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Order of Business 20 May 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 11.30 a.m. Prayers
Afterwards

Private Business

        Note: Private Business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Consideration of Bill ordered to lie upon the table

Ipswich Market Bill.


Afterwards
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
*1 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    If she will make a statement on the progress her Department is making towards implementing the Haskins Report.
( 174399 )
*2 Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    When she expects to introduce a national collection scheme to assist livestock farmers in disposing of fallen stock.
( 174400 )
*3 Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    What discussions she has had on her proposals for single farm payments in respect of farmers in severely disadvantaged areas.
( 174401 )
*4 Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    What progress has been made towards a ban on hunting with dogs.
( 174402 )
*5 Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    What plans the Government has to allow fishery owners and angling clubs to protect inland waterways from the effects of cormorant predation.
( 174403 )
*6 Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):    If she will make a statement on the future of the State Veterinary Service.
( 174404 )
*7 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    If she will make a statement on how she intends to implement the Large Combustion Plant Directive.
( 174408 )
*8 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):    When she next expects to meet sugar beet growers to discuss reforms of the EU sugar beet regime.
( 174409 )
*9 Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):    What discussions she has had with the Department of Trade and Industry on the environmental impact of wind turbines.
( 174410 )
*10 Bob Spink (Castle Point):    What discussions she has had with the Department of Trade and Industry on the environmental impact of wind turbines.
( 174411 )
*11 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    If she will make a statement on milk prices.
( 174412 )
*12 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    When she will be in a position to bring forward legislation to ban hunting with dogs.
( 174413 )
*13 Mr David Cameron (Witney):    What representations she has received from small-scale egg producers about recent changes to regulations, including those about egg stamping; and if she will make a statement.
( 174414 )
*14 Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington):    What representations she has received in respect of the inspection regime to oversee Statutory Management Requirements.
( 174415 )
*15 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    If she will make a statement on her policy on fly-tipping and waste disposal.
( 174416 )
*16 Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    If she will make a statement on the animal welfare rules governing (a) domestic and (b) imported pig rearing.
( 174418 )
*17 Bob Russell (Colchester):    How many waste incinerators have been built in (a) London and (b) Kent since 1997; and how many others have been approved in (i) London and (ii) Kent since 1997.
( 174419 )
*18 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    If she will make a statement on the termination of the Countryside Agency's Vital Villages grant scheme.
( 174420 )
*19 Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):    If she will make a statement on Government support for fruit farming.
( 174422 )
*20 Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife):    If she will make a statement on Government measures to protect fish stocks in UK waters.
( 174423 )

At 12.30 p.m.Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

+  1  

PENSIONS BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be further considered [3rd allotted day].

[Until 6.00 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 3.00 p.m. and proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.00 p.m. (Order of 18th May).

At the end of the sitting:

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ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Future of the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).

        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).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Northern Ireland Grand Committee2.30 p.m.Room 14 (public)
To consider the proposal for a draft Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
2Standing Committee A9.30 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 10 (public)
Further to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses Nos. 4, 5, 20, 28, 57 to 77, 86, 11 and 282 to 289 and Schedules Nos. 1, 3, 11, 12, 21 and 37 to 39).
3Standing Committee B8.55 a.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 12 (public)
To consider the Energy Bill [Lords].
4Standing Committee D (Programming Sub-Committee) (Age-Related Payments Bill)9.45 a.m.Room 13 (private)

SELECT COMMITTEES

5Treasury9.15 a.m.


9.30 a.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Restoring confidence in long-term savings.
Witnesses: Nick Lord, Head of Money Advice Strategy, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Jill Johnstone, Director of Policy, National Consumer Council, Mick McCateer, Senior Policy Adviser, Consumers' Association and Anne Foster, Chairman, Financial Services Consumer Panel.
6Public Administration9.45 a.m.


10.00 a.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: The Honours System.
Witness: Rt Hon John Major, CH.
7Environmental Audit: Sub-committee on Environmental Crime10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m.
Room 20 (private)
(public)
Subject: Wildlife Crime.
Witnesses: North Wales Police; RSPB, The Herpetological Conservation Trust and the Bat Conservation Trust (at approximately 11.00 a.m.).
8Health10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m.
Room 15 (private)
(public)
Subject: Responsibilities of the Minister of State for Health.
Witness: Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Minister of State for Health, Department of Health.
9Welsh Affairs11.30 a.m.Room 17 (private)
10International Development2.15 p.m.Video-Conferencing Suite, 33 St James's Square, London (public)
Subject: Orphans and Children made vulnerable by AIDS.
Witnesses: A group of children involved in Plan International's work in Uganda (Witnesses will be giving evidence via video-link).
11Constitutional Affairs3.00 p.m.The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (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:      New firearms consultative arrangements.
2    Secretary of State for Work and Pensions:      Disability Discrimination Act 1995—draft codes of practice.
3    Deputy Prime Minister:      Right to Buy—homes that are suitable for the elderly.
4    Secretary of State for Health:      Reducing bureaucracy.
5    Minister for the Cabinet Office:      Regulatory impact assessments: July to December 2003.
6    Minister for the Cabinet Office:      Annual Report on Correspondence Performance.

Written Question tabled on Wednesday 19th May for answer today‡

1 Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make an announcement about the re-appointment of His Honour Viscount Colville of Culross QC, His Honour Colin Kolbert and His Honour John Jeremy Fordham as assistant surveillance commissioners, under section 63 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
( 175341 )

Standing Committee Notices

     Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th May at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Finance Bill.

     Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th May at 8.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. further to consider the Energy Bill [Lords].

     Standing Committee D will meet on Tuesday 25th May at 8.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. to consider the Age-Related Payments Bill.

     The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 25th May at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1031).

     The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 26th May at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Mental Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1272).

     The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 26th May at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Beer from Small Breweries (Extension of Reduced Rates of Excise Duty) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1296).

     The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 26th May at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, and the draft Guidance to Police Officers on the Operation of Closure Powers in Part 8 of the Licensing Act 2003.

     The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 27th May at 9.55 a.m. to consider the draft Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004.



 

 
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