Business Today: Chamber for Thursday 5 February 2015

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

1Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East)
What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills. (907442)

2Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire)
What estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity demand that will be met by renewable energy in 2015 compared with 2010. (907443)

3Mr David Hanson (Delyn)
What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills. (907444)

4Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
What assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to the incentive scheme for installing solar power panels on businesses that install those panels. (907445)

5Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)
What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills. (907447)

6Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton)
What estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity consumption that will be sourced from wind by 2017. (907448)

7Jim McGovern (Dundee West)
What steps he is taking to promote and ensure the viability of the UK's offshore wind sector. (907450)

8Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907451)

9Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
What assessment he has made of the effect of lower oil prices on oil and gas extraction from the North Sea. (907452)

10Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907453)

11Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts)
What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills. (907454)

12Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What steps he is taking to encourage community energy generation. (907456)

13Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907457)

14Barry Gardiner (Brent North)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907458)

15Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907459)

16Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
What steps he is taking to ensure that energy bills for domestic consumers and business users reflect falling wholesale energy prices. (907461)

17Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)
What assessment he has made of the contribution of demand-side responses in meeting electricity generation capacity shortages. (907462)

18Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907463)

19Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
What steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills. (907464)

20Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
If he will make an assessment of the potential for the Kishorn facility in Ross-shire to contribute to the UK meeting its renewable energy targets through the manufacture of offshore wind energy turbines; and if he will make a statement. (907465)

21John Robertson (Glasgow North West)
What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency. (907466)

At 10.15am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

T1Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (907468)

T2Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (907469)

T3Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (907470)

T4Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (907471)

T5Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (907472)

T6Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (907473)

T7Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (907474)

T8Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (907475)

T9Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (907476)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

10.30am

Urgent Questions (if any)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Building sustainable GP services

Derek Twigg

Caroline Lucas

That this House notes the vital role played by local GP services in communities throughout the UK, with an estimated one million patients receiving care from a family doctor or nurse every day; believes that the UK’s tradition of excellent general practice provision is a central factor in the NHS being consistently ranked as one of the world’s best health services by the independent Commonwealth Fund; expresses concern, therefore, that the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), through its Put patients first: Back general practice campaign, is warning that these services are under severe strain, with increasing concerns raised by constituents about access to their GP and 91 per cent of GPs saying general practice does not have sufficient resources to deliver high quality patient care; further notes that the share of NHS funding spent on general practice has fallen to an all-time low of 8.3 per cent, and that over 300,000 people across the UK have signed the campaign petition calling for this trend to be reversed; welcomes the emphasis placed in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View on strengthening general practice and giving GPs a central role in developing new models of care integrated around patients; and calls on the Secretary of State for Health to work with NHS England and the RCGP to secure the financial future of local GP services as a matter of urgency.

Improving cancer outcomes

Mr John Baron

Grahame M. Morris

Eric Ollerenshaw

Jack Lopresti

Rebecca Harris

That this House has considered improving cancer outcomes.

Notes:

The subjects for both debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

2. Business of the House (10 FEBRUARY)

No debate after 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Mr Williams Hague

That, at the sitting on Tuesday 10 February, the provisions of Standing Orders No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents) and No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Secretary Theresa May relating to the Police Grant Report and the Motions in the name of Secretary Eric Pickles relating to Local Government Finance Reports, and the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on–

(1) the Motion in the name of Secretary Theresa May relating to the Police Grant Report not later than three hours after the commencement of proceedings on that Motion, and

(2) the Motions in the name of Secretary Eric Pickles relating to Local Government Finance not later than three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the first of those Motions or six hours after the commencement of proceedings relating to the Police Grant Report, whichever is the later;

and proceedings on those Motions may continue, though opposed, after the moment of interruption.

3. Business of the House

No debate after 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Mr Williams Hague

That, in respect of the House of Commons Commission Bill, notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time.

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Lack of appropriate parking around Shree Sanatan Mandir: Keith Vaz

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 5.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Beer duty: Andrew Griffiths

BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

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

1.30pm

Voter engagement in the UK, Fourth Report from the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, HC 232, and the Government response, HC 1037; Voter engagement in the UK: follow up, Sixth Report of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, HC 938

Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments, First Report from the Work and Pensions Committee, HC 302, and the Government response, Cm 8967

Notes:

The debate will arise on a Motion for the adjournment, to be moved by a Minister.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

The subjects for debate were chosen by the Liaison Committee.

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Defence

1.UK Commitments to the NATO Readiness Action Plan

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

2.Foreign Affairs Council, and General Affairs Council: 9 and 10 February

Secretary of State for the Home Department

3.Immigration Act 2014–Marriage and Civil Partnership Notice Fee Increase

4.Justice and Home Affairs post-Council Statement

5.Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Overseas

6.Triennial Review of the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales

Secretary of State for Transport

7.Changes to the rules for operators registering local bus services

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

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

11.30am (public)

Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill

Further to consider the Bill

Room 12

2.00pm (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Amendment) Order 2015

Room 9

11.30am (public)

 Select Committees

Welsh Affairs

Subject: Prisons in Wales and treatment of Welsh offenders

Witnesses: Heledd Williams and Cen Llwyd, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society); Meri Huws, Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (Welsh Language Commissioner) (at 2.45pm)

Senedd, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 DEFENCE

7th Report: The situation in Iraq and Syria and the response to al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq al-Sham (DAESH), HC 692

Time of publication: 00.01am

 POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

6th Report: Voter engagement in the UK: follow up, HC 938

Time of publication: 00.01am

4th Special Report: Voter engagement in the UK: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2014–15, HC 1037

Time of publication: 00.01am

 JUSTICE

2nd Special Report: Joint enterprise: follow-up: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2014–15, HC 1047

Time of publication: 10.00am

 PROCEDURE

5th Report: Business in Westminster Hall: Government response and revised Standing Order No. 10, HC 1035

Time of publication: 11.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 23 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 10 February. The Ballot will take place on Wednesday 11 February.

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

Week beginning 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

 february ADJOURNMENT 2015–TABLING OF PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

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 12 February. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 12 February and before 4.30pm on Friday 20 February will be treated as if tabled on 20 February.

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 12 February will be published on 13 February. 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 February Adjournment is 10.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Monday 9 February (for answer on Thursday 12 February).

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

Thursday 12 February in Chamber

Debate on a motion relating to pubs and planning legislation: Greg Mulholland, Charlotte Leslie, Grahame M. Morris

General debate on destruction and looting of historic sites in Syria and Iraq: Robert Jenrick

General debate on mental health and wellbeing of Londoners : Ms Diane Abbott

Thursday 12 February in Westminster Hall

General debate on effect of national infrastructure projects on local redevelopment: Mr Andy Slaughter