Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 8 April 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

Transport for London Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Second reading of Bill: no debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order No. 20)

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr Andy Slaughter

John McDonnell

On Second Reading of the Transport for London Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

1Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton)
What recent reports he has received on the situation in Ukraine. (903573)

2Ian Lavery (Wansbeck)
What recent progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. (903574)

3Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland)
If he will make it his policy to publish a list of all meetings between Ministers of his Department and officials since May 2010. (903575)

4Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on repatriation of powers from the EU. (903578)

5Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
What recent assessment he has made of respect for freedom of religion or belief worldwide and how it can be improved. (903579)

6Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What steps he is taking to address human rights abuses in North Korea. (903580)

7Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West)
What his priorities are for tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity internationally; and what steps the Government is taking to promote the rights of LGBT people worldwide. (903581)

8Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford)
What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Ukraine. (903582)

9Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Brazil on closer economic and political co-operation between that country and the UK. (903583)

10Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe)
What recent assessment he has made of the political and security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (903584)

11Ann McKechin (Glasgow North)
What recent assessment he has made of progress in peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. (903585)

12Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
What recent assessment he has made of threats to the territorial integrity of Ukraine. (903586)

13Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton)
What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council on global efforts to uphold universal human rights. (903587)

14David Mowat (Warrington South)
What discussions he has had with the Libyan government on reparations for people killed in attacks made using Libyan Semtex. (903588)

15Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
What contribution the UK is making to international provision for displaced Syrians. (903590)

16Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell)
What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Ukraine. (903591)

17Steve Baker (Wycombe)
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the political and economic situation in Jammu and Kashmir on the families of British people resident in that territory. (903592)

18Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
When he last met ministers of the government of Malaysia; and what issues were discussed at that meeting. (903593)

19Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
What assessment he has made of the prospects for free and fair elections in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement. (903595)

20Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on repatriation of powers from the EU. (903596)

21John Mann (Bassetlaw)
What recent assessment he has made of the political and human rights situation in Burundi; and what repesentations he has made to the government of that country on that matter. (903597)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

T1Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (903563)

T2Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (903564)

T3Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (903565)

T4Naomi Long (Belfast East) (903566)

T5Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (903567)

T6Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (903568)

T7Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (903570)

T8Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (903571)

T9Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (903572)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. National Health Service (Right to Treatment): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Hugh Bayley

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ensure that medical treatment prescribed as necessary by a doctor or other medical professional must be provided unless the type of treatment is not approved by the Secretary of State or the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish a national register of cases where such prescribed treatment is refused; to introduce a mechanism for appeal against decisions about provision of medical treatments; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. Finance (No. 2) Bill: Committee (Day 1)

Until 7.30pm (Order of 1 April)

Notes:

For amendments see separate paper.

Proceedings on New Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clauses 5 to 7 and Schedule 1 will be brought to a conclusion at 3.30pm; proceedings on New Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clause 1 will be brought to a conclusion at 5.30pm; and proceedings on New Clauses and new Schedules relating to tax relief in connection with the costs of childcare will be brought to a conclusion at 7.30pm (Order of 1 April).

3. DANGEROUS DRUGS

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 5 March, be approved.

Notes:

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

4. COUNTY COURT

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft County Court Remedies Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 10 March, be approved.

Notes:

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

5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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

Secretary Eric Pickles

That the draft Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 13 March, be approved.

Notes:

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

6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order of 31 March)

Secretary Vince Cable

That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, in respect of certain British Business Bank programmes, sums exceeding £10 million and up to a cumulative total of £100 million in respect of the Business Angel Co-investment Fund; and sums exceeding £10 million and up to a cumulative £380 million in respect of the Start-Up Loans programme.

Notes:

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

7. ENERGY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 10 March, be approved.

Notes:

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

8. EUROPE FOR CITIZENS PROGRAMME 2014-20

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

Mr Edward Vaizey

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 18719/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Regulation establishing for the period 2014–2020 the programme Europe for Citizens; further notes that the remembrance activities with which it is concerned will include the commemoration of those who died in two World Wars, including the Holocaust; further notes that the programme also supports citizens’ more active civic participation in the EU institutions for the purposes of education, accountability and transparency; further notes the success that the UK has achieved against its key priorities, and in particular the reduction in budget to just under €185.5 million from €215 million for the 2007–13 programme; further notes the potential value of the programme to UK citizens and organisations at the time of the centenary of the outbreak of World War I; and supports the view of the Government that it is right for the UK to support the draft Regulation and enable its implementation.

Notes:

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

9. THE POSTING OF WORKERS

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

Jenny Willott

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 8040/12 and Addenda 1 to 3, a draft Directive on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services; supports the Government’s efforts to ensure protection for workers posted to the UK from other Member States and for UK workers who are posted to the EU; and further supports the Government’s active co-operation with other Member States to ensure that there are limits on the administrative burdens on UK businesses who post or receive posted workers, whilst encouraging growth within the single market.

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))

Transparency and public trust in business: Lisa Nandy

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

Broadband in the north of England: Andrew Jones

11.00am

Anti-social behaviour and renting of houses for stag and hen parties: Mr Robert Syms

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Military credit union: Mr Gareth Thomas

4.00pm

Fairness in pension provision for contributors: Mr Brian H. Donohoe

4.30pm

Business lending: Andrew George

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.UK Coal

Minister for the Cabinet Office

2.Indemnity arrangements for Returning Officers: European Parliamentary elections May 2014

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3.Publication of summary of the Government’s activities in Burma

Secretary of State for Justice

4.Guardianship of Property and Affairs of Missing Persons

Leader of the House

5.State Opening of Parliament

Prime Minister

6.Annual report from the Interception of Communications Commissioner

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 A

To consider ECA: European Union Documents No. 5644/14 and Addenda 1 and 2, a Commission Communication: A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030, No. 5706/14 and Addenda 1 to 5, a Commission Communication on the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, such as shale gas, using high volume hydraulic fracturing in the EU, and No. 5700/14, a Commission recommendation on minimum principles for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, such as shale gas, using high volume hydraulic fracturing

Room 12

8.55am (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Adult Literacy and Numeracy

Witnesses: Matthew Hancock MP, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Room 6

9.00am (private), 10.00am (public)

Justice

Subject: The work of the Youth Justice Board

Witnesses: Lord McNally, Chair, and Lin Hinnigan, Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board

Room 8

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Civil Service impartiality and referendums

Witnesses: Professor Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, and Professor Jim Gallagher, University of Oxford

Room 16

9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

Committee on Standards

Room 13

9.30am (private)

International Development

Subject: UK's Development Work in the Middle East

Witnesses: Maria Calivis, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF, Amin Awad, Director of Middle East and North Africa Office, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Mourad Wahba, Deputy Regional Director, Division for Arab States, UNDP; Yossi Mekelberg, Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Regent’s University, London, Tony Laurance, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and Nicola Cobbold, Chief Executive Officer, Portland Trust (at 11.00am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Budget 2014

Witnesses: Otto Thoresen, Director General, Association of British Insurers; Andrew Courts, Member, ACCA Global Tax Forum, Frank Haskew, Head of Tax Faculty, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Patrick Stevens, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation (at 10.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Future of the BBC

Witnesses: Lord Burns GCB, former independent adviser to the Secretary of State on the BBC 2006 Charter review, Philip Graf CBE, former Deputy Chairman, Ofcom (between 2006-11), and Richard Hooper CBE, founding Deputy Chairman, Ofcom (between 2002-05); Dan Brooke, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Channel 4, and Magnus Brooke, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, ITV (at 11.30am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Foreign Affairs

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private)

Defence

Room 17

2.00pm (private)

Health

Subject: Handling of NHS Patient Data

Witnesses: Kingsley Manning, Chair, and Max Jones, Director of Information and Data Services, Health and Social Care Information Centre

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland

Witnesses: Councillor Steven Heddle, Orkney Islands Council, Councillor Angus Campbell, Council Leader, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, and Councillor Gary Robinson, Shetland Islands Council

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Home Affairs

Subject: (i) The work of the Home Secretary; (ii) Reform of the Police Federation

Witnesses: (i) Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary; (ii) Sir David Normington GCB, Chair, Independent Review of the Police Federation (at 4.30pm); Martyn Mordecai, Treasurer, Police Federation (at 5.00pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.15pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament to apply for debates, including on: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion around the world; Defence spending; The future of the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine; Cervical cancer screening tests and the case of Sophie Jones; Fairer funding for education and the f40 campaign; Protecting children in conflict; Political and human rights situation in the Great Lakes region

Room 16

2.55pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Power disruption due to severe weather

Witnesses: Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State, and Mark Prouse, Energy Resilience, Department for Energy and Climate Change

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

3.15pm (private), 3.30pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT MODERN SLAVERY BILL

1st Report: Draft Modern Slavery Bill, HC 1019

Time of publication: 00.01am

 European Scrutiny

44th Report, HC 83-xxxix

Time of publication: 11.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Monday 28 April to Thursday 1 May

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 9 April. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 10 April.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 28 April

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or the rise of House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 8 April. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 9 April.

Business, Innovation and Skills; Communities and Local Government; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport.

Weeks beginning 5 May and 19 May

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Deputy Prime Minister; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Home Office; Treasury; Wales; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions.

Week beginning 12 May

Business, Innovation and Skills; Communities and Local Government; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport.

 EASTER Adjournment 2014

Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 5.30pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 10 April. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 10 April and before 4.30pm on Friday 25 April will be treated as having been tabled on 25 April.

Questions for oral answer

Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns:

The results of the shuffles on 10 April will be published on 11 April. They will be available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfutoral/futoral.pdf

For further details of last tabling days for other departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-table-office/order-of-oral-questions1.pdf

Notes:

* The latest time for tabling is 12.30pm on each of these days

** First sitting day after adjournment

Questions for written answer