Business Today: Chamber for Tuesday 23 June 2015

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

1Lucy Allan (Telford)
What his plans are for the future of rehabilitation services for prisoners; and if he will make a statement. (900485)

2Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole)
What his plans are for the future of rehabilitation services for prisoners; and if he will make a statement. (900486)

3Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds)
What plans he has for the future of the court estate in Gloucestershire. (900487)

4Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness)
What progress he has made on ensuring that prisoners undertake work in prisons. (900488)

5Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
If he will take steps to increase the penalties available for people convicted of burglary offences. (900489)

6Chloe Smith (Norwich North)
What steps he is taking to increase the recruitment of prison officers. (900490)

7Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
How many days of sickness absence there were in his Department in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014; and if he will make a statement. (900491)

8Kate Osamor (Edmonton)
What steps he is taking to reduce reoffending. (900492)

9Christina Rees (Neath)
What plans he has for reform of the youth justice system; and if he will make a statement. (900493)

10Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
What his plans are for the future of rehabilitation services for prisoners; and if he will make a statement. (900494)

11Peter Aldous (Waveney)
What progress he has made on reform of the courts system. (900495)

12Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
What recent discussions he has had on the treatment of people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. (900496)

13Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green)
What his policy is on the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement. (900497)

14Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
What his plans are for the future of rehabilitation services for prisoners; and if he will make a statement. (900498)

15Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire)
When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for a British Bill of Rights; and how that Bill will relate to the Human Rights Act 1998. (900499)

16Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North)
What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the Human Rights Act 1998. (900500)

17Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire)
What plans he has for reform of prisons; and if he will make a statement. (900501)

18Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East)
If he will review the level of employment tribunal fees. (900502)

19Carolyn Harris (Swansea East)
What steps he plans to take to ensure access to justice regardless of ability to pay. (900503)

20Mr Alan Mak (Havant)
What progress he has made on his plans for a British Bill of Rights; and if he will make a statement. (900504)

21Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
How many prisoners do not have access to at least one hour of corporate worship each week. (900505)

22Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire)
What steps he plans to take to increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation of female prisoners. (900507)

23Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Whether he plans to reform court and tribunal interpretation services; and if he will make a statement. (900509)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T1Kevin Foster (Torbay)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (900475)

T2Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (900476)

T3Clive Lewis (Norwich South) (900477)

T4Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (900478)

T5Sue Hayman (Workington) (900479)

T6Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (900480)

T7Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) (900481)

T8Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (900482)

T9Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling) (900483)

T10Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (900484)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. EUROPEAN UNION (FINANCE) BILL: COMMITTEE AND REMAINING STAGES

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3)) and (Order of 11 June)

Notes:

Proceedings in Committee and any proceedings on Consideration will, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption. Proceedings on Third Reading will, if not previously concluded, be brought a conclusion at the moment of interruption (Order of 11 June).

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

 MOTION TO BE TAKEN AT 7.00PM

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE AND DEFERRED DIVISIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 15) and (Standing Order No. 41A(3))

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, the Business of the House (Today) Motion, in the names of Chris Grayling and Dr Thérèse Coffey, may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (TODAY)

Until any hour (if the 7.00pm Business of the House and Deferred Divisions Motion is agreed to)

Chris Grayling

Dr Thérèse Coffey

That, at today’s sitting, the Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of the motion in the name of Secretary Patrick McLoughlin relating to High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) not later than 90 minutes after the start of proceedings on this motion; such questions shall include the questions on any amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; proceedings may continue, though opposed, after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.

3. HIGH SPEED RAIL (LONDON - WEST MIDLANDS) BILL: INSTRUCTION (NO. 3)

Up to 90 minutes after commencement of proceedings on the Business of the House Motion (if the Business of the House (Today) Motion is agreed to)

Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

That it be a further Instruction to the Select Committee to which the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill is committed–

(1) that the Select Committee have power to consider–

(a) amendments relating to the vertical and horizontal alignment of the proposed railway in the vicinity of the A38 and Trent and Mersey Canal in the parishes of Fradley and Streethay, King's Bromley and Whittington in the County of Staffordshire;

(b) amendments conferring additional power to carry out works in the Borough of Slough and in the parish of Iver in the County of Buckinghamshire for the purpose of providing a new Heathrow Express depot in the Borough of Slough (to the north east of Langley railway station), in consequence of the displacement of the existing depot because of the exercise of powers conferred by the Bill;

(c) amendments conferring additional power to provide sidings for Crossrail services at Old Oak Common in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham that could be extended in the future to create a connection between the West Coast Main Line Railway and the Great Western Main Line;

(d) amendments to accommodate the requirements of landowners and occupiers in

i. the London Boroughs of Brent and Ealing;

ii. the parishes of Barton Hartshorn, Calvert Green, Chetwode, Great Missenden, Grendon Underwood, Little Missenden, Preston Bissett, The Leeand Twyford in the County of Buckinghamshire;

iii. the parishes of Godington and Mixbury in the County of Oxfordshire;

iv. the parishes of Aston-le-Walls, Boddington, Chipping Warden and Edgcote, Greatworth, Radstone, Thorpe Mandeville and Whitfield in the County of Northamptonshire;

v. the parishes of Burton Green, Coleshill, Curdworth, Kenilworth, Ladbroke, Lea Marston, Middleton, Offchurch, Southam, Stoneleigh, Stoneton, Wishawand Moxhull and Wormleighton in the County of Warwickshire;

vi. the parishes of Armitage with Handsacre, Drayton Bassett, Hints with Canwell,King's Bromley, Swinfen and Packington and Whittington in the County of Staffordshire;

vii. the parishes of Balsall, Berkswell, Chelmsley Wood and Hampton-in ­Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; and

viii. the City of Birmingham;

(e) amendments to accommodate changes to the design of the works authorised by the Bill in:

i. the London Boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Hillingdon and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea;

ii. the District of Three Rivers in the County of Hertfordshire;

iii. the parishes of Chetwode, Denham, Ellesborough, Great Missenden, Grendon Underwood, Little Missenden, Preston Bissett, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stoke Mandeville, Turweston, Twyford and Wendover in the County of Buckinghamshire;

iv. the parishes of Godington and Mixbury in the County of Oxfordshire;

v. the parishes of Aston-le-Walls, Boddington, Greatworth, Marston St Lawrence, Radstone and Thorpe Mandeville in the County of Northamptonshire;

vi. the parishes of Coleshill, Curdworth, Kingsbury, Lea Marston, Middleton, Offchurch, Radbourne and Stoneleigh in the County of Warwickshire;

vii. the parishes of Colwich, Drayton Bassett, Fradley and Streethay, Hints with Canwell, King's Bromley, Swinfen and Packington and Weeford in the County of Staffordshire;

viii. the parishes of Berkswell and Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull;

ix. the City of Birmingham;

(f) amendments to the definition of "deposited statement" in clause 63(1) of the Bill to refer to supplementary environmental information provided in relation to matters which do not require an extension of the powers of the Bill to construct works or acquire land;

(g) amendments for purposes connected with any of the matters mentioned in sub­ paragraphs (a) to (f);

(2) that any petition against amendments to the Bill which the Select Committee is empowered to make shall be referred to the Select Committee if–

(a) the petition is presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office not later than the end of the period of four weeks beginning with the day on which the first newspaper notice of the amendments was published, and

(b) the petition is one in which the petitioners pray to be heard by themselves or through counsel or agents.

That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House.

4. USE OF THE CHAMBER (UNITED KINGDOM YOUTH PARLIAMENT)

No debate after 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Chris Grayling

Dr Thérèse Coffey

Ms Angela Eagle

Pete Wishart

That this House welcomes the work of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament in providing young people with an opportunity to engage with the political process and accordingly resolves that the UK Youth Parliament should be allowed to meet once a year in the Chamber of this House for the duration of this Parliament.

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

Expansion of the Butec facility in the North West of Scotland: Ian Blackford

 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 three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

9.30am

That this House has considered Government policy on support for pupils with English as an additional language: Mr Stewart Jackson

11.00am

That this House has considered reforming the House of Lords and the number of peers: David Morris

Notes:

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

2.30pm

That this House has considered the work of the Crown Prosecution Service: Teresa Pearce

4.00pm

That this House has considered local government funding in Tameside and Oldham: Angela Rayner

4.30pm

That this House has considered BBC investment in the East and West Midlands: Mark Spencer

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)).

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.

 WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1.ECOFIN: 19 June 2015

2.Equitable Life Payments Scheme progress report June 2015

3.Implementation of the EU Payment Accounts Directive

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

4.Telecommunications Council

Secretary of State for the Home Department

5.Justice & Home Affairs post-Council statement

Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

6.Report on the spending and regulation of the campaigners at the Scottish independence referendum

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.

 Select Committees

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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

Witnesses: Caroline and Richard Spooner and Jamie Avaient; Alan Noad and others; Geoffrey Powell; Jill Watson and others; Mr and Mrs P Cahill; John Coombe and others; John Donovan and others; Robert Griffith Jones-Owen and others; Caroline Hornett-White and others; John Donovan; Beryl Upton; Ernest and Sheila Llott; Matthew Snoddy and 106 others; Kirsty Gibbs and others; Miss K J Alonso and Mr K J West; Gayle Metcalfe; Caitlin Metcalfe and Susan Barnes; Pauline Woodham; Ian Phillips and others; Susan Crane and others; Richard Howard; Matthew Semple and others; and The Governing Body of Vyners School

Room 5

9.30am (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 (public)

 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 (ballot closed)

The ballot for 30 June and 1 July will take place today. Applications for this ballot have now closed.

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

 Select committees

Select Committees Webpage

 Standing Orders Relating to Public Business

Text of Standing Orders relating to public business