Business Today: Chamber for Monday 21 October 2013

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

1 Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon)
What steps his Department has taken to make the planning system more accessible to local people. (900549)

2 George Freeman (Mid Norfolk)
What steps his Department has taken to make the planning system more accessible to local people. (900550)

3 Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
What steps he is taking to help first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder. (900551)

4 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What steps he is taking to encourage local communities to fund social enterprises through crowdfunding and other new forms of finance. (900552)

5 Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the community rights introduced by the Localism Act 2011. (900553)

6 Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire)
What steps his Department is taking to bring empty and redundant buildings back into use. (900554)

7 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
What recent assessment he has made of the effects on people on low incomes of council tax support schemes. (900555)

8 Ian Lavery (Wansbeck)
What assessment he has made of the current dispute in the Fire and Rescue Service; and if he will make a statement. (900556)

9 Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
What recent guidance he has given to councils on delivering savings in local government. (900557)

10 Valerie Vaz (Walsall South)
What recent assessment he has made of the availability of local authority recycling sites. (900558)

11 Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside)
What assessment he has made of the current dispute in the Fire and Rescue Service; and if he will make a statement. (900559)

12 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of planning regulations applying to houses in multiple occupation. (900560)

13 Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What estimate he has made of the average cost of adapting properties for disabled people who move home because of the under-occupancy penalty. (900561)

14 Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts)
What assessment he has made of the availability of smaller properties for people affected by the under-occupancy penalty. (900562)

15 Miss Chloe Smith (Norwich North)
What steps he is taking to help first time buyers get onto the housing ladder. (900563)

16 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
What recent assessment he has made of the effects on people on low incomes of council tax support schemes. (900565)

17 Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
What help the Government is giving to small businesses in meeting the cost of business rates. (900566)

18 Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch)
What assessment he has made of the availability of smaller properties for people affected by the under-occupancy penalty. (900567)

19 Sir Bob Russell (Colchester)
If he will make it his policy that planning authorities ensure that Section 106 agreements produce adequate funds to finance the building of schools forming part of the planning approval when granting consents for major residential developments. (900568)

20 Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
What representations he has received on the effectiveness of independent assessments of the performance of local authorities. (900569)

21 Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood)
What steps he is taking to promote use of high streets. (900570)

22 Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
What steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the community rights introduced by the Localism Act 2011. (900571)

23 John Stevenson (Carlisle)
What steps he is taking to help first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder. (900572)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

T1 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (900573)

T2 George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (900574)

T3 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (900575)

T4 Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (900576)

T5 Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (900577)

T6 Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (900578)

T7 Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (900580)

T8 Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (900581)

T9 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (900582)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Until 10.00pm (Standing Order N o. 9(6))

Future of the BBC

Alun Cairns

Steve Brine

Dame Angela Watkinson

That this House has considered the future of the BBC.

State of natural capital in England and Wales

Mr Graham Stuart

That this House welcomes the Natural Capital Committee’s first annual State of Natural Capital report; and urges the Government to adopt the report’s recommendations and to take concerted action to embed the value of natural capital in the national accounts and policy-making processes as early as possible.

Notes:

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

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Provision for dealing with the emotional and psychological consequences of stroke: Helen Jones

 

 

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1 . Review of the balance of competences on the Single Market

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

2 . Review of the balance of competences: EU budget and financial services and free movement of capital

Secretary of State for Education

3 . Children and Families Bill: Duty and statutory guidance to support children with medical conditions

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

4 . Review of the balance of competences: Calls for evidence on the agriculture and fisheries reports

Secretary of State for the Home Department

5 . Revision of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice A, B, C, E, F and H

Secretary of State for Justice

6 . Review of the balance of competences

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

7 . Personal independence payment

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.

 European Committees

European Committee B

To consider European Union Documents No. SEC(2013) 370, the Statement of estimates of the Commission for 2014 (Preparation of the 2014 Draft Budget) and No. 11791/13 relating to a Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014–2020

Room 10

4.30pm (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

First Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 1897)

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Public Accounts

Subject: Whole of Government Accounts 2012-13

Witnesses: Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, Sharon White, Director General, Public Spending, and Karen Sanderson, Deputy Director, HM Treasury

Room 15

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

4.00pm (private)

Science and Technology

Subject: Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Witness : Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chair-elect of the Natural Environment Research Council

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Transport

Subject: Safety at level crossings

Witnesses: Peter Rayner, retired British Rail, Chris Bazlinton, Laurence Hoggart, Tina Hughes, and Richard Wright; Claire Turner, Principal Consultant, Human Factors, Environmental Resources Management, Mark Magee, Approved Driving Instructor Registrar and Director of Regulation, Standards and Development, Lesley Young, Chief Driving Examiner, Driving Standards Agency, and Alan Woolnough, train driver (at 4.45pm); Deputy Chief Constable Paul Crowther, and Superintendent Philip Trendall QPM, Territorial Policing, British Transport Police, Richard Percival, Team Manager, Sarah Young, lawyer, and Rt Hon Lord Justice Lloyd Jones, Chairman, Law Commission (at 5.20pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

4.15pm (private)

Administration

Room 16

4.30pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Draft Deregulation Bill

Subject: Draft Deregulation Bill

Witnesses: Trades Union Congress, British Chambers of Commerce, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Gambling Commission; Federation of Small Businesses, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Equality and Diversity Forum, and English Heritage (at 5.10pm)

Room 4A

4.00pm (private), 4.10pm (public)

 Other Committees

Communities and Local Government

The Attlee Suite, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

8th Special Report: Local Energy: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 749

Time of publication: 10.00am

 COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS

2nd Report: Response to the IPSA Consultation: MPs’ Pay and Pensions, HC 751

Time of publication: 1 1 .0 0 am

 Transport

8th Special Report: The work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA): Government response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2013–14, HC 678

Time of publication: 1 1 .0 0 am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 29 October to Monday 4 November

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 23 October. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 24 October.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Weeks beginning Monday 28 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 22 October. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 23 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

Weeks beginning 4 November and 18 November

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; Home Office; Justice; Northern Ireland; Women and Equalities

Weeks beginning 11 November and 25 November

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Defence; Deputy Prime Minister; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; International Development; Leader of the House; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions

 Determination of Business by the Backbench business Committee

Thursday 24 October in the Chamber

Motion relating to the FCA redress scheme for the mis-selling of interest rate swap derivatives: Guto Bebb, Mark Garnier and Mr Gary Streeter

General debate on aviation strategy: Mrs Louise Ellman

Thursday 24 October in Westminster Hall

General debate on planning, housing supply and the countryside: Mr Laurence Robertson, Mrs Anne Main and Nick Herbert.

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.