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 Work and Pensions |
| *1 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): If he will make a statement on how the Lyons Review on relocation will affect his Department.
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|
|
(
167675
) |
| *2 |
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): If he will make a statement on his policy regarding the interviewing of partners of those in receipt of carer's allowance.
|
|
|
(
167676
) |
| *3 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What progress he is making towards his target on funded pension provision.
|
|
|
(
167677
) |
| *4 |
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): What steps he is taking to provide pensioners with information about pension credit.
|
|
|
(
167678
) |
| *5 |
Bob Spink (Castle Point): What recent representations he has received on public confidence in private pensions.
|
|
|
(
167679
) |
| *6 |
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): What plans he has to help people who work for short periods to build up pension rights.
|
|
|
(
167680
) |
| *7 |
Vera Baird (Redcar): What assessment he has made of the Government's progress towards eradicating child poverty.
|
|
|
(
167681
) |
| *8 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What assessment he has made of the effect of post office closures in Greater London on the collection and payment of pensions.
|
|
|
(
167682
) |
| *9 |
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): How many people are still to be contacted about conversion to direct payment of benefits and pensions.
|
|
|
(
167685
) |
| *10 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): How many persons are employed in jobcentres; and what estimate he has made of the total in 2004-05.
|
|
|
(
167686
) |
| *11 |
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): How many pensioners have applied for the savings element of pension credit in the last year; and how many of these were eligible.
|
|
|
(
167687
) |
| *12 |
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): If he will make a statement on the reform of housing benefit.
|
|
|
(
167688
) |
| *13 |
Ann McKechin (Glasgow Maryhill): If he will make a statement on the operation of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland.
|
|
|
(
167689
) |
| *14 |
Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): What assessment he has made of the effect changes to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in October will have on disabled people's access to services.
|
|
|
(
167690
) |
| *15 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): If he will make a statement on the take-up of pension credit.
|
|
|
(
167691
) |
| *16 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): How many fathers have been prosecuted for providing false information to the Child Support Agency in respect of their income in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
|
|
|
(
167692
) |
| *17 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): What assessment he has made of the likely impact on health and safety at work of the Government's proposed legislation on corporate manslaughter.
|
|
|
(
167693
) |
| *18 |
Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): What assessment he has made of the effect of changes since 1997 on the incomes of the poorest pensioners.
|
|
|
(
167694
) |
| *19 |
Mr David Drew (Stroud): What the current level of workplace inspections carried out by inspectors on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive is; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
167695
) |
| *20 |
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): What recent representations he has received on the draft Temporary Work at Height Directive; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
167696
) |
| *21 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): How many pensioners over 70 years old he expects to benefit from the payments to mitigate council tax increases.
|
|
|
(
167697
) |
| *22 |
Sue Doughty (Guildford): What plans he has to compensate workers who lose occupational pension rights prior to the introduction of the pension protection fund.
|
|
|
(
167698
) |
| *23 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What plans he has to protect the pension rights of workers transferred from one employer to another.
|
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|
(
167699
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | JUSTICE (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL [LORDS]: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered.
[Until 10.00 p.m.]
|
| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
|
| Third Reading will also be taken.
|
| Proceedings on Consideration shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 9.00 p.m. and proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 p.m. (Order of 10th March).
|
| + 2 | CRIMINAL LAW
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) Regulations 2004, which were laid before this House on 25th March, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 3 | CRIMINAL LAW
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 15th March, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 4 | MERCHANT SHIPPING
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 24th March, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 5 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the Local Government Finance (England) Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts (Alternative Notional Amounts) Report (England) 2004-05, which was laid before this House on 25th March, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 6 | REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NORTHERN IRELAND)
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004, which were laid before this House on 18th March, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 7 | VALUE ADDED TAX
[No debate]
|
| Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
|
| That the Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 778), dated 17th March 2004, a copy of which was laid before this House on 17th March 2004, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 8 | ASYLUM SYSTEMS
[No debate]
|
| |
| That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 10243/03, Commission Communication: Towards more accessible, equitable and managed asylum systems; welcomes the Commission's endorsement of the United Kingdom's analysis of the problem; and notes that this is only an interim discussion paper pending the submission by the Commission of a more substantive report by June 2004.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
|
| + 9 | ADJOURNMENT (MAY)
[No debate]
|
| |
| That this House, at its rising on Friday 30th April, do adjourn till Tuesday 4th May 2004.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 25).
|
| + 10 | EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That Tony Cunningham and Mr Colin Breed be discharged from the European Scrutiny Committee and Sandra Osborne and Nick Harvey be added.
|
| At the end of the sitting:
|
| 11 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Brain tumours in children (Mr John Bercow).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | European Standing Committee C | 4.00 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider EU Document No. 5916/04 relating to the Marketing of Sweet Corn from Genetically Modified Maize. |
| 2 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004, the draft Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2004, and the draft Competition Act 1998 (Land Agreements Exclusion and Revocation) Order 2004. |
| 3 | Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004. |
| 4 | Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004. |
|
| 5 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 2.00 p.m. | Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast (public) |
| Subject: The Parades Commission and Public Processions (NI) Act 1998. |
| Witnesses: The Police Service of Northern Ireland; Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office. |
| 6 | Education and Skills | 3.30 p.m.
3.45 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: National Skills Strategy: 14—19 Education. |
| Witnesses: Professor David Raffe, Director of Centre for Educational Sociology and Co-Director of Institute for the Study of Education and Society, University of Edinburgh. |
| 7 | Health | 3.30 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 8 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Reform of the Sugar Regime Sub-Committee | 3.55 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Reform of the Sugar Regime. |
| Witnesses: British Sugar plc and National Farmers' Union; Tate & Lyle plc; Oxfam and CAFOD; and LDC Sugar Group. |
| 9 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | 4.00 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Egan Review: Skills for Sustainable Communities. |
| Witnesses: Sir John Egan, Chairman, and Maureen Holkham, Secretary, The Egan Review, and David Lunts, Director, Urban Policy Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
| 10 | Science and Technology | 4.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The use of science in UK international development policy. |
| Witnesses: Fiona Clouder Richards, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Professor Sir David King, Office of Science and Technology, and Dr Lloyd Anderson, the British Council; Dr Peter Tibber, Department of Trade and Industry (at approximately 5.00 p.m.). |
| 11 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations. |
| Witnesses: Mr David Normington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills, Sir Nigel Crisp KCB, Permanent Secretary/NHS Chief Executive, Department of Health, and Mr David Rowlands CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport. |
| 12 | Work and Pensions Sub-Committee | 4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (private) |
| 13 | International Development | 7.30 p.m. | Southwark Town Hall, Peckham Road, London (public) |
| Subject: Migration and Development. |
| Witnesses: Councillor Columba Blango, Mayor of Southwark, and members of the Sierra Leonean Diaspora. |
[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: Duration of planning permission. |
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister: Anti-social behaviour: Policy and Procedure Code of Guidance for local housing authorities and housing action trusts. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Draft Identity Cards Bill. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Report on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2002-03. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Third party deductions from benefit for fines. |
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