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Order of Business Wednesday 3 March 2010

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House of Commons
Order of Business

 
At 11.30 am
  Prayers
Afterwards
Notes:
  indicates a question for oral answer.
 
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
 
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer
 
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
 1
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): When he last met representatives of relevant non-governmental organisations to discuss the control of malaria in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
(319864)
 2
Mr Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): What steps his Department is taking to control malaria in developing countries.
(319865)
 3
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): How much his Department has spent on aid to China in the last five years.
(319866)
 4
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What steps he plans to take to tackle violence against women in developing countries.
(319867)
 5
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What contribution his Department has made to Fairtrade Fortnight.
(319868)
 6
Mr Malins (Woking): What contribution his Department has made to Fairtrade Fortnight.
(319869)
 7
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): What steps the Government is taking to increase the number of girls in sub-Saharan Africa attending school; and if he will make a statement.
(319870)
 8
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What recent assessment he has made of progress towards the Government's target of spending 0.7 per cent. of gross national income on overseas aid.
(319871)
 9
Sir Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.
(319872)
 10
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): What steps his Department is taking to control malaria in developing countries.
(319873)
 11
David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What steps his Department is taking to control malaria in developing countries.
(319874)
 12
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How much development aid his Department gave to Jamaica and Nigeria in the last 12 months.
(319875)
 13
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): What recent assessment he has made of progress towards implementing those recommendations of the Africa Commission which were adopted at the Gleneagles summit in 2005.
(319877)
 14
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent discussions he has had with his G8 counterparts on progress towards meeting commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005.
(319878)
 
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.
 Q1
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 3 March.
(319879)
 Q2
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):
(319880)
 Q3
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):
(319881)
 Q4
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):
(319882)
 Q5
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):
(319883)
 Q6
Paul Rowen (Rochdale):
(319884)
 Q7
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):
(319885)
 Q8
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):
(319886)
 Q9
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):
(319887)
 Q10
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):
(319888)
 Q11
Robert Key (Salisbury):
(319889)
 Q12
Mr Robert Syms (Poole):
(319890)
 Q13
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):
(319891)
 Q14
Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):
(319892)
 Q15
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):
(319893)

At 12.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business
  indicates Government Business
1
BRIBERY BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.
[Until 7.00 pm]
   The Scottish Parliament has passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.
Debate may continue until 7.00 pm.
2
BRIBERY BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME)
[No separate debate]
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the following provisions shall apply to the Bribery Bill [Lords]:
Committal
   1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
   2.   Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 25 March 2010.
   3.   The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
   4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
   5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
   6.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
   7.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)).
3
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) MEASURE
[No debate]
Sir Stuart Bell
 
   That the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure (HC 207), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said Measure was laid before Parliament.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
4
CROWN BENEFICES (PARISH REPRESENTATIVES) MEASURE
(Queen’s Consent and Prince of Wales’s Consent to be signified).
[No debate]
Sir Stuart Bell
 
   That the Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure (HC 209), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said Measure was laid before Parliament.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
5
VACANCIES IN SUFFRAGAN SEES AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICES MEASURE (Queen’s Consent to be signified).
[No debate]
Sir Stuart Bell
 
   That the Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure (HC 208), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said Measure was laid before Parliament.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
6
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
[No debate]
Mr Sadiq Khan
 
   That the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 130) on the grant to be paid towards the cost of implementing the new statutory minimum bus travel concession in England (House of Commons Paper No. 306), which was laid before this House on 28 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
7
EUROPEAN UNION
[No debate]
Secretary David Miliband
 
   That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 3 February, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
8
COMPETITION
[No debate]
Mr Pat McFadden
 
   That the draft Competition Act 1998 (Land Agreements Exclusion Revocation) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 21 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
9
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
[No debate]
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Service Voters’ Registration Period Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 26 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
10
HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY
[No debate]
Secretary Andy Burnham
 
   That the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Disclosure of Information for Research Purposes) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 26 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
11
HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY
[No debate]
Secretary Andy Burnham
 
   That the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 26 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
12
HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY
[No debate]
Secretary Andy Burnham
 
   That the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 26 January, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
13
FINANCIAL SERVICES
[No debate]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
 
   That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 15049/09 and Addenda 1 to 3, Commission Communication on an EU framework for cross-border crisis management in the banking sector; and endorses the Government’s approach in agreeing the framework for cross-border crisis management.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(11)).
 
 
At the end of the sitting:
14
ADJOURNMENT
 
   Proposed subject: Proposed Poole bridge (Mr Robert Syms).
   Debate may continue until 7.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEES
PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEES
1
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill [Lords] Committee
9.30 am
Room 10 (public)
   To consider the Bill.
2
Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee
9.30 am
Room 11 (public)
   To consider the Bill.
DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES
3
Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee
2.30 pm
Room 9 (public)
   To consider the draft Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Renewal of Temporary Provisions) Order 2010.
4
Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee
2.30 pm
Room 11 (public)
   To consider the draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010.
5
Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee
2.30 pm
Room 12 (public)
   To consider the draft Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010.
SELECT COMMITTEES
6
Energy and Climate Change
9.00 am
Room 15 (private)
   Subject: Fuel Poverty.
   Witnesses: Consumer Focus, National Energy Action and Energy Action Scotland; Age Concern/Help the Aged and Macmillan Cancer Support (at 10.00 am); Eaga (at 10.45 am).
7
Science and Technology
9.00 am
8
Children, Schools and Families
9.15 am
   Subject: Learning Outside the Classroom.
   Witnesses: Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, Countryside Alliance, Field Studies Council, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Sir Mike Tomlinson CBE; Association of School and College Leaders, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, National Association of Head Teachers, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and National Union of Teachers (at 10.45 am).
9
Work and Pensions
9.15 am
Room 16 (private)
10
Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development (Committees on Arms Export Controls)
10.00 am
Room 6 (private)
11
Culture, Media and Sport
10.15 am
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
   Subject: Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012: Legacy.
   Witnesses: Mark Dolley, Managing Director, Taking Part, and Tessa Sanderson CBE; Baroness Ford, Chairman, and Andrew Altman, Chief Executive, Olympic Park Legacy Company (at 11.30 am).
12
Foreign Affairs
2.00 pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
13
Scottish Affairs
2.00 pm
Room 16 (private)
14
Treasury Sub-Committee
2.15 pm
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
   Subject: Management of the Crown Estate.
   Witnesses: Roger Bright CB, Chief Executive, The Crown Estate; Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury (at 3.30 pm).
15
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2.30 pm
Room 5 (private)
16
European Scrutiny
2.30 pm
Room 19 (private)
17
Northern Ireland Affairs
2.30 pm
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
   Subject: Political Developments in Northern Ireland.
   Witness: Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
18
Procedure
2.30 pm
Room 20 (private)
19
Transport
2.30 pm
Room 8 (private)
   Subject: Mobility Scooters.
   Witnesses: Age Concern/Help the Aged, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Disability Essex; Norfolk Constabulary, Merseytravel and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (at 3.15 pm); Living Streets, RAC Foundation and Arriva (at 3.45 pm); Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Minister of State, Department of Transport (at 4.15 pm).
20
Public Accounts
3.30 pm
Room 15 (public)
   Subject: Treating Injury and Illness arising on Military Operations.
   Witnesses: Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, Permanent Under-Secretary, Lieutenant General Robert Baxter CBE, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Health), and Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip I Raffaelli, Surgeon General, Ministry of Defence.
21
Statutory Instruments
As soon as convenient after 3.45 pm
Room 7 (private)
22
Committee on Members’ Allowances
4.15 pm
Room 18 (private)
23
Selection
4.45 pm
Room 13 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEE
24
Statutory Instruments
3.45 pm
Room 7 (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Wednesday 3 March
Time of publication
No.
1
Home Affairs
00.01 am
HC 74
   The Cocaine Trade (Seventh Report).
2
Joint Committee on Human Rights
11.00 am
HC 400
   Children’s Rights: Government Response to the Committee’s Twenty-fifth Report of Session 2008-09 (Tenth Report).
3
Public Administration
10.00 am
HC 393
   Lobbying: Developments since the Committee’s First Report of Session 2008-09: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2009-10 (Third Special Report).
4
Public Administration
10.00 am
HC 394
   Bad Language: The Use and Abuse of Official Language: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2009-10 (Fourth Special Report).
5
Welsh Affairs
00.01 am
HC 143
   Welsh Prisoners in the Prison Estate: follow-up (Ninth Report).

Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Zimbabwe: EU targeted measures.
2
Secretary of State for Justice: Legal aid: Expert witness fees.
3
Secretary of State for Justice: Legal aid.
4
Secretary of State for Justice: Response to the consultation on controlling success fees in publication proceedings
5
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Decommissioning.
6
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Non-jury trial under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.
7
Minister of State, Department for Transport: Public consultation on proposed changes to the laws governing powered mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs.

 

 

 
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