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Weekly Information Bulletin: 1st March 2008

Business of the House of Commons
22 - 29 February 2008

Friday 22 February

The House sat at 9.30am

Private Members' Bills - Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill - Andrew Miller (Bill read a Second time); Leasehold Reform Bill - Simon Hughes (Second reading debate adjourned until 13.06.2008); Football Spectators and Sports Grounds Bill - Mr Russell Brown (Ordered to be read a Second time on 25.04.2008); Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill - Colin Challen (Bill dropped); Forces Widows' Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill - Mr Michael Mates (Ordered to be read a Second time on 17.10.2008)

Adjournment - Effects of the Gambling Act 2005 on the coin operated gaming machine industry - Dr Stephen Ladyman

The House rose at 2.57pm


Monday 25 February

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Home Office, including Topical Questions

Debate - The Treaty of Lisbon (No.6); International Development (Motion, on a Division, agreed to)

Legislation - European Union (Amendment) Bill - Considered further in Committee of the Whole House (Allotted Day 6)

Adjournment - Visas for children from Belarus - Willie Rennie

The House rose at 10.30pm


Tuesday 26 February

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00Medals for armed forces personnel - Mr Kevan Jones
11.00-12.30Political developments in the Western Balkans - Mr John Randall
12.30-13.00Marconi pension fund - Mr George Howarth
13.00-13.30Healthcare in Norfolk - Mr Keith Simpson
13.30-14.00Middle East peace process - Andrew Gwynne

The House sat at 2:30pm

Oral Questions - Communities and Local Government, including Topical Questions

Statement - Gambling Policy - Andy Burnham

Presentation of Bill - Copyright in Sound Recordings and Performers' Rights (Term Extension) (Bill presented and read a First time)

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Small Print Bill - Dr Nick Palmer (Bill presented and read a First time)

Debate - The Treaty of Lisbon (No.7); Effectiveness of EU Institutions and EU decision-making

Legislation - European Union (Amendment) Bill - Considered further in Committee of the Whole House (Allotted Day 7)

Adjournment - Supplementary schools - Joan Ryan

The House rose at 1.34am


Wednesday 27 February

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm

09.30-11.00Government policy on Israeli settlements and closures in the Palestinian Territories - Mr Alistair Carmichael
11.00-11.30Security of British investors in Tanzania - Mr Roger Gale
14.30-16.00Child poverty - Fiona Mactaggart
16.00-16.30Air ambulances in the NHS - Dr Ian Gibson
16.30-17.00Inquest into the death of British journalist Mr Brian Peters - Mr Don Foster

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Wales; Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Personal Debt (Advice and Regulation) Bill - Sandra Gidley (Bill presented and read a First time)

Debate - The Treaty of Lisbon (No.8); Climate Change (Motion, on a Division, agreed to)

Legislation - European Union (Amendment) Bill - Considered further in Committee of the Whole House (Allotted Day 8)

Adjournment - Procurement of police escape masks from Avon Rubber, Melksham - Mr Michael Ancram

The House rose at 8.03pm


Thursday 28 February

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, including Topical Questions

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Debate - Welsh Affairs

Adjournment - Concentrated solar power and the case for the creation of an HVDC grid - Dr Howard Stoate

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30 and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall - A debate on the Fifth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2006-07, on Refuse Collection, and the Governments response, HC 1095

The House rose at 6.22pm


Friday 29 February

The House sat at 9.30am

Private Members' Bills - British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill - Mr Julian Brazier (2R); Drugs (Reclassification) Bill - Mr Christopher Chope (2R); Expenses of Public Servants (Publication) Bill - Norman Baker (2R)

Adjournment - National DNA database - Sarah Teather

The Weekly Information Bulletin went to press before the House rose on Friday


Written Ministerial Statements
25 - 29 February 2008

22.02.08Decommissioning Programme (Draft Guidance) - Malcolm Wicks
22.02.08Corporation Tax Bill - Jane Kennedy
22.02.08General Affairs and External Relations Council - Mr Jim Murphy
22.02.08Immigration - Mr Liam Byrne
25.02.08EU Energy Council - Mr John Hutton
25.02.08National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society: Disabled Facilities Grant (Funding) - Caroline Flint
25.02.08Draft Code of Practice (Non-compliance with Biometric Registration Regulations) - Mr Liam Byrne
25.02.08Deaths in Custody - Maria Eagle
26.02.08Post-mortem Procedures (Nuclear Industry) - Mr John Hutton
26.02.08Departmental Expenditure Limits - Angela Eagle
26.02.08Blackpool Task Force Report - Hazel Blears
26.02.08Regional Casino-led Regeneration (Alternative Approaches) - Hazel Blears
26.02.08First Great Western Franchise - Ruth Kelly
26.02.08Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council - Mr James Plaskitt
27.02.08Low-level Waste Repository (DRIGG) - Malcolm Wicks
27.02.08Code for Sustainable Homes - Mr Iain Wright
27.02.08Drugs Strategy - Jacqui Smith
27.02.08Justice and Home Affairs Council - Meg Hillier
28.02.08Housing Market Renewal Programme 2008-11 - Mr Iain Wright
28.02.08Environment Council
28.02.08Tooke Inquiry (Government Response) - Alan Johnson
28.02.08National DNA Database Ethics Group - Meg Hillier
28.02.08Nanotechnologies - Ian Pearson
28.02.08Cross-border Judgments - Bridget Prentice
28.02.08DWP Commissioning Strategy - James Purnell

 
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