Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 8 July 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.

Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) 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

On Second Reading of the Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

1Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
What steps the Government plans to take to increase the number of people registered to vote. (904708)

2Nick de Bois (Enfield North)
What recent assessment he has made of the integrity of the electoral register. (904709)

3Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
What steps he plans to take to improve the functioning of the Coalition Government. (904710)

4Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the Government's policy on devolution and decentralisation. (904711)

5Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
What plans he has to discuss constituency boundaries with the Boundary Commission; and if he will make a statement. (904712)

6Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
What steps the Government is taking to avoid a fall in the number of people registered to vote as a result of the introduction of individual voter registration. (904713)

7Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
What discussions he has had with local enterprise partnerships on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government. (904714)

8Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the recall of hon. Members. (904715)

9Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
What discussions has he had with the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government. (904716)

10Robert Jenrick (Newark)
What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Newark. (904717)

11Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
What support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Medway. (904718)

12Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
What discussions he has had with the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government. (904719)

13Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on further devolution of power from Westminster and Whitehall to the Humber region. (904720)

14Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)
What steps the Government plans to take to increase the number of people registered to vote. (904721)

15Chris White (Warwick and Leamington)
What recent assessment he has made of how City Deals are working. (904722)

At 11.50am

Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

T1Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (904693)

T2Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (904694)

T3Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (904695)

T4Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (904696)

T5Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (904697)

T6Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (904698)

T7Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (904699)

T8Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (904700)

T9Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (904701)

T10Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (904702)

T11Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (904703)

T12Steve Brine (Winchester) (904704)

T13Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (904705)

T14Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (904706)

T15Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (904707)

At 12.10pm

Oral Questions to the Attorney General

1Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
What recent discussions he had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about tackling regional variations in conviction rates. (904725)

2Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
On how many occasions he has referred a criminal sentence to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient in the last 12 months. (904726)

3Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish)
What recent discussions he has had with the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority about its effectiveness in prosecuting rape and other sexual offences in the armed forces in the UK and overseas. (904727)

4Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South)
What steps he plans to take to ensure that child abuse offences are prosecuted successfully. (904728)

5Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham)
What recent discussions he had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about tackling regional variations in conviction rates. (904729)

6Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)
What steps he is taking to ensure that offences against bribery laws are prosecuted successfully. (904730)

7Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What recent estimate he has made of the total value of criminal assets subject to Serious Fraud Office confiscation orders that are hidden overseas. (904731)

8Robert Jenrick (Newark)
What the Crown Prosecution Service is doing to ensure that adequate support is given to vulnerable witnesses in cases of sexual abuse or domestic violence. (904732)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. MODERN SLAVERY BILL: SECOND READING

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Relevant documents:

Report from the Joint Committee on the draft Modern Slavery Bill, HC 1019, and the Government response, Cm 8889.

2. MODERN SLAVERY BILL: PROGRAMME

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the following provisions shall apply to the Modern Slavery Bill:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 14 October 2014.

(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption of that day.

(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or any further message from the Lords) may be programmed.

3. MODERN SLAVERY BILL: MONEY

No debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(A))

Nicky Morgan

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Modern Slavery Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(1) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State, and

(2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

4. SUPPLY AND APPROPRIATION (MAIN ESTIMATES) BILL: second and third reading

No debate (Standing Order No. 56)

Notes:

The Questions for Second and Third Reading of the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill must be put without debate and may be decided after 7.00pm.

5. AGRICULTURE

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

Secretary Owen Paterson

That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 6 May 2014, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes:

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

6. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1: injunctions to prevent gang-related violence) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

7. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Investment Firms of a Specified Description) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 5 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

8. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009 (Banking Group Companies) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 5 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

9. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 5 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

10. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) (Recognised Central Counterparties) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

11. EUROPEAN UNION

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

Secretary William Hague

That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Iraq) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

12. EUROPEAN UNION

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

Secretary William Hague

That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Vietnam) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

13. EUROPEAN UNION

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

Secretary William Hague

That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Philippines) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

14. EUROPEAN UNION

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

Secretary William Hague

That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Mongolia) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

15. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 23 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

16. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 23 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

17. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Electricity Market Reform (General) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 23 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

18. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Contracts for Difference (Standard Terms) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 23 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

19. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 23 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

20. ELECTRICITY

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

Secretary Edward Davey

That the draft Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.

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))

Safety of RAF fast jets: Angus Robertson

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

Organ transplants: Jim Shannon

11.00am

Ministry of Justice Shared Services jobs: Paul Flynn

Notes:

The Chairman of Ways and Means appointed the first debate on the recommendation of the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm

Research and development for global health: Andrew George

4.00pm

UK media and Welsh rugby: Glyn Davies

4.30pm

Learning disabilities and care in the community: Mr Tom Clarke

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.Update on Student Loan Company

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

2.ECOFIN 8 July 2014

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3.Participation of Azerbaijan in Union programmes

Secretary of State for the Home Department

4.Modern slavery: How the UK is leading the fight

Secretary of State for Justice

5.Publication of Victims’ Commissioner’s Annual Report

Secretary of State for Transport

6.Aviation Security

7.HS2 Property Consultation

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 Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2014

Room 9

8.55am (public)

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Pensions Act 2011 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014

Room 11

8.55am (public)

Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

Thirteenth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the Motion in the name of Secretary Vince Cable relating to Financial Assistance to Industry in respect of compensation of EU Emissions Trading System and Carbon Price Floor

Room 12

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Business-University Collaboration

Witnesses: Iain Gray, Chief Executive Officer, Technology Strategy Board, Professor Jackie Hunter, Impact Champion, Research Councils UK, and Dr David Sweeney, Director, Research, Innovation and Skills, Higher Education Funding Council for England; The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine of Thenford CH (at 10.30am)

Room 15

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Education

Room 7

9.15am (private)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Small nuclear power

Witnesses: Bill Fox, Chief Executive, Generation mPower LLC, Thomas Mundy, Vice President, Program Office, NuScale Power LLC, and Dr Eric Loewen, Chief Consulting Engineer, Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Dr Fiona Rayment, Director, Fuel Cycle Solutions, National Nuclear Laboratory, and Dame Sue Ion, Chair, Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (at 10.30am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Impact of changes to civil legal aid under Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO)

Witnesses: Judith March, Director, Personal Support Unit, Citizens Advice, Law Centres Network; Nicholas Lavender QC, Chairman, General Council of the Bar, Andrew Caplen, Vice President, Law Society, and Jenny Beck, Co-Chair, Legal Aid Practitioners Association (at 10.15am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Subject: High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Witnesses: Department for Transport

Room 5

9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

International Development

Subject: The Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s Annual Report 2013-14

Witnesses: Graham Ward CBE, Chief Commissioner, Diana Good, Commissioner, Mark Foster, Commissioner, and Alexandra Cran-McGreehin, Head of Secretariat, Independent Commission for Aid Impact; Richard Calvert, Director General, Finance and Corporate Performance, Nick Dyer, Director General, Policy and Global Programmes, and Pauline Hayes, Acting Director, Western Asia Division, Department for International Development (at 10.45am)

Room 16

9.35am (private), 9.45am (public)

Treasury

Subject: HMRC Business Plan 2014-16

Witnesses: Lin Homer, Chief Executive, Ruth Owen, Director General, Personal Tax, and Jim Harra, Director General, Business Tax, HM Revenue and Customs

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Room 13

10.00am (private)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The Referendum on Separation for Scotland

Witnesses: Kenny Jordan, Unite District Secretary, Eric McLeod, GMB Convenor, Trade Union Secretary, Raymond Duguid, Unite Convenor, Trade Union Chairman, Babcock International Group, Andy Johnston, Trade Union Liaison and Site Convenor, Optronics Business Segment, Ronnie Taylor, Software Engineer and Unite Shop Steward, Thales UK, and Henry Wilson, Lead Detail Designer and Staff Convenor, BAE Systems

Room 8

11.15am (private), 11.30am (public)

Defence

Subject: Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill

Witnesses: Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Jeremy Field, former Head of Army Service Complaints Wing, Army HQ, Reverend Nicholas Mercer, former Command Legal Adviser, HQ 1st (UK) Armoured Division, and Sara Ogilvie, Policy Officer, Liberty

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Health

Subject: Complaints and Raising Concerns

Witnesses: Dean Royles, Chief Executive, NHS Employers, Rob Webster, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation, and Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, Foundation Trust Network; Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Department of Health, Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, NHS England (at 3.30pm)

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Subject: High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Room 5

2.00pm (private)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Room 7

2.00pm (private)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Land Reform in Scotland

Witnesses: Ian Cooke, Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland, Andy Milne, Chief Executive, Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum, Jon Hollingdale, Chief Executive, Community Woodlands Association, and Dr Calum Macleod; Alasdair Humphrey, Chair, and John Hamilton, Vice Chair, Scottish Property Federation (at 4.00pm)

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Waste management

Witnesses: Dan Rogerson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 6

2.30pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: The FCO’s human rights work in 2013

Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Warsi, Minister of State, and Rob Fenn, Head, Human Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 3.30pm (public)

Home Affairs

Subject: (i) The work of HM Passport Office; (ii) Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up; (iii) Gangs and youth crime

Witnesses: (i) Paul Pugh, Chief Executive, HM Passport Office and Registrar General for England and Wales; (ii) Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office (at 3.15pm); (iii) Carol Davies and Tom Sackville, Catch22 Dawes Unit, and Junior Smart and Antoinette Harriott, St Giles Trust (at 4.00pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament to apply for debates, including on: Food fraud; Physical inactivity in the UK; Refugee camps; Progress on All Party Cycling Group’s report Get Britain Cycling; Air pollution; Oral hormone pregnancy tests

Room 16

2.55pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 Public Accounts

1st Special Report: BBC Digital Media Initiative: The BBC Trust and BBC Executive Response to the Committee’s Fifty-second Report of Session 2013–14, HC 528

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Transport

2nd Report: Offshore helicopter safety, HC 289

Time of publication: 00.01am

 Treasury

1st Special Report: Autumn Statement 2013: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 524

Time of publication: 10.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 15 July to Tuesday 22 July

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

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 14 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 8 July. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 9 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

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.

 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 8 July at 9.30am: Organ transplants: Jim Shannon