Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 28 January 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1George Freeman (Mid Norfolk)
What fiscal steps the Government is taking to support women who want to set up businesses. (902208)

2Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
What assessment he has made of the effect of freezing fuel duty on the price of petrol. (902209)

3Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses. (902210)

4Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
What recent fiscal steps he has taken to help high street businesses. (902211)

5Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
What recent steps he has taken to reduce income tax. (902212)

6Keith Vaz (Leicester East)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on introducing an additional tax on drinks with a high sugar content. (902213)

7Margot James (Stourbridge)
What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses. (902214)

8Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West)
What steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living for those on low incomes. (902215)

9Andrew Griffiths (Burton)
What assessment has he made of the effect on the brewing industry of the reduction in beer duty announced in the 2013 Budget. (902216)

10Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield)
What recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty. (902217)

11Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of domestic energy prices on consumer price inflation. (902218)

12Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses. (902219)

13Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase)
What assessment he has made of the level of recent job creation in the private sector. (902220)

14Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire)
If he will extend eligibility for child benefit and tax credits to the households of young people who are undertaking apprenticeships. (902221)

15Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham)
What recent progress his Department has made on implementing the National Infrastructure Plan. (902222)

16Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
What recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty. (902223)

17John Pugh (Southport)
What assessment his Department has made of the effect of immigration on national wage levels. (902224)

18Mr David Ward (Bradford East)
What steps he is taking to ensure the continued use of cheques. (902225)

19Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire)
What recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of current regulations relating to income earned from pensions annuities. (902226)

20Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support micro-businesses (a) on and (b) off the Isle of Wight. (902227)

21Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)
What recent steps he has taken to reduce income tax. (902228)

22Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North)
What fiscal steps the Government is taking to support women who want to set up businesses. (902229)

23Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax)
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of domestic energy prices on consumer price inflation. (902230)

24John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead)
What recent assessment he has made of the level of child poverty. (902231)

At 12.15 pm

Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

T1Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (902198)

T2Philip Davies (Shipley) (902199)

T3Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay) (902200)

T4Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (902201)

T5Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (902202)

T6Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (902203)

T7Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (902205)

T8Andy Sawford (Corby) (902206)

T9Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (902207)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. sex establishments (regulation): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Diana Johnson

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the statutory regulation of sex establishments; to amend the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982; to require local authorities to adhere to the existing voluntary licensing framework for sex establishments; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. consumer rights bill: second reading

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Relevant documents:

Sixth Report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Draft Consumer Rights Bill, HC 697 i-iii, and the Government Response, Cm 8796

3. consumer rights bill: programme

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Consumer Rights Bill:

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 Thursday 13 March 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 three hours after the commencement of the proceedings.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four 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 Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

4. consumer rights bill: money

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

Sajid Javid

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Consumer Rights Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(a) any expenses incurred by a Minister of the Crown or a government department under the Act; and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

MOTION TO BE TAKEN AT 7.00PM

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 Vince Cable relating to the Consumer Rights Bill Carry-over.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

5. consumer rights bill: carry-over

No debate (Standing Order No. 80A(1)(a))

Secretary Vince Cable

That if, at the conclusion of this Session of Parliament, proceedings on the Consumer Rights Bill have not been completed, they shall be resumed in the next Session.

6. immigration

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 16 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

7. education

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

Secretary Michael Gove

That the draft Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) (Extension and Amendment) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 13 January, be approved.

Notes:

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

8. northern ireland

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

Secretary Theresa Villiers

That the draft District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 18 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Disclosure of evidence and the case of Mr John Elam: Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

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 No. 10(1)).

9.30am

Education funding for 18 year olds: Kate Green

11.00am

UK Bill of Rights: Mr Graham Allen

Notes:

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

2.30pm

First Capital Connect’s franchise agreement and the Hertford loop: Nick de Bois

4.00pm

Kings Science Academy in Bradford: Mr David Ward

4.30pm

Pollution of the Tyne River from the former tar works site in Walker: Mr Nicholas Brown

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.Office of Fair Trading: Contingencies Fund Advance

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

2.ECOFIN 28 January 2014

3.Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 October 2013 to 31 December 2013

Deputy Prime Minister

4.Boundary Commission for England

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

Care Bill [Lords]

Further to consider the Bill

Room 9

8.55am (public), 2.00pm (public)

Intellectual Property Bill [Lords]

To consider the Bill

Room 12

8.55am (public), 2.00pm (public)

 DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Localism Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014

Room 10

8.55am (public)

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2014

Room 10

2.30pm (public)

Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Commons (Town and Village Greens) (Trigger and Terminating Events) Order 2013

Room 11

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Business-University collaboration: The Fraunhofer UK Model

Witnesses: Professor Martin Dawson, Head, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics and Research Director, Institute of Photonics, and Professor Graham Wren, Chair, Business Engagement, University of Strathclyde

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Committee of Privileges

Subject: Matter of Privilege referred to the Committee on 9 October 2013

Witnesses: Tim Loughton MP, Chief Constable Martin Richards and Mr Robin Merrett (retired Assistant Chief Constable), Sussex Police; Sir Robert Rogers KCB, Clerk, David Natzler, Clerk Assistant, and Michael Carpenter, Speaker’s Counsel, House of Commons (at 10.30am)

Room 8

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: IPCC 5th Assessment Review

Witnesses: Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, Professor Myles Allen, University of Oxford, and Dr Peter Stott, Met Office; Professor Richard Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nicholas Lewis, Climate researcher, and Donna Laframboise, Author (at 10.30am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Crime reduction policies: a co-ordinated approach?

Witnesses: Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI, Professor Andromachi Tseloni, Professor of Criminology, Loughborough University, and Professor Mike Hough, Professor of Criminal Policy and Associate Director, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London

Room 5

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Citizen and public services

Witnesses: Ian Downie, Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships, Serco, Sean Williams, Managing Director, G4S Contact, Employment, Investigation and Resourcing Solutions, Joe Hemming, Senior Vice President, Public Sector, Atos, and Patrick Smith, Market Director, Central Government, Capita; Danny Kruger, Chief Executive, Only Connect, Charlotte Ravenscroft, Head, Policy and Research, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and Kerrie Eastman, Chief Operations Officer, Streets2Homes (at 10.30am)

Room 15

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Project Verde

Witnesses: Rodney Baker-Bates, former Chair, Britannia Building Society and former Deputy Chair, The Co-operative Bank, and David Davies, former Deputy Chair, The Co-operative Bank

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Dealing with Complaints Against the Press

Witnesses: Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE, Chair, and Michael McManus, Executive Director (Transition), Press Complaints Commission; Jonathan Heawood, Founding Director, Impress Project (at 11.30am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: UK policy towards Iran

Witnesses: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Ben Wallace MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, and Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick, members, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Iran; Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies (at 3.30pm)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Defence

Subject: Afghanistan

Witnesses: Lieutenant General James Everard, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations), Vincent Devine, Director Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, and Neil Crompton, Director for Afghanistan and South Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Health

Room 6

2.00pm (private)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Land Reform in Scotland

Witnesses: Professor David Adams, Glasgow University, and Professor Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics

Room 5

2.00pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Home Affairs

Subject: Counter-terrorism

Witnesses: Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator, Council of the European Union; Jean-Paul Labrode, UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, United Nations (at 3.30pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament

Room 16

2.55pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

 Joint Committees

Draft Modern Slavery Bill

Subject: Draft Modern Slavery Bill

Witnesses: Dr Maggie Atkinson, Children’s Commissioner, Office of the Children’s Commissioner; AIRE Centre (at 11.15am)

Room 4A

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Draft Modern Slavery Bill

Subject: Draft Modern Slavery Bill

Witnesses: Julia Harris, Managing Director, Childcare Recruitment Company Ltd, and Chris Randall, Solicitor, Bates Wells Braithwaite; Professor Bridget Anderson, Migration and Citizenship, COMPAS, Dr Virginia Mantouvalou, Reader in Human Rights and Labour Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights, University College London, Kate Roberts, Community Advocate, Kalayaan, and Marissa Begonia, Coordinator, Justice for Domestic Workers (at 3.00pm)

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

 Other Committees

Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Room 21

3.30pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

39th Report: The Sovereign Grant, HC 665

Time of publication: 00.01am

 WORK AND PENSIONS

2nd Report: The role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, HC 479

Time of publication: 00.01am

 JOINT COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

18th Report: HC 166-xviii

Time of publication: 09.30am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 4 February to Monday 10 February

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 29 January. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 30 January.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 3 February

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 28 January. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 29 January.

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; International Development; Wales; Women and Equalities.

Weeks beginning 10 February and 3 March

Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Health; Home Office; Justice; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Work and Pensions.

Week beginning 24 February

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; International Development; Wales; Women and Equalities.