Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 2 July 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 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.

Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Second reading of Bill: no debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order 20)

Mr Christopher Chope

On Second Reading of the Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

1 Mr David Ward (Bradford East)
What steps he is taking to reduce the cost and quantity of claims for compensation for whiplash injuries. (162384)

2 Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay)
What assessment he has made of the use of restorative justice in the secure children's estate. (162385)

3 Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
What assessment he has made of the contribution that financial inclusion programmes can make towards reducing reoffending rates. (162386)

4 Keith Vaz (Leicester East)
If he will introduce mandatory drug testing for prisoners on entry to and exit from prison. (162387)

5 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside)
What progress he has made on his plans to reform the probation system. (162388)

6 Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East)
What his plans are for the future of the Probation Service. (162389)

7 George Hollingbery (Meon Valley)
What assessment he has made of the effect on barristers of his proposed changes to legal aid. (162390)

8 Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What representations he has received from smaller law firms on his proposals to reform criminal legal aid. (162391)

9 George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth)
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the small claims procedure. (162392)

10 Ian Mearns (Gateshead)
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending. (162393)

11 Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty)
If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise. [R] (162394)

12 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
What his policy is on whether the UK should continue to be a contracting party to the European Convention on Human Rights. (162395)

13 Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise. (162396)

14 Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What steps he is taking to improve literacy amongst prisoners. (162397)

15 John Pugh (Southport)
What impact assessment he has conducted on the potential effect of his proposed changes to legal aid on the quality and equity of legal representation in criminal cases. (162398)

16 Mark Menzies (Fylde)
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the development of judicial review. (162399)

17 Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate)
What plans he has to modernise the criminal justice system. (162400)

18 Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
What plans he has to modernise the criminal justice system. (162401)

19 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne)
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on homeless people of his proposed reforms to legal aid. (162402)

20 Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central)
What progress he has made on rolling out his proposed changes to the privileges and incentive scheme in prisons. (162406)

21 Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)
What recent representations he has received on compensation for people with pleural plaques. (162407)

22 Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)
What progress he has made on his review of the use of cautions; and when he plans to publish the results of that review. (162408)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T1 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities. (162409)

T2 Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon) (162410)

T3 Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon) (162411)

T4 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (162412)

T5 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (162413)

T6 Andy Sawford (Corby) (162414)

T7 Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (162415)

T8 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (162416)

T9 Ian Swales (Redcar) (162417)

T10 Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (162418)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. LETTING AGENTS (COMPETITION, CHOICE AND STANDARDS)

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order N o. 23)

John Healey

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a national mandatory licensing scheme for letting and managing agents, with established standards and redress for landlords, tenants and leaseholders, and prohibition of letting and management agent fees; to enable local authorities to administer and enforce the scheme; to require that tenants, landlords and leaseholders have written agreements; and to empower local authorities, either alone or in partnership, to trade as letting and managing agents.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

2. FINANCE BILL: REPORT STAGE (dAY 2) AND THIRD READING

Up to seven hours ( Order of 1 July)

Not amended in the Committee, and as amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Finance Bill: Programme (No. 2) motion agreed to by the House on 1 July: Proceedings on consideration (up to six hours), Third Reading (up to one hour after the completion of proceedings on consideration).

For Amendments, see separate Paper.

3. EDUCATION

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

Secretary Michael Gove

That the draft Education (Amendment of the Curriculum Requirements) (England) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 10 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Provision of HPV vaccine: Mike Freer

 

 

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

Implementation of the Wright Committee’s outstanding recommendations: Mr Graham Allen

11.00am

Saville Products Ltd and HMRC: Mr Graham Brady

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Co-operation between local government and faith communities: Andrea Leadsom

4.00pm

Effect of digital exclusion in Glasgow: Ann McKechin

4.30pm

Effect of the recession on standards of living: Mr Jim Cunningham

The 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 STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1. Industrial strategy for construction

2 . Scotland analysis: Business and microeconomic framework

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

3 . ECOFIN 21 June and 26 June

Secretary of State for Education

4 . Academies and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) liabilities

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

5 . Key performance measures for Executive Agencies

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

6 . Annual update to Parliament on UK support and funding for international justice

Secretary of State for Scotland

7 . Parliamentary questions on employment

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

8 . Fulfilling potential

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

Pensions Bill

To consider the Bill

Room 12

9.25am (public), 2.00pm (public)

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 9

2.00pm (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Second Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013

Room 11

8.55am (public)

Third Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013

Room 10

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: UK Retail Sector

Witnesses: Alliance Boots, John Lewis Partnership and Marks and Spencer plc; Co-operative Group, Sainsburys and Tesco (at 10.30am); GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership, British Property Federation, Centre for Retail Research and TalkTalk (at 11.30am)

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

International Development

Subject: Future of UK Development Co-operation Phase 1: Development Finance

Witnesses: Andrew Rogerson, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, Owen Barder, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe, Centre for Global Development, and Peter Young, Director, Adam Smith International; Tamsyn Barton, Director General, European Investment Bank, Marc Engelhardt, Director of Development and Climate, KfW Development Bank, Dr Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation, and Dorothee Fiedler, Deputy Director General, German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (at 10.30am)

Room 5

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Crime Reduction Policies: A co-ordinated approach

Witnesses: Savas Hadjipavlou, Probation Chiefs’ Association, Ian Lawrence, acting General Secretary, NAPO, Richard Johnson, independent consultant, Martyn Oliver, Chief Executive, 3SC, and Richard Monkhouse, Deputy Chairman, Magistrates Association

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Complaints: Do they make a difference?

Witnesses: Dr Johnny Marshall, Director of Policy, NHS Confederation, Barbara Hennessy, Director of Patient and Public Experience, Addenbrokes Hospital, and Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Jonathan Senker, Chief Executive, Voiceability, Ruthe Isden, Services Programme Manager, Age UK, and Katie Shaw, Head of Welfare Policy, Citizens Advice Bureau (at 10.30am)

Room 16

9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

Committee on Standards

Subject: All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Witnesses: Allparty.org; Mr Douglas Carswell MP and Unlock Democracy (at 10.15am); Ann Coffey MP (at 11.00am)

Room 8

9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Bank of England June 2013 Financial Stability Report

Witnesses: Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, and Dr Donald Kohn, and Martin Taylor, members, Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Future of the Science Museum Group

Witnesses: Mr Edward Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Ian Blatchford, Director, Science Museum Group (at 11.00am); Tony Reeves, Chief Executive, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Kersten England, Chief Executive, City of York Council, and Vicky Rosin, Deputy Chief Executive, Manchester City Council (at 11.30am)

Room 15

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Defence

Subject: Defence Implications of Possible Scottish Independence

Witnesses: Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, Scottish Government; Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (at 3.45pm)

Room 15

1.30pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: UK Policy towards China

Witnesses: Professor Shaun Breslin, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, and Professor Steve Tsang, Director of the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham; Nigel Inkster, Director, Transnational Threats and Political Risk, International Institute for Strategic Studies (at 3.40pm)

Room 8

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 17

2.00pm (private)

Health

Subject: Implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

Witnesses: Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State, and Una O'Brien, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, and Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive, NHS England

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Blacklisting in Employment

Witness : Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary, Unite

Room 6

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Home Affairs

Subjects: (i) Asylum; (ii) Private Investigators: follow-up; (iii) Police and Crime Commissioners

Witnesses : (i) Alison Harvey, Immigration Lawyers Practitioners Association; Tom Hamilton-Shaw, British Red Cross, and Maurice Wren, Refugee Council (at 3.15pm); (ii) Sir Ian Andrew, Chair, and Trevor Pearce QPM, Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency (at 3.45pm); (iii) Ian Johnston QPM, Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner (at 4.15pm); Carmel Napier QPM, former Chief Constable of Gwent Police (at 4.40pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for Backbench Debates

Witnesses : Members of Parliament

Room 16

2.45pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Review of DECC Policy

Witnesses : Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State, Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary, Simon Virley, Director General, Energy Markets and Infrastructure Group, and Phil Wynnowen, Director General, International Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Group, Department of Energy and Climate Change

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Archbishop’s Room

1.15pm (private)

 Other Committees

Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

Speaker’s Study

4.00pm (private)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Foreign Affairs

2nd Report: The UK staff presence in the EU institutions, HC 219

Time of publication: 00.01 am

 Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

5th Report, HC 166-v

Time of publication: 09.30 am

 Public Accounts

11th Report: Department of Health: managing NHS hospital consultants, HC 358

Time of publication: 00.01 am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 9 July to Monday 15 July

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 3 July. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 4 July.

 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 7.00pm 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