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Order of Business Thursday 8 November 2007

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House of Commons
Order of Business

 
At 10.30 a.m.
  Prayers
Afterwards
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Business Question to the Leader of the House

Preliminary Business
  indicates Government Business
Notices of Presentation of Bills
1
CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS)
[No debate]
Secretary Ruth Kelly
 
   Bill to make provision amending, and supplementary to, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
2
CROSSRAIL
[No debate]
Secretary Ruth Kelly
 
   Bill to make provision for a railway transport system running from Maidenhead, in the County of Berkshire, and Heathrow Airport, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, through central London to Shenfield, in the County of Essex, and Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Greenwich; and for connected purposes.
   Formal first and second reading: no debate or decision (Order of 23rd October 2007).
3
SALE OF STUDENT LOANS
[No debate]
Secretary John Denham
 
   Bill to enable the sale of rights to repayments of student loans; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.

Main Business
4
QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): Adjourned Debate on Question [6th November].
[Until 6.00 p.m.]
 
   Motion made, and Question proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:
 
   Most Gracious Sovereign,
 
   We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament—(Mr Richard Caborn).
   Proposed subject for debate: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Debate may continue until 6.00 p.m.
5
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Adrian Bailey, Roger Berry, Mr Brian Binley, Mr Michael Clapham, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Mark Hunter, Miss Julie Kirkbride, Peter Luff, Anne Moffat, Mr Anthony Wright and Richard Younger-Ross be members of the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
6
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mrs Annette Brooke, Ms Dawn Butler, Mr Douglas Carswell, Mr David Chaytor, Mr John Heppell, Fiona Mactaggart, Mrs Maria Miller, Mr Andrew Pelling, Joan Ryan, Mr Barry Sheerman, Mr Andy Slaughter, Mr Graham Stuart, Lynda Waltho and Stephen Williams be members of the Children, Schools and Families Committee.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
7
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That David Wright be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and Jim Dobbin be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
8
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Edward Vaizey be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Gregory Barker be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
9
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mrs Madeleine Moon and Mr Jamie Reed be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Dr Gavin Strang and Paddy Tipping be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
10
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Wayne David and Nia Griffith be discharged from the European Scrutiny Committee and Mr Adrian Bailey and Keith Hill be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
11
INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Adam Afriyie, Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods, Mr Ian Cawsey, Mrs Nadine Dorries, Dr Ian Gibson, Dr Evan Harris, Dr Brian Iddon, Mr Gordon Marsden, Bob Spink, Ian Stewart, Graham Stringer, Dr Desmond Turner, Mr Phil Willis and Mr Rob Wilson, be members of the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
12
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Joan Ruddock be discharged from the International Development Committee and Mr Stephen Crabb be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
13
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Nia Griffith and Mark Tami be discharged from the Joint Committee on Human Rights and John Austin and Mr Virendra Sharma be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
14
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAX LAW REWRITE BILLS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mark Tami be discharged from the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills and Mr Quentin Davies be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
15
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Stephen Pound be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Kate Hoey be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
16
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Chris Bryant, Ian Lucas, Mr Iain Wright and Derek Wyatt be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Nigel Griffiths, Keith Hill, Geraldine Smith and Phil Wilson be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
17
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Jim McGovern be discharged from the Scottish Affairs Committee and Mr David Hamilton be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
18
TREASURY
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Angela Eagle be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Nick Ainger be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
19
WELSH AFFAIRS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Mr Wayne David be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Alun Michael be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
20
WORK AND PENSIONS
[No debate after 6.00 p.m.]
Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection
 
   That Natascha Engel be discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee and Tom Levitt be added.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 p.m.
 
At the end of the sitting:
21
ADJOURNMENT
 
   Proposed subject: Length of the Summer Recess  (Mr David Winnick).
   Debate may continue until 6.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES
SELECT COMMITTEE
1
Health
9.30 a.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
10.00 a.m.
(public)
   Subject: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
   Witnesses: Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chair, and Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, and Department of Health officials (at 11.15 a.m.).
[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: UK unclaimed assets scheme.
2
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Protocol to the Double Taxation Convention between the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
3
Secretary of State for Defence: Service personnel.
4
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultation on the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops.
5
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Outcome of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 22nd and 23rd October 2007.
6
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Outcome of the UN Convention on Climate Change Pre-COP Meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, 23rd to 25th October.
7
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: Report giving the proportion of UK produce supplied to Government Departments, NHS and HM Prison Service.
8
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Decontamination Service business plan.
9
Secretary of State for Health: Authorisations of NHS foundation trusts.
10
Secretary of State for the Home Department: National identity scheme—cost report.
11
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Complaints Audit Committee (CAC) Report.
12
Secretary of State for Transport: Local Transport Bill.
13
Secretary of State for Wales: Proposals for the use of framework powers in the Local Transport Bill.
14
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: 50+ Face-to-Face Guidance Work Options Pilot Project.

Private Members’ Bills
        The Speaker has appointed 10 o’clock on Thursday 15th November and Committee Room 10 as the time and place for holding the Ballot for Private Members’ Bills.

 

 

 
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