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 Education and Skills |
| *1 |
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the Government's plans for the dedicated schools grant.
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|
|
(
11917
) |
| *2 |
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to improve the effectiveness of careers guidance and counselling.
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|
(
11918
) |
| *3 |
Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the work of the Union Learning Fund in assisting women to improve basic skills.
|
|
|
(
11919
) |
| *4 |
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the spending per primary school pupil was in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England in 2004-05.
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|
|
(
11920
) |
| *5 |
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to make GCSEs and A levels more challenging.
|
|
|
(
11921
) |
| *6 |
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her policy on allowing good schools to expand.
|
|
|
(
11922
) |
| *7 |
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made since 1997 in literacy standards at Key Stage 1 and 2.
|
|
|
(
11923
) |
| *8 |
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress is being made on measures to help children with dyslexia.
|
|
|
(
11924
) |
| *9 |
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations she has received on the provision of adult education by further education colleges in Lancashire.
|
|
|
(
11925
) |
| *10 |
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received on the Government's 14 to 19 Education and Skills White Paper.
|
|
|
(
11926
) |
| *11 |
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance her Department is giving to schools to promote good behaviour in the classroom.
|
|
|
(
11927
) |
| *12 |
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that successful sixth form colleges are not closed.
|
|
|
(
11928
) |
| *13 |
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to review her policy on special schools.
|
|
|
(
11929
) |
| *14 |
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received on the Government's 14 to 19 White Paper.
|
|
|
(
11930
) |
| *15 |
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on funding for an attendance at adult education classes in the Kettering constituency and in Northamptonshire as a result of her Department's emphasis on the 14 to 19 Skills Agenda.
|
|
|
(
11931
) |
| *16 |
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to consult young people on the proposals in the Green Paper on youth services.
|
|
|
(
11932
) |
| *17 |
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the future of A levels.
|
|
|
(
11933
) |
| *18 |
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received on the Government's 14 to 19 White Paper.
|
|
|
(
11934
) |
| *19 |
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the role of education in schools in combating anti-social behaviour.
|
|
|
(
11935
) |
| *20 |
Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of standards of literacy in primary schools.
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|
|
(
11936
) |
| Oral Questions to the Solicitor General |
| *21 |
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, columns 13-14W, on parental responsibility, how many parental bindovers have been imposed on the parents of young people who have been convicted of an offence in each of the last 10 years.
|
|
|
(
11937
) |
| *22 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps he has taken to publicise the rights of victims of crime to appeal against lenient sentences.
|
|
|
(
11938
) |
| *23 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Solicitor General, what percentage of cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service were not proceeded with because of the unwillingness of witnesses to give evidence in each of the last five years.
|
|
|
(
11939
) |
| *24 |
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Solicitor General, under what circumstances the Crown Prosecution Service may examine police records of a witness called by the defence.
|
|
|
(
11940
) |
| *25 |
Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask the Solicitor General, if he will make a statement on his role in combating corruption.
|
|
|
(
11941
) |
| *26 |
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps he is taking to expedite decision-making within the Crown Prosecution Service.
|
|
|
(
11942
) |
| *27 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions there have been for breaches of anti-social behaviour orders since their introduction.
|
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|
(
11943
) |
| *28 |
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for breaches of anti-social behaviour orders the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in (a) Wirral South and (b) Merseyside.
|
|
|
(
11944
) |
| At 11.30 a.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bill
|
| + 1 | LONDON OLYMPICS
[No debate]
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| |
| Bill to make provision in connection with the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games that are to take place in London in the year 2012; to amend the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995; and for connected purposes.
|
| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
|
|
Main Business |
| + 2 | CONSUMER CREDIT BILL: As amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered.
[Until 6.00 p.m.]
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| For Amendments, see separate Paper.
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| Third Reading will also be taken.
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| Proceedings on Consideration shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 p.m., and proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.00 p.m. (Order of 9th June).
|
| + 3 | NORTHERN IRELAND
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 16th June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 4 | CRIMINAL LAW (NORTHERN IRELAND)
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, dated 20th June 2005, which was laid before this House on 23rd June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 5 | TRANSPORT
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 13th June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 6 | INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 30th June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 7 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 20th June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 8 | PENSIONS
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 22nd June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 9 | PENSIONS
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Internal Review) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 22nd June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 10 | LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 21st June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 11 | LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Community Legal Service (Cost Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 21st June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 12 | ACCESS TO JUSTICE
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the Revised Funding Code prepared by the Legal Services Commission, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27th June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 13 | SOCIAL SECURITY
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Age-Related Payments Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 23rd June, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 14 | EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 18th May, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 15 | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That, at the sitting on Monday 18th July, the Speaker shall put forthwith the Questions on any Motion relating to committal of the Crossrail Bill and on any instruction to the Committee on the Bill.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
|
| + 16 | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That, at the sitting on Wednesday 20th July, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents), the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of the Motion in the name of Mr Secretary Prescott relating to the Council Tax not later than three hours after their commencement; proceedings may continue, though opposed, after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
|
| + 17 | SITTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
|
| |
| That, on Thursday 21st July, there shall be no sitting in Westminster Hall.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
|
| + 18 | MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
|
| Mr Geoffrey Hoon
Mr Bob Ainsworth
|
| That Mr Crispin Blunt be discharged from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons and Chris Grayling be added.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting:
|
| + 19 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Eviction of travellers from the Crays Hill site, Billericay(Mr John Baron).
|
| Debate may continue until 6.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Standing Committee D | 9.15 a.m.
1.00 p.m. | Room 14 (public) |
| Further to consider the Identity Cards Bill. |
| 2 | European Standing Committee | 2.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider EU Document No. 6364/05 relating to Working Conditions on Inter-operable Cross-Border Rail Services. |
| 3 | Sixteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 8.55 a.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Railways Act 1993 (Determination of Turnover) Order 2005. |
| 4 | Seventeenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 8.55 a.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2005. |
| 5 | Eighteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 8.55 a.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Civil Partnership (Amendments to Registration Provisions) Order 2005. |
| 6 | Nineteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Companies Act 1989 (Delegation) Order 2005. |
| 7 | Twentieth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the draft Civil Partnerships (Contracted-out Occupational and Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) (Surviving Civil Partners) Order 2005 and the draft Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005. |
| 8 | Twenty-First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2005. |
|
| 9 | Standards and Privileges | 9.30 a.m. | Room 13 (private) |
| 10 | Public Administration | 10.00 a.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 11 | Trade and Industry | 10.00 a.m. | Room 15 (private) |
| 12 | Culture, Media and Sport | 10.30 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 13 | Environmental Audit | 10.30 a.m. | Room 8 (private) |
| 14 | International Development | 10.30 a.m. | Room 6 (private) |
| 15 | Treasury | 11.00 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 16 | Public Accounts | 12.15 p.m. | Room 16 (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: National Statistics annual report for 2004-05. |
| 2 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Departmental evidence and response to select committees. |
| 3 | Deputy Prime Minister: Planning Inspectorate annual report and accounts 2004-05. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Education and Skills: Means-testing arrangements for the new maintenance grant and student loan rates for 2006-07. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Defra's Laboratory Strategy. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Veterinary Medicines Directorate—annual report and accounts. |
| 7 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Floods in Carlisle and the North. |
| 8 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Life Sentence Review Commissioners and Sentence Review Commissioners. |
| 9 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Annual report for 2004-05 of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. |
| 10 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Performance targets: Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Estate Agency (Health Estates) for 2005-06. |
| 11 | Solicitor General: HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate annual report. |
| 12 | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Coming of age: Consultation on the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. |
| 13 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Meeting of Employment and Social Policy Ministers, 7th-8th July, Belfast. |
| 14 | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report on asbestos-related diseases. |
Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee D will meet on Tuesday 19th July at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. and Thursday 21st July at 9.15 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. further to consider the Identity Cards Bill.
|
| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 18th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) (No. 2) Order 2005.
|
| The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 18th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers and the draft Code of Practiceon Access and Unfair Practices during Recognition and Derecognition Ballots.
|
| The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 18th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Avoidance Scheme) (Designations) (Amendment) Order 2005.
|
| The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Monday 18th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Civil Procedure (Modification of Crown Proceedings Act 1947) Order 2005.
|
| The Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 19th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2005.
|
| A European Standing Committee will meet on Tuesday 19th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 7455/05, relating to the EU Contribution to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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