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 Culture, Media and Sport |
| *1 |
John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland): What discussions she has had with the National Campaign for the Arts on Government support for its objectives.
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(
216946
) |
| *2 |
Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): What support the Government has given to enable increased access to museums in the last five years.
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(
216947
) |
| *3 |
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): If she will make a statement on the role regional museums play in the education of children.
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(
216949
) |
| *4 |
Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): What discussions she has had with regional cultural consortia on policies to promote social inclusion.
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(
216950
) |
| *5 |
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What discussions she has had with her counterparts in the National Assembly for Wales Government on the use of leisure to assist physical and mental well-being.
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(
216951
) |
| *6 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What plans she has to amend the Osborne Estates Act 1902.
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(
216953
) |
| *7 |
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): What progress her Department is making in increasing participation levels in sport and physical activity.
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(
216954
) |
| *8 |
Jane Griffiths (Reading East): What discussions she has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on tax relief for amateur sports clubs.
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(
216955
) |
| *9 |
Tony Cunningham (Workington): What support her Department is giving to sports clubs in Workington constituency affected by recent flooding.
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(
216956
) |
| *10 |
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): What recent meetings she has had with the Museums Association to discuss funding for museums.
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(
216957
) |
| *11 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What recent discussions she has had with football authorities on the governance of the professional game.
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(
216958
) |
| *12 |
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): What progress has been made in implementing the Licensing Act 2003.
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(
216959
) |
| *13 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What her Department's advice to local authorities is on assessing the local cumulative impact of licensing applications made under the Licensing Act 2003.
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(
216960
) |
| *14 |
Sue Doughty (Guildford): What assessment her Department has made of the impact of licence fee levels on amateur and voluntary sports clubs.
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(
216961
) |
| *15 |
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South): What plans she has to review the Code on Sports and Other Listed Events.
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(
216962
) |
| *16 |
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): What support the Government is offering the UK film industry.
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(
216963
) |
| *17 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): If she will make a statement on the financial implications of the Licensing Act 2003 for sports clubs.
|
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(
216964
) |
| *18 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If she will make a statement on her Department's policies towards financial support for the protection of the built heritage of faith communities.
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(
216965
) |
| Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission |
| *19 |
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the Foreign Office on distribution of leaflets on overseas voter registration.
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(
217006
) |
| *20 |
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations the Electoral Commission has received on guidance issued to electoral registration officers on postal voter identification.
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(
217007
) |
| *21 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Commissioners have made of the cost of restoring the fabric and maintaining the structures of York Cathedral; and if he will make a statement.
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(
217008
) |
| *22 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the Review of Clergy Terms of Service.
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(
217009
) |
| *23 |
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress is being made in granting employment rights to clergy.
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(
217010
) |
| *24 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on ensuring that the timetable to register to vote is communicated to overseas voters.
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(
217012
) |
| *25 |
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recommendations the Electoral Commission has made on improving the security of postal voting.
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(
217013
) |
| *26 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what assessment he has made of the resources available to National Audit Office staff to enable them to facilitate greater parliamentary scrutiny of public sector IT projects.
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(
217014
) |
| *27 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the work of the Church Heritage Forum.
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|
(
217015
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT BILL (PROGRAMME) (No.
2)
[Up to 45 minutes]
|
| Secretary Margaret Beckett
Mr Peter Hain
|
| That the Programme Order of 10th January 2005 in relation to the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill be varied as follows:
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| 1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the order shall be omitted.
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| 2. Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following table.
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| 3. The proceedings shown in the first column of the table shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column.
|
Proceedings
| Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 1; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 2; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 3; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 4 | 2 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order. |
| New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 5; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 6. | 3 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order. |
| New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 7; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 8; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 9; New Clauses, amendments and New Schedules relating to Part 10; remaining New Clauses and New Schedules; remaining proceedings on consideration. | 4 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order. |
| 4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion—
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| (a) 5 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order; or
|
| (b) at the moment of interruption,
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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)).
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| + 2 | CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered. (Queen's Consent to be signified on Third Reading.)
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| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
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| Third Reading will also be taken.
|
| Proceedings on Consideration shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) (No.
2) Motion and proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion five hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) (No.
2) Motion or at the moment of interruption, whichever is the later, if the Programme Motion is agreed to.
|
| + 3 | NORTHERN IRELAND
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 26th January, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| 4 | EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.
|
| That Mr Liam Byrne be added to the European Scrutiny Committee.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting:
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| 5 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Economic regeneration in Burton (Mrs Janet Dean).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 2.30 p.m. | Library Bar Area, Europa Hotel, Belfast (private) |
| Subject: Reconciliation: Ways of dealing with Northern Ireland's past. |
| Witnesses: Ways of Dealing with Northern Ireland's Past (WAVE), Families of the `Disappeared', Families Achieving Change Together (FACT); Pat Finucane Centre (at approximately 3.45 p.m.); Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister officials (at approximately 4.30 p.m.). |
| 2 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Progress on Pesticides Sub-Committee | 3.20 p.m.
3.30 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Progress on Pesticides. |
| Witnesses: Professor Barry Dent, Chairman of the Voluntary Initiative Steering Group; Professor David Coggon, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, and Professor David Forman, Epidemiologist on the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (at approximately 5.15 p.m.). |
| 3 | Education and Skills | 3.30 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 4 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subjects: (i) Department of Trade and Industry: Renewable Energy; (ii)
National Audit Office Supply Estimate 2005-06; (iii) Northern Ireland Audit Office Supply Estimate 2005-06. |
| Witnesses: (i) Sir Robin Young KCB, Permanent Secretary and Mr Roy Collins, Head of Renewables Obligation Review Team, Department of Trade and Industry; (ii) Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr Michael Whitehouse, Assistant Auditor General, and Mr Phil Woodward, Director of Finance, National Audit Office (at approximately 5.45 p.m.); (iii) Mr John Dowdall CBE, Comptroller & Auditor General, and Mr Ciaren Moore, Assistant Auditor General, Northern Ireland Audit Office (at approximately 6.15 p.m.). |
[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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Prime Minister's Strategy Unit Report on Countries at Risk of Instability. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for Transport: Air Transport Judicial Review. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Industrial injuries—prescribed diseases. |
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