Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 5 June 2013

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1 Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith)
What steps she is taking to promote co-operation in the development of renewable energy between Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. (157233)

2 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon)
What steps are being taken to tackle the rise of fuel fraud in Northern Ireland. (157235)

3 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
What assessment she has made of the contribution of the European Union to Northern Ireland's peace process. (157236)

4 David Rutley (Macclesfield)
When she last met the Irish Foreign Minister; and if she will make a statement. (157237)

5 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
What assessment she has made of the effect of likely tax and benefit changes on child poverty in Northern Ireland during this Parliament. (157238)

6 Graeme Morrice (Livingston)
What assessment she has made of the contribution of the European Union to Northern Ireland's peace process. (157240)

7 Jim Shannon (Strangford)
What steps she is taking to ensure that recruitment for the Territorial Army in Northern Ireland meets recruitment targets. (157241)

8 Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland. (157242)

9 Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
What assessment she has made of the co-operation between the UK and Irish governments on tackling organised crime. (157243)

10 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (157244)

11 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What assessment she has made of the effect of European Union support on Northern Ireland's economy. (157246)

12 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire)
What assessment she has made of co-operation between the UK and Irish governments on tackling organised crime. (157247)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5 June. (157101)

Q2 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (157102)

Q3 Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (157103)

Q4 Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (157104)

Q5 Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North) (157105)

Q6 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central) (157106)

Q7 John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (157107)

Q8 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (157108)

Q9 Mark Durkan (Foyle) (157109)

Q10 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (157110)

Q11 Philip Davies (Shipley) (157111)

Q12 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (157112)

Q13 Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (157113)

Q14 Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (157114)

Q15 Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (157115)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Opposition Day (1st allotted day)

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order N o. 9(6))

Badger cull

Edward Miliband

Mary Creagh

Mr Chuka Umunna

Michael Dugher

Huw Irranca-Davies

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House believes the badger cull should not go ahead.

Amendment (a)

The Prime Minister

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Secretary Owen Paterson

Mr David Heath

Leave out from ‘House’ to end and add ‘notes that bovine tuberculosis (TB) has, as a consequence of the lack of effective counter-measures, spread from a few isolated incidents to affect large parts of England and Wales, resulting in the slaughter of 28,000 cattle in England alone in 2012 at a cost of £100 million to the taxpayer; is concerned that 305,000 cattle have been slaughtered in Great Britain as a result of bovine TB in the last decade and that the cost is expected to rise to over £1 billion over the next 10 years; recognises that to deal effectively with the disease every available tool should be employed; accordingly welcomes the strengthening of bio-security measures and stringent controls on cattle movements; further welcomes the research and investment into both cattle and badger vaccines, and better diagnostic testing, but recognises that despite positive work with the European Commission the use of a viable and legal cattle vaccine has been confirmed to be still at least 10 years away; further notes that no country has successfully borne down on bovine TB without dealing with infection in the wildlife population, and that the Randomised Badger Control Trials demonstrated both the link between infection in badgers and in cattle and that culling significantly reduces incidence; looks forward to the successful conclusion of the current pilot culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset; and welcomes the Government’s development of a comprehensive strategy to reverse the spread of bovine TB and officially eradicate this disease.’.

Relevant documents:

Second Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Vaccinations against bovine TB, HC 258

Accident and emergency waiting times

Edward Miliband

Andy Burnham

Liz Kendall

Ed Balls

Andrew Gwynne

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House is concerned about the growing pressure on Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments across the country over recent months; notes this week’s report from the King’s Fund which concludes that waiting times in A&E recently hit a nine-year high; further notes that in the Labour Government’s last year in office 98 per cent of patients were seen within four hours; believes that a combination of factors lies behind the extra pressure on hospitals but that severe cuts to social care budgets are one of the most significant causes; is further concerned that one in three hospitals in England say they do not have sufficient staffing levels to deal safely with demand on services; further notes that over 4,000 nursing posts have been lost from the NHS since May 2010 and that a recent survey by the Health Service Journal revealed that a further round of front-line clinical job losses are planned for the coming year; further believes that the Government has failed to show sufficient urgency in dealing with these problems; and calls on the Government to bring forward an urgent plan to ease pressure on hospitals by, amongst other things, re-allocating £1.2 billion of the 2012-13 Department of Health underspend to support social care in 2013-14 and 2014-15, and ensuring adequate staffing levels at every hospital in England.

Notes:

The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2))

2. Transport

No debate (Standing Order N o. 118(6))

Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

That the draft Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 25 March, in the previous Session of Parliament, be approved.

3. Water

No debate (Standing Order N o. 118(6))

Secretary Owen Paterson

That the draft Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 26 March, in the previous Session of Parliament, be approved.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Compensation for victims of the summer 2011 public disorder: Mr Steve Reed

 

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

The first part of the sitting will last for two hours. The second part of the sitting will last for two and a half hours (Standing Order No. 10(1) )

9.30am

Operation of the 111 telephone service and its effects on emergency services: Miss Anne McIntosh

11.00am

Strengthening the UK manufacturing sector through innovation: C aroline Dinenage

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm

East Coast Main Line franchise: Andy McDonald

4.00pm

No debate

4.30pm

Access to out-of-work benefits by EU citizens who are not UK nationals: Mr Christopher Chope

Notes:

Debate will arise on a motion for the adjournment, to be moved by a Minister.

The second part of the sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

 

WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Attorney General

1. Crown Prosecution Service interim guidelines on victims’ right to review prosecution decisions

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

2 . Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3 . Afghanistan monthly progress report for April 2013

Secretary of State for the Home Department

4 . Justice and Home Affairs–pre-Council statement

Secretary of State for Justice

5 . Legal services review call for evidence

Secretary of State for Transport

6 . Fixed penalty levels for motoring offences

Notes:

Texts of Written Ministerial Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-written-statements/.

 

COMMITTEES MEETING TODAY

The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Education

Subject: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres

Witnesses: Professor Edward Melhuish, Executive Director, National Evaluation of Sure Start, Birkbeck, University of London, Professor Kathy Sylva, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Oxford, Caroline Sharp, Research Director, National Foundation for Educational Research, and Professor Peter Moss, Emeritus Professor, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education; Susan Gregory, Director, Early Childhood, Ofsted, Heather Rushton, Independent consultant and former Director, Centre for Excellence and Outcomes, and Professor Leon Feinstein, Head of Evidence, Early Intervention Foundation (at 10.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Science and Technology

Subject: Digital by Default

Witnesses: Dr Martyn Thomas CBE, Institute of Engineering and Technology, and William Heath, Mydex, The Post Office; Tony Neate, Chief Executive Officer, Get Safe Online, and Clive Richardson, Director of Research and Public Affairs, Go ON UK (at 10.00am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Justice

Subject: Older Prisoners

Witnesses: Jeremy Wright MP, Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Justice, Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer, National Offender Management Service, and Dr Bruce Calderwood, Director, Mental Health, Disability and Equality, Department of Health

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions

Room 15

9.15am (private)

Regulatory Reform

Room 5

10.30am (private)

Defence

Room 8

2.00pm (private)

Environmental Audit

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

2.00pm (private)

Public Accounts

Subject: Police Procurement

Witnesses: Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Stephen Rimmer, Director-General, Crime and Policing Group, and John Fernau, Commercial Director, Home Office

Room 16

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Referendum on Separation for Scotland

Witnesses: Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland, Russell Frith, Assistant Auditor General, and Angela Cullen, Assistant Director, Audit Scotland

Room 6

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Subject: Implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland

Witnesses: Brian Gormally, Director, and Daniel Holder, Deputy Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice; Evelyn Collins CBE, Chief Executive, and Jacqueline McKee, Director of Advice and Compliance, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (at 3.15pm)

Room 5

2.15pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Home Affairs

Room 21

3.00pm (private)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

As soon as convenient after 3.45pm (private)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Greater London Authority Act 2007

Witnesses: Professor John Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Local Government, University of Birmingham, and Professor Tony Travers, Visiting Professor, Department of Government, London School of Economics

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.10am (public), 5.10pm (private)

Joint Committees

Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill

Room 6

9.30am (private)

Committee on Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

 Other Committees

Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

Speaker’s Study

4.00pm (private)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

2nd Report: Vaccination against Bovine TB, HC 258

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Treasury

1st Report: Appointments of Dame Clara Furse, Richard Sharp and Martin Taylor to the Financial Policy Committee, HC 224-I

Time of publication: 11.00am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 11 June to Monday 17 June

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 5 June. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 6 June.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Week beginning 10 June

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Deputy Prime Minister; Energy and Climate Change; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Northern Ireland; Treasury; Wales; Women and Equalities

Week beginning 17 June

The following Departments will answer:

Business, Innovation and Skills; Education; Health; Home Office; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Scotland; Transport; Work and Pensions