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Future Business Part C: Remaining Orders and Notices

Consists of items of business set down formally for today but not expected to be taken today. (These may include items included in the business statement and therefore listed in Part A above.) Also includes items on which divisions have been deferred.

For Business for the period ending on Friday 14th November see Part A of this Paper. For Business to be taken at Sittings in Westminster Hall see Part B of this Paper. For Other Future Business see Part D of this Paper. For Notices of Business to be taken in European Committees see Part E of this Paper.

Notes:
** On these Fridays Private Members' Bills have precedence. Proceedings will commence at 9.35 a.m. Only the first Bill is certain to be debated. If the debate ends before 2.30 p.m., the second Bill and, possibly, subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining. After 2.30 p.m., only those Bills which are unopposed may make further progress.

†† On these day Private Members' Bills do not have precedence and the Bill cannot make progress.
 


 
C
Remaining Orders and Notices
   Consists of items of business set down formally for today but not expected to be taken today. (These may include items included in the business statement and therefore listed in part A above.) Also includes items on which divisions have been deferred.
1
DATA PROTECTION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Queen’s Recommendation signified.
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That, in respect of service from 30th November 2007, the salary of the Information Commissioner shall be at a yearly rate of £140,000.
2
OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Liam Byrne
 
   That the draft Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 21st July, be approved.
3
CIVIL AVIATION
Secretary Geoff Hoon
 
   That the draft Air Navigation (Environmental Standards for Non-EASA Aircraft) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
4
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Pat McFadden
 
   That the draft Wool Textile Industry (Export Promotion Levy) (Revocation) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
5
SOCIAL SECURITY
Secretary James Purnell
 
   That the draft Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
6
TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Judicial Appointments Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
7
EDUCATION AND SKILLS BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]
Mr Stephen Timms
 
   That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Education and Skills Bill, it is expedient to authorise the charging of fees in respect of inspections by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills of independent educational institutions.
8
IMMIGRATION
Secretary Jacqui Smith
 
   That the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
9
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Secretary Jacqui Smith
 
   That the draft International Criminal Court (Remand Time) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.
10
DISABLED PERSONS
Secretary Geoff Hoon
 
   That the draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 9th October, be approved.
11
DISABLED PERSONS
Secretary Geoff Hoon
 
   That the draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Victoria Line 09TS Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 9th October, be approved.
12
DANGEROUS DRUGS
Secretary Jacqui Smith
 
   That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 13th October, be approved.
13
HOUSING
Secretary Hazel Blears
 
   That the draft Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 15th October, be approved.
14
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Secretary Ed Balls
 
   That the draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 15th October, be approved.
15
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Secretary Ed Balls
 
   That the draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory Provisions) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 15th October, be approved.
16
LOCAL LOANS
Ian Pearson
 
   That the draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 15th October, be approved.
17
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Mr Secretary Murphy
 
   That the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare and Other Fields) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 15th October, be approved.
18
HEALTHCARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS
Secretary Alan Johnson
 
   That the draft Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 16th October, be approved.
19
REGULATORY REFORM
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
 
   That the draft Legislative Reform (Lloyd’s) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 17th July, be approved.
   The Regulatory Reform Committee has reported on the draft Order in its Sixth Report, HC 1090.
20
DEFENCE
Mr Secretary Hutton
 
   That the draft Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) (No. 2) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 21st October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
21
LEGAL SERVICES
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of a Designated Regulator) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 22nd October, be approved.
22
CRIMINAL LAW
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 22nd October, be approved.
23
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
Secretary David Miliband
 
   That the draft International Organization for Migration (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
24
DEFENCE
Mr Secretary Hutton
 
   That the draft International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
25
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
Secretary David Miliband
 
   That the draft European Union Military Staff (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
26
DEFENCE
Mr Secretary Hutton
 
   That the draft Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
27
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Mr Secretary Alexander
 
   That the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
28
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES
Secretary Alan Johnson
 
   That the draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 29th October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
29
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 29th October, be approved.
   The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
30
ELECTORAL COMMISSION (APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN)
Sir Peter Viggers
Sir Alan Beith
John Healey
Lady Hermon
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Jennifer Watson to the office of chairman of the Electoral Commission with effect from 1st January 2009 for the period ending on 31st December 2012.
   The First Report from the Speaker’s Committee, on Appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, HC 961, is relevant.
31
ELECTORAL COMMISSION (REMUNERATION OF CHAIRMAN): Queen’s Recommendation signified.
Sir Peter Viggers
Sir Alan Beith
John Healey
Lady Hermon
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the following provision shall be made with respect to the remuneration and expenses of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (“the chairman”):
(1)   
In respect of remuneration for service between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2009, the chairman shall be paid £150,000.
(2)   
In respect of the year starting with 1st January 2010 and in respect of any subsequent year starting on the anniversary of her appointment, the chairman shall be paid as remuneration for that year the sum payable during the immediately preceding year increased by the same percentage of that sum as the percentage (if any) or total of the percentages (if more than one) used to increase the salary of a High Court Judge during that immediately preceding year.
(3)   
Where during any of the years referred to above the chairman ceases to hold that office, the sum to be paid to her in respect of the part of the year for which she held office shall be such proportion of the sum which would have been due had she completed that year in office as reflects the portion of that period during which she held the office of chairman.
(4)   
The chairman shall be reimbursed for any expenses she incurs in connection with the discharge of her duties as chairman on travel, accommodation and subsistence.
(5)   
The pension of the chairman shall be calculated broadly by analogy with the pension scheme of the staff of the Commission, thereby delivering a pension based on the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.
   The First Report from the Speaker’s Committee, on Appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, HC 961, is relevant.
32
ELECTION OF SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS BY HONOURABLE MEMBERS
Mr Graham Allen
Mr Douglas Hogg
Mr Frank Field
Mr Roger Gale
Angus Robertson
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Frank Cook   
Bob Spink   
Mr Peter Bone
 
   That—
   (1)   Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of Select Committees) shall be repealed and the following Standing Order be made:
 
    ‘Election of Select Committees
(1)   
Within seven days of his election at the beginning of a Parliament the Speaker shall call for nominations in writing for each of the select committees appointed under the Standing Orders of this House; and any Member may nominate any other Member who is willing to serve.
(2)   
The Members shall be elected by secret ballot under such arrangements as the Speaker shall direct, provided that each Member of the House shall have one vote in respect of each select committee.
(3)   
The Speaker shall appoint one Member from the minority parties to each select committee; ‘minority parties’ means those opposition parties other than the largest opposition party.
(4)   
Each select committee shall elect its chairman from among its members.
   (2)   The Speaker shall, one year after the making of this Order and after consulting all parties represented in this House, lay upon the table a report on the operation of the Standing Order.’.
33
NEW DRAFT EU CONSTITUTION
Mr Graham Allen
Andrew Gwynne
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Mike Hancock
 
   That—
   (1)   The Government shall seek the agreement of the House to a British draft Constitution for the EU which shall not mandate Her Majesty’s Government but which will be put forward as a basis for consideration by the member states of the EU; and
   (2)   Such a draft Constitution shall be no more than 1,000 words and shall include an inspirational preamble, and no more than 15 articles which shall
(a)   
clearly define and limit the power of the Union,
(b)   
reserve power to the nation states unless specifically granted to the Union,
(c)   
base the Union on human rights,
(d)   
ensure power is exercised at the lowest level of authority,
(e)   
be based upon elected institutions,
(f)   
exercise authority only by consent,
(g)   
apply equally to all,
(h)   
be within the rule of law,
(i)    
be written in understandable terms,
(j)   
be amended only by agreement,
(k)   
be interpreted impartially,
(l)   
be set within a global context, and
(m)   
respect the natural world.
34
SELECTION OF PRIME MINISTER
Mr Graham Allen
Andrew Mackinlay
Frank Cook
 
   That, within two days of the meeting of a new Parliament following a General Election, or within 25 days of the death or resignation of a serving Prime Minister, this House shall order an Address to be presented to Her Majesty naming one of its Members and asking Her Majesty to invite that Member to form a Government.
35
WAR MAKING POWERS (PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL OF THE COMMITMENT OF UK ARMED FORCES TO HOSTILITIES ABROAD)
Mr Graham Allen
Angus Robertson
Mr Douglas Hogg
Mr John Redwood
Jeremy Corbyn
John McDonnell
Frank Cook   
Bob Spink   
Mr Peter Bone
 
   That—
   (1)   Parliament shall have the opportunity to consider and approve the exercise of duties vested in HM Ministers to commit the United Kingdom’s armed forces to hostilities abroad, or to a situation abroad where hostilities are likely,
(a)   
before such a commitment is made by Her Majesty’s Government, where circumstances permit, or
(b)   
where circumstances do not permit, no later than 20 days after deployment.
   (2)   For this purpose—
(a)   
The Prime Minister shall present a report to Parliament setting out—
(i)   
the circumstances necessitating the commitment of the armed forces;
(ii)   
the extent of the commitment, the mandate to be given to the armed forces personnel, and the chain of command in circumstances where joint participation with other nations is anticipated, and
(iii)   
the current or anticipated scope and duration of the hostilities;
(b)   
this report shall be the subject of a debate in the House within 20 days of deployment on a substantive motion to approve the commitment of armed forces personnel; and when the House is not sitting, the laying of such a report shall be deemed to meet the public interest criteria set out in Standing Order No. 13 for the earlier meeting of the House in certain circumstances, and the Speaker shall forthwith appoint and give notice of a time for the House to meet; and
(c)   
the Government should bring forward a Bill to establish a statutory footing for parliamentary consideration of this exercise of the Royal Prerogative along the lines set out in this Resolution.
36
EARLIER MEETING OF THE HOUSE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Mr Graham Allen
Mr Kenneth Clarke
Mr Adrian Sanders
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr Michael Mates
Frank Cook   
Bob Spink
 
   That Standing Order No. 13 (Earlier meeting of the House in certain circumstances) be amended, by leaving out paragraph (1) and inserting—
   ‘(1)   If the Speaker is of the opinion that the public interest requires that the House should meet at a time earlier than that to which it stands adjourned, the House shall meet at such time as the Speaker shall appoint.’.
37
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (FIXED TERMS)
Mr Graham Allen
Mr Peter Bone
David Howarth
Dr Tony Wright
Andrew George
Frank Cook
Bob Spink
 
   That general elections shall only take place every five years on the first day of June.
38
BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Mr Graham Allen
Mr Philip Hollobone
Frank Cook
Mr Peter Bone
(1)   
Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business) is repealed.
(2)   
The Business Committee to be established in accordance with this order shall have as its principal function the preparation of a rolling fortnightly forward programme of the public business of the House, to be put to the House for decision every week. The programme shall include the dates of legislative proceedings, and of Opposition days under Standing Order No. 14(2).
(3)   
Notice of the proposed programme of business must be given at least two days before it is put to the House. Changes to the agreed programme may be proposed in case of urgency.
(4)   
The question on any proposal from the Business Committee relating to the programme of business, and on any amendment selected thereto, shall be put forthwith, and may be decided at any hour, though opposed.
(5)   
The Committee shall consist of
(a)   
The Chairman of Ways and Means, who shall be the Chairman
(b)   
Eight Members elected by the House.

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