Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 11 June 2013

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: Consideration Stage

Consideration of Bill, as amended: no debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order No. 20 )

Mr Christopher Chope

On Consideration of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be considered upon this day six months.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

1 Hugh Bayley (York Central)
What plans the Government has to change the NHS formula for funding clinical commissioning groups; and if he will make a statement. (158866)

2 Mr David Amess (Southend West)
What steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent and continuous provision of prenatal and postnatal care. (158867)

3 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
What plans he has for the future of children's heart surgery provision in Yorkshire and the Humber. (158868)

4 Paul Flynn (Newport West)
What his policy is on the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging; and if he will make a statement. (158869)

5 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree)
What estimate he has made of the optimal level of bed occupancy in NHS hospitals. (158870)

6 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
What progress he has made on improving cancer waiting times and diagnosis. (158871)

7 Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central)
What steps he is taking to increase accountability in the NHS. (158872)

8 Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
How many accident and emergency departments he visited in an official capacity in winter 2012-13. (158873)

9 Gavin Shuker (Luton South)
When the Government plans to respond to its consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products. (158874)

10 Andrew George (St Ives)
Whether he has any plans to review his policy on resource allocation in the NHS. (158875)

11 Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh)
What progress he has made in delivering parity of esteem between mental and physical health. (158876)

12 Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What progress his Department has made on implementing local commissioning of NHS services. (158877)

13 Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
What recent representations he has received expressing concern about the service provided by the East Midlands Ambulance Service. (158878)

14 Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire)
What recent assessment he has made of the National Cancer Drugs Fund list. (158879)

15 Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)
What progress has been made on implementation of the UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy. (158880)

16 Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)
What the status is of the capital programme for the refurbishment of St Helier Hospital. (158881)

17 Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire)
What steps he is taking to ensure that residents in England registered with GP practices in Wales have access to NHS services in England. (158882)

18 Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West)
What progress his Department has made on the safe and sustainable review of children's congenital heart services in England. (158883)

19 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
What recent assessment he has made of the performance of hospital accident and emergency departments. (158884)

20 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
What his policy is on the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging; and if he will make a statement. (158885)

21 Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What his policy is on the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging; and if he will make a statement. (158887)

22 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North)
What steps he is taking to ensure co-ordinated work to tackle obesity levels in the UK. (158888)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

T1 Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (158891)

T2 Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (158892)

T3 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (158893)

T4 Gavin Shuker (Luton South) (158894)

T5 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (158895)

T6 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (158896)

T7 Steve Brine (Winchester) (158897)

T8 Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (158898)

T9 Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (158899)

T10 Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (158900)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Children and Families Bill: Report Stage and Third Reading

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Relevant documents:

Sixth Report of the Education Committee, Session 2012-13, Pre-legislative scrutiny: Special Educational Needs, HC 631

Fourth Report of the Justice Committee, Session 2012-13, Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Children and Families Bill, HC 739

Sixth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2012-13, Reform of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner: draft legislation, HC 811

Children and Families Bill 2013: Contextual Information and Responses to Pre-Legislative Scrutiny, Department for Education, Cm 8540

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Children and Families Bill Programme Motion agreed to by the House on 25 February

Queen’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading

For Amendments see separate paper

2. Court of Justice of the European Union

Up to one and a half hours (Standing Order No. 16(1))

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 7013/13, the draft Council Decision increasing the number of Advocates-General of the Court of Justice of the European Union and, in accordance with Section 10 of the European Union Act 2011, approves Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to support the adoption of that draft Council Decision.

Relevant documents:

Thirty-eighth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, Session 2012-13, HC 86-xxxvii, Chapter 3

Fourth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 83-iv, Chapter 12

3. Tribunals and Inquiries

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 24 April, in the previous Session of Parliament, be approved.

4. Tribunals and Inquiries

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 24 April, in the previous Session of Parliament, be approved.

5. IMMIGRATION

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 8 May, be approved.

6. Youth Employment Initiative

No debate (Standing Order No. 119(11))

Mr Mark Hoban

That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 7589/13, a Commission Communication: Youth Employment Initiative, No. 7533/13, a draft amendment for a Commission proposal COM(2011) 607 final/2 – draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2006, and No. 7537/13, a draft amendment to Commission proposal COM(2012) 496 – draft regulation of the European Parliament and Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006; and agrees with the Government that the Youth Employment Initiative must respect the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity, and give Member States and regions the flexibility to support the most effective interventions possible with the best use of resources, in a way that complements their existing policies and programmes to tackle youth unemployment.

Relevant documents:

Thirty-ninth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, Session 2012-13, HC 86-xxxviii, Chapter 1

Fourth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, Session 2013-14, HC 83-iv, Chapter 10

7. Financing European Political Parties

No debate (Standing Order No. 119(11))

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 6321/13, Opinion No. 1/2013 concerning draft Commission Regulations on the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations and to amend the Financial Regulation (EU, Euratom No. 966/2012) as regards the financing of European political parties; notes that these proposals are still being considered by the Council; and supports the Government’s position that this report is a welcome contribution to ongoing negotiations, and that the UK, along with other Member States, should endeavour to ensure the draft regulations are amended, where necessary, to reflect some of the concerns expressed in this Opinion.

Relevant documents:

Thirty-ninth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, Session 2012-13, HC 86-xxxviii, Chapter 2

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Sale of the former Budock hospital site, Falmouth: Sarah Newton

 

 

 

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

9.30am

Parliament and commemorating the First World War: Mr Keith Simpson

11.00am

Ukranian Holodomor: Pauline Latham

2.30pm

SMEs and public sector procurement: Huw Irranca-Davies

4.00pm

Fuel poverty and use of pre-payment meters: Mr Mike Weir

4.30pm

Gangmasters Licensing Authority and power to impose civil fines: Stephen Barclay

Notes:

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

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. 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)).

Subjects proposed to be raised on a motion for the Adjournment, moved by a Minister.

 

WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Defence

1 . Defence recovery capability

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

2 . Foreign and Commonwealth Office spending 2013-14

Secretary of State for Justice

3 . Pre-trial cross-examination testing

Solicitor General

4 . Child sexual abuse

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.

 Public Bill Committees

Finance Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 10

9.10am (public), 2.00pm (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Third Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Planning Act 2008 (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects) (Electric Lines) Order 2013

Room 9

8.55am (public)

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013

Room 11

8.55am (public)

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Repeal of Pilot Schemes Limitation) Order 2013

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Pub Companies Statutory Code

Witnesses: British Beer and Pub Association; British Institute of Innkeeping (at 10.30am); Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association, Independent Pub Confederation and Licensees Supporting Licensees (at 11.15am); Phil Dixon, independent pub adviser (at 12.15pm)

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: UK oil refining

Witnesses: Phillips 66, Petronineos, Essar Oil and Ukpia; Downstream Fuel Association, Greenergy International and Oikos Storage (at 11.00 am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 10.00am (public)

Health

Subject: Implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

Witnesses: Dr David Bennett, Chairman and Chief Executive, Monitor, Matt Tee, Chief Operating Officer, NHS Confederation, and Andrew Webster, Associate Director, Integrated Care, Local Government Association

Room 15

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Education

Subject: School Sports following London 2012

Witness : Edward Timpson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Price Competitive Tendering Proposals in the Government’s Transforming Legal Aid Consultation

Witnesses: Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, President, Law Society, Bill Waddington, Chair, Criminal Law Solicitors Association, Michael Turner QC, Chair, Criminal Bar Association, and Maura McGowan QC, Chair, Bar Council; Tudur Owen, Senior Partner, Tudur Owen Roberts Glynne and Company, Roger Smith OBE, and Steve Brooker, Consumer Panel Manager, Legal Services Board (at 11.00am)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Complaints: Do they make a difference?

Witnesses: Dame Julie Mellor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, Mark Grimshaw, Chief Executive, Rural Payments Agency, and Sarah Rapson, Interim Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, Home Office (at 10.30am)

Room 5

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Committee on Standards

Subject: All Party Parliamentary Groups

Witness : Mark D’Arcy, BBC Parliamentary Correspondent, BBC

Room 16

9.30am (private), 10.15am (public)

International Development

Room 17

9.30am (private)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Regulation of the Press

Witnesses: Peter Wright, Editor Emeritus of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Metro and Mail Online, and Paul Vickers, Secretary and Group Legal Director, Trinity Mirror plc

Room 8

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Food Contamination

Witness : David Heath CBE MP, Minister of State for Agriculture, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 15

1.00pm (private), 1.30pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: FCO’s Human Rights Work in 2012

Witnesses: Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK, and David Mepham, UK Director, Human Rights Watch

Room 8

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Defence

Subject: Defence Implications of Possible Scottish Independence

Witnesses: Air Marshall (Retired) Iain McNicoll CB CBE and Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster CBE

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Impact of the Bedroom Tax and Other Changes to Housing Benefit in Scotland

Witnesses: Dr Mary Taylor, Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, and David Bookbinder, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland

Room 6

2.00pm (private), 2.30 (public)

Home Affairs

Subject: (i) Asylum; (ii) Work of the UK Visas and Immigration Section

Witnesses: (i) Natasha Walter, Women for Refugee Women, and Debora Singer MBE, Asylum Aid; Sonya Sceats, Freedom from Torture, and Catherine Ramos, Justice First (at 3.30pm); (ii) Sarah Rapson, Interim Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, Home Office (at 4.15pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament

Room 16

2.55pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

 Joint Committees

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

10.00am (private)

Human Rights

Room 4A

1.00pm (private)

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private)

 Other Committees

Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Room 21

3.00pm (private)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Education

1st Report: 2012 GCSE English Results, HC 204

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Foreign Affairs

1st Report: The future of the European Union: UK Government policy, HC 87

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Welsh Affairs

2nd Special Report: Support for Armed Forces Veterans in Wales: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2012-13, HC 263

Time of publication: 10.00am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 18 June to Monday 24 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 12 June. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 13 June.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Tuesday 18 June and Wednesday 19 June

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Tuesday 11 June. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 12 June. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person or send a signed application through the post.

Following Departments to answer:

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

Week beginning 24 June

The following Departments will answer:

Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; Home Office; International Development; Justice; Wales; Work and Pensions

Week beginning 1 July

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Communities and Local Government; Deputy Prime Minister; Energy and Climate Change; Education; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Women and Equalities

Week beginning 8 July

The following Departments will answer:

Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; Home Office; International Development; Justice; Wales; Work and Pensions

Week beginning 15 July

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Communities and Local Government; Deputy Prime Minister; Energy and Climate Change; Education; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Women and Equalities