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Order of Business Tuesday 6 April 2010

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House of Commons
Order of Business
 
At 2.30 pm
  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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
 1
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):  What assessment he has made of developments in Afghanistan since the London conference of January 2010.
(325349)
 2
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):  What his policy is on the future of the European Security and Defence Assembly.
(325350)
 3
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):  What his most recent assessment is of progress in the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement.
(325351)
 4
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):  What steps his Department is taking to improve the governance of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(325352)
 5
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):  What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the coalition in achieving the UK's foreign policy objectives in Afghanistan.
(325353)
 6
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):  What recent assessment he has made of progress towards political reform by the government of Zimbabwe.
(325354)
 7
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):  What recent reports he has received on proposals for political reform brought forward by the government of Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(325355)
 8
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley):  What assessment he has made of the implications of the outcome of the recent elections in Iraq for UK policy in the region.
(325356)
 9
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):  What recent assessment he has made of progress towards political reform by the government of Zimbabwe.
(325357)
 10
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):  What recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between the UK and Argentina.
(325358)
 11
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):  What recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between the UK and Argentina.
(325359)
 12
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):  What his most recent assessment is of progress towards democratic reform in Burma.
(325360)
 13
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):  What recent discussions he has had on prospects for reform of the EU Budget; and if he will make a statement.
(325361)
 14
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):  What recent assessment he has made of the effect of exchange rate movements on the overseas operations of his Department.
(325363)
 15
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):  What recent assessment he has made of the financing of his Department's overseas operations; and if he will make a statement.
(325364)
 16
Hugh Bayley (City of York):  What assessment he has made of the likely outcome of the forthcoming shura to be held by President Karzai of Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(325365)
 17
Mike Gapes (Ilford South):  What recent assessment he has made of prospects for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
(325366)
 18
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):  What recent assessment he has made of the effects of exchange rate movements on the work of his Department.
(325367)
 19
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes):  What recent representations he has received on the participation of Belize in EU economic partnership agreements; and if he will make a statement.
(325368)
 20
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):  If he will make an official visit to Moldova to discuss its prospects for joining the EU.
(325369)
 21
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):  What recent assessment he has made of the effect of exchange rate movements on his Department's overseas activities.
(325370)
 22
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):  What recent discussions he has had with the Israeli authorities and his EU counterparts on the effects on the region of the blockade on Gaza.
(325371)
 23
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):  What recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on extradition matters.
(325372)
 24
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):  What recent assessment he has made of the human rights record of the government of China, with particular reference to Tibet.
(325373)
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
 T1
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(325374)
 T2
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East):
(325375)
 T3
Mike Gapes (Ilford South):
(325376)
 T4
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):
(325377)
 T5
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):
(325378)
 T6
Tony Baldry (Banbury):
(325379)
 T7
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):
(325380)
 T8
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):
(325381)
 T9
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):
(325382)
At 3.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)
Preliminary Business
Ten minute rule Motion
1
WASTE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (PUBLIC CONSULTATION)
[Up to 20 minutes]
Nadine Dorries
 
   That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require planning authorities to conduct a local referendum before considering planning permission for new large-scale waste recovery or disposal facilities which involve the recovery or disposal of waste from more than one county area; to provide that planning authorities and the Secretary of State must not grant planning permission if the result of such a referendum indicates that local people do not wish a facility to be developed; and for connected purposes.
   The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).
Main Business
†
  indicates Government Business
†
2
DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL [LORDS]: Second Reading.
[Until 10.00 pm]
   Relevant documents:
   Third Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, on Channel Four Annual Report, HC 415, and the Fourth Report from the Committee, on Future for Local and Regional Media, HC 43.
   Fourth Report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, on Broadband, HC 72.
Debate may continue until 10.00 pm.
†
3
DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME)
[No separate debate]
Secretary Ben Bradshaw
 
   That the following provisions shall apply to the Digital Economy Bill [Lords]:
Committal
   1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
Proceedings in Committee
   2.   The order in which proceedings in the Committee of the whole House on the Bill are taken shall be: Clauses 1 to 42, Schedule 1, Clause 43, Schedule 2, Clauses 44 to 47, Schedule 3, Clauses 48 to 50, new Clauses, new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill.
   3.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.
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)).
†
4
DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL [LORDS] [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified.
Stephen Timms
 
   That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Digital Economy Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
†
5
DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL [LORDS] [WAYS AND MEANS]
[No separate debate]
Stephen Timms
 
   That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Digital Economy Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise—
(a)   
provisions by virtue of which holders of radio licences granted under the Broadcasting Act 1990 or radio multiplex licences granted under the Broadcasting Act 1996 are or may be required to pay sums to the Office of Communications in connection with the renewal of such licences,
(b)   
provisions by virtue of which holders of licences granted under section 8 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 in accordance with regulations under section 14 of that Act (licences allocated by auction) may be required to pay sums to the Office of Communications in connection with such licences, and
(c)   
the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
†
6
EQUALITY BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)
[No debate]
Ms Harriet Harman
 
   That the following provisions shall apply to the Equality Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 11 May 2009 (Equality Bill (Programme)):
Consideration of Lords Amendments
   1.   Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement at this day’s sitting.
Subsequent stages
   2.   Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.
   3.   The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)).
†
7
EQUALITY BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments.
   For Amendments relating to Lords Amendments, see separate Paper.
   The Scottish Parliament has passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.
   Proceedings will, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement, if the Equality Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Motion is agreed to.
†
8
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS
[No debate]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
 
   That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendments to Part 18A etc.) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 3 February, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
9
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
[No debate]
Mr Secretary Hain
 
   That the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Transport) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 4 March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
10
COMPANIES
[No debate]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
 
   That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Liability of Issuers) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 8 March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
11
CRIMINAL LAW
[No debate]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
 
   That the draft Al-Qaida and Taliban (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 15 March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
12
LEGAL SERVICES
[No debate]
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Conditional Fee Agreements (Amendment) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 16 March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
13
LEGAL SERVICES
[No debate]
Secretary Jack Straw
 
   That the draft Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 16 March, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
 
 
At the end of the sitting:
14
PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS
[No debate]
 
   Equitable Life (Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lynne Featherstone).
 
   Cosmetics Testing on Animals (Mr Andrew Pelling).
 
   Size Zero Models (Mr Andrew Pelling).
Presentation of petitions: no debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153).
 
15
ADJOURNMENT
  
   Proposed subject: Immigration enforcement policy and the case of Mrs Gladys Taulo (Miss Ann Widdecombe).
   Debate may continue until 10.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
COMMITTEES
SELECT COMMITTEES
1
Treasury
9.30 am
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
2
Foreign Affairs
5.00 pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]
PUBLICATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tuesday 6 April
Time of publication
No.
1
Business, Innovation and Skills
11.00 am
HC 234
   Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers: The Takeover of Cadbury by Kraft (Ninth Report).
2
Business, Innovation and Skills
11.00 am
HC 347
   The Skills Funding Agency and Further Education Funding (Tenth Report).
3
Children, Schools and Families
12.00 pm
HC 422
   From Baker to Balls: The Foundations of the Education System (Ninth Report).
4
Communities and Local Government
11.00 am
HC 531
   Market Failure?: Can the Traditional Market Survive? Correspondence Relating to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2008-09 (First Special Report).
5
Culture, Media and Sport
00.01 am
HC 43
   Future for Local and Regional Media (Fourth Report).
6
Culture, Media and Sport
11.00 am
HC 532
   Press Standards, Privacy and Libel: Press Complaints Commission’s Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2009–10 (First Special Report).
7
Defence
11.00 am
HC 516
   Defence Equipment 2010: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2009–10 (Fourth Special Report).
8
European Scrutiny
11.00 am
HC 5-xvii
   (Seventeenth Report).
9
Justice
11.00 am
HC 162
   Justice Issues in Europe (Seventh Report).
10
Public Accounts
10.00 am
HC 520
   Nine Reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General published from July 2009 to March 2010 (Thirty-third Report).
11
Treasury
11.00 am
HC 529
   Pre-Budget Report 2009: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report (Second Special Report).
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Asset Protection Scheme and Asset Protection Agency.
2
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Building society capital and related issues: a discussion paper.
3
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Double taxation agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany.
4
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Key performance indicators for the Valuation Office Agency.
5
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Operation of the UK’s counter-terrorist asset freezing regime: January to March 2010.
6
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Communities and Local Government Committee’s Second Report of Session 2009-10, Local authority investments: the role of the Financial Services Authority.
7
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Local government.
8
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Planning.
9
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Legal deposit libraries: Update on the consultation.
10
Secretary of State for Defence: Armed Forces Pay Review Body – Pay of service medical and dental officers.
11
Secretary of State for Defence: UK Gulf veterans’ mortality data.
12
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Beyond Copenhagen: The UK Government’s International Climate Change Action Plan.
13
Secretary of State for Health: Contaminated blood: Review of the Skipton Fund.
14
Secretary of State for Health: Maternity and early years.
15
Secretary of State for Health: Publication of Valuing People Now: Delivery Plan 2010-11.
16
Secretary of State for Health: Update on the swine flu pandemic response.
17
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Fifth Annual Report on the Operation of the Independent Monitoring Commission.
18
Secretary of State for Scotland: Government response to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee Third Report, Commission on Scottish Devolution.
19
Solicitor General: Review of criminal investigations and prosecutions conducted by HM Customs and Excise.
20
Minister of State, Department for Transport: Better facilities for lorry drivers and motorists at service stations.
21
Minister of State, Department for Transport: Maritime and Coastguard Agency targets for 2010-11.
 
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