Business Today: Chamber for Thursday 27 June 2013

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

1 Mark Menzies (Fylde)
What steps his Department is taking to improve coastal safety. (161764)

2 Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East)
What his policy is on quality contracts for bus services. (161765)

3 Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
What steps he is taking to reduce incidents of dangerous driving. (161766)

4 Peter Aldous (Waveney)
What progress he is making on funding the refurbishment of railway stations. (161767)

5 Robert Halfon (Harlow)
What steps he is taking to support motorists; and if he will make a statement. (161768)

6 Jenny Chapman (Darlington)
What his policy is on the privatisation of East Coast main line services; and if he will make a statement. (161769)

7 Mr David Ward (Bradford East)
What progress he is making on approving schemes under the Local Pinch Point Fund. (161770)

8 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire)
What assessment he has made of the potential role of the local growth fund in improving transport; and if he will make a statement. (161771)

9 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge)
What steps he is taking to support the Get Britain Cycling campaign. (161772)

10 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
What progress is being made on the widening of the A14 around Kettering. (161773)

11 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston)
What his plans are for future investment in London's transport network. (161774)

12 Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East)
What his policy is on the privatisation of East Coast main line rail services; and if he will make a statement. (161775)

13 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall)
What steps his Department is taking to protect local bus services. (161776)

14 Andrew Griffiths (Burton)
What assessment he has made of the licence system for tractor driving. (161778)

15 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton)
What assessment he has made of the quality of rural bus services; and if he will make a statement. (161779)

16 Karen Lumley (Redditch)
What steps he is taking to improve disabled access to public transport. (161781)

17 Christopher Pincher (Tamworth)
What progress he is making on his plans to fund new railway stations. (161782)

At 10.05am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

T1 Simon Wright (Norwich South)
If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. (161783)

T2 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (161784)

T3 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central) (161785)

T4 John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (161786)

T5 Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (161787)

T6 Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (161788)

T7 Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay) (161789)

T8 Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (161790)

T9 Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (161791)

T10 Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (161792)

At 10.15am

Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

1 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to improve the role of the House in scrutinising European Union-level decision-making. (161794)

2 Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what comparative assessment he has made of the opening hours of the Library and the Table Office and the sitting hours of the House. (161795)

3 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he plans to take to promote the transparency of hon. Members' membership of All-Party Parliamentary Groups. (161796)

4 Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth)
To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. (161797)

5 Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)
To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he is making on the introduction of measures to improve financial scrutiny of Government expenditure. (161798)

6 Simon Wright (Norwich South)
To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. (161799)

7 Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment he has made of the performance of the parliamentary telephone switchboard. (161800)

8 Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)
To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to introduce an e-petitions system applicable to both Parliament and Government. (161801)

9 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge)
To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he is making on the introduction of measures to improve financial scrutiny of Government expenditure. (161802)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

10.30am

Urgent Questions (if any)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements, including on Investing in Britain’s future

 PRESENTATION OF BILLS

Presentation of Bill: no debate (Standing Order No. 57)

Water

Secretary Owen Paterson

Bill to make provision about the water industry; about compensation for modification of licences to abstract water; about main river maps; about records of waterworks; for the regulation of the water environment; about the provision of flood insurance for household premises; about internal drainage boards; about Regional Flood and Coastal Committees; and for connected purposes.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Backbench Business

Until 5.00pm (Standing Order N o. 9(3))

Legal aid reform

Sarah Teather

Mr David Lammy

Mr David Davis

Meg Hillier

Dr Julian Huppert

Mr Dominic Raab

Rosie Cooper Glyn DaviesCaroline Lucas

Debbie Abrahams

That this House has considered legal aid reform.

Relevant documents:

Uncorrected oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 11 June 2013, on price competitive tendering proposals in the Government’s Transforming Legal Aid consultation, HC 91-i

Multinational companies and UK corporation tax

Chris White

Paul Farrelly

Jim Sheridan

That this House has considered the matter of multinational companies and UK corporation tax.

Relevant documents:

Ninth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, Tax Avoidance–Google, HC 112

Forty-fourth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2012-13, Tax avoidance: the role of large accountancy firms, HC 870

Twenty-ninth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2012-13, Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes, HC 788, and the Treasury Minute, Cm 8613

Nineteenth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2012-13, HM Revenue & Customs: Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12, HC 716, and the Treasury Minute, Cm 8556

Notes:

The subjects for both debates were proposed by the Backbench Business Committee.

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Anti-social behaviour on Cato Street (London): Mark Field

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 5.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Terms of employment for reserve service personnel: Nadine Dorries

 

 

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

The sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1) )

1.30pm

An air transport strategy for Northern Ireland, First Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Session 2012-13, HC 76, and the Government response, Session 2012-13, HC 960

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

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

The subject for debate has been nominated by the Liaison Committee.

 

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1. Allocations of European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund for 2014–2020

2 . National minimum wage

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

3 . Welsh funding

Secretary of State for Education

4 . School Teachers’ Review Body–Twenty-Second Report 2013

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

5 . Energy market reform

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6 . Flood insurance

7 . Triennial reviews of the Environment Agency and Natural England, and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

8 . Afghanistan (Monthly Progress Report)

9 . Lithuanian EU presidency priorities

Secretary of State for Health

10 . Health Council: 21 June 2013

Secretary of State for International Development

11 . Departmental Annual Report and Accounts

Secretary of State for Justice

12 . Office for Judicial Complaints Annual Report 2012-13

Secretary of State for Transport

13 . Approved driving instructors

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

14 . Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 20 June 2013, Luxembourg

15 . Social Fund Annual Report 2012-13

16 . Triennial reviews 2013 of the Pensions Regulator, the Pensions Ombudsman, the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman, and the Pensions Advisory Service

17 . Work Programme official statistics June 2013

Notes:

Texts of Written 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

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 9

11.30am (public), 2.00pm (public)

Pensions Bill

Subject: To take evidence on the Bill

Witnesses: Pensions Policy Institute, Confederation of British Industry, and Which? (until no later than 12.30pm); The 700,000 Group (until no later than 1.00pm)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

11.30am (public)

Pensions Bill

Subject: To take evidence on the Bill

Witnesses: Union Pension Services Limited, and Pensions Institute (until no later than 2.45pm)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (public)

 Select Committees

International Development

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private)

Political and Constitutional Reform

Subject: House of Lords reform: what next?

Witnesses: Dr Meg Russell, Dr Stephen Barber and Dr Chris Ballinger; Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG (at 11.00am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Subject: Implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland

Witness : Christopher Jordan, Managing Director, Bureau Insurance

Room 5

10.15am (private), 10.30am (public)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Defence

4th Special Report: The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces: Government’s and Commissioner’s Responses to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2012-13, HC 505

Time of publication: 12 noon

 European Scrutiny

5th Report, HC 83-v

Time of publication: 11 .00 am

6th Report, HC 83-vi

Time of publication: 11 .00 am

 JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

3rd Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Children and Families Bill; Energy Bill, HC 452

Time of publication: 00.01 am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Tuesday 9 July and Wednesday 10 July

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 2 July. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 3 July. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person or send a signed application through the post.

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

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

Thursday 4 July in the Chamber

General debate on NATO: Hugh Bayley and Jason McCartney

General debate on the use of corporate structures in the UK and money laundering, tax evasion and other financial crime: John Mann

General debate on the economic implications for the UK of an EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement: John Healey, Guto Bebb and Jonathan Edwards

Thursday 11 July in the Chamber

General debate to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster: Mr Frank Doran and Peter Aldous

Notes:

Another debate or debates will be nominated for Thursday 11 July in the Chamber.

Thursday 11 July in Westminster Hall

General debate on social care reform for working age disabled people: Mr David Ward and Heather Wheeler