Order of Business for Wednesday 26 April 2006

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Order of Business Wednesday 26 April 2006

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Order of Business

At 11.30 p.m.

  Prayers

Afterwards

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.

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): What steps he is taking to enable the use of waste to provide energy in Northern Ireland.

(64523)

2

Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): What estimate he has made of the quantities of arms and explosives put beyond use by the Provisional IRA in each of the acts of decommissioning that took place between October 2001 and September 2005.

(64524)

3

Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): What gonadotropin products are used by the Regional Fertility Clinic in Belfast.

(64525)

4

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): What assessment he has made of progress in reducing waiting lists for health treatment in Northern Ireland.

(64526)

5

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): What recent assessment he has made of the prospects for the restoration of the devolved assembly.

(64527)

6

Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What estimate he has made of the quantities of arms and explosives put beyond use by the Provisional IRA in each of the acts of decommissioning that took place between October 2001 and September 2005.

(64528)

7

Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): If he will make a statement on the future strategy for rural business development in Northern Ireland.

(64529)

8

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What recent assessment he has made of the involvement of paramilitary groups in serious organised crime; and if he will make a statement.

(64530)

9

David Simpson (Upper Bann): What recent assessment he has made of the IRA's commitment to exclusively peaceful and democratic means.

(64532)

10

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): What assessment he has made of the impact on children of parental preference on religious grounds in education in Northern Ireland.

(64533)

11

Angela Watkinson (Upminster): What estimate he has made of the quantity of arms and explosives put beyond use by the Provisional IRA in each of the acts of decommissioning that took place between October 2001 and September 2005.

(64534)

12

Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): If he will make it a condition for all parties serving in the Northern Ireland Executive to make a declaration of support for the police.

(64535)

13

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What plans he has to bring forward proposals to revise the pledge of office in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 for Ministers serving in the Northern Ireland Executive.

(64536)

14

Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North): Whether he plans to appoint a permanent Victims Commissioner when the current interim appointment comes to an end.

(64537)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.

Q1

Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26th April.

(65628)

Q2

Mr David Amess (Southend West):

(65629)

Q3

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):

(65630)

Q4

Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):

(65631)

Q5

Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):

(65632)

Q6

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):

(65633)

Q7

Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):

(65634)

Q8

Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):

(65635)

Q9

Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):

(65636)

Q10

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye):

(65637)

Q11

John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):

(65638)

Q12

Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):

(65639)

Q13

Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):

(65640)

Q14

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):

(65641)

Q15

Damian Green (Ashford):

(65642)

At 12.30 p.m.

  Urgent Questions (if any)

  Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

1

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL CLOSURES (PROVISION FOR PUPILS)

[Up to 20 minutes]

Norman Baker

   That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a fund to facilitate the uninterrupted education of pupils in independent schools facing closure; to require independent schools to make contributions to such a fund; to place a duty on independent schools to make plans relating to the welfare of their pupils in the event of their going into administration; and for connected purposes.

   The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).

Main Business

†

indicates Government Business

Note: Provision has been made for a Business Motion to be moved at 7.00 p.m. (Standing Order No. 15).

†

2

ADJOURNMENT (MAY)

[No debate]

Mr Geoffrey Hoon

   That this House, at its rising on Thursday 27th April 2006, do adjourn till Tuesday 2nd May 2006.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 25).

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3

NORTHERN IRELAND BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME)

[Up to 3 hours]

Mr Secretary Hain

   That the following provisions shall apply to the proceedings on the Northern Ireland Bill—

Timetable

   1.—(1)   Proceedings on Second Reading shall be completed at this day’s sitting and shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at the moment of interruption.

   (2)   Proceedings in Committee, on consideration and on Third Reading shall be completed in one day and shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at the moment of interruption on that day.

Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put

   2.—(1)   When the Bill has been read a second time it shall, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of Bills), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put.

   (2)   When the Order of the Day is read for the House to resolve itself into Committee on the Bill, the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given.

   3.   On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question and, if the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.

   4.   For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1 the Speaker or Chairman shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)—

(a)

any Question already proposed from the Chair;

(b)

any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;

(c)

the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;

(d)

any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

   5.   On a Motion so made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.

Consideration of Lords Amendments

   6.—(1)   Any Lords Amendments to the Bill shall be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

   (2)   Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, one hour after their commencement.

   7.—(1)   This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 6.

   (2)   The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question already proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.

   (3)   If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment the Speaker shall then put forthwith—

(a)

a single Question on any further Amendments to the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and

(b)

the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended.

   (4)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith—

(a)

a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and

(b)

the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended.

   (5)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees to a Lords Amendment.

   (6)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees to all the remaining Lords Amendments.

   (7)   As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed to a Lords Amendment, or disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown and relevant to the Lords Amendment.

Subsequent stages

   8.—(1)   Any further Message from the Lords on the Bill shall be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

   (2)   Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

   9.—(1)   This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 8.

   (2)   The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.

   (3)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair.

   (4)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message.

   (5)   The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.

Reasons Committee

   10.—(1)   The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons in relation to the Bill and the appointment of its Chairman.

   (2)   A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.

   (3)   Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement.

   (4)   For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) the Chairman shall—

(a)

first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair but not yet decided, and

(b)

then put forthwith successively Questions on motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments.

   (5)   The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put.

Miscellaneous

   11.   Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply in so far as necessary for the purposes of this Order.

   12.   The proceedings on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement and paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 shall apply to those proceedings.

   13.   Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings to which this Order applies.

   14.   No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken or to re-commit the Bill; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.

   15.   No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings to which this Order applies except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.

   16.—(1)   This paragraph applies if—

(a)

a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) has been stood over to Seven o’clock, Four o’clock or Three o’clock (as the case may be), but

(b)

proceedings to which this Order applies have begun before then.

   (2)   Proceedings on that Motion shall stand postponed until the conclusion of those proceedings.

   17.   If a day on which the Bill has been set down to be taken as an Order of the Day is one to which a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier day, the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which, in accordance with this Order, are to be brought to a conclusion on that day shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion.

   18.   If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.

   19.   Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.

Debate may continue for three hours (Standing Order No. 83).

†

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE

[No debate]

The Prime Minister

   That, at this day’s sitting, the proceedings on the Northern Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).

†

4

NORTHERN IRELAND BILL: Second Reading.

[Until 7.00 p.m.]

Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.

†

5

NORTHERN IRELAND

[No debate]

Mr Secretary Hain

   That the draft Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, which was laid before this House on 13th March, be approved.

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

†

6

PROMOTION OF CLEAN ROAD VEHICLES

[No debate]

Dr Stephen Ladyman

   That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 5130/06 and Addendum 1, Draft Directive on the promotion of clean road vehicles; and endorses the Government’s approach in investigating what the costs and impacts of the proposal on the UK would be and in seeking to so amend the proposal that, if implemented, it would result in the best possible balance between environmental and other benefits, and financial and other burdens on both the public and private sectors.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).

At the end of the sitting:

7

ADJOURNMENT

   Proposed subject: VAT on refurbishment and new building of miners’ welfare institutes (Mr Denis Murphy).

   Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

1

Standing Committee C

2.00 p.m.

Room 12 (public)

   To consider the Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill.

SELECT COMMITTEES

2

Science and Technology

8.45 a.m.

Room 8 (private)

9.30 a.m.

(public)

   Subject: Scientific advice risk and evidence: how Government handles it.

   Witnesses: Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, Professor John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre, and Mr Andy Hayman, Chair, Drugs Committee, Association of Chief Police Officers; Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Drugscope, and Action on Addiction (at 10.30 a.m.).

3

Education and Skills

9.15 a.m.

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)

9.30 a.m.

(public)

   Subject: Citizenship education.

   Witnesses: Association for Citizenship Teaching, Learning and Skills Network, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, and Citizenship Foundation.

4

Work and Pensions

9.15 a.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)

5

Health

9.30 a.m.

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)

10.00 a.m.

(public)

   Subject: Independent Sector Treatment Centres.

   Witnesses: Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Health, and officials, Department of Health.

6

Foreign Affairs

2.00 p.m.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)

2.30 p.m.

(public)

   Subject: East Asia.

   Witnesses: Aidan Foster-Carter, University of Leeds, and Dr James Hoare; Mr John Ashton, Chief Executive, E3G (at 3.45 p.m.).

7

Environmental Audit

2.30 p.m.

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)

2.50 p.m.

(public)

   Subject: Reducing carbon emissions from transport.

   Witnesses: Association of Train Operating Companies, and The Railway Forum; Sea and Water (at 3.40 p.m.).

8

European Scrutiny

2.30 p.m.

Room 19 (private)

9

Transport

2.30 p.m.

Room 8 (private)

2.45 p.m.

(public)

   Subject: British Transport Police.

   Witnesses: British Transport Police; Metropolitan Police (at 3.15 p.m.); British Transport Police Federation (at 3.45 p.m.); British Transport Police Authority (at 4.15 p.m.); Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, and Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Minister of State, Home Office (at 4.45 p.m.).

10

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

2.45 p.m.

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)

3.30 p.m.

(public)

   Subject: Climate change: role of bioenergy.

   Witnesses: Biosciences Federation, and Royal Society of Chemistry; English Nature (at 4.30 p.m.).

11

Public Accounts

3.30 p.m.

Room 15 (public)

   Subject: Home Office Resource Accounts 2004-05.

   Witnesses: Sir David Normington KCB, Permanent Secretary, Sir John Gieve KCB, Former Permanent Secretary, and Ms Helen Kilpatrick, Director General for Finance and Commercial, Home Office.

12

Selection

4.45 p.m.

Room 13 (private)

13

Statutory Instruments

4.00 p.m.

Room 7 (private)

JOINT COMMITTEE

14

Statutory Instruments

4.00 p.m.

Room 7 (private)

COMMITTEE ON A PRIVATE BILL

15

Unopposed Bills: Leicester City Council Bill, Liverpool City Council Bill, Maidstone Borough Council Bill

2.30 p.m.

Room 9 (public)

[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: The Informal Ecofin: 7th and 8th April.

2

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Publication of report into BBC funding.

3

Secretary of State for Defence: Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP).

4

Secretary of State for Education and Skills: Information Sharing Index: recording practitioner details for potentially sensitive services.

5

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nepal.

6

Secretary of State for Health: Applications for NHS foundation trust status in wave 2.

7

Secretary of State for the Home Department: Pre-council statement for the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 27th and 28th April.

8

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Tenth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission.

9

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Informal Competitiveness Council, Graz 21st and 22nd April.

10

Secretary of State for Transport: Road repairs in Romford and Havering.