Business Today: Chamber for Monday 3 February 2014

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

1Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Whether the UK received advance notice of the recent deployment of Russian naval ships to the north of Scotland. (902313)

2Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War. (902314)

3Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What support his Department has offered to the Burmese army; and what his Department's objectives are for such work. (902315)

4Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
What steps he is taking to ensure that suppliers to his Department receive prompt payment. (902316)

5Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)
What his future plans are for the defence estate in Wales; and if he will make a statement. (902317)

6Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central)
What recent progress his Department has made on its study of the surrender of armed forces widows' pensions. (902318)

7Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North)
What assessment he has made of the proportion of women in senior military posts. (902319)

8Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
What his priorities are in respect of the Armed Forces Covenant in 2014. (902320)

9Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes)
What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces. (902321)

10Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War. (902322)

11Jonathan Lord (Woking)
What progress he has made on improving the efficiency of the European Defence Agency. (902323)

12Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces. (902324)

13Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the mental health of armed forces veterans. (902325)

14Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
What steps his Department is taking to support veterans of nuclear weapons tests. (902326)

15Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
What his policy is on defence co-operation between the UK and EU and NATO member states; and if he will make a statement. (902327)

16Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown)
What contribution the armed forces will make to commemorations of the start of the First World War. (902328)

17John Howell (Henley)
What plans he has to upgrade the armed forces' helicopter capabilities. (902329)

18Henry Smith (Crawley)
What recent progress has been made on the return of British forces from Germany. (902330)

19Julie Hilling (Bolton West)
What his policy is on the use of private contractors and agency workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement. (902331)

20Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
What his policy is on the use of private contractors and agency workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement. (902333)

21Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
What progress he made in improving the IT system used for recruitment to the armed forces. (902334)

22Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces. (902335)

23Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth)
What progress he has made in improving recruitment to the armed forces. (902336)

24Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire)
What his priorities are in respect of the Armed Forces Covenant in 2014. (902337)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

T1David Mowat (Warrington South)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (902353)

T2Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (902354)

T3Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (902355)

T4Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (902356)

T5Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (902357)

T6Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green) (902358)

T7Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (902360)

T8Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (902361)

T9Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (902362)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. deregulation bill: second reading

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

Caroline Lucas

Jonathan Edwards

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Deregulation Bill because, whilst acknowledging that removing unnecessary burdens on small businesses is welcome, the Bill fails to recognise the social, economic and environmental benefits of effective regulation and contains a number of extremely damaging proposals including: the watering down of safety protections for employees that will leave workers at greater risk of injury, ill-health and abuse; the erosion of protection of journalistic sources and against police seizure of journalistic material, which threatens the basis of the free press; and the imposition of a growth duty on non-economic regulators such as Natural England and the Health and Safety Executive, which is irresponsible and risks undermining their core roles; further considers that this Bill is another illustration of a Government which is embarking on a deregulatory path without due consideration of warnings, including from businesses, that effective regulation is essential to create jobs and innovation and that ripping up vital green legislation risks locking the UK into polluting industrial processes for decades to come, jeopardising future competitiveness, damaging the UK’s attractiveness for green investment, and undermining new industries; and further believes that this Bill represents a race to the bottom and an obsession with GDP growth at any cost which is not in the public interest.

Relevant documents:

Report from the Joint Committee on the draft Deregulation Bill, HC 925, and the Government Response Cm 8808

2. deregulation bill: PROGRAMME

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

Mr Oliver Letwin

That the following provisions shall apply to the Deregulation Bill:

Committal

(1) That 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 Tuesday 25 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 one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

(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.

3. deregulation bill: money

No debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a))

Sajid Javid

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Deregulation Bill, it is expedient to authorise:

(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided; and

(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.

Notes:

Queen’s recommendation signified.

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 Mr Oliver Letwin relating to the Deregulation Bill Carry-over.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

4. DEREGULATION BILL: carry-over

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

Mr Oliver Letwin

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

5. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

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

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 12989/13, the 2012 Annual Report from the Commission on relations between the European Commission and national parliaments, and No. 13002/13, the Commission Annual Report on subsidiarity and proportionality; recognises the importance of the principle of subsidiarity and the value of stronger interaction between national parliaments and the EU Institutions; and welcomes the Government’s commitment to increasing the power of national parliaments in EU decision-making by strengthening and, where possible, enhancing current provisions.

Notes:

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

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Children’s centres in Somerset: Tessa Munt

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1.Regional Growth Fund–update

Minister for the Cabinet Office

2.Security Vetting Appeals Panel (Triennial Review)

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

3.Flood response and recovery

4.New Homes Bonus

Secretary of State for the Home Department

5.Visa regulations

The Prime Minister

6.United Kingdom–France summit 2014

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 Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

Second Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Child Support Fees Regulations 2014 and the draft Child Support (Ending Liability in Existing Cases and Transition to New Calculation Rules) Regulations 2014

Room 10

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Education

Room 5

3.00pm (private)

Public Accounts

Subject: BBC Digital Media Initiative

Witnesses: John Linwood, former Chief Technology Officer, BBC; Mark Thompson, former Director General, Caroline Thomson, former Chief Operating Officer, Anthony Fry, former Trustee, Dominic Coles, Director of Operations, and Zarin Patel, former Financial Officer, BBC (at 3.45pm)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Fiscal devolution to cities and city regions

Witnesses: Councillor David Hodge, Chair, County Councils Network, Tom Riordan, Core Cities Group, and Professor Andy Pike, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University; Councillor Peter Box, Chair, Key Cities Group, Ed Cox, Director, Institute for Public Policy Research North, and Liz Peace, Chief Executive, British Property Federation (at 5.15pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Financial Scrutiny: Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13

Witnesses: Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State, Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, and Mike Driver, Director General for Finance, Department for Work and Pensions

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

4.15pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

Administration

Room 16

4.30pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED

 Home Affairs

13th Report: The work of the Permanent Secretary, HC 233

Date and time of publication: Friday 31 January 00.01am

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

40th Report: Maternity services in England, HC 776

Date and time of publication: Friday 31 January 00.01am

 JOINT COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

19th Report, HC 166-xix

Date and time of publication: Monday 3 February 10.30am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 11 February to Thursday 13 February

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 5 February. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 6 February.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 10 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 4 February. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 5 February.

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.

Week beginning 3 March

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

 Notices of Meetings of General Committees

A Public Bill Committee will meet on Tuesday 4 February at 8.55am further to consider the Care Bill [Lords].

A Programming Sub-Committee in respect of the Consumer Rights Bill will meet on Thursday 6 February at 10.45am.

The Welsh Grand Committee will meet on Wednesday 5 February at 9.30am and 2.00pm to consider the Government Response to Part 1 of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.

European Committee B will meet on Tuesday 4 February at 2.30pm to consider the Unnumbered European Union Documents, the European Court of Auditors Annual Report concerning the financial year 2012 and the European Court of Auditors Annual Report on the activities funded by the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds (EDFs), together with European Union Document No. 12772/13 and Addenda 1 to 5, a Commission Report to the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests: Fight against fraud 2012 Annual Report.

European Committee B will meet on Wednesday 5 February at 8.55am to consider the Unnumbered European Union Document, the European Court of Auditors Special Report No. 9/2013-EU support for governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The First Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 3 February at 4.30pm to consider the draft Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014.

The Second Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Monday 3 February at 4.30pm to consider the draft Child Support Fees Regulations 2014 and the draft Child Support (Ending Liability in Existing Cases and Transition to New Calculation Rules) Regulations 2014.

The Third Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Tuesday 4 February at 8.55am to consider the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2014 and the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consumer Credit) (Designated Activities) Order 2014.

The Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Tuesday 4 February at 2.30pm to consider the draft Public Bodies (Modifications of Functions of OFCOM) Order 2013.

The Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Tuesday 4 February at 2.30pm to consider the draft Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the draft Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4 and Consequential Provision) Order 2013, the draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2013 and the draft Representation of the People (Ballot Paper) Regulations 2013.

The Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Wednesday 5 February at 2.30pm to consider the draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2014.

The Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee will meet on Wednesday 5 February at 2.30pm to consider the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

 IMMIGRATION BILL: CORRECTION

The names of the following Members were printed in error as supporting New Clause 15 and amendment 62 to the Immigration Bill:

Mr Brooks Newmark

Caroline Dinenage