Business Today: Chamber for Thursday 26 June 2014

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

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

1Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
What assessment his Department has made of the main causes of insecurity in the workplace. (904468)

2Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Office for National Statistics report on zero-hours contracts, published on 30 April 2014. (904469)

3Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
What contribution the Regional Growth Fund has made to rebalancing the economy across regions. (904470)

4Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What steps he is taking to strengthen vocational training. (904471)

5Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon)
What support his Department is giving to the life sciences sector. (904472)

6Mark Menzies (Fylde)
What steps he is taking to promote regional growth. (904473)

7Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
What additional funding for training his Department has provided to support unemployed people and people aged 16-24 years old to get into employment. (904474)

8Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s policies on small businesses and the self-employed. (904475)

9Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
What plans he has to encourage Foreign Direct Investment. (904476)

10Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
What steps he is taking to reduce the burden of regulation on businesses. (904479)

11David Mowat (Warrington South)
What steps his Department is taking to support energy-intensive industries. (904481)

12Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke)
What support his Department is providing to apprenticeships. (904483)

13Andy Sawford (Corby)
What resources have been allocated for enforcement action against employers who do not pay the national minimum wage. (904485)

14Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of manufacturing. (904487)

15Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)
What schemes are currently in place to encourage 16-24 year olds to start apprenticeships. (904488)

16Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
What recent support his Department has provided to small businesses. (904491)

17John Stevenson (Carlisle)
What steps he is taking to promote regional growth. (904492)

At 10.15am

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

T1Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (904494)

T2Mark Menzies (Fylde) (904495)

T3Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (904497)

T4Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (904498)

T5Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (904500)

T6Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian) (904501)

T7Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (904502)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

10.30am

Urgent Questions (if any)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements, including on NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile

 Presentation of Bills

Presentation of Bills: no debate (Standing Order No. 57)

Pension Schemes

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

Bill to make provision about pension schemes, including provision designed to encourage arrangements that offer people different levels of certainty in retirement or that involve different ways of sharing or pooling risk.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. programme of commemoration for the First World War

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

The Prime Minister

That this House has considered the programme of commemoration for the First World War.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Shop closures on King Street, South Shields: Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

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

1.30pm

Migration Statistics, Seventh Report from the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2013–14, HC 523, and the Government response, Session 2013–14, HC 1228

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 chosen by the Liaison Committee.

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1.Update on progress relating to the set-up of the British Business Bank

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

2.Tax policy

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

3.Openness of Local Government

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

4.The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Secretary of State for Defence

5.Gifting of Defence Equipment to the Republic of Kazakhstan

6.MoD Response to the Service Complaints Commissioner’s Sixth Annual Report

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

7.Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

8.Afghanistan (Monthly Progress Report)

9.EU-Georgia Association Agreement

10.EU-Moldova Association Agreement

11.EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

Secretary of State for Health

12.Consultation on the introduction of regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products

13.Health Council: 20 June

14.System-wide response to review of Liverpool Care Pathway

Secretary of State for the Home Department

15.Alternative names for proscribed organisation Al Muhajiroun

16.Detention of Persons with Statutorily Extended Leave

17.National Fraud Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14

18.New system of restraint for managing people safely during immigration removals

19.Review of potential miscarriages of justice

Secretary of State for International Development

20.Answer to Oral Parliamentary Question (Correction)

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

21.Arrangements for Publication of the Report of Lady Justice Hallett on the On-the-Runs Administrative Scheme

Prime Minister

22.Annual report from the Intelligence Services Commissioner

23.House of Lords–distinguished public service appointments criteria

Secretary of State for Transport

24.HS2 revised Safeguarding Directions

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

25.Child Poverty Strategy 2014-17

26.Defined Ambition

27.Triennial Review of Health and Safety Executive

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

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2014

Room 9

11.30am (public)

 Select Committees

Welsh Affairs

Subject: International Representation and Promotion of Wales by UK bodies

Witnesses: Michael Carrick, Chief Executive Officer, Aventa Capital Partners Ltd, and Huw Roberts, Chairman, Institute of Directors Wales; Wales Literature Exchange, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (Welsh Independent Producers), and Welsh National Opera (at 10.15am); Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales), Arts Council of Wales, and Rt Hon the Lord Dafydd Wigley, President, Steering Committee for 150 year Patagonia celebrations, Wales-Argentina Society (at 11.00am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Political and Constitutional Reform

Subject: Revisiting the Cabinet Manual

Witnesses: Professor Robert Hazell CBE, University College London

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Justice

1st Report: Crime reduction policies: a co-ordinated approach?, HC 307

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Public Accounts

3rd Report: Tax Reliefs, HC 282

Time of publication: 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 7 July

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 1 July. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 2 July.

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; International Development; Justice; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Women and Equalities.

Week beginning 14 July

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; Leader of the House; Transport; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions.

Week beginning 21 July

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; International Development; Justice; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Women and Equalities.

 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS

Result of the Private Members’ Bill Ballot 2014-15

 1. Andrew George 2. Michael Moore 3. Robert Neill

 4. Mr Richard Bacon 5. Jeremy Lefroy 6. Clive Efford

 7. Sarah Teather 8. Julian Sturdy 9. Mr Mark Spencer

10. Jonathan Evans11. Ian Mearns12. Dan Jarvis

13. Jake Berry14. Andrew Bingham15. Yvonne Fovargue

16. John Hemming17. Mr Christopher Chope18. Mark Lazarowicz

19. Mr David Davis20. Martin Horwood

Presentation of Bills

Ballot Bills will be presented on Wednesday 2 July (SO No. 14(11)).

Following the agreement by the House on 2 December 2013 of dates of periodic adjournments, the earliest date to give notice of presentation of non-ballot Bills under Standing Order No. 57 (Presentation and first reading) will be Thursday 3 July (SO No. 14(12)(b)) and the earliest day on which such bills may be presented will be Monday 7 July.

Ten Minute Rule Motions

Thursday 3 July will also be the earliest date on which notice can be given of a Motion for leave to bring in a Bill under Standing Order No. 23 (the “ten minute rule”), initially for Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16 and Tuesday 22 July and Tuesday 2 September.