Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 8 October 2013

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

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

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

Mr Christopher Chope

On Third Reading of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords] Bill, to move, That the Bill be read the third time 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 No. 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 Steve Brine (Winchester)
What recent progress he has made on his plans for modernisation of the prison estate. (900363)

2 Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
What steps he is taking to address literacy and numeracy problems in prisons. (900364)

3 Christopher Pincher (Tamworth)
How his new model of legal aid tendering will help to ensure a more stable environment for law firms in the future. (900365)

4 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole)
What recent progress he has made on improving women's prisons. (900366)

5 Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell)
What steps he is taking to protect families and vulnerable people from aggressive bailiffs. (900367)

6 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
What progress he has made on investigating the reported misuse of public money by private contractors who hold contracts with his Department. (900368)

7 Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
What progress he has made on the rollout of changes to the incentives and privileges scheme in prisons. (900369)

8 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
What progress he has made on digitisation and modernisation of the criminal justice system. (900370)

9 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on children of recent changes to legal aid. (900371)

10 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
When he expects to put out to tender contracts for privatising probation. (900373)

11 David Mowat (Warrington South)
What assessment he has made of the scope for further savings in the justice system in England and Wales. (900374)

12 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
What progress he has made on rehabilitating young offenders. (900375)

13 Lorely Burt (Solihull)
What recent progress he has made on improving women's prisons. (900376)

14 Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge)
What steps he is taking to strengthen the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. (900377)

15 Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton)
What his latest assessment is of the capacity of the prison system; and if he will make a statement. (900378)

16 Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South)
What steps his Department is taking to improve the way in which it procures services. (900379)

17 John Glen (Salisbury)
What steps he is taking to protect families and vulnerable people from aggressive bailiffs. (900380)

18 Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
How his new model of legal aid tendering will help to ensure a more stable environment for law firms in the future. (900381)

19 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South)
What recent assessment he has made of the work of the Office of the Public Guardian; and if he will make a statement. (900382)

20 Simon Danczuk (Rochdale)
Whether he has any further plans to reduce the number of courts in England and Wales. (900383)

21 Karl M c Cartney (Lincoln)
What recent progress he has made on his plans for modernisation of the prison estate. (900384)

22 John Howell (Henley)
What steps he is taking to protect families and vulnerable people from aggressive bailiffs. (900385)

23 Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon)
What steps he is taking to protect vulnerable victims. (900387)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T1 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (900388)

T2 Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (900389)

T3 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (900390)

T4 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (900392)

T5 Sarah Teather (Brent Central) (900393)

T6 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (900394)

T7 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (900395)

T8 Peter Aldous (Waveney) (900396)

T9 Hugh Bayley (York Central) (900397)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. freedom of information (private healthcare companies): Ten Minute Rule Motion

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

Grahame M. Morris

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to private healthcare companies; and for connected purposes.

2. transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration Bill: programme (No. 2) motion

Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 83A(9))

Mr Andrew Lansley

That the Order of 3 September 2013 (Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill: Programme) be varied as follows:

Proceedings on Consideration

For paragraph (6) substitute–

“(6)Proceedings on Consideration–

(a) shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the following Table and in the order so shown, and

(b) shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

Table

3. transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration Bill: report stage (day 1)

Until 10.00pm

Relevant documents:

Seventh Report from the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, on the Government’s Lobbying Bill, HC 601

First Report from the Committee on Standards, on the Government’s Lobbying Bill, HC 638

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion if it is agreed to by the House: New Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1; amendments to Clauses 1 and 2, Schedule 1, Clause 3, Schedule 2 and Clauses 4 to 25

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

4. public bodies

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Victims’ Advisory Panel) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 25 April 2013, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred

5. representation of the people

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

The Deputy Prime Minister

That the draft European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 9 July, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred

6. social security

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

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

That the draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Domestic Violence) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 8 July, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 10.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Government policy on Burma: Valerie Vaz

 

 

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

The sitting will last for four and a half hours (Standing Order N o. 10(1))

9.30am

UK-US bilateral relations: Michael Fabricant

11.00am

Government recognition of the Bow match women’s strike of 1888: Lyn Brown

12.30pm

School governors and school improvement: Neil Carmichael

1.00pm

Pensions of women born in the early 1950s: Iain McKenzie

1.30pm

No debate

Notes:

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

 

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1. Bilateral loan to Ireland: Statutory Report and 8th disbursement

2 . Public service pension reform

3 . Publication of Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme rules and fee

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

4 . Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation

5 . Work of the Department during the Conference Recess

Secretary of State for Defence

6 . Director of Service Prosecutions

7 . Scotland Analysis: Defence

Secretary of State for Education

8 . Children and Families Bill–Young carers

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

9 . Smart meters

10 . Triennial review of the Coal Authority

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

11 . Kenya update

Secretary of State for Health

12 . Government Response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Regenerative Medicine

13 . Personal health budgets

Secretary of State for the Home Department

14 . Registered Travellers

15 . Serious and organised crime strategy

Secretary of State for Justice

16 . Parliamentary question answer (correction)

17 . Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013–Commencement

Secretary of State for Transport

18 . Review of the DVLA

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

Defence Reform Bill

To consider the Bill

Room 9

10.30am (public), 4.00pm (public)

 European Committees

European Committee A

To consider European Union Document No. 8096/13, a Commission Green Paper: A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies

Room 10

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Government’s Draft Consumer Rights Bill

Witnesses : Confederation of British Industry, Law Commission, and Which?; British Retail Consortium, Citizens Advice, and Federation of Small Businesses (at 10.45am).

Room 15

9am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Pre-appointment hearing: HM Chief Inspector of Probation

Witnesses : Paul McDowell, preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector of Probation.

Room 6

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Statistics and open data

Witnesses : Professor Helen Margetts, Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and Dr Ben Worthy, Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London; Tom Steinberg, Director, MySociety, Heather Savory, Chair, Open Data and User Group, and Dr Rufus Pollock, Chief Executive Officer, Open Knowledge Foundation (at 10.30am).

Room 16

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Stress testing the UK banking system

Witnesses : Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Defence

Subject: Future Army 2020

Witnesses : Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry OBE, Senior Fellow, Land Warfare, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Professor Theo Farrell, Head, Department of War Studies, Kings College London, and Brigadier (retired) Allan Mallinson, historian and defence commentator; Lieutenant General (retired) Robin Brims CB CBE DSO DL, Chair, and Major General (retired) Simon Lalor CB TD, member, and Air Vice-Marshal (retired) Paul Luker CB OBE AFC DL, Chief Executive, Future Reserves 2020 External Scrutiny Group, Mike Cherry, Federation of Small Businesses, and Alexander Ehmann, Institute of Directors (at 3.00pm).

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

1.30pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: The UK’s response to extremism and political instability in North and West Africa

Witnesses : Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Bowman, Director-General, Humanitarian, Security, Conflict and International Finance, and Susanna Moorehead, Director, Western and Southern Africa, Department for International Development.

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public), 3.15pm (private)

Welsh Affairs

Room 6

2.00pm (private)

Home Affairs

Subject: (i) Private Investigators: follow-up; (ii) The Work of the Border Force

Witnesses : (i) Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner; (ii) Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force (at 3.15pm).

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses : Members of Parliament

Room16

3.30pm (private), 3.35pm (public)

Health

Subject: 2013 accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Witnesses : Jackie Smith, Chief Executive, and Mark Addison, Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Room 8

4.00pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 environmental audit

5th Report: Progress on Carbon Budgets, H C 60

Time of publication: 00.01am

 treasury

3rd Report: Spending Round 2013, H C 575

Time of publication: 00.01am

 european scrutiny

14th Report, H C 83-xiv

Time of publication: 11.00am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 15 October to Monday 21 October

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 9 October. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 10 October.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Tuesday 15 October and Wednesday 16 October

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 8 October. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 9 October. 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; Communities and Local Government; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Wales

Week beginning Monday 21 October

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; Northern Ireland; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Week beginning Monday 28 October

The following Departments will answer:

Business, Innovation and Skills; Communities and Local Government; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Wales

 Determination of Business by the Backbench business Committee

Thursday 10 October in the Chamber

Motion relating to improving levels of adult literacy and numeracy: Caroline Dinenage, Gordon Birtwistle and Mr Barry Sheerman

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee; it replaces the previously scheduled debate on free school meals, which has been cancelled.