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Business Today: Chamber for Friday 25 October 2013

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. PRIVATE LANDLORDS AND LETTING AND MANAGING AGENTS (REGULATION) Bill: Second Reading

Until 2.30pm (Standing Order N o. 11(2)(b))

Member in Charge: Sir Alan Meale

Notes:

If proceedings on this Bill end before 2.30pm, the second Bill and, possibly, subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining. After 2.30pm, only those Bills which are unopposed may make further progress.

2. Graduated Driving Licence Scheme Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Justin Tomlinson

3. Communication Support (Deafness) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Malcolm Bruce

4. Young Offenders (Parental Responsibility) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Philip Hollobone

5. Foreign National Offenders (Exclusion from the United Kingdom) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Philip Hollobone

6. Asylum Seekers (Return to Nearest Safe Country) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Philip Hollobone

7. Prisons (Drug Testing) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Margot James

8. Drug Driving (Assessment of Drug Misuse) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [18 October]

Member in Charge: Graham Evans

9. Property Blight Compensation Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mrs Caroline Spelman

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 3.00pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

OP button Police recruitment: Siobhain McDonagh

 

 

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1 . BIS departmental contingent liability notification

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

2 . Tax avoidance

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3 . Afghanistan Monthly Progress Report for September 2013

Secretary of State for Health

4 . Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act 2007: Response to the Health Committee of the House of Commons

Secretary of State for Transport

5 . Intercity East Coast Franchise Competition

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/.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

OP button Tuesday 5 November to Tuesday 12 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 30 October. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 31 October.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

OP button Week beginning 4 November

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 29 October. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 30 October.

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

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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

OP button Week beginning 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

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

OP button Thursday 31 October in Westminster Hall

General debate on oversight of the intelligence and security agencies: Dr Julian Huppert, Mr Dominic Raab, Mr Tom Watson

 Notices of Meetings of General Committees

OP button A Public Bill Committee will meet on Tuesday 29 October at 8.55am and 2.00pm and Thursday 31 October at 11.30am and 2.00pm to consider the Immigration Bill.

OP button European Committee C will meet on Wednesday 30 October at 2.30pm to consider European Union Documents No. 16971/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Directive amending Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, and No. 16972/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Regulation on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities.

OP button The First Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 28 October at 4.30pm to consider the draft Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Consequential Provisions: Primary Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013.

OP button The Second Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 28 October at 4.30pm to consider the draft Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank) Order 2013.

OP button The Third Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 28 October at 4.30pm to consider the draft Unauthorised Unit Trusts (Tax) Regulations 2013.

 

 

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