Business Today: Chamber for Monday 9 December 2013

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

1 Laura Sandys (South Thanet)
What recent assessment he has made of the security of the UK's international supply chains. (901478)

2 Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
How much humanitarian assistance has been provided by his Department to (a) the Philippines and (b) other parts of the world in 2013; and how much funding for such assistance has been reimbursed to his Department to date. (901479)

3 Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling)
What assessment he has made of the Royal Navy's involvement in the relief operation in the Philippines. (901480)

4 Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire)
What estimate he has made of when service personnel who have suffered amputations will receive Genium prosthetics. (901481)

5 Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
What support local authorities have given to implementation of the Community Covenant. (901482)

6 John Howell (Henley)
What recent investment his Department has made in the armed forces' helicopter capabilities. (901483)

7 Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
What reports he has received on the use of the runway at MOD St Athan by private companies based in the nearby enterprise zone; and if he will make a statement. (901484)

8 Mr David Amess (Southend West)
What assessment he has made of his Department's contribution to relief of the humanitarian situation in the Philippines. (901485)

9 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What recent discussions he has had with the UK defence sector on the protection of intellectual property. (901486)

10 Steve Brine (Winchester)
What objections his Department has made to applications for onshore wind farms in the last 12 months. (901487)

11 Mr Robert Syms (Poole)
Which Urgent Operational Requirements he plans to bring into the core Ministry of Defence equipment programme. (901488)

12 Pat Glass (North West Durham)
When he plans to publish the most recent recruitment figures for the reserve forces. (901489)

13 Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What support his Department is providing to veterans with mental health problems. (901490)

14 Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What funding his Department is providing to improve the prosthetics available to military personnel who are amputees. (901491)

15 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
What progress he has made on rationalising the defence estate. (901492)

1 6 Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
How much funding from LIBOR fines has been distributed to military charities to support the Armed Forces Covenant to date. (901494)

1 7 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
What recent progress he has made on recruitment to the reserves. (901495)

1 8 Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)
What assessment he has made of the level of competition in the bidding process for the GoCo contract. (901496)

19 Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
What support local authorities have given to implementation of the Community Covenant. (901497)

2 0 Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire)
What recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on security in the Baltic region. (901498)

2 1 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)
What research his Department has commissioned since 2010 on gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the military. (901499)

2 2 Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)
What the future is of the defence estate in Wales; and if he will make a statement. (901500)

2 3 John Robertson (Glasgow North West)
What steps his Department is taking to encourage better relations between the EU and NATO. (901501)

2 4 Chris Williamson (Derby North)
What assessment he has made of the level of competition in the bidding process for the GoCo contract. (901502)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

T1 Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (901503)

T2 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (901504)

T3 Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (901505)

T4 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (901506)

T5 Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (901507)

T6 Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (901508)

T7 Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East) (901509)

T8 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (901510)

T9 Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (901511)

T10 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (901512)

 

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. intellectual property bill [lords]: Second Reading

Until 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Notes:

The National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly have each passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolutions are available in the Vote Office.

2. intellectual property bill [lords]: Programme

No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7))

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Intellectual Property Bill [Lords]:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 9 January 2014.

(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of the proceedings.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration.

(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

MOTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT 10.00PM

DEFERRED DIVISIONS

No debate ( Standing Order No. 41A(3))

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Secretary Theresa May relating to Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.

business of the house

No debate (Standing Order s No. 15 and No. 41(A)(3))

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, the Motion in the name of Mr Andrew Lansley relating to Business of the House (10 December) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

3. prevention and suppression of terrorism

Up to 90 minutes ( Standing Order No. 16(1))

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 2 December, be approved.

4. defence

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

Secretary Philip Hammond

That the draft Armed Forces (Remission of Fines) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 24 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

5. energy

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 28 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

6. business of the house (10 december)

Debate may continue until any hour (if the 10.00pm Business of the House Motion is agreed to)

Mr Andrew Lansley

That at the sitting on Tuesday 10 December, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 20 (Time for taking private business), the Private Business set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means may be entered upon at any hour, and may then be proceeded with, though opposed, for three hours, after which the Speaker shall interrupt the business.

7. backbench business

Until 10.00pm ( Standing Order No. 9(3))

Rural Communities

Miss Anne McIntosh

That this House has considered rural communities.

Relevant documents:

Sixth Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Rural Communities, HC 602, and the Government response, HC 764.

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

8. political and constitutional reform

No debate after 10.00pm ( Standing Order No. 9(6))

Greg Hands

That Robert Neill be a member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee.

9. backbench business

No debate after 10.00pm ( Standing Order No. 9(6))

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Mr Marcus Jones and Mr Mark Spencer be discharged from the Backbench Business Committee and Oliver Colvile and Alec Shelbrooke be added.

10. finance and services

No debate after 10.00pm ( Standing Order No. 9(6))

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Mr James Gray be discharged from the Finance and Services Committee and Mr Robert Syms be added.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Improving dementia care and services in the UK: A lec Shelbrooke

 

 

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Defence

1. Central African Republic–United Nations Security Council Resolution

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

2 . Clean energy infrastructure

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3 . Appointment of Judges and Advocate-General to the Court of Justice of the European Union

4 . Ministerial Correction: FCO Questions 29 October 2013–China

5 . Westminster Foundation for Democracy Framework Agreement

Secretary of State for the Home Department

6 . Statement of changes in immigration rules

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

7 . Social security benefits up-rating

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 Value Added Tax (Flat-rate Valuation of Supplies of Fuel for Private Use) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2911)

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Public Accounts

Subject: Programme to help families facing multiple challenges

Witnesses: Ashley Ayre, Strategic Director, Communities and Families, Bath and North East Somerset Council, Colette O’Brien, Director, Children and Young People’s Services, Liverpool City Council, and David Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, Family Action; Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government and Head of the Home Civil Service, Louise Casey, Director General, Troubled Families, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions (at 4.00pm)

Room 15

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: Autumn Statement 2013

Witnesses: Robert Chote, Chairman, Steve Nickell CBE, and Graham Parker CBE, Members, Budget Responsibility Committee, Office for Budget Responsibility

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

3.45pm (private), 4.00pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: (i) Performance of the Department 2013; (ii) #askpickles

Witnesses: (i) Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State, Nick Boles MP, Kris Hopkins MP, Brandon Lewis MP, and Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, Department for Communities and Local Government; (ii) Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (at 5.15pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Energy Generation in Wales: Shale Gas

Witnesses: Ron Loveland, Energy Advisor, Welsh Government

Room 5

4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts

Witnesses: Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State, Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, Howard Shiplee CBE, Universal Credit Director General, and Mike Driver, Finance Director General, Department for Work and Pensions

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

4.15pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

Administration

Room 16

4.30pm (private)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS TO BE PUBLISHED

 TRANSPORT

10th Special Report: Access to transport for disabled people: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 870

Date and time of publication: Friday 6 December 0.01 am

 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

25th Report, HC 83-xxii

Date and time of publication: Friday 6 December 11.00am

 POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

3rd Special Report: Revisiting Rebuilding the House: the impact of the Wright reforms: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2013–14, HC 910

Date and time of publication: Monday 9 December 10.00am

 STANDARDS

7th Report: The House of Commons Code of Conduct and the Criminal Law, HC 903

Date and time of publication: Monday 9 December 11.00am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 17 December to Thursday 19 December

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 11 December. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 12 December.

 FUTURE DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING IN WESTMINSTER HALL

Week beginning 16 December

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 10 December. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 11 December.

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Health; Northern Ireland; Treasury; Wales; Women and Equalities.

Weeks beginning 6 January and 20 January

Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Health; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Treasury; Women and Equalities.

Weeks beginning 13 January and 27 January

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; International Development; Justice; Transport; Wales; Work and Pensions.

 Notices of Meetings of General Committees

A Public Bill Committee will meet on Tuesday 10 December at 8.55am and 1.30pm and Thursday 12 December at 11.30am and 2.00pm further to consider the Water Bill.

A Public Bill Committee will meet on Tuesday 10 December at 8.55am and 2.00pm and Thursday 12 December at 11.30am and 2.00pm to consider the Mesothelioma Bill [Lords].*

A Public Bill Committee will meet on Wednesday 11 December at 1.30pm to consider the Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill.

A Public Bill Committee will meet on Wednesday 11 December at 3.00pm to consider the Gender Equality (International Development) Bill.

European Committee B will meet on Wednesday 11 December at 8.55am to consider European Union Document No. 7075/13, a Commission Communication: A decent life for all: ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future.

The First Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 9 December at 4.30pm to consider the Value Added Tax (Flat-rate Valuation of Supplies of Fuel for Private Use) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2911).

The Second Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Wednesday 11 December at 2.30pm to consider the draft International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ninth Replenishment) Order 2013.

The Third Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Tuesday 10 December at 2.30pm to consider the draft Infrastructure Planning (Business or Commercial Projects) Regulations 2013.

* Subject to the Committee agreeing to the programme.