Business Today: Chamber for Monday 2 February 2015

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

1Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
What steps his Department has taken to freeze council tax charges since 2010-11. (907327)

2Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East)
What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11. (907328)

3Henry Smith (Crawley)
What estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who are planning to raise council tax by more than 1.99 per cent in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement. (907329)

4Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East)
What steps the Government plans to take to ensure that high accessibility standards are incorporated into local plans. (907330)

5Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
What steps he is taking to reduce translation costs in the delivery of local services. (907332)

6Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North)
What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector. (907333)

7Chris Skidmore (Kingswood)
What steps his Department has taken to protect green belt land from inappropriate development. (907334)

8Mike Gapes (Ilford South)
What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector. (907335)

9Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central)
What discussions he has had with local authorities on the frequency of the collection of black bins. (907336)

10Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
What steps his Department has taken to help first-time buyers. (907337)

11Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)
What comparative assessment he has made of the number of housing completions and demand for housing since 2010. (907338)

12Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11. (907340)

13Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What steps he is taking to encourage local communities to use crowdfunding for social and community enterprises. (907341)

14Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What steps he has taken to encourage the development of brownfield sites in Pendle. (907342)

15Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)
What assessment he has made of the use of neighbourhood plans to ensure development is in accordance with the wishes of local residents. (907343)

16Toby Perkins (Chesterfield)
What assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11. (907344)

17Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
What steps his Department is taking to support local communities with neighbourhood planning and community rights. (907345)

18Grahame M. Morris (Easington)
What progress his Department has made on resolving the dispute over firefighters' pensions. (907346)

19Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
What progress his Department has made in promoting longer-term tenancies in the private rented sector. (907347)

20Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What steps he has taken to support local shops and high streets. (907349)

21Chris White (Warwick and Leamington)
What steps he has taken to support local shops and high streets. (907350)

22Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the supply of and demand for affordable housing in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West region. (907351)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

T1Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (907317)

T2Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (907318)

T3Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (907319)

T4Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (907320)

T5Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (907321)

T6Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (907322)

T7Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (907323)

T8Pat Glass (North West Durham) (907324)

T9Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (907325)

T10Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (907326)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. ARMED FORCES (SERVICE COMPLAINTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL [LORDS]: SECOND READING

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

Relevant documents:

Fifth Report from the Defence Committee on the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill, HC 508, and the Government response, HC 900

2. ARMED FORCES (SERVICE COMPLAINTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL [LORDS]: PROGRAMME

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

Secretary Michael Fallon

That the following provisions shall apply to the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [Lords]:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 12 February 2015.

(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

3. ARMED FORCES (SERVICE COMPLAINTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL [LORDS]: MONEY

No debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a))

Mr David Gauke

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of–

(a) any expenditure incurred under the Act by the Secretary of State; and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

 MOTION TO BE TAKEN AT 10.00PM

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 Secretary Alistair Carmichael relating to the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2015.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

4. SOCIAL ACTION, RESPONSIBILITY AND HEROISM BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2)

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the following provisions shall apply to the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 21 July 2014 (Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement at today’s sitting.

Subsequent stages

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

(3) 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.

5. SOCIAL ACTION, RESPONSIBILITY AND HEROISM BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Up to one hour (if the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion is agreed to)

Notes:

Proceedings will be taken in accordance with the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Programme (No. 2) Motion if it is agreed to by the House.

Neither of the Lords Amendments engage financial privilege.

6. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Up to 90 minutes (Standing Order No. 16(1))

Secretary Alistair Carmichael

That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 20 January, be approved.

7. ROAD TRAFFIC

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

Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

That the Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014, dated 30 November 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 3 December 2014, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

8. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

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

Secretary Alistair Carmichael

That the draft Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 4 December 2014, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

9. PENSIONS

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

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

That the draft National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 16 December 2014, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

10. SOCIAL SECURITY

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

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

That the draft Social Security (Penalty as Alternative to Prosecution) (Maximum Amount) Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 8 December 2014, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

11. CRIMINAL LAW

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

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015, which were laid before this House on 17 December 2014, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

12. SEA FISHERIES

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

Secretary Elizabeth Truss

That the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Scheme 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3363), dated 18 December 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 6 January, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

13. THE EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT AND EU RESTRICTIVE MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE ILLEGAL ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL

No debate (Standing Order No. 119(11))

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 13519/14, a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols, No. 1351/2014, Council Regulation (EU) of 18 December 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, and No. 2014/933/CFSP, Council Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol; supports the Government’s aim of demonstrating flexibility on timing of the provisional application of parts of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, as part of an intense wider effort to deescalate tensions on the ground in Ukraine; encourages the use of the Association Agreement between the EU, its Member States and Ukraine to embed sustainable reform, security and prosperity in Ukraine and the eastern neighbourhood; and supports the Government’s aim of fully implementing its policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Relevant documents:

13th Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 219-xiii, Chapters 4 and 35

16th Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 219-xvi, Chapter 10

24th Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 219-xxiii, Chapter 9

28th Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 219-xxvii, Chapter 1

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Birmingham Airport–flight path changes: Mrs Caroline Spelman

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Justice

1.Criminal Justice Update

2.Probation

Secretary of State for Transport

3.Light Dues 2015-16

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

Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Programming Sub-Committee

Room 13

2.30pm (private)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

First Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

Second Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015

Room 11

4.30pm (public)

Third Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Shared Parental Leave and Leave Curtailment (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Room 12

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Ladbroke HS2 Action Group and Ladbroke Parish Council; Martin Neal; Stephen Copley; Northamptonshire County Council; and Chipping Warden and Edgecote Parish Council

Room 5

2.00pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: (i) An update on Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust; (ii) National Audit Office 2015/16 Estimate

Witnesses: (i) Richard Douglas, Director General for Finance and the NHS, Department of Health, David Flory, Chief Executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority, Steve Melton, Chief Executive Officer, Circle Holdings, Hisham Abdel-Rahman, Chief Executive, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, David Behan, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission, and Maureen Donnelly, Chair, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group; (ii) Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Michael Whitehouse, Chief Operating Officer, National Audit Office (at 5.00pm)

Room 15

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Transport

Subject: Smaller airports

Witnesses: Pauline Bradley, Director, Manston Skyport Limited, Alastair Welch and Alan Mackinnon, Interim Directors, Kent Airport Limited, and George Yerrall, and Tony Freudmann, Partners, RiverOak Investment Corp; Paul Carter, Leader, and David Smith, Director of Economic Development, Kent County Council, Councillor Iris Johnston, Leader, Madeline Homer, Acting Chief Executive, and Paul Cook, Interim Director of Corporate Resources, Thanet District Council, and Sir Roger Gale MP (at 4.50pm); Ms Rosalyn McIntyre, No Night Flights, Dr Beau Webber, Chair, Save Manston Airport Group, and Squadron Leader Angela Sutton, Why Not Manston? (at 5.35pm)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Administration

Room 16

4.30pm (private)

Political and Constitutional Reform

Subject: Constitutional implications of draft Scotland clauses

Witnesses: Dr Mark Elliott, Reader in Public Law, University of Cambridge, Michael P Clancy OBE, Director, Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland, Professor Ian Loveland, Professor of Law, City Law School, and Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law, Strathclyde University; Willie Sullivan, Director, and Juliet Swann, Campaigns and Research Officer, Electoral Reform Society Scotland, and David Torrance, journalist and author (at 6.15pm)

Room 8

5.00pm (private), 5.15pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: As for afternoon session, unless already heard

Room 5

7.00pm (public)

Committee on Standards: Standards Review Sub- Committee

Room 13

7.30pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED

 Public Accounts

32nd Report: School oversight and intervention, HC 735

Date and time of publication: Friday 30 January 00.01am

 Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

20th Report, HC 332-xx

Date and time of publication: Friday 30 January 10.30am

 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

30th Report, HC 219-xxix

Date and time of publication: Friday 30 January 11.00am

 Regulatory Reform

3rd Report: Draft Legislative Reform (Community Governance Reviews) Order 2015, HC 969

Date and time of publication: Friday 30 January 11.00am

 International Development

10th Report: The Future of UK Development Co-operation: Phase 2: Beyond Aid, HC 663

Date and time of publication: Monday 2 February 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 10 February to Thursday 12 February

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 4 February. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 5 February.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 9 February

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 3 February. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 4 February.

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

Weeks beginning 23 February and 9 March

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

Week beginning 2 March

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