Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 11 March 2015

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1Naomi Long (Belfast East)
What progress she has made on her consultation with the Electoral Commission on the transparency of donations and loans to political parties in Northern Ireland. (907932)

2Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East)
When she plans to make a progress report on the Government's economic pact for Northern Ireland. (907933)

3Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside)
When she plans to make a progress report on the Government's economic pact for Northern Ireland. (907934)

4Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
What assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland. (907935)

5Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What further steps the Government plans to take to resolve outstanding issues relating to flags and parades. (907936)

6Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)
What steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of living in Northern Ireland. (907937)

7Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
What assessment she has made of the current political situation in Northern Ireland. (907938)

8Mr Andrew Robathan (South Leicestershire)
What recent progress has been made on the status and operation of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland. (907939)

9Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire)
What further steps the Government plans to take to resolve outstanding issues relating to flags and parades. (907940)

10Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
What steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of living in Northern Ireland. (907942)

11Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
What steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland. (907945)

12Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
What recent discussions she has had with the First Minister on early intervention policies in Northern Ireland. (907946)

At 12.00pm

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 March. (907992)

Q2Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (907993)

Q3Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (907994)

Q4Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (907995)

Q5Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (907996)

Q6Naomi Long (Belfast East) (907997)

Q7Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (907998)

Q8Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (907999)

Q9Sir David Amess (Southend West) (908000)

Q10Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (908001)

Q11Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) (908002)

Q12Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (908003)

Q13Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (908004)

Q14Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (908005)

Q15Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (908006)

 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)

Standardised Testing for Diabetes (People Aged 40 and Over)

Keith Vaz

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to provide annual standardised tests for diabetes for those aged 40 and over; and for connected purposes.

National Health Service

Caroline Lucas

A Bill to re-establish the Secretary of State’s legal duty as to the National Health Service in England and to make provision about the other duties of the Secretary of State in that regard; to make provision about the administration and accountability of the National Health Service in England; to repeal section 1 of the National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 and sections 38 and 39 of the Immigration Act 2014; to make provision about the application of international law in relation to health services in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. HORSES AND PONIES (LIVE EXPORT): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Gregory Barker

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about improving and enforcing the arrangements for the regulation of the export of live British horses and ponies from the United Kingdom; to require the Secretary of State to commission and publish a study of the effectiveness of such arrangements, including their efficacy in distinguishing between the transportation of live horses and ponies for sports and those for meat; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. OPPOSITION DAY (19TH ALLOTTED DAY)

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

General Election television broadcast debates

Mr Nigel Dodds

Dr William McCrea

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Mr Gregory Campbell

David Simpson

Sammy Wilson

Ian PaisleyJim Shannon

That this House recognises the potential value of broadcast general election debates between party leaders; notes however that neither the broadcasters nor politicians can escape the charge of self-interest in their organisation, and that they should best be left to an independent body to arrange; further notes that the broadcast debate formats proposed for 2015 have been inconsistently and incompetently formulated so far; further notes that there exists a substantial danger as a result that these debates will now not happen; and believes that the point of any debates which do happen must be to benefit those who watch them, not those who appear in them or broadcast them.

Serious organised cross-border crime

Mr Nigel Dodds

Dr William McCrea

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Mr Gregory Campbell

David Simpson

Sammy Wilson

Ian PaisleyJim Shannon

That this House notes with concern the continued prevalence of serious organised criminal activity in Northern Ireland on a cross-border basis in relation to fuel smuggling, fuel laundering and the counterfeiting of consumer goods; recognises that this has had a significant and detrimental impact on HM Treasury; regrets the lack of prosecutions in relation to this activity; and calls on the Government to ensure greater co-operation between HM Revenue and Customs, the National Crime Agency and the PSNI so that this criminal activity can be eradicated.

Notes:

The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Effect of the Ark Pensions Scheme on a constituent: Mr Jack Straw

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

Russian membership of the Council of Europe: Mr Christopher Chope

11.00am

Right of abode for former British-Hong Kong servicemen: Andrew Rosindell

Notes:

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

2.30pm

Access to HIV treatment in low and middle-income countries: Pamela Nash

4.00pm

Government policy on co-operative schools: Meg Munn

4.30pm

Transport management in Kent: Charlie Elphicke

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

Secretary of State for Defence

1.Single Source Profit Rate

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

2.Supporting new town and parish councils

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

3.Publication of the Triennial Review of the Marine Management Organisation

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

4.Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council: 16 and 17 March

Secretary of State for Health

5.Charges for NHS prescriptions, dental charges, elastic stockings and tights, wigs and fabric supports and optical voucher values

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.

 European Committees

European Committee B

To consider European Union Document No. 10412/14 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: A decent Life for all: from vision to collective action

Room 10

8.55am (public)

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015

Room 9

8.55am (public)

Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Broadcasting Act 1996 (Renewal of Local Radio Multiplex Licences) Regulations 2015

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Room 11

2.30pm (public)

Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013 (Consequential Provision) Order 2015

Room 12

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Education

Subject: Sure Start children’s centres: Follow up

Witnesses: Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.45am (public)

Health

Subject: 2015 accountability hearing with the General Dental Council

Witnesses: William Moyes, Chair, and Evlynne Gilvarry, Chief Executive and Registrar, General Dental Council

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Pre-appointment scrutiny hearing for HM Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service

Witnesses: Kevin McGinty, preferred candidate

Room 8

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: David Wilson; Paul and Paula Sage and others (Denham Green Lane Residents); Luke Oldfield; Sally Cooper; Michael Patrick Fosberry and others; Sally Cakebread; Diane Elizabeth Blackwell; Thomas Bankes; Miss Elizabeth Hall and Gary Davis; Sylvia Ball; David Crofts; and Alexandra Clara Smith

Room 5

9.30am (public)

Science and Technology

Room 7

10.00am (private)

Environmental Audit

Subject: Sustainability in the NHS

Witnesses: Dr Gina Radford, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, John Holden, Director of Policy Partnerships & Innovation, NHS England, and Sonia Roschnik, Sustainable Development Unit

Room 6

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Subject: Scrutiny Inquiry: follow up

Witnesses: Lord Hall, Director General, and James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC

Room 8

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: As for morning session, unless already heard

Room 5

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: Sellafield recall

Witnesses: John Clarke, Chief Executive, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Paul Foster Managing Director, Sellafield Ltd, Tom Bishop, former Chairman, Nuclear Management Partners, and Tony Price, Chair of the Sellafield Board

Room 16

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Work of the Committee 2010-15

Witnesses: Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State, Nick Joicey, Director General, and Bronwyn Hill, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Room 15

2.30pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Committee of Privileges

Room 21

3.00pm (private)

Procedure

Room 20

3.15pm (private)

Selection

Room 13

4.45pm (private)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

As soon as convenient after 3.45pm (private)

Liaison

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

6.00pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Room 3A

9.30am (private)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 DEFENCE

8th Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14, HC 896

Time of publication: 00.01am

 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

10th Report: Climate change adaptation, HC 453

Time of publication: 00.01am

 JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

7th Report: Human Rights Judgments, HC 1088

Time of publication: 00.01am

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

44th Report: Children in Care, HC 809

Time of publication: 00.01am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Tuesday 17 March to Monday 23 March

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 11 March. The Ballot will take place on Thursday 12 March.

 Future Departments Answering in Westminster Hall

Week beginning 23 March

Communities and Local Government; Defence; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Transport; Wales