House of Commons
Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 14 May 2014
11.30am Prayers
Followed by
QUESTIONS
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
1Mr David Amess (Southend West)
What assessment he has made of the potential effects of the measures in the 2014 Budget on businesses in Wales. (903928)
2Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What assessment he has made of the net benefits to people in Wales of the UK's membership of the EU. (903929)
3Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
What estimate he has made of the level of trade undertaken by businesses in Wales with countries in the EU. (903930)
4Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Whether he has recently discussed the importance of UK membership of the EU with leading employers in Wales. (903931)
5Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
When he last met representatives of farming unions in Wales; and if he will make a statement. (903932)
6Karen Lumley (Redditch)
What discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues and others on transport investment in Wales. (903933)
7Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on that Department's operations relating to Wales. (903934)
8Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean)
What discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues and Ministers of the Welsh Government on patient choice in healthcare on the Wales-England border. (903935)
9Hywel Williams (Arfon)
What discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues and others regarding the future of HM Revenue and Customs' Welsh language services. (903936)
10Robert Halfon (Harlow)
What recent assessment he has made of the cost of living in Wales. (903937)
11Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd)
What assessment he has made of the net benefits to people in Wales of the UK’s membership of the EU. (903938)
12Chris Evans (Islwyn)
What estimate he has made of the level of trade undertaken by businesses in Wales with countries in the EU. (903939)
13Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion)
What plans he has to implement the proposals in part two of the report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales. (903940)
14Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)
What assessment he has made of recent employment trends in Wales. (903941)
15Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
To ask the Secretary of State what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s policies on energy provision in Wales and in the rest of the UK. (903942)
At 12.00pm
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Q1Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 14 May. (904028)
Q2Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde) (904029)
Q3Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (904030)
Q4Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (904032)
Q5Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (904033)
Q6Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (904035)
Q7Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (904036)
Q8Mark Hendrick (Preston) (904037)
Q9Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan) (904038)
Q10Richard Harrington (Watford) (904039)
Q11Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr) (904041)
Q12Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (904042)
URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
12.30pm
Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements, including on Afghanistan: Quarterly Statement
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
1. Food Labelling (Sugar Content): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Keith Vaz
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that sugar content on food labelling be represented in terms of the number of 5ml spoonsful per 100g; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
2. DEREGULATION BILL: PROGRAMME (NO.2) MOTION
Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 83A(9))
Mr Oliver Letwin
That the Order of 3 February 2014 (Deregulation Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:
(1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order shall be omitted.
(2) Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be taken in two days in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
(3) Proceedings on Consideration–
(a) shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the following Table and in the order so shown;
(b) shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times shown in the second column of the Table.
Table
Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
First day | |
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to the sale of alcohol and amendments to Clauses 45 to 49; amendments to Schedule 18 | 3.00pm |
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to health and safety at work and amendments to Clause 1 | 5.00pm |
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to apprenticeships and amendments to Clauses 3 and 4 and Schedules 1 and 13 | 7.00pm |
Second day | |
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to driving and to roads, railways, tramways and other means of transport and amendments to Clauses 6 to 10 and 30 to 33 and Schedules 2 and 3 and 8 to 10 | Three hours before the moment of interruption |
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to TV licensing and amendments to Clauses 51 and 52; remaining new Clauses; remaining new Schedules; remaining proceedings on Consideration | One hour before the moment of interruption |
(4) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the second day.
MOTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT 7.00PM
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
No debate (Standing Order No. 15)
The Prime Minister
That, at this day’s sitting, proceedings on the Deregulation Bill may continue, though opposed, until any hour.
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
3. DEREGULATION BILL: REPORT STAGE (DAY 1)
Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
Notes:
Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Deregulation Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion, if it is agreed to by the House.
For amendments see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).
Queen’s and Prince of Wales’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading.
The Scottish Parliament has passed a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office.
A Royal Commission is expected.
PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS
No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)
Health services in East Cleveland and Park End, Middlesbrough: Tom Blenkinsop
CAMRA’s call for a pubs watchdog: Greg Mulholland
Proposed closure of the Natwest branch on Splott Road, Cardiff: Stephen Doughty
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Planning issues in Shipley constituency: Philip Davies
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
Strategic importance of the A47: Mr Keith Simpson
11.00am
Planning in Stroud Valleys and Vale: Neil Carmichael
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm
Localisation of council tax support: Mr Nick Raynsford
4.00pm
Small business start-ups in Scotland: Iain McKenzie
4.30pm
Ambulance resources and response times: Mr Iain Wright
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
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1.ECOFIN 6 May 2014
Secretary of State for Defence
2.Defence Equipment and Support
Leader of the House
3.Legislation in the 2013-14 Session of Parliament
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/.
WRITTEN QUESTIONS TABLED ON 13 MAY 2014 FOR ANSWER TODAY
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reduction he expects in the Cayman Islands government budget and in that government’s provision of funds in 2014 and 2015 to the Cayman Turtle Farm; and if he will make a statement. (198481)
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received the recent report of the World Society for the Protection of Animals, The Cayman Turtle Farm: A Continued Case for Change. (198482)
Notes:
These are ordinary written questions of which no previous notice has been given. For other questions
for written answer today see the Question Book which is available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/question-book/.
COMMITTEES MEETING TODAY
The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.
Select Committees
Science and Technology
Subject: Proposed takeover of AstraZeneca
Witnesses: Dr Mikael Dolsten, President, Worldwide Research and Development, Dr Rod MacKenzie, Group Senior Vice President, and Head of Pfizer PharmaTherapeutics Research and Development, and Ian C Read, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer; Pascal Soriot, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President, Innovative Medicines and Early Development, and Dr Jane Osbourn, Vice President, Research and Development and Site Leader, MedImmune Cambridge (UK), AstraZeneca plc (at 9.45am); Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 10.15am)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
8.55am (private), 9.15am (public)
Education
Subject: 16 plus care options
Witnesses: Edward Timpson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)
Work and Pensions
Subject: Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments
Witnesses: Professor Malcolm Harrington CBE; Dr Paul Litchfield OBE (at 10.30am)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)
Scottish Affairs
Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland
Witnesses: Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir Nicholas Macpherson KCB, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
Room 8
12.30pm (private), 1.30pm (public)
European Scrutiny
Room 19
2.00pm (private)
Finance and Services
Room 13
2.00pm (private)
Public Accounts
Room 15
2.00pm (private)
Procedure
Subject: Minority party participation in the Backbench Business Committee
Witnesses: Natascha Engel MP and Pete Wishart MP (at 3.05pm)
Room 20
3.00pm (private), 3.05pm (public)
Statutory Instruments
Room 7
As soon as convenient after 3.45pm (private)
Selection
Room 13
4.45pm (private)
Joint Committees
Human Rights
Subject: The work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Witnesses: Baroness O’Neil of Bengarve, Chair, and Mark Hammond, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Room 3A
9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)
Statutory Instruments
Room 7
3.45pm (private)
Other Committees
Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Room 21
3.00pm (private)
COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY
POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
14th Report: The constitutional role of the judiciary if there were a codified constitution, HC 802
Time of publication: 00.01am
SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
11th Report: Power outages and extreme weather conditions in the west of Scotland, HC 484
Time of publication: 00.01am
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
8th Special Report: Departmental Annual Report 2012–13: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 1283
Time of publication: 9.30am
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
9th Special Report: Democracy and Development in Burma, Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 1290
Time of publication: 11.00am
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates
Wednesday 4 June to Monday 9 June
Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 14 May. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 15 May.
ELECTION OF THE CHAIR OF THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE
Ballot
The ballot will take place today between 11.00am and 1.00pm in Committee Room 16.
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 13 May 2014
Candidate | Dr Julian Lewis |
Nominated by (own party) | Mr John Baron, Mark Field, Mr Mark Harper, Sir Gerald Howarth, Chloe Smith, Caroline Nokes, Mr Charles Walker, Mr Peter Bone, Paul Maynard, Jonathan Evans, Dr Liam Fox, Mr Philip Hollobone, Jack Lopresti, Mr David Amess, Craig Whittaker |
Nominated by (other parties) | Hazel Blears, Valerie Vaz, John McDonnell, Mr Peter Hain, Sir Gerald Kaufman |
Relevant interests declared | Former Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve; Member, Royal United Services Institute; Graduate, Royal College of Defence Studies (via AFPS, 2006); Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College London. |
Candidate | Bob Stewart |
Nominated by (own party) | Sheryll Murray, Robert Neill, David Morris, Karen Lumley, Alec Shelbrooke, Stephen Mosley, Stephen Metcalfe, Robert Halfon, Mr Adam Holloway, Jackie Doyle-Price, Andrew Bridgen, David T.C. Davies, Mr Robert Syms, Mr Stewart Jackson, Bob Blackman |
Nominated by (other parties) | Sir Alan Meale, Stephen Lloyd, Mr Michael Thornton, Jim Dowd, Gordon Birtwistle |
Relevant interests declared | 28 years Regular Army, including two years at RMA Sandhurst; Passed Army Staff College, Camberley, and Joint Services Defence College, Greenwich; Army Selection to read for International Politics and Contemporary Strategy Degree; Grade 2 Staff Officer (Maj) Military Operations 1, MoD (1994–96); Military Assistant (Lt Col) to Chairman NATO’s Military Committee, HQ NATO, (1989–91); Chief of Policy (Col) to SACEUR at HQ ACE, Mons (1994–96); 7 Operational tours in Northern Ireland (over years 1970–91); British UN Commander, Bosnia (1992–93); Graduate of RAF Parliamentary Scheme and currently Member of RN Parliamentary Scheme. |
Candidate | Mr Julian Brazier |
Nominated by (own party) | Sir Roger Gale, Mr Richard Bacon, Priti Patel, Andrew Selous, James Clappison, Tracey Crouch, Mel Stride, Philip Davies, Fiona Bruce, Chris Heaton-Harris, Gareth Johnson, Angie Bray, Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Oliver Colville, Sarah Newton |
Nominated by (other parties) | Jim Fitzpatrick, Jim Dobbin, John Pugh, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr Michael McCann |
Relevant interests declared | Short service limited commission with Regular Army; 13 years’ service as a TA officer; One son a serving Regular officer; One son serving in the Reserves; Former Management consultant with clients including the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, and Rolls Royce (no current outside defence interests); Served on Houghton Commission on Reserve Forces 2010 - 11. |
Candidate | Mr James Gray |
Nominated by (own party) | James Wharton, Justin Tomlinson, Neil Carmichael, Sir Tony Baldry, Steve Baker, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Mark Pawsey, Mr Nick Gibb, James Morris, Graham Evans, Mr William Cash, Mark Menzies, David Mowat, Richard Drax, Jacob Rees-Mogg |
Nominated by (other parties) | Sarah Champion, Tom Greatrex, Graham Stringer, Fabian Hamilton, John Hemming |
Relevant interests declared | Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces; Chair, Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust; Patron, Mutual Support (Armed Forces Multiple Sclerosis Support Group); Advisory Board, Recruit for Spouses; Member, Honourable Artillery Company. (None of these positions is remunerated) |
Candidate | Mr Crispin Blunt |
Nominated by (own party) | Mr Henry Bellingham, Richard Benyon, Sir Paul Beresford, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Davis, Mr Stephen Dorrell, Mike Freer, Nick Herbert, Dame Angela Watkinson, Mr Andrew Mitchell, Mr Dominic Raab, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Mrs Caroline Spelman, Mr Gary Streeter, Mr Tim Yeo, |
Nominated by (other parties) | Sir Menzies Campbell, Mr John Denham, Sir Nick Harvey, Mr David Hanson, |
Relevant interests declared | Regular Army officer (1979-90); In Service Degree (Politics), University of Durham (1981-84); Regimental Duty: UK, Cyprus and Germany (1980-90); MBA, Cranfield University (1990-91); Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence (1993-95); Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary (1995-97); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (2010-12). |
Candidate | Keith Simpson |
Nominated by (own party) | Mr Simon Burns, Mr Stephen O’Brien, Margot James, Sir Peter Luff, Brandon Lewis, Sir John Randall, Dr Thérèse Coffey, Eric Ollerenshaw, Nicola Blackwood, Simon Kirby, Mr Robert Buckland, Richard Graham, Alistair Burt, Iain Stewart, Rebecca Harris |
Nominated by (other parties) | Mr Kevan Jones, Simon Wright, John Robertson, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe |
Relevant interests declared | Military historian, author and defence lecturer; Special Advisor to the MoD 1988–91; Director of Cranfield Security Studies Institute; Shadow Defence and Foreign Office Minister 2003–2010; PPS to the Foreign Secretary; Parliamentary Commissioner on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Board on Commemorating World War 1; Joint Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Commemorating World War 1; Wife served for twenty years as a Regular Army Officer and was the first woman to command a Royal Military Police Company, 1986–88. |
Candidate | Rory Stewart |
Nominated by (own party) | Dr Sarah Wollaston, Mr Brooks Newmark, Alok Sharma, Mr Graham Stuart, Sir Richard Ottaway, Laura Sandys, Mr Andrew Tyrie, Mr Peter Lilley, Mr Mark Spencer, Mr Douglas Carswell, Mr Ben Wallace, Nicholas Soames, Mr David Ruffley, Mr Brian Binley, Christopher Pincher |
Nominated by (other parties) | Helen Goodman, Mr Frank Roy, Dame Tessa Jowell, Martin Horwood, Mr Bob Ainsworth |
Relevant interests declared | Army: Short Service Limited Commission with Regular Army 1991 (Black Watch); HMG: UK Embassy Indonesia, 1997; British Representative Montenegro, 1999 (following Kosovo campaign); Deputy Governor Maysan + Dhi Qar (Iraq), 2003; CEO Turquoise Mountain, resident in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2005–08; Professor and Director of Carr Centre for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School, 2008; Visiting Professor, War Studies, King’s College London (from Sep 14); Chair of UK Commission on Military Veterans in the Criminal Justice System. |
Candidate | Mr Tobias Ellwood |
Nominated by (own party) | Mr Edward Vaizey, Dr Daniel Poulter, Nicky Morgan, Guy Opperman, Charlie Elphicke, Richard Fuller, Mr Marcus Jones, Dan Byles, Andrew Jones, Kwasi Kwarteng, Nigel Mills, David Rutley, Kris Hopkins, Mr Shailesh Vara, George Freeman |
Relevant interests declared | Current member of the Army Reserves (MSSG); Former Regular Army Officer (Royal Green Jackets). Served in Bosnia, Germany, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Kuwait and Northern Ireland; Executive Course: National and International Security, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; MBA: City University; Parliamentary Advisor to the PM for the 2014 NATO Summit (2013–current); PPS to the Minister for Europe (2011–2013); PPS to the Defence Secretary (2010–2011); Shadow Minister–DCMS (2007–2010); Opposition Whip (2005–2005); Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly; Co Chair APPG Afghanistan; Written publications on: ‘Improving Efficiency, Interoperability and Resilience of the Blue Light Services’ Henry Jackson Society, Dec 2013; ‘Leveraging UK Carrier Capability’ RUSI, Sept 2013; ‘Stabilizing Afghanistan’ Atlantic Council, April 2013; ‘Post Conflict Reconstruction’ Nov 2009, First Defence; Visited Afghanistan around every six months since being elected in 2005; Led a number of Parliamentary overseas delegations including to Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Bangladesh, Japan and the US; Private Pilot; Eagle Scout |
PROROGATION AND QUESTIONS
Questions tabled before Prorogation which have not been answered by the time that Parliament is prorogued will not be answered. They cannot be carried over into the new Session. Members should therefore be aware that Questions tabled for answer on a named day which falls after Prorogation will not be answered and Questions for ordinary written answer tabled shortly before Prorogation may not receive a substantive answer before Prorogation. They cannot be answered after Prorogation.
Members may send notices of Questions for the new Session
(a) before Prorogation: in person in the Table Office or by post;
(b) once Parliament has been prorogued: by post or through the e-tabling system.
These notices will be treated as having been received on Wednesday 4 June, the day of the State Opening.
TABLING QUESTIONS IN THE NEW SESSION
Members may table notices of Questions in person in the Table Office from 9.00am on Wednesday 4 June.
There will be no Question Time on the first three sitting days of the new Session. Shuffles will take place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 4 June for the oral Questions to Departments being answered on Tuesday 10 June and Wednesday 11 June; and a shuffle will be held on Thursday 5 June for oral questions to the Prime Minister on Wednesday 11 June. The rota of Departments answering oral questions from Tuesday 10 June will be set out in the Order of Questions which will be issued when the date of Prorogation is confirmed. It will be available from the Vote Office and via the Parliamentary Intranet at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-table-office/order-of-oral-questions.pdf
The earliest date in the new Session for which a Question may be set down for named day written answer is Monday 9 June.
TABLING MOTIONS AND ADDING NAMES IN THE NEW SESSION
The last day in the Session on which effective notices of new Motions (including Early Day Motions) and added names can be submitted by Members is the day before Prorogation takes place. No new Motions may therefore be tabled on the day of Prorogation, nor may any names be added to existing Motions on that day.
All Motions fall at Prorogation.
New Motions, and added names to them, may be submitted to the Table Office from 9.00am on Wednesday 4 June.