Business of the House of Commons
21- 25 February 2005

Monday 21 February

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 - Business of the House - Mr Peter Hain

Programme Motion -- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Agreed to on division)

Legislation - Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill - Remaining Stages (Bill as amended, considered and read a third time)

Adjournment - Economic regeneration in Burton - Mrs Janet Dean

The House rose at 10.21pm

Tuesday 22 February

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates

09.30-11.00	Mr David Chidgey on the APW pension scheme
11.00-11.30	Mrs Jacqui Lait on over-development in Beckenham
14.00-15.30	Patrick Hall on Porton Down and the Service Volunteer Programme
15.30-16.00	Mr Jim Cunningham on fire services in the West Midlands
16.00-16.30	Lembit Opik on health and safety in the outdoor pursuits industry

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Health

Statement - Prevention of Terrorism - Mr Charles Clarke

Statement - Northern Ireland - Mr Paul Murphy

Bill Presented - Prevention of Terrorism - (Charles Clarke)

Bill Presented - Crossrail - (Alistair Darling)

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Regulation of Laser Eye Surgery - Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

Motion - relating to the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2005 and the draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2005 (Agreed)

Legislation - Drugs Bill - Remaining Stages (Bill as amended, considered and read a third time)

Programme Motion - Drugs Bill - (Agreed to on division)

Adjournment - Capital funding for church schools in Dorset - Mr Robert Walter

The House rose at 8.48pm

Wednesday 23 February

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates

09.30-11.00	Mr Robin Cook on reform of the House of Lords
11.00-11.30	Mr Brian H Donohoe on consumer protection and safety of gardening equipment
14.00-15.30	Mr David Lidington on Government policy on growth in Milton Keynes and the South Midlands
15.30-16.00	Mr Roger Williams on the Forestry Commission
16.00-16.30	Alice Mahon on International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Northern Ireland; Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Banking Practices (Protection of the Elderly) - Dr Julian Lewis

Legislation - Prevention of Terrorism Bill - Second Reading (Opposition amendment negatived on division; Bill read a second time)

Programme Motion - Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Agreed to on division)

Money Resolution - Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Agreed to)

Adjournment - Government Policy on the use of animals in experimentation - Mr David Drew

The House rose at 9.06pm

Thursday 24 February

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Education and Skills; Solicitor General

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Motion - Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL] - Allocation of Time Motion (Agreed to)

Legislation - Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL] - All Stages (Bill read a second time; Bill read a third time, and passed without amendment)

Adjournment - Government policy on managed return to work - Sue Doughty

The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall: - Debate on the report form the International Development Committee on Migration and Development [HC 79, 2003-04]

The House rose at 5.22pm

Friday 25 February

Private Members' Bills - Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill - Mr Nigel Evans (2R); School Meals and Nutrition Bill - Geraint Davies (2R); Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill - Peter Bradley (2R)

Adjournment - Government funding for Supporters Direct - Dr Phyllis Starkey

The Weekly Information Bulletin went to press before the House rose on Friday

Written Ministerial Statements
21 - 24 February 2005

21.2.2005	Countries at Risk of Instability - Mr Jack Straw
21.2.2005	Air Transport Judicial Review - Mr Alistair Darling
21.2.2005	Industrial Injuries and Prescribed Diseases - Jane Kennedy
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimate 2004-05 - Mr David Milliband
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimate (Inland Revenue) - Dawn Primarolo
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (National Savings and Investments) - Mr Stephen Timms
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (Office for National Statistics) - Mr Stephen Timms
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (HM Customs and Excise) - Dawn Primarolo
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (Government Actuary's Department) - Mr Stephen Timms
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (HM Treasury) - Dawn Primarolo
22.2.2005	Vote A 2005-06 - Mr Geoffrey Hoon
22.2.2005	Armed Forces Pay Review Body Report 2005 - Mr Geoffrey Hoon
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Alan Michael
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Mr Bill Rammell
22.2.2005	British Detainees (Iraq) - Mr Jack Straw
22.2.2005	Doctors and Dentists Remuneration - Dr John Reid
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Fiona Mctaggert
22.2.2005	Parades - Mr Ian Pearson
22.2.2005	Honours System - Mr Tony Blair
22.2.2005	Motorcycling - Mr David Jamieson
22.2.2005	Open Method of Co-ordination - Mr Chris Pond
22.2.2005	Financial Assistance Scheme - Malcolm Wicks
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Mr David Lammy
22.2.2005	Supplementary Estimate - Mr David Lammy
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Tessa Jowell
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Mr John Prescott
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Mr Geoffrey Hoon
22.2.2005	School Teachers' Review Body - Ruth Kelly
22.2.2005	Supplementary Estimates - Ruth Kelly
22.2.2005	Departmental Expenditure - Dr. John Reid
22.2.2005	Senior Salaries - Mr Tony Blair
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Hilary Benn
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates (Security and Intelligence Agencies) - Mr Tony Blair
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates 2004-05 - Mr Alistair darling
22.2.2005	Prosecution of British Soldiers - Ms Harriet Harman
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Ms Hewitt
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Ms Patricia Hewitt
22.2.2005	Departmental Expenditure Limit - Mr Alistair Darling
22.2.2005	Supplementary Estimates - Mr Peter Hain
22.2.2005	Benefit Fraud (Redbridge) - Mr Chris Pond
22.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Alan Johnson
23.2.2005	Budget Statement - Mr Gordon Brown
23.2.2005	Communit Legal Service (Asylum and Immigration) Regulations - Mr David Lammy
23.2.2005	Animals (Scientific Procedure Licences) - Caroline Flint
23.2.2005	Spring Supplementary Estimates - Ms Harriet Harman
24.2.2005	Prince of Wales (Marriage) - Mr David Lammy
24.2.2005	Baton Rounds (Northern Ireland) - Mr Adam Ingram
24.2.2005	Commercial Property Leases - Yvette Cooper
24.2.2005	UN Reform - Mr Bill Rammell
24.2.2005	Special Envoy (Afghanistan) - Mr Jack Straw
24.2.2005	National Security Intelligence Work - Mr Paul Murphy
24.2.2005	Pensions - Alan Johnson