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Order of Business Thursday 3 June 2010

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

House of Commons
Order of Business
 
At 10.30 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 Business, Innovation and Skills
 1
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East):  What plans he has for the future of regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement.
(766)
 2
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire):  What plans he has to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees.
(768)
 3
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):  What his most recent estimate is of the financial effect on businesses of the present level of regulation.
(769)
 4
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole):  What his policy is on support for adult community learning.
(770)
 5
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):  What his most recent estimate is of the financial effect on businesses of the present level of regulation.
(771)
 6
Robert Halfon (Harlow):  What steps his Department plans to take to support businesses seeking to offer apprenticeships.
(772)
 7
Mr David Amess (Southend West):  What his most recent estimate is of the financial effect on businesses of the present level of regulation.
(773)
 8
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):  What the terms of reference are of the review of employment law referred to in the Coalition Agreement.
(774)
 9
Alison McGovern (Wirral South):  What plans he has for future support for businesses in Merseyside and the North West; and if he will make a statement.
(775)
 10
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central):  Whether he has discussed with Sheffield Forgemasters the continued availability of a loan facility from his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(776)
 11
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):  What plans he has to support women entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement.
(777)
 12
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):  For what reasons his Department plans to replace regional development agencies with local economic partnerships.
(778)
 13
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South):  What plans he has for funding higher education in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(779)
 14
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):  If he will take steps to increase the use of Royal Mail by public sector bodies.
(780)
 15
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):  What plans he has for the future of the regional development agency in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
(782)
 16
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):  What recent assessment he has made of the future prospects of the video games industry in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(783)
 17
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):  How many employers used the Train to Gain programme in 2009-10; and how many people were trained under that programme.
(784)
 18
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon):  What steps his Department plans to take to support businesses seeking to offer apprenticeships.
(785)
 19
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):  What plans he has for funding universities in (a) 2010-11 and (b) future years.
(787)
 20
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):  What assessment he has made of the prospects for a reduction in the number of business failures in the City of Nottingham in 2010.
(788)
 21
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):  How many advanced apprenticeships in the engineering and technology green industries will be funded by his Department in 2010-11; and how many of those apprenticeships he expects to be located in the North East.
(789)
 22
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):  How much he plans to spend on support for science research in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
(790)
 
At 11.15 am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
 T1
Bob Russell (Colchester):  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(791)
 T2
David Tredinnick (Bosworth):
(792)
 T3
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield):
(793)
 T4
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):
(794)
 T5
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):
(795)
 T6
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):
(796)
 T7
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):
(798)
 T8
Chris Bryant (Rhondda):
(799)
 T9
Alison McGovern (Wirral South):
(800)
At 11.30 am
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Business Question to the Leader of the House
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)
Main Business
†
  indicates Government Business
†
1
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
[Until 6.00 pm]
The Prime Minister
 
   That this House has considered the matter of European affairs.
Debate may continue until 6.00 pm.
†
2
POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COMMITTEE
[No debate after 6.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That the following new Standing Order be made, until the end of the current Parliament:—
(1)   
There shall be a select committee, called the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, to consider political and constitutional reform.
(2)   
The committee shall consist of eleven members.
(3)   
The committee shall have power—
(a)   
to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time; and
(b)   
to appoint specialist advisers to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee’s order of reference.
(4)   
Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.
(5)   
The committee shall have power to appoint a sub-committee, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report to the committee from time to time.
(6)   
The committee shall have power to report from time to time the evidence taken before the sub-committee.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 pm.
†
3
SELECT COMMITTEES (ELECTION AND ALLOCATION OF CHAIRS)
[No debate after 6.00 pm]
Sir George Young
(1)   
That Standing Order No. 122B (Election of select committee chairs) be amended by inserting, after line 6:
‘(aa)   
the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee;’
(2)   
That the Order of 26 May relating to Select Committees (Allocation of Chairs) be amended by inserting at the appropriate place in the Table:
 
‘Political and Constitutional Reform
Labour’; and
(3)   
That, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (7) of Standing Order No. 122B, the ballot for the election of the chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee shall take place on Wednesday 9 June.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 pm.
†
4
PAY FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
[No debate after 6.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That this House expresses the opinion that the Resolution of the House of 30 October 2003, relating to Pay for Chairs of Select Committees (No. 2), should be further amended by inserting after “the Committee on Members’ Allowances”, “the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee”.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 pm.
†
5
PAY FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2): Queen’s Recommendation to be signified.
[No debate after 6.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That the Resolution of the House of 30 October 2003, relating to Pay for Chairs of Select Committees (No. 2), be further amended by inserting after “the Committee on Members’ Allowances”, “the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee”.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 6.00 pm.
 
 
At the end of the sitting:
6
ADJOURNMENT
  
   Proposed subject: Crossrail and its importance to South East London (Mr Nick Raynsford).
   Debate may continue until 6.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Appointment of Chair to the Board of One North East Regional Development Agency.
2
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Ecofin, 18 May 2010.
3
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Agenda of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 7 June 2010, Luxembourg.
 
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