Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 9 October 2013

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

Committee of Selection

No debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order 20)

Mr Andrew Lansley

To move, That Mr John Randall be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Greg Hands be a member of the Committee until the end of the current Session.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

1 Karen Lumley (Redditch)
What recent assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's economic policies on Wales. (900298)

2 Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
What assessment he has made of the value of exports to the economy in Wales. (900299)

3 Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What assessment he has made of wage levels in Wales since 2010. (900300)

4 Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West)
What recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General on the Agricultural Sector (Wales) Bill passed by the National Assembly for Wales in July 2013. (900301)

5 Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
What recent assessment he has made of the potential costs and benefits of High Speed 2 to Wales. (900302)

6 Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside)
What recent assessment he has made of the effects in Wales of changes to housing benefit. (900303)

7 Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire)
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport about capital investment in the Cardiff to Manchester railway line. (900304)

8 Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South)
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on charities in Wales of the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill. (900305)

9 Geraint Davies (Swansea West)
What recent assessment he has made of the effects in Wales of changes to housing benefit. (900306)

10 Jessica Morden (Newport East)
What assessment he has made of the effects of the under-occupancy penalty in Wales. (900307)

11 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd)
What steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Wales. (900308)

12 Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)
What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Language Commissioner on the services provided by central government departments through the medium of Welsh. (900309)

13 Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
What assessment he has made of the importance of Assisted Area Status to the development of the economy in Wales. (900310)

14 Ian Lucas (Wrexham)
What recent assessment he has made of the importance of job security to the economy in Wales. (900311)

15 Albert Owen (Ynys Môn)
What recent assessment he has made of living standards in Wales. (900312)

At 12.00 pm

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1 Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9 October. (900323)

Q2 Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (900324)

Q3 Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (900325)

Q4 Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (900326)

Q5 Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (900327)

Q6 Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (900328)

Q7 Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (900329)

Q8 Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East)
When he plans to give a substantive reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East, sent on 3 July 2013. (900330)

Q9 Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (900331)

Q10 Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (900332)

Q11 Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (900333)

Q12 Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (900334)

Q13 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (900335)

Q14 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (900336)

Q15 John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (900337)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. CORONERS AND JUSTICE (AMENDMENT): Ten Minute Rule Motion

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

Sir Paul Beresford

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend section 62 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 so as to apply additionally to the possession of pornographic written material about children; to make consequential amendments to the Act; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. PRIVILEGE

Until 7.00pm

Tim Loughton

That the Police Information Notice from Sussex Police addressed to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, dated 4 September 2013, be referred to the Committee of Privileges.

Notes:

This motion was given precedence by Mr Speaker as a matter of privilege on 8 October.

3. transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration Bill: REPORT STAGE (DAY 2) AND THIRD READING

Until 7.00pm (Order of 8 October)

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 the following order:

New Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 2; amendments to Clause 26, Schedule 3, Clauses 27 to 32, Schedule 4 and Clauses 33 to 35; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 3; amendments to Part 3; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 4; amendments to Part 4; remaining new Clauses; remaining new Schedules; remaining proceedings on Consideration (Order 8 October).

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

4. CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES IN 2030

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

Gregory Barker

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 8096/13, a Commission Green Paper: A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies; and further notes the Government’s support for an ambitious EU emissions reduction target for 2030, delivered in a cost-effective, flexible, technology-neutral way, supported by a robust, reformed emissions trading system, and underpinned by a global climate agreement in 2015.

Notes:

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

5. DRAFT VOTING ELIGIBILITY (PRISONERS) BILL (JOINT COMMITTEE)

No debate after 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Mr Andrew Lansley

That, notwithstanding the Resolution of this House of 16 April, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill that it should report on the draft Bill by 18 December 2013.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Mobile army surgical hospital and the humanitarian response capability: Dr Phillip Lee

 

 

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 N o. 10(1))

9.30am

UK Government policy on Kenya’s membership of the International Criminal Court: Eric Joyce

11.00am

Energy policy and preparing for winter: John Robertson

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Policy on prosecution of offences contravening the Abortion Act 1967: Mr David Burrowes

4.00pm

Strike action by teaching unions: Chris Skidmore

4.30pm

‘Go home or face arrest’ advertising campaign: Pete Wishart

Notes:

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. Export Guarantees Advisory Council (Triennial Review)

2. Triennial Review of the British Hallmarking Council

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

3 . Equitable Life Payment Scheme

4 . Government response to the consultation on Opening up UK payments

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

5 . Bovine TB

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

6 . Russia: Greenpeace: Arrest of British nationals

Secretary of State for Transport

7 . EU Transport Council

8 . Fares and Ticketing Review

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

9 . Cold Weather Payments Scheme 2013-14

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.

 Delegated Legislation Committees

First Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Amendment: Qualifying Offences) Order 2013

Room 9

8.55am (public)

 Select Committees

International Development

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

Witnesses: Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State, Susanna Moorehead, Director, West and Southern Africa, and Stefan Dercon, Chief Economist, Department for International Development

Room 15

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Science and Technology

Subject: Climate: Public understanding and policy implications

Witnesses: Rt Hon the Lord Deben, Chairman, and David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change; Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 9.55am); Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP, Minister of State for Climate Change, Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor, and David Warrilow, Head of Science, Department of Energy and Climate Change (at 10.25am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Education

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private)

Work and Pensions

Room 8

9.15am (private)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: The work of the Committee on Climate Change

Witnesses: Rt Hon the Lord Deben, Chairman, and David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.15am (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Subject: The Banking Structure in Northern Ireland

Witnesses: Anthony Browne, Chief Executive, and Irene Graham, Managing Director, Business Finance and Strategy, British Bankers’ Association

Room 5

1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Royal Mail Privatisation

Witness : Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Defence

Subject: Towards the next Defence and Security Review

Witnesses: Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State, Tom McKane, Director General, Security Policy, and Edward Ferguson, Head, Defence Strategy and Priorities, Ministry of Defence

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Environmental Audit

Subject: Code for Sustainable Homes and the Housing Standards Review

Witnesses: Building Research Establishment, Local Government Association, National Housing Federation and Home Builders Federation; Department for Communities and Local Government (at 3.15pm)

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

2.00pm (private)

Public Accounts

Subject: UK Border Force

Witnesses: Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, and Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Regulatory Reform

Room 18

2.00pm (private)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The impact of the Bedroom Tax and other changes to housing benefit in Scotland

Witnesses: Councillor Matt Kerr, Executive Member, Health and Social Care, Homelessness and Welfare Reform, Morag Johnson, Assistant Director, Financial Services, and Richard Gass, Manager, Social Work Services, Service Modernisation, Glasgow City Council

Room 6

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: Re-appointment of Professor Stephen Nickell to the Office for Budget Responsibility

Witnesses : Professor Stephen Nickell, Member, Budget Responsibility Committee, Office for Budget Responsibility

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

Room 17

2.15pm (private)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 16

2.30pm (private)

Procedure

Room 20

3.00pm (private)

Communities and Local Government

Room 21

4.00pm (private)

Selection

Room 13

4.45pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill

Subject: Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill

Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT; Professor Jeremy Waldron, Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, University of Oxford, Professor Nicola Lacey, School Professor, Law, Gender and Social Policy, London School of Economics, Christopher Bennett, Senior Lecturer, and Daniel Viehoff, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, and Martin Kettle, Home Affairs Policy Adviser, Mission and Public Affairs Division, Church of England (at 10.10am)

Room 6

9.30am (private), 9.40am (public)

Human Rights

Room 3A

9.30am (private)

Draft Deregulation Bill

Room 2A

4.00pm (private)

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 public administration

3rd Special Report: Communicating Statistics: Not just True but also Fair, Responses from the Government and UK Statistics Authority, H C 673

Time of publication: 10.00am

 

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

Week beginning Monday 21 October

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 the earlier, on Tuesday 15 October. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 16 October. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person or send a signed application through the post.

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

 ELECTION OF A DEPUTY SPEAKER

Nominations

Nominations must be received in writing in the Lower Table Office between 10am and 5pm on Tuesday 15 October 2013 (the day before the ballot).

In accordance with Standing Order No. 2A(5)(e)(ii), only members of a party represented in Her Majesty’s Government may be candidates in this election.

Each nomination shall consist of a brief signed statement made by the candidate declaring their willingness to stand for election, accompanied by the signatures of not fewer than 6, nor more than 10 Members. No Member may sign more than one such statement; if any Member does so, their signature shall no longer be valid.

As soon as possible after the close of nominations, the list of candidates and their sponsors will be placed in the Vote Office in the Members’ Lobby and published on the Intranet.

Ballot

If there is more than one candidate, the ballot will take place between 11.30am and 2.00pm on Wednesday 16 October 2013 in the Aye Lobby.

Members each have one vote, which is transferable. They place candidates in the preferred order using the figures ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, etc. The figure’1’ represents the vote and is mandatory. The rest are contingency markings and are optional but allow the elector to influence the final result. Members should express preferences until they are unable, or do not wish, to differentiate between any of the remaining candidates.

The Count

The ballot will be counted under the Single Transferrable Vote system, in accordance with Standing Order No. 2A(5)(e).

As soon as practicable after the votes have been counted the Speaker will announce to the House the results of the ballot.

For further details, please see the Briefing Note available in the Vote Office.

 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

Thursday 17 October in the Chamber

Motion relating to defence reforms: Mr John Baron, Mr Jim Cunningham, Jim Dobbin, Mrs Mary Glindon and Mr David Nuttall

Motion relating to funding support for deaf children and young people: Sir Malcolm Bruce and Stephen Lloyd

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.