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Order of Business Thursday 25 May 2006

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House of Commons
Order of Business

 
At 10.30 a.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 Education and Skills
 1
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): How many secondary school teachers with a qualification in chemistry or physics will be eligible for retirement over the next 10 years.
(73368)
 2
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What steps are being taken to address subject skills shortages amongst teachers.
(73369)
 3
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What estimate he has made of the number of secondary school aged children in Wellingborough who have not been allocated a secondary school place.
(73370)
 4
Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): If he will take steps to build higher education links between the UK and China.
(73371)
 5
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): If he will make a statement on academic freedom in universities.
(73372)
 6
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): If he will make a statement on the availability of secondary school places in Milton Keynes.
(73373)
 7
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): If he will make a statement on his policy on the education of prisoners.
(73374)
 8
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What estimate he has made of the number of EU-domiciled students who will receive loans for study at a UK higher education institution and will then default on repayment of those loans.
(73376)
 9
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What steps he is taking to increase the participation in further education of people with no qualifications.
(73377)
 10
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What recent estimate he has made of the number of Trust schools which will be established by 2010.
(73378)
 11
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): What action is being taken to improve skills within the childcare workforce.
(73379)
 12
Kitty Ussher (Burnley): What steps are being taken to improve skills within the childcare workforce.
(73381)
 13
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): If he will make a statement on future Standards Fund funding of music education in schools.
(73383)
 14
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley): What guidance he has issued to Children's Directors on co-ordination of their different policy responsibilities.
(73384)
 15
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): If he will make a statement on changes to the arrangements for studying single sciences at GCSE level.
(73385)
 16
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): What action his Department has taken to pursue the Commission for Africa's recommendation on support for children's policies in Africa.
(73386)
 17
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What proposals the Qualification and Curriculum Authority has developed for making financial capability education more explicit in the national mathematics curriculum.
(73387)
 
At 11.20 a.m.
Oral Questions to the Solicitor General
 18
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What recent discussions the Crown Prosecution Service has had with the Department for Constitutional Affairs about the proposal for a community court in Nottingham; and if he will make a statement.
(73361)
 19
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): What discussions the Law Officers have had with the Home Office on the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the work of the Probation Service.
(73364)
 20
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What plans he has to improve inter-agency working by the Crown Prosecution Service.
(73366)
 21
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What discussions the Attorney General has had with the Home Office on the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the work of the Probation Service.
(73367)

At 11.30 a.m.
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business
  indicates Government Business
1
ADJOURNMENT
[Until 6.00 p.m.]
The Prime Minister
 
   That this House do now adjourn.
   Proposed subject for debate: Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment.
Debate may continue until 6.00 p.m.
 
At the end of the sitting:
2
ADJOURNMENT
 
   Proposed subject: Health services in the Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire (Mr Mark Harper).
   Debate may continue until 6.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES
STANDING COMMITTEE
1
Standing Committee A
9.05 a.m.
Room 14 (public)
 
1.45 p.m.
(public)
   Further to consider the Finance (No. 2) Bill (except Clauses Nos. 13 to 15, 26, 61, 91 and 106 and Schedule 14, and new Clauses relating to the effect of provisions of the Bill on section 18 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984).
SELECT COMMITTEES
2
Quadripartite
9.45 a.m.
Room 8 (private)
 
10.00 a.m.
(public)
   Subject: Strategic Export Controls.
   Witnesses: HM Revenue & Customs and HMRC Prosecution Office.
3
Crossrail Bill
10.30 a.m.
Room 5 (private)
4
Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Trade, Development and Environment
10.45 a.m.
Room 15 (private)
 
11.00 a.m.
(public)
   Subject: Role of DFID.
   Witness: Mr Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development.
JOINT COMMITTEE
5
Draft Legal Services Bill
10.30 a.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
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Civil Registration Reform.
2
Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs: City of London Franchise Report to the Secretary of State.
3
Secretary of State for Defence: Joint Ministry of Defence/Equal Opportunities Commission Action Plan.
4
Secretary of State for Defence: Gurkha Terms and Conditions of Service Review.
5
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Report 2006.
6
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Drought Order Applications–Mid Kent Water and Southern Water.
7
Secretary of State for Health: MHRA suspension of a Phase 1 clinical trial on 14th March.
8
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Implementing the recommendations of the Bichard Inquiry.
9
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Deportation and removal of foreign nationals.
10
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Community-based restorative justice.
11
Solicitor General: Freedom of Information.
12
The Prime Minister: Ministerial Committees of the Cabinet.
13
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: European Union Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 29th-30th May 2006.
14
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Agenda of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 1st June 2006, Luxembourg.

Standing Committee Notices
        Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 6th June at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 8th June at 9.05 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. further to consider the Finance (No.2) Bill (except Clauses Nos. 13 to 15, 23, 61, 91 and 106 and Schedule 14).
        The First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Wednesday 7th June at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006.
        The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 6th June at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Amendment of Section 61(1)) Order 2006.
        The Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Thursday 8th June at 2.30 p.m. to consider the draft Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006.

 

 

 
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