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 Culture, Media and Sport |
| *1 |
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): If she will make a statement on the privatisation plans for the Tote.
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|
(
29634
) |
| *2 |
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): If she will visit Halifax constituency to see the effects of the Government's spending on, and protection of, historic buildings in the town.
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|
(
29635
) |
| *3 |
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): If she will make a statement on the timetable for digital switchover in Wales.
|
|
|
(
29636
) |
| *4 |
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): What measures the Government is taking to ensure full use of the powers to review licensing decisions under the Licensing Act 2003.
|
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|
(
29637
) |
| *5 |
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): What assessment she has made of the opportunities for businesses in Gateshead and Washington arising from the 2012 London Olympic Games.
|
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|
(
29638
) |
| *6 |
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): Whether she plans to review categories of people required to pay the TV licence fee.
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|
(
29639
) |
| *7 |
Dr John Pugh (Southport): Whether the amount of associated investment from the public purse required to establish a super casino project is taken into account in deciding whether to approve such a project.
|
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|
(
29640
) |
| *8 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): How much Lottery money intended for good causes is unallocated.
|
|
|
(
29641
) |
| *9 |
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What progress has been made on linking educational initiatives for young people with Second World War 60th anniversary activities through the use of Lottery funding.
|
|
|
(
29643
) |
| *10 |
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What account will be taken of companies' international performance on workers' rights in the process of tendering and awarding of contracts for the 2012 Olympics.
|
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|
(
29644
) |
| *11 |
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What assessment she has made of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder.
|
|
|
(
29645
) |
| *12 |
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): If she will make a statement on her Department's policy on small stakes and low value prizes in amusement arcades.
|
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|
(
29646
) |
| *13 |
Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The): If she will make a statement on the role of provincial sports training facilities for the 2012 Olympics.
|
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|
(
29647
) |
| *14 |
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): If she will make a statement on plans to celebrate in 2007 the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade.
|
|
|
(
29648
) |
| *15 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What financial commitments she has entered into in respect of cost overruns for the London Olympics.
|
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|
(
29649
) |
| *16 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): If she will discuss the BBC's parliamentary and political coverage with the Chairman and Director General as part of the Charter renewal process.
|
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|
(
29650
) |
| *17 |
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What account her Department is taking in the Charter renewal process of the decision to open up 25 per cent. of BBC production to independent companies.
|
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|
(
29651
) |
| *18 |
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What steps her Department is taking to increase the playing of musical instruments by young people.
|
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|
(
29652
) |
| *19 |
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): Whether the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 distinguish between sports clubs and commercial pubs; and if she will make a statement.
|
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|
(
29653
) |
| Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission |
| *20 |
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the availability for sale of cathedral property to existing tenants over the next five years.
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|
(
29654
) |
| *21 |
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research the Commission has carried out on the likely impact of extending the franchise to 16 year olds; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
29655
) |
| *22 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the level of grant for church repairs was in each of the last three years.
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(
29657
) |
| *23 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the likely impact on church finances of the establishment of diocesan trusts to run local secondary schools.
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|
(
29659
) |
| *24 |
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent representations the Electoral Commission has received on lowering the voting age.
|
|
|
(
29660
) |
| *25 |
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much funding will be allocated for the National Audit Office for 2006-07.
|
|
|
(
29661
) |
| *26 |
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the Church Commissioners' policy on encouraging the establishment of churches in new residential areas.
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|
(
29662
) |
| *27 |
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the future of the Zubaran paintings owned by the Commissioners, which hang in Auckland Castle.
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|
(
29663
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | EQUALITY BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.
[Until 10.00 p.m.]
|
| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
|
| + 2 | EQUALITY BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME)
[No debate]
|
| Secretary Alan Johnson
Mr Geoffrey Hoon
|
| That the following provisions shall apply to the Equality Bill [Lords]:
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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 8th December.
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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
|
| 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.
|
| Other proceedings
|
| 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.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(6)).
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| + 3 | EQUALITY BILL [LORDS] (MONEY): Queen's recommendation signified.
[No debate]
|
| |
| That for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Equality Bill [Lords] it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
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| (1) expenditure incurred under the Act by the Secretary of State, and
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| (2) any increase attributable to the Act in sums payable out of money so provided under another enactment.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
|
| + 4 | MAGISTRATES' COURTS
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 12th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 5 | FAMILY PROCEEDINGS
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 12th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 6 | 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 19th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 7 | NORTHERN IRELAND
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 24th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 8 | EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 13th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 9 | FOOD
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, which were laid before this House on 3rd November, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| + 10 | CRIMINAL LAW
[No debate]
|
| |
| That the draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 27th October, be approved.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
|
| 11 | ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committe of Selection
|
| That David Lepper be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Mrs Linda Riordan be added.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| 12 | WELSH AFFAIRS
[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
|
| Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committe of Selection
|
| That Mrs Betty Williams be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Jessica Morden be added.
|
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
|
| At the end of the sitting:
|
| 13 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: Transport needs and priorities in the far South West (Linda Gilroy).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 and the draft Tax and Civil Partnership (No. 2) Regulations 2005. |
|
| 2 | Defence | 1.30 p.m. | Vale of Glamorgan Civic Centre, Barry (public) |
| Subject: Delivering Front Line Capability to the RAF. |
| Witnesses: Mr Bryan Godsell and Ms Catherine Speight, Amicus, Ms Helen Taylor, PCS, and Mr Jim Cooper, Prospect; Mr Archie Hughes, Chief Executive, Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) (at approximately 2.30 p.m.). |
| 3 | Environmental Audit | 2.45 p.m.
3.00 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Keeping the Lights On: Nuclear, Renewables and Climate Change. |
| Witness: Jonathon Porritt CBE, Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. |
| 4 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions | 4.20 p.m.
4.40 p.m. | The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Local Government Finance. |
| Witnesses: Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Chairman, Sir Jeremy Beecham, Vice-Chair and Leader of Labour Group, Sir David Williams, Chair, Liberal Democrat Group, and Sir Brian Briscoe, Chief Executive, Local Government Association (LGA). |
| 5 | Home Affairs and Work and Pensions Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill Sub-Committees | 4.30 p.m.
4.45 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill. |
| Witnesses: Rt Hon Sir Igor Judge, President, Queen's Bench Division; Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive (at approximately 5.30 p.m.); Fiona Mactaggart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (at approximately 6.15 p.m.). |
| 6 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Extending access to learning through technology: Ufi and the learndirect service. |
| Witnesses: Ms Susan Pember OBE, Department for Education and Skills, Mr Mark Haysom, Learning and Skills Council, Ms Sarah Jones and Mr Pablo Lloyd, Ufi and the learndirect service. |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 7 | Human Rights | 3.00 p.m.
3.15 p.m. | Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: UK Compliance with the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT). |
| Witnesses: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and REDRESS. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today |
| 1 | Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office: Publication of Public Bodies Database. |
| 2 | Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs: European Court of Human Rights case of B and L v United Kingdom. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture and Fisheries Council: 22nd to 24th November. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Establishing an Inspectorate for Justice, Community Safety and Custody. |
| 5 | Secretary of State for the Home Department: Animal (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate Annual Report. |
| 6 | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Compensation Agency Corporate Plan 2005 to 2008 and Business Plan 2005-06. |
| 7 | Secretary of State for Transport: Oil spill contingency plan for the Firth of Forth. |
| 8 | Secretary of State for Transport: Policing at airports. |
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