Order of Business for Thursday 4 December 2008

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Order of Business Thursday 4 December 2008

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House of Commons

Order of Business

At 10.30 am

  Urgent Questions (if any)

  Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements, including on Investigation into unauthorised release
of Government information.

Preliminary Business

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indicates Government Business

Notices of Presentation of Bills

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1

BUSINESS RATE SUPPLEMENTS

[No debate]

Secretary Hazel Blears

   Bill to confer power on the Greater London Authority and certain local authorities to impose a levy on non-domestic ratepayers to raise money for expenditure on projects expected to promote economic development; and for connected purposes.

Formal first reading: no debate or decision.

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2

SAVING GATEWAY ACCOUNTS

[No debate]

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

   Bill to make provision about Saving Gateway accounts; and for connected purposes.

Formal first reading: no debate or decision.

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3

BANKING

[No debate]

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

   Bill to make provision about banking.

   Formal first and second reading: no debate or decision (Standing Order No. 80A and Order of 14 October 2008).

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4

POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS BILL

[No debate]

Secretary Jack Straw

   Bill to make provision in connection with the Electoral Commission; and to make provision about political donations and expenditure and about elections and electoral registration.

   Formal first and second reading: no debate or decision (Standing Order No. 80A and Order of 20 October 2008).

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5

CORPORATION TAX

[No debate]

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

   Bill to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to corporation tax; and for connected purposes.

Formal first reading: no debate or decision.

Main Business

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6

QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): Adjourned Debate on Question (3 December).

[Until 6.00 pm]

   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 Tom Clarke.)

   Proposed subject for debate: Home Affairs and Justice

Debate may continue until 6.00 pm.

At the end of the sitting:

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ADJOURNMENT

   Proposed subject: Naomi House Children’s Hospice and eligibility for Financial Services Authority-governed compensation (Mrs Maria Miller).

   Debate may continue until 6.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES

SELECT COMMITTEE

1

Treasury

9.30 am

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)

9.45 am

(public)

   Subject: Pre-Budget Report 2008.

   Witnesses: Robert Chote, Institute for Fiscal Studies, John Whiting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roger Bootle, Capital Economics, Simon Kirby, National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School; Mike Brewer, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Teresa Perchard, Citizens Advice, Peter Kenway, New Policy Institute and Mervyn Kohler, Help the Aged (at 11.15 a.m.).

OTHER

2

Public Accounts Commission

10.00 am

Room 7 (private)

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today

1

Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Economic evidence on the national minimum wage to the Low Pay Commission.

2

Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Council statement for EU Telecoms Council 27 November 2008.

3

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: HM Revenue and Customs office reorganisation.

4

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Tax Law Rewrite Project.

5

Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families: School Admissions Code and appointment of the Chief Schools Adjudicator.

6

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Funding for elite sport.

7

Secretary of State for Defence: Appointment as a member of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body.

8

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Environment Council–
4 December 2008.

9

Secretary of State for the Home Department: Government response to the Magee Review of Criminality Information.

10

Secretary of State for the Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council—27 and 28 November 2008.

11

Secretary of State for Justice: Review of the experience of the United Kingdom under the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

12

Secretary of State for Justice: Legal advice at local level—gathering evidence on current funding and provision.

13

Leader of the House: Government’s Legislative Programme 2008-09.

14

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Queen’s Speech—Application of the Government’s legislative programme to Northern Ireland.

15

Prime Minister: Appointment to the Intelligence and Security Committee.

16

Secretary of State for Scotland: Commission on Scottish Devolution: First Report.

17

Secretary of State for Scotland: Queen’s Speech—Application of the Government’s legislative programme to Scotland.

18

Secretary of State for Transport: Crossrail core agreements.

19

Secretary of State for Transport: Timing of a decision on the future development of Heathrow.

20

Secretary of State for Wales: Government’s legislative programme as outlined in the Queen’s Speech as it relates to Wales.

21

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Realising potential: A vision for personalised conditionality and support.

22

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Winter Supplementary Estimate.

Private Members’ Bills

        The Speaker has appointed 10 o’clock on Thursday 11 December and Committee Room 10 as the time and place for holding the Ballot for Private Members’ Bills.