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Order of Business 28 June 2005

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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.


At 2.30 p.m.      Prayers
Afterwards
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
*1 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    What estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the concessionary travel fare scheme for pensioners announced in the Budget.
( 7334 )
*2 Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    If he will make a statement on progress on East-West rail links between Oxford and Bletchley.
( 7335 )
*3 Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    If he will take steps when assessing franchise applications to ensure the future of the Cornwall sleeper service.
( 7336 )
*4 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    If he will make a statement on the Tyne Tunnel.
( 7337 )
*5 Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):    What discussions his Department has had with Lancashire County Council concerning the completion of the Penwortham by-pass.
( 7338 )
*6 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):    What assessment his Department has made of transport infrastructure needs in Cornwall; and if he will make a statement.
( 7339 )
*7 Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):    What steps he is taking to improve rail services in the East Midlands.
( 7340 )
*8 Norman Baker (Lewes):    How many miles of closed railway in England have been reopened since 1st May 1997.
( 7341 )
*9 Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):    What assessment he has made of the potential impact of congestion charges on the railways.
( 7342 )
*10 Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    What steps he is taking to provide traffic calming measures for new roads in Leicestershire.
( 7343 )
*11 Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):    If he will make a statement on the Transport Innovation Fund.
( 7344 )
*12 Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    What plans he has for increasing the volume of freight transported by rail.
( 7345 )
*13 Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    What priority he plans to give to improving major road links in East Anglia.
( 7346 )
*14 Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the implications of the Crossrail project for the London Olympic Bid.
( 7347 )
*15 Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    If he will make a statement on the West Midlands Rail Utilisation Strategy.
( 7348 )
*16 Ann Winterton (Congleton):    What estimate he has made of current levels of evasion of the road fund tax.
( 7349 )
*17 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):    If he will make a statement on the introduction of a national road pricing system.
( 7350 )
*18 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    If he will ensure that train operating companies that plan to operate a congestion charge for commuters at peak hours are not awarded rail franchises.
( 7351 )
*19 Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):    When he expects work to begin to dual the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury if the project is prioritised by the South East England Regional Assembly.
( 7352 )
*20 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    What recent discussions he has had with the Highways Agency about plans to improve the A417 between Nettleton Bottom and Brockworth bypass, Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.
( 7353 )

At 3.20 p.m.
Oral Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
*21 Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    What steps he is taking to improve diversity in the public appointments he makes.
( 7317 )
*22 Bob Spink (Castle Point):    What recent discussions he has had on levels of advertising expenditure of Government departments.
( 7318 )
*23 Norman Baker (Lewes):    If he will make a statement on the current work programme of Lord Birt.
( 7319 )
*24 Nia Griffith (Llanelli):    If he will make a statement on the launch of the National School of Government for the Civil Service.
( 7320 )
*25 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    What guidance he has issued to Government departments on the handling of correspondence from honourable Members; and if he will make a statement.
( 7321 )
*26 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):    What steps he is taking to increase openness in the public appointments he makes.
( 7322 )
*27 Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):    If he will make a statement on the launch of the Directgov internet portal for government services.
( 7323 )
*28 Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    When he expects to introduce legislation on the Civil Service.
( 7324 )

At 3.30 p.m.Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

John McDonnell Ms Katy Clark Jeremy Corbyn Mr David Drew Alan SimpsonDr Ian Gibson David Taylor Mr Robert N. Wareing Kelvin Hopkins Mike WoodGlenda Jackson Paul Flynn Mr Robert Marshall-Andrew Mrs Linda Riordan Ms Diane Abbott

Main Business

+  1  

IDENTITY CARDS BILL:      Second Reading.

[Until 10.00 p.m.]

      Mr Alex Salmond
      Mr Elfyn Llwyd
      Stewart Hosie
      Hywel Williams
      Mr Mike Weir
      Adam Price
        That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Identity Cards Bill because it is the wrong answer to the problems of crime and security in Scotland, Wales and across the UK; it risks becoming the latest IT failure and the money that is to be spent on introducing identity cards would be better spent providing thousands of extra police officers in communities and investing in courts, prisons and rehabilitation services to provide genuine security for the people; it introduces extensive new powers for the Government and threatens basic freedoms for the general public; it offers an illusion of safety based on technology and not intelligence; it is a gold-plated and over-complicated proposal which the Government cannot be trusted to get right; it is driven by a cynical and narrow party political agenda based on fear and scare-mongering; and it promises to be a multi-billion pound blunder that leaves the people of the UK with a high technology piece of plastic but too few police on the beat.

      Lynne Jones
      Mr Neil Gerrard
      Mr Michael Clapham
      Kate Hoey
      Mr Austin Mitchell
      Clare Short
        That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Identity Cards Bill because the scheme proposed in the Bill will make no significant contribution to the reduction or eradication of terrorism, illegal immigration, or illegal employment; contains no proper safeguards to limit or prescribe the information to be stored upon identity cards or the national register, or the agencies and organisations, national or international, to whom this information will be made available or will be given; fails to identify the biometric details to be stored or to acknowledge the effectiveness of the same or the margins of, the consequences of, and the remedies for, error; fails properly to limit or define the fees which may be levied by the Secretary of State; and the Bill provides for the costs of the scheme to be paid on the authority of the Secretary of State without providing to Parliament any proper estimates of the vast costs likely to be incurred.

The Fourth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2003-04, HC 130-I, on Identity Cards, and the Government's reply thereto, Cm 6359, are relevant.
Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

+  2  

IDENTITY CARDS BILL (PROGRAMME)

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Clarke
      Mr Geoffrey Hoon
        That the following provisions shall apply to the Identity Cards Bill:

Committal

        1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

        2.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 19th July 2005.

        3.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

        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.

        5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

        6.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Programming of proceedings

        7.   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)).

+  3  

IDENTITY CARDS BILL [MONEY]:      Queen's recommendation signified.

[No debate]

      John Healey
        That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Identity Cards Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

      (1)   such allowances to be paid to the National Identity Scheme Commissioner as the Treasury may determine;

      (2)   any sums authorised or required to be paid by the Secretary of State for or in connection with the carrying out of his functions under that Act; and

      (3)   any increase attributable to that Act in the sums which are payable out of money so provided under any other Act.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).

+  4  

IDENTITY CARDS BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]

[No debate]

      John Healey
        That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Identity Cards Bill, it is expedient to authorise—

      (1)   the charging of fees in respect of functions carried out under that Act;

      (2)   the charging of fees in respect of consular functions within the meaning of section 1 of the Consular Fees Act 1980; and

      (3)   the payment of sums into the Consoldiated Fund.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).

+  5  

NORTHERN IRELAND

[No debate]

      Mr Secretary Hain
        That the draft Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 21st February, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

  6  

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE)

[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

      Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
        That Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods, Mr Peter Bone, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr Eric Forth, Michael Jabez Foster, Mr David Kidney and Mr John MacDougall be members of the Select Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the Lords as the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

  7  

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

      Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
        That Mr Richard Bacon, Mr David S. Borrow, Mr William Cash, Michael Connarty, Rosie Cooper, Mr Wayne David, Jim Dobbin, Michael Gove, Nia Griffith, Mr David Hamilton, Mr David Heathcoat-Amory, Mr Jimmy Hood, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Angus Robertson, Mr Anthony Steen and Richard Younger-Ross be members of the European Scrutiny Committee.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

+  8  

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) (DATE AND TIME)

[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

      Mr Bob Ainsworth
        That the Select Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the Lords as the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments do meet with the Committee appointed by the Lords on Tuesday 5th July at a quarter past Four o'clock in Committee Room 7.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

  9  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Tibet (Norman Baker).

        Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).


COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1Standing Committee E10.15 a.m.Room 8 (private)
(Racial and Religious Hatred Bill) (Programming Sub-Committee).
2Standing Committee A10.30 a.m.
4.00 p.m.
Room 9 (public)
Further to consider the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill.
3Standing Committee B10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m.
Room 10 (public)
Further to consider the Finance Bill (except Clauses Nos. 11, 18, 40, 43, 44 and 69 and Schedule 8).
4Standing Committee D10.00 a.m.
4.30 p.m.
Room 11 (public)
Further to consider the Consumer Credit Bill.
5Standing Committee E10.30 a.m.Room 8 (public)
To consider the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill.
6Standing Committee F10.30 a.m.
4.30 p.m.
Room 12 (public)
To consider the Transport (Wales) Bill.

[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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:      Strategy Unit Report on UK fishing industry.
2    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs:      FCO response to the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.


 

 
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