Commons Journal 265

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[No. 4 ]

Tuesday 9 December 2008

The house met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Sessional Returns

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Returns for Session 2007^08 of information and statistics relating to_

(1) Business of the House;

(2) Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question and Allocation of Time (including Programme Motions);

(3) Sittings of the House;

(4) Private Bills and Private Business;

(5) Public Bills;

(6) Delegated Legislation and Regulatory Reform Orders;

(7) European Legislation, etc;

(8) Grand Committees;

(9) Chairmen's Panel; and

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(10) Select Committees._(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

2 Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

3 Speaker's Statement: The Wilson doctrine and access to the House of Commons server

4 European Affairs

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of European affairs._(Secretary David Miliband.)

At 10.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

5 Corporation Tax Bill

Ordered, That the Corporation Tax Bill be proceeded with as a tax law rewrite Bill._(Ian Lucas.)

6 Immigration

Ordered, That the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1113) be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee._(Ian Lucas.)

7 Social Security

Ordered, That the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 794), dated 25 March 2008, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee._(Ian Lucas.)

8 Social Security

Ordered, That the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2928), dated 10 November 2008, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee._(Ian Lucas.)

9 Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

Ordered, That, for the purposes of its approval under section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, the Government's assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report 2008 shall be treated as if it were an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees)._(Ian Lucas.)

10 Business of the House

Ordered, That Private Members' Bills shall have precedence over Government business on 27 February; 6, 13, 20 and 27 March; 24 April; 8 and 15 May; 12, 19 and 26 June; 3 July and 16 October._(Ian Lucas.)

11 Business of the House (Consolidated Fund Bill)

Motion made, That, at the sitting on Tuesday 16 December, any Consolidated Fund Bill ordered to be brought in and read the first time shall be proceeded with as if its Second Reading stood as an Order of the Day, and Standing Order No. 56 (Consolidated Fund Bills) shall apply._(Ian Lucas.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

12 Adjournment

Subject: Teaching of life skills to 11 to 16 year olds and the national curriculum (Mr Graham Allen).

Resolved,That this House do now adjourn._(Ian Lucas.)

[Adjourned at 10.28 pm until tomorrow. ]

Other proceedings

Reports from Select Committees

13 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee's discussions at its meeting on 9 December, to be published (Mr Frank Doran).

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14 Business and Enterprise Committee

Pub Companies: Evidence, to be printed (HC 26-i) (Peter Luff).

15 Culture, Media and Sport Committee

(1) London 2012 Games: Lessons from Beijing: Evidence, to be printed (HC 25-i);

(2) Licensing Act 2003: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr John Whittingdale).

16 Defence Committee

Winter Supplementary Estimates 2008^09: First Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 52) (Mr James Arbuthnot).

17 Environmental Audit Committee

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 30-i);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

18 Home Affairs Committee

Human Trafficking: Evidence, to be printed (HC 23-i) (Keith Vaz).

19 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

(1) Policing and Protest: Evidence, to be printed (HC 40-i);

(2) Human rights judgments: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Human trafficking: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Andrew Dismore).

20 Justice Committee

Justice Reinvestment: Evidence, to be printed (HC 54-i) (Sir Alan Beith).

21 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

(1) Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall: First Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report, and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 19 November, 28 February, 6 March, 12 March, 19 March, 29 April, 12 June, 15 July, 9 October and 11 November, in the last Session of Parliament (HC 36-I and -II);

(2) Equitable Life: Evidence, to be printed (HC 41-i)

(Dr Tony Wright).

22 Treasury Committee

Pre-Budget Report 2008:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 27-ii);

(2) Written evidence

(John McFall).

23 Welsh Affairs Committee

The provision of cross-border public services for Wales:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 58-i);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Dr Hywel Francis).

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APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Housing

Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3104), dated 3 December 2008 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

2 Local Government

(1) Local Authorities (Elected Mayors) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3112), dated 3 December 2008 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Geoff Hoon); and

(2) Parish Councils (Power to Promote Well-being) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3095), dated 2 December 2008 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

3 Pensions

Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3139), dated 8 December 2008 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jack Straw).

4 Police

Police Service of Northern Ireland (Promotion) Regulations 2008 (S.R. (N.I.), 2008, No. 477), dated 1 December 2008 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Woodwood).

5 Trade Union and Labour Relations

Draft ACAS Code of Practice: Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2008 (by Act) (Mr Pat McFadden).

Other Papers:

6 Animal Health

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Framework Response Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases for Foot and Mouth Disease, Avian Influenza, and Newcastle Disease, Classical Swine Fever, African Swine Fever, Swine Vesicular Disease, Rabies, Blue Tongue, Glanders, Dourine, Equine Infectious Anaemia, Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis and West Nile Virus, with an Overview of Emergency Preparedness for Exotic Animal Diseases (by Act) (Secretary Hilary Benn).

7 Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of the Community Development Foundation for 2007^08, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 7) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

8 Race Relations

Report of the Independent Race Monitor for 2007^08 (by Act) (Secretary Jacqui Smith).

9 Trade and Investment

UK Trade and Investment: Autumn Performance Report for 2008 (by Command) (Cm. 7520) (Mr Pat McFadden).

10 Treasury

Treasury Minute, dated 9 December 2008, concerning liabilities arising from the Bank of England's special liquidity scheme (extension of the drawdown period) (by Command) (Ian Pearson).

11 Wales

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare) Order 2009 (by Command) (Cm. 7505) (Secretary Paul Murphy).

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