House of Commons
Business for Tuesday 15 January 2019
SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER
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11.30am |
Prayers |
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Afterwards |
Oral Questions: Health and Social Care |
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12.30pm |
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No debate |
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Up to 20 minutes |
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Public Sector Supply Chains (Project Bank Accounts) (Debbie Abrahams) |
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Until 7.00pm |
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No debate |
Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) |
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No debate |
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Until 7.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Rail services at Chester-le-Street station (Mr Kevan Jones) |
Westminster Hall
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9.30am |
Recognition of fibromyalgia as a disability |
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11.00am |
Effect of business rates on pubs |
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(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.) |
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2.30pm |
Local government funding |
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4.00pm |
Coventry City football club and football stadium ownership |
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4.30pm |
Provision of long-term capital for business |
Business Today: Chamber
11.30pm Prayers
Followed by
QUESTIONS
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
1Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
What recent steps he has taken to tackle NHS workforce shortages. (908556)
2Wes Streeting (Ilford North)
What progress his Department has made on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (908557)
3Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
What progress his Department has made on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. (908558)
4Toby Perkins (Chesterfield)
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of primary care in diagnosing fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement. (908559)
5Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde)
What guidance his Department has issued to clinicians on the prescription of cannabis-based products for medicinal use. (908560)
6Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove)
What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities. (908561)
7Karen Lee (Lincoln)
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the staffing levels of registered nurses in hospitals. (908562)
8Helen Jones (Warrington North)
What steps he is taking to recruit and retain additional staff in the NHS. (908563)
9Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
What steps he is taking to reduce obesity. (908564)
10Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden)
What the aims are of the new mental health support teams to be placed in schools and colleges; and what steps those teams will take to improve mental health for young people. (908565)
11James Cartlidge (South Suffolk)
What steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of mental health service provision in the long term. (908566)
12John Howell (Henley)
What steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment for patients with rare diseases and cancer. (908567)
13Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
What recent clinical advice he has sought on the licensing of cannabis oil for medicinal purposes. (908568)
14Mike Wood (Dudley South)
What steps he is taking to increase support for people with autism and learning disabilities. (908569)
15Colin Clark (Gordon)
What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities. (908570)
16Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
What steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of mental health service provision in the long term. (908571)
17Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
What recent steps he has taken to tackle NHS workforce shortages. (908572)
18Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East)
What preparations his Department has made for the UK leaving the EU in March 2019. (908573)
19Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton)
What recent estimate he has made of the level of staff shortages throughout the NHS. (908574)
20Norman Lamb (North Norfolk)
What assessment he has made of the effect of changes to local authority public health budgets in 2019-20 on his Department's ability to achieve its Prevention is better than cure vision. (908575)
21Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
What steps he is taking to secure the long-term future of the NHS. (908576)
22Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane)
What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities. (908578)
23Suella Braverman (Fareham)
What steps he is taking to secure the long-term future of the NHS. (908579)
24Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar)
What steps he is taking to increase support for people with autism and learning disabilities. (908580)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
T1Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (908581)
T2Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (908582)
T3Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) (908583)
T4Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (908584)
T5Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (908585)
T6Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (908586)
T7Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (908587)
T8Andrew Lewer (Northampton South) (908588)
T9Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (908589)
T10Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (908590)
URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
12.30pm
Ministerial Statements (if any)
PRESENTATION OF BILLS
No debate (Standing Order No. 57)
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2)
Nick Boles
Bill to make provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
1. Public Sector Supply Chains (Project Bank Accounts): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Debbie Abrahams
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require public authorities to pay certain suppliers using project bank accounts; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
2. SECTION 13(1)(b) OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018: ADJOURNED DEBATE ON QUESTION [14 JANUARY]
Until 7.00pm (Order of 4 December and 9 January)
The Prime Minister
That this House approves for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the negotiated withdrawal agreement laid before the House on Monday 26 November 2018 with the title ‘Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’ and the framework for the future relationship laid before the House on Monday 26 November 2018 with the title ‘Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom’.
Amendment (a)
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Emily Thornberry
John McDonnell
Valerie Vaz
Mr Nicholas Brown
Gareth ThomasStephen KinnockMs Karen BuckClive EffordRichard BurdenStephen TwiggAlbert OwenSeema Malhotra
Line 1, leave out from “House” to end and insert “declines to approve the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship because it fails to provide for a permanent UK-EU customs union and strong single market deal and would therefore lead to increased barriers to trade in goods and services, would not protect workers’ rights and environmental standards, allows for the diminution of the United Kingdom’s internal and external security and is likely to lead to the implementation of a backstop provision in Northern Ireland that is neither politically nor economically sustainable; declines to approve the United Kingdom’s leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement; and therefore resolves to pursue every option that prevents the United Kingdom’s either leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement or leaving on the basis of the negotiated withdrawal agreement laid before the House.”
As an Amendment to Jeremy Corbyn’s proposed Amendment (a):
Sir Vince Cable
Tom Brake
Jo Swinson
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Sir Edward Davey
Norman Lamb
Tim Farron Wera Hobhouse Christine Jardine Layla Moran Jamie Stone
Line 10, after “option” insert “, including a public vote as endorsed by the Labour Party Conference 2018,”.
Amendment (k)
Ian Blackford
Liz Saville Roberts
Kirsty Blackman
Stephen Gethins
Hywel Williams
Patrick Grady
Jonathan EdwardsPeter GrantDeidre BrockStewart HosieJoanna CherryPete WishartAngus Brendan MacNeilBen LakeDr Philippa WhitfordTommy SheppardMartin Docherty-HughesDouglas ChapmanDrew HendryBrendan O’HaraAngela CrawleyStuart C. McDonaldJohn McNallyRonnie CowanAlison ThewlissNeil GrayHannah BardellChris StephensAlan BrownMhairi BlackStewart Malcolm McDonaldDr Lisa CameronMartyn DayMarion FellowsPatricia GibsonChris LawCarol MonaghanGavin NewlandsDavid Linden
Line 1, leave out from “House” to end and insert “declines to approve the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship in line with the views of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly that they would be damaging for Scotland, Wales and the nations and regions of the UK as a whole; notes the legal opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice that the United Kingdom has the right to unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU, until such time as the Withdrawal Agreement is formally concluded; therefore calls on the UK Government to request an extension to the period of negotiation under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union so that the UK does not leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement or on the basis of the negotiated agreement laid before the House on Monday 26 November 2018; and calls on the UK Government to respect the will of the Scottish Parliament in its vote on 5 December 2018 and the Welsh Assembly in its vote on 4 December 2018, which both rejected the withdrawal agreement as it now stands.”
Amendment (b)
Sir Edward Leigh
Sir John Hayes
Gordon Henderson
Daniel Kawczynski
Martin Vickers
Bob Stewart
Sir Henry BellinghamSir David AmessDr Matthew OffordMr John BaronNeil ParishMr Nigel EvansRobert Halfon
At end, add “notes that the Northern Ireland backstop is intended to be temporary; notes that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties makes it absolutely clear that a sovereign state can abrogate any part of a treaty with an international body in case of a fundamental change of circumstances since the Treaty was agreed; notes that making the Northern Ireland backstop permanent would constitute such a fundamental change of circumstances; and therefore calls for an assurance from the Government that, if it becomes clear by the end of 2021 that the European Union will not agree to remove the Northern Ireland backstop, the United Kingdom will treat the indefinite continuation of the backstop as a fundamental change of circumstances and will accordingly give notice on 1 January 2022 to terminate the Withdrawal Treaty so that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall become an independent country once again.”
Amendment (e)
Frank Field
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Henry Smith
Martin Vickers
Andrew Rosindell
Sir David Amess
At end, add “subject to revision of Article 182 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and paragraph 19 of the framework, in order to guarantee the sovereign right of the UK ultimately to terminate the Northern Ireland backstop if it is not possible to reach agreement with the EU on establishing alternative arrangements for ensuring the permanent absence of a hard border on the island of Ireland; and mandates the Government to negotiate within the future framework a free trade relationship with the EU along the lines of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.”
Amendment (f)
Mr John Baron
Andrew Rosindell
Henry Smith
Martin Vickers
Bob Stewart
Stephen Metcalfe
Mr Ian Liddell-GraingerSir David AmessMr Nigel EvansFiona BruceSir Mike PenningSir Edward LeighFrank FieldGiles Watling
At end, add “subject to changes being made in the Withdrawal Agreement and in the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol so that the UK has the right to terminate the Protocol without having to secure the agreement of the EU.”
Amendment (g)
Daniel Kawczynski
At end, add “subject to reaching a financial settlement which requires the UK to pay the EU no more than £19.5 billion when the withdrawal agreement comes into force, with no further payments to the EU authorised to be made by the UK until a free trade agreement with the EU has been ratified.”
Amendment (h)
Daniel Kawczynski
At end, add “and urges the Government to vigorously contest any breach of the spirit of the negotiated withdrawal agreement’s requirements of good faith and best endeavours by any Member State of the EU seeking to pursue its narrow national interest in relation to fishing rights or any other matters requiring the UK and the EU to reach agreement.”
Amendment (l)
Sir Vince Cable
Tom Brake
Jo Swinson
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Wera Hobhouse
Sir Edward Davey
Tim FarronChristine JardineNorman LambLayla MoranJamie Stone
At end, add “and instructs the Government to take all necessary steps to prepare for a People’s Vote in which the public may give their informed consent on leaving the EU or retaining the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union.”
Amendment (n)
Frank Field
At end, add “but no Minister of the Crown may move the Third Reading of any Bill to fulfil the ratification condition in section 13(1)(d) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 before the Attorney General has laid before both Houses of Parliament a statement of advice that sufficient assurance has been given in the European Council that no requirement in the negotiated withdrawal agreement to use best endeavours to conclude an agreement or any obligation to abide by an arbitration decision will prevent the United Kingdom from terminating the backstop arrangement once it is no longer needed as a necessary and proportionate step towards the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.”
Amendment (o)
Sir Hugo Swire
Richard Graham
Robert Neill
Sir Henry Bellingham
Sir Nicholas Soames
Sir Edward Leigh
Dr Andrew Murrison
At end, add “subject to
1. legislation making provision that requires:
a. the Government
i. to report in March 2020 on the status of arrangements to supersede the Northern Ireland backstop,
ii. to consider the views of the devolved Administrations, in particular the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly, and
iii. to enable this House to approve the Government’s proposed approach, including whether or not an extension to the implementation period should be pursued;
b. parliamentary approval of the commencement of the powers implementing the Northern Ireland backstop; and
c. the Government to have a duty to have an agreed future relationship or alternative arrangements one year after the Northern Ireland backstop coming into force, consistent with the framework for the future relationship as laid before the House, so that the Northern Ireland backstop ceases to apply; and
2. the Government obtaining further assurance from the European Union that the Northern Ireland backstop would only be a temporary arrangement and that, in the event that it comes into force, both parties intend to agree a future relationship or alternative arrangements consistent with the Political Declaration one year after the end of the Implementation Period.”
Amendment (p)
John Mann
Gareth Snell
Caroline Flint
Lisa Nandy
Frank Field
Jim Fitzpatrick
At end, add “agrees with paragraph 79 of the Political Declaration that the future relationship must ensure open and fair competition and that provisions to ensure this should cover state aid, competition, social and employment standards, environmental standards, climate change, and relevant tax matters, building on the level playing field arrangements provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement and commensurate with the overall economic relationship; and determines not to allow the UK leaving the EU to result in any lowering after exit day of common EU UK standards provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement in relation to employment, environmental protection and health and safety which will continue to protect the wellbeing of every person in this country; and determines that the Government should invite the House to consider any measure approved by EU institutions after exit day which strengthens any of these protections.”
Amendment (q)
Dr Andrew Murrison
Sir Graham Brady
Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Soames
Sir Mike Penning
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Adam AfriyieRichard BenyonMr Philip Dunne Sir David EvennettGeorge FreemanMark Garnier Mr Robert GoodwillRobert HalfonSimon Hart Sir Oliver HealdDr Caroline JohnsonStephen Kerr John StevensonBob StewartSir Gary Streeter Sir Hugo SwireSir Robert SymsJack Brereton Damian GreenJulian SturdyMr Ian Liddell-GraingerGlyn DaviesBob BlackmanSir Henry Bellingham
At end add, “subject to the Withdrawal Agreement treaty being amended to specify that the backstop solution shall expire on 31 December 2021.”
Amendment (r)
Sir Edward Leigh
Sir John Hayes
At end add, “notes that the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the backstop, is intended to be temporary; notes that making the backstop permanent would constitute a violation of the territorial integrity, political independence and sovereignty of the United Kingdom; notes that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations provides for each State to make reservations as a unilateral statement, when ratifying a treaty, whereby it excludes or modifies the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State; and notes therefore that the approval of this House is subject to the Government submitting to the depository of the Agreement the following reservation, as part of its written notification of the completion of the necessary internal procedures by the United Kingdom: “Given that the Preamble to the Withdrawal Agreement states the United Kingdom and the European Union should negotiate “one or several agreements governing their future relationship with a view to ensuring that, to the extent possible, those agreements apply from the end of the transition period”; given that Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement states “The Union and the United Kingdom shall use their best endeavours, in good faith and in full respect of their respective legal orders, to take the necessary steps to negotiate expeditiously the agreements governing their future relationship”; given that, in accordance with Article 126, the transition period will end on 31 December 2020, or may be extended by “one or two years” (under a joint decision before 1 July 2020) in accordance with Article 132; given that the Preamble to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland states “the Withdrawal Agreement … does not aim at establishing a permanent future relationship”, asserts the intention “to replace the backstop solution on Northern Ireland by a subsequent agreement that establishes alternative arrangements for ensuring the absence of a hard border on the island of Ireland on a permanent footing” and affirms the “common objective of a close future relationship … in full respect of their respective legal orders”; given that Article 1(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland states the “objective of the Withdrawal Agreement is not to establish a permanent relationship between the Union and the United Kingdom. The provisions of this Protocol are therefore intended to apply only temporarily”; given that Article 2(1) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland states “The Union and the United Kingdom shall use their best endeavours to conclude, by 31 December 2020, an agreement which supersedes this Protocol in whole or in part”; if the “subsequent agreement” referred to in Articles 1(4) and 2(1) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland has not been concluded by 31 December 2022, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the “single customs territory” shall cease to apply thereafter, to the United Kingdom as a whole, including to Northern Ireland.”; and also notes that the approval of this House is subject to the Government not withdrawing its reservation to the Agreement, unless such a withdrawal has been approved by a motion of this House.”
Relevant Documents:
Eighth Report of the Procedure Committee, Motions under section 13(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, HC 1664
Twenty-fifth Report of the Treasury Committee, The UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: The Government’s and Bank of England’s Withdrawal Agreement analyses, HC 1819
Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the Treasury Committee’s report on the UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: The Government’s and Bank of England’s Withdrawal Agreement analyses, 3 January 2019
Written evidence to the Treasury Committee, on the UK’s economic relationship with the European Union, reported to the House on 28 November 2018 and 29 November 2018, HC 473
HM Treasury, EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis, Cm 9742, November 2018
Sixteenth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, The response from business to the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, HC 384
Tenth Report of the Exiting the European Union Committee, The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal - The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, HC 1778
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Greg Clark
That the draft Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 27 November 2018, be approved.
Notes:
The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and Wales and is within devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83P).
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
4. EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION (NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS)
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Greg Clark
That the draft Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 November 2018, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Mel Stride
That the draft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 4 December 2018, be approved.
Notes:
The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83P).
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
6. UK PARTICIPATION IN THE EU AGENCY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE COOPERATION (EUROJUST): POST-ADOPTION OPT-IN DECISION
No debate (Standing Order No. 119(11))
Mr Nick Hurd
That this House takes note of Regulation 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA; endorses the Government’s decision to request to opt in under Protocol 21 on the Position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice annexed to the EU Treaties; and supports the Government’s assessment that Eurojust provides a valuable service to the UK and that opting in would enable us to maintain operational continuity and minimise disruption for UK law enforcement and prosecution authorities during the proposed Implementation Period.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Rail services at Chester-le-Street station: Mr Kevan Jones
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 the recognition of fibromyalgia as a disability: Toby Perkins
Notes:
The Chairman of Ways and Means appointed this debate on the recommendation of the Backbench Business Committee.
11.00am
That this House has considered the effect of business rates on pubs: Mrs Anne Main
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm
That this House has considered local government funding: Preet Kaur Gill
4.00pm
That this House has considered Coventry City football club and football stadium ownership: Mr Jim Cunningham
4.30pm
That this House has considered provision of long-term capital for business: Stephen Kerr
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.
Committees meeting today
The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.
Public Bill Committees
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
To consider the Bill
Room 12
9.25am (public)
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
Further to consider the Bill
Room 12
2.00pm (public)
Delegated Legislation Committees
Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Merchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Room 9
8.55am (public)
Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Room 9
2.30pm (public)
Select Committees
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Subject: Future of Audit
Witnesses: Prof Christopher Humphrey, Professor of Accounting, Alliance Manchester Business School, Vinita Mithani, Lecturer in Accounting, Department of Accounting and Finance, Middlesex University, Ilias G. Basioudis, Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting and Auditing, Aston University Business School, and Prof Karthik Ramanna, University of Oxford; Leon Kamhi, Head of Responsible Investment, Hermes Investment Management, Liz Murrall, Director, Stewardship and Reporting, The Investment Association, Euan Stirling, Global Head of Stewardship and ESG Investment, Aberdeen Standard Investments, and Natasha Landell-Mills, Head of Stewardship, Sarasin and Partners (at 10.30am)
Room 5
9.00am (private), 9.45am (public)
Subject: Technologies for meeting Clean Growth emissions reduction targets
Witnesses: Lord Deben, Chairman, and Chris Stark, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change; Malcolm Brinded, Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance, Energy Systems Catapult, and Professor Jim Watson, Director, UK Energy Research Centre (at 10.15am)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)
Subject: Special educational needs and disabilities
Witnesses: Tania Beard, Headteacher, St Martin’s Church of England Primary and Nursery School, Jon Boyes, Principal, Herne Bay High School, Penny Earl, Resource Provision Manager, Stoke Park Infant School, Sabrina Hobbs, Principal, Severndale Specialist Academy, Nicola Jones-Ford, Special Educational Needs Coordinator, Fulham College Boys’ School, Dr Cath Lowther, Educational Psychologist, and Callum Wetherill, Pastoral Leader, Joseph Norton Academy
Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Bailiffs: Enforcement of debt
Witnesses: Joanna Elson, Chief Executive, Money Advice Trust, Joe Lane, Policy Manager, Citizens Advice, and Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange Debt Charity; Russell Hamblin-Boone, Chief Executive, Civil Enforcement Association, and Simon Jacobs, Partner, Jacobs (at 10.45am)
Room 18
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Strategic Leadership in the Civil Service
Witnesses: Sir Gerry Grimstone, Chair, Public Services Leadership Taskforce
Room 19
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Forced displacement in Africa
Witnesses: Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State for Africa and Minister of State for International Development, Chris Kiggell, Policy Manager, Protracted Crises, and Yves Horent, Senior Humanitarian Adviser, Africa Regional Department, Department for International Development
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.40am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Modern Slavery
Witnesses: Mark Burns-Williamson OBE, Police and Crime Commissioner, West Yorkshire and Chair, National Anti- Trafficking and Modern Slavery Network, Rob Jones, Lead on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, National Crime Agency, Chief Constable Sean Sawyer, Devon and Cornwall Police and Lead for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, National Police Chiefs Council, and Baljit Ubhey, Director of Prosecution Policy and Inclusion, Crown Prosecution Service; Victoria Marks, Director, Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, James Robottom, Barrister, 7 Bedford Row, Philippa Southwell, Consultant Solicitor, Birds Solicitors, and Nusrat Uddin, Solicitor, Wilsons Solicitors LLP (at 11.00am)
Room 8
9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: The work of the Financial Conduct Authority
Witnesses: Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive, and Charles Randell, Chairman, Financial Conduct Authority
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Room 13
10.00am (private)
Subject: Planetary health
Witnesses: Professor Lora E. Fleming, Chair, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Professor Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Professor Howard Frumkin, Head of Our Planet, Our Health, Wellcome Trust
Room 15
10.00am (private), 11.00am (public)
Subject: The relationship between the UK and Scottish Governments
Witnesses: Dr Bettina Petersohn, Swansea University, Dr César Colino, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, and Dr Sandra León, York University; Jan Bayart, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Belgium in the UK (at 11.15am); George Anderson, former Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office, Canadian Government – via video link (at 12.15pm)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)
Subject: (i) Global Islamist Terrorism; (ii) Consequences for UK Defence of INF withdrawal
Witnesses: (i) David Patrikarakos and Emily Knowles, Oxford Research Group, and Chris Woods, Airwars; (ii) Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, and Ben Fender, Head of Security Policy Department, Defence and International Security Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 12.45pm)
Room 6
10.30am (private), 11.15am (public)
Subject: Budget and NHS long-term plan
Witnesses: Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive, The Health Foundation, Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust, Richard Murray, Chief Executive, The King’s Fund, and Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation; Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, NHS Providers, Julie Wood, Chief Executive, NHS Clinical Commissioners, Dr Nav Chana, Chair, National Association of Primary Care, and Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chair of the Community Wellbeing Board, Local Government Association (at 3.30pm)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Subject: Funding for research into brain tumours: follow-up
Witnesses: Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State, Mike Batley, Deputy Director, Research Programmes, and Helen Campbell, Portfolio Manager for DHSC Research Network, Clinical Research Facilities, and Cancer Research, Department for Health and Social Care
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.20pm (public)
Subject: Prison provision in Wales
Witnesses: Rory Stewart OBE MP, Minister of State, and Edward Argar MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice
Room 8
2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: Members of Parliament
Room 16
2.15pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Subject: China and the international rules-based system
Witnesses: Rt Hon Mark Field MP, Minister of State, Kate White, Director, Asia-Pacific Department, and James Kariuki, Multilateral Policy Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Room 5
2.15pm (private), 2.45pm (public)
European Statutory Instruments
Room 20
3.30pm (private)
Committee reports published today
European Scrutiny
50th Report: Documents considered by the Committee on 9 January 2019, HC 301-xlix
Time of publication: 11.00am