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.
Private Business |
| Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.
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Second Reading
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London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill. (By Order).
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| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland |
| *1 |
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on future economic strategy in Scotland.
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(
213400
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| *2 |
Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): What estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland which are dependent upon the defence industry.
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(
213401
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| *3 |
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): What plans he has to support the Gaelic language.
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(
213402
) |
| *4 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on development of wind farms in Scotland.
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(
213403
) |
| *5 |
Pete Wishart (North Tayside): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive and Cabinet colleagues on the future of energy policy for Scotland.
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(
213404
) |
| *6 |
Angus Robertson (Moray): What discussions he has had with the Treasury on tax credit overpayment in Scotland.
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(
213405
) |
| *7 |
Sir Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): If he will seek to promote the interests of areas in Scotland likely to lose access to EU structural funds when public sector relocations are being planned.
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(
213406
) |
| *8 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What assessment he has made of the future rate of growth of the Scottish economy in comparison with the UK economy.
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(
213407
) |
| *9 |
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge & Chryston): When he next expects to meet the Scottish representatives of the Disability Rights Commission to discuss disability rights in Scotland.
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(
213408
) |
| *10 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister about pensioner poverty in Scotland.
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(
213409
) |
| *11 |
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): What discussions he has held with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Scottish Executive on prospects for growth in the Scottish economy in comparison with the rest of the UK.
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(
213410
) |
| *12 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What estimate he has made of the costs of introducing identity cards in Scotland.
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(
213411
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| *13 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the level of central government regulation of small businesses in Scotland.
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(
213412
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| *14 |
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): How many small businesses were created in Scotland during 2004.
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(
213413
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| *15 |
Sandra Osborne (Ayr): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on using National Lottery funding for projects to mark the legacy of Robert Burns, with particular reference to the 250th anniversary of his birth.
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(
213414
) |
| Oral Questions to the Advocate General |
| *16 |
Annabelle Ewing (Perth): What devolution issues have been raised with her since 11th January.
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(
213396
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| *17 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What devolution issues she has considered since 11th January.
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(
213397
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| *18 |
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): What devolution issues she has dealt with since 11th January.
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(
213398
) |
| *19 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What human rights issues she has considered since 11th January.
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(
213399
) |
| Oral Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Consitutional Affairs |
| *20 |
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What measures he is taking to retain magistrates.
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(
214423
) |
| *21 |
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): If he will make a statement on the availability of legal aid in domestic violence cases.
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(
214424
) |
| *22 |
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): If he will bring forward proposals to improve the contact between magistrates and the police and communities they serve; and if he will make a statement.
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(
214425
) |
| *23 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): On what date he expects a full planning application to be made for a new courthouse in Colchester; when he expects construction to commence; and what the scheduled opening date is.
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214426
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| *24 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): How many magistrates' courts there are in the West Midlands region.
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(
214428
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| *25 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): What mechanism is in place to review the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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(
214430
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| *26 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What changes he plans to make to legal aid as a result of his fundamental review of legal aid.
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(
214431
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| *27 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): What steps the Government is taking to enable court cases to be heard more quickly by county courts.
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(
214432
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| *28 |
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): What advice and training is being provided to appeal judges on implementing new legislation aimed at combating anti-social behaviour and illegal drug use.
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(
214433
) |
| *29 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What recent discussions he has held with the Archbishop of Cardiff regarding the Mental Capacity Bill.
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(
214434
) |
| *30 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What assessment he has made of the implications of the Access to Justice Act 1999 for civil justice in England and Wales.
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(
214435
) |
| *31 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): If he will make a statement on the regulation of the legal profession.
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(
214436
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| *32 |
Andy Burnham (Leigh): If he will make a statement on further reform of the House of Lords and indirect elections to that House.
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(
214437
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| Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission and the Leader of the House |
| *33 |
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to provide childcare facilities in the House.
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214438
) |
| *34 |
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Leader of the House, what input he has had to the Procedure Committee inquiry into the operation of the House's sub judice resolution.
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214439
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| *35 |
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans he has for the Youth Parliament to sit in the House of Commons chamber.
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214440
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| *36 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent developments there have been in the designation of no-smoking areas in the precincts of the House; and if he will make a statement.
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(
214441
) |
| *37 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will instigate an audit of the House's environmental practices.
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(
214442
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| *38 |
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to increase opportunities for honourable Members to debate matters affecting the English regions.
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214443
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| *39 |
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Leader of the House, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on giving more emphasis to Parliament in the school citizenship syllabus.
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(
214444
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
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| 1 | CHILDREN'S FOOD
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision regarding the marketing, promotion and sale of food and drink to and for children; to make provision for education and the dissemination of information about children's diet, nutrition and health; to place certain duties on the Food Standards Agency; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| Ten minute rule Motion
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| 2 | SMALL SHOPS (PROTECTION)
[Up to 20 minutes]
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| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require local authorities to develop plans to support small shops; to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to impose additional planning requirements in relation to large shops and shopping centres; to make provision about retail purchasing by local authorities and other public authorities; to amend the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in relation to non-domestic rates for small shops and related business; and for connected purposes.
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| The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No.
23).
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Main Business |
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| Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 7.00 p.m. (Standing Order No. 15).
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| 3 | OPPOSITION DAY (4th allotted day)
[Until 7.00 p.m.]
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| | CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Sir Menzies Campbell
Norman Baker
Malcolm Bruce
Sue Doughty
Mr Andrew Stunell
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| That this House endorses the comments of Sir David King that climate change is the most serious threat facing the planet and congratulates him on his work in this area; welcomes the Prime Minister's commitment to make the tackling of climate change a top priority for the United Kingdom's presidencies of the EU and G8 this year; reiterates the UK commitment to a 60 per cent. reduction in carbon emissions by 2050; strongly welcomes the coming into force of the Kyoto agreement on 16th February and the strong role the European Union has played in achieving this; believes that it is vital that, post-Kyoto, the international community works to reach agreement on the action needed to tackle climate change, which should engage the United States but which should also recognise the importance of the energy choices which face many of the major developing countries; calls on the global community to work with them in addressing those choices; rejects the notion that tackling climate change will of necessity damage the economy and indeed suggests that it is failure to do so that will lead to that result; believes that all parties in this House should by their own actions help convince the public of the need to take environmental matters seriously; and therefore condemns Conservative plans severely to weaken the Environment Agency through the massive and debilitating cuts proposed for the Agency by that party, and its damaging plans to abolish the climate change levy.
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| | HOUSE OF LORDS JUDGMENT ON BELMARSH
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Sir Menzies Campbell
Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Andrew Stunell
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| That this House calls on the Government to respond to the House of Lords judgment on Belmarsh with a system of dealing with terror suspects which does not require a derogation from European Convention on Human Rights obligations and which enshrines the principle that decisions on restrictions on individual liberties are taken by the courts and not politicians.
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| As an Amendment to Mr Charles Kennedy's proposed Motion (House of Lords judgment on Belmarsh):
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Straw
Secretary Margaret Beckett
Mr Secretary Clarke
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `notes with approval the Government's intention to respond to the House of Lords judgment on Belmarsh by continuing to take all necessary measures to protect the security of the country and its citizens while acting in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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| The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (Standing Order No. 14(2)). |
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| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
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| At 7.00 p.m.
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| + | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate]
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| |
| That, at this day's sitting, proceedings on the Motion in the name of Mr Peter Hain relating to Standards and Privileges may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).
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| + | DEFERRED DIVISIONS [No debate]
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| |
| That, at this day's sitting, deferred Divisions shall not apply to the Question on the Motion in the name of Mr Peter Hain relating to Standards and Privileges.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 41A(3)).
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| + 4 | STANDARDS AND PRIVILEGES
[Until any hour]
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| (i) approves the Third Report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges (House of Commons Paper No. 233); and
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| (ii) accordingly suspends Mr Jonathan Sayeed, Member for Mid Bedfordshire, from the service of the House for two weeks.
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| Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.
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| + 5 | PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
[No debate]
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| That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 20th January, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 6 | DRAFT CHILDREN (CONTACT) AND ADOPTION BILL (JOINT COMMITTEE)
[No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
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| That the Lords Message of 2nd February relating to a Joint Committee of both Houses to consider and report on any draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister of the Crown, be now considered.
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| That this House concurs with the Lords that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on any draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill presented to both Houses by a Minister of the Crown, and that the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 26th May 2005.
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| That a Select Committee of six honourable Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords to consider the draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill.
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| That the Committee shall have power—
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| (i) to send for persons, papers and records;
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| (ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
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| (iii) to report from time to time;
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| (iv) to appoint specialist advisers;
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| (v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.
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| That the quorum of the Committee shall be two; and
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| That Vera Baird, Virginia Bottomley, Mr David Chidgey, Ann Coffey, Jonathan Shaw and Mr Clive Soley be members of the Committee.
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| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 7 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Tree protection (Mr David Kidney).
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| 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).
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|
COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | European Standing Committee B | 2.00 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider EU Document No. 13177/04 relating to European Defence Equipment Market. |
| 2 | Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 9.55 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3165). |
| 3 | Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 9.55 a.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2005. |
| 4 | Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 9.55 a.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3315). |
| 5 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Asylum (Designated States) Order 2005. |
|
| 6 | Liaison | 8.45 a.m.
9.00 a.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Witness: Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister. |
| 7 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | 9.00 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Empty Homes and Low-demand Pathfinders. |
| Witnesses: Pathfinder Chairs; SAVE Britain's Heritage, Merseyside Civic Society and The Whitefield Community Action Group (at approximately 10.10 a.m.); Knowsley Council and Bolton Council (at approximately 10.40 a.m.); Gateway, the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder for Kingston upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, and RENEW North Staffordshire (at approximately 11.10 a.m.). |
| 8 | Treasury | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: China and the World Economy. |
| Witnesses: Dr Gerard Lyons, Standard Chartered Bank, Mr Peter Nightingale, China-Britain Business Council, Mr Ray Barrell, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and Dr Linda Yueh. |
| 9 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Arts Development: Theatre. |
| Witnesses: Donmar Warehouse, The Almeida; The Old Vic, The Royal Court (at approximately 11.00 a.m.); Ambassador Theatre Group, Clear Channel Entertainment, Really Useful Group, and Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Ltd. (at approximately 11.45 a.m.). |
| 10 | Education and Skills | 12 noon | HM Young Offender Institution, Feltham (public) |
| Subject: Prison Education. |
| Witnesses: Inmates; Heads of Learning and Skills, and Education Managers (at approximately 2.00 p.m.); Prison Education Tutors and Instructors (at approximately 3.15 p.m.); Prison Officers Association (at approximately 4.15 p.m.). |
| 11 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Progress on Pesticides Sub-Committee | 1.50 p.m.
2.00 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Progress on Pesticides. |
| Witnesses: Friends of the Earth, and Pesticides Action Network UK; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and Soil Association (at approximately 2.40 p.m.); Environment Agency (at approximately 3.20 p.m.). |
| 12 | Home Affairs | 3.15 p.m.
5.00 p.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Terrorism and other Home Office issues. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department. |
| 13 | Environmental Audit | 3.40 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | Room 20 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The international challenge of climate change: UK Leadership in the G8 and the EU. |
| Witness: Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
| 14 | European Scrutiny | 4.05 p.m.
4.15 p.m. | Room 19 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: EU's Constitutional Treaty. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. |
| 15 | Statutory Instruments | As soon as convenient after 4.15 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 16 | Statutory Instruments | 4.15 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 | Deputy Prime Minister: Greater London Authority general grant determination 2005-06. |
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister: New financial arrangements for firefighter pensions. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Defence: Future aircraft carrier. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Health: Food Standards Agency's annual report and accounts 2003-04. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Health: Increases in regulatory fees for care services. |
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