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Order of Business 7 December 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
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1 Patrick Hall (Bedford):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the NHS local improvement finance trust programme.
( 202201 )
*2 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):    If he will make a statement on waiting times for digital hearing aids.
( 202202 )
*3 Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):    What assessment he has made of progress with the new contract for NHS dentists.
( 202203 )
*4 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    What the percentage change in waiting lists and waiting times for hospital in-patient treatment in Nottingham has been since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
( 202204 )
*5 Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    What representations he has received on the practice of care homes and nursing homes charging fees after the death of a resident in lieu of notice; and if he will make a statement.
( 202205 )
*6 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    If he will make a statement on progress with Edgware Hospital's new-build project.
( 202207 )
*7 Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    What measures he is taking to ensure compliance with the concordat on the NHS funding of excess treatment costs of Medical Research Council clinical trials.
( 202208 )
*8 Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    What plans his Department has to increase the recruitment of allied health professionals.
( 202209 )
*9 Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    What plans he has to reduce waiting times in accident and emergency departments.
( 202210 )
*10 The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    What guidance has been given to patients and general practitioners on the long-term use of hormone replacement therapy.
( 202211 )
*11 Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):    What extra resources have been made available to Medway Maritime NHS Trust to combat the MRSA virus.
( 202212 )
*12 Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):    What the total investment in NHS hospitals was in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 1996-97.
( 202213 )
*13 Linda Perham (Ilford North):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the NHS local improvement finance trust programme.
( 202214 )
*14 Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):    What discussions his Department has had with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust about its deficit.
( 202215 )
*15 Ann Winterton (Congleton):    If he will make a statement on his Department's policy on levels of dietary salt intake.
( 202216 )
*16 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):    What measures he is taking to reduce inequalities in NHS funding between health authorities.
( 202217 )
*17 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    If he will make a statement on the availability of NHS allergy clinics.
( 202218 )
*18 Norman Baker (Lewes):    If he will make a statement on the incidence of MRSA in East Sussex hospitals.
( 202219 )
*19 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What progress he is making in recruiting more general practitioners.
( 202220 )
*20 Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    What discussions have taken place between the relevant Strategic Health Authority and the Department of Health about the Greater Manchester surgical unit.
( 202221 )
*21 Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell):    How many residential care home beds have closed since 1997.
( 202222 )
*22 Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    If he will make a statement on the progress of the NHS local improvement finance trust programme.
( 202223 )
*23 Bob Spink (Castle Point):    What assessment his Department has made of the impact of the new dentists' contract on dental laboratories in personal dental service pilot sites.
( 202224 )
*24 Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):    If he will make a statement on differences between practice-based commissioning and GP fundholding.
( 202225 )

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

Preliminary Business

Notice of Presentation of Bill

+  1  

CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT

[No debate]

      Secretary Margaret Beckett
        Bill to amend section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; to make provision for the gating of certain minor highways; to make provision in relation to vehicles parked on roads that are exposed for sale or being repaired; to make provision in relation to abandoned vehicles and the removal and disposal of vehicles; to make provision relating to litter and refuse, graffiti, fly-posting and the display of advertisements; to make provision relating to the transportation, collection, disposal and management of waste; to make provision relating to the control of dogs and to amend the law relating to stray dogs; to make provision in relation to noise; to provide for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and for the making of grants relating to the quality of the built environment; to amend the law relating to abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys; to amend the law relating to statutory nuisances; to amend section 78L of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; to amend the law relating to offences under Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; and for connected purposes.

Formal first reading: no debate or decision.


Main Business

+  2  

SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AND POLICE BILL:      Second Reading.

[Until 7.00 p.m.]

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

+  3  

SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AND POLICE BILL (PROGRAMME):

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Blunkett
      Mr Peter Hain
        That the following provisions shall apply to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill:

Committal

        1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

        2.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 20th January.

        3.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

        4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

        5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

Programming Committee

        6.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Programming of proceedings

        7.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   83A(6)).

+  4  

SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AND POLICE BILL [MONEY]:      Queen's Recommendation signified.

[No debate]

      Mr Stephen Timms
        That for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill it is expedient to authorise—

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

      (a)   expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act;

      (b)   any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act; and

    (2)   the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   52(1)(a)).

+  5  

NORTHERN IRELAND

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Murphy
        That the draft Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 24th November, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   118(6)).

+  6  

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Straw
        That the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (European Police Office) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 24th November, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   118(6)).

+  7  

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Straw
        That the draft European Communities (Immunities and Privileges of the European Police Office) (Amendment) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 24th November, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   118(6)).

+  8  

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Straw
        That the draft European Police College (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 24th November, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   118(6)).

+  9  

REGULATORY REFORM

[No debate]

      Ms Secretary Hewitt
        That the draft Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and demands for Payment) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 25th October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

The Regulatory Reform Committee has reported on the draft Order in its 13th Report, HC 1246, Session 2003-04, and on the proposal for an Order in its 12th Report, HC 1056, Session 2003-04.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.   18(1)(a)).

At the end of the sitting:

  10  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Consultation with victims' families in the review of life tariffs (Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas).

        Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 29th October 2002).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Welsh Grand Committee9.25 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.Room 10 (public)
To consider the matter of the Government's Legislative Programme as outlined in the Queen's Speech as it relates to Wales and Public Expenditure in Wales.
2Standing Committee B9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.Room 12 (public)
Further to consider the Gambling Bill.
3European Standing Committee B2.00 p.m.Room 11 (public)
To consider EU document No. 13244/09 and Addenda 1-2: Turkish Accession to the European Union.
4First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation9.55 a.m.Room 6 (public)
To consider the draft International Criminal Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2004.
5Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation9.55 a.m.Room 9 (public)
To consider the draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2004.
6Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation9.55 a.m.Room 11 (public)
To consider the draft Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

SELECT COMMITTEES

7Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions9.00 a.m.
9.15 a.m.
Room 15 (private)
(public)
Subject: Homelessness.
Witnesses: Crisis, Homeless Link, and the Foyer Federation; Salvation Army, National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO), and the Revolving Doors Agency (at approximately 10.00 a.m.).
8Constitutional Affairs9.15 a.m.


9.30 a.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Family Justice: the operation of the family courts.
Witnesses: The Law Society, The Solicitors Family Law Association, and The Family Law Bar Association.
9Regulatory Reform9.30 a.m.Room 19 (private)
10Culture, Media and Sport10.30 a.m.The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
11Home Affairs2.15 p.m.


2.30 p.m.
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Anti-Social Behaviour.
Witnesses: Manchester City Council, Peterborough Mediation Service, Rochdale Shelter Inclusion Project, and Sergeant Paul Dunn MBE.
12International Development2.15 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
Room 6 (private)
(public)
Subject: DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India.
Witnesses: The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and Dr Charlotte Seymour-Smith, Head, DFID India.
13Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Environmental Education3.00 p.m.
3.20 p.m.
Room 20 (private)
(public)
Subject: Environmental Education: a follow-up to Learning the Sustainability Lesson.
Witnesses: Groundwork; GirlGuiding UK (at approximately 4.00 p.m.).
14Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee on the Future for UK Fishing3.20 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
Room 15 (private)
(public)
Subject: Future for UK Fishing.
Witnesses: South Western Fish Producers Organisation; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (at approximately 4.00 p.m.); Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation (at approximately 4.30 p.m.).
15Statutory InstrumentsAs soon as convenient after 4.15 p.m.Room 7 (private)

JOINT COMMITTEE

16Statutory Instruments4.15 p.m.Room 7 (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 Defence:      Armed Forces Chaplains from Faith Communities.
2    Deputy Prime Minister:      Publication of Housing Investment in the Regions — Consultation.
3    Secretary of State for Health:      Completion of the United Kingdom review of SSRIs and publication of the report.
4    Secretary of State for the Home Department:      Incitement to religious hatred.
5    Secretary of State for Trade and Industry:      Policy for determining amounts to be credited to the Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Account.
6    Secretary of State for Work and Pensions:      Social Security Benefits Uprating.


 

 
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