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Order of Business Monday 5 July 2010

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

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 Defence
 1
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West):  If he will discuss with his French counterpart joint UK-French procurement of medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.
(5303)
 2
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry):  When he plans to publish the results of the Trident value for money study.
(5304)
 3
Bob Stewart (Beckenham):  What recent progress has been made on the reform of NATO.
(5305)
 4
Claire Perry (Devizes):  What estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on military equipment in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(5306)
 5
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West):  What plans he has for future support for cadet forces.
(5307)
 6
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):  What his plans are for the future of the Aircraft Carriers Programme.
(5308)
 7
Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):  What recent discussions he has had on alternatives to the Trident nuclear deterrent.
(5309)
 8
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):  What steps he plans to take to improve the standard of armed forces accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
(5311)
 9
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon):  What his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(5312)
 10
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire):  How much his Department has spent on works of art since 2005.
(5313)
 11
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):  If he will consider, as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, the merits of the Army returning to RAF St Athan rather than RAF Cosford.
(5314)
 12
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):  What plans he has for a tri-service military covenant.
(5315)
 13
Derek Twigg (Halton):  Whether he has considered a timetable for the withdrawal of UK forces from Afghanistan.
(5316)
 14
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent):  What steps he plans to take to ensure that injured service personnel are treated in dedicated military wards.
(5317)
 15
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):  What recent representations he has received on arrangements for armed forces pensions.
(5318)
 16
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras):  What role he will play in the appointment of a new Chief of the Defence Staff; and if he will make a statement.
(5319)
 17
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton):  How many defence procurement contracts have been frozen since his appointment.
(5321)
 18
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):  If he will review the previous administration's decision to baseport frigates at Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.
(5322)
 19
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):  What recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the defence sector in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(5323)
 20
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds):  What his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(5324)
 21
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge):  What his Department's policy is on reducing the level of homelessness among former members of the armed forces.
(5325)
 22
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire):  If he will make it his policy to procure defence equipment from British-based companies.
(5326)
 23
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth):  What recent representations he has received on his proposals to reform his Department's internal working arrangements.
(5327)
 
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
 T1
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(5384)
 T2
Mark Menzies (Fylde):
(5385)
 T3
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire):
(5387)
 T4
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove):
(5388)
 T5
Richard Harrington (Watford):
(5389)
 T6
Mr David Hanson (Delyn):
(5390)
 T7
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble):
(5391)
 T8
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West):
(5392)
 T9
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):
(5393)
At 3.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)
Preliminary Business
Notices of Presentation of Bills
1
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sectors; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
2
DRUGS (ROADSIDE TESTING)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to make provision for roadside testing for illegal drugs; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
3
UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to reaffirm the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
4
BROADCASTING (PUBLIC SERVICE CONTENT)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
5
TRAINING WAGE
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to make provision that persons receiving a training wage are exempt from legislation relating to the minimum wage; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
6
MINIMUM WAGE (AMENDMENT)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to enable the national minimum wage to be varied to reflect local labour market conditions; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
7
REFERENDUMS
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to provide for minimum turn-out thresholds for referendums; to impose restrictions on holding elections and referendums on the same day; to facilitate combined referendums on different issues; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
8
TRIBUNALS (MAXIMUM COMPENSATION AWARDS)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to enable maximum limits to be established for compensation in tribunal awards for cases involving unlawful discrimination; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
9
PUBLIC BODIES (DISPOSAL OF ASSETS)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to make provision to require certain public bodies to dispose of unused or under-used assets by public auctions; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
10
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES (LEVEL OF CHARGES)
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to provide for controls on the powers of certain regulatory authorities to impose charges for their services; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
11
NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES
[No debate]
Mr Christopher Chope
 
   Bill to empower the Secretary of State to abolish National Park Authorities; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
12
EUROPEAN UNION (AUDIT OF BENEFITS AND COSTS OF UK MEMBERSHIP)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to require the Secretary of State to commission an independent audit of the economic costs and benefits of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
13
RESIDENTIAL ROADS (ADOPTION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to require the handover of residential roads built by developers to local highways authorities within certain time periods; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
14
NATIONAL SERVICE
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to provide a system of national service for young persons; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
15
YOUNG OFFENDERS (PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to make provision for a mechanism to hold individuals to account for any criminal sanctions imposed upon young people for whom those individuals hold parental responsibility; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
16
RETURN OF ASYLUM SEEKERS (APPLICATIONS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to provide for the immediate return of asylum seekers to countries designated as safe; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
17
APPREHENSION OF BURGLARS
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to provide immunity from prosecution or civil action for persons who apprehend or attempt to apprehend burglars; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
18
TAXATION FREEDOM DAY
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to provide for an annual Taxation Freedom Day to reflect the proportion of tax paid by individuals from their income; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
19
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972 (REPEAL)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and related legislation; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
20
RIGHTS
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to set out certain principles in a United Kingdom Bill of Rights; to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
21
SENTENCING (REFORM)
[No debate]
Mr Philip Hollobone
 
   Bill to reform sentencing provision to ensure that the length of a custodial sentence reflects the sentence of a court; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
22
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP (REFERENDUM)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to require the holding of a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
23
BROADCASTING (TELEVISION LICENCE FEE ABOLITION)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to make provision for the abolition of the television licence fee; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
24
ELECTOR REGISTRATION
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to require each elector applying to register to vote to certify their entitlement to vote; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
25
ELECTORAL LAW (AMENDMENT)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to enable electors in the precincts of a polling station before the time designated for the closing of the poll to vote; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
26
HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BORDER CONTROL)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to require border control officers to stop and interview potential victims of trafficking notwithstanding entitlements under European Union law to free movement of persons; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
27
MEDICAL INSURANCE (TAX RELIEF)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to provide for tax relief on medical insurance premiums.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
28
SNOW CLEARANCE
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to provide immunity from prosecution or civil action for persons who have removed or attempted to remove snow from public places; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
29
ARMED FORCES (LEAVE)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to provide that leave for members of the armed forces serving overseas should be calculated from the time an individual arrives back in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
30
TRANSPARENT TAXATION (RECEIPTS)
[No debate]
Mr Peter Bone
 
   Bill to make provision for all receipts printed in the United Kingdom to contain a figure for the total amount of tax paid on the goods and services purchased.
Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
Main Business
†
  indicates Government Business
†
31
ALIGNMENT (CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT) PROJECT
[Until 10.00 pm]
Mr Mark Hoban
 
   That this House approves the proposals for simplifying the Government’s spending controls and financial reporting to Parliament, as set out in the paper, Alignment (Clear Line of Sight) Project, Cm 7567, of March 2009, and the response of October 2009 to the relevant report of the Liaison Committee (Second Special Report of the Liaison Committee, Session 2008-09, Financial Scrutiny: Parliamentary Control over Government Budgets: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2008-09, HC 1074).
An Explanatory Memorandum is available in the Vote Office.
Debate may continue until 10.00 pm.
OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS
[Up to three hours]
The Chairman of Ways and Means
 
   City of Westminster Bill [ Lords ] : That so much of the Lords Message
[10 June] as relates to the City of Westminster Bill [Lords] be now considered.
 
   That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution.
The Chairman of Ways and Means
 
   Canterbury City Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [10 June] as relates to the Canterbury City Council Bill be now considered.
 
   That the promoters of the Canterbury City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, may have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills).
The Chairman of Ways and Means
 
   Nottingham City Council Bill: That so much of the Lords Message [10 June] as relates to the Nottingham City Council Bill be now considered.
 
   That the promoters of the Nottingham City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House in Session 2007–08 on 22 January 2008, may have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills).
   Proceedings on the Private Business set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means may be entered upon at any hour, and may then be proceeded with, though opposed, for three hours (Order of 30 June).
 
 
 
 
At the end of the sitting:
32
ADJOURNMENT
  
   Proposed subject: Future of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust and its hospitals (Alex Cunningham).
   Debate may continue until 10.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
COMMITTEES
DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
1
First Delegated Legislation Committee
4.30 pm
Room 12 (public)
   To consider the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010.
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Public spending control.
 
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