Business Today: Chamber for Monday 1 December 2014

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

1Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)
What steps the Government is taking to (a) highlight to young people the benefits of working in the logistics sector and (b) provide teaching in the necessary skills for work in that sector. (906328)

2Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
What progress she has made on reducing pupil absence from schools. (906330)

3Stephen Timms (East Ham)
What recent discussions she has had with the CBI on careers education in schools. (906331)

4Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
What steps she is taking to promote the study of STEM subjects at school. (906333)

5Nick de Bois (Enfield North)
What steps her Department is taking to help more schools offer nursery classes. (906334)

6Ann Coffey (Stockport)
What recent assessment she has made of the vulnerability of children missing from school and home to child sexual exploitation. (906335)

7Simon Wright (Norwich South)
What steps she has taken to ensure that the best school leaders are recruited to work in the most challenging schools. (906336)

8Ian Austin (Dudley North)
What steps she is taking to ensure that more apprenticeships are available for 16 to 18-year-olds. (906337)

9Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness)
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing nursery schools to become academies. (906338)

10Ian Lucas (Wrexham)
If she will make an assessment of the public benefit contributed by schools in the private sector. (906339)

11Andrew George (St Ives)
When she plans to announce the outcome of the next phase of the Priority School Building Programme. (906340)

12Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
What recent assessment she has made of the performance of free schools. (906341)

13Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)
When she plans to announce the successful applicants for the Priority Schools Building Programme 2. (906342)

14Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South)
What steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities recruit and retain an adequate number of qualified children and families social workers. (906343)

15Mr David Ward (Bradford East)
What steps her Department is taking to make additional resources available to schools in areas that experience high levels of in-year admissions. (906344)

16Mr Robin Walker (Worcester)
What progress she has made on reducing pupil absence from schools. (906345)

17Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West)
What progress her Department has made on ensuring that children's centres have access to live birth data for their catchment areas. (906346)

18John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead)
What recent representations she has received on the National Audit Office's report, Academies and maintained schools: oversight and intervention, published on 30th October 2014, HC 721; and if she will make a statement. (906347)

19Duncan Hames (Chippenham)
What additional capital funding she plans to make available to help schools provide free hot meals to all infant pupils. (906348)

20Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What support her Department has made available to small primary schools for providing free school meals. (906349)

21Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South)
What steps she is taking to ensure that schools have policies in place for identifying and supporting young carers. (906350)

22Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the cost of nursery care. (906351)

23Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon)
What recent assessment she has made of the performance of free schools. (906352)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

T1Gareth Johnson (Dartford)
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (906318)

T2Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (906319)

T3Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (906320)

T4Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (906321)

T5Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (906323)

T6David Mowat (Warrington South) (906324)

T7Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (906327)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 3)

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the following provisions shall apply to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 24 February 2014 in the last Session of Parliament (Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (Programme)) as varied by the Order of 12 May 2014 in that Session (Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 10.00pm at today’s sitting.

(2) The proceedings 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

Subsequent stages

(4) Any further message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

(5) The proceedings on any further message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

2. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Until 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Programme (No. 3) Motion if it is agreed to by the House.

Lords Amendments 5 to 34, 75, 123 and 124 engage financial privilege.

The National Assembly for Wales has passed Legislative Consent Resolutions in respect of this Bill. Copies of the Resolutions are available in the Vote Office.

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

3. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Mr William Hague

Greg Hands

That Mr Jeremy Browne be discharged from the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and Duncan Hames be added.

4. ADMINISTRATION

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Harriett Baldwin and Mr Mark Harper be discharged from the Administration Committee and Michael Fabricant and Mr Ben Wallace be added.

5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Dan Byles be a member of the Science and Technology Committee.

6. TRANSPORT

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Mr Tom Harris be a member of the Transport Committee.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 10.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Jurisdiction of the Serious Fraud Office and 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids: Damian Collins

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

The sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1))

4.30pm

E-Petition (Standing Order No. 10(5))

Grahame M. Morris

That this House has considered the e-petition relating to ending the conflict in Palestine.

Notes:

The motion will be moved at the beginning of proceedings.

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.EU Competitiveness Council 4-5 December

Secretary of State for Transport

2.Transport infrastructure

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

First Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

Second Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015

Room 11

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Political and Constitutional Reform

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

12.00pm (private)

Foreign Affairs Committee

Room 6

2.00pm (private)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: International Automotive Components Group Ltd; Christina O’Sullivan; Richard Lloyd; and Heart of England High Speed Railway Action Group

Room 5

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Committees on Arms Export Controls

Subject: Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2015)

Witnesses: Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Edward Bell, Head and Chris Chew, Head of Policy, Export Control Organisation; Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State, Jessica Hand, Head, Arms Export Policy Department, and Peter Jones, Director, Defence and International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 4.15pm)

Room 15

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: Planning for the Better Care Fund (Health and Wellbeing boards)

Witnesses: Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England, Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, and Helen Edwards, Director General for Localism, Department for Communities and Local Government, Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association, Una O'Brien, Permanent Secretary, and Jon Rouse, Director General Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health, and Andrew Ridley, Programme Director, Better Care Fund

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Science and Technology

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

Witnesses: Dr Elisabeth Waigmann, Head of Genetically Modified Organisms Unit, and Professor Joe Perry, Chair, Genetically Modified Organisms Panel, European Food Safety Authority; Eric Poudelet, Director, Safety of the Food Chain, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, and Dorothée André, Head of Unit, Biotechnology, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, European Commission (at 5.00pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Transport

Subject: Investing in the railway

Witnesses: Maggie Simpson, Executive Director, Rail Freight Group, Lindsay Durham, Head of Rail Strategy, Freightliner Group, and John Smith, Managing Director, GB Railfreight

Room 8

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Progress with automatic enrolment and pension reforms

Witnesses: Otto Thoresen, Director General, Association of British Insurers, Jonathan Lipkin, Director of Public Policy, Investment Management Association, and Graham Vidler, Director of External Affairs, National Association of Pension Funds; Adrian Boulding, Pensions Strategy Director, Legal and General, Tim Jones, Chief Executive Officer, National Employment Savings Trust, Morten Nilsson, Chief Executive, NOW: Pensions, Patrick Heath-Lay, Chief Executive Officer, People’s Pension, and Jamie Jenkins, Head of Pensions Strategy, Standard Life (at 5.30pm)

Room 16

4.15pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

Justice

Subject: Impact of changes to civil legal aid under LASPO

Witnesses: Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, Lord Justice Sullivan, Senior President of Tribunals, and Steve Matthews, Magistrates' Association

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.45pm (private), 5.00pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: International Automotive Components Group Ltd; Christina O’Sullivan; Richard Lloyd; and Heart of England High Speed Railway Action Group

Room 5

7.00pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

7th Report: Business-University Collaboration, HC 249

Time of publication: 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 9 December to Monday 15 December

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 3 December. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 4 December.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 8 December

Applications for General or Short Debates should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or the rise of House, whichever is the earlier, on Tuesday 2 December. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 3 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.

Week beginning 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.