Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 5 November 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

Committee of Selection

No debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order No. 20)

Greg Hands

To move, That Jenny Willott be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Tom Brake be a member of the Committee until the end of the current Session.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

1Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
What plans she has to work with her international counterparts to address humanitarian needs in Gaza. (905888)

2Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
What progress her Department has made on its work with the Ministry of Defence to tackle the Ebola crisis in West Africa. (905889)

3Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central)
Whether pledges made by the international community at the Defeating Ebola conference in London on 2 October 2014 are being fulfilled. (905890)

4Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
What steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with disabilities benefit from UK aid programmes. (905891)

5Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on including climate justice in future sustainable development goals. (905892)

6Mr John Spellar (Warley)
What support her Department is providing to Tunisia and the new government of that country. (905893)

7Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What steps she is taking to assist West African states in tackling the Ebola virus. (905894)

8Mr David Jones (Clwyd West)
What refugee relief work her Department is undertaking in Jordan. (905895)

9Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury)
What steps her Department is taking to help refugees from conflict in South Sudan. (905896)

10Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
What recent estimate her Department has made of the level of humanitarian need in Gaza. (905897)

11Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
What steps the Government is taking to encourage other developed nations to support efforts to tackle the Ebola virus in West Africa. (905898)

12Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)
What steps she is taking to put women and girls at the heart of the UK's development programmes. (905899)

13Mark Hunter (Cheadle)
What recent assessment she has made of the situation of refugees in Syria and Iraq. (905900)

14Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole)
What steps her Department is taking to seek international consensus on post-2015 education goals and targets. (905901)

15Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
What support her Department is providing for the development of democratic governance and civil society in Palestine. (905902)

At 11.53am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

T1Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury)
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (905863)

T2Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (905864)

T3Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (905865)

T4Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (905866)

T5Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (905867)

T6Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (905868)

T7Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk) (905869)

T8Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (905870)

T9Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (905872)

At 12.00pm

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5 November. (905873)

Q2Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (905874)

Q3Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (905875)

Q4Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (905876)

Q5Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (905877)

Q6Margaret Beckett (Derby South) (905878)

Q7Helen Jones (Warrington North) (905879)

Q8Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (905880)

Q9Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (905881)

Q10Guy Opperman (Hexham) (905882)

Q11Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (905883)

Q12Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton) (905884)

Q13Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (905885)

Q14Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (905886)

Q15Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon) (905887)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. ARMED FORCES (PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Thomas Docherty

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision in relation to the reserve forces of the Crown; to provide that certain offences committed towards members of the armed forces and their families shall be treated as aggravated; to prohibit discrimination against members of the armed forces and their families in terms of provision of goods, services and employment; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. OPPOSITION DAY (9TH ALLOTTED DAY)

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

Top rate of income tax

Edward Miliband

Ed Balls

Chris Leslie

Rachel Reeves

Shabana Mahmood

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House believes it is a mistake to reduce the top rate of income tax at a time when working people, who are on average £1,600 a year worse off since 2010, are not feeling the recovery and while the deficit also remains high; notes that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that, by next year, households will be on average £974 a year worse off because of tax and benefit changes since 2010; believes that a fair plan to balance the books would reverse the cut in the top rate of income tax, which is worth £3 billion a year for the top one per cent of earners, for the next Parliament, and introduce a lower 10p starting rate of tax; and calls on the Government to rule out a further reduction in the top rate of income tax on earnings over £150,000 a year.

Local bus services

Edward Miliband

Mary Creagh

Hilary Benn

Sadiq Khan

Mr Gordon Marsden

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House recognises that buses are an important tool to promote economic growth; regrets that, outside London, bus use is in decline; notes that since 2010 1,300 bus routes have been lost; further notes that since 2010 bus fares have risen five times faster than wages; further regrets that deregulation of the bus industry removed the ability of local authorities to co-ordinate their public transport networks; and calls on the Government to ensure that city and county regions are able to make use of London-style powers to develop more integrated, frequent, cheaper and greener bus services with integrated Oyster card-style ticketing.

Notes:

The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Dover Medical Practice: Charlie Elphicke

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Ebola in West Africa: Stephen Phillips

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

Care workers: Mr Andrew Smith

11.00am

Ofcom’s supervision of mobile phone companies: Siobhain McDonagh

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Situation in the dairy industry: Simon Hart

4.00pm

Newlands Park mobile home park site management and park home residents’ rights: Mrs Anne Main

4.30pm

Government policy on transient ischaemic attacks: Helen Jones

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.Intellectual Property Office Annual Report on Innovation and Growth

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 Compensation (Claims Management Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Room 9

8.55am (public)

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) Regulations 2014, the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Prohibition on Opening Current Accounts for Disqualified Persons) Order 2014 and the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2014

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Science and Technology

Subject: GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe

Witnesses: Professor Helen Sang, Fellow, Society of Biology, Professor Michael Bevan, Programme Leader, Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, and Dr Paul Burrows, Executive Director, Corporate Policy and Strategy, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; Dr Mike Bushell, Principle Scientific Adviser, Syngenta, Dr Julian Little, Chair, Agricultural Biotechnology Council, and Geoff Mackey, Sustainable Development and Communications Director, BASF Europe North (at 10.15am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Education

Subject: Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds

Witnesses: Professor Paul Croll, Bulmershe Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of Reading, Professor Alison Fuller, Pro-Director, Research and Development and Professor of Vocational Education and Work, Institute of Education, University of London, David Sims, Research Director, National Foundation for Educational Research, and David Massey, Senior Manager, UK Commission for Employment and Skills; Kirstie Donnelly MBE, UK Managing Director, City and Guilds, Rob Wall, Head of Employment and Education Policy, Confederation of British Industry, Eileen Cavalier OBE, Chief Executive Officer, London College of Beauty Therapy, and David Harbourne, Director of Policy and Research, The Edge Foundation (at 10.30am)

Room 15

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14

Witnesses: Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State, Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, and Mike Driver, Finance Director General, Department for Work and Pensions

The Grimond 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: Robert Lockhart; P Moulton and Sons; and Mr and Mrs P Bettson

Room 5

9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The Scotland Office Annual Report

Witnesses: Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP, Secretary of State, and Alun Evans, Director, Scotland Office

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

1.00pm (private), 1.30pm (public)

Defence

Subject: Future Force 2020

Witnesses: Admiral Sir George Zambellas, Chief of the Naval Staff/First Sea Lord, General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the General Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, Chief of the Air Staff, and General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, Joint Forces Command (at 2.30pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Environmental Audit

Subject: Climate change adaptation

Witnesses: Kingston upon Hull City Council, Climate UK, Local Adaptation Advisory Panel, and Kent County Council

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

2.00pm (private)

Public Accounts

Subject: The Management and Removal of Foreign National Offenders

Witnesses: Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, and Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, Home Office, Michael Spurr, Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse, Association of Chief Police Officers’ Lead on Foreign National Offenders

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: Treatment of Financial Services Consumers

Witnesses: Dr Richard Clayton, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Dr Alastair MacWillson, Special Advisor, PA Consulting Group, and Jeff Day, Senior Security Consultant, British Computer Society; Simon Fell, Acting Head of External Affairs, CIFAS, Donald Toon, Director, Economic Crime Command, and Andrew Archibald, Deputy Director, National Cyber Crime Unit, National Crime Agency (at 3.30pm)

Room 8

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Room 17

2.30pm (private)

Procedure

Subject: E-petitions

Witnesses: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons

Room 20

3.00pm (private), 3.05pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Food security: demand, consumption and waste

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

Room 16

4.05pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Selection

Room 13

4.45pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Subject: Violence against women and girls

Witnesses: Natasha Walter, Women for Refugee Women, Anna Musgrave, Refugee Council, and Saira Grant, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Room 3A

9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

3rd Report: Work of Arts Council England, HC 279

Time of publication: 00.01am

 HEALTH

3rd Report: Children’s and adolescent mental health and CAMHS, HC 342

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 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).

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

Tuesday 11 November in the Chamber

Debate on a motion relating to the Medium-Term Financial Plan for the House of Commons and Draft Estimates for 2015-16: John Thurso

Thursday 20 November in the Chamber

Debate on a motion relating to devolution and the Union: Mr Dominic Raab, Mr Frank Field

General debate on money creation and society: Steve Baker, Mr Michael Meacher, Caroline Lucas, Mr Douglas Carswell

Monday 1 December in Westminster Hall

General debate on an e-petition relating to ending the conflict in Palestine: Grahame M. Morris

Appointment of a debate in Westminster Hall by the Chairman of Ways and Means following a recommendation by the Backbench Business Committee

Tuesday 18 November at 9.30am: Physical inactivity and public health: Nick Smith