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Order of Business Wednesday 12 November 2008 Here you can browse the House of Commons Order of Business for Wednesday 12 November 2008.

+ indicates Government business. Timings are indicative only. House of Commons Order of Business   At 11.30 a.m.   Prayers     Ministerial Statements (if any) 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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster  1 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What steps he is taking to encourage more young people to volunteer. (234793)  2 Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What recent discussions he has had with voluntary organisations on working with severely disabled people. (234795)  3 Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): How many electronic breaches of security relating to information held by his Department there were in the last 12 months. (234796)  4 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent progress the Power of Information Taskforce has made; and if he will make a statement. (234797)  5 Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): What discussions he has had with the Home Office on support to third sector organisations on dealing with the social exclusion of trafficked persons. (234798)  6 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): How much was spent by the Government on public relations, advertising and marketing in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007 according to figures held by the Central Office of Information. (234799)  7 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): What steps he is taking to address skills shortages in the third sector; and if he will make a statement. (234800)  8 Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): What steps the Government is taking to use early intervention as a method to tackle social exclusion. (234801)  9 Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent discussions the Cabinet Office has had with Treasury Ministers on the Government's support for charitable organisations and on their taxation status. (234802)  10 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What recent representations he has received on social inclusion in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. (234803)  11 Mr David Amess (Southend West): How much was spent on Government advertising, marketing and public relations in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008 according to records held by the Central Office of Information. (234804)  12 Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): What steps he is taking to tackle social exclusion among young women; and if he will make a statement. (234805)  13 Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): What the results of his Department's Show Us A Better Way competition were; and if he will make a statement. (234806)  14 Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): What assessment he has made of the effect on social exclusion and social mobility of post-16 education and training. (234807)   At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.  Q1 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November. (234808)  Q2 Bob Russell (Colchester): (234809)  Q3 Helen Southworth (Warrington South): (234810)  Q4 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): (234811)  Q5 Charles Hendry (Wealden): (234812)  Q6 Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): (234813)  Q7 John Battle (Leeds West): (234814)  Q8 Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): (234815)  Q9 Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): (234816)  Q10 Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): (234817)  Q11 Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): (234818)  Q12 Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): (234819)  Q13 Laura Moffatt (Crawley): (234820)  Q14 Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): (234821)  Q15 Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): (234822) At 12.30 p.m.   Urgent Questions (if any)     Ministerial Statements (if any) Preliminary Business Ten minute rule Motion 1 INTEREST RATES (MAXIMUM LIMIT) [Up to 20 minutes] Mr Jim Devine      That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for a maximum limit for interest rates to be prescribed; 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 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Ms Harriet Harman      That, at this day’s sitting, the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on: (1)    the Motions in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to Regional Accountability, Regional Select Committees, Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees and Regional Grand Committees, not later than one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the first such Motion; (2)    the Motions in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to European Scrutiny (Standing Orders) and Modernisation of the House of Commons (Changes to Standing Orders) not later than one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the first such Motion; and (3)    the Motion in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to the Speaker’s Conference not later than one hour after the commencement of proceedings on that Motion;   such Questions shall include the Questions on any Amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; proceedings may continue after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.    Debate may continue until any hour, if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to. At 7.00 p.m. † BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate] The Prime Minister      That, at this day’s sitting, the Motion in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to Business of the House may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15). † DEFERRED DIVISIONS [No debate] The Prime Minister      That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to Business of the House. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 41A(3)). † 3 REGIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY Ms Harriet Harman        That this House welcomes the Third Report from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons on Regional Accountability (HC Paper No. 282); approves the proposals for regional select and grand committees for each of the English regions set out in the response from the Government in the White Paper, Regional Accountability (Cm 7376); accordingly endorses the clear expectation that the regional select committees should meet significantly less frequently than departmental select committees; and considers that the combination of select committees providing opportunities for inquiries and reports into regional policy and administration together with opportunities for debate involving all honourable Members from the relevant region will provide a major step forward in the scrutiny of regional policy.

As Amendments to Ms Harriet Harman’s proposed Motion (Regional Accountability):

Mrs Theresa May Mr Shailesh Vara

(c)

Line 3, leave out from ‘282)’ to ‘opportunities’ in line 9 and insert ‘approves the proposals for regional grand committees for each English region set out in the response from the Government contained in the White Paper, Regional Accountability (Cm. 7376); and considers that’.

Andrew Mackinlay

(a)

Line 5, after ‘(Cm 7376)’, insert ‘except that Chairmen of regional select committees shall not be paid.’.

Andrew Mackinlay

(b)

Line 5, leave out from ‘(Cm 7376)’ to ‘and’ in line 7.

† 4 REGIONAL SELECT COMMITTEES

Ms Harriet Harman

That the following new Standing Order and amendment to temporary Standing Orders be made, with effect from 1st January 2009 until the end of the current Parliament—

A. New Standing Order

Regional select committees

(1)

Select committees shall be appointed to examine regional strategies and the work of regional bodies for each of the following English regions:

(a)

East Midlands

(b)

East of England

(c)

North East

(d)

North West

(e)

South East

(f)

South West

(g)

West Midlands

(h)

Yorkshire and the Humber.

(2)

Each committee appointed under this order shall consist of not more than nine members; and, unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to a committee shall continue to be members of that committee for the remainder of the Parliament.

(3)

A committee appointed under this order shall have power—

(a)

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn to any place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

(b)

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee’s order of reference;

(c)

to invite—

(i)

Members of the House who are not members of the committee but represent constituencies within the region in respect of which it is appointed, and

(ii)

specified elected councillors from the region in respect of which it is appointed

London’.

to attend and participate in its proceedings at specified meetings (but not to move motions or amendments, vote or be counted in the quorum).

B. Amendment to Temporary Standing Order of 13th July 2005:

Liaison Committee (Membership)

At end add—

(4)

In addition to the members appointed under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this order, one Member who is for the time being the Chairman of a Regional Select Committee shall be a member of the Liaison Committee.

(5)

The question on a motion in the names of the chairmen of all the Regional Select Committees to nominate a member of the Liaison Committee under paragraph (4) shall be put forthwith and may be decided after the moment of interruption.

Mr Andrew Dismore Harry Cohen Mr Andy Slaughter Stephen Pound Lyn Brown Jon Cruddas

Martin Linton	Mr Virendra Sharma	Barry Gardiner
Mr Neil Gerrard	Alan Keen	Siobhain McDonagh
Joan Ryan	Jeremy Corbyn

Line 15, at end insert—

‘(i)London’.

‘(i) London’.

Mr Nick Clegg Dr Vincent Cable Simon Hughes Sir Robert Smith Sir Alan Beith Mr Paul Burstow

Line 17, after first ‘members’, insert ‘who represent constituencies within the relevant region’.

Mr Nick Clegg Dr Vincent Cable Simon Hughes Sir Robert Smith Sir Alan Beith Mr Paul Burstow

Line 19, at end, insert–

‘(2A)In nominating Members to the Committees under this order, the Committee of Selection shall have regard to the proportion of Members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region;(2B)Notwithstanding paragraph (2A), the Committee of Selection shall nominate at least one Member from each of the three largest parties to each Committee.’.

‘(2A) In nominating Members to the Committees under this order, the Committee of Selection shall have regard to the proportion of Members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region;

(2B)Notwithstanding paragraph (2A), the Committee of Selection shall nominate at least one Member from each of the three largest parties to each Committee.’.

(2B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2A), the Committee of Selection shall nominate at least one Member from each of the three largest parties to each Committee.’.

‘(2A)In nominating Members to the Committees under this order, the Committee of Selection shall have regard to the proportion of Members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region;

Andrew Mackinlay

Line 30, leave out from ‘appointed’ to end of line 32.

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PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES

Ms Harriet Harman

That this House expresses the opinion that the Resolution of the House of 30th October 2003, relating to Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2) should be amended by inserting after ‘(Select committees related to government departments)’ the words ‘or Standing Order (Regional select committees)’.

Simon Hughes Mr Paul Burstow

Line 4, at end add ‘and by inserting after paragraph (1) of that Resolution the words ‘(1A) The additional sum payable to Chairmen of regional select committees under this Resolution shall be one-eighth of the figure set out in paragraph (1) above.’.

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6

PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2): Queen’s Recommendation signified.

Ms Harriet Harman

That the Resolution of the House of 30th October 2003, relating to Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2) be amended by inserting after ‘(Select committees related to government departments)’ the words ‘or Standing Order (Regional select committees)’.

Simon Hughes Mr Paul Burstow

Line 4, at end add ‘and by inserting after paragraph (1) of that Resolution the words ‘(1A) The additional sum payable to Chairmen of regional select committees under this Resolution shall be one-eighth of the figure set out in paragraph (1) above.’.

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REGIONAL GRAND COMMITTEES

Ms Harriet Harman

That the following new Standing Orders be made, with effect from 1st January 2009 until the end of the current Parliament—

A. Regional grand committees

(1)

There shall be general committees, called Regional Grand Committees, for each of the following English regions:

(a)

East Midlands

(b)

East of England

(c)

North East

(d)

North West

(e)

South East

(f)

South West

(g)

West Midlands

(h)

Yorkshire and the Humber

which in each case shall consist of those Members who represent constituencies within the region and up to five other Members nominated by the Committee of Selection, which shall have power from time to time to discharge the Members so nominated by it and to appoint others in their place.

(2)

A motion may be made by a Minister of the Crown providing for—

(a)

a Regional Grand Committee to sit on a specified day at a specified place in the region to which it relates or at Westminster;

(b)

the time and duration of such a sitting; and

(c)

the business as provided in paragraph (4) to be conducted at it.

(3)

The question on a motion under paragraph (2) shall be put forthwith and may be decided after the moment of interruption.

(4)

The business of the committees may include—

(a)

questions tabled in accordance with Standing Order (Regional Grand Committees (questions for oral answer));

(b)

statements by a Minister of the Crown, in accordance with paragraph (5) below;

(c)

general debates on specified matters.

(5)

The chairman may permit a Minister of the Crown, whether or not a Member of the House, to make a statement and to answer questions thereon put by members of the committee; but no question shall be taken after the expiry of a period of 45 minutes from the commencement of such a statement.

(6)

If the House has resolved that the business at a sitting of a committee shall be concluded at a certain hour and it has not otherwise been concluded before that time the chairman shall, at that time, adjourn the committee without question put and any business then under consideration shall lapse.

B. Regional Grand Committees (questions for oral answer)

(1)

Notices of questions for oral answer in a Regional Grand Committee by the relevant regional minister, on a day specified in an order made under paragraph (2) of Standing Order (Regional grand committees), may be given by members of the committee in the Table Office.

(2)

Notices of questions given under this order shall bear an indication that they are for oral answer in a specific Regional Grand Committee.

(3)

No more than one notice of a question may be given under this order by any member of the committee for each day specified for the taking of questions.

(4)

On any day so specified, questions shall be taken at the time provided for in an order under paragraph (2) of Standing Order (Regional Grand Committees); no question shall be taken later than three quarters of an hour after the commencement of the proceedings thereon; and replies to questions not reached shall be printed with the official report of the committee’s debates for that day.

(5)

Notices of questions under this order may be given ten sitting days before that on which an answer is desired save where otherwise provided by a memorandum under paragraph (8) of Standing Order No. 22 (Notices of questions, motions and amendments), provided that when it is proposed that the House shall adjourn for a period of fewer than four days, any day during that period (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) shall be counted as a sitting day for the purposes of the calculation made under this paragraph.

Sir George Young

Line 1, after ‘made’, insert ‘and Standing Order No. 117 (Regional Affairs Committee) be suspended’.

Mr Andrew Dismore Harry Cohen Mr Andy Slaughter Stephen Pound Lyn Brown Jon Cruddas

Martin Linton	Mr Virendra Sharma	Barry Gardiner
Mr Neil Gerrard	Alan Keen	Siobhain McDonagh
Joan Ryan	Jeremy Corbyn

Line 13, at end insert—

‘(i)London’.

‘(i) London’.

Mr Nick Clegg Dr Vincent Cable Simon Hughes Sir Robert Smith Sir Alan Beith Mr Paul Burstow

Line 15, leave out from ‘region’ to end of line 17.

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8

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY (STANDING ORDERS)

Ms Harriet Harman

That the amendments to Standing Order No. 119 and the amendments to nomenclature in the Standing Orders agreed to by this House on 7th February 2008, shall have permanent effect from 1st January 2009.

Mrs Theresa May Mr Shailesh Vara Simon Hughes Sir Robert Smith

Line 3, at end add ‘and that paragraph 10 of Standing Order No. 143 be replaced by the following paragraph:

and that the Standing Order, as amended, shall have permanent effect from 1st January 2009.’.

‘(10) Each such Committee shall determine at the beginning of each meeting whether any part of or all of its business that day shall be conducted in private’;

and that the Standing Order, as amended, shall have permanent effect from 1st January 2009.’.

and that the Standing Order, as amended, shall have permanent effect from 1st January 2009.’.

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9

MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (CHANGES TO STANDING ORDERS)

Ms Harriet Harman

That the amendments to the Standing Orders and new Orders, agreed to by this House on 25th October 2007, relating to the recommendations of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons in its First Report of Session 2006-07, Revitalising the Chamber: the role of the back bench Member (House of Commons Paper No. 337 of Session 2006-07) and the Government response thereto (Cm. 7231) shall have permanent effect with the following amendments—

(1)

In Standing Order No. 24A (Topical debates)—

(d)

in line 19, leave out ‘six’ and insert ‘ten’; and

(e)

in line 24, leave out from ‘to’ to the end of line 26 and insert ‘a maximum of five interventions.’.

(2)

In Standing Order No. 24B (Amendments to motions to consider specified matters)—

(a)

in line 1, after ‘Speaker’, insert ‘or the Chairman’; and

(b)

in line 2, after ‘House’, insert ‘or, as the case may be, the committee’.

Mrs Theresa May Mr Richard Shepherd Mr Greg Knight Philip Davies Sir Nicholas Winterton

Leave out lines 7 to 10.

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10

SPEAKER’S CONFERENCE

[Up to one hour]

Ms Harriet Harman

That—

(1)

There shall be a committee to be known as the Speaker’s Conference which shall consist of the Speaker, who shall be chairman, and up to 17 other Members appointed by the Speaker one of whom shall be vice-chairman;

(2)

The Conference shall consider and make recommendations for rectifying the disparity between the representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in the House of Commons and their representation in the UK population at large; and may agree to consider other associated matters;

(3)

Notwithstanding any Standing Order of this House, the Conference shall conduct its proceedings in such manner, and have such of those powers which the House may delegate to select committees, as the Speaker shall determine;

(4)

The Conference shall have power to report from time to time;

(5)

The quorum of the Conference shall be five;

(6)

This order shall have effect until the end of the current Parliament.

Dr Tony Wright

Line 6, leave out from beginning to ‘their’ in line 7 and insert ‘under-representation of certain groups of citizens in the House of Commons compared to’.

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11

HOUSE OF COMMONS MEMBERS’ FUND

[Up to one and a half hours]

Ms Harriet Harman Mr Peter Lilley Chris Bryant

That, pursuant to section 4(4) of the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1948 and section 1(4) of the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1957, in the year commencing 1st October 2008 there be appropriated for the purposes of section 4 of the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1948:

(1)	The whole of the sums deducted or set aside in that year under section 1(3) of the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 1939 from the salaries of Members of the House of Commons; and

(2)	The whole of the Treasury contribution to the Fund.

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12

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

[No debate]

Secretary Jacqui Smith

That the draft International Criminal Court (Remand Time) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 6th October, be approved.

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13

HOUSING

[No debate]

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.

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14

HEALTHCARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

[No debate]

Secretary Alan Johnson

That the draft Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 16th October, be approved.