Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 16 December 2014

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

1Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)
What steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service is taking to ensure that urgent cases to remove trespassers from land are dealt with as quickly as possible. (906633)

2Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
What proportion of immigration and asylum appeals were made on the grounds of alleged breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998 in the last five years. (906634)

3Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
What recent steps he has taken to prevent fraudulent whiplash claims. (906636)

4Richard Graham (Gloucester)
What progress he has made on the disposal of former prisons; and if he will make a statement. (906637)

5Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West)
What progress he has made on expanding the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to include private companies providing public services. (906638)

6Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
What steps he is taking to reduce the number of crimes committed by ex-prisoners. (906639)

7Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
What his policy is on the constitutional role of judicial review. (906640)

8Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)
What steps his Department is taking to improve value for money from its private sector contracts. (906641)

9Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
What recent steps he has taken to prevent fraudulent whiplash claims; and if he will make a statement. (906642)

10Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South)
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending. (906643)

11Mr David Ward (Bradford East)
What steps his Department is taking to improve the regulation of claims management companies. (906644)

12Graeme Morrice (Livingston)
What his strategy is for supporting victims of crime. (906645)

13Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
If he will undertake a review of the enforcement of compensation orders agreed by the courts. (906646)

14Stephen Mosley (City of Chester)
What steps he is taking to increase funding for services to support victims. (906647)

15Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown)
What steps he is taking to encourage the use of mediation in family disputes. (906648)

16Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
What steps he is taking to rehabilitate women offenders. (906649)

17David Rutley (Macclesfield)
What steps he is taking to encourage the use of mediation in family disputes. (906650)

18Stephen Timms (East Ham)
What plans he has to respond to the recommendation of the Law Commission that wrongful retention of children should be a criminal offence. (906651)

19Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
What steps he is taking to promote early intervention to reduce reoffending by 16 to 18 year olds. (906652)

20Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
What opportunities there are for people in prison to prepare themselves for the job market on release. (906653)

21Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending. (906654)

22Peter Aldous (Waveney)
What steps he is taking to encourage the use of mediation in family disputes (906655)

23Sarah Champion (Rotherham)
What recent discussions he has had on conflict of interest rules in the probation service; and if he will make a statement. (906657)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T1Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (906658)

T2Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (906659)

T3Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (906660)

T4Andrew George (St Ives) (906661)

T5Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (906662)

T6Karl McCartney (Lincoln) (906663)

T7Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (906664)

T8Philip Davies (Shipley) (906665)

T9Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (906667)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 Presentation of Bills

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

Local Planning and Housing

Sir William Cash

Bill to make provision for the clarification and improvement of local planning procedures; to make provision in relation to housing supply; and for connected purposes.

Off-Road Vehicles (Registration)

Mr David Ward

Bill to make provision for the establishment of a compulsory registration scheme at the point of sale for all off-road motorcycles and quad bikes; and for connected purposes.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. EQUAL PAY (TRANSPARENCY): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Sarah Champion

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to make Regulations under Section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 to require employers of more than 250 employees to publish information relating to the pay of employees for the purpose of showing whether there are differences in the pay of male and female employees; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. COUNTER-TERRORISM AND SECURITY BILL: COMMITTEE (DAY 3)

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3) and Order of 2 December)

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill Programme Motion agreed by the House on 2 December: Proceedings on Clause 21, Schedule 3, Clauses 22 to 27, new Clauses relating to Chapter 1 of Part 5, new Schedules relating to Chapter 1 of Part 5, Clauses 28 to 30, Schedule 4, Clauses 31 to 33, new Clauses relating to Chapter 2 of Part 5, and new Schedules relating to Chapter 2 of Part 5 shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement; Proceedings on Part 6, new Clauses relating to Part 6, new Schedules relating to Part 6, Part 7, and remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00pm.

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

Queen’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading.

Relevant documents:

Oral evidence taken before the Home Affairs Committee on 3 December 2014, on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, HC 838

Written evidence to the Home Affairs Committee, on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, reported to the House on 3 December 2014, HC 838

Oral evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on 26 November 2014, on counter-terrorism and human rights

Written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on counter-terrorism and human rights, reported to the House on 26 November 2014, HC 836

Oral evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on 3 December 2014, on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

Written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, reported to the House on 3 December 2014, HC 859

 MOTION TO BE TAKEN AT 7.00PM

DEFERRED DIVISIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 41A(3))

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Mr David Gauke relating to the Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill: Money.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RELIGIOUS ETC. OBSERVANCES) BILL: MONEY

Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b))

Mr David Gauke

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

4. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

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

Secretary Stephen Crabb

That the draft Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 5 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

5. TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Transport Tribunal) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 10 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

6. CORPORATION TAX

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

Mr David Gauke

That the draft Changes in Accounting Standards (Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 17 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

7. BANKS AND BANKING

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009, (Mandatory Compensation Arrangements Following Bail-in) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 24 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

8. BANKS AND BANKING

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banks and Building Societies (Depositor Preference and Priorities) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 24 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

9. BANKS AND BANKING

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Special Bail-in Provision, etc.) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 24 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

10. BANKS AND BANKING

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

Andrea Leadsom

That the draft Bank Recovery and Resolution Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 24 November, 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)

Unsolicited phone calls and texts: Alison Seabeck

Closure of Glenburn Sports College: Rosie Cooper

Treatment for Gastroparesis: Paul Burstow

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Commemoration of the centenary of the bombardment of the Hartlepools: Mr Iain Wright

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

Human rights abuses in the overseas supply chains of UK companies: Ian Lavery

11.00am

Tax relief on UK film investment: Sir Nick Harvey

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Funding for Kew Gardens: Zac Goldsmith

4.00pm

Future of the Barnett Formula: Iain Stewart

4.30pm

Level of the National Minimum Wage: Dan Jarvis

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

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1.Banking Act 2009 Reporting

2.ECOFIN: 9 December 2014

3.Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 July 2014 to 30 September 2014

4.Publication of discussion paper–Employment Intermediaries: Temporary workers–relief for travel and subsistence expenses

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

5.Supporting local house building

Secretary of State for Defence

6.Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2014

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

7.EU Energy Council, Brussels, 9 December

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

8.Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council

Secretary of State for the Home Department

9.Annual Reports of the Biometrics Commissioner, National DNA Database Strategy Board and the Surveillance Camera Commissioner

House of Commons Commission

10.Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme

Secretary of State for Justice

11.Prisons, Interception of Communications

Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

12.Report on the Scottish Independence Referendum held on 18 September 2014

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

13.Post Office Card Account

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

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

To consider the Bill

Room 12

9.25am (public)

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

2.00pm (public)

 Select Committees

Foreign Affairs

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

8.30am (private)

Business, Innovation and Skills

Subject: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Witnesses: Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge, Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester; Professor Sir David Edward, KCMG, QC, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh (at 10.15am)

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

House of Commons Governance

Room 20

9.00am (private)

Energy and Climate Change

Subject: Progress on smart meter roll-out

Witnesses: Jonathan Simcock, Managing Director, Smart Data Communications Company Ltd, and Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive, Smart Energy GB; Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Daron Walker, Senior Responsible Officer, Smart Meters, and Alan Over, Deputy Programme Director, Smart Metering Implementation Programme, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rob Church, Partner, Retail Markets, and Rachel Fletcher, Senior Partner, Markets Division, Ofgem (at 10.30am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Cross-border health arrangements between England and Wales

Witnesses: Dr Alan Rees, RCP Vice President for Wales, Dr Frank Joseph, RCP Acute Care Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Dr Stephen Kelly, Welsh Consultants Committee, and Dr Peter Horvath-Howard, General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association Wales; Andrew Wilson-Webb, Chief Executive, Rarer Cancers Foundation, and Emma Hughes, Development Officer for Wales, Genetic Alliance UK (at 10.15am); Jane Ellison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ben Dyson, Director of NHS Group, Department of Health, and Ian Dodge, National Director for Commissioning Strategy, NHS England (at 11.00am)

Room 8

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Middleton Parish Council; Middleton HS2 Action Group; Josephine and Paul Hollis; Elaine Foulkes; Dan Byles MP; and Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP

Room 5

9.30am (private), 9.50am (public)

International Development

Subject: Jobs and livelihoods

Witnesses: David Woollcombe, President, Peace Child International, Andrew Devenport, Youth Business International, and Gerry Boyle, Senior Policy Adviser, Private Sector Engagement, CARE International UK; Farah Kabir, Country Director, ActionAid Bangladesh, Mike Bird, Operations Manager, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, Deepta Chopra, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, and Mosharraf Hossain, Director of Policy and Influencing, ADD International (at 11.00am)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Defence

Subject: Decision-making in defence policy

Witnesses: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former HM Ambassador to Kabul, and former Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Brigadier (Rtd) Ed Butler (at 10.45am); Lieutenant General (Rtd) Sir Robert Fry, and Desmond Bowen, former Director General of Policy, Ministry of Defence (at 11.30am)

Room 15

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Treasury

Subject: Press briefing of information in the Financial Conduct Authority’s 2014/15 Business Plan

Witnesses: Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority; Zitah McMillan, Director of Communications and International, Financial Conduct Authority (at 10.45am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Society lotteries

Witnesses: Andy Duncan, Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Dyball, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Camelot, Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund, and Carole Souter, Chief Executive, Heritage Lottery Fund; Mrs Helen Grant MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Mr Rob Wilson MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office, and Jenny Williams, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission (at 11.30am)

Room 16

10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)

Justice

Room 13

10.00am (private)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament to apply for debates, including: National commissioning of NHS specialised services

Room 6

12.55pm (private), 1.00pm (public)

Foreign Affairs

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

Witnesses: Jonathan Fenby, CBE, Managing Director, China team, Trusted Sources and former editor of South China Morning Post

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public), 3.30pm (private)

Health

Subject: 2014 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission

Witnesses: David Prior, Chairman, and David Behan CBE, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission

Room 15

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Middleton Parish Council; Middleton HS2 Action Group; Josephine and Paul Hollis; Elaine Foulkes; Dan Byles MP; and Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP

Room 5

2.00pm (public)

Communities and Local Government

Subject: (i) Pre-appointment Hearing for the Housing Ombudsman; (ii) Performance of the Department for Communities and Local Government 2013-14

Witnesses: (i) Denise Fowler, Preferred Candidate for the position of Housing Ombudsman; (ii) Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (at 4.15pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.45pm (private), 2.50pm (public), 3.30pm (private), 4.15pm (public), 5.00pm (private)

Scottish Affairs

Subject: The Smith Commission: Proposals for further Devolution to Scotland

Witnesses: Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP, Secretary of State for Scotland

Room 8

2.45pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Liaison

Subject: Evidence from the Prime Minister: December 2014

Witnesses: Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

3.45pm (private), 4.00pm (public)

 Joint Committees

Draft Protection of Charities Bill

Subject: Draft Protection of Charities Bill

Witnesses: William Shawcross, Chairman, and Michelle Russell, Head of Investigations and Enforcement, Charity Commission

Room 4A

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

4th Report: Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework, HC 190

Time of publication: 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Monday 5 January 2015 to Monday 12 January 2015

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 17 December. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 18 December.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 5 January 2015

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 16 December. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 17 December.

Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Communities and Local Government; Energy and Climate Change; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Treasury; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions.

Weeks beginning 12 January 2015 and 26 January 2015

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Deputy Prime Minister; Education; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Transport; Wales.

Weeks beginning 19 January 2015 and 2 February 2015

Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Communities and Local Government; Energy and Climate Change; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Treasury; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions.

 TABLING AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC BILLS IN THE CHRISTMAS ADJOURNMENT 2014

Members wishing to table amendments to public bills in person, or via introduced staff, may do so in the usual way in the Public Bill Office until the rise of the House on Thursday 18 December. Such amendments will be available online, and in the printed provisional papers (‘the blues’), on Friday 19 December.

During the recess, Members may submit amendments in person, via introduced staff or, if signed, by other staff or by post.

The table below shows the deadlines, selection eligibility and first publication time, for amendments handed in during the recess.

For the avoidance of doubt: to be eligible for selection on 6 January, at either a report stage or a sitting of a public bill committee, amendments must have been tabled by 4.30pm on Tuesday 30 December.

*Amendments are generally available online the morning following the deadline–provisionally ‘marshalled’ into the order in which they relate to the bill. In the printed ‘blues’, they appear in the order in which they were submitted.

 CHRISTMAS ADJOURNMENT 2014

Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 5.30pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 18 December. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 18 December and before 4.30pm on Friday 2 January will be treated as if tabled on 2 January.

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 18 December will be published on 19 December. 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://intranet.parliament.uk/Documents/intranet/table-office/Order-of-oral-questions-2015.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 Christmas Adjournment is 10.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Monday 15 December (for answer on Thursday 18 December).