Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 4 November 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1Mr David Jones (Clwyd West)
What progress he has made on his policy to create a Northern powerhouse for the UK economy. (905838)

2Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock)
What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to change income tax allowances and thresholds. (905839)

3Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
What assessment he has made of the effect of tax receipts on the deficit in the last 12 months. (905840)

4Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)
What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the last year for which figures are available. (905841)

5Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon)
What progress he has made on his fiscal consolidation plans. (905842)

6Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
What progress he has made on his policy to create a Northern powerhouse for the UK economy. (905843)

7Mark Hunter (Cheadle)
What recent steps he has taken to reduce tax avoidance. (905844)

8John Pugh (Southport)
What recent steps he has taken to rebalance regional economies. (905845)

9Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
What progress he has made on his policy to create a Northern powerhouse for the UK economy. (905846)

10Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What progress he has made on his policy to create a Northern powerhouse for the UK economy. (905848)

11Stephen Timms (East Ham)
What recent forecast he has made of the change in the deficit between May 2010 and May 2015. (905849)

12Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North)
How many working people are in receipt of tax credits. (905850)

13John Stevenson (Carlisle)
What progress he has made on his policy to create a Northern powerhouse for the UK economy. (905851)

14Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
What estimate he has made of the rate of growth in the economy. (905852)

15Derek Twigg (Halton)
What recent comparative assessment he has made of growth in average earnings and the rate of inflation since May 2010. (905854)

16Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate)
What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of employment. (905855)

17Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
What progress he has made on measures to reduce taxes on pensions. (905858)

18Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the last year for which figures are available. (905859)

19Mark Menzies (Fylde)
What progress he has made on measures to reduce taxes on pensions. (905861)

20Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde)
What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the last year for which figures are available. (905862)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

T1Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905828)

T2Gavin Shuker (Luton South) (905829)

T3Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (905830)

T4Mr David Amess (Southend West) (905831)

T5Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (905832)

T6Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (905833)

T7Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (905834)

T8Margot James (Stourbridge) (905835)

T9Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (905836)

T10James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (905837)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements, including on London Borough of Tower Hamlets

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. ABORTION (SEX-SELECTION): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Fiona Bruce

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to clarify the law relating to abortion on the basis of sex-selection; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. MODERN SLAVERY BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2) MOTION

Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 83A(9))

Secretary Theresa May

That the Order of 8 July 2014 (Modern Slavery Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

(1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order shall be omitted.

(2) Proceedings on Consideration 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

(4) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00pm on the day on which proceedings on Consideration are commenced.

3. MODERN SLAVERY BILL: REPORT STAGE AND THIRD READING

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 Modern Slavery 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).

4. INVESTIGATORY POWERS

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance and Property Interference: Code of Practice) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 22 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

5. INVESTIGATORY POWERS

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

Secretary Theresa May

That the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Code of Practice) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 22 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 21 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 21 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

8. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the draft Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 21 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

9. VALUE ADDED TAX

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

Mr David Gauke

That the Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Exceptions Relating to Supplies Not Made to Relevant Business Person) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2726), dated 13 October 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 14 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Impact of new housing in Longridge, Clitheroe and Whalley: Mr Nigel Evans

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Abuse on the internet of Members of Parliament: John Mann

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

Meat slaughtered in accordance with religious rites: Neil Parish

11.00am

Broadband in Cheltenham: Martin Horwood

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Assessment of the second year of the badger culls: Chris Williamson

4.00pm

Gene testing for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer: Ms Margaret Ritchie

4.30pm

Sentencing for dangerous driving offences: Alok Sharma

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 Communities and Local Government

1Infrastructure Bill

2.London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Secretary of State for Defence

3.Defence Equipment and Support

4.Libya update

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

5.Outcome of the October Agriculture and Fisheries Council

6.Publication of the National Pollinator Strategy for England

Secretary of State for Transport

7.HS2 safeguarding 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.

 Public Bill Committees

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 10

8.55am (public)

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 10

2.00pm (public)

Pension Schemes Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

9.25am (public)

Pension Schemes Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

2.00pm (public)

International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

To consider the Bill

Room 9

2.00pm (public)

 Select Committees

Education

Subject: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education and Sex and Relationships Education in Schools

Witnesses: Dr Graham Ritchie, Principal Policy Advisor, Office of the Children's Commissioner, Sarah Carter, Trustee, Family Education Trust, Joe Hayman, Chief Executive, PSHE Association, and Natasha Browne, Former Chair, Youth Select Committee on 'A Curriculum for Life'; Crispin Drummond, Explore-Students Exploring Marriage, Michael Mercieca, Chief Executive, Young Enterprise, Dr Ann Hoskins, Deputy Director Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England, and Michael O'Toole, Chief Executive, Mentor (at 10.30am)

Room 6

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Public Administration

Subject: Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges

Witnesses: Professor Robert Hazell CBE, Director, University College London Constitution Unit, James Lloyd, Director, Strategic Society Centre, Iain Gray CBE, Chief Executive, Innovate UK, Technology Strategy Board, and Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility; Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive, British Heart Foundation, and Professor Dame Julia Slingo OBE, Chief Scientist, The Met Office (at 10.45am)

Room 8

9.15am (private), 10.00am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Proposals for further fiscal and economic devolution to Scotland

Witnesses: Dr Angus Armstrong, Director of Macroeconomic Research, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and Professor Alan Trench, University College London Constitution Unit; Edward Troup, Tax Assurance Commissioner and second Permanent Secretary, and Sarah Walker, Deputy Director, Devolution, HM Revenue and Customs (at 10.15am)

Room 16

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Lea Marston Parish Council

Room 5

9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

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

Witnesses: Lord Mandelson, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Business, Innovation and Skills

Room 7

10.00am (private)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: One-Off Session with Ofcom

Witnesses: Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE, Chairman, and Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

10.00am (private)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Network costs

Witnesses: Dermot Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Martin Crouch, Senior Partner, and Maxine Frerk, Interim Senior Partner, Ofgem; Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, Minister of State, and John Fiennes, Director, Energy Strategy Networks and Markets, Department of Energy and Climate Change (at 11.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

10.15am (private), 10.30am (public)

European Scrutiny

Subject: Revised UK Contribution to the EU Budget

Witnesses: David Gauke MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury

Room 15

12.15pm (private), 12.35pm (public)

Committee on Standards: Standards Review Sub- Committee

Subject: The Standards System in the House of Commons

Witnesses: Professor Sir Peter Rubin, Chair, General Medical Council, Gordon Hockey, Registrar, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Charles Plant, Chair, Solicitors Regulation Authority Board, and Paul Philip, Chief Executive, Solicitors Regulation Authority

Room 18

12.30pm (private), 12.45pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament to apply for the following debates, including on: Fishing industry; Progress of the historic child sex abuse inquiry

Room 16

12.55pm (private), 1.00pm (public)

Health

Subject: Integrated Care Pioneers

Witnesses: Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State, and Clara Swinson, Director of Social Care Policy, Department of Health, and Ian Dodge, National Director, Commissioning Strategy, NHS England

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

1.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: The UK's relations with Hong Kong: 30 years after the Joint Declaration

Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes CH; Professor Niv Horesh, Professor, Modern History of China, and Director, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham, and Dr Malte Kaeding, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Surrey (at 3.30pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

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

Witnesses: Drew Harris OBE, Deputy Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Room 8

1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Community Rights

Witnesses: Janice Banks, Chief Executive, Action With Communities in Rural England, Dr Freddie Gick, Chair, Civic Voice, and Mike Perry, Head of Development and Policy, Plunkett Foundation; David Bowater, Senior Corporate Advisor, Wiltshire Council, Ross Murray, Deputy President, Country Land and Business Association, and Councillor Jeremy Rowe, Deputy Leader, Cornwall Council (at 3.15pm)

Room 17

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Defence

Room 7

2.00pm (private)

Home Affairs

Subject: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Witnesses: Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner; Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists (at 3.30pm); Deputy Assistant Commissioner Maxine De Brunner, National Lead for Lawful Intercept, Chief Constable Mick Creedon, Derbyshire Police, and Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, National Policing Lead for Communications Data (at 4.15pm)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

House of Commons Governance

Subject: House of Commons Governance

Witnesses: Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC, external member and acting Chair, Barbara Scott, external member, and Alex Jablonowski, former external member, House of Commons Management Board; Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Mr Bernard Jenkin MP, and Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP (at 5.30pm)

Room 6

4.00pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

 PRIVATE BILL COMMITTEES

Unopposed Bill: Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [Lords]

Room 11

2.00pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 European Scrutiny

17th Report: The UK’s 2014 block opt-out decision: summary and update Report, HC 762

Time of publication: 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Monday 17 November to Monday 24 November

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 11 November. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 12 November.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 10 November

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 4 November. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 5 November.

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Deputy Prime Minister; Energy and Climate Change; Home Office; International Development; Leader of the House; Transport; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions.

Week beginning 17 November

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; Justice; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Women and Equalities.

Week beginning 24 November

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Deputy Prime Minister; Energy and Climate Change; Home Office; International Development; Leader of the House; Transport; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions.

 november Adjournment 2014

Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 8.00pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Tuesday 11 November. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after the rise of the House on 11 November will be treated as if tabled on Monday 17 November.

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 11 November will be published on 12 November. 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 November Adjournment is 5.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 6 November (for answer on Tuesday 11 November).