Contents House of Commons • Noticeboard ...... 1 • The Week Ahead ...... 2 • Order of Oral Questions ...... 3 Weekly Business Information • Business of the House of Commons 4 – 8 January 2010 ...... 5 Bulletin • Written Ministerial Statements ...... 7 • Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 11 – 22 January 2010 ...... 8 • Editor: Mary Durkin Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 11 – 22 January 2010 ...... 12
Legislation House of Commons Public Legislation Information Office • Public Bills before Parliament 2009/10 ...... 14 London • Bills – Presentation, Publication and Royal Assent ...... 19 SW1A 2TT • Public and General Acts 2009/10 ...... 20 www.parliament.uk • Draft Bills under consideration or published during 2009/10 Session ...... 21
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Weekly Information Bulletin
The next Bulletin will be published on Saturday 16 January 2010
By-election
Following the death of the Member for North West Leicestershire, Mr David Taylor, on 26 December 2009, there will be a by-election. Details to be announced.
Private Members’ Bills:
The Private Members Bill Ballot took place at 10am on Thursday 26 November 2009
The Private Members Ballot Bills were presented to the House on Wednesday 16 December 2009
The Leader of the House has announced that the following Fridays are allocated for the consideration of Private Members’ Bills during the 2009/10 session:
2010: 29 January; 5 and 26 February; 5 and 12 March; 23 and 30 April and 7 May.
House of Commons calendar for the 2009/2010 session:
The Leader of the House announced the following recess dates for the 2009/2010 session:
Christmas recess 2009
The House rose on Wednesday 16 December 2009 and returned on Tuesday 5 January 2010
Spring half term recess 2010
The House will rise on Wednesday 10 February 2010 and will return on Monday 22 February 2010
www.parliament.uk The Parliament website provides information on parliamentary proceedings, membership of both Houses and general information on a wide range of parliamentary matters.
1 European Union Constitution Merits of Statutory Statutory of Merits Instruments F EU Sub-Committee None None Technology and Science D EU Sub-Committee C EU Sub Committee None
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Equality Bill – Committee stage stage – Committee Bill Equality – Committee Bill (Wales) Marriage
Copenhagen conference on climate on climate conference Copenhagen
Debate – Progress made in making the UK a more UK the in making made – Progress Debate society open and democratic tolerant, Debate – (day 2) 2) (day stage
Legislation – Live Music Bill – Second reading reading – Second Bill Music – Live Legislation Legislation – Powers of Entry Bill – Second – Second Bill of Entry – Powers Legislation reading Legislation – Building Regulations (Amendment) (Amendment) Regulations – Building Legislation reading – Second Bill Legislation – Consumer Emissions (Climate (Climate Emissions – Consumer Legislation reading – Second Change) change Debate – Impact of party list electoral systems systems list electoral of party – Impact Debate UK on report – EU Committee Debate and Qualifications Asylum in participation Directives Procedures Asylum Legislation – Child Poverty Bill – Second reading reading – Second Bill Poverty – Child Legislation – Committee Bill Economy – Digital Legislation stage (day 2) – Legislation – Legislation Oral Questions Oral Questions Oral Questions Oral Questions
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The Week Ahead: 11 – 15 January 2010The Week Ahead: 11 – 15 January DLC – Draft General and Specialist Specialist and General – Draft DLC DLC – Draft Asian Development Development Asian – Draft DLC DLC – Draft Criminal Justice Act Act Justice Criminal – Draft DLC Government Local – Draft DLC DLC – Costs inCriminal Cases Radio Community – Draft DLC DLC – Draft Pharmacy Order 2010 DLC – Draft State Pension Credit DLC – Draft Double Taxation Relief Relief Taxation Double – Draft DLC st nd rd th th th th th th
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Order of Oral Questions (This Sitting period N.B. All dates are provisional)
Monday 5 January 2010 – Wednesday 10 February 2010
Tues. 5 January Wed. 6 January Thu. 7 January • Justice* • Wales* • Energy and Climate • Prime Minister Change
Mon. 11 January Tues. 12 January Wed. 13 January Thu. 14 January • Defence • Health • Scotland* • Business, Innovation • Prime Minister and Skills
Mon. 18 January Tues. 19 January Wed. 20 January Thu. 21 January • Culture, Media and • Foreign and • International • Church Commissioners Sport Commonwealth Development Public Accounts • Olympics Office • Prime Minister Commission Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission Solicitor General* Leader of the House of Commons and House of Commons Commission*
Mon. 25 January Tues. 26 January Wed. 27 January Thu. 28 January • Children, Schools • Communities and Local • Cabinet Office • Transport and Families Government • Prime Minister • Women and Equality
Mon. 1 February Tues. 2 February Wed. 3 February Thu. 4 February • Work and Pensions • Treasury • Northern Ireland • Environment, Food and • Prime Minister Rural Affairs
Mon. 8 February Tues. 9 February Wed. 10 February • Home Office • Justice* • Wales* • Prime Minister
*Remit-
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also answers on behalf of the Cabinet Office. The Hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission also answers on behalf of the Finance and Services Committee. The Minister of State for Justice, also answers on behalf of the Privy Council Office The Secretary of State for Scotland also answers on behalf of the Advocate General. The Solicitor General also answers on behalf of the Attorney General. The Secretary of State for Wales also answers on his responsibilities as Minister for Digital Inclusion
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Order of Oral Questions (Next Sitting period N.B. All dates are provisional)
Monday 22 February – Thursday 1 April 2010
Mon. 22 February Tues. 23 February Wed. 24 February Thu. 25 February • Defence • Health • Scotland* • Energy and Climate • Prime Minister Change
Mon. 1 March Tues. 2 March Wed. 3 March Thu. 4 March • Culture, Media and • Foreign and • International • Business, Innovation Sport Commonwealth Development and Skills • Olympics Office • Prime Minister
Mon.8 March Tues. 9 March Wed. 10 March Thu. 11 March • Children, Schools • Communities and Local • Cabinet Office • Church Commissioners and Families Government • Prime Minister Public Accounts Commission Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission Solicitor General* Leader of the House of Commons and House of Commons Commission* • Mon. 15 March Tues. 16 March Wed. 17 March Thu. 18 March • Work and Pensions • Treasury • Northern Ireland • Transport • Prime Minister • Women and Equality
Mon. 22 March Tues. 23 March Wed. 24 March Thu. 25 March • Home Office • Justice* • Wales* • Environment, Food and
• Prime Minister Rural Affairs
Mon. 29 March Tues. 30 March Wed. 31 March Thu. 1 April • Defence • Health • Scotland* • Energy and Climate • Prime Minister Change
*Remit-
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also answers on behalf of the Cabinet Office. The Hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission also answers on behalf of the Finance and Services Committee. The Minister of State for Justice, also answers on behalf of the Privy Council Office The Secretary of State for Scotland also answers on behalf of the Advocate General. The Solicitor General also answers on behalf of the Attorney General. The Secretary of State for Wales also answers on his responsibilities as Minister for Digital Inclusion
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Business of the House of Commons 4 – 8 January 2010
Monday 4 January
The House did not sit
Tuesday 5 January
The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – 09.30-11.00 Independent Safeguarding Authority – Kelvin Hopkins 11.00-12.30 Island transport services – Andrew George 12.30-13.00 Treasury accounting in relation to natural capital – Barry Gardiner 13.00-13.30 Government policy on non-domicile tax status – Norman Baker 13.30-14.00 Mobility scooters and road safety – Jeff Ennis
The House sat at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Justice, including Topical Questions
Urgent Question – Yemen – Keith Vaz
Statement – Aviation and Border Security – Alan Johnson
Statement – Copenhagen Climate Change – Ed Miliband
Statement – Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Ian Lucas
Legislation – Fiscal Responsibility Bill – Second reading (agreed on division; Bill read a Second time)
Legislation – Fiscal Responsibility Bill – Programme Motion (agreed on division)
Legislation – Corporation Tax Bill – Second reading (agreed to; Bill read a Second time)
Legislation – Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill – Second reading (agreed to; Bill read a Second time)
Adjournment – Regeneration of Southend-on-Sea – Mr David Amess
The House rose at 11.28pm
Wednesday 6 January
The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30-5.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – 09.30-11.00 RAF Lyneham and the future of air transport – Mr James Gray 11.00-11.30 Rail services on Maidstone East Line – Sir John Stanley 14.30-16.00 Immigration control – Mr Philip Hollobone 16.00-16.30 Funding for West Yorkshire Police – Mr Paul Truswell 16.30-17.00 Additional pressures on families with twins and other multiple births – Bob Russell
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The House sat at 11.30am
Oral Questions – Wales; Prime Minister
Presentation of Bill – Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No. 2) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc.) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – British Museum Act 1963 – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Sheltered Accommodation (Residents) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Torture (Damages) – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day – Mr Andrew Dismore (Bill presented and read the First time)
Motion – Video Recordings Bill consideration of an allocation of Time Motion (Agreed to)
Legislation – Video Recordings Bill – all stages (Bill read a Second time; considered in Committee; Bill read a Third time)
Adjournment – Faith buildings – Ms Sally Keeble
The House rose at 5.13pm
Thursday 7 January
The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.00pm
Westminster Hall – a debate on the Public Administration Committee’s First Report, Session 2008-09, HC 36, Lobbying: access and influence in Whitehall, and the Government’s response, HC 1058.
The House sat at 10.30am
Oral Questions – Energy and Climate Change; including Topical Questions
Urgent Question – Salt reserves – Mrs Caroline Spelman
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Debate – on the Pre-Budget Report
Adjournment – Effect of media images on the body image of women and girls – Jo Swinson
The House rose at 6.29pm
Friday 8 January
The House did not sit
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Written Ministerial Statements 5 – 8 January 2010
5.1.10 Food 2030 – Hilary Benn
5.1.10 Generic Substitution in Primary Care – Mr Mike O’Brien
5.1.10 Boundary Commission for Wales – Mr Michael Wills
5.1.10 Dangerous Driving – Claire Ward
5.1.10 Mortgages (Power of Sale and Residential Property) – Bridget Prentice
5.1.10 Electric Personal Vehicles and Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles – Paul Clark
6.1.10 Corporate Taxation – Mr Stephen Timms
6.1.10 Double Taxation Arrangement (United Kingdom and Montserrat) – Mr Stephen Timms
6.1.10 Independent Advisory Group on Teenage pregnancy (Annual Report) – Dawn Primarolo
6.1.10 Call-Out Order (Iraq and the Gulf) – Bill Rammell
6.1.10 Veterans in Prison – Mr Kevan Jones``
6.1.10 NHS Pay Review Body (2010-11) – Andy Burnham
7.1.10 Going for Growth: Our Future Prosperity - Mr. Pat McFadden
7.1.10 School Revenue Balances (2008-09) - Mr. Vernon Coaker
7.1.10 Remote Gambling - Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe
7.1.10 Grob Tutor (11-02-09) Service Inquiry - Bill Rammell
7.1.10 Defence Training Review Package 1 - Bill Rammell
7.1.10 Basildon and Thurrock University NHS Foundation Trust - Andy Burnham
7.1.10 Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 - Bridget Prentice
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Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 11 – 15 January 2010
Monday 11 January
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Defence, including Topical Questions
Legislation – Children, Schools and Families Bill – Second reading
Adjournment – Effect of media images on the body image of women and girls – Jo Swinson
Tuesday 12 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – 09.30-11.00 Exportable benefits – Mr Roger Gale 11.00-12.30 Government policy on the Goldstone report – Martin Linton 12.30-13.00 Davies review of free-to-air listed events – Mr John Grogan 13.00-13.30 Government policy on Kurdistan – Mr Andrew Pelling 13.30-14.00 Future of local radio – Mr Alistair Carmichael
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Health; including Topical Questions
Presentation of Bill – Sustainable Energy (Local Action) – Alan Simpson
Ten Minute Rule Bill – Video Recordings (Exemption from Classification) – Mr Andrew Dismore
Legislation – Personal Care at Home Bill – Committee of the Whole House and remaining stages
Adjournment – Financial support for students with serious medical conditions – Mrs Janet Dean
Wednesday 13 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30-5.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – 09.30-11.00 UK relations with China – Tony Baldry 11.00-11.30 Regulation of the insurance industry – Mr Tom Harris 14.30-16.00 Local newspapers – Mr Paul Burstow 16.00-16.30 Back to Work initiative in Wales – Chris Ruane 16.30-17.00 Supervision and regulation of the IBM pension scheme – Sandra Gidley
The House will sit at 11.30am
Oral Questions – Scotland; Prime Minister
Ten Minute Rule Bill – Veterans’ Welfare– Mr Michael Moore
Debate – Opposition Day (2nd allotted day) – i) Education, Skills and Training Opportunities for young people in the recession; ii) Energy Security
Adjournment – Sovereignty of Parliament – Mr William Cash
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Thursday 14 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.00pm
Westminster Hall – A debate on supporting young people in the recession
The House will sit at 10.30am
Oral Questions – Business, Innovation and Skills; including Topical Questions
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Topical Debate*** – subject to be confirmed
Private Business – the Chairman of Ways and Means will name Opposed Private Business for consideration
Adjournment – Detention of Andrew Symeou in Korydallos Prison, Greece – Joan Ryan
Friday 15 January
The House will not be sitting
*** Details known the previous Monday evening and will appear in Tuesday’s Ordered Paper
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Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 18 – 22 January 2010
Monday 18 January
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Culture, Media and Sport, including Topical Questions; Minister for the Olympics
Legislation – Crime and Security Bill – Second reading
Adjournment – Role of charity trustees – Tom Levitt
Tuesday 19 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – **
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including Topical Questions
Legislation – Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill – Committee of the Whole House (day3)
Adjournment – *
Wednesday 20 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 9.30-5.00pm
Westminster Hall Private Members’ Debates – **
The House will sit at 11.30am
Oral Questions – International Development; Prime Minister
Ten Minute Rule Bill – Digital Heritage – Mr Tom Watson
Legislation – Fiscal Responsibility Bill – Committee of the Whole House and remaining stages
Adjournment – *
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Thursday 21 January
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.00pm
Westminster Hall – A debate on violence against women
The House will sit at 10.30am
Oral Questions – Church Commissioners; Public Accounts Commission; Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission; Solicitor General; Leader of the House and the House of Commons Commission
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Legislation – if necessary, consideration of Lords amendments to the Video Recordings Bill
Private Business – the Chairman of Ways and Means will name Opposed Private Business for consideration
Adjournment – *
Friday 22 January
The House will not be sitting
* Details known previous Thursday after 1.00pm
** There are no Westminster Hall Debates scheduled
*** Details known the previous Monday evening and will appear in Tuesday’s Ordered Paper
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Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 11 – 15 January 2010
Monday January 11
The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – President of the European Council – Lord Dykes; Improving performance in spoken and written English – Lord Quirk; Visas to foreign athletes attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 – Lord Trefgarne; Whether the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final should remain of free-to-air television – Lord Hoyle Legislation – Equality Bill – Committee stage (day 1) – Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Short Debate – Impact of party list electoral systems – Lord Alton of Liverpool/ Lord Bach
Tuesday 12 January The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – Appeals against refusals to answer written questions – Lord Lucas; Environmentally sustainable prisons – Lord Bishop of Liverpool; Ban on Dr Michael Savage from entering the UK – Lord Pearson of Rannoch Legislation – Digital Economy Bill – Committee stage (day 2) – Lord Mandelson/ Lord Davies of Oldham Debate – EU Committee report on UK participation in Asylum Qualifications and Asylum Procedures Directives – Lord Roper/Lord West of Spithead The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:30pm Legislation – Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill – Committee stage (day 1) – Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Wednesday 13 January The House will sit at 3:00pm Oral Questions – Treatment of prisoners aged under 18 – Baroness Stern; Current capital needs of the further education sector – Baroness Garden of Frognal; Government plans to cut public expenditure – Lord Sheldon Legislation – Equality Bill – Committee stage (day 2) – Baroness Royall of Blaisdon The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3:45pm Legislation – Bribery Bill – Committee stage (day 2) – Lord Bach
Thursday 14 January The House will sit at 11:00am Oral Questions – Use of hand-held mobile telephones by drivers – Viscount Tenby; Admissibility of intercept evidence in court – Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; Honour-related violence in the United Kingdom – Baroness Cox Debate – Copenhagen conference on climate change – Lord Stone of Blackheath Debate – Progress made in making the UK a more tolerant, democratic and open society – Lord Harrison Legislation – Marriage (Wales) Bill – Committee stage – Lord Rowe-Beddoe
Friday 15 January The House will sit at 10:00am Legislation – Building Regulations (Amendment) Bill [HL] – Second reading – Lord Harrison Legislation – Powers of Entry (Etc.) Bill [HL] – Second reading – Lord Selsdon Legislation – Consumer Emissions (Climate Change) [HL] – Second reading – Lord Teverson Legislation – Live Music Bill [HL] – Second reading – Lord Clement-Jones
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Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 18 – 22 January 2010
Monday 18 January The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – Amendment of the Bank of England Act 1998 – Lord Barnett; The quality of care homes for those with dementia – Lord Ashley of Stoke; Information from the government of Libya about Jaballa Hamed Matar and Hamed Said Khanfoor – Lord Lester of Herne Hill; Free trade agreements being negotiated by Peru and Colombia with the EU – Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Legislation – Digital Economy Bill – Committee stage (day 3) – Lord Mandelson/ Lord Davies of Oldham Legislation – Video Recordings Bill – Second reading – Lord Davies of Oldham
Tuesday 19 January The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – The issuing of arrest warrants for senior Israelis visiting the UK – Lord Anderson of Swansea; The provision of visas for business visitors from Iraq – Lord Clement-Jones; Postal votes for parliamentary elections – Lord Roberts of Llandudno Legislation – Equality Bill – Committee stage (day 3) – Baroness Royall of Blaisdon The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.30pm Legislation – Child Poverty Bill – Committee stage (day 1) – Lord McKenzie of Luton
Wednesday 20 January The House will sit at 3:00pm Oral Questions – The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon; Costs of contraceptive services globally versus green technologies in reducing carbon dioxide emissions – Lord Lea of Crondall; The reductions in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s budget – Lord Wallace of Saltaire Legislation – Digital Economy Bill – Committee of the whole House (day 4) – Lord Mandelson
Thursday 21 January The House will sit at 11:00am Oral Questions – The promotion of sustainable livelihoods for the people of Afghanistan – Baroness Rawlings; The Royal College of Physicians and NHS Confederation report Too much of the hard stuff: what alcohol costs the NHS – Lord Avebury; Making roads safer for cyclists – Viscount Falkland; Prospects for multi-lateral nuclear disarmament – Lord Hannay of Chiswick; Her Majesty’s Probation Service – Lord Ramsbotham Debate – Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation – Lord Hannay of Chiswick Debate – HM Probation Service – Ramsbotham The House will sit in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 2pm Legislation – Child Poverty Bill – Committee stage (Day 2) – Lord McKenzie of Luton
Friday 22 January The House will not be sitting.
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Legislation – General Notes
In the list of Bills which follows, the type of Bill is shown at the left-hand margin next to the title by the following codes:
G Government Bills C Consolidation Bills B Private Members' Bills (under the ballot procedure). The number after refers to position in ballot P Private Members' Bills (under SO No 57) T Private Members' Bills (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23) L Private Members' Bills starting in the House of Lords [HL] Bill starting in the House of Lords HYBRID Public Bill which affects private interests of particular persons or corporate bodies as distinct from the private interests of all persons or bodies
Abbreviations:
1R First reading: date of presentation (formal, no debate) 2R Second reading (debate on the principle(s) of the Bill) MR Money resolution (normally taken after 2R only shown in the list if taken at another time) GM Guillotine Motion SRC Second Reading Committee (2R taken in Committee: formal 2R in whole House next day unless otherwise stated) SGC/WGC Scottish or Welsh Grand Committee consideration of principles (equates with SRC) PBC Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons SPBC Special Public Bill Committee Comm Committee of the Whole House Comm** House of Lords Grand Committee, taken in a committee room JCCB Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills JC TLRB Joint Committee on Tax Law Re-write Bills (the date indicates the date on which the Bill was committed to the Joint Committee). SC Standing Committee SSC/SSSC Special Standing Committee/Special Scottish Standing Committee on a Bill, where public evidence is taken CN Committee negatived. (Indicates that there was no debate at committee stage in the House of Lords) OCD Order of Commitment discharged (no debate at committee stage in the House of Lords) Rep Report stage (detailed review of the Bill as amended in committee) 3R Third reading (final debate on the Bill) RS Remaining stages of a bill on the same day (usually report stage and third reading) LA Lords' amendments considered in the House of Commons CA Commons' amendments considered in the House of Lords RA Bill formally becomes an Act of Parliament CH Chapter number CO Carry-over Motion RC Re-committal to a Public Bill Committee, or to Committee stage in House of Lords Prog Programme Motion ATM Allocation of Time Motion SelCom Bill referred to a Select Committee Prov 2R (Rep, 3R) Provisional date for 2R of a Bill etc. For Private Members' Bills (if set down for a Private Members Bill Friday) this is followed, by the position of the Bill in the order of business for that day. Pri Private sitting (can occur at any stage) * Indicates proceedings were formal with no debate # Member in charge has named a date for consideration which is not a Private Members’ Bill Friday, therefore the Bill will not be debated. Deb adj Debate adjourned Order for 2nd Reading lapsed Bill has not been printed, therefore does not appear on the order paper on the named day Dropped Day for the next reading has not been named or time has run out for the Bill to be considered Withdrawn Member in charge has withdrawn the Bill Stood over Fewer than 40 Members present at a division, question not decided and business under consideration stood over until next sitting of the House
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Complete list of Public Bills before Parliament this Session
The following is a list of Public Bills before Parliament this Session.
To save space, the list is abbreviated. The title of the Bill is followed by the name of the Member and/or Peer sponsoring it. The letter denotes the type of Bill (see Legislation – General Notes). This is followed by the Bill number(s) with full bill reprints indicated by the use of bold; followed by the dates of the various stages. All forthcoming, and therefore provisional, dates are italicised. Government Bills are listed in bold type.
For an explanation of Parliamentary consideration of Public Bills see HCIO Factsheets L1 and L2 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
ANTI-SLAVERY DAY (B6) Mr Anthony Steen Commons: (20) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.2.2010 (2)
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBERANCE DAY (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (42) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 30.4.2010 (1)
BRIBERY [HL] (G) Lord Bach Lords: (3) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 9.12.2009 Comm**: 7 1.2010 Prov Comm**: 13.1.2010
BRITISH MUSEUM ACT 1963 (AMENDMENT) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (37) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (6)
BUILDING REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) [HL] (L) Lord Harrison Lords: (10) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 15.1.2010
CARE HOMES AND SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION (DOMESTIC PETS) (B13) Mr Nigel Waterson Commons: (27) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (3)
CHILD POVERTY (G) Stephen Timms / Lord McKenzie of Luton (introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10) Commons: (112, 2008-09) *1R: 11.6.2009 2R: 20.7.2009 *Prog: 20.7.2009 *MR: 20.7.2009 *CO: 20.7.2009 PBC: 20, 22, 27 & 29.10; 3.11.2009 Commons: (10, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Rep: 9.12.2009 3R: 9.12.2009 Lords: (21, 2009-10) *1R: 10.12.2009 2R: 5.1.2010 Prov Comm**: 19, 21, 25 & 27.1.2010
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES (G) Ed Balls Commons: (8) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 11.1.2010
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS [HL] (L) Baroness Walmsley Lords: (8) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 15.1.2010
CLUSTER MUNITIONS (PROHIBITIONS) [HL] (G) Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Lords: (2) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 8.12.2009 Comm**: 6.1.2010 Prov Rep: No date
CONSOLIDATED FUND (G) Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer / Lord Myners Commons: (12 ) *1R: 10.12.2009 *2R: 14.12.2009 *3R: 14.12.2009 Lords: () *1R: 15.12.2009 2R: 16.12.2009 *CN: 16.12.2009 *3R: 16.12.2009 *RA: 16.12.2009 (Ch. 27) CONSOLIDATED FUND ACT
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [HL] (L) Lord Willoughby de Broke Lords: (13) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE (G) Jack Straw (introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10) Commons: (142, 2008-09) *1R: 20.7.2009 2R: 20.10.2009 Prog: 20.10.2009 MR: 20.10.2009 CO: 20.10.2009 Prog: 3.11.2009 Comm: 3 & 4.11.2009 Commons: (4, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Prov Comm: 19.1.2010
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CONSUMER EMISSIONS (CLIMATE CHANGE) [HL] (L) Lord Teverson Lords: (13) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 15.1.2010
CONTAMINATED BLOOD (SUPPORT FOR INFECTED AND BEREAVED Lord Morris of Manchester PERSONS) [HL] (L) Lords: (5) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 OCD: 7.1.2010 Prov 3R: No date
CO-OPERATIVE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND CREDIT UNIONS [HL] (L) Lord Tomlinson Lords: (11) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 OCD: 7.1.2010 Prov 3R: No date
CORPORATION TAX (G) Alistair Darling Commons: (1) *1R: 19.11.2009 SRC: 15.12.2009 2R: 5.1.2010 Prov JC TLRB: 11.1.2010
CRIME AND SECURITY (G) Alan Johnson Commons: (3) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 18.1.2010
DAMAGES (ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS) (NO. 2) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (34) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.2.2010 (3)
DAMAGES (ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS) [HL] (L) Baroness Quin Lords: (16) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date
DEBT RELIEF (DEVELOPING COUNTRIES) (B3) Andrew Gwynne Commons: (17) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (1)
DEVELOPMENT ON FLOOD PLAINS (ENVIRONMENT AGENCY POWERS) (B15) Bob Spink Commons: (29) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 29.1.2010 (4)
DIGITAL ECONOMY [HL] (G) Lord Mandelson Lords: (1) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 2.12.2009 Comm: 6.1.2010 Prov Comm: 12, 18, 20 & 26.1.2010
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE BUREAU (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (35) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.2.2010 (4)
ENERGY (G) Edward Miliband Commons: (7) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 7.12.2009 Prog: 7.12.2009 MR: 7.12.2009 PBC: 5 & 7.1.2010 Prov PBC: 12 & 14.1.2010
EQUALITY (G) Ms Harriet Harman / Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10) Commons: (85, 2008-09) *1R: 24.4.2009 2R: 11.5.2009 Prog: 11.5.2009 MR: 11.5.2009 *CO: 11.5.2009 *CO: 13.5.2009 PBC: 2, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 & 30.6; 2 & 7.7.2009 Commons: (5, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Rep: 2.12.2009 3R: 2.12.2009 Lords: (20, 2009-10) 1R: 3.12.2009 2R: 15.12.2009 Prov Comm: 11, 13, 19, 25 & 27.1.2010
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP (REFERENDUM) (B14) Mr Douglas Carswell Commons: (28) *1R: 16.12.2009 Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (4)
FINANCIAL SERVICES (G) Alistair Darling Commons: (6) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 30.11.2009 Prog: 30.11.2009 MR: 30.11.2009 PBC: 8, 10 & 15.12.2009; 5 & 7.1.2010 Prov PBC: 12 & 14.1.2010
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY (G) Mr Alistair Darling Commons: (13) *1R: 9.12.2009 2R: 5.1.2010 Prog: 5.1.2010 Prov Comm: 20.1.2010 Prov 3R: 20.1.2010
FLOOD AND WATER MANAGEMENT (G) Hilary Benn Commons: (9) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 15.12.2009 Prog: 15.12.2009 MR: 15.12.2009 PBC: 7.1.2010 Prov PBC: 12 & 14.1.2010
GROCERY MARKET OMBUDSMAN (B4) Albert Owen Commons: (18) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (1)
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (INDEPENDENT LIVING) [HL] (L) Lord Ashley of Stoke Lords: (19) *1R: 23.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date
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HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 (MEANING OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (39) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (6)
ILLEGALLY LOGGED TIMBER (PROHIBITION OF SALE) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (40) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 12.3.2010 (3)
LAND USE (GARDENS PROTECTION ETC.) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (36) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (5)
LISBON TREATY (REFERENDUM) (B10) Mr Nigel Dodds Commons: (24) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (3)
LIVE MUSIC [HL] (L) Lord Clement-Jones Lords: (7) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 15.1.2010
LOCAL AUTHORITIES (OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY) (B2) Mr David Chaytor Commons: (16) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.2.2010 (1)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENT PLANS) (B16) Mr Mark Hoban Commons: (30) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 12.3.2010 (2)
MARINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BRANCH (REPORTS) (B17) David Cairns Commons: (31) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (4)
MARINE NAVIGATION AIDS [HL] (L) Lord Berkeley Lords: (15) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date
MARRIAGE (WALES) [HL] (L) Lord Rowe-Beddoe Lords: (6) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 Prov Comm: 14.1.2010
MORTGAGE REPOSSESSION (PROTECTION OF TENANTS) (B1) Dr Brian Iddon Commons: (15) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 29.1.2010 (1)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE SUPPORT (B11) Dr Richard Taylor Commons: (25) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 12.3.2010 (1)
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS [HL] (G) Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lords: (4) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 1.12.2009 Prov Comm**: 12.1.2010
PATIENT TRANSPORT [HL] (L) Baroness Greengross Lords: (18) *1R: 23.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date
PERSONAL CARE AT HOME (G) Rt Hon Andy Burnham Commons: (11) *1R: 25.11.2009 2R: 14.12.2009 *Prog: 14.12.2009 *MR: 14.12.2009 Prov Comm: 12.1.2010 Prov 3R: 12.1.2010
POWERS OF ENTRY ETC. [HL] (L) Lord Selsdon Lords: (12) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 15.1.2010
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS (AMENDMENT) [HL] (L) Lord Dholakia Lords: (9) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 Prov Comm: No date
SAFETY AND CONSERVATION (BYELAWS) (B9) Chris Grayling Commons: (23) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 23.4.2010 (1)
SCHOOL TRANSPORT (B19) David Heath Commons: (32) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: No date
SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION (RESIDENTS) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (38) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (5)
SUNBEDS (REGULATION) (B5) Julie Morgan Commons: (19) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 29.1.2010 (2)
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ACT 2007 (AMENDMENT) (B7) Alistair Burt Commons: (21) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 26.2.2010 (2)
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TAXATION (INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS) (G) Alistair Darling Commons: (2) *1R: 19.11.2009 SRC: 15.12.2009 2R: 5.1.2010 Prov JC TLRB: 11.1.2010
THIRD PARTIES (RIGHTS AGAINST INSURERS) [HL] (G) Lord Bach Lords: (17) *1R: 23.11.2009 2R: 7 & 9.12.2009 Prov SPBC: 12.1.2010
TORTURE (DAMAGES) (P) Mr Andrew Dismore Commons: (41) *1R: 6.1.2010 (not printed) Prov 2R: 23.4.2010 (2)
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (AMENDMENT) (B12) Simon Hughes Commons: (26) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 29.1.2010 (3)
VIDEO RECORDINGS (G) Mr Siôn Simon / Lord Davies of Oldham Commons: (14) *1R: 15.12.2009 2R: 6.1.2010 Comm: 6.1.2010 3R: 6.1.2010 Lords: (22) 1R: 7.1.2010 Prov 2R: 18.1.2010
WARSAW CONVENTION (CARRIER LIABILITY) (B8) John Smith Commons: (22) *1R: 16.12.2009 (not printed) Prov 2R: 5.3.2010 (2)
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Presentation and Publication of Public Bills and Acts 5 – 8 December 2009
Presentation of Bills (not yet published by Parliament)
Date Title and type of Bill Bill No.
6.1 Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No. 2) 34 6.1 Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau 35 6.1 Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc.) 36 6.1 British Museum Act 1963 37 6.1 Sheltered Accommodation (Residents) 38 6.1 Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) 39 6.1 Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) 40
6.1 Torture (Damages) 41 6.1 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 42
Bills published after presentation
Date Title and type of Bill Bill No. ISBN Price £
None
Receiving Royal Assent
Date Title Ch No.
None
Acts published after Royal Assent date
Date Title Ch No. ISBN Price £
None
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Public and General Acts 2009 – 2010
Date of Royal Title Ch No. ISBN Price £ Assent
None
Church of England Measures
Date Title No. ISBN Price £
None
Publication of Bills and Acts on the Internet
Public/Private Bills before Parliament Church of England Measures http://services.parliament.uk/bills/ www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchlawlegis/measures/
Full text of Public General Acts since 1988 Full text of Local Acts since 1991 www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm
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Draft Bills under consideration or published during 2009–10 Session
As part of the reforms to the legislative process initiated by the Modernisation Committee, the government now publishes a number of bills each session in draft form, before they are introduced into parliament as formal bills. This enables consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny before a bill is issued formally.
The House can refer these to a joint committee of the Commons and Lords appointed for the specific purpose of examining and reporting on a named draft bill. A draft bill may also be referred to one of the departmental select committees or a select committee appointed for that specific purpose.
Listed below are draft bills that are currently under consideration or that have been published during the 2009/10 Session of Parliament. Further information on draft bills, including those from previous sessions can be viewed on the Parliament website at: www.parliament.uk/bills/draftbills.cfm. This page links to electronic copies of the draft bills and related publications including select committee reports on the draft bills.
Title Date Paper No Committee Committee Reports Government Published and ISBN Response
Antarctic Bill 11.11.2009 Cm 7635 010 1763523
Civil Law 15.12.2009 Cm 7773 Reform 0101777322
Immigration 12.11.2009 Cm 7666 Bill 010 1766623
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Private Legislation - General Notes
Abbreviations
1R First Reading
2R Second Reading
CO Carry-over or revival motion (To enable Bill to progress through Parliament across more than one session)
BR Bill Reintroduced (Together with any other formal stages necessary to return the Bill to the point it had reached in the previous session)
BC Bill committed (as yet the type of Committee is not known)
UBC Bill committed to an unopposed committee (If two dates are given the last is the date on which the committee reported)
OBC Bill committed to an opposed committee (If two dates are given the last is the date on which the committee reported)
Rep Report stage (House of Commons only)
3R Third Reading
CA Commons' amendments considered by the House of Lords
LA Lords' amendments considered by the House of Commons
RA Bill formally becomes an Act of Parliament
CH Chapter number
Debate Bill debated, otherwise the stages are taken formally. In the House of Commons this will be at 7 pm
Prov Provisional date for next stage - date supplied where known, ie prov 2R: 27.1.2009 - provisional second reading 27 January 2009
Copies of Private Bills can be obtained from the appropriate Agent, details listed below
Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, 50 Broadway, Westminster, London, SW1H 0BL, 020 7227 7000 E-mail: [email protected]
Eversheds LLP, 1 Wood St, London, EC2V 7WS, 020 7919 4500 E-mail: [email protected]
Rees & Freres, 1 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JT, 020 7222 5381 E-mail: [email protected]
Sharpe Pritchard, Elizabeth House, Fulwood Place, London, WC1V 6HG, 020 7405 4600 E-mail: [email protected]
Winckworth Sherwood, 35 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3LR, 020 7593 5000 E-mail: [email protected]
Members of Parliament may obtain copies of Private Bills from the Vote Office. Lords may obtain them from the Lords Private Bill Office.
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Complete list of Private Bills before Parliament this Session
The following is a list of Private Bills before Parliament. Private Bills originate outside Parliament and are promoted by bodies seeking special powers not available under the general law. Each Bill starts with a petition to Parliament from the promoter for leave to bring in a Bill; this must be deposited on or before 27 November. Any such petitions will be noted below until they gain a 1st Reading.
Parties affected by a Bill may present a petition against it, clearly stating the grounds of their objection. The petitioning period will be shown beneath the Bill until the deadline has expired.
House of Commons Private Bill Office: Mick Hillyard (Tel: 020 7219 3250 e-mail: [email protected]) House of Lords Private Bill Office: Chris Bolton (Tel: 020 7219 3231 e-mail: [email protected])
For an explanation of parliamentary consideration of Private Bills see HCIO Factsheet L4 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
ALLHALLOWS STAINING CHURCH [HL] (Bircham Dyson Bell LLP) Lords: (2009-10) Prov 1R: 25.1.2010 (The Lords petitioning period for the Bill will end on 8 February 2010.)
BEVERLEY FREEMEN [HL] (Winckworth Sherwood)
Lords: (2008-09) 1R: 22.1.2009 2R: 17.3.2009 CO: 29.10.2009 Commons: (2008-09) CO: 3.11.2009 Lords: (2008-09) UBC: 10.11.2009 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 19.11.2009 3R: 25.11.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 26.11.2009 2R: 8.12.2009 Prov UBC: No date (The Bill is unopposed. No petitions were deposited against the Bill in the House of Lords. There will be an opportunity to petition in the House of Commons when the Bill reaches that House)
BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL [HL] (Sharpe Pritchard)
Lords: (2006-07) 1R: 22.1.2007 2R: 20.2.2007 (Instruction to Committee) OBC: 3 & 10.7.2007 CO: 22.10.2007 Commons: (2006-07) CO: 24.10.2007 Lords: (2007-08) BR: 8.11.2007 3R: 29.11.2007 Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 29.11.2007 2R: 12.6.2008 (Deb adj) 2R: 29.10.2008 (Debate) Commons: (2008-09) OBC: 30.6; 1.7.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 3.12.2009 Prov Rep: 14.1.2010 (The Bill is opposed, 3 petitions outstanding)
CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL (Sharpe Pritchard)
Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 12.6.2008 (Deb adj) 2R: 29.10.2008 (Debate) Commons: (2008-09) UBC: 8.7.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 3.12.2009 Prov 3R: 14.1.2010 (No petitions were presented against the Bill in the House of Commons)
CITY OF WESTMINSTER [HL] (Sharpe Pritchard)
Lords: (2008-09) 1R: 22.1.2009 2R: 13.3.2009 OBC: 15.7.2009 CO: 12.10.2009 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 25.11.2009 Prov OBC: No date Commons: (2009-10) BR: 1.12.2009 (The Bill is opposed. 2 petitions are outstanding against the Bill in the House of Lords. There will be an opportunity to petition in the House of Commons when the Bill reaches that House)
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (FILMING ON HIGHWAYS) [HL] (Bircham Dyson Bell LLP) Lords: (2009-10) Prov 1R: 25.1.2010 (The Lords petitioning period for the Bill will end on 8 February 2010.)
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LEEDS CITY COUNCIL (Sharpe Pritchard)
Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 12.6; 29.10.2008 (Deb adj) Commons: (2008-09) 2R: 3.6.2009 UBC: 8.7.2009 Prov CO: 12.11.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 26.11.2009 Prov Rep: 14.1.2010 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 30.11.2009 (No petitions were presented against the Bill in the Commons)
LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES [HL] (Sharpe Pritchard)
Lords: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 20.2.2008 OBC: 7, 8 & 9.7.2008 CO: 17.11.2008 Commons: (2007-08) CO: 24.11.2008 Lords: (2008-09) UBC: 16.7.2009 CO: 29.10.2009 Commons: (2008-09) CO: 3.11.2009 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 19.11.2009 3R: 3.12.2009 Commons: (2009-10) 1R: 3.12.2009 Prov OBC: No date (The Bill was opposed in HL. There will be an opportunity to petition against the Bill when it reaches the House of Commons)
LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (NO. 2) [HL] (Sharpe Pritchard)
Lords: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 20.2.2008 CO: 17.11.2008 Commons: (2007-08) CO: 19.11.2008 Lords: (2008-09) OBC: 9, 10 & 11.3.2009 OBC: 2.4.2009 CO: 29.10.2009 Commons: (2008-09) CO: 3.11.2009 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 19.11.2009 Prov 3R: No date (The Bill was opposed in the Lords. There will be an opportunity to petition against the Bill when it reaches the House of Commons)
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL [HL] (Sharpe Pritchard)
Lords: (2006-07) 1R: 22.1.2007 2R: 20.2.2007 OBC: 3 & 10.7.2007 CO: 22.10.2007 Commons: (2006-07) CO: 24.10.2007 Lords: (2007-08) BR: 8.11.2007 3R: 29.11.2007 Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 29.11.2007 2R: 12.6.2008 (Deb adj) 2R: 29.10.2008 (Debate) Commons: (2008-09) OBC: 30.6; 1.7.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 3.12.2009 Prov Rep: 14.1.2010 (The Bill is opposed, 1 petition outstanding)
NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL (Sharpe Pritchard)
Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 12.6.2008 (Deb adj) 2R: 29.10.2008 (Deb adj) Commons: (2008-09) 2R: 3.6.2009 UBC: 8.7.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 3.12.2009 Prov 3R: 14.1.2010 (No petitions were presented against the Bill in the House of Commons)
READING BOROUGH COUNCIL (Sharpe Pritchard)
Commons: (2007-08) 1R: 22.1.2008 2R: 12.6.2008 (Deb adj) 2R: 29.10.2008 (Deb adj) Commons: (2008-09) 2R: 3.6.2009 UBC: 8.7.2009 CO: 12.11.2009 Commons: (2009-10) BR: 26.11.2009 Prov Rep: 14.1.2010 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 30.11.2009 (No petitions were presented against the Bill in the Commons)
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (SUPPLEMENTAL TOLL PROVISIONS) [HL] (Eversheds LLP)
Lords: (2006-07) 1R: 22.1.2007 2R: 26.4.2007 CO: 22.10.2007 Commons: (2006-07) CO: 24.10.2007 Lords: (2007-08) BR: 8.11.2007 UBC: 11.11.2008 CO: 17.11.2008 Commons: (2007-08) CO: 19.11.2008 Lords: (2008-09) CO: 29.10.2009 Lords: (2009-10) BR: 25.11.2009 Prov 3R: No date Commons: (2009-10) BR: 1.12.2009
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Delegated Legislation
Statutory Instruments
The most common form of delegated legislation, or secondary legislation, is Statutory Instruments. Those requiring parliamentary approval are subject to either the affirmative or negative procedure. For an explanation of Statutory Instrument procedures see HCIO Factsheet L7 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
The laying of Orders before the House of Commons is recorded in the Statutory Instrument List published by the Journal Office: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsilist/cmsilist.htm.
The Journal Office list records when Orders were laid and in the case of affirmative instruments, whether a motion for their approval has been tabled. In the case of Negative Instruments, the number of praying days left (in which a motion calling for the instrument to be annulled may be laid) is noted.
Outstanding Orders are listed below. Details of previous Orders are available in earlier editions of the bulletin.
Legislative Reform Proposals and Orders: Proceedings as at 8 January 2010
Under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (s 6(1)) the Government is able to make Orders to amend or repeal provisions in primary legislation, which are considered to impose a burden on businesses or others, which could be reduced or removed without removing any necessary protection.
For an explanation of Parliamentary consideration of Regulatory Reform Orders, see HCIO Factsheet L7
Committee recommendation: a) a draft order in the same terms as the proposal should be laid before the House b) proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House c) the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals d) draft order should be approved/made † indicates Committee’s recommendation was agreed after a division e) draft order should not be approved/made f) a revised draft order should be laid before the House h) revised draft order should be approved/made i) revised draft order should not be approved # indicates report issued following amendments to draft order
Consideration by Lords/Commons: * indicates stage taken formally, no debate g) considered by Lords Grand Committee
Draft Proposals
Date Lords Committee Report Commons Committee Laid Title & Recommendation Report & Recommendation None
Draft Orders
Date Title and Committee Recommended Consideration Laid SI Number Reports & Procedure to approve Draft Order Recommendations
Lords Commons Minister Committee Lords Commons
13.5.2009 Draft Legislative Reform HL 110 (d) HC 883 (d) Super- Super- (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Affirmative Affirmative Provisions) Order 2009
29.10.2009 Draft Legislative Reform Second- Second- 15.12.2009 (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous stage stage Provisions) Order 2009 Super- Super- Affirmative Affirmative
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Draft Orders (cont.)
Date Title and Committee Recommended Consideration Laid SI Number Reports & Procedure to approve Draft Order Recommendations
Lords Commons Minister Committee Lords Commons
21.10.2009 Draft Legislative Reform HL 178 (d) HC 1108 Affirmative Affirmative 15.12.2009 06.01.2010 (Revocation of Prescribed (d) Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009
25.11.2009 Draft Legislative Reform Super- (Industrial and Provident Affirmative Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2010
7.12 Draft Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010
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Remedial Orders, Draft Remedial Orders and Urgent Procedure Remedial Orders: Proceedings as at 8 January 2010
Under the Human Rights Act 1998 (s10), if a court makes a declaration of incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to a statute, the Government is able to propose draft Orders or make Orders to amend primary legislation in order to remove any incompatibility. The Joint Committee on Human Rights is required, in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Act, to report to each House its opinion on any such proposal, draft Order or urgent procedure Order within a specified period after it has been laid before Parliament.
Committee recommendation: a) a draft order in the same terms as the proposal should be laid before the House b) the proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House c) the order or draft order should be approved d) the order should be replaced by a modified order e) the order or draft order should not be approved
Proposals for Draft Orders
Date Jnt Cttee on Human Rights: Laid Title Report & Recommendation
None
Draft Orders
Date Jnt Cttee on Human Rights: Lords Commons Laid Title Report & Recommendation Consideration Consideration
None
Urgent Orders
Date Jnt Cttee on Human Rights: Lords Commons Laid Title Report & Recommendation Consideration Consideration
None
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Northern Ireland Legislation: proceedings as at 8 January 2010
The Northern Ireland Assembly was established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Following devolution, legislative power in most areas was transferred from Westminster to the Assembly. However, under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, certain powers are retained by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and are not devolved matters. These include constitutional and security issues, law and order, policing, electoral matters and relations with the European Union. Reserved matters, which include the criminal law and civil defence, can be transferred at a future date. Legislation in non- devolved or excepted matters continues to be made by the Westminster Parliament under the 1998 Act in the form of Orders in Council, Acts and Statutory Instruments. This page includes Orders in Council that relate to reserve matters, the criminal law, electoral and policing matters, made under Section 85 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
The Northern Ireland Assembly was restored from 8 May 2007 following a period of suspension from midnight on 14 October 2002. During suspension, legislation, which would otherwise have come within the competence of the Assembly, was made by Order in Council under Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 2000. The 2000 Act was also used to make Orders in Council which, while the Assembly was active, would have been made under Section 85 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Orders making provision for certain reserved matters, for example the criminal law).
Unless made without Parliamentary Approval by reason of urgency, draft Orders in Council must be approved by a resolution of both Houses before being made (affirmative procedure). Orders in Council made before Parliamentary approval by reason of urgency (U), must be approved by both Houses within 40 days of being made. Some UK Acts, for example dealing with social security or pensions, provide for corresponding provisions to be made for Northern Ireland by means of an Order in Council under the 2000 Act, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House (negative procedure (N)), rather than by the normal affirmative procedure.
Where appropriate, proposals for draft Orders in Council are issued for public consultation and on occasions may be considered by the Northern Ireland Grand Committee (G), before the draft Order is laid. Prior to formal approval being sought on the floor of the Commons, draft Orders are normally considered in a Delegated Legislation Committee (D) or, less frequently, by the Northern Ireland Grand Committee. The Northern Ireland Orders Grand Committee (O) would also, from time to time, consider a draft Order before formal approval is sought on the floor of the Lords.
Outstanding Orders are listed below. Details of previous Orders are available in earlier editions of the bulletin.
To distinguish between UK Bills/Acts applying to Northern Ireland and Acts passed by the Assembly, see the positioning of the term ‘Northern Ireland’. Examples of each are given below:
UK legislation applying to Northern: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly legislation: Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
Bills introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly can be found on the Northern Ireland Assembly website: www.niassembly.gov.uk/
For further information on Northern Ireland Legislation see HCIO Factsheet L8 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
Abbreviations: U Urgent Procedure D Delegated Legislation Committee G Northern Ireland Grand committee O Northern Ireland Order Grand Committee A Approved N Negative Procedure
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Title and SI No. Consultation (Draft) Commons Lords Privy on Proposal Order Council Laid
Draft Justice and Security 8.6.09 8.7.09 (A) 8.7.09 (A) (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of duration of non-jury trial provisions) Order 2009
Draft Electoral Law Act 8.7.09 26.10.09 (A) 4.11.09 (A) 17.11.2009 (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2009
Draft District Electoral 8.7.09 26.10.09 (A) 4.11.09 (A) 17.11.2009 Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2009
Draft Private Security 20.7.09 9.11.09 (A) 4.11.09 (A) 17.11.2009 Industry Act 2001 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009
Draft Private Security 12.10.09 9.11.09 (A) 4.11.09 (A) Industry Act 2001 (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 2009
Draft Representation of the 2.12.2009 People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
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Legislation of the Northern Ireland Assembly (s. 15 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998)
Some Northern Ireland Assembly Bills which include provisions dealing with exempted or reserved matters are required to be laid before Parliament for a period of 20 sitting days before being presented for Royal Assent. If a motion, signed by not less than 20 Members, disapproving of the Bill is tabled in either House during the 20-day period, the Bill shall not be presented for Royal Assent unless the motion is rejected or withdrawn. The date of tabling of any such motion will be shown below.
Assembly Bills of this type which the Secretary of State deems urgent (U) may be presented for Royal Assent before being laid before Parliament. Such Acts of the Assembly are then required to be laid before Parliament for 20 sitting days. If a motion, signed by not less than 20 Members, praying that the Act shall cease to have effect is tabled in either House during the 20-day period the Act and is agreed to, the Act of the Assembly may be repealed by Order in Council. The date of tabling of any such motion will be shown below.
Delegated legislation dealing with certain reserved matters, are subject to Parliamentary procedure at Westminster. The Parliamentary stages of any such legislation are detailed below.
DLSC - Draft Order considered by a Delegated Legislation Standing Committee in the House of Commons. NIGC - Proposal for a draft Order considered in the Northern Ireland Grand Committee. U - Urgent Act or Order (not in draft form) laid before Parliament. C - Consequential Order (not in draft form) laid before Parliament. (subject to negative procedure) * - Taken formally. SI - Statutory Instrument Number, shown after title P - Provisional date for next stage i.e. PSC: 20.1.2009
Title of Bill or Act Date Laid Royal Assent None
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Transport and Works Act 1992 Orders
This Act replaces Private Bill procedure for the authorisation of transport works projects
Applications are made to the TWA Orders Unit at the Department for Transport (unless otherwise specified); the date refers to when applications are received Agents– See ‘Private Legislation: General Notes’ for contact details. Final orders – are printed as a Statutory Instrument on the OPSI website: www.opsi.gov.uk and published by The Stationery Office.
Applications for Orders under the Transport and Works Act 1992
Title of Order Application Agent Final Order
Babbacombe Cliff Railway Order 30.10.2008 Sharpe Pritchard LLP 2009/No.872 Made 25.03.09 Borough of Poole (Poole Harbour Opening Bridges) 13.12.2004 Rees and Freres (now Eversheds) 2006/No.2310 Order Made 24.08.06 Cirrus Energy Shell Flat Offshore Wind Farm 28.08.2003 Winckworth Sherwood Application (BERR) withdrawn Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Land 02.07.2008 Hammonds LLP Application Acquisition) Order withdrawn Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement 02.08.2006 Rees & Freres (now Eversheds) 2007/No.2297 and 2012 Games Preparation) Order Made 02.08.07
Docklands Light Railway (Dagenham Dock 30.04.2008 Bircham Dyson Bell Extension) Order
Docklands Light Railway (Stratford International 21.09.2005 Bircham Dyson Bell 2006/No.2905 Extension) Order Made 01.11.06 East Kent Railway Order 28.02.2006 Winckworth Sherwood 2007/No.3234 Made 09.11.07 Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 18.10.2004 Bircham Dyson Bell (DEFRA) Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard 14.12.2005 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary UK 2008/2512 Improvement Order 05.05.2006 LLP Made 23.09.08 (revised) Felixstowe Dock and Railway (Land Acquisition) 15.06.2004 Rees and Freres (now Eversheds) 2007/No.3345 Order Made 26.11.07 Greater Manchester (LRTS) (Media City Extension) 25.06.2008 Bircham Dyson Bell 2009/No.1100 Order Made 27.4.09 Heathrow Airtrack Order 24.07.2009 Winckworth Sherwood
Llangollen and Corwen Railway Order 17.09.2009 Winckworth Sherwood London Gateway Logistics and Commercial Centre 14.02.2002 Berwin Leighton Paisner 2007/No.2657 Order Made 07.09.07
London Underground (Archway Station) Order 29.11.2007 Berwin Leighton Paisner Application withdrawn London Underground (Victoria Station Upgrade) 22.11.2007 Bircham Dyson Bell 2009/No.2364 Order 05.08.2008 Made 28.08.09
(revised) Luton Dunstable Translink Order 18.12.2003 Rees and Freres (now Eversheds) 2006/No.3118 Made 22.11.06
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Applications for Orders under the Transport and Works Act 1992 (cont.)
Title of Order Application Agent Final Order
Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 01.10.2009 Bircham Dyson Bell Network Rail (Nuneaton North Chord) Order 30.07.2009 Winckworth Sherwood LLP Network Rail (Reading) (Land Acquisition) Order 06.11.2008 Winckworth Sherwood LLP 2009/No.2728 Made 7.10.09 Network Rail (Thameslink 2000) Order 21.11.1997 Rees & Freres (now Eversheds) 2006/No.3117 Made 22.11.06
Network Rail (Thameslink) (Land Acquisition) 23.01.2008 Eversheds LLP 2008/No.3163 Order Made 05.12.08
Nottingham Express Transit System Order 01.05.2007 Bircham Dyson Bell
Ouseburn Barrage Order 11.11.2004 Newcastle City Council 2007/No.608 27.1.2006 Made 26.02.07 (revised) Pontypool and Blaenavon (Phase 1) Railway Order 15.8.2005 Winckworth Sherwood 2006/No.1691 Made 20.06.06 River Humber (Upper Burcom Tidal Stream 21.12.2007 Winckworth Sherwood 2008/No.969 Generator) Order (BERR) Made 02.04.08 River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2.06.2008 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary UK LLP Stansted Rail Improvement Order 27.3.2008 CMS Cameron McKenna
South Devon Railway Order 27.3.2009 Winckworth Sherwood
Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 26.5.2006 Rees & Freres (now Eversheds) 2008/No.969 Made 02.04.08
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General Committees
General Committee debates are available to view on the Parliament website.
Public Bill Committee debates. www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/stand.htm Other General Committee debates. www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/othstn.htm
For further information on General Committees see HCIO Factsheet L6 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
Current Public Bill Committees, details of membership
Bill Status Membership
Corporation Tax Bill (G) tbc Issue 4; Issue 5 Energy Bill (G) 21.01.2010 Issue 4 Financial Services Bill (G) 15.12.2009 Issue 3 Flood and Water Management Bill (G) 21.01.2010 Issue 5 Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill (G) tbc Issue 4; Issue 5
Dates in italics denote expected reporting date of Public Bill Committee as stated in the Programme Motion if made
Membership announcements and changes:
None
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General Committee Meetings 4 – 8 January 2010
Abbreviations:
PBC Public Bill Committee SCR Second Reading Committee DLC Delegated Legislation Committee EC European Committee (A/B/C) RGC Regional Grand Committee WGC Welsh Grand Committee SGC Scottish Grand Committee
Monday 4 January
None
Tuesday 5 January
PBC Financial Services Bill (7th & 8th Sittings: Clause 1 agreed on division; Clauses 2-4 agreed)
PBC Energy Bill
Wednesday 6 January
None
Thursday 7 January
PBC Financial Services Bill (9th & 10th Sittings: Clauses 6-10 agreed; Schedule1 agreed)
PBC Energy Bill
PBC Flood and Water Management Bill
Friday 8 January
None
Please note. This list is correct as at press (12 noon Friday). The time and location of general committee meetings may be changed at short notice. Further enquiries may be made to the Committee Office general enquiry lines, Tel. 020 7219 3267/4300/0284
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Forthcoming General Committee Meetings 11 – 15 January 2010
Monday 11 January
1st DLC Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Libya) Order 2009, the Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2009 and the Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Qatar) Order 2009, 4.30pm, Room 9
2nd DLC Draft General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010, 4.30pm, Room 11
3rd DLC Draft Asian Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2009, 4.30pm, Room 12
Tuesday 12 January
PBC Energy Bill, 10.30am & 4.00pm, Room 10
PBC Financial Services Bill, 10.30am & 4.00pm, Room 12
PBC Flood and Water Management Bill, 10.30am & 4.00pm, Room 14
4th DLC Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentence: Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2009, 10.30am, Room 9
5th DLC Draft Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009, 10.30am, Room 5
6th DLC Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2720), 4.30pm, Room 9
7th DLC Draft Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2010, 4.30pm, Room 11
Wednesday 13 January
8th DLC Draft Pharmacy Order 2010, 2.30pm, Room 9
9th DLC Draft State Pension Credit (Disclosure of Information) (Electricity Suppliers) Regulations 2010, 2.30pm, Room 12
Thursday 14 January
PBC Energy Bill, 9.00am & 1.00pm, Room 10
PBC Financial Services Bill, 9.00am & 1.00pm, Room 12
PBC Flood and Water Management Bill, 9.00am & 1.00pm, Room 14
Friday 15 January
None
Please note. This list is correct as at press (12 noon Friday). The time and location of general committee meetings may be changed at short notice. Further enquiries may be made to the Committee Office general enquiry lines, Tel. 020 7219 3267/4300/0284
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Select Committees
Select Committees are set up to examine the work of Government Departments, and now constitute the main investigatory system by which the House overseas the exercise of Government responsibilities and the development of public policy and expenditure.
The following information on Select Committees is available on the Parliament website:
Select Committee membership: www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/selmem.cfm Links to Select Committee home pages containing information on the work of the Select Committee and its publications: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm
For further information on Select Committees see HCIO Factsheet P2 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
Membership announcements and changes:
None
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Select Committee Meetings
4 – 8 January 2010
Monday 4 January None Tuesday 5 January
Home Affairs Subject: DNA Database Witnesses: Isabella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty and Diane Abbott MP; Individuals whose details have been placed on the National DNA Database; Association of Chief Police Officers; Alan Campbell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
Justice* Subject: (i) Justice Issues in Europe; (ii) Sentencing guideline: corporate manslaughter Witnesses: Mike Kennedy CBE, Chief Operating Officer, CPS; Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner, and Stephen McCartney, Head of Data Protection Promotion, Information Commissioner’s Office (ii) Health and Safety Executive and CBI; Families Against Corporate Killing and Aslef
Environmental Audit Subject: (i) Adapting to Climate Change; and (ii) Air Quality Witnesses: Greater London Authority
Wednesday 6 January
Energy and Climate Change Subject: The Proposals for National Policy Statements (NPSs) on Energy Witnesses: Royal Town Planning Institute, Planning Aid, and Town and Country Planning Association; Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and Institution of Civil Engineers
Science and Technology Subject: Bioengineering Witnesses: Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Dr Tina Barsby, Chief Executive, National Institute of Agricultural Botany and Professor Richard Kitney OBE FReng, Co-Director, Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London; Dr Ray Elliott, Head, Strategic Projects, Syngenta, Professor Sir John Bell, Chair, Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research and Professor Chris Mason, Chair of Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing, University College London
Transport Subject: Update on the London Underground and the public-private partnership (PPP) agreements Witnesses: Chris Bolt, PPP Arbiter
Thursday 7 January
Health Subject: Social Care Witnesses: Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Health
Welsh Affairs Subject: The Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010 Witnesses: Wayne David MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Wales Office
Friday 8 January None
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice] All public select committee meetings are webcast Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on:[Tel 020 7219 2033]. Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.
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Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings 11 – 15 January 2010
Monday 11 January
Welsh Affairs 10:15am National Subject: Wales and Whitehall Assembly, Cardiff Witnesses: Sir Jon Shortridge KCB; Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM (at 11.00am)
Communities and Local Government 2:00pm Amana Centre, Subject: Preventing Violent Extremism Birmingham Witnesses: Local Government Association Group; Leicester City Council, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and Birmingham City Council (at 2.35pm); Association of Chief Police Officers, and Association of Police Authorities (at 3.10pm)
Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills 4:15pm Committee Room Subject: Corporation Tax Bill and Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill 5, Palace of Witnesses: Robina Dyall, Director, Brian Jones, Team Leader, John Sellers CB, Head Westminster Drafter, and David Sewell, Drafter, HMRC Tax Law Rewrite Project, and Adam Broke, member, Consultative and Steering Committees
Public Accounts 4:30pm Committee Room Subject: Regenerating the English Coalfields 15, Palace of Witnesses: Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Westminster Homes and Communities Agency, Richard McCarthy, Director General, Housing and Planning, and Steve Fothergill, Director, Industrial Communities Alliance, Department for Communities and Local Government
Tuesday 12 January
Treasury* 9:45am The Thatcher Subject: Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, Lloyds Banking Group Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Stephen Hester, Chief Executive, Royal Bank of Scotland; Gary Hoffman, House Chief Executive, Northern Rock (at 10.30am); Eric Daniels, Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group (at 11.15am)
Home Affairs 10:30am Committee Room Subject: The Government’s Approach to Crime Prevention 15, Palace of Witnesses: Louise Casey, Director General, Neighbourhood, Crime and Justice Westminster Group, Home Office; National Youth Agency, and User Voice (at 11.00am); Justice Board (at 11.30am)
Scottish Affairs* 10:30am Committee Room Subject: Scotland and the UK: cooperation and communication between governments 8, Palace of Witnesses: Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP MP, First Minister of Scotland, and Sir John Westminster Elvidge KCB, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Executive; Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, and Robert Gordon, Director General, Justice and Communities (at 11.30am)
International Development 10:30am Committee Room Subject: DFID’s Programme in Nepal 6, Palace of Witnesses: Merlin, VSO, and Professor Anthony Costello; Dr Mary Hobley, and Westminster Professor Mick Moore (at 11.30am)
Defence* 10:30am The Wilson Room, Subject: Defence Equipment 2010 Portcullis House Witnesses: Bernard Gray, and LEK Consulting; Rt Hon Lord Drayson, Minister of State, and Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence (at 11.30am)
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Business, Innovation and Skills 10:30am The Grimond Subject: Company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Professor Christopher Bones, Henley Business School; Unite the Union House (at 11.15am); Ian Lucas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 12.00pm)
Justice 3:15pm The Wilson Room, Subject: Pre-appointment hearing: HM Chief Inspector, Crown Prosecution Service Portcullis House Witnesses: Michael Fuller, Chief Constable of Kent Police (preferred candidate)
Wednesday 13 January
Energy and Climate Change 9:15am Committee Room Subject: The Proposals for National Policy Statements (NPSs) on Energy 16, Palace of Witnesses: Sustainable Development Commission; Campaign to Protect Rural Westminster England, Friends of the Earth, RSPB, and WWF (at 10.15am)
Science and Technology 9:30am The Thatcher Subject: Geoengineering Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Dr Jason J Blackstock, Centre for International Governance Innovation, House Canada, Dr David Keith, Director, ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems Group, and John Virgoe, expert in geoengineering governance
Work and Pensions 9:30am The Grimond Subject: Local Housing Allowance Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Shelter, Citizens Advice, and Mencap; National Landlords Association, House British Property Federation, and Scottish Association of Landlords (at 10.30am)
Children, Schools and Families 9:30am The Wilson Room, Subject: Sure Start Children’s Centres Portcullis House Witnesses: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Royal College of General Practitioners, and Royal College of Midwives; Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Liz Railton, Chief Executive, Together for Children (at 10.30am)
Scottish Affairs* 2:30pm The Grimond Subject: (i) Banking in Scotland (ii) The Scotland Office White Paper and the Room, Portcullis recommendations of the Calman Commission House Witnesses: (i) Lord Myners CBE, Financial Services Secretary, HM Treasury (ii) Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP, Secretary of State for Scotland (at 3.00pm)
Transport 2:45pm Committee Room Subject: The draft National Policy Statement for ports 8, Palace of Witnesses: Town and Country Planning Association, Royal Institution of Chartered Westminster Surveyors, and Planning and Environment Bar Association; Local Government Association, and Regional Development Agencies (at 3.30pm); County Surveyors’ Society, Highways Agency, Network Rail, and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (at 4.15pm)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs* 3:00pm The Wilson Room, Subject: Defra’s food strategy Portcullis House Witnesses: Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Energy and Climate Change 3:05pm Committee Room Subject: The Proposals for National Policy Statements (NPSs) on Energy 16, Palace of Witnesses: Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and WWF Westminster
Public Accounts 3:30pm Committee Room Subject: Venture capital support to small businesses 15, Palace of Witnesses: Simon Fraser, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation Westminster and Skills, and Rory Earley, Chief Executive, Capital for Enterprise Ltd
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Thursday 14 January
Welsh Affairs 9:35am Committee Room Subject: Leighton Andrews The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative 15, Palace of Competence) (Education) Order 2010 Westminster Witnesses: Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government; Wayne David MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Wales Office (at 10.20am)
Public Administration 10:00am The Thatcher Subject: Government Communications Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Matt Tee, Permanent Secretary, Government Communications, Cabinet House Office
Health 10:00am The Wilson Room, Subject: Commissioning Portcullis House Witnesses: Professor Andrew Street, Professor of Health Economics, University of York, and Dr Peter Brambleby, Director of Public Health, NHS North Yorkshire and York; Professor Rod Griffiths, Chair, National Specialised Commissioning Group, John Murray, Specialised Healthcare Alliance, Deborah Evans, Chief Executive, NHS Bristol, and Teresa Moss, Director, National Specialised Commissioning Team (at 11.15am)
Welsh Affairs* 11:00am Committee Room Subject: The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Transport) 16, Palace of Order 2010 Westminster Witnesses: Ieuan Wyn Jones AM, Deputy First Minister for Wales and Minister for the Economy and Transport, Welsh Assembly Government; Wayne David MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Wales Office (at 11.45am)
Friday 15 January None
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice] All public select committee meetings are webcast Select committees marked with * will be taken by BBC Parliament Recorded information about forthcoming select and standing committee meetings over the next two sitting days is available on:[Tel 020 7219 2033]. Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list.
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House of Lords Committees: Forthcoming Public Meetings 11 – 15 January 2010
Further enquiries about Lords Committees can be made to the Lords Committee Office: 020 7219 2940
Monday 11 January None
Tuesday 12 January
Science and Technology 10:40am Subject: Setting Science and Technology Research Funding Priorities Witnesses: Professor Andrew Watkinson, Director, Living with Environmental Change; Professor Sir John Bell, Chair, Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR); Dr Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President, CO2, Shell; Mr John Loughhead, Executive Director, UK Energy Research Centre; Professor Andrew Stirling, Director, Science Policy Research Unit; Dr Paul Nightingale, Deputy Director, Science Policy Research Unit; and Sir Richard Brook, Director, Leverhulme Trust.
Merits of Statutory Instruments 4:00pm Subject: Witnesses: Helen Goodman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions on the Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Skills Training Conditionality Pilot) Regulations 2010 and the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3257).
European Union 4:10pm Subject: Witnesses: Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe, on the December European Council
Wednesday 13 January
EU Sub-Committee F: Home Affairs 10:15am Subject: EU policy on protecting Europe from large-scale cyber-attacks Witnesses: Lord West of Spithead, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
Constitution 11:00am Subject: Referendums Witnesses: Steve Richards, Chief Political Commentator, The Independent; Peter Kellner, President, YouGov; Peter Facey, Director, Unlock Democracy; Professor Stuart Weir, Associate Director, Democratic Audit; and Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws.
EU Sub-Committee D: Environment and Agriculture 11:00am Subject: The Adaptation of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Change: The EU Policy Response Witnesses: Pat Snowdon, GB Climate Change and Economics Lead and Mr. Mark Broadmeadow, Research Manager, Forestry Commission; and Mr. Mike Townsend, Conservation Team Leader and Mr. Richard Smithers, UK Conservation Adviser, Woodland Trust.
Thursday 14 January
EU Sub-Committee C: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy 10:35am Subject: Witnesses: Rear Admiral Peter Hudson, Royal Navy, Operation Commander, European Union Naval Force Somalia, Ministry of Defence, on Piracy off the Somali Coast.
Friday 15 January None
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Select Committees: Publications received since the last Bulletin
All publications are available from The Stationery Office. Contact details are shown on the back cover of this Bulletin. HC numbers refer to House of Commons papers session 2009-10 unless otherwise stated. Cm numbers refer to papers in the Command series. HLP numbers refer to House of Lords papers. Select Committee Reports (Section B) are available on the parliamentary website. NAO & NIAO Reports are the forerunner of Public Accounts Committee inquiries.
(A) Select Committee Evidence
Date Committee Subject Witnesses Date Paper No Price Received Heard and ISBN £
30.12 Public Selection of a new Rt Hon Lord Lang of 26.11 HC 42-II 4.00 Administration Chair of the Advisory Monkton DL 0215 543035 Committee on Business Appointments
4.1 Transport Transport Questions Rt Hon Lord Adonis 4.11 HC 1097 of 7.00 with the Secretary of Session 2008-09 State 0215 542878
21.12 Transport Update on road safety Richard Alldritt 4.11 HC 1086 of 4.00 –UK Statistics Session 2008-09 Authority 0215 542823
4.1 Treasury Bank of England Mr Mervyn King 24.11 HC 34 7.00 November 2009 Mr Paul Tucker 0215 543011 Inflation Report Mr Paul Fisher Dr Andrew Sentance
(B) Select Committee Reports
Date Committee Subject HC Paper and Price Received ISBN £
5.1 Business, Innovation and 2nd, Work of the Committee 2008-09 HC 195 8.50 Skills 0215 543042
7.1 Children Schools and 1st, School Accountability HC 88-I 15.50 Families Volume I:Report together with formal minutes 0215 543066
7.1 Children Schools and 1st, School Accountability HC 88-II 20.50 Families Volume II: Oral and written evidence 0215 543073
18.12 Communities and Local 1st, Work of the Committee in 2008-09 HC 179 11.00 Government 0215 542830
6.1 Defence 1st, The work of the Committee 2008-09 HC 119 10.00 0215 542939
7.1 Environment, Food and 2nd, the work of the Committee in 2008-09 HC 148 17.50 Rural Affairs 0215 542946
22.12 European Scrutiny 4th, Report of Session 2009-10 HC 5-iv 14.50 0215 542908
5.1 Health Commissioning HC 1020 25.50 Written evidence 0215 543028
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8.1 Health 1st, Alcohol HC 151-I 17.50 Volume I: Report together with formal minutes 0215 543004
18.12 Home Affairs 3rd, The E-Borders Programme HC 170 8.50 0215 542854 (incorporating HC 817-i, 08-9)
18.12 International 2nd, The Work of the Committee in Session HC 167 10.00 Development 2008-09 0215 542885
21.12 Joint Committee on 3rd, Legislative Scrutiny: Financial Services Bill HC 184 10.00 Human Rights and the Pre-Budget Report HL 21 010 8459177 22.12 Joint Committee on 3rd Report of Session HC 3-iii 6.00 Statutory Instruments HL 23 010 8459214
18.12 North East Regional 1st, Industry and Innovation in the North East of HC 169 22.00 England 0215 542731 (incorporating HC 625, 08-9)
7.1 Public Accounts 4th, Highways Agency: Contracting for Highways HC 188 8.50 Maintenance 0215 542953
21.12 Public Administration 6th, Top Pay in the Public Sector HC 172-I 13.50 Volume I; Report, together with formal minutes, 0215 542847 oral and written evidence (incorporating HC 304-i-iii, 08-9)
21.12 Public Administration 6th, Top Pay in the Public Sector HC 172-II 14.50 Volume II: Oral and written evidence 0215 542861 (incorporating HC 304-i-iii, 08-9)
18.12 Science and Technology 2nd, Evidence Check 1: Early literacy Interventions HC 44 17.50 0215 542663 (incorporating HC 1081-i & ii, 08-9)
5.1 Speaker’s Committee 3rd, Work of the Committee in 2009 HC 205 12.00 0215 542922
15.12 Statutory Instruments 1st Report of Session 2009-10 HC 4-i 4.50 0215 542755
22.12 Statutory Instruments 2nd Report of Session 2009-10 HC 4-ii 3.00 0215 542960
22.12 Treasury 3rd, Credit Searches HC 197 15.50 0215 542915 (incorporating HC 1069-i, 08-9)
6.1 Treasury 4th, Pre-Budget Report 2009 HC 180 0.00
18.12 Welsh Affairs 2nd, Proposed National Assembly for Wales HC 142 12.00 (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2009, 0215 542892 relating to Domestic Fire Safety (incorporating HC 1110, 08-9)
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(C) Government Responses to Select Committee Reports
Date Committee Details of Original Report HC Paper or Cm Price Received No of response £
5.1 Business, Risk and Reward: sustaining a higher value – added HC 196 6.00 Innovation and economy [HC 746-I] 0215 543059 Skills
16.12 Scottish Affairs Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, HC 140 3.00 Scotland [HC 176] 0215 542694
22.12 South East South East England Development Agency and the HC 200 8.00 Regional Regional Economic Strategy [HC 516-I] 0215 542984
6.1 Welsh Affairs Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative HC 198 9.50 Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social 0215 542977 Welfare) Order 2009 [HC 778]
(D) National Audit Office (NAO): Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)
Date Title Paper No Price Received and ISBN £
7.1 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency: Enforcement of regulations on HC 210 14.35 commercial vehicles 010 2963397
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Select Committee: Current Inquiries
Select Committee evidence is published as a House of Commons Paper; there is generally a delay of 4-6 weeks before the material is available. When published it is also made available on the Parliament website. All HC paper numbers shown are from the 2008-09 session unless otherwise stated. Select Committees may also publish uncorrected transcripts of Ministers’ evidence on the website as soon as the transcript is available. Hard copies of Select Committee publications can be purchased from The Stationery Office, contact details are shown on the back page of this bulletin.
Select Committee publications are available to view on the Parliament website: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/select.htm
Further details of current Select Committee inquiries can also be found on the Parliament website: www.parliament.uk/what_s_on/hoc_news4.cfm
Committee on Arms Export Controls
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Strategic Export Controls Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session on 27 January 2010
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES BERR Departmental Annual Report 2008-09 Report published on 15 December Broadband Speed Report in preparation Exporting out of recession Report in preparation Motor sport and aerospace industry Oral evidence in progress PubCos: Follow-up Report in preparation Risk and Reward: Creating a Higher Value-Added Report in preparation Economy The Work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Oral evidence in progress Skills
Children, Schools and Families
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Child Health Strategy Oral evidence concluded Early Years Funding Formula Oral evidence in progress Elective Home Education Report published on 16 December NEETS Written evidence invited Deadline for submissions closed Public Expenditure One off oral evidence concluded School accountability Report published 7 January 2010 Sure Start Children’s Centres Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session on 13 January 2010 Teacher Training Report in preparation 21st Century Schools White Paper One off oral evidence concluded Oral and written evidence published
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Communities & Local Government
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Beyond Decent Homes: decent housing standards post Oral evidence concluded 2010 Departmental Annual Report 2009 Inquiry announced Fire Control Programme Inquiry announced Deadline for submissions closed Planning policy Statement 6 (Town Centres) Report in preparation Preventing Violent Extremism Oral evidence in progress Work of the Government Equalities Office One off oral evidence concluded
Culture, Media & Sport
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES
Departmental Annual Report 2009 and the One off oral evidence session concluded Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
London 2012 Games and Paralympic Games Continuing scrutiny
Press Standards, Privacy and Libel Report in preparation
The Future for Local and Regional Media Oral evidence in progress
The Ofcom Annual Plan 2009-10 One-off oral evidence session concluded
Defence
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Defence Equipment Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session on 12 January 2010 Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09 Report in preparation The Comprehensive Approach Report in preparation The contribution of ISTAR to operations Report in preparation The Green Paper and the readiness and recuperation of Oral evidence concluded the Armed Forces
Energy and Climate Change
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Low carbon technologies in a green economy Oral evidence in progress Project Discovery; and the prospect for domestic prices One-off oral evidence session concluded Scrutiny of the proposals for Energy National Policy Written evidence invited Statements, Energy Deadline for submissions 15 January 2010 Severn estuary tidal project options Report in preparation The future of Britain’s Electricity Networks Report in preparation
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Environmental Audit
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Adapting to Climate Change Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 19 January 2010 Air Quality Oral evidence in progress Carbon Budgets Report to be published 11 January 2010 DEFRA’s food strategy One off oral evidence session announced Green jobs and skills Report published on 16 December The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous Report in preparation climate change The scientific basis for carbon reduction targets Oral evidence concluded
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Dairy farmers of Britain Report in preparation DEFRA Departmental Report 2009 Report in preparation Notifiable Animal Diseases Observatory Continuing scrutiny The National Forest Inquiry announced Deadline for written submissions closed
European Scrutiny
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Scrutiny related issues and meeting of the European One off oral evidence concluded Council
Foreign Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES BBC World Service Report in preparation British Council Report in preparation Developments in the European Union Ongoing inquiry FCO Annual report 2008-09 Report in preparation Global Security: UK/US Relations Oral evidence in progress
Health
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Alcohol Report to published 8 January 2010 Commissioning Oral evidence in progress Next oral evidence session 14 January 2010 Social Care Oral evidence concluded Report in preparation The work of the Committee in 2008-09 Report published 16 December 2009
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Home Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Counter-Terrorism Oral evidence in progress E-borders Report in preparation Police Service Strength Report in preparation The Cocaine Trade Oral evidence in progress The Government’s Approach to Crime Prevention Inquiry announced Next oral evidence session 12 January 2010 The right of Gurkhas to settle in the UK Report in preparation Work of the UKBA Report published on 8 December
International Development
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES DFID’s Annual Report 2009 Report in preparation DFID’s Assistance to Zimbabwe Inquiry announced Deadline for written submissions closed DFID’s Programme in Bangladesh Oral evidence concluded Report in preparation DFID’s Programme in Nepal Inquiry announced Next oral evidence session 12 January 2010
Joint Committee on Human Rights
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Business and human rights Report published on 16 December Counter-terrorism policy and human rights Oral evidence in progress Equality and Human Rights Commission Oral evidence in progress Human Rights Judgments: Monitoring the Governments Report in preparation Response to Human Rights Judgments, Annual Report 2009 The work of the Human Rights Minister Oral evidence in progress
Justice
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Constitutional Reform and Renewal Report in preparation Crown Dependencies Inquiry announced Justice Issues in Europe Oral evidence in progress Justice Reinvestment Report to be published 14 January 2010
The Work of the Ministry of Justice Report in preparation
Liaison
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Matters relating to select committees Continuing scrutiny
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Modernisation of the House of Commons
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Recall and Dissolution Report in preparation
Northern Ireland Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Northern Ireland Human Rights Bill Report in preparation Omagh: a decade after the bombing Oral evidence in progress Television Broadcasting Report in preparation The Consultative Group on the Past Report published on 16 December The Work of the Committee 2008-09 Report published on 15 December
Procedure
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Timetabling of business Inquiry announced; Deadline for submissions closed
Public Accounts
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Accident and Emergency admissions – major traumas One off oral evidence session 22 March 2010 Bank Recapitalisation and Liquidity Report in preparation Contracting for Highways Maintenance Report published 7 January 2010 Dealing with the tax obligations of older people Report in preparation Defence Medical Services One off oral evidence session 3 March 2010 Dementia follow-up One off oral evidence session 25 January 2010 Department for Transport: The failure of Metronet Report in preparation DWP: Management of Benefit Overpayment Debt One off oral evidence report in preparation DFID’s Assistance to Malawi Report in preparation Equality and Human Rights Commission Accounts Report in preparation Financial Management in the Foreign and Report published 17 December 2009 Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office estate One off oral evidence session 1 March 2010 Helping over-indebted consumers One off oral evidence session 15 March 2010 HMRC Standard Report Report in preparation HM Revenue and Customs: Telephone enquiries One off oral evidence session 22 February 2010 National Chlamydia Screening Report in preparation Promoting Participation with the Historic Environment Report in preparation Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls – Report in preparation Postcomm follow-up Renewal of the BBC Estate One off oral evidence session 17 March 2010 Rheumatoid Arthritis Report in preparation Rural Payment Agency: Administration of the Single Report published 16 December 2009 Payment Scheme Stroke follow-up One off oral evidence session 24 February 2010 The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by Report in preparation
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the Legal Services Commission Train to Gain Report in preparation 2012 Olympics and Paralympics One off oral evidence session 8 March 2010
Public Administration
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Executive pay in the Public Sector Report published 21 December Ministerial and other appointments from outside Report in preparation Parliament Outside appointments in the Senior Civil Service Report in preparation Public Administration and the Fiscal Squeeze Oral evidence in progress Evidence session on 21 January 2010
Regional Committee: East of England
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Global Economic Downturn Written evidence published online
Regional Committee: East Midlands
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Share of funding received by the East Midlands region. Oral evidence in progress
Regional Committee: North East
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Corus and job losses in the North East Inquiry announced Written evidence invited Industry and Innovation in the North East of England Report published 18 December 2009
Regional Committee: North West
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES The Future of the Nuclear Industry in the North West Inquiry announced Written evidence invited
Regional Committee: South East
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES South East Regional Committee inquiry into the South Oral evidence in progress East England Development Agency and the Regional Economic Strategy
Regional Committee: South West
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Transport in the South West Report in preparation
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Regional Committee: West Midlands
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES The effects of the economic downturn on the people of Report in preparation the West Midlands
Regional Committee: Yorkshire and The Humber
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES The Work of Yorkshire Forward Report in preparation
Regulatory Reform
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Reform Orders Continuing scrutiny
Science and Technology
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Bioengineering Oral evidence in progress Evidence Check: Homeopathy Oral evidence concluded Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions Report in preparation Principles applying to the treatment of independent Report published on 14 December scientific advice provided to government Regulation of Geoengineering Oral evidence in progress First evidence session 13 January 2010 Setting the Scene on Science, Engineering and One off oral evidence session concluded Technology issues across Government Technology Strategy Board Oral evidence concluded The Work of the Committee in 2008-09 Report published on 15 December The Work of the UK Research Councils One-off oral evidence session
Scottish Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Banking in Scotland Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 13 January 2010 Scotland and the UK: co-operation and communication Oral evidence in progress between Governments Next evidence session 12 January 2010 Scotland Office Annual Report One off oral evidence session concluded Scottish transport links and the credit crunch Oral evidence concluded
Transport
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Department for Transport Annual Report 2008 Report in preparation National Policy Statement on Ports Oral evidence in progress Evidence session on 13 January 2010 Performance of the Department for Transport Report in preparation Priorities for Investment in the Railways Report in preparation
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The impact of flooding on bridges and other transport Inquiry announced infrastructure in Cumbria Deadline for submissions 19 January 2010 The major road network Report in preparation The new European Motorcycle Report in preparation Update on the London Underground and the public- Oral evidence concluded private partnership (PPP) agreements
Treasury
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Credit Searches Report published 22 December 2009 Financial Institutions – too important to fail Inquiry announced Next evidence session 19 January 2010 UK Financial Investments Ltd Oral evidence concluded Walker Report Oral evidence concluded Women in the City Report in preparation
Treasury Sub-committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Departmental Annual Reports Oral evidence in progress Management of the Crown estate Inquiry announced
Welsh Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Cross-border services for Wales: follow-up Oral evidence in progress Pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Legislative Report published 18 December 2009 Competence Order in Council relating to Domestic Fire Safety Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Inquiry announced Competence) (Education) Order 2010 Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Inquiry announced Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order Deadline for submissions closed 2010 Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Report in preparation Competence) (Local Government) Order 2009 Wales and Whitehall Oral evidence in progress Welsh prisoners in the prison estate: follow-up Report in preparation
Work & Pensions
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Decision making and appeals in the benefit system Oral evidence in progress Local Housing Allowance Written evidence invited Deadline for submissions closed Management and administration of contracted Written evidence invited employment programmes
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White Papers and Green Papers received since last Bulletin
WHITE PAPERS are issued by the Government as statements of policy, and often set out proposals for legislative changes, which may be debated before a Bill is introduced. Some White Papers may invite comments.
GREEN PAPERS set out for discussion, proposals which are still at a formative stage. Not all discussion papers are published and put on general release: some are sent only to a predetermined list of consultees. This is a matter solely for the Department concerned. Papers to which an ISBN and price are appended are normally available through The Stationery Office. For others, application should be made to the department concerned. External links provided in this section are correct as at the time of going to press, however they are not updated after that date.
White Papers
None
Green Papers
Home Office Top-Up Training for Door Supervisors 15.12.09 Copies From: Home Office Door Supervisors Training Consultation Security Industry Authority Sponsor Team 1st Floor, Peel Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Email: [email protected] Tel: 0207 035 6834 Comments by 23 March 2010
Impact Assessments received since the last Bulletin
Date Title Contact
None
Other Papers
HM Revenue and Customs: Departmental Autumn Performance Report 2009, Cm 7774, ISBN: 010 1777421, £14.35
Information Commissioner’s Office, Freedom of Information Act 2000: Ministerial veto on disclosure of the minutes of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Devolution for Scotland, Wales and the Regions, HC 218, ISBN: 010 2964042, £9.50
Medical Research Council: Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09, HC 914, ISBN: 010 2959581, £19.15
The Supplementary List: Treaty Ratifications, Accessions, Withdrawals, Etc., Cm 7779, ISBN: 010 1777926, £18.00
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European Union Documents to be considered EU documents recommended for debate by the European Scrutiny Committee
Progress of documents to be considered by the House is noted in the “European Union Documents” list, in the Vote Bundle, and on the Parliament website at: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmeudoc/cmeudoc.htm.
Members and others with access to the Parliamentary Information Management Services (PIMS) database can check the status and progress of EU documentation.
Enquiries can be directed to the European Scrutiny Select Committee office on 020 7219 5467/1548.
The European Scrutiny Select Committee meets each Wednesday at 2.30pm when the House is sitting. Under Standing Order No. 143, the Committee examines: “any proposal under the Community Treaties for legislation by the Council acting jointly with the European Parliament”. This includes draft Regulations and Directives, Decisions of the Council and Budgetary documents. The Committee examine the documents for political and legal implications, and decides whether it should be considered further in European Standing Committee, or for the most important documents, on the floor of the House. Recommendations for further consideration are noted in the list of “Memoranda” in the days Votes and Proceedings.
Reports of the European Scrutiny Committee are available from TSO or on the parliament website at: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmeuleg.htm
For further information on EU Legislation and Scrutiny Procedures see HCIO Factsheet L11 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
COM documents are available for consultation in the 44 European Documentation Centres (most of which are in university libraries) or the 22 European Information Centres.
SEC documents are not normally available for public consultation. The occasional important one on policy issues may be available in the above centres. For information about your nearest ED or EIC Tel: 020 7973 1992 (London Office of the European Commission) or Tel: 01482 465941, (ED Librarian, University of Hull).
Members of Parliament may obtain copies from the Vote Office by reference to the yellow demand form, quoting the number after the COM or SEC number.
COM Documents and EC legislation are available from The Stationery Office. Contact details are shown on the back cover of this Bulletin.
European Union Website: http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
European Standing Committee A
Dairy Market Situation 2009 (12289/09 and Addendum 1) – to be considered 25.1.2010
European Standing Committee B
Financial Management (12139/09 and Addenda 1 and 2) – awaiting consideration
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan – to be considered 18.01.2010
Commission Communication: Enlargement Strategy and main challenges 2009-2010 (14513/09) – to be considered 19.01.2010
EU/Japan Agreement: Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum) – to be considered 2.2.2010
Financial Services (15049/09 and Addenda 1 to 3) – awaiting consideration
Future Relations between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories (15647/09) – awaiting consideration
European Defence Agency Three year Financial Framework postponement and 2010 Budget adoption (16275/09 and16462/00) – awaiting consideration
Evidence in Criminal Matters (Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum) – awaiting consideration
European Court of Auditors’ (16632/09) – awaiting consideration
European Standing Committee C
None
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Early Day Motions tabled between 5 – 8 January 2010
Early Day Motion is a colloquial term for a notice given by a Member for which no date has been fixed for debate. This section records the date, number, primary sponsor and title of EDMs tabled in the last week. [R] denotes relevant interest declared
For information about the text and signatories see ‘Notices of Motions’ section of the Vote Bundle, the EDM Database on the Parliament website or contact the House of Commons Information Office (Tel: 020 7219 4272) who will advise.
For further information on Early Day Motions see HCIO Factsheet P3 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available, in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
Date EDM Primary Title Sponsor 5.1.10 529 Mr Nigel Evans AL-MUHAJIROUN DEMONSTRATION 5.1.10 530 Jo Swinson TRAFFICKING HOTLINE 5.1.10 531 Alun Michael SPECULATIVE BANKING 5.1.10 532 John Mann ISLAM4UK 5.1.10 533 Sandra Gidley NATIONAL LUNG CANCER AUDIT 5.1.10 534 Mr Alan Duncan PROPOSED CLOSURE OF RAF COTTESMORE 5.1.10 535 Mr Nick Clegg NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (S.I., 2009, No. 3112) 5.1.10 536 Richard Burden GAZA 5.1.10 537 Julie Morgan UNDER 18 YEAR OLDS AND SUNBEDS 5.1.10 538 Mr Edward O’Hara CONTAMINATED BLOOD (SUPPORT FOR AFFECTED AND BEREAVED PERSONS) BILL [LORDS] 5.1.10 539 Mr Gordon Marsden BLACKPOOL’S ENTERTAINMENT HERITAGE AND THE CRITCHLOW COLLECTION 5.1.10 540 Andrew Rosindell CROWN DEPENDANCIES AND REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 5.1.10 541 Andrew Rosindell BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND REMBRANCE SUNDAY 6.1.10 542 Mr David Anderson VICTIMISATION IN THE WORKPLACE 6.1.10 543 Greg Mulholland ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, OTLEY 6.1.10 544 John Hemming GAS STORAGE 6.1.10 545 Mr Paul Truswell NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS 6.1.10 546 Harry Cohen FOOD AID TO SOMALIA 6.1.10 547 Martin Linton RELEASE OF SHAKER AAMER, LAST BRITISH RESIDENT IN GUANTANAMO 6.1.10 548 Keith Vaz TYPE 2 DIABETES AND VISCERAL FAT 6.1.10 549 Lembit Opik CONTINUING DETENTION OF BAHA’I LEADERS IN IRAN 7.1.10 550 Colin Challen FISCAL STRATEGY FOR NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES 7.1.10 551 Mr Mike Weir BEAULY - DENNY POWER LINE 7.1.10 552 John Mason PRESCRIPTION CHARGES IN SCOTLAND 7.1.10 553 Hywel Williams ALLIED STEEL AND WIRE PENSIONS 7.1.10 554 Mr Austin Mitchell ICELANDIC DEBT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF BANKERS
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State of the Parties in the House of Commons as at 8 January 2010
Labour 349 Ulster Unionist 1 (Lady Sylvia Hermon)
Conservative 193 Independent Labour 1 (Rt Hon Clare Short)
Liberal Democrat 63 Independent Conservative 1 (Derek Conway)
Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru 10 Independent 5 (SNP – Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, (Dr Richard Taylor, Dai Davies, Andrew Wishart, MacNeil, Hosie & Mason/ PC – Pelling, Robert Wareing, Bob Spink) Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams)
Democratic Unionist Party 9 Respect 1 (Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, (George Galloway) Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson)
Sinn Fein 5 (Have not The Speaker and 3 Deputies 4 (Do not (Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy taken their (Rt Hon John Bercow, Sir Alan Haselhurst, normally & Ms Gildernew) seats and CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir vote) cannot vote) Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM)
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3 Vacant seats (Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady) North West Leicestershire 1
Total number of seats 646
Current working Government Majority 62 (349 Labour MPs less 287 of all other parties – excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein)
The total number of women MPs is 126: (Lab 94; Con 18; LD 9; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1; Ind Lab 1)
Abbreviations:
CWM – Chairman of Ways and Means 1st DCWM – 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 2nd DCWM – 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Further information on Members of Parliament by Party, Constituency and Region can be found on the Parliament website at: www.parliament.uk/directories/directories.cfm
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By-Elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2005
Vacancy Cause By – New Member Date of Maiden Election introduction Speech
Cheadle Death of Patsy Calton 14.7.2005 Mark Hunter (LD) 19.07.2005 21.07.2005 (LD) (29.5.2005)
Livingston Death of Rt Hon Robin 29.9.2005 Jim Devine (Lab) 10.10.2005 25.10.2005 Cook (Lab) (6.8.2005)
Dunfermline Death of Rachel Squire 9.2.2006 Willie Rennie (LD) 13.02.2006 01.03.2006 and West Fife (Lab) (5.1.2006)
Blaenau Death of Peter Law (Ind) 29.6.2006 Dai Davies (Ind) 04.07.2006 20.07.2006 Gwent (25.4.2006)
Bromley & Death of Eric Forth (Con) 29.6.2006 Bob Neill (Con) 03.07.2006 19.07.2006 Chislehurst (18.5.2006)
Sedgefield Resignation of the Rt Hon 19.7.2007 Phil Wilson (Lab) 23.07.2007 08.10.2007 Tony Blair (Lab) (27.6.2007)
Ealing Death of Piara Khabra 19.7.2007 Virendra Kumar Sharma 23.07.2007 08.10.2007 Southall (Lab) (Lab) (19.6.2007)
Crewe and Death of Gwyneth 22.05.2008 Edward Timpson (Con) 02.06.2008 16.06.2008 Nantwich Dunwoody (Lab) (17.4.2008)
Henley Resignation of Boris 26.06.2008 John Howell (Con) 30.06.2008 16.07.2008 Johnson (Con) (4.6.2008)
Haltemprice Resignation of Rt Hon 10.07.2008 David Davis (Con) 14.07.2008 (5.11.1987) and Howden David Davis (Con) (18.6.2008)
Glasgow East Resignation of David 24.07.2008 John Mason (SNP) 06.10.2008 13.10.2008 Marshall (Lab) (30.06.2008)
Glenrothes Death of John MacDougall 06.11.2008 Lindsay Roy (Lab) 12.11.2008 08.12.2008 (Lab) (12.8.2008)
Norwich Resignation of Dr Ian 23.07.2009 Chloe Smith (Con) 12.10.2009 14.10.2009 North Gibson (Lab) (8.6.2009)
Glasgow Resignation of Rt Hon 12.11.2009 Willie Bain (Lab) 18.11.2009 25.11.2009 North East Michael Martin (SPK) (22.6.2009)
North West Death of David Taylor Leicestershire (Lab/Co-op) (26.12.2009)
For further information on the By-Election process see HCIO Factsheet M7 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.
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Political Party Contacts
LABOUR PARTY SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY CONSERVATIVE PARTY 39 Victoria Street Gordon Lamb House Conservative Campaign Headquarters London 3 Jackson’s Entry 30 Millbank SW1H 0HA Edinburgh London Tel: 08705 900200 EH8 8PJ SW1P 4DP www.labour.org.uk Tel: 0800 633 5432 Tel: 020 7222 9000 www.snp.org www.conservatives.com
PLAID CYMRU LIBERAL DEMOCRATS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC & 18 Park Grove 4 Cowley Street LABOUR PARTY Cardiff London Cranmore House CF10 3BN SW1P 3NB 121 Ormeau Road Tel: 029 2064 6000 Tel: 020 7222 7999 Belfast www.plaidcymru.org www.libdems.org.uk BT7 1SH Tel: 028 9024 7700 www.sdlp.ie/
SINN FEIN ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY Sinn Fein Cunningham House 91 Dundela Avenue 53 Falls Road 429 Holywood Road Belfast Belfast Belfast BT4 3BU BT12 4PD BT4 2LN Tel: 028 9052 1323 Tel: 028 9022 3000 Tel: 028 9076 5500 www.dup.org.uk www.sinnfein.ie www.uup.org
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Selective Index to the Weekly Information Bulletin
Booklist – Issue 1 p49 By-elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2005 – This issue p109 HM Government – Issue 1 p72 Her Majesty’s Official Opposition – Issue 1 p82 House of Commons: Principal Officers – Issue 1 p103 Information on the House of Commons – Issue 1 p57 Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet – Issue 1 p90 Members of Parliament – Issue 1 p59 Order of Oral Questions – This issue p3 Private Members Bills – dates for the Private Members Bill Ballot and allocated Fridays, This issue (Noticeboard) Recess dates – This issue (Noticeboard) Select Committee Membership (Full List) – Issue 1 p91 -Business, Innovation and Skills – Issue 2 p35 -Home Affairs – Issue 5 p34 -Joint Committee on Human Rights – Issue4 p35 -Standards and Privileges – Issue 2 p35; Issue 3 p36 -Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) – Issue4 p35 -Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) – Issue4 p35 -Tax Law Rewrite Bills(Joint Committee) – Issue4 p35 -Work and Pensions – Issue 2 p35 Regional Select Committees -London – Issue 5 p34 Visits to the House of Commons – Issue 1 p96
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