MEMORANDA
FEBRUARY ADJOURNMENT 2011
Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 6.30 pm or the rising of
the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 17 February. Thereafter, they may table questions for oral and written answer
electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received before 4.30 pm on Friday 25 February will be treated as if
tabled on that day.
TABLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when
the House returns.
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Last date for tabling*
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Date for answer
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Departments etc.
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Thursday 17 February
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Monday 28 February
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Communities and Local Government
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Thursday 17 February
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Tuesday 1 March
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Deputy Prime Minister; Attorney General; Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission, Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral
Commission
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Thursday 17 February
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Wednesday 2 March
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Cabinet Office; Prime Minister
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Monday 28 February (first sitting day after adjournment)
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Thursday 3 March
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Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport; Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission
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* The deadline for submission of Questions will be 12.30 pm.
The results of the shuffles on 17 February will be published on 18 February in a blue unofficial notice paper available from
the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm.
For further details of last tabling days, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet
at
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON A NAMED DAY
The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the February Adjournment is 10.30 pm or the
rising of the House (whichever is earlier) on Monday 14 February, for answer on Thursday 17 February.
The following dates have been specified for the minimum notice for tabling named day written Questions for answer on the first
three days after the adjournment.
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Time for tabling
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For answer at earliest on
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6.30 pm (or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier) on Thursday 17 February
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Monday 28 February
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4.30 pm on Friday 25 February
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Wednesday 2 March
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WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE
[Sitting at Westminster on Thursday 10 March at 9.00 am]
Notices of Oral Questions for Thursday 10 March may be submitted to the Table Office. Questions shall be addressed to, and
answered by, Ministers in the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Notices for inclusion in the shuffle should be submitted
by 12.30 pm on Thursday 17 February.