What recent discussions she has had with the (a) Lord Chancellor and (b) Law Officers on the role of women professionals in the criminal justice system.
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(
163456
) |
| *25 |
Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on women and alcohol.
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(
163457
) |
| *26 |
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): What assessment she has made of the career opportunities open to women in the South East of England.
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(
163458
) |
| *27 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If she will make a statement on equal opportunities for professional women in appointments to senior positions in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003.
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(
163459
) |
| *28 |
Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): What steps are being taken to ensure that women in the Civil Service do not suffer from a gender gap in pension entitlement.
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(
163460
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 3)
[up to 45 minutes]
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| Ms Secretary Hewitt
Mr Peter Hain
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| That the Programme Order of 14th January 2004 in relation to the Employment Relations Bill (as amended by the Order of 9th February 2004 (Employment Relations Bill (Programme) (No. 2)) be varied as follows—
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| Consideration and Third Reading
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| 1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order of 14th January 2004 shall be omitted.
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| 2. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after those proceedings are commenced.
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| 3. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four hours after the commencement of proceedings on consideration.
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| The Speaker will put the Question not later than 45 minutes after proceedings begin (Order A(8) relating to Programming of Bills of 28th June 2001 and 6th November 2003).
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| + 2 | ADJOURNMENT
[Until 6.00 p.m.]
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| That this House do now adjourn.
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| Proposed subject for debate: Defence Policy.
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| Delivering Security in a Changing World: Defence White Paper (Cm
6041-I)
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| Delivering Security in a Changing World: Supporting Essays (Cm
6041-II).
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| Uncorrected Oral Evidence taken before the Defence Committee on 24th March 2004, from General Sir Michael Walker GCB CMG CBE ADC Gen, Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Alan West GCB DSC ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, General Sir Mike Jackson KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff and Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup KCB AFC ADC, Chief of the Air Staff, on the Defence White Paper (HC
465-i).
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| Debate may continue until 6.00 p.m.
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| + 3 | SOCIAL SECURITY
[No debate]
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| |
| That the draft Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004, which were laid before this House on 16th March, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
118(6)).
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 4 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Economic situation in Strangford (Mrs Iris Robinson).
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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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COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | Standing Committee B | 9.30 a.m.
2.00 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| Further to consider the Pensions Bill. |
| 2 | Standing Committee D | 9.10 a.m.
2.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]. |
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| 3 | Liaison | 9.15 a.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 4 | Public Administration | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Review of Government Communications. |
| Witnesses: Mr Paul Dacre, Editor, Daily Mail; Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Chairman, Press Complaints Commission (at approximately 10.30 a.m.). |
| 5 | Treasury | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Bank of England Inflation Report. |
| Witnesses: Mr Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor Monetary Policy, Sir Andrew Large, Deputy Governor Financial Stability, Marian Bell and Kate Barker, Monetary Policy Committee. |
| 6 | Finance and Services | 9.45 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 7 | Environmental Audit: Sub-Committee on Environmental Crime | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | Room 20 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Environmental Crime: Fly-tipping, Fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise. |
| Witness: Environment Agency. |
| 8 | Health | 10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Palliative Care. |
| Witnesses: Department of Health officials. |
JOINT COMMITTEES |
| 9 | Draft Gambling Bill | 9.30 a.m. | Room 5 (private) |
| 10 | Draft Gambling Bill | 3.00 p.m. | Room 5 (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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Strategic National Guidance for the decontamination of the open environment exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear substances or material. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Strategy Unit Fisheries Project Report. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Waste Acceptance Criteria Consultation. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Conservation of albatrosses and petrels. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Health: The Food Standards Agency's annual report and accounts 2002-03. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Reports on the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. |
| 7 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Report by HM Chief Inspector of Probation into the Death of PC Gerald Walker. |
| 8 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Improvements to the money laundering reporting system. |
| 9 | Secretary of State for International Development: Reconstruction in Iraq. |
| 10 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Liberia. |
| 11 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Zimbabwe. |
| 12 | Secretary of State for Transport: Central Railway. |
Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 30th March at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and Thursday 1st April at 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. further to consider the Pensions Bill.
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| Standing Committee D will meet on Thursday 1st April at 9.10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords].
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| European Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 30th March at 2.00 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 5199/04 and 5205/04, relating to the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and Bay of Biscay.
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| European Standing Committee C will meet on Monday 29th March at 4.00 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 5916/04, relating to the marketing of sweetcorn from genetically modified maize.
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| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 29th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft European Parliament (Disqualification) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 and the draft European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004.
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| The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 31st March at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
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| The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 29th March at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004.
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| The Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 31st March at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (New Zealand) Order 2004.
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