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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| On Second Reading of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.
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| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| *1 |
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the government of India about membership of the UN Security Council.
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(
224384
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| *2 |
Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary of Australia on policies in relation to the future of Iraq.
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(
224385
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| *3 |
Tony Baldry (Banbury): If he will make a statement on the position taken by the UK in the UN on Darfur.
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(
224386
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| *4 |
Ann McKechin (Glasgow Maryhill): What action the Government is taking, in conjunction with others, (a) to bring an end to killings in Darfur and (b) to ensure that essential supplies reach the region.
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(
224387
) |
| *5 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): What assessment his Department has made of the fairness of the Zimbabwe general election.
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(
224388
) |
| *6 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): If he will make a statement on Government policy on Kashmir.
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(
224389
) |
| *7 |
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): What action the Government is taking with the international community to ensure aid supplies reach Darfur.
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(
224390
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| *8 |
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What progress has been made in implementing the proposals on international law and tyrannical regimes put forward by the UN's high level panel in November 2004.
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224391
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| *9 |
Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): If he will make a statement on Ukraine's progress towards fulfilling its action plan with NATO.
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(
224392
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| *10 |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): If he will make a statement on the progress of the EU negotiations with Iran about Iran's nuclear programme.
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224393
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| *11 |
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan): What assistance he is giving to the Simon Wiesenthal Centre to bring suspected Holocaust perpetrators to justice.
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(
224394
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| *12 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): If he will make a statement on the conduct of the parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.
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(
224395
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| *13 |
Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West): If he will make a statement on the Middle East peace process.
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(
224396
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| *14 |
Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): What issues will be discussed at the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Vilnius.
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224397
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| *15 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet his EU counterparts to discuss the recent election campaign in Zimbabwe.
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(
224398
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| *16 |
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): If he will make a statement on the recent election in Zimbabwe.
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(
224399
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| *17 |
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): If he will discuss the situation in Chechnya with the Russian authorities.
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(
224400
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| *18 |
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): What action he is encouraging the EU to take to further the Middle East peace process.
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(
224401
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| *19 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If he will make a statement on the EU embargo on arms sales to China.
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224403
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| *20 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): If he will make a statement on relations with Iran.
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(
224404
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| *21 |
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): What progress is being made with Croatia's application to join the EU.
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224405
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| *22 |
Ms Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): If he will make a statement on the transfer of Palestinian towns to the control of the Palestinian authorities.
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(
224406
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| *23 |
Martin Linton (Battersea): What representations he has made to the Israeli Prime Minister concerning the expansion of settlements on the West Bank.
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224407
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| *24 |
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): What assessment he has made of the impact of the continuing conflict in Darfur on the North-South Sudanese peace deal.
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224408
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| At 12.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Ten minute rule Motion
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| 1 | COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 (AMENDMENT)
[Up to 20 minutes]
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| That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to create offences in connection with denial of service and to make further provision about proceedings and penalties for an offence under section 1 of that Act; 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 |
| + 2 | EQUALITY BILL: Second Reading.
[Until 7.00 p.m.]
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| The Sixteenth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2004-05, Equality Bill, HC
497, is relevant.
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| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
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| + 3 | EQUALITY BILL (PROGRAMME)
[No debate]
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| Ms Secretary Hewitt
Mr Peter Hain
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| That the following provisions shall apply to the Equality Bill:
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| Committal
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| 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
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| Proceedings in Standing Committee
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| 2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 21st April 2005.
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| 3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
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| Consideration and Third Reading
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| 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.
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| 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced.
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| 6. Standing Order No.
83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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| Other proceedings
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| 7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments or on any further message from the Lords) may be programmed.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
83A(6)).
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| + 4 | MENTAL CAPACITY BILL (PROGRAMME) (No.
4)
[No debate]
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| Mr Peter Hain
Mr David Lammy
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| That the following proceedings shall apply to the Mental Capacity Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 11th October 2004, as varied by the Orders of 12th October 2004 and 14th December 2004:
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| Consideration of Lords Amendments
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| 1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed at this day's sitting and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
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| Subsequent stages
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| 2. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any further question being put.
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| 3. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
83A(6)).
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| + 5 | MENTAL CAPACITY BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments.
[Up to one hour]
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| Debate may continue for up to one hour, if the Mental Capacity (Programme) (No.
4) Motion is agreed to.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 6 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: International aid for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Africa (Ms Sally Keeble).
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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 | Standing Committee C | 9.30 a.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| Further to consider the Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill. |
| 2 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation. | 6.00 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the Civil Procedure (Amendment No.
2) Rules 2005 (S.I., 2005, No.
656). |
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| 3 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Urban Affairs Sub-Committee. | 9.15 a.m. | Room 15 (private) |
| 4 | Standards and Privileges | 9.30 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 5 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.00 a.m.
10.15 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
(private)
(public) |
| Subject: Community Sport. |
| Witnesses: Central Council for Physical Recreation, Sheppey Rugby Football Club Ltd; England and Wales Cricket Board, The Football Association, Rugby Football Union and Lawn Tennis Association (at approximately 11.00 a.m.); Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP, Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Lord Carter, Chairman and Mr Roger Draper, Chief Executive, Sport England (at approximately 11.45 a.m.). |
| 6 | Health | 10.00 a.m. | Room 16 (private) |
| 7 | Treasury | 10.00 a.m. | Room 6 (private) |
| 8 | Welsh Affairs | 10.30 a.m.
10.45 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Draft Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill. |
| Witness: Mr Don Touhig MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales. |
| 9 | Foreign Affairs | 11.00 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 10 | Scottish Affairs | 2.00 p.m. | Room 19 (private) |
| 11 | International Development | 2.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private) |
| 12 | Environmental Audit | 3.00 p.m. | Room 20 (private) |
| 13 | Statutory Instruments | As soon as convenient after 4.15 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 14 | 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 | Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Business Plan and updated Executive Agency Framework Document of the UK Debt Management Office. |
| 2 | Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs: ECHR Protocol 14—Reform of European Court of Human Rights. |
| 3 | Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs:Announcement of Chair of the selection panel for the Judicial Appointments Commissioners. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Defence: Defence Transport and Movements Agency key targets for financial year 2005-06. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Defence: New call out of reservists for operations in the Balkans. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Defence: Special Reconnaissance Regiment. |
| 7 | Deputy Prime Minister: Ordnance Survey Corporate Business Plan 2005-08 and Performance Monitors 2005-06. |
| 8 | Secretary of State for International Development: Microbicide Development Programme. |
| 9 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Outcome of the Northern Ireland Security Vetting Review. |
| 10 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Independent Monitoring Commission Report on Paramilitary Activity: Response by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. |
| 11 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Discretionary Social Fund. |
| 12 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Report by the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice Inspection, Northern Ireland, on the inspection of the Juvenile Justice Centre. |
| 13 | Secretary of State for Transport: Maritime and Coastguard Agency Ministerial Targets 2005-06. |
| 14 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Gravesham Borough Council. |
| 15 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. |
| 16 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of South Buckinghamshire District Council. |
| 17 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Flintshire County Council. |
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