Business Today: Chamber for Monday 22 June 2015

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR UNOPPOSED RETURNS

Sessional Returns

No debate or decision

Chairman of Ways and Means

Sessional Returns: Returns for Session 2014–15 of information and statistics relating to:

(1)Business of the House

(2)Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question and Allocation of Time (including Programme Motions)

(3)Sittings of the House

(4)Private Bills and Private Business

(5)Public Bills

(6)Delegated Legislation and Legislative Reform Orders

(7) European Legislation, etc

(8)Grand Committees

(9)Panel of Chairs

(10)Select Committees.

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1Julian Knight (Solihull)
What assessment he has made of the effects of automatic enrolment on private sector pension saving. (900440)

2Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)
What systems he has put in place to monitor the effectiveness of new pensions freedoms. (900441)

3Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree)
What his policy is on maintaining the level of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) attendance allowance for disabled claimants. (900442)

4Chloe Smith (Norwich North)
What progress his Department has made on the Disability Confident campaign. (900443)

5Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of the High Court ruling in June 2015 on delays in personal independence payments. (900444)

6Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
What support his Department is providing to young people seeking apprenticeships and employment. (900445)

7John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
What steps he is taking to increase the employment rate of disabled people. (900446)

8Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)
What his policy is on maintaining the level of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) attendance allowance for disabled claimants. (900447)

9Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East)
What arrangements are in place to prevent child maintenance payments increasing when a parent is prevented from spending time with their child by the recipient of the payments. (900448)

10Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen)
What his policy is on maintaining the level of financial support provided to carers. (900449)

11Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)
What consultation his Department has undertaken with social landlords on the potential effects of the introduction of universal credit and the benefit cap on direct rent payments to landlords. (900450)

12Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty)
What progress his Department has made on the Disability Confident campaign. (900451)

13Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire)
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the benefits sanctions and conditionality regime on use of food banks. (900452)

14Chris Law (Dundee West)
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the benefits sanctions and conditionality regime on use of food banks. (900453)

15Joan Ryan (Enfield North)
What his policy is on maintaining the level of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) attendance allowance for disabled claimants. (900454)

16Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate)
What steps he is taking under his Department's social justice strategy to reduce family breakdown. (900455)

17Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire)
What extra support his Department plans to provide to people who have not yet found employment through the Work Programme. (900456)

18Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
What recent assessment he has made of the effect of pension reforms on how savers access their pension funds. (900457)

19Kevin Foster (Torbay)
What steps he plans to take to help people with disabilities into work and training. (900458)

20Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase)
What support his Department is providing to young people seeking apprenticeships and employment. (900459)

21James Cartlidge (South Suffolk)
What assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on employment levels. (900460)

22Peter Grant (Glenrothes)
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the benefits sanctions and conditionality regime on use of food banks. (900461)

23Karin Smyth (Bristol South)
What change there has been in the number of working private renters claiming housing benefit since 2009-10. (900462)

24Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan)
What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of the High Court ruling in June 2015 on delays in personal independence payments. (900464)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T1John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (900465)

T2Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (900466)

T3Kevin Foster (Torbay) (900468)

T4Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (900469)

T5Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (900470)

T6Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (900471)

T7Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (900472)

T8Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (900473)

T9Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (900474)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. EDUCATION AND ADOPTION BILL: SECOND READING

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

Caroline Lucas

John Pugh

Jonathan Edwards

Hywell Williams

Liz Saville Roberts

Kate Osamor

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Education and Adoption Bill because of the absence of evidence that conversion to sponsored academy status leads to significantly higher performance, and as the Education Committee reported, "current evidence does not allow us to draw conclusions on whether academies in themselves are a positive force for change"; because Government data shows non-academy primary schools improving faster than converted academy equivalents; because what the Secretary of State refers to as "bureaucratic and legal loopholes … exploited by those who put ideological objections above the best interests of children", to be removed by the Bill, are actually important parental consultation rights over who should sponsor and run local schools and educate their children; because the Bill threatens expert parental input which is especially critical for schools providing for children with special needs; because in removing consultation rights from parents and local communities, the Bill is inconsistent with principles of localism and democratic accountability; because the Bill is an attack on the powers and responsibilities of governing bodies, for example by requiring them to support academy orders once issued even if they do not consider this to be in the best interests of children; and because the Bill does not contain effective measures to support local schools in difficulties to improve nor guarantee every child’s right to go to an excellent local state school with a fair admissions procedure run by the local authority and thereby achieve their full potential.

Ms Harriet Harman

Tristram Hunt

Kevin Brennan

Ms Angela Eagle

Emma Reynolds

Ms Rosie Winterton

That this House, while supporting the sponsor academy programme and recognising that no parent wants their child to be schooled in a failing, inadequate or coasting school, declines to give a Second Reading to the Education and Adoption Bill because it fails to set out measures for dealing with inadequate academies.

2. EDUCATION AND ADOPTION BILL: PROGRAMME

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

Secretary Nicky Morgan

That the following provisions shall apply to the Education and Adoption Bill:

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 Tuesday 14 July 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 Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

3. EDUCATION AND ADOPTION BILL: MONEY

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

Mr David Gauke

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Education and Adoption 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.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Stone theft: Jason McCartney

 WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Defence

1.Gifting of Equipment to the Kurdish Regional Government

Secretary of State for the Home Department

2.G6 Dresden

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/.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 30 June to Monday 6 July (deadline 24 June)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 24 June. The ballot will take place on Thursday 25 June.

 FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person, or from their own email account, or send a signed application through the post. Application forms are available from the Table Office or through the intranet at http://intranet.parliament.uk/tableoffice/.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members will be informed of the outcome by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 30 June and Wednesday 1 July (deadline 22 June)

The following Departments will answer:

Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Health; International Development; Justice; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; and Work and Pensions

Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 July (deadline 29 June), Tuesday 21 July (deadline 13 July), and Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September (deadline 7 September)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Justice; Scotland; Transport; Wales; and Work and Pensions

Tuesday 14 July and Wednesday 15 July (deadline 6 July) and Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 September (deadline 20 July)

The following Departments will answer:

Business, Innovation and Skills; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Education; Energy and Climate Change; Health; Home Office; International Development; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Treasury; and Women and Equalities

 FURTHER INFORMATION

 Business of the Day

Documents and reports relating to the business being held in the Chamber are available on the Commons Business Briefings webpage

 Written Statements

Text of today’s Written Statements

 Standing Orders Relating to Public Business

Text of Standing Orders relating to public business