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 the Home Department |
| *1 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What powers are available to the police to shut down irresponsible vendors of alcohol.
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|
(
211493
) |
| *2 |
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): What research he has conducted on the effectiveness of policing in England and Wales.
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|
(
211494
) |
| *3 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): If he will make a statement on prison overcrowding.
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|
(
211495
) |
| *4 |
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): If he will make a statement on the integration of asylum seekers and economic migrants in Peterborough.
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|
(
211496
) |
| *5 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): If he will increase the penalties for those who knowingly purchase alcohol for a minor; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
211497
) |
| *6 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What assessment he has made of the effects on police resources of implementation of the Licensing Act 2003.
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|
(
211498
) |
| *7 |
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent assessment he has made of the `Together' initiative.
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|
(
211499
) |
| *8 |
Colin Burgon (Elmet): What assessment he has made of the role of community support officers in community policing for the Leeds area.
|
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|
(
211500
) |
| *9 |
Iain Wright (Hartlepool): What steps are being taken to tackle binge drinking.
|
|
|
(
211501
) |
| *10 |
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): If he will make a statement on police numbers.
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|
(
211502
) |
| *11 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): What measures his Department is taking to ensure that police call centres are efficient and responsive.
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|
(
211503
) |
| *12 |
Tom Levitt (High Peak): What his assessment is of the impact of the Year of the Volunteer 2005.
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|
(
211504
) |
| *13 |
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow Cathcart): How many failed asylum seekers resident in (a) Glasgow Cathcart and (b) the United Kingdom are in receipt of hard case payments; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
211505
) |
| *14 |
Angela Watkinson (Upminster): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community support officers.
|
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|
(
211506
) |
| *15 |
Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): If he will make a further statement on his Department's policy on the repatriation to Zimbabwe of Zimbabwean nationals whose asylum and residence applications to the UK have been unsuccessful.
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|
(
211507
) |
| *16 |
Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): What plans he has further to amend the immigration and asylum system.
|
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|
(
211508
) |
| *17 |
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): If he will make a statement on the deaths of children in custody since 1997.
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(
211509
) |
| *18 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What his estimate is of (a) the number of recorded crimes in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Greater London in 2010 and (b) the percentage of each that will be cleared up in that year.
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|
(
211511
) |
| *19 |
John Mann (Bassetlaw): If he will make an assessment of trends in the level of acquisitive crimes in West Bassetlaw.
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|
(
211512
) |
| *20 |
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): If he will make a statement on the Government's strategy for race equality and community cohesion.
|
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|
(
211513
) |
| *21 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What (a) responsibilities he has allocated and (b) directives he has issued to traffic police.
|
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|
(
211514
) |
| *22 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent discussions his Department has had with Muslim leaders in the UK regarding anti-terrorism legislation.
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|
(
211515
) |
| *23 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What discussions he has had with chief constables regarding the deployment of officers to enforce the law relating to driving whilst using hand-held mobile telephones.
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|
(
211517
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)
[Up to 45 minutes]
|
| Mr Peter Hain
Mr Christopher Leslie
|
| That the Programme Order of 17th January 2005 in relation to the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] be amended as follows:
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| 1. For paragraphs 1, 2 and 3(1) there shall be substituted the following—
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| `1. The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
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| 2. Proceedings in the Committee, any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed in three days.
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| 3.—(l) The following shall apply to proceedings in the Committee.'
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| 2. In the Table, at the end there shall be inserted—
|
`Proceedings
| Time for conclusion of
proceedings |
| Third day |
| Clauses Nos. 8 to 10, Schedule No. 1, Clause No. 11, Schedule No. 2, Clause No. 12, Schedule No. 3, Clause No. 13, Schedule No. 4, Clauses Nos. 14 and 15, Schedule No. 5, Clause No. 16, Schedule No. 6, Clauses Nos. 17 to 19, any remaining new Clauses relating to Part 2, any new Schedules relating to Part 2, Clauses Nos. 22 and 23, Schedule No. 7, Clauses Nos. 24 to 36 and 38 to 53, Schedule No. 9, Clause No. 54, any remaining new Clauses relating to Part 3, any new Schedules relating to Part 3, Clause No. 55, Schedule No. 10, Clause No. 56, Schedule No. 11, Clauses Nos. 57 to 74, Schedule No. 12, Clauses Nos. 75 to 93 and 96 to 104, any new Clauses relating to Part 4, any new Schedules relating to Part 4, Clause No. 110, Schedule No. 13, Clauses Nos. 111 to 117, Schedule No. 14, Clause No. 118, Schedule No. 15, Clauses Nos. 119 to 121, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill | Five hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill' |
| 3. For paragraphs 4 to 7 there shall be substituted—
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| `4.—(1) This paragraph applies to any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading (together referred to as "remaining proceedings").
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| (2) Remaining proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion—
(a) at the moment of interruption on the third day, or
(b) one and a half hours after the commencement of remaining proceedings,
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|
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| The Speaker will put the Question not later than 45 minutes after proceedings begin. (Standing Order No. 83A(8) and (9)).
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| + 2 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL [LORDS]: (Clauses Nos. 1 to 7, 20, 21, 37, 94, 95 and 105 to 109, Schedule No. 8, any new Clauses amending section 12 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, and any new Clauses relating to matters connected with the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom as reserved or excepted matters under the Northern Ireland Act 1998): Committee [1st day].
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| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
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| First Report from the Constitutional Affairs Committee, Session 2003-04, HC 48-I and 48-II, on Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court (court of final appeal), and the Government's response thereto, Cm 6150; and the Third Report, Session 2004-05, HC 275-I and 275-II, on the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords]: the Government's proposals, are relevant.
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| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m. or three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Clause No. 5, whichever is the later (Order of 17th January).
|
| + 3 | CONTRACTING OUT
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of BID Levy Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 2004, which was laid before this House on 15th December, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| At the end of the sitting:
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| 4 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Government policy on sporting listed events (Mr John Grogan).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Education and Skills | 3.30 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 2 | Science and Technology | 4.00 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Forensic Science. |
| Witnesses: Graham Cooke, Bar Council, Karen Squibb-Williams, Crown Prosecution Service, Nimesh Jani, Crown Prosecution Service, Judge Anthony Thorpe, Resident Judge, Chichester Crown Court. |
| 3 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2004. |
| Witnesses: Sir Peter Spencer KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement, and Lt Gen Robert Fulton, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff for Equipment Capability, Ministry of Defence. |
[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: Five Year Plan on People, Places and Prosperity. |
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister: Audit Commission's New Code of Audit Practice. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Bedford Borough Council. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of London Borough of Harrow. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of South Gloucestershire Council. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Breckland District Council. |
| 7 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Glasgow City Council. |
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