Business Today: Chamber for Thursday 10 April 2014

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)
What steps the Government is taking to encourage firms to pay a living wage. (903648)

2Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central)
What recent estimate he has made of the RAB charge on student loans. (903649)

3Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
What progress he has made on rebalancing the economy across the UK. (903650)

4Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
What recent assessment he has made of the performance of UK Trade and Investment in supporting exports. (903651)

5Chris Williamson (Derby North)
What steps the Government is taking to encourage firms to pay a living wage. (903653)

6Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What steps he is taking to ensure that universities remain financially sustainable in the long term. (903656)

7Mel Stride (Central Devon)
What recent support he has provided to small businesses. (903657)

8Mr Robin Walker (Worcester)
What steps he is taking to promote trade opportunities for UK business in high-growth markets. (903658)

9Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
What recent steps he is taking to support women in business and encourage more women to enter business. (903660)

10Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
What estimate his Department has made of the contribution of life sciences to the UK economy. (903661)

11Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon)
What steps he is taking to help small and medium-sized businesses to export. (903662)

12Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
What assessment he has made of the value for money for the public purse of the recent sale of shares in Royal Mail. (903664)

13Jessica Morden (Newport East)
What assessment he has made of the value for money for the public purse of the recent sale of shares in Royal Mail. (903666)

14Adam Afriyie (Windsor)
What recent steps he has taken to encourage young people to get involved in business. (903667)

15Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
What steps he is taking to improve productivity. (903668)

16David Mowat (Warrington South)
What steps he is taking to support energy-intensive industries. (903670)

17Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury)
What steps he is taking to help small and medium-sized businesses to export. (903671)

At 10.15am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

T1Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (903639)

T2Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (903640)

T3Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (903641)

T4Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (903642)

T5Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (903643)

T6Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (903644)

T7John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (903646)

T8Philip Davies (Shipley) (903647)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

10.30am

Urgent Questions (if any)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Select Committee Statement on the publication of the Thirteenth Report from the Public Administration Select Committee, on Caught red-handed: Why we can’t count on Police Recorded Crime statistics, HC 760

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment

Mr David Amess, on behalf of the Backbench Business Committee

That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment.

Notes:

The Select Committee statement and the subject for debate were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 5.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Treatment of cystic fibrosis: Kerry McCarthy

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

The sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1))

1.30pm

Police response to domestic violence: Mary Macleod

Notes:

The debate will arise on a Motion for the adjournment, to be moved by a Minister.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

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

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1.Regional Growth Fund (update)

2.Update on matters concerning UK Coal Production Ltd

Secretary of State for Defence

3.24 Commando Engineer Regiment

4.Triennial Review of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body

Secretary of State for Education

5.Careers guidance

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

6.Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013

7.Foreign Affairs Council and Defence Foreign Affairs Council: 14-15 April

8.Informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich): 4-5 April 2014

Secretary of State for the Home Department

9.Gangmasters Licensing Authority

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

10.First Independent Review of Personal Independence Payment Assessment

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 B

To consider European Document No. 11846/12, a draft Council Regulation on the establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis

Room 10

11.30am (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft International Tax Enforcement (British Virgin Islands) Order 2014, the draft International Tax Enforcement (Uruguay) Order 2014, the draft International Tax Enforcement (Anguilla) Order 2014, the draft International Tax Enforcement (Gibraltar) Order 2014 and the draft International Tax Enforcement (Turks and Caicos Islands) Order 2014

Room 9

11.30am (public)

 Select Committees

Political and Constitutional Reform

Subject: Individual Electoral Registration - April 2014

Witnesses: Mark Sweeney, Constitution Director and Senior Responsible Owner, and Colin Dingwall, Programme Director, Electoral Registration Transformation Programme, and Alex Thomas, Deputy Director, Elections and Parliament Division, Cabinet Office

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

11th Report: Disability and Development, HC 947

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Public Accounts

52nd Report: BBC Digital Media Initiative, HC 985

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Members Estimate

1st Report: Consolidated list of provisions of the Resolutions of the House relating to expenditure charged to the Estimate for House of Commons: Members as at 7 April 2014, HC 1217

Time of publication: 10.00am

 Statutory Instruments

6th Report, HC 304-vi

Time of publication: 10.30am

 European Scrutiny

45th Report, HC 83-xl

Time of publication: 11.00am

 REGULATORY REFORM

5th Report: Draft Legislative Reform (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Order 2014, HC 1224

Time of publication: 11.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 5 May

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

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.

Week beginning 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.

 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