Business of the House of Commons
2 - 6 February 2009

Monday 2 February

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Work and Pensions; including Topical Questions

Statement - Lindsey Oil Refinery - Mr Pat McFadden

Debate - Opposition day (3rd allotted day) - Liberal Democrat motions; i) Government capital expenditure during the recession (Opposition motion, agreed as amended, on division) ; ii) Standards of conduct in Parliament and constitutional reform (Opposition motion, agreed as amended, on division)

Adjournment - Preservation, protection and development in Eastham - Ben Chapman

The House rose at 9.45pm

Tuesday 3 February

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00

Implementation of Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in

Human Beings - Mr Anthony Steen

11.00-12.30	Garden land development - Andrew George
12.30-13.00	Bristol barrage and Severn Estuary tidal lagoons - Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
13.00-13.30	Welsh-language text on identity cards - Nia Griffith
13.30-14.00	Tax credits - Jo Swinson

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Justice; including Topical Questions

Presentation of Bill - Employment Rights Bill - Mr William Cash (Bill presented and read the First time)

Presentation of Bill - Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill - Mr Paul Burstow (Bill presented and read the First time)

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Home Repossession (Protection) Bill - Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)

Debate - Opposition day (4th allotted day) - i) Skills and further education in a recession (Opposition motion, agreed as amended, on division); ii) Child Protection (Opposition motion, agreed as amended, on division)

Adjournment - Preparation for the 2011 Census in Southend - Mr David Amess

The House rose at 10.47pm

Wednesday 4 February

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-5.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Community land trusts and housing - Linda Gilroy
11.00-11.30	Global population growth - Mr David Kidney
14.30-16.00	Choose and book appointments in the NHS - Andrew Stunell
16.00-16.30	Care of thalassaemia patients - Mr David Burrowes
16.30-17.00	Recent developments in financial markets - Mr Andrew Pelling

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Scotland; Prime Minister

Presentation of Bill - Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill - Ed Balls (Bill presented and read the

First time)

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Exercise of Reasonable Discretion Bill - Mr Tim Boswell (Bill presented and read the First time)

Motions - Relating to the Police Grant and Local Government Finance Reports (agreed to)

Adjournment - UK involvement in the United States missile defence shield - Mr Peter Kilfoyle

The House rose at 7.09pm

Thursday 5 February

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission; including Topical Questions

Speaker's Statement - Mr Speaker

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Statement - Binyam Mohamed - David Miliband

Topical Debate - Sri Lanka

Debate - Afghanistan/Pakistan

Adjournment - Prejudice and mental health - Mr Charles Walker

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall - a debate on the 5th Report from the Justice Committee, HC 184-I (Session 2007-08)

entitled 'Towards Effective Sentencing', and the Government's response, Cm 7476

The House rose at 6.26pm

Friday 6 February

The House did not sit

Written Ministerial Statements
2 - 6 February 2009

2.2.09	Public Bodies 2008 - Mr Tom Watson
2.2.09	Contingencies Fund - Angela Eagle
2.2.09	Saving Gateway Accounts Bill - Ian Pearson
2.2.09	Sutherland Inquiry - Ed Balls
2.2.09	Army Nationality Policy - Mr John Hutton
2.2.09	Northumberland National Park Authority - Huw Irranca-Davies
2.2.09	General Affairs and External Relations Council - Caroline Flint
2.2.09	Service Personnel (Inquests) - Bridget Prentice
2.2.09	Taxis: (Improving Access) - Paul Clark
3.2.09	Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak (2007) - Hilary Benn
3.2.09	National Dementia Strategy - Alan Johnson
3.2.09	Control Orders (Lord Carlile's Fourth Report) - Jacqui Smith
3.2.09	Corston Report - Maria Eagle
3.2.09	UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Jonathan Shaw
3.2.09	Elbourne Review - Rosie Winterton
4.2.09	ECOFIN - Mr Alistair Darling
4.2.09	National Anti-Doping Organisation - Hilary Benn
4.2.09	Agriculture Council (19 January 2009) - Hilary Benn
4.2.09	National Offender Management Services - Mr Jack Straw
4.2.09	National DNA Database - Mr Alan Campbell
4.2.09	Government Olympic Executive Annual Report 2009 - Tessa Jowell
4.2.09	De-trunked Roads (Capital Funding) - Paul Clark
4.2.09	Rail Services - Mr Geoffrey Hoon