Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 7 May 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

1Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)
What assessment he has made of the potential effects of Scottish independence on border parliamentary constituencies. (903823)

2Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran)
What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effects of housing benefit changes in Scotland. (903824)

3John Robertson (Glasgow North West)
What assessment he has made of the effects of recent trends in household energy bills on standards of living in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. (903825)

4David Mowat (Warrington South)
What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the potential role of the Bank of England in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country. (903826)

5Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on a potential currency union with an independent Scotland. (903827)

6Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South)
What assessment he has made of the potential effects of Scottish independence on cross-border trade and employment. (903828)

7Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West)
To ask the Secretary of State what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures in Scotland. (903829)

8Jim McGovern (Dundee West)
What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on consular support for Scottish citizens overseas in the event of Scottish independence. (903830)

9Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effects of housing benefit changes in Scotland. (903831)

10Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on a potential currency union with an independent Scotland. (903832)

11Mr Mike Weir (Angus)
What recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on Project TransmiT and its effects in Scotland. (903833)

12Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire)
What assessment he has made of the effects on Scotland of the reduction of the additional rate of tax. (903834)

13Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What progress the Government has made on implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement. (903835)

14Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
What recent assessment he has made of the economic potential of the Scottish Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement. (903836)

15Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East)
What assessment he has made of the potential implications of Scottish independence for the regions on either side of the English-Scottish border. (903837)

At 12.00pm

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1Mel Stride (Central Devon)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 May. (903873)

Q2Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (903874)

Q3Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (903875)

Q4Margot James (Stourbridge) (903876)

Q5Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (903877)

Q6Andrew Griffiths (Burton) (903878)

Q7David Rutley (Macclesfield) (903879)

Q8Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (903880)

Q9Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (903881)

Q10Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (903882)

Q11Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (903883)

Q12Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (903884)

Q13Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (903885)

Q14Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (903886)

Q15Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (903887)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Smoke Alarms (Private Rented Sector): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Mr Nick Raynsford

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for the mandatory installation of smoke alarms in privately rented accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. WATER BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2)

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

Secretary Owen Paterson

That the following provisions shall apply to the Water Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 25 November 2013 (Water Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement at today’s sitting.

(2) The proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Lords Amendments Nos. 15 to 30, 32, 33, 43 to 64, 101 to 103, 107 to 147, 1 to 14, 31, 34 to 42, 65, 66, 104, 67 to 100, 105, 106.

Subsequent stages

(3) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

(4) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

3. WATER BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Up to three hours (if the Water Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion is agreed to)

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Water Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion if it is agreed to by the House.

Lords Amendment 142 engages financial privilege.

4. IMMIGRATION BILL: MONEY (NO. 2)

Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b))

Nicky Morgan

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Immigration Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by a statutory body or recognised charitable organisation.

Notes:

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

 MOTION TO BE TAKEN AT 7.00PM

DEFERRED DIVISIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 41(A)(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 Nicky Morgan relating to Immigration Bill: Money (No. 2).

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

5. IMMIGRATION BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2)

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the following provisions shall apply to the Immigration Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 22 October 2013 (Immigration Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement at today’s sitting.

(2) The proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table.

(3) The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

Table

Subsequent stages

(4) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

(5) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

6. IMMIGRATION BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Up to three hours (if the Immigration Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion is agreed to)

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Immigration Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion if it is agreed to by the House, and concluded not later than three hours after their commencement.

Lords Amendments 7, 16 and 24 engage financial privilege.

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

EU ban on import of Indian Alphonso mangoes: Keith Vaz

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Importance of self-build and custom build: Mr Richard Bacon

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

S4C and Welsh identity: Glyn Davies

11.00am

Financial Services Authority and Connaught Income Fund: Alun Cairns

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Discrimination in electoral conduct: Natascha Engel

4.00pm

Improving the Employment and Support Allowance application process for people with mental health problems: Dr Eilidh Whiteford

4.30pm

UK policy on protection of migratory birds in Malta: Sir John Randall

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 Energy and Climate Change

1.Green Deal Home Improvement Fund

2.Meeting of G7 Energy Ministers

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3.Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council: 12-13 May 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.

 GRAND Committees

Welsh Grand Committee

To consider the matter of the Budget as it relates to Wales

Room 10

9.30am (public)

Welsh Grand Committee

To consider the matter of the Budget as it relates to Wales

Room 10

2.00pm (public)

 Select Committees

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Green Deal: watching brief (part 2)

Witnesses: Holly Sims, Corporate Affairs Manager, Calor Gas Ltd, and Nick Chase, Director, Policy and Research, Action with Communities in Rural England; Dr David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change, Dr Dorte Rich Jorgensen, on behalf of Edge, and Dr Nick Eyre, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (at 10.15am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Science and Technology

Subject: National Health Screening

Witnesses: Professor Jane Wardle representing the Academy of Medical Sciences, Jessica Kirby, Senior Health Information Manager, Cancer Research UK, and Dr Sian Taylor-Phillips, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 10.15am (public)

Education

Subject: DfE Annual Report 2012-13

Witnesses: Paul Marshall, David Meller, Jim O’Neill, and Dame Sue John, non-executive board members, Department for Education; Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, and Peter Lauener, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Education Funding Agency (at 10.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Witnesses: HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Ministry of Justice, and His Honour Judge Martin, President of the Social Entitlement Chamber

Room 15

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Defence

Subject: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two

Witnesses: Professor Sir Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford, and James de Waal, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House

Room 8

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Environmental Audit

Subject: Growing a circular economy

Witnesses: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Kingfisher, WRAP, and Green Alliance

Room 16

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

2.00pm (private)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Subject: Administrative scheme for “on-the-runs”

Witnesses: Matt Baggott CBE QPM, Chief Constable, and Drew Harris OBE, Assistant Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: Debt owed to Government

Witnesses: Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer for Government, Sharon White, Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, Lin Homer, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HM Revenue and Customs, and Mike Driver, Director General Finance, Department for Work and Pensions

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland

Witnesses: Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: (i) Appointment of Winfried Bischoff to the Financial Reporting Council; (ii) The Co-operative Group's Governance Review

Witnesses: (i) Sir Winfried Bischoff, Chairman of the Financial Reporting Committee; (ii) Lord Myners CBE (at 3.30pm)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Procedure

Room 20

3.00pm (private)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

As soon as convenient after 3.45pm (private)

Communities and Local Government

Room 18

4.00pm (private)

Work and Pensions

Room 17

4.00pm (private)

Selection

Room 13

4.45pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Subject: Violence against women and girls

Witnesses: Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Legal Officer, and Anna Henry, Director of Human Rights and Respect Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Dr Joanna Goodey, Head of Freedoms and Justice Department, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Room 3A

9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Political and Constitutional Reform

13th Report: Fixed-term Parliaments: the final year of a Parliament, HC 976

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Transport

15th Report: Better roads: improving England’s strategic road network, HC 850

Time of publication: 00.01am

16th Report: National Policy Statement on National Networks, HC 1135

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Science and Technology

9th Special Report: Women in scientific careers: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 1268

Time of publication: 12 noon

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 13 May to Monday 19 May

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 7 May. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 8 May.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 12 May

Applications for General of Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or the rise of House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 6 May. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 7 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.

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

Appointment of a debate in Westminster Hall by the Chairman of Ways and Means following a recommendation by the Backbench Business Committee

Tuesday 13 May at 9.30am: Political and human rights situation in the African Great Lakes Region: Jeremy Corbyn

 ELECTION OF THE CHAIR OF THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE

Nominations

Nominations must be received in writing in the Lower Table Office by midday on Tuesday 13 May 2014 (the day before the ballot).

In accordance with the House’s decision of 26 May 2010 only members of the Conservative Party may be candidates in this election.

Each nomination shall consist of a brief signed statement made by the candidate declaring their willingness to stand for election, accompanied by the signatures of 15 Members elected to the House as members of the same party as the candidate. Statements may (optionally) be accompanied by signatures of up to five Members elected to the House as members of any party other than that to which the candidate belongs, or members of no party.

No Member may sign more than one such statement; if any Member does so, their signature shall no longer be valid.

Ballot

If there is more than one candidate, the ballot will take place between 11.00am and 1.00pm on Wednesday 14 May 2014 in a Committee Room.

As soon as practicable after the votes have been counted the Speaker will announce to the House the results of the ballot.

For further details, please see the Briefing Note available in the Vote Office and on the intranet: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/commons/office-chief-executive/briefing-notes1/ [click on Commons Briefing Note 16].

 MEMBERS NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AS DEFENCE COMMITTEE CHAIr

Only the first fifteen names of a candidate’s own party validly submitted in support of a candidature are printed.

Up to and including Tuesday 6 May 2014