Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 18 November 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

1Mr David Amess (Southend West)
What assessment he has made of the progress of the second wave of City Deals. (906043)

2Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What discussions he has had with Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership on the timing and size of the second phase of Local Growth Deals. (906044)

3Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
What his priorities are for political and constitutional reform in the remainder of this Parliament. (906045)

4Nia Griffith (Llanelli)
What the Government's policy is on a constitutional convention. (906046)

5Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
What discussions he has had with the Leeds Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from central government. (906048)

6Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What progress he has made on identifying areas not included in the first and second wave of City Deals to be prioritised for subsequent initiatives. (906050)

7Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
What the Government's policy is on a constitutional convention. (906051)

8Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde)
What steps the Government plans to take to raise the number of people registered to vote. (906053)

9Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
What his priorities are for political and constitutional reform in the remainder of this Parliament. (906054)

10Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What the Government's policy is on reform of the House of Lords. (906055)

11John Pugh (Southport)
What recent progress he has made on city-region deals. (906056)

12Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
What assessment he has made of the implementation of the Plymouth and South West Peninsula City deal. (906057)

At 11.50am

Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

T1Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (906088)

T2Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (906089)

T3Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire) (906090)

T4Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (906091)

T5Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (906092)

T6Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (906093)

T7Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (906094)

T8Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (906095)

T9Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (906096)

T10Andrew George (St Ives) (906097)

T11Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (906098)

T12Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (906099)

T13Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (906100)

T14Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (906101)

T15Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (906102)

At 12.10pm

Oral Questions to the Attorney General

1Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
What discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. (906103)

2John Stevenson (Carlisle)
What steps he has taken to promote pro bono work among members of the legal profession. (906104)

3Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West)
What steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to increase the conviction rate for hate crimes against disabled people. (906105)

4Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What recent assessment he has made of how effectively police and prosecutors co-operate in securing convictions of perpetrators of child abuse. (906106)

5Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon)
What steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence in the last two years. (906107)

6Helen Jones (Warrington North)
What recent assessment he has made of how effectively police and prosecutors co-operate in securing convictions of perpetrators of child abuse. (906108)

7Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
What recent assessment he has made of how effectively police and prosecutors co-operate in securing convictions of perpetrators of child abuse. (906109)

8Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton)
What steps he has taken to promote pro bono work among members of the legal profession. (906110)

9Steve Baker (Wycombe)
If the Crown Prosecution Service will take steps to ensure that all assaults against prison officers are prosecuted. (906112)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. APPRENTICESHIPS (CHILD BENEFIT AND TAX CREDIT ENTITLEMENT) (RESEARCH): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Jesse Norman

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for a programme of research into the costs and benefits of extending eligibility for Child Benefit and Tax Credit entitlement to young people completing apprenticeships; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2)

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

Secretary Vince Cable

That the Order of 16 July 2014 (Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

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

2. Proceedings on Consideration shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the following Table and in the order shown in that column.

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 three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration on the second day.

3. SMALL BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT BILL: REPORT STAGE (DAY 1)

Until 7.00pm (if the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion is agreed to by the House)

As amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion, if that Motion is agreed to by the House.

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

4. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the Insurance Premium Tax (Non-taxable Insurance Contracts) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2856), dated 27 October 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

5. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

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

Secretary Alistair Carmichael

That the draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) 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.

6. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

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

The Deputy Prime Minister

That the draft Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme 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.

7. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

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

The Deputy Prime Minister

That the draft Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 13 October, 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))

Future of Fenton Town Hall building, Stoke-on-Trent: Robert Flello

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

Physical inactivity and public health: Nick Smith

11.00am

Service history of Corporal Stewart McLaughlin: Mrs Angela Eagle

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

UK-German relations within the EU: Sir William Cash

4.00pm

Investment in the armed forces: Oliver Colvile

4.30pm

Housing market in London: Ms Diane Abbott

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

Minister for the Cabinet Office

1.List of Ministerial Responsibilities

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

2.Work of the Department during the Autumn Recess

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

3.Gifting of Armoured Vehicles to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Secretary of State for the Home Department

4.Police Reform

Secretary of State for Justice

5.Prison competition and efficiency

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

6.Social Justice: transforming lives–progress report

7.Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)

8.Pensions: NEST Corporation

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

Taxation of Pensions Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

9.25am (public), 2.00pm (public)

 DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES

Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Room 11

8.55am (public)

Third Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Referral Fees (Regulators and Regulated Persons) Regulations 2014, the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014 and the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014

Room 9

8.55am (public)

 Select Committees

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Government support for business

Witnesses: Naomi Clayton, Senior Analyst, Centre for Cities, Mike Palin, Executive Director for Strategic Economic Development, Liverpool City Region LEP, Matthew Cross, Head of Inward Investment, Invest in Bristol and Bath, and Dr Cathy Garner, Director of Strategy, Wave 2 Growth Hubs Programme, Lancaster University Management School; Caroline Norbury MBE, Chief Executive Officer, Creative England, Jim Farmery, Director of Business Development, Creative England, and Steve Futter, Senior Account Manager, Solent LEP (at 10.30am)

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Implementation of Electricity Market Reform

Witnesses: Danielle Lane, Head of UK Regulatory Affairs, Dong Energy, Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association, Leonie Greene, External Relations, Solar Trade Association, and Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, EDF Energy; Simon Moore, Infrastructure Policy Manager, Citizens Advice, Professor David Newbery, University of Cambridge, and Andrew Buglass, Head of Energy, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Co-Chair of Low Carbon Finance Group (at 10.15am)

Room 16

9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Cross-border health arrangements between England and Wales

Witnesses: Helen Birtwhistle, Director, Welsh NHS Confederation, Alan Brace, Interim Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance and Procurement, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, and Angela Hopkins, Director of Nursing, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Jesse Norman MP, and Action4OurCare (at 10.30am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Country Land and Business Association; and National Farmers' Union

Room 5

9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

International Development

Subject: Parliamentary Strengthening

Witnesses: Alina Rocha Menocal, University of Birmingham and Overseas Development Institute, Charles Chauvel, United Nations Development Programme, and Greg Power, Global Partners Governance; Sir Alan Haselhurst, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK, Alistair Burt MP, British Group of the International Parliamentary Union, and Andrew Tuggey, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (at 10.30am); Crispin Poyser, Overseas Office, House of Commons, and Francois Duluc, Assemblee Nationale (at 11.15am)

Room 15

9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Treatment of Financial Services Consumers

Witnesses: Joanna Elson OBE, Chief Executive, Money Advice Trust, Richard Lloyd, Executive Director, Which?, Francis McGee, Director of External Affairs, StepChange Debt Charity, and Professor John Gathergood, University of Nottingham; Nick Brookes, Chief Credit Officer, Wonga (at 11.00am); Stephen Noakes, Director of Mortgages, and Martin Dodd, Customer Services Director, Lloyds Bank (at 11.30am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Society Lotteries

Witnesses: Jo Bucci, Managing Director, and Grant Baskerville, Head of Public Affairs, People’s Postcode Lottery, Donald MaCrae, Promoter, and Professor Jennie Popay, Chair, The Health Lottery; Benjamin James, and Sophie Pughe, Charity Law Association, and Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (at 11.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Prisons: planning and policies

Witnesses: Simon Cartwright, Governor, HMP Belmarsh, John Biggin, Governor, HMP Thameside, Graham Hawkins, Governor, HMPYOI Isis, and Phil Copple, Director, National Offender Management Service; Steve Gillan, General Secretary, Prison Officers' Association (at 11.30am); David Pinchin, Independent Monitoring Board Chair, HMPYOI Isis, and Carole Homan, Independent Monitoring Board Chair, HMP Belmarsh (at 12 noon)

Conference Centre, HMP Belmarsh, Thameside

10.45am (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament

Room 6

12.55pm (private), 1.00pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: UK Government policy on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Witnesses: Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Edward Oakden, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Health

Subject: Public expenditure on Health and Social Care

Witnesses: Dame Kate Barker CBE, Chair, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England; Rob Webster, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation, Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association, and David Pearson, President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (at 3.15pm)

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Country Land and Business Association; National Farmers' Union; and Sir William Cash MP

Room 5

2.00pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Food supply networks

Witnesses: Professor Chris Elliott, Director of the Institute for Global Food Safety, Gary Copson, former Commander, Metropolitan Police, and Professor Pat Troop, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Room 16

2.15pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Home Affairs

Subject: The work of the Immigration Directorates (2014 Q2)

Witnesses: Peter Cullum, Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association, John Keefe, Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel, and Tim Reardon, Head of Taxation, Ferry and Cruise, UK Chamber of Shipping; James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Security and Immigration, Home Office, Mandie Campbell, Director General, Immigration Enforcement Directorate, and Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration Directorate (at 3.30pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 2.45pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: Community Rights

Witnesses: Barney Mynott, Public Affairs Officer, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), Tom Stainer, Head of Communications, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), and Ghislaine Trehearne, Assistant Director of Planning and Development, British Property Federation; Nic Bliss, Chair, Confederation of Co-Operative Housing, Jo Gooding, National Coordinator, UK Cohousing Network, and Jennifer Line, Senior Researcher, Building and Social Housing Foundation (at 3.50pm)

The Ivy House, Nunhead

3.00pm (private), 3.05pm (public)

House of Commons Governance

Subject: House of Commons Governance

Witnesses: Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, Rt Hon Sir George Young MP, and Mr Frank Doran MP; Michael Whitehouse, Chief Operating Officer, National Audit Office, and John Manzoni, Chief Executive, Civil Service (at 5.15pm)

Room 8

4.00pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

 Joint Committees

Draft Protection of Charities Bill

Subject: Draft Protection of Charities Bill

Witnesses: Ben Harrison, Policy Manager, Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office, Kenneth Dibble, Head of Legal Services, and Michelle Russell, Head of Investigations and Enforcement, Charity Commission; Victoria Keilthy, Director, Private and Third Sector Delivery, National Audit Office (at 3.15pm)

Committee Room 4

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

3rd Report: Child sexual exploitation in Rotherham: some issues for local government, HC 648

Time of publication: 00.01am

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

18th Report: HMRC’s progress in improving tax compliance and preventing tax avoidance, HC 458

Time of publication: 00.01am

 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

18th Report, HC 219-xvii

Time of publication: 11.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 25 November to Monday 1 December

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 19 November. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 20 November.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 24 November

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or the rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 18 November. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 19 November.

The following Departments will answer:

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.

Weeks beginning 1 December and 15 December

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Deputy Prime Minister; Home Office; Northern Ireland; Transport; Treasury; Work and Pensions.

Week beginning 8 December

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Scotland; Wales; Women and Equalities.