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Order of Business Wednesday 6 July 2011

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

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 Northern Ireland
* 1
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale):  What recent assessment he has made of the threat to security in Northern Ireland posed by residual terrorist groups.
(63167)
* 2
Chris Evans (Islwyn):  What assessment he has made of the effects on the service sector in Northern Ireland of reductions in Government spending.
(63168)
* 3
Robert Halfon (Harlow):  What recent assessment he has made of the extent of petrol and diesel smuggling from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland.
(63169)
* 4
Mark Durkan (Foyle):  What recent representations he has received on the rate of VAT applied to tourism activities in Northern Ireland.
(63170)
* 5
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):  What assessment he has made of the role of dissident Republicans in recent disturbances in the Short Strand area of Belfast; and if he will make a statement.
(63171)
* 6
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen):  What recent assessment he has made of the threat to security in Northern Ireland posed by residual terrorist groups.
(63173)
* 7
Karl McCartney (Lincoln):  What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(63174)
* 8
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire):  What recent assessment he has made of the threat to security in Northern Ireland posed by residual terrorist groups.
(63175)
* 9
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):  What assessment he has made of the effect on economic growth in Northern Ireland of reductions in public expenditure.
(63176)
* 10
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):  What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the level of cross-border human trafficking to and from Northern Ireland.
(63177)
* 11
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):  What recent assessment he has made of the Northern Ireland economy.
(63178)
* 12
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):  What discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on revenue losses attributable to fuel smuggling and other illegal activities in border regions of Northern Ireland.
(63179)
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a Question without notice.
* Q1
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):  If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 6 July.
(63869)
* Q2
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):
(63870)
* Q3
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough):
(63871)
* Q4
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West):
(63872)
* Q6
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):
(63874)
* Q7
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):
(63875)
* Q8
David Simpson (Upper Bann):
(63877)
* Q9
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead):
(63878)
* Q10
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield):
(63879)
* Q11
Robert Halfon (Harlow):
(63880)
* Q12
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):
(63881)
* Q13
Andrew Bingham (High Peak):
(63882)
* Q14
Bob Blackman (Harrow East):
(63883)
 
At 12.30 pm
  Urgent Questions (if any)
 
  Ministerial Statements (if any)
 
Preliminary Business
Ten minute rule Motion
1
SUNDAY TRADING (AMENDMENT)
[Up to 20 minutes]
Mark Menzies
 
   That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to permit local authorities to vary restrictions on Sunday trading on a temporary basis; 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
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (TODAY)
[Until 7.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That Standing Order No. 54 (Consideration of estimates) be applied to proceedings at this day’s sitting as if paragraph (2) were omitted.
Debate may continue until 7.00 pm.
3
EMERGENCY DEBATE: PHONE HACKING AT THE NEWS OF THE WORLD AND CONDUCT OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE
[Up to three hours]
Chris Bryant
 
   That this House has considered the matter of whether there should be a public inquiry into the phone hacking at the News of the World; and the conduct of the Metropolitan Police Service between 2006 and 2011.
Debate may continue for up to three hours (Standing Order No. 24).
†
4
ESTIMATES DAY (3rd allotted day)
[Until 7.00 pm]
ESTIMATES, 2011-12
Justine Greening
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 
   That, for the year ending with 31 March 2012, for expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—
(1)   
further resources, not exceeding £1,279,625,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 921,
(2)   
further resources, not exceeding £19,718,000, be authorised for use for capital purposes as so set out, and
(3)   
a further sum, not exceeding £1,188,315,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.
   This Estimate is to be considered insofar as it relates to Afghanistan and Pakistan (Resolution of 27 June).
   The Fourth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2010-12, on the UK’s foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan, HC 514, and the Government response, Cm 8064, are relevant.
Justine Greening
Department for Communities and Local Government
 
   That, for the year ending with 31 March 2012, for expenditure by the Department for Communities and Local Government—
(1)   
further resources, not exceeding £15,285,674,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 921,
(2)   
further resources, not exceeding £2,344,000,000, be authorised for use for capital purposes as so set out, and
(3)   
a further sum, not exceeding £17,386,772,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.
Justine Greening
Home Office
 
   That, for the year ending with 31 March 2012, for expenditure by the Home Office—
(1)   
further resources, not exceeding £5,717,338,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 921,
(2)   
further resources, not exceeding £277,435,000, be authorised for use for capital purposes as so set out, and
(3)   
a further sum, not exceeding £5,720,232,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.
   These Estimates are to be considered insofar as they relate to the Prevent Strategy (Resolution of 27 June).
   The Sixth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2009-10, on Preventing violent extremism, HC 65, is relevant.
Debate may continue until 7.00 pm.
   The Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motions will be deferred until 7.00 pm (Standing Order No. 54(4) and (5)).
 
Note: It is expected that only the debate on Afghanistan and Pakistan will take place at this day’s sitting.
†
5
ESTIMATES, 2011-12
Justine Greening
 
   That, for the year ending with 31 March 2012—
(1)   
further resources, not exceeding £221,086,166,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 911, HC 921, HC 934, HC 935, HC 1339 and HC 1340,
(2)   
further resources, not exceeding £21,712,444,000, be authorised for use for capital purposes as so set out, and
(3)   
a further sum, not exceeding £222,322,315,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.
To be decided at 7.00 pm (Standing Order No. 55(1) and (4)).
   A Bill is to be brought in upon the four Motions in the name of Justine Greening relating to Estimates, 2011-12, if they are agreed to by the House.
†
6
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[No debate]
Mr Secretary Mitchell
 
   That the draft Caribbean Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 12 May, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
7
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[No debate]
Mr Secretary Mitchell
 
   That the draft Inter-American Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 12 May, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
8
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[No debate]
Mr Secretary Mitchell
 
   That the draft Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 12 May, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
9
IMMIGRATION
[No debate]
Secretary Theresa May
 
   That the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 23 May, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
10
IMMIGRATION
[No debate]
Secretary Theresa May
 
   That the draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which were laid before this House on 23 May, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
11
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
[No debate]
Secretary Chris Huhne
 
   That the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which were laid before this House on 13 June, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
12
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
[No debate]
Secretary Vince Cable
 
   That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which were laid before this House on 13 June, be approved.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
†
13
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’ ALLOWANCES
[No debate after 7.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That Standing Order No. 152G (Committee on Members’ Allowances) shall be amended as follows—
(1)   
in line 2, leave out ‘Allowances’ and insert ‘Expenses’; and
(2)   
leave out lines 3 to 17 and insert ‘to consider such matters relating to Members’ expenses as may be referred to it by the House;’.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 pm.
†
14
REVIEW OF PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS ACT 2009
[No debate after 7.00 pm]
Sir George Young
 
   That, further to the instruction to the Committee on Members’ Allowances of 12 May, it be an instruction to the Committee on Members’ Expenses to report to the House on the review of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 by 31 December 2011.
If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 pm.
At the end of the sitting:
15
PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITION
[No debate]
 
   Accident and emergency and maternity services at King George Hospital (Ilford North) (Mr Lee Scott).
Presentation of petitions: no debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153).
16
ADJOURNMENT
  
   Proposed subject: Management of football clubs in administration  (Alison Seabeck).
   Debate may continue until 7.30 pm or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
 
COMMITTEES
DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES
1
Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
2.30 pm
Room 11 (public)
   To consider the draft Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 and the draft Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011.
2
Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee
2.30 pm
Room 12 (public)
   To consider the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 and the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2011.
SELECT COMMITTEES
3
Education
9.15 am
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
4
Work and Pensions
9.15 am
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
5
Public Administration
9.30 am
Room 16 (private)
 
9.45 am
(public)
   Subject: Pre-appointment Hearing for the Post of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
   Witness: Dame Julie Mellor DBE, preferred candidate.
6
Defence
10.30 am
Room 5 (private)
7
Foreign Affairs
1.15 pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
2.00 pm
(public)
   Subject: Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia.
   Witnesses: Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Captain David Reindorp, Head of Defence Crisis Management Centre, Ministry of Defence.
8
Defence
2.00 pm
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
2.30 pm
(public)
   Subject: Military Covenant in Action? Part 1: Military Casualties.
   Witnesses: Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli, Lieutenant General Sir William Rollo KCB CBE, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Training), Air Vice Marshal the Hon David Murray OBE, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) and Defence Services Secretary, Ministry of Defence, and Claire Phillips, Deputy Director, Violence, Social Exclusion, Military Health and Third Sector Programme, Department of Health.
9
Environmental Audit
2.00 pm
Room 16 (private)
 
2.40 pm
(public)
   Subject: Air Quality.
   Witnesses: Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and officials, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
10
European Scrutiny
2.00 pm
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)
 
2.15 pm
(public)
   Subject: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Opt-In Decisions.
   Witnesses: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, and officials, Home Office.
11
Finance and Services
2.00 pm
Room 13 (private)
12
Scottish Affairs
2.00 pm
Room 6 (private)
 
2.20 pm
(public)
   Subject: Health and Safety in Scotland.
   Witness: Ian Tasker, Assistant Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress.
13
Treasury
2.00 pm
Room 17 (private)
14
Public Accounts
3.00 pm
Room 15 (private)
 
3.30 pm
(public)
   Subject: FiReControl.
   Witnesses: Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Steve McGuirk CBE, Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive, Manchester Fire Service, Sir Ken Knight CBE DL, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor, and Roger Hargreaves, National Project Director for FiReControl, Department for Communities and Local Government.
15
Procedure
3.00 pm
Room 20 (private)
16
Statutory Instruments
As soon as convenient after 3.45 pm
Room 7 (private)
17
Communities and Local Government
4.20 pm
Room 8 (private)
 
4.40 pm
(public)
   Subject: Localisation Issues in Welfare Reform.
   Witnesses: National Housing Federation, Citizens Advice, and New Policy Institute; Local Government Association, BenX Benefit Review Group, and Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (at 5.10 pm); Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister of State for Housing and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Steve Webb MP, Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (at 5.40 pm).
18
Public Administration
5.00 pm
Room 18 (private)
19
Selection
5.00 pm
Room 13 (private)
JOINT COMMITTEES
20
Draft Defamation Bill
8.30 am
Room 8 (private)
 
8.45 am
(public)
   Subject: Draft Defamation Bill.
   Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PC, The Master of the Rolls, and the Hon Mr Justice Tugendhat, Head of the Queen’s Bench Jury and Non-Jury Lists; Rt Hon Sir Charles Gray QC, Chairman, Early Resolution Group, Rt Hon Sir Stephen Sedley, Chair of the Alternative Libel Group and former Lord Justice of Appeal, and Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes PC, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (at 10.00 am).
21
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 6 July
Time of publication
No.
1
European Scrutiny
11.00 am
HC 428-xxx
   (Thirty-Fourth Report).
2
Health
1.00 pm
HC 786/Virtual
   (Sixth Report).
 
Written Ministerial Statements to be made today
1
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Transfer of regional development agencies’ land and property assets to the Homes and Communities Agency.
2
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer: Publication of planned tax consultations.
3
Secretary of State for Defence: People Pay and Pensions Agency.
4
Secretary of State for Education: Consulting on a simpler, strengthened Early Years Foundation Stage.
5
Secretary of State for International Development: British intervention in the Horn of Africa.
6
Secretary of State for Justice: Detainee Inquiry.
 
 

Prepared 6th July 2011