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+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
House of Commons
Order of Business
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Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
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 1
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Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): What his latest estimate is of the percentage of the working-age population in Wales which is in work.
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(164976)
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2
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Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the Comprehensive Spending Review settlements for
the Welsh Assembly Government and Wales Office.
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(164977)
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3
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Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): What discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on levels of child poverty in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
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(164978)
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4
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Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): What discussions he has had with the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government on recent developments in the Welsh economy.
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(164980)
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5
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Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on reducing the number of people claiming benefits in Wales.
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(164981)
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6
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Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to increase the National Assembly for Wales' legislative competence.
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(164982)
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7
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Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What discussions he has had with the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government on the implications for Wales of the
forthcoming Planning Bill.
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(164983)
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8
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Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): What steps he is taking to increase the National Assembly for Wales' legislative competence.
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(164984)
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9
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the development
of electricity generated from tidal energy in Wales.
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(164985)
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10
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Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What discussions he has had with the Ministry of Defence over the time taken to implement the defence training programme at
RAF St. Athan.
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(164986)
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11
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Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy): What discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on available and affordable housing in Wales.
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(164987)
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12
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What meetings he has had with ministers in (a) the Welsh Assembly Government and (b) the UK Government to discuss domestic
abuse and abuse in the workplace.
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(164988)
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13
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Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on the contribution of North East Wales to the UK economy.
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(164989)
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14
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Mr John Baron (Billericay): What discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the Comprehensive Spending Review settlements for
the Welsh Assembly Government and Wales Office.
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(165102)
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At 12 noon
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Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
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Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.
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Q1
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Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 21st November.
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(166251)
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Q2
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Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):
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(166252)
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Q3
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):
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(166253)
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Q4
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Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):
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(166254)
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Q5
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Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):
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(166255)
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Q6
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Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):
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(166256)
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Q7
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Ben Chapman (Wirral South):
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(166257)
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Q8
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Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):
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(166258)
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Q9
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Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):
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(166259)
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Q10
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Anne Moffat (East Lothian):
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(166260)
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Q11
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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):
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(166261)
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Q12
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Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):
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(166262)
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Q13
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Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):
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(166264)
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Q14
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Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):
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(166265)
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At 12.30 p.m.
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Urgent Questions (if any)
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Ministerial Statements (if any)
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Main Business
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1
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OPPOSITION DAY (1st allotted day)
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[Until 7.00 p.m.]
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GOVERNMENT POLICY ON SCHOOLS REFORM
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That this House expresses its concern over recent reports that the Government is retreating on the Academies programme and
calls on the Secretary of State to restore the freedom of Academies to operate outside the National Curriculum, to take steps
to liberate them further from local authority control, and to recognise that Academies should act as a spur and encouragement
to local authorities by pioneering innovative new approaches to helping the most disadvantaged; and further believes that
the Academies programme should be expanded and accelerated with not only more Academies but also greater freedoms for new
providers who wish to open all-ability schools in the state sector.
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As Amendments to Mr David Cameron’s proposed Motion (Government policy on schools reform):
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Line 1, leave out from ‘House’ to end and add ‘notes that investment and reform in schools since 1997 has raised standards and cut
the number of underperforming schools, with 100,000 more 11 year olds reaching the required level of literacy than 10 years
ago and the number of schools where less than a quarter of pupils achieve five good GCSEs cut from 616 in 1997 to just 26
today; further notes that 83 Academies have already opened, with 230 to be opened by 2010, with more to come as the Government
accelerates its successful Academies programme; confirms that over 30 schools became Trust schools in September with over
170 more in the pipeline; welcomes the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme which will rebuild or refurbish
every secondary school in the country; and supports further reforms to extend educational opportunity for all and not just
some, including the introduction of Diplomas and, alongside an expansion of apprenticeships and enhanced support for 16 and
17 year olds through the Education Maintenance Allowance, raising the education and training age to 18 by 2015.’.
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Line 2, leave out from ‘programme’ to end and insert ‘and calls on the Secretary of State to make a clear statement of the Government’s
policy on Academies, to extend the freedoms to innovate available to academies to all maintained schools, to ensure parental
choice rather than schools choice by ending selection to Academies by aptitude and other means, to set out plans to ensure
that oversight of Academies by Whitehall is replaced by local authority strategic oversight and to immediately introduce a
Pupil Premium to target extra funding on disadvantaged pupils to bring their per pupil funding levels up to those in private
schools.’.
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HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
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That this House supports NHS staff in their efforts to minimise healthcare-associated infections; notes with distress the
failings disclosed in the report by the Healthcare Commission into the outbreaks of clostridium difficile at Maidstone and
Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; deplores the failure by the Department of Health to secure new leadership at the Maidstone and
Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust at an earlier stage; regrets the repeated failure of the Government to ensure compliance with proven
methods of containing infections, including screening prior to admission, adequate isolation facilities and optimum bed occupancy
rates; and calls on the Government to support NHS bodies in implementing zero tolerance strategies for healthcare-associated
infections.
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As an Amendment to Mr David Cameron’s proposed Motion (Healthcare-associated infections):
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Line 1, leave out from ‘House’ to end and add ‘recognises that healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a worldwide problem;
acknowledges that the recent Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for the NHS includes £270 million to tackle HCAI; welcomes
the initiatives the NHS is taking to manage infection control, including a new “bare below the elbows” dress code, new clinical
guidance to increase the use of isolation for infected patients published in September, every hospital to undertake a deep
clean as part of a wider drive for a culture of cleanliness, matrons and clinical directors to report directly to trust boards
on infection control and cleanliness, annual infection control inspections of all acute trusts using teams of specialist inspectors,
and MRSA screening for all elective admissions next year; further welcomes the introduction of legislation for a new health
and adult social care regulator with tough powers to inspect, investigate and intervene in hospitals that do not meet rigorous
standards for cleanliness and a new legal requirement on chief executives to report all MRSA bacteraemias and clostridium
difficile infections to the Health Protection Agency; believes that centrally determined targets for tackling HCAIs are the
most effective way of ensuring infection levels are reduced in every hospital; notes that as a consequence MRSA bloodstream
infection numbers are falling; and welcomes the Better Care for All PSA Delivery Agreement, which sets two new targets for
the period 2010-11 to keep MRSA bloodstream infections below half the numbers of 2003-04, and to deliver a 30 per cent. reduction
in clostridium difficile infections from the numbers in 2007-08.’.
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The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
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Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
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That the draft Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007, which were laid before this House on 8th October,
in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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That the draft Armed Forces (Redress of Individual Grievances) Regulations 2007, which were laid before this House on 22nd
October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRANSPORT AND INLAND WATERWAYS
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[No debate]
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That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 6145/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive amending Directive
98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse
gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels, and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specifications
of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC; and endorses the Government’s aim of ensuring that
the measure is cost effective, and that the target for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions does not lead to the use of unsustainably
produced biofuels and is consistent with the biofuels target for 2020 endorsed in the Spring Council Declaration.
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To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
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At the end of the sitting:
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Proposed subject: Policing in Northern Ireland (David Simpson).
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Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
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COMMITTEES
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DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES
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1
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Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
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2.30 p.m.
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Room 9 (public)
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To consider the draft Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Powers of District and JP Courts) Order 2007.
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2
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Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
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2.30 p.m.
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Room 12 (public)
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To consider the Company and Business Names (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3152).
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SELECT COMMITTEES
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Defence
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9.00 a.m.
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
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9.30 a.m.
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(public)
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Subject: UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty.
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Witnesses: Ian Godden, Defence Industries Council and Society of British Aerospace Companies, David Hayes, Export Group for
Aerospace and Defence and Export Controls, Dr Jerry McGinn, Aerospace Industries Association and Northrop Grumman, Dr Sandy
Watson, General Dynamics UK, and Alison Wood, BAE Systems; Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office officials (at 10.30 a.m.).
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4
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
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9.00 a.m.
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Room 8 (private)
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9.30 a.m.
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(public)
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Subject: The Sainsbury Review.
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Witness: Lord Sainsbury of Turville.
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5
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Children, Schools and Families
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9.15 a.m.
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
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6
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Work and Pensions
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9.15 a.m.
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
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9.30 a.m.
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(public)
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Subject: The Best Start in Life? Alleviating Deprivation, Improving Social Mobility and Eradicating Child Poverty.
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Witnesses: TUC, Working Links, and Mayor of London’s Office.
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7
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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2.00 p.m.
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The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
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2.30 p.m.
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(public)
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Subjects: (i) Flooding (ii) Defra Priorities.
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Witnesses: (i) Dr Timothy Brain, Chief Constable of Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire County Council and Oxfordshire County
Council (at 3.15 p.m.); Severn Trent Water and Thames Water (at 4.00 p.m.); (ii) Helen Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 5.15 p.m.).
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8
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Foreign Affairs
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2.00 p.m.
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The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
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3.00 p.m.
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(public)
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Subject: Foreign Policy Aspects of the EU Reform Treaty.
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Witnesses: Graham Avery, St Antony’s College, Oxford University, Professor Christopher Hill, University of Cambridge, and
Professor Richard Whitman, University of Bath.
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9
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Home Affairs
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2.00 p.m.
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The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
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3.15 p.m.
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(public)
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Subject: The Government’s Counter-Terrorism Proposals.
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Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC; Sir Ken Macdonald QC, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions
(at 3.45 p.m.).
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10
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Northern Ireland Affairs
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2.15 p.m.
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Room 6 (private)
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2.45 p.m.
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(public)
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Subject: The Northern Ireland Prison Service.
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Witnesses: Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, and Robin Masefield, Director General, Northern Ireland
Prison Service.
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11
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Transport
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2.30 p.m.
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Room 8 (private)
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2.45 p.m.
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(public)
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Subject: The future of BAA.
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Witnesses: Competition Commission, Civil Aviation Authority; Air Transport Users’ Council (at 3.30 p.m.); Unite–the Union,
and Public and Commercial Services Union (at 4.00 p.m.).
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12
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Welsh Affairs
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3.15 p.m.
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Room 5 (private)
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3.30 p.m.
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(public)
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Subject: Legislative Competence Orders: Additional Learning Needs.
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Witnesses: Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, and officials, Welsh Assembly Government.
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13
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Public Accounts
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3.30 p.m.
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Room 15 (public)
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Subject: The Pensions Regulator.
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Witnesses: Tony Hobman, Chief Executive, The Pensions Regulator, and Bill Galvin, Pensions Protection Division, Department
for Work and Pensions.
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14
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Selection
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4.45 p.m.
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Room 13 (private)
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15
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Statutory Instruments
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As soon as convenient after 4.00 p.m.
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Room 7 (private)
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JOINT COMMITTEE
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16
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Statutory Instruments
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4.00 p.m.
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Room 7 (private)
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[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]
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Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
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Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: 22nd November EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels.
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2
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Secretary of State for Defence: Winter supplementary estimates 2007-08.
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Secretary of State for Health: Patient satisfaction and hospital cleanliness.
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Secretary of State for the Home Department: Publication of the annual report of the Animal Procedures Committee 2006.
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Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills: 23rd November EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels.
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