Business Today: Chamber for Monday 21 March 2016

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

 Private Business

Transport for London Bill [Lords]

No debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order No. 20)

Chairman of Ways and Means

As amended in Committee, to be further considered.

Andy Slaughter

On further Consideration of the Transport for London Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be further considered upon this day six months.

Notes:

The Promoter of the Bill has proposed amendments.

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

 QUESTIONS

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

1Mims Davies (Eastleigh)
What estimate he has made of the amount of revenue that councils will be able to collect through devolved business rates. (904217)

2Clive Lewis (Norwich South)
What recent assessment he has made of the fairness of local government funding. (904218)

3Clive Efford (Eltham)
What assessment he has made of trends in the number of affordable homes available to buy since 2010. (904219)

4Nusrat Ghani (Wealden)
What estimate he has made of the amount of revenue that councils will be able to collect through devolved business rates. (904221)

5Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of demand for social care services. (904222)

6Owen Thompson (Midlothian)
When the Government began preparing its application to the EU Solidarity Fund in respect of flooding in December 2015. (904223)

7Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South)
When the Government began preparing its application to the EU Solidarity Fund in respect of flooding in December 2015. (904224)

8Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the numbers of housing starts and completions. (904225)

9Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth)
What assessment he has made of the effect of government policy on levels of homelessness since 2010. (904226)

10Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What assessment he has made of the effect of government policy on levels of homelessness since 2010. (904228)

11Rachael Maskell (York Central)
What steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of homes for social rent. (904229)

12Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
What plans he has to improve conditions for tenants in the private rented sector. (904231)

13Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
What assessment he has made of progress on devolution in the East Midlands. (904232)

14Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
What steps his Department has taken to encourage new homes to be built and bought through Help to Buy. (904233)

15Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
What steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of homes for social rent. (904235)

16Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)
What assessment he has made of trends in the number of planning permissions granted in the last 12 months. (904236)

17Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough)
What recent assessment he has made of the fairness of local government funding. (904237)

18Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
What steps the Government is taking to provide and maintain green spaces in urban areas. (904238)

19John Mc Nally (Falkirk)
When the Government began preparing its application to the EU Solidarity Fund in respect of flooding in December 2015. (904239)

At 3.15pm

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

T1Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (904190)

T2Maria Caulfield (Lewes) (904191)

T3Karen Lumley (Redditch) (904193)

T4Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (904194)

T5Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway) (904195)

T6Clive Efford (Eltham) (904196)

T7Kate Osamor (Edmonton) (904197)

T8Kevin Foster (Torbay) (904198)

T9Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (904199)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

3.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. WAYS AND MEANS: ADJOURNED DEBATE ON QUESTION [17 MARCH]

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

1. Amendment of the Law

(1) That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance.

(2) This Resolution does not extend to the making of any amendment with respect to value added tax so as to provide–

(a) for zero-rating or exempting a supply, acquisition or importation;

(b) for refunding an amount of tax;

(c) for any relief, other than a relief that–

(i) so far as it is applicable to goods, applies to goods of every description, and

(ii) so far as it is applicable to services, applies to services of every description.

Amendment (b)

Jeremy Corbyn

John McDonnell

Lisa Nandy

Rebecca Long Bailey

Clive Lewis

Dame Rosie Winterton

Seema MalhotraTim LoughtonMr Steve Baker

Mr Bernard JenkinMr Graham BradyAndrew Bridgen

Mr Peter LilleySir Edward LeighJason McCartney

Mr Nigel EvansMrs Anne-Marie TrevelyanMr Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr Stewart Jackson

Line 5, after 'tax', insert '(except in relation to value added tax on insulation, solar panels and any other category of energy-saving material or their installation)'.

Amendment (a)

Paula Sherriff

Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Alison Thewliss

Greg Mulholland

Mr Steve Baker

Andrew Bridgen

Jason McCartneyMr Graham BradyCraig Mackinlay

Tim LoughtonMr Bernard JenkinSir Gerald Howarth

Mr Peter LilleySir Edward LeighMr Nigel Evans

Mr Jacob Rees-MoggMr Stewart JacksonMargaret Ferrier

Brendan O'HaraDrew HendryKirsten Oswald

Chris StephensGavin NewlandsAlan Brown

Patricia GibsonPete WishartMhairi Black

George KerevanChris Law

Line 6, after 'importation', insert 'other than in respect of value added tax on women's sanitary products'.

Notes:

For the remaining Budget motions, numbers 2 to 69, Procedure motions and a Schedule, see separate Paper. Those motions are to be moved at the conclusion of the Budget Debate, after the decision on the motion before the House on Amendment of the Law. They will be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 51(3)).

The Speaker has not yet considered the Budget motions for certification (Standing Order No. 83U).

2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (HIGH SPEED RAIL (LONDON - WEST MIDLANDS) BILL)

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

That, at the sitting on Wednesday 23rd March, the following provisions shall apply to proceedings on the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill:

1.(1) Proceedings on Consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table.

(2) The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

  Table

(3) Proceedings on Third Reading and proceedings on the Motion in the name of Secretary Patrick McLoughlin relating to carry-over (No. 3) shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration.

2.(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.

(2) In relation to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading, the Speaker shall put the following Questions in the same order as they would fall to be put if this Order did not apply—

(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;

(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;

(c) any Question on any amendment, new clause or new schedule selected by the Speaker for separate decision;

(d) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;

(e) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

(3) On a motion made for a new clause or a new schedule, the Speaker shall put only the Question that the clause or schedule be added to the Bill.

(4) In relation to proceedings on the Motion mentioned in paragraph 1(3), the Speaker shall put forthwith the Questions necessary to dispose of the proceedings.

3.Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply so far as necessary to proceedings to which this Order applies.

4.Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply in relation to proceedings on the Motion mentioned in paragraph 1(3).

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Staffing levels in Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Paula Sherriff

 BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

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

4.30pm

Petitions

Helen Jones

That this House has considered e-petition 121262 relating to contract negotiations with the BMA.

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

 WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1.Departmental Contingent Liability Notification: UK Green Investment Bank PLC

Leader of the House

2.Short Money Reform

Secretary of State for Transport

3.HS2 Ltd Broad Options report on Northern England and Scotland

Notes:

Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/.

 COMMITTEES MEETING TODAY

The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.

 Delegated Legislation Committees

Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

Room 9

4.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Health

Subject: Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on health and social care

Witnesses: Sarah Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association, Professor Martin Green, Chief Executive, Care England, and Ray James, President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services; Lord Smith, Leader, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, and Sir Howard Bernstein, Head of Paid Service, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Dr Hugh Reeve, Clinical Chair, Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, and David Slack, Managing Director, Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (at 3.15pm); Neil Tester, Director of Policy and Communications, Healthwatch England, Elliott Dunster, Interim Group Head of Public Affairs, Policy and Research, Scope, and Geoff Heyes, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Mind (at 4.30pm)

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford

1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

2.30pm (private)

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

Subject: (i) Inter-institutional relations in the UK; (ii) Pre-Appointment Hearing: Commissioner for Public Appointments

Witnesses: (i) Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Rt Hon David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland; (ii) Rt Hon Peter Riddell CBE, Preferred candidate for Commissioner for Public Appointments (at 4.30pm)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: Commissioning and contracting with smaller providers

Witnesses: John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, and Sally Collier, Chief Executive, Crown Commercial Service

Room 15

3.30pm (private), 4.00pm (public)

Work and Pensions

Room 6

3.30pm (private)

Welsh Affairs

Subject: The future of nuclear power in Wales

Witnesses: Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace UK; Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Industry Association, John Warden, Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Institute, Sir William McAlpine, President, and Neville Chamberlain CBE, Member, Supporters of Nuclear Energy (at 4.35pm); Professor Gordon MacKerron and Dr Philip Johnstone, University of Sussex (at 5.10pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

3.40pm (private), 4.00pm (public)

Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy

Subject: Careers advice, information and guidance

Witnesses: Claudia Harris, Chief Executive, Careers and Enterprise Company, Joe Billington, Director, National Careers Service, and Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Ofsted; Nick Boles MP, Minister for Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Education, and Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (at 5.00pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Transport

Subject: Operation Stack

Witnesses: Dr Hilary Newport, Director, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Kent Branch, Matthew Webb, Chair, Stanford Parish Council, and John Keefe, Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel; Matthew Balfour, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Kent County Council, David Monk, Leader, Shepway District Council, and Natalie Chapman, Head of Policy for South East England, Freight Transport Association (at 4.50pm)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

4.00pm (private), 4.05pm (public)

Administration

Room 16

4.30pm (private)

 COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

31st Report: Delivering major projects in government, HC 710

Date and time of publication: Friday 18 March 00.01am

2nd Special Report: Network Rail’s 2014–19 investment programme: Office of Rail and Road response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2015–16, HC 905

Date and time of publication: Friday 18 March 00.01am

 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

25th Report, HC 342-xxiv

Date and time of publication: Friday 18 March 11.00am

 EDUCATION

3rd Report: Appointment of the Chief Regulator of Ofqual, HC 822

Date and time of publication: Sunday 20 March 00.01am

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Monday 11 April to Monday 18 April (deadline 23 March)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 23 March. The ballot will take place on Thursday 24 March.

Tuesday 19 April to Monday 25 April (deadline 13 April)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 13 April. The ballot will take place on Thursday 14 April.

 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 12 April and Wednesday 13 April (deadline 21 March)

The following Departments will answer:

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Health; International Development; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Treasury; Work and Pensions.

Tuesday 19 April and Wednesday 20 April (deadline 11 April)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Innovation and Skills; Cabinet Office; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; Justice; Transport; Wales; Women and Equalities.

Tuesday 26 April and Wednesday 27 April (deadline 18 April)

The following Departments will answer:

Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Energy and Climate Change; Health; International Development; Leader of the House; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Treasury; Work and Pensions.

 EASTER ADJOURNMENT - 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 24 March. Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 24 March and before 4.30pm on Friday 8 April will be treated as having been tabled on 8 April.

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 24 March will be published on 25 March. 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.

*** (T) denotes that there are Topical questions for this Department.

Questions for written answer

The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Easter Adjournment is 10.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Monday 21 March (for answer on Thursday 24 March).

 EASTER ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC BILLS

Members wishing to table amendments to public bills may do so in the usual way in the Public Bill Office until the rise of the House on Thursday 24 March. Such amendments will be available online from Friday 25 March.

During the recess, Members may submit amendments in person, via introduced staff or, if signed, by other staff or by post to the Recess Duty Office, located in the Journal Office; and, by prior arrangement with the PBO, by e-mail. The PBO will be open for the receipt of amendments from 11am to 4.30pm on Thursday 7 April and during the same times on Friday 8 April.

Deadlines, publication and eligibility for selection

The table below shows the deadlines, first publication date and selection eligibility for amendments submitted during the recess. To be eligible for selection in Public Bill Committees sitting on Tuesday 12 April, amendments must have been tabled by 4.30pm on Thursday 7 April.

*Amendments are published online the morning after they are tabled, provisionally ‘marshalled’ into the order in which they relate to the bill.

 BALLOT FOR PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS

Ballot for Private Members' Bills, 2016-17

Notes:

Arrangements made according to S.O. No. 14(10) and (11).

 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

 Select committees

Select Committees Webpage

Recent Select Committee Reports

 Standing Orders Relating to Public Business

Text of Standing Orders relating to public business