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Weekly Information Bulletin: 11th December 2004

Business of the House of Commons
6 - 10 December 2004

Monday 6 December

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Culture, Media and Sport; Church Commissioners; Public Accounts Commission and Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Statement - Benefits Uprating and Welfare Reform - Alan Johnson

Legislation- Railways Bill - Second reading (Opposition amendment negatived on division; Bill read a second time)

Programme Motion - Railways Bill (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - Railways Bill (Agreed to)

Adjournment - Private Finance Initiative education contracts - Dr Vincent Cable

The House rose at 10.55pm


Tuesday 7 December

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am - 11.30am and 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates

09.30 - 11.00Chris Bryant on incapacity benefit in coalfield communities
11.00 - 11.30Mrs Lorna Fitzsimmons on the future of the Royal regiment of Fusiliers
14.00 - 15.30Alistair Burt on Government priorities for parents and family policy
15.30 - 16.00Dr John Pugh on school closures
16.00 - 16.30Mr Bob Blizzard on the Democratic Republic of Congo

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Health

Bill Presented - Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill - Margaret Beckett

Legislation - Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill - Second Reading (Bill read a second time)

Programme Motion - Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (Agreed to)

Adjournment - Consultation with victims' families in the review of life tariffs - Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

The House rose at 7.39pm


Wednesday 8 December

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am - 11.30am and 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates

09.30 - 11.00The Rev'd Ian Paisley on agriculture in Northern Ireland
11.00 - 11.30Mr Andrew Tyrie on electoral registration of service personnel
14.00 - 15.30Mr Stephen Pound on the Christian community in Iraq
15.30 - 16.00Mr Lindsay Hoyle on the procurement of army uniforms
16.00 - 16.30Mr Paul Burstow on the withdrawal of pension books

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Wales; Prime Minister

Legislation - Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill - Second Reading (Bill read a second time)

Programme Motion - Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Agreed to)

Adjournment - Eye treatment and the case of Mr Adrian Patrick - Norman Baker

The House rose at 6.26pm


Thursday 9 December

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Trade and Industry; Minister for Women

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Statement - Northern Ireland- Mr Paul Murphy

Debate - on Management of Information Technology Projects: Making IT deliver for DWP customers followed by a debate on Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision and Secondary Education: School Admissions (Estimates - 1st allotted day) (Agreed to)

Bill Presented - Consolidated Fund Bill - Dawn Primarolo

Adjournment - Allotments - Mr Ben Chapman

The House rose at 6.32pm

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall: - debate on the 8th Report from the Treasury Committee: Restoring Confidence in Long-term Savings (HC 71-I, 2003-04)


Friday 10 December

The House did not sit


Written Ministerial Statements
6 -10 December 2004

6.12.2004

Departmental Strategy - Mr David Lammy
6.12.2004

War Pensions Uprating - Mr Ivor Caplin
6.12.2004

Fire and Rescue National Framework - Lord Rooker
6.12.2004

Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England - Keith Hill
6.12.2004

Sustainable Waste Management - Mr Elliot Morley
6.12.2004

Export Licence Application (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Mr Denis MacShane
7.12.2004

Armed Forces Chaplains - Mr Ivor Caplin
7.12.2004

Regional Housing Investment - Keith Hill
7.12.2004

SSRIs - Ms Rosie Winterton
7.12.2004

Incitement to Religious Hatred - Mr David Blunkett
7.12.2004

Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Account - Ms Patricia Hewitt
7.12.2004

Social Security Benefits Uprating - Alan Johnson
8.12.2004

Armed Forces' Pay Review Body - Mr Adam Ingram
8.12.2004

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - Mr Ben Bradshaw
8.12.2004

Five year Strategy - Margaret Beckett
8.12.2004

Constitution for Europe - Mr Jack Straw
8.12.2004

Local Transport Plans and Accessibility Planning - Charlotte Atkins
8.12.2004

Managing Sickness Absence in the Public Sector - Jane Kennedy
9.12.2004

Civil Contingencies Act - Ruth Kelly
9.12.2004

Electoral Commission Reports - Mr Christopher Leslie
9.12.2004

Royal Air Force Manpower Drawdown - Mr Adam Ingram
9.12.2004

Planning for Telecommunication Developments - Keith Hill
9.12.2004

Candidates' Elections Expenses (City of London) Order 2005 - Mr Nick Raynsford
9.12.2004

Electoral Commission Report (Delivering Democracy?) - Mr Nick Raynsford
9.12.2004

Higher Education (Loans and Grants) - Dr Kim Howells
9.12.2004

Agricultural Waste Regulations - Mr Elliot Morley
9.12.2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Export Licence Application - Mr Denis MacShane
9.12.2004

Continuing Care - Dr Stephen Ladyman
9.12.2004

Shipman Inquiry - Dr John Reid
9.12.2004

United States and United Kingdom Science and Technology Agreement - Mr David Blunkett
9.12.2004

Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland 2025 - Mr John Spellar
9.12.2004

Autumn Performance Report - Alan Johnson

 
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