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 Work and Pensions |
| *1 |
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): What progress his Department has made in simplifying the application process for council tax benefit.
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(
31681
) |
| *2 |
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): By how much the basic state pension will be up-rated in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
31682
) |
| *3 |
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): If he will make a statement on the take-up of pension credit.
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|
(
31683
) |
| *4 |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North): What progress his Department has made in simplifying the application process for council tax benefit.
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|
(
31684
) |
| *5 |
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): If he will make a statement on the extent of pensioner poverty.
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(
31685
) |
| *6 |
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): Why the incapacity benefit Green Paper was not published before the summer recess.
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(
31686
) |
| *7 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What his most recent estimate is of the level of pension fund deficits; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
31688
) |
| *8 |
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): If he will make a statement on his plans to reform housing benefit.
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|
(
31689
) |
| *9 |
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): What assessment he has made of the performance of the new Customer Management System computer system.
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|
(
31690
) |
| *10 |
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): How many incapacity benefit claimants he estimates will return to some level of work following his reform of incapacity benefit.
|
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|
(
31691
) |
| *11 |
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): What representations he has received about the difficulties that people are prelingually profoundly deaf may experience whilst claiming benefits; and if he will make a statement.
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(
31692
) |
| *12 |
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): If he will take steps to increase the take-up of council tax benefit among pensioners.
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(
31693
) |
| *13 |
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the New Deal; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
31694
) |
| *14 |
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): What proportion of pensioners are eligible for means-tested benefits.
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|
(
31695
) |
| *15 |
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): If he will make a statement on the performance of the Child Support Agency.
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|
(
31696
) |
| *16 |
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): What steps he is taking to improve the situation of women pensioners.
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|
(
31697
) |
| *17 |
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): If he will make a statement on incapacity benefit reform.
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|
(
31698
) |
| *18 |
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): How many cases of maladministration there have been by the Child Support Agency over the last eight years.
|
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|
(
31699
) |
| *19 |
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): What steps the Government has taken to improve the civil rights of people with disabilities.
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|
(
31701
) |
| *20 |
Anne Main (St Albans): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Assistance Scheme.
|
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(
31702
) |
| *21 |
John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the rate at which the state pension will be uprated in 2006-07.
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|
(
31703
) |
| *22 |
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): What role he expects the private and voluntary sectors to play in his reform of incapacity benefit.
|
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(
31704
) |
| *23 |
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): What work is being done with external organisations to deliver the Occupational Health Strategy.
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(
31705
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | CHILDCARE BILL: Second Reading.
[Until 10.00 p.m.]
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| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
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| + 2 | CHILDCARE BILL (PROGRAMME)
[No debate]
|
| Secretary Ruth Kelly
Mr Geoffrey Hoon
|
| That the following provisions shall apply to the Childcare Bill:
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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 Tuesday 10th January 2006.
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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
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| 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 that day.
|
| 6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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| Other proceedings
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| 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)).
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| + 3 | CHILDCARE BILL [MONEY]: Queen's recommendation signified.
[No debate]
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| |
| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Childcare Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
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| (1) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by a Minister of the Crown or government department, and
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| (2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
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| + 4 | CHILDCARE BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]
[No debate]
|
| |
| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Childcare Bill, it is expedient to authorise the charging of fees by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England under provisions of the Act relating to the registration of persons providing childcare.
|
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
|
| At the end of the sitting:
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| 5 | ADJOURNMENT
|
| Proposed subject: NHS services in the London Borough of Havering (James Brokenshire).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
|
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | Standing Committee A (Programming Sub-Committee) (Equality Bill [Lords]) | 5.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
|
| 2 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 9.00 a.m.
9.30 a.m. | The Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Education in Northern Ireland. |
| Witnesses: Mr WSF Young, Headmaster, Belfast Royal Academy, Mr Peter Cosgrove, Concerned Parents For Education, Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, Confederation of Grammar Schools Former Pupils Associations, Mr Finbar McCallion, Governing Bodies Association, and Dr Hugh Morrison, Queen's University, Belfast; Mr Donal Flanagan and Mr Jim Clark, The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, and Margaret Martin, Principal, St Catherine's College, Armagh (at approximately 10.50 a.m.). |
| 3 | Northern Ireland Affairs | 2.30 p.m.
2.45 p.m. | The Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Education in Northern Ireland. |
| Witnesses: Ms Maggie Andrews and Sammy Douglas, East Belfast Partnership, and Jackie Redpath and John McVicar, Greater Shankill Partnership; Mr Norman Uprichard, Former Principal, Newtownbreda High School, Mr Jim Keith, Principal, Belfast Boys' Model School, and Mr Uel McCrea, Principal, Ballyclare Secondary School (at approximately 3.30 p.m.). |
| 4 | Education and Skills | 3.30 p.m.
3.45 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Further Education. |
| Witnesses: Alan Tuckett, Director, and Colin Flint, Associate Director for Further Education, NIACE, Dr John Brennan, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, and Pauline Waterhouse, Principal, Blackpool and the Fylde College. |
| 5 | 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: Affordability and the Supply of Housing. |
| Witnesses: Council of Mortgage Lenders; Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham (at approximately 5.10 p.m.); Home Builders Federation (at approximately 5.40 p.m.). |
| 6 | Home Affairs and Work and Pensions Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill Sub-Committees | 4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (private) |
| 7 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Channel Tunnel Rail Link. |
| Witnesses: Mr David Rowlands CB, Permanent Secretary, Mr Mike Fuhr, Director of Major Projects, Department for Transport and Mr Rob Holden, Chairman, London and Continental Railways Ltd. |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 8 | Human Rights | 4.00 p.m. | Room 6 (private) |
[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 Education and Skills: Secretary of State for Education and Skills' response to recommendations from the School Teachers' Review Body. |
| 2 | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Farm Regulation and Charging Strategy. |
| 3 | Secretary of State for Health: Global Health Security Initiative meeting in Rome on 18th November. |
| 4 | Secretary of State for Transport: Transport Innovation Fund. |
Written Question tabled on Friday 25th November for answer today‡ |
| 1 |
Paul Clark (Gillingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the review of the Framework for National Statistics.
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|
(
33324
) |
Standing Committee Notices |
| The Programming Sub-Committee of Standing Committee A in respect of the Equality Bill [Lords] will meet on Monday 28th November at 5.00 p.m.
|
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 29th November at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. to consider the Equality Bill [Lords].
|
| A European Standing Committee will meet on Wednesday 30th November at 2.30 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 8630/05, relating to the control of avian influenza.
|
| A European Standing Committee will meet on Thursday 1st December at 2.30 p.m. to consider European Union Document No. 14246/05, relating to the European Evidence Warrant.
|
| The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 29th November at 10.30 a.m. to consider the draft Legal Aid (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.
|
| The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 30th November at 2.30 p.m. to consider the Supply of Relevant Veterinary Medicinal Products Order 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 2751).
|
| The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 30th November at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2005.
|
| The Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 1st December at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Farm Woodland Premium Schemes (Amendment) (England) Scheme 2005.
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