Summary Agenda for Thursday 17 July 2008

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Summary Agenda Thursday 17 July 2008

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10.30 a.m.

Prayers.

Afterwards

Private Business (without debate).

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including at 11.15 a.m. Topical Questions.

11.30 a.m.

Urgent Questions (if any); Business Question to the Leader of the House; Ministerial Statements, including on the Service Personnel Command Paper and the Policing Green Paper.

Afterwards

Presentation of Bill (without debate).

Draft Freedom of Information (Parliament and National Assembly for Wales) Order 2008 (Motion for approval) (for up to one and a half hours).

Intelligence and Security Committee; Reform of Intelligence and Security Committee; Membership of Intelligence and Security Committee (Motions) (may continue until 6.00 p.m.).

At the end of the sitting

Adjournment Debate: Burton upon Trent Brewing Museum (Mrs Janet Dean) (until 6.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later).

Sitting in Westminster Hall

General Debate:

2.30 p.m.

Medical care for the Armed Forces: Seventh Report from the Defence Committee, HC 327, and the Government response, HC 500 (until 5.30 p.m.).

MEMORANDUM

SUMMER ADJOURNMENT 2008

       Members wishing to table Questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 7.30 p.m. or the rising of the House (whichever is earlier) on Tuesday 22nd July. Thereafter, they may table oral and written Questions electronically or by post.

TABLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

       Under Standing Order No. 22(6), The Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer in the first sitting week in October:

Last date of tabling*

Date for answer

Departments etc.

Monday 29th September

Monday 6th October

Culture, Media and Sport
Olympics

Monday 29th September

Tuesday 7th October

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Monday 29th September

Wednesday 8th October

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Prime Minister

Monday 6th October
(first sitting day)

Thursday 9th October

Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission, and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
Solicitor General
Women and Equality
Leader of the House of Commons and House of Commons Commission

       *The shuffle will be held at 12.30 p.m.

       For further details of last tabling days, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the Bulletin Board on the parliamentary intranet at http://intral.parliament.uk/bb/bb.htm

       The results of the shuffles on Monday 29th September will be published on Tuesday 30th September in a blue unofficial notice paper available from the Vote Office and on http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON A NAMED DAY

       The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Summer Adjournment is 6.30 p.m., or the rising of the House if earlier, on Thursday 17th July (for answer on Tuesday 22nd July). Between this time and the rising of the House on Tuesday 22nd July, the earliest named day for a Question for written answer is Monday 6th October.

       After the House has risen for the summer adjournment, Members may table named day Questions for written answer on each of the recess answering days under the terms of Standing Order No. 22B, and the Order of the House of 4th June, as follows.

To be tabled

For answer on

Publication of Question

Up to five questions until 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday 3rd September

Wednesday 10th September

Thursday 4th September

Up to five questions until 4.30 p.m. on Monday 8th September

Monday 15th September

Tuesday 9th September

Up to five questions until 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday 10th September

Wednesday 17th September

Thursday 11th September

       After the tabling days for ‘recess Questions’, Members will be able to table Questions for answer on a named day once the House has returned as follows:

To be tabled

For answer on

Publication of Question

Up to five questions until 4.30 p.m. on Monday 29th September

Monday 6th October

Tuesday 30th September

Up to five questions until 4.30 p.m. on Friday 3rd October

Wednesday 8th October

Saturday 4th October

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