Business Today: Chamber for Wednesday 13 December 2017

 BUSINESS TODAY: CHAMBER

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

 QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

1Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the potential effect of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on the economy in Wales. (902828)

2Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on Welsh exports of using World Trade Organisation tariffs when the UK leaves the EU. (902829)

3Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
If he will discuss with the Welsh Government further ways publicly to display the Prince of Wales' regalia in Wales; and if he will make a statement. (902830)

4Hywel Williams (Arfon)
What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. (902831)

5Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
What assessment he has made of the effect on Wales of the outcome of exit negotiations between the UK and the EU. (902832)

6Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire)
What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK's decision to leave the EU on Wales' international business links. (902834)

7Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
What assessment he has made of Wales’ trading opportunities since the UK's decision to leave the EU. (902835)

8Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire)
What progress has been made on delivering a growth deal for North Wales. (902836)

9Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the time taken for universal credit payments to be made in Wales. (902837)

10Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole)
What progress has been made on delivering a growth deal for North Wales. (902838)

11Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
If he will meet with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the merits of removing child burial fees in England in line with policy in Wales. (902839)

12Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the potential effect of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on the economy in Wales. (902840)

13Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
What steps he has taken to support cross-border economic opportunities. (902841)

14Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire)
What assessment he has made of the effect on Wales of the outcome of exit negotiations between the UK and the EU. (902842)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 13 December. (902913)

Q2Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (902914)

Q3Mike Hill (Hartlepool) (902915)

Q4Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (902916)

Q5Julian Knight (Solihull) (902917)

Q6Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (902918)

Q7Robert Jenrick (Newark) (902919)

Q8Alex Norris (Nottingham North) (902920)

Q9Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (902921)

Q10Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (902922)

Q11Stephen Timms (East Ham) (902923)

Q12Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)) (902924)

Q13Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South) (902925)

Q14Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West) (902926)

Q15Dr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (902927)

 URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

 BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. SHORT AND HOLIDAY-LET ACCOMMODATION (NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Ms Karen Buck

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require householders to notify local authorities of an intention to register accommodation for short or holiday lets; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) BILL: COMMITTEE (DAY 7)

Up to eight hours (Order of 11 September)

Relevant Documents:

First Report of the Exiting the European Union Committee, European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, HC 373

First Report of the Procedure Committee, Scrutiny of delegated legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: interim report, HC 386

Second Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Leaving the EU: implications for the civil nuclear sector, HC 378

Notes:

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

Debate may last for up to eight hours under the provisions of the Programme Order of 11 September.

Queen's consent to be signified on Third Reading.

 PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Provision of adequate, ring-fenced funding for mental health services: Helen Hayes

 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

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

UK ban on flights to Sharm El Sheikh: Mr Jonathan Lord

 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 parental rights of prisoners: Carolyn Harris

11.00am

That this House has considered cliff erosion on the north coastline of the Isle of Sheppey: Gordon Henderson

Notes:

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

2.30pm

That this House has considered work capability assessments: David Linden

4.00pm

That this House has considered the matter of male suicide: Ged Killen

4.30pm

That this House has considered delivering quality in the built environment: Jo Churchill

Notes:

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

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

 WRITTEN STATEMENTS

 Statements to be made today

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

1.Procedures for the Approval and Implementation of EU Exit Agreements

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

2.The ongoing campaign against Daesh

Prime Minister

3.Committee on Standards in Public Life - 17th report on intimidation in public life

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

Third Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2017

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Room 11

2.30pm (public)

 Select Committees

Exiting the European Union

Subject: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal

Witnesses: Professor Alexander H Türk, Professor of Law, King’s College London, John Cassels, Partner, Competition, Regulatory and Trade Law, Fieldfisher LLP, and Dr Scott Steedman, Director of Standards, BSI and Vice President (policy) International Standards Organisation; Katherine Bennett, Senior Vice President, Airbus UK, Rod Ainsworth, Director of Regulatory and Legal Strategy, Food Standards Agency, Angela Hepworth, Director of Corporate Policy and Regulation, EDF UK, and Dr Ian Hudson, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (at 10.15am)

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject: Fisheries

Witnesses: Euan Beaton, President, Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd, Daniel Whittle, Managing Director, Whitby Seafoods, and Jimmy Buchan, Business Manager, Scottish Seafood Association; Andrew Kuyk CBE, Director General, UK Seafood Industry Alliance, and Mark Simmonds, Policy Manager, British Ports Association, and Martyn Boyers, Chief Executive, Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises (at 10.30am)

Room 8

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Justice

Subject: Work of the Serious Fraud Office

Witnesses: David Green CB QC, Director, Serious Fraud Office

Room 5

9.15am (private), 10.00am (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs

Subject: Bombardier

Witnesses: Sir Michael Arthur, President Boeing Europe and Managing Director UK and Ireland, Steven Gillard, Head of Government Affairs, and Matthew Knowles, Communications Director, Boeing UK and Ireland

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions

Subject: Pension freedom and choice

Witnesses: Rich Caddy, Shift Operations Manager, British Steel (Teesside), David Neilly, Plant Process Operator, Tata Steel UK (Port Talbot), Henry Tapper, Director, Pension PlayPen and First Actuarial, and Stefan Zaitschenko, Former steelworker (Teesside); Clive Howells, Managing Director, Celtic Wealth Management, and Darren Reynolds, Director, Active Wealth (UK) Ltd (at 10.10am); Megan Butler, Director of Supervision (Investment, Wholesale and Specialist), Financial Conduct Authority, Alasdair McDiarmid, Operations Director, Community trade union, Alan Johnston, Trustee Chairman and Derek Mulholland, Director of Pensions, British Steel Pension Scheme (at 10.50am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.30am (public)

European Scrutiny

Room 19

9.30am (private)

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Subject: Leaving the EU: implications for the processed food and drink industry

Witnesses: Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, Ian Wright, Director General, Food and Drink Federation, and Andrew Kuyk, Director General, Provision Trade Federation; Tim Martin, Chairman, JD Wetherspoon, Ian Rayson, Corporate Affairs Director, Nestle, and Dan Mobley, Corporate Relations Director, Diageo (at 10.45am)

Room 6

9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)

International Trade

Subject: Implications of arrangements for Ireland - Northern Ireland border for wider UK Trade Policy

Witnesses: Dr Lorand Bartels, Reader in International Law and Fellow of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge; Senior Counsel, Linklaters, and Dr Sylvia de Mars, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

9.45am (private), 10.15am (public)

Women and Equalities

Subject: Older people and employment

Witnesses: Yvonne Sonsino, Co-Chair, Fuller Working Lives Business Strategy Group, Dr Brian Beach, Senior Research Fellow, International Longevity Centre UK, and Patrick Thomson, Senior Programme Manager and lead on fulfilling work, Centre for Ageing Better

Room 16

9.50am (private), 10.15am (public)

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Subject: Pre-Appointment hearing for Chair of Ofcom

Witnesses: Lord Burns, Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of Ofcom

Room 15

10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)

International Development

Subject: ICAI’s Annual Report and follow-up review 2016-17, and the Government’s Tailored Review of ICAI

Witnesses: Dr Alison Evans, Chief Commissioner, and Andrea Baron, Head of Secretariat, Independent Commission for Aid Impact; Nick Dyer, Permanent Secretary, and Joy Hutcheon, Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance, Department for International Development (at 3.00pm)

Room 8

1.45pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Public Accounts

Subject: Care Quality Commission

Witnesses: Sir David Behan, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission, Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, and Lee McDonough, Director General for Acute Care and Workforce, Department of Health

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Treasury

Subject: Student Loans

Witnesses: Rt Hon the Lord Willetts, Lord Browne of Madingley, and the Rt Hon John Denham; Professor Janet Beer, President, Universities UK, Amatey Doku, Vice President, Higher Education, National Union of Students, and Professor Mark E Smith, Lancaster University (at 3.30pm)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.30pm (private)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

4.16pm (private)

Selection

Room 13

4.30pm (private)

 Joint Committees

Human Rights

Subject: Freedom of Speech in Universities

Witnesses: Linda Bellos OBE, Alexandra Tate, President, Reproductive and Sexual Health Society, King’s College, Jane Fae, Helen Belcher, Director, Trans Media Watch, and Peter Tatchel

Room 4a

3.00pm (private), 3.15pm (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7

3.45pm (private)

 COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

 BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

2nd Report: Leaving the EU: implications for the civil nuclear sector, HC 378

Time of publication: 00.01am

 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

8th Report: Mental health in prisons, HC 400

Time of publication: 00.01am

 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

 EUROPEAN BUSINESS

European Business Referrals and Motion documents for consideration by European Committees or on the Floor of the House are available on the European Business webpage

All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices