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 Deputy Prime Minister |
| *1 |
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What discussions he has held with the National Assembly for Wales Government on housing policy.
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|
(
214868
) |
| *2 |
Iain Wright (Hartlepool): If he will make a statement on Social Home Buy.
|
|
|
(
214869
) |
| *3 |
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What plans he has to increase the stock of council and housing association dwellings for rent in London.
|
|
|
(
214870
) |
| *4 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): How many of the affordable rented houses to be built over the next three years will be council houses.
|
|
|
(
214871
) |
| *5 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What effect he expects the Five Year Plan will have on the level of asset inequality.
|
|
|
(
214872
) |
| *6 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What assessment he has made of the progress made by Elevate, the housing market renewal pathfinder in East Lancashire.
|
|
|
(
214874
) |
| *7 |
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What problems he has identified in communities where a large proportion of residential property is occupied by students.
|
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|
(
214875
) |
| *8 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): How many houses he expects will be built in the Southend area under his plans for housing development in the South East of England.
|
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|
(
214876
) |
| *9 |
Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What role his Department has had in the preparation and approval of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the North East.
|
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|
(
214877
) |
| *10 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): What steps he is taking to increase investment in modernising publicly-owned homes.
|
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|
(
214878
) |
| *11 |
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): What plans he has to build more affordable accommodation over the next five years.
|
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|
(
214879
) |
| *12 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): If he will make a statement on housing allocations for the South East.
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(
214880
) |
| *13 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What discussions his Department has had with Scottish Executive ministers regarding fire service pay.
|
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|
(
214881
) |
| *14 |
Mr John Cummings (Easington): What steps he is taking to improve the quality of existing homes.
|
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|
(
214882
) |
| Oral Questions to the Prime Minister |
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.
| *Q1 |
Ross Cranston (Dudley North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9th February.
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|
(
214853
) |
| *Q2 |
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):
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(
214854
) |
| *Q3 |
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):
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|
(
214855
) |
| *Q4 |
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):
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(
214856
) |
| *Q5 |
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North):
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(
214857
) |
| *Q6 |
Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath & Crayford):
|
|
(
214858
) |
| *Q7 |
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):
|
|
(
214859
) |
| *Q8 |
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):
|
|
(
214860
) |
| *Q9 |
Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):
|
|
(
214861
) |
| *Q10 |
Clive Efford (Eltham):
|
|
(
214862
) |
| *Q11 |
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):
|
|
(
214863
) |
| *Q12 |
Mr John Grogan (Selby):
|
|
(
214864
) |
| *Q13 |
Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):
|
|
(
214865
) |
| *Q14 |
Tony Cunningham (Workington):
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|
(
214866
) |
| *Q15 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):
|
|
(
214867
) |
| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| 1 | AUDIBLE MOTOR VEHICLE ALARMS
[No debate]
|
| |
| Bill to establish requirements about the noise levels of, and the duration of noise emitted by, audible alarms within motor vehicles; to make provision about tests on motor vehicles in that connection; and for connected purposes.
|
| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
|
| Ten minute Rule Motion
|
| 2 | ROAD SAFETY (PILLION PASSENGERS)
[Up to 20 minutes]
|
| |
| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about protective helmets for children riding on motor cycles as pillion passengers; to make further provision about motor cycle construction and use in relation to pillion passengers; to make it an offence to carry a child as a pillion passenger without parental consent; and for connected purposes.
|
| The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).
|
|
Main Business |
| + 3 | EUROPEAN UNION BILL Second Reading. (Queen's Consent to be signified on Second Reading.)
[Until 7.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth
|
Ann Winterton
David Burnside
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
| Mr Richard Bacon
The Reverend Martin Smyth | Mr Nigel Dodds
Mrs Angela Browning |
| That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the European Union Bill because it proposes to make a fundamental change in the system of democratic government and the constitution of the United Kingdom by implementing in United Kingdom law a European constitution with a wholly new Treaty revoking all existing European treaties and laws and rulings of the European Court of Justice and re-applying them with substantial amendments through the asserted supremacy of the European Court and the institutions of the European Union over the laws and constitution of the United Kingdom, and would therefore seek to override not only the will of this House as expressed from time to time and the United Kingdom Parliament as a whole (despite the welcome referendum which requires a separate Bill), but also the democratic rights of the voters of this country as to how they should be governed and by which laws.
|
| Mr Michael Howard
Mr Michael Ancram
Mr Graham Brady
Mr Mark Simmonds
Mr Mark Prisk
David Maclean
|
| That this House declines to give a second reading to the European Union Bill because, whilst it enables the broadly-supported and necessary Referendum to be held on the Constitution for Europe, it also provides for the implementation into UK law of that Constitution for Europe; it enshrines the primacy of European Union law and puts in place many of the elements of a state; it transfers further powers to the European Union institutions and further promotes the concept of a common foreign and security policy and a common economic policy; it further encourages the over-implementation of European regulations; it extends the powers to legislate by order; it extends the competences of the European Union in many areas including asylum and immigration, criminal and civil law; and it therefore further diminishes the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
|
| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
|
| + 4 | EUROPEAN UNION BILL (PROGRAMME)
[No debate]
|
| Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Peter Hain
|
| That the following provisions shall apply to the European Union Bill:
|
| Committal
|
| 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
|
| Proceedings in Committee
|
| 2.—(1) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in three days.
|
| (2) Those proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table and shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at the times specified in the second column.
|
| (3) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.
|
| TABLE |
Proceedings
| Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| First and second day |
| Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 to 4, Schedule 2, new Clauses relating to Part 1, new Schedules relating to Part 1 | Three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the second day. |
| Clause 5, new Clauses relating to Part 2, new Schedules relating to Part 2 | The moment of interruption on the second day or three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Clause 5, whichever is the later. |
| Third day |
| Clause 6, Schedule 3, Clauses 7 and 8, new Clauses relating to Part 3, new Schedules relating to Part 3, remaining proceedings on the Bill | Five hours after the commencement of proceedings on Clause 6. |
| Consideration and Third Reading
|
| 3. Any proceedings on consideration shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
|
| 4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) one hour after the commencement of those proceedings or at the moment of interruption on the day on which they are commenced, whichever is the earlier.
|
| 5. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
|
| Programming of other proceedings
|
| 6. 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)).
|
| + 5 | EUROPEAN UNION BILL [MONEY]: Queen's recommendation signified.
[No debate]
|
| |
| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the European Union Bill, it is expedient to authorise—
|
| (1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
(a) expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown or government department by virtue of the Act; and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of such money under any other Act;
|
| (2) the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of—
(a) charges paid by the Electoral Commission in respect of services rendered, or expenses incurred, by or on behalf of the Chief Counting Officer or a counting officer in connection with the referendum for which the Act provides;
(b) sums payable in respect of increases of superannuation contributions required to be paid by local authorities in consequence of fees paid as part of those charges;
(c) sums in respect of expenses incurred in accordance with an order relating to the holding or conduct of a referendum in Gibraltar;
(d) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums charged on and falling to be paid out of that Fund under any other Act;
|
| (3) the payment out of the National Loans Fund of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of that Fund under any other Act.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
|
| + 6 | EUROPEAN UNION BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]
[No debate]
|
| |
| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the European Union Bill, it is expedient to authorise—
|
| (1) charges to taxation of the European Union that is to be established by the Treaty signed at Rome on 29th October 2004 establishing a Constitution for Europe;
|
| (2) the modification of the power of the Treasury by order under the European Communities Act 1972 to make provision about the imposition of customs duties on goods; and
|
| (3) the payment into the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund of sums received by a Minister of the Crown or government department by virtue of the Act.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
|
| At the end of the sitting:
|
| 7 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: A14 in Cambridgeshire (Mr James Paice).
|
| 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 |
|
| 1 | Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2005. |
|
| 2 | Science and Technology | 9.00 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Forensic Science. |
| Witness: Caroline Flint MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. |
| 3 | Constitutional Affairs | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Legal Aid: asylum appeals. |
| Witnesses: JUSTICE and Refugee Legal Centre; Bar Council, Law Society and Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (at approximately 10.15 a.m.). |
| 4 | Education and Skills | 9.15 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Every Child Matters. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, Department for Education and Skills. |
| 5 | Modernisation of the House of Commons | 9.30 a.m. | Room 18 (private) |
| 6 | Work and Pensions | 9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Service Delivery to Minority Ethnic Customers. |
| Witness: Jane Kennedy MP, Minister for Work, Department for Work and Pensions. |
| 7 | Defence | 10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Iraq. |
| Witnesses: Mr Jim Drummond, former Director, Iraq Directorate, Ms Pauline Hays, Senior Programme Manager, Iraq Directorate, and Mr Rodney Matthews, former Head of Office, Basra, Department for International Development. |
| 8 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.15 p.m.
3.00 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Work of Defra. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 9 | International Development | 2.15 p.m.
2.30 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subjects: (i) Darfur, Sudan: Crisis, Response and Lessons; (ii) Responses to the Asian Tsunami Earthquake disaster. |
| Witness: Mr Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, United Nations. |
| 10 | Treasury Sub-Committee | 2.15 p.m.
2.30 p.m. | Room 18 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Performance Targets and Monitoring. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP, Chief Secretary, HM Treasury. |
| 11 | Welsh Affairs | 2.15 p.m.
2.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Police Service, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Wales. |
| Witnesses: Hazel Blears MP, Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing, and Community Safety, Home Office, and Welsh Assembly Government officials. |
| 12 | Defence | 2.30 p.m.
3.00 p.m. | Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Iraq. |
| Witnesses: Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP, Minister of State, Major General Nick Houghton CBE, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), and Dr Roger Hutton, Director, Joint Commitments Policy, Ministry of Defence. |
| 13 | Transport | 2.30 p.m.
2.45 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Search and Rescue. |
| Witnesses: Chief Fire Officers Association; Mountain Rescue in England & Wales, Association of Lowland Search and Rescue, and UK Lowland Search Institute (at approximately 3.25 p.m.); National Coastwatch Institution (at approximately 4.05 p.m.). |
| 14 | Environmental Audit | 3.00 p.m.
3.20 p.m. | Room 20 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Pre-Budget 2004: The Road Ahead. |
| Witness: John Healey MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury. |
| 15 | Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 3.30 p.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| Subject: Reconciliation: Ways of dealing with Northern Ireland's past. |
| Witnesses: Community Relations Council, Community Foundation for Northern Ireland; Relatives for Justice, Ardoyne Commemoration Project, Coiste n-Iarchimi, and Firinne (at approximately 4.30 p.m.). |
| 16 | Public Accounts | 3.30 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: Home Office: Reducing Vehicle Crime. |
| Witnesses: Mr Leigh Lewis CB, Permanent Secretary for Crime Policing, Counter Terrorism and Delivery, Home Office, and Mr Clive Bennett, Chief Executive, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). |
| 17 | Selection | 4.45 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEES |
| 18 | Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill | 3.30 p.m. | Room 5 (private) |
| 19 | Human Rights | 3.45 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Government's response to the House of Lords' Belmarsh Judgment. |
| Witness: Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department. |
[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: Isolus—Government's response to CIOP recommendations. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for International Development: Tsunami. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: BNFL Inc's US nuclear clean-up contracts. |
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