Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 16 July 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1David Mowat (Warrington South)
What assessment she has made of the value for money of the Savile Inquiry. (904823)

2Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
What recent assessment she has made of the outlook for the Northern Ireland economy. (904825)

3Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What recent discussions she has had about the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (904826)

4Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside)
What recent discussions she has had about the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (904827)

5Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland. (904828)

6Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)
What recent representations she has received on levels of inward investment into Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (904830)

7Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
What recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive on shared education. (904831)

8Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down)
What recent progress the Government has made on reducing youth unemployment levels in Northern Ireland. (904832)

9Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What role her Department is taking in commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War. (904833)

10Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South)
What recent assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland. (904834)

11Mark Durkan (Foyle)
What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future management and monitoring of annually managed expenditure and the welfare cap in Northern Ireland. (904835)

12Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland. (904836)

13Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland. (904837)

At 12.00pm

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 16 July. (904883)

Q2Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (904884)

Q3Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (904886)

Q4Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (904887)

Q5Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (904888)

Q6Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (904889)

Q7Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (904890)

Q8Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (904891)

Q9Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (904892)

Q10Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury) (904893)

Q11Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (904894)

Q12Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (904895)

Q13Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (904896)

Q14Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (904897)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements, including on Update on Special Measures Regime and Next Steps

 Presentation of Bills

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

Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Regulation)

Geraint Davies

Bill to provide that the Health and Care Professionals Council be the regulatory body for counsellors and psychotherapists; to prohibit gay to straight conversion therapy; to make consequential provision for the protection of children and adults; and for connected purposes.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Political Party Policy Costings (Office for Budget Responsibility): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Alison McGovern

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility to scrutinise and certificate the policy costings of political parties represented in the House of Commons.

Notes:

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

2. RETIREMENT OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

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

The Prime Minister

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr William Hague

Edward Miliband

Ms Angela Eagle

Mr Nigel Dodds

Angus RobertsonMr Elfyn LlwydDr Alasdair McDonnell

Mr David HeathSir Alan Beith

That Mr Speaker be requested to convey to Sir Robert Rogers KCB, on his retirement from the office of Clerk of the House, this House’s gratitude for his long and distinguished service, for his wise contribution to the development of the procedure of the House and to public understanding and appreciation of its work, for his leadership and professionalism in the discharge of his duties as chief executive of the House Service, and for the courteous and helpful advice always given to individual honourable Members.

3. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: SECOND READING

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

4. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: PROGRAMME

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment 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 Thursday 6 November 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 on 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 on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

5. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: MONEY

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

Mr David Gauke

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by a Minister of the Crown, and

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

6. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: WAYS AND MEANS

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

Mr David Gauke

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, it is expedient to authorise:

(1) the imposition of a levy on pub-owning businesses to fund the Pubs Code Adjudicator,

(2) fees, and

(3) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Proposed airspace changes at Birmingham Airport: Mrs Caroline Spelman

Sentence of Dennis Igo: Susan Elan Jones

Development proposals on land off Lightwood Road (Stoke on Trent): Robert Flello

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Future of rail services in Northern Lincolnshire: Martin Vickers

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

Ofsted and provision for 14-17 year old pre-NEETs: Mr Graham Allen

11.00am

National Citizenship Service: Mr Barry Sheerman

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme: Sarah Teather

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 4.00pm to 4.30pm.

4.30pm

Effect of welfare reform in Cumbria: Mr Jamie Reed

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 Education

1.Qualifications and Curriculum Reform

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

2.Government response to the Wood Review

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3.NATO Wales Summit: 50 days to go

Secretary of State for the Home Department

4.Justice and Home Affairs–post Informal Council statement

Secretary of State for Transport

5.Rail franchising

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 Government’s Legislative Programme as outlined in the Queen’s Speech as it relates to Wales

Room 10

9.30am (public)

Welsh Grand Committee

To consider the matter of the Government’s Legislative Programme as outlined in the Queen’s Speech as it relates to Wales

Room 10

2.00pm (public)

 Public Bill Committees

Modern Slavery Bill Programming Sub-Committee

Room 7

6.00pm (private)

 Select Committees

Science and Technology

Room 16

9.00am (private)

Education

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private)

Justice

Subject: Women offenders: follow-up

Witnesses: Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP, Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties and Chair of Advisory Board for Female Offenders, Juliet Lyon CBE, Director, Prison Reform Trust, Rachel Halford, Director, Women in Prison, and Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer, National Offender Management Service

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private)

Work and Pensions

Room 6

9.15am (private)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Rosemary Scott, Jane Mahar, Campaign for Better Transport, Paul Braithwaite and James Savage

Room 5

9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: Hong Kong

Witnesses: Mrs Anson Chan GCMG CBE, Former Chief Secretary for Administration, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Mr Martin Lee QC

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

10.30am (private), 10.15am (public)

European Scrutiny

Subject: Scrutiny of EU Business

Witnesses: Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe, George Hodgson, Head of the EU Parliamentary and Communications Department, and Owen Jenkins, Head of the Western Balkans and Enlargement Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Penelope Gaines, John Marriott, James Morrison and City of Stoke-on-Trent

Room 5

2.00pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: HMRC Standard Report 2013-14: Part 1

Witnesses: Lin Homer, Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive, Simon Bowles, Chief Finance Officer, and Jim Harra, Director General Business Tax, HM Revenue and Customs

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: Blacklisting in Employment

Witnesses: Richard Slaven, Partner, Pinsent Masons, Callum Tuckett, Group Finance and Commercial Director, Laing O’Rourke, Andrew Ridley-Barker, Managing Director, VINCI Construction UK, Nick Pollard, Chief Executive Officer, Balfour Beatty, and Richard Jukes, Managing Director, Public Affairs, Grayling

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: SME Lending

Witnesses: Tim Hinton, Managing Director, SME and Mid Markets Banking, Commercial Banking, Lloyds Bank, and Rebecca McNeil, Head of Business Lending, Barclays; Samir Desai, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Funding Circle, and Anil Stocker, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, MarketInvoice (at 3.00pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Room 19

2.00pm (private)

Environmental Audit

Subject: An environmental scorecard

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

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.15pm (private), 2.35pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 6

2.30pm (private)

Procedure

Room 20

3.00pm (private)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency

Witnesses: Julian Ashby, Chair, Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency

Room 16

4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

As soon as convenient after 3.45pm (private)

Selection

Room 13

4.45pm (private)

Liaison

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

6.00pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Subject: Violence against women and girls

Witnesses: Heather Harvey, Eaves for Women, and Hilary Fisher, Director of Policy, Voice and Membership, Women's Aid; Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, Naomi Dickson, Executive Director, Jewish Women's Aid, Annie Rose, Independent Sexual Violence Advocate, Respond, and Nushra Mansuri, Professional Officer England, British Association of Social Workers (at 10.30am)

Room 3A

9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Monday 1 September to Monday 8 September

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 22 July. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 23 July.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Weeks beginning 1 September and 13 October

Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; Justice; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Transport; Wales.

Weeks beginning 8 September and 20 October

Attorney General; Culture, Media and Sport; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; International Development; Scotland; Treasury; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions.

 RELOCATION OF WESTMINSTER HALL SITTINGS DURING SEPTEMBER

For the two weeks of the September sitting all sittings of the House in Westminster Hall will take place in Committee Room 10 on the Main Committee Corridor. Sittings will return to the Grand Committee Room from October (Business of the House statement, 10 July).

 SUMMER Adjournment 2014

Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 7.30pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Tuesday 22 July. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 22 July and before 4.30pm on Friday 29 August will be treated as having been tabled on 29 August.

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 26 August will be published on 27 August. 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

The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Summer Adjournment is 5.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 17 July (for answer on Tuesday 22 July).