House of Commons
Business for Tuesday 09 October 2018
SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER
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2.30pm |
Prayers |
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No debate |
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Afterwards |
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3.30pm |
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Up to 20 minutes |
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Assaults on Retail Workers (Offences) (Alex Norris) |
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Until 10.00pm |
Backbench Business: |
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Until 10.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Reforming the business rates system for small retail businesses (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) |
Westminster Hall
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11.30am |
Future of the oil and gas industry |
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1.00pm |
Anti-social behaviour in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire |
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(The sitting will be suspended from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.) |
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4.30pm |
Investigation of business banking fraud |
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6.00pm |
Cost of school uniforms |
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6.30pm |
Tackling modern-day slavery |
Business Today: Chamber
2.30pm Prayers
Followed by
PRIVATE BUSINESS
University of London Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
No debate (Standing Order No. 20)
Sir Christopher Chope
On Second Reading of the University of London Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day in six months.
QUESTIONS
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
1Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield)
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of bailiffs. (906985)
2Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
How many private prosecutions initiated by third-parties (a) were brought to trial and (b) resulted in a conviction in the last five years. (906986)
3Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
What steps the Government is taking to help offenders find employment immediately after they leave prison. (906987)
4Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
If he will take steps to return all probation services to the public sector. (906988)
5Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than three months in reducing reoffending. (906989)
6John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
What assessment he has made of the potential role of sport in reducing recidivism. (906991)
7Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
What comparative assessment he has made of levels of violence in public and private prisons. (906992)
8Sir Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
What steps the Government is taking to prevent the use of mobile phones in prisons. (906993)
9James Cartlidge (South Suffolk)
What assessment he has made of the role of employment and education in reducing rates of reoffending. (906995)
10Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton)
What steps the Government is taking to modernise the court system. (906996)
11Tom Pursglove (Corby)
What steps the Government is taking to improve the court experience for victims and witnesses. (906997)
12Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall)
What his Department's policy is on Law Centres. (906999)
13Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people convicted of burglary offences for the first time that received custodial sentences; and if he will make a statement. (907001)
14Norman Lamb (North Norfolk)
What progress his Department is making on reducing waiting times for personal independence payment and employment and support allowance tribunal hearings. (907002)
15James Heappey (Wells)
What steps the Government is taking to help offenders find employment immediately after they leave prison. (907003)
16Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire)
What steps the Government is taking to help offenders find employment immediately after they leave prison. (907004)
17Robert Halfon (Harlow)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on breaking the link between school exclusion and prison. (907005)
18Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington)
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than three months in reducing reoffending. (907006)
19Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford)
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than three months in reducing reoffending. (907007)
20Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West)
What steps the Government is taking to ensure that vulnerable people are protected by the justice system. (907008)
21Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge)
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than 12 months in reducing reoffending. (907009)
At 3.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
T1Sarah Jones (Croydon Central)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (907010)
T2Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (907011)
T3Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (907012)
T4Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (907013)
T5Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich) (907014)
T6Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (907015)
T7Tom Pursglove (Corby) (907016)
T8Robert Halfon (Harlow) (907017)
T9Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (907019)
URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
3.30pm
Urgent Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
1. Assaults on Retail Workers (Offences): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Alex Norris
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about offences when perpetrated against retail workers; to make certain offences aggravated when perpetrated against such workers in the course of their employment; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
2. BACKBENCH BUSINESS
Until 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Antoinette Sandbach
That this House has considered baby loss awareness week 2018.
Children’s social care in England
Tim Loughton
That this House has considered children’s social care in England.
Notes:
The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
Until 10.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Reforming the business rates system for small retail businesses: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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) and Order of 12 September)
11.30am
That this House has considered the future of the oil and gas industry. John McNally
1.00pm
That this House has considered anti-social behaviour in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire: Emma Hardy
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
4.30pm
That this House has considered the investigation of business banking fraud: Mr William Wragg
6.00pm
That this House has considered the cost of school uniforms: Frank Field
6.30pm
That this House has considered tackling modern-day slavery: Gareth Snell
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 6.30pm will last for up to an hour.
Written Statements
STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1.Business Update
2.Labour Market update
Minister for the Cabinet Office
3.GOV.UK Verify programme
Secretary of State for Defence
4.Airborne Warning and Control System
5.Type 26 Frigates Base-Porting
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
6.EU Exit
7.General Affairs Council, 18 September 2018
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
8.Clinical Waste Update
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
9.Building safety update
Committees meeting today
The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.
Select Committees
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Pre-appointment hearing: Chair, The Committee on Standards in Public Life
Witnesses: Lord Jonathan Evans, Government’s preferred candidate
Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Small businesses and productivity
Witnesses: Paul Antino, Managing Director, NRT Building Services Group Ltd, Tim Hopkinson, Director, Poppleton, Tony Davis, Managing Director, AMD Electrical, and Martin Burton, Contracts Director, Arnold James Ltd; Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Rannia Leontaridi, Director, Business Growth, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (at 10.45am)
Room 6
9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)
Defence
Subject: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2017–18
Witnesses: Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary, Cat Little, Director General Finance, Ministry of Defence, Sir Simon Bollom, Chief Executive, Defence Equipment and Support, and Lieutenant General Sir Mark Poffley, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff for Military Capability
Room 8
1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Home Affairs
Subject: Post-Brexit migration
Witnesses: Professor Alan Manning, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, and Madeleine Sumption, Director of Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)
Treasury
Subject: Economic Crime
Witnesses: Colin Bell, Group Head of Financial Crime Risk, HSBC, and Stephen Jones, CEO, UK Finance
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)
Housing, Communities and Local Government
Subject: High streets and town centres in 2030
Witnesses: Tom Ironside, Director of Business and Regulation, British Retail Consortium, Edward Woodall, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Association of Convenience Stores, and Andrew Goodacre, Chief Executive, British Independent Retailers Association; Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association, Tony Sophiclides, Strategic Affairs Director, UK Hospitality, and Joe Harrison, Chief Executive, National Market Traders Federation (at 4.45pm)
Room 6
3.30pm (private), 4.00pm (public)
Backbench Business
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: Members of Parliament
Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)
Health and Social Care
Room 18
4.00pm (private)
Petitions
Room 13
4.00pm (private)
Foreign Affairs
Subject: Global Britain and India
Witnesses: Sir James Bevan, Former High Commissioner to India, and Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, International Institute for Strategic Studies
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
4.15pm (private), 4.45pm (public)
COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
8th Report: Regulation of the water industry, HC 1041
Date and time of publication: Tuesday 9 October 0.01am