Contents House of Commons • Noticeboard ...... 1 • The Week Ahead...... 2 • Order of Oral Questions ...... 3 Weekly Business Information • Business of the House of Commons 3 – 5 December 2008...... 5 Bulletin • Written Ministerial Statements...... 7 • Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 8 – 12 December 2008 ...... 8 • Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 8 – 12 December 2008...... 10 Editor: Mary Durkin
Legislation House of Commons Public Legislation Information Office • Public Bills before Parliament 2008/09...... 12 London • Bills - Presentation, Publication and Royal Assent ...... 14 SW1A 2TT • Public and General Acts 2008/09 ...... 15 • Draft Bills under consideration or published during 2008/09 Session ...... 16 TEL: 020 7219 4272 FAX: 020 7219 5839 Private Legislation [email protected] • Private Bills before Parliament 2008/09...... 17 www.parliament.uk Delegated Legislation • Statutory Instruments ...... 19 To Contact the Editor: • Legislative Reform Proposals and Orders...... 19 TEL: 020 7219 5715 • Remedial Orders under the Human Rights Act ...... 21 FAX: 020 7219 2055 • Northern Ireland Legislation ...... 22 [email protected] • Legislation of the Northern Ireland Assembly ...... 24 • Transport and Works Act Orders ...... 25
Committees • General Committees – public meetings/membership ...... 27 • Select Committees – public meetings/membership...... 28 • Lords Select Committees – public meetings ...... 32 • Select Committee publications and NAO reports...... 33
• Select Committees – current inquiries...... 34
Documents etc, received • White and Green Papers received since the last bulletin...... 42 • European Communities Documents to be considered ...... 43 Subscriptions: • Early Day Motions tabled between 3 – 5 December 2008...... 44 The Stationery Office TEL: 0845 7585463 Members of Parliament and Information about the House of Commons £1.50 (single copy) £53.50 (annual) • Information about the House of Commons 49 • Glossary of Parliamentary Terms 50 Parliamentary • Alphabetical List Of Members 51 Bookshop • HM Government 64 12 Bridge Street • HM Official Opposition 73 London • Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet Parliamentary Team 78 SW1A 2JX • Select Committees 84 TEL: 020 7219 3890 • Principle Officers of the House of Commons 95 FAX: 020 7219 3866 • Visits to the Gallery of the House of Commons 96 EMAIL: • Tours of the Houses of Parliament 98 [email protected] • State of the Parties, as at 5 December 2008...... 100 INTERNET • By-Elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2005 ...... 101 http://www.bookshop.parlia • Political Party Contacts and Internet ...... 102 ment.uk • Address Book – how to contact Parliament...... 103 • Selective Index ...... 104
Weekly Information Bulletin
Noticeboard
Weekly Information Bulletin
The next Bulletin will be published on Saturday 13 December 2008
Subscribers Note:
This issue should be retained for use throughout the session in conjunction with each week’s edition. Updates to the lists of MPs, Ministers and Spokespersons in this issue will be updated week by week as necessary. The pages on Tours, Visits and Glossary will only appear in this first issue.
State Opening of Parliament:
The State Opening of Parliament took place on Wednesday 3 December 2008
Private Members’ Bills:
The Private Members Bill Ballot will take place at 10am on Thursday 11 December 2008
The Private Members Ballot Bills will be presented to the House on Wednesday 21 January 2009
The Leader of the House has announced that the following Fridays are allocated for the consideration of Private Members’ Bills during the 2008/09 session:
2009: 27 February; 6, 13, 20 and 27 March; 24 April; 8 and 15 May; 12, 19 and 26 June; 3 July and 16 October
House of Commons Calendar for the 2008/2009 session:
The Leader of the House announced the following recess dates for the 2008/2009 session:
Christmas recess 2008 The House will rise on Thursday 18 December 2008 and will return on Monday 12 January 2009
Spring half term recess 2009 The House will rise on Thursday 12 February 2009 and will return on Monday 23 February 2009
April recess 2009 The House will rise on Thursday 2 April 2009 and will return on Monday 20 April 2009
Whitsun recess 2009 The House will rise on Thursday 21 May 2009 and will return on Monday 1 June 2009
Summer recess 2009 The House will rise on Tuesday 21 July 2009 and will return on Monday 12 October 2009
http://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. See index for material available on the website.
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The Week Ahead: 8 – 12 December 2008
Lords Select Date Commons Chamber General Committees Select Committees Lords Chamber Committees • OPQ – None • None • Communities and Local • Oral Questions • None • Motion – Business of the Houses Government • Debate on the Address – Employment, Universities and • Motion – to establish a Speaker’s • Environment, Food and Rural Skills and Housing Committee on the search of offices on Affairs • Mon the Parliamentary Estate Public Accounts • Debate on the Address – Employment, 8 Dec Universities and Skills and Housing • Adj – Consultations on Post Office closures
• OPQ – Justice; including Topical • None • Treasury • Oral Questions • Joint Committee on Questions • Environmental Audit • Debate on the address – Home, Legal and Human Rights • TMRB – None • Business and Enterprise Constitutional Affairs • Merits of Statutory • Debate – European Affairs • Culture, Media and Sport Instruments Tues • Adj – Teaching of life skills to 11 to 16 • Defence; Home Affairs 9 Dec year olds and the national curriculum • Public Administration • Welsh Affairs; Justice • Joint Committee on Human Rights
• OPQ – Scotland • None • Children, Schools and Families • Oral Questions • EU Sub-Comm D: • Prime Minister • Work and Pensions; Justice • Debate on the address – Local Government, Equality, • TMRB – None • Scottish Affairs Transport, Agriculture and the Environment 2 • Debate on the Address – Foreign Affairs • Culture, Media and Sport • Weds and Defence European Scrutiny • Adj – River Hull and River Humber • Environment, Food and Rural 10 Dec flood risk management strategy Affairs; Treasury • Transport • Foreign Affairs • Public Accounts
• OPQ – Business, Enterprise and • None • Health • Oral Questions • EU Sub Comm C Regulatory Reform; Church • Public Administration • Debate on the address – Health, Social Affairs, • EU Sub Comm G Commissioners; Public Accounts Education and Culture Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission Thurs • Business Statement – Leader of the 11 Dec House • Debate on the Address – Health and Education • Adj – Closure of out patients’ facilities in Rushden
• The House will not be sitting • None • None • The House will not be sitting • None Fri 12 Dec
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Order of Oral Questions (Current Sitting period N.B. All dates are provisional)
Wednesday 3rd December – Thursday 18th December 2008
Wed. 3 December Thu. 4 December • None • None
Mon. 8 December Tues. 9 December Wed. 10 December Thu. 11 December • None • Justice • Scotland • Business, Enterprise • Prime Minister and Regulatory Reform • Church Commissioners Public Accounts Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
Mon. 15 December Tues. 16 December Wed. 17 December Thu. 18 December • Home Office • Health • International • Treasury Development • 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 12th January – Thursday 12th February 2009
Mon. 12 January Tues. 13 January Wed. 14 January Thu. 15 January • Defence • Foreign and • Chancellor of the • Environment, Food and Commonwealth Office Duchy of Lancaster Rural Affairs • Prime Minister • Solicitor General
Mon. 19 January Tues. 20 January Wed. 21 October Thu. 22 January • Culture, Media and • Communities and Local • Northern Ireland • Energy and Climate Sport Government • Prime Minister Change • Olympics • Leader of the House • House of Commons Commission
Mon. 26 January Tues. 27 January Wed. 28 January Thu. 29 January • Children, Schools and • Transport • Wales • Innovation, Families • Women and Equality • Prime Minister Universities and Skills
Mon. 2 February Tues. 3 February Wed. 4 February Thu. 5 February • Work and Pensions • Justice • Scotland • Business, Enterprise • Prime Minister and Regulatory Reform • Church Commissioners Public Accounts Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
Mon. 9 February Tues. 10 February Wed. 11 February Thu. 12 February • Home Office • Health • International • Treasury Development • 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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Business of the House of Commons 3 – 5 December 2008
Wednesday 3 December
State Opening of Parliament – The Commons was summoned to the House of Lords to hear the Queen's Speech at 11.30am. Among the proposals for legislation were:
Legislation will continue to be taken forward to ensure fairer and more secure protection for bank depositors and to improve the resilience of the financial sector
Proposals to create Savings Gateway Accounts to encourage people on low incomes to save more by offering financial incentives
Legislation to promote local economic development and to create greater opportunities for community and individual involvement in local decision-making
A Bill to reform the welfare system, to improve incentives for people to more from benefits into sustained employment and to provide greater support, choice and control for disabled people.
A Bill to increase the effectiveness and public accountability of policing, to reduce crime and disorder and to enhance airport security
A Bill to deliver a more effective, transparent and responsive justice system for victims, witnesses and the wider public. The Bill would also improve the Coroners service, and the process of death certification, and provide increased support for bereaved families, including the families of servicemen and women
A Bill to strengthen border controls, by bringing together customs and immigration powers. The Bill would also ensure that newcomers to the United Kingdom earn the right to stay
A Bill to promote equality, fight discrimination and introduce transparency in the workplace to help address the difference in pay between men and women
Legislation to enshrine in law a commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020
A Bill will be brought forward to strengthen the National Health Service. The Bill would create a duty to take account of the new National Health Constitution that will set out the core principles of the Service and the rights and responsibilities of patients and staff. The Bill would also introduce measures to improve the quality of health care and public health
A Bill to reform education, training and apprenticeships, to promote excellence in all schools, to improve local services for children and parents and to provide a right for those in work to request time for training
A Bill will be introduced to manage marine resources and to create a new right of public access to the coastline
The sitting was suspended until 2.30pm
Speakers Statement – arrest and entry into the offices of the Hon. Member for Ashford
Debate on the Address – General Debate on a Motion by Mr Tom Clarke to thank Her Majesty for the Gracious Speech (Seconded by Liz Blackman)
Adjournment – Health services in Telford – David Wright
The House rose at 9.55pm
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Thursday 4 December
The House sat at 10.30am
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Statement – Government Information (Unauthorised Release – Jacqui Smith
Presentation of Bill – Business Rate Supplements Bill – Hazel Blears (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Saving Gateway Accounts Bill – Alistair Darling (Bill presented and read the First time)
Presentation of Bill – Banking Bill – Alistair Darling (Bill presented and read the First and Second time)
Presentation of Bill – Political Parties and Elections Bill – Jack Straw (Bill presented and read the First and Second time)
Presentation of Bill – Corporation Tax Bill – Alistair Darling (Bill presented and read the First time)
Debate on the Address – Home Affairs and Justice
Adjournment – Naomi House Children’s Hospice and eligibility for Financial Services Authority-governed compensation – Mrs Maria Miller
The House rose at 6.13pm
Friday 5 December
The House did not sit
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Written Ministerial Statements 3 – 5 December 2008
4.12.08 National Minimum Wage – Mr Pat McFadden
4.12.08 EU Telecoms Council – Mr Pat McFadden
4.12.08 HM Revenue and Customs (Reorganisation) – Mr Stephen Timms
4.12.08 Tax Law Rewrite Project – Mr Stephen Timms
4.12.08 School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code – Ed Balls
4.12.08 Funding for Elite Sport – Andy Burnham
4.12.08 Armed Forces’ Pay review Body – Mr John Hutton
4.12.08 Environment Council – Edward Miliband
4.12.08 Magee Review (Government Response) – Jacqui Smith
4.12.08 Justice and Home Affairs Council – Meg Hillier
4.12.08 CEDAW Optional Protocol – Mr Michael Wills
4.12.08 Legal Aid – Mr Shahid Malik
4.12.08 Government Legislative Programme – Ms Harriet Harman
4.12.08 Queen’s Speech (Northern Ireland) – Paul Goggins
4.12.08 Intelligence and Security – Mr Gordon Brown
4.12.08 Commission on Scottish Devolution (First Report) – Mr Jim Murphy
4.12.08 Government’s Legislative Programme – Mr Jim Murphy
4.12.08 Crossrail Core Agreements – Mr Geoffrey Hoon
4.12.08 Heathrow – Mr Geoffrey Hoon
4.12.08 Government Legislative Programme – Mr Paul Murphy
4.12.08 Personalised Conditionality and Support – James Purnell
4.12.08 Winter Supplementary Estimates – James Purnell
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Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 8 – 12 December 2008
Monday 8 December
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – none scheduled
Motion – Business of the House
Motion – to establish a Speaker’s Committee on the search of offices on the Parliamentary Estate
Debate on the Address – Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing
Adjournment – Consultations on Post Office closures – Dr Richard Taylor
Tuesday 9 December
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Justice; including Topical Questions
Debate – European Affairs
Adjournment – Teaching of life skills to 11 - 16 year olds and the national curriculum – Mr Graham Allen
Wednesday 10 December
The House will sit at 11.30am
Oral Questions – Scotland; Prime Minister
Debate on the Address – Foreign Affairs and Defence
Adjournment – River Hull and River Humber flood risk management strategy – Mr Graham Stuart
Thursday 11 December
The House will sit at 10.30am
Oral Questions – Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Church Commissioners Public Accounts Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Debate on the Address – Health and Education
Adjournment – Closure of out patients’ facilities in Rushden – Mr Peter Bone
Friday 12 December
The House will not be sitting
*Details known previous Thursday after 1.00pm
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Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 15 – 19 December 2008
Monday 15 December
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Home Office; including Topical Questions
Debate on the Address – Economy, Pensions and Welfare
Adjournment – Regulation of the grocery sector – Andrew George
Tuesday 16 December
The House will sit at 2.30pm
Oral Questions – Health; including Topical Questions
Debate– Estimates (1st allotted day) – i) energy prices, fuel poverty, OFGEM; ii) dental services
Adjournment – *
Wednesday 17 December
The House will sit at 11.30am
Oral Questions – International Development; Prime Minister
Legislation – Banking Bill – Third reading
Motion – Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2008
Adjournment – *
Thursday 18 December
The House will sit at 10.30am
Oral Questions – Treasury; including Topical Questions
Business Statement – Leader of the House
Motion – on the Christmas recess adjournment
Adjournment – *
The House will sit in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm
Westminster Hall – a debate on the 9th Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, HC 533 Human Rights Annual Report 2007
Friday 19 December
The House will not be sitting
*Details known previous Thursday after 1.00pm
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Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 8 – 12 November 2008
Monday 8 December The House will sit at 2:20pm Oral Questions – Police searches of the offices of members of the House of Lords – Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; HIV/AIDS in the poorest countries – Baroness Northover; London Living Wage for Government staff – Lord Harries of Pentregarth; UK membership of the euro – Lord Dykes Debate on the address – Business and Economic Affairs – Lord Myners/Lord Mandelson
Tuesday 9 December The House will sit at 2:20pm Oral Questions – Gulf War illnesses – Lord Morris of Manchester; Safeguarding vulnerable older people from abuse – Baroness Greengross; Islamic community in the UK – Lord Renton of Mount Harry Debate on the address – Home, Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Lord West of Spithead/Lord Bach
Wednesday 10 December The House will sit at 3:00pm Oral Questions – Prison overcrowding – Baroness Howe of Idlicote; Helicopter fleet in Afghanistan – Lord James of Blackheath; ID cards – Lord Naseby Debate on the address – Local Government, Equality, Transport, Agriculture and the Environment – Baroness Andrews/Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Thursday 11 December The House will sit at 11:00am Introduction – Baroness Campbell of Loughborough Oral Questions – Surrey police force's budget – Lord Trefgarne; Banking and financial services industry – Lord Harrison; Legal blood alcohol limit for drivers – Lord Berkeley Debate on the address – Health, Social Affairs, Education and Culture – Lord Darzi of Denham/Lord McKenzie of Luton
Friday 12 December The House will not sit
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Provisional Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 15 – 19 December 2008
Monday 15 December The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – Votes for prisoners – Lord Pannick; Bluetongue disease – Lord Livsey of Talgarth; Pain in older people – Baroness Neuberger; Tuberculosis in London Schools – Baroness Sharples Legislation – Marine and Coastal Access Bill – Second reading – Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Tuesday 16 December
The House will sit at 2:30pm Oral Questions – London 2012 and languages – Baroness Coussins; Dispensing of medicines by general medical practices – Lord Walton of Detchant; Nuclear fusion – Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Legislation – Banking (No.2) Bill – Second reading – Lord Myners
Wednesday 17 December
The House will sit at 3:00pm Oral Questions – Anti-doping agency – Lord Clement-Jones; Unemployment and unemployment benefit – Lord Roberts of Conwy; Violence in Nigeria – Baroness Cox Legislation – Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill – Second reading – Baroness Andrews
Thursday 18 December
The House will sit at 11:00am Oral Questions – Child care – Baroness Walmsley; Number of physicians in the UK – Lord Roberts of Llandudno; Government borrowing – Baroness O'Cathain
Friday 19 December
The House will not sit
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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 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 which are before Parliament this session, with the exception of Order Confirmation Bills.
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. Then follow 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
BANKING (G) Alistair Darling (introduced in 2007-08 and carried over to 2008-09) Commons: (147, 2007-08) *1R: 7.10.2008 2R: 14.10.2008 Prog: 14.10.2008 CO: 14.10.2008 MR: 14.10.2008 PBC: 21, 23, 28 & 30.10; 4, 6, 11, 13 & 18.11.2008 Prog: 26.11.2008 Rep: 26.11.2008 Commons: (6, 2008-09) *1R: 4.12.2008 *2R: 4.12.2008 Prov 3R: 17.12.2008
BANKING (NO. 2) [HL] (G) Lord Myners Lords: (3) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: 16.12.2008
BUSINESS RATE SUPPLEMENTS (G) Hazel Blears Commons: (2) *1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: No date
CORPORATE TAX (G) Alistair Darling Commons: (1) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: No date
HOUSE OF LORDS (MEMBERS' TAXATION STATUS) [HL] (L) Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lords: (6) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: No date
HOUSE OF LORDS [HL] (L) Lord Steel of Aikwood Lords: (5) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: No date
LOCAL DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION [HL] Baroness Andrews (G) Lords: (2) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: 17.12.2008
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS [HL] (G) Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lords: (1) 1R: 4.12.2008 Prov 2R: 15.12.2008
POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS (G) Mr Jack Straw (introduced in 2007-08 and carried over to 2008-09) Commons: (141, 2007-08) *1R: 17.7.2008 2R: 20.10.2008 *CO: 20.10.2008 Prog: 20 & 27.10.2008 PBC: 4, 6, 11, 13, 18 & 20.11.2008 Commons: (4, 2008-09) *1R: 4.12.2008 *2R: 4.12.2008 Prov Rep: No date
SAVING GATEWAY ACCOUNTS (G) Alistair Darling Commons: (3) *1R: No date Prov 2R: No date
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Presentation and Publication of Public Bills and Acts 3 – 5 December 2008
Presentation of Bills (not yet published by Parliament)
Date Title and type of Bill Bill No.
4.12 Corporation Tax Bill (G) 1 4.12 Business Rate Supplements (G) 2 4.12 Savings Gateway Accounts (G) 3 4.12 Political Parties and Elections (G) 4 4.12 Banking Bill (G) 6
Bills published after presentation
Date Title and type of Bill Bill No. ISBN Price £
None
Bills receiving Royal Assent
Date Title Ch No.
None
Acts published after Royal Assent date
Date Title Ch No. ISBN Price £
3.12 Education and Skills Act 2008 25 010 5425083 19.50 3.12 Climate Change Act 2008 27 010 5427087 15.50 3.12 Energy Act 2008 32 010 5432081 22.00
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Public and General Acts 2008 – 2009
Date of Royal Title Ch No. ISBN Price £ Assent
None
Church of England Measures
Date Title Paper ISBN Price £ No. None
Publication of Bills and Acts on the Internet
Public Bills before Parliament Private Bills before Parliament http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/privbill.htm Full text of Public General Acts since 1988 Full text of Local Acts since 1991 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm
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Draft Bills under consideration or published during 2008– 09 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.
Increasingly, it had become the practice in recent sessions for the House to 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. On occasions a draft bill may 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 2007/08 Session of Parliament. Further information on draft bills, including those from previous sessions can be viewed on the Parliament website at http://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
None
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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: 27.1.2004 - provisional second reading 27 January 2004
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] (The Parliamentary practice of Rees & Freres joined Eversheds in January 2008)
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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BROADS AUTHORITY (Winckworth Sherwood)
Commons: (2006-07) 1R: 23.1.2007 2R: 25.4.2007 (Debate) OBC: 17 & 18.7.2007 CO: 16.10.2007 Lords: (2006-07) CO: 22.10.2007Commons: (2007-08) BR: 13.11.2007 Rep: 23.1.2008 3R: 7.5.2008 Lords: (2007-08) 1R: 7.5.2008 2R: 8.10.2008 CO: 17.11.2008 Commons: (2007-08) CO: 19.11.2008 Lords: (2008-09) Prov OBC: No date (The Bill is opposed in the Lords. There are 14 petitions outstanding against the Bill)
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) Prov UBC: 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) Prov OBC: No date (The Bill is opposed. There are 3 petitions outstanding. It is currently possible to petition against the Bills' Additional Provision)
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) Prov 3R: No date
N.B. 1 petitions for Bills were deposited:
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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: this is explained in HCIO Factsheet L7.
The laying of Orders before the House of Commons is recorded in the Statutory Instrument List published by the Journal Office: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsilist/cmsilist.htm. This 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.
Legislative Reform Proposals and Orders: Proceedings as at 5 December 2008
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 No 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 † indicates Committee’s recommendation was agreed after a division e) draft order should not be approved * indicates stage taken formally, no debate # indicates report issued following amendments to draft order
Draft Proposals
Date Lords Committee Report Commons Committee Laid Title & Recommendation Report & Recommendation
11.12.2006 Regulatory Reform (Game) HL 44 (a) (a) 6.3.2007 (HC 384) Order 2006
18.12.2006 Regulatory Reform (Collaboration HL 44 (a) (a) 6.3.2007 (HC 383) etc Between Ombudsmen) Order 2007
18.12.2006 Regulatory Reform (Deer) HL 44 (a) (b) 20.3.2007 (HC 411) Order 2007
18.12.2006 Regulatory Reform (Financial HL 44 (a) (a) 13.3.2007 (HC 397) Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2006
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Draft Orders
Lords Committee Commons Committee Consideration Date Title and Report & Report & L (Lords), Laid SI Number Recommendation Recommendation C (Commons)
9.5.2007 Draft Regulatory Reform HL 113(a) HC 611(a) 26.6.2007 (C) (Collaboration etc 27.6.2007 (L) between Ombudsmen) Order 2007
24.5.2007 Draft Regulatory Reform HL 126(a) HC 673(a) 5.07.2007 (C) (Financial Services and 3.07.2007 (L) Markets Act 2000) Order 2007
4.6.2007 Draft Regulatory Reform HL 126(a) HC 674(a) 25.06.2007 (C) (Game) Order 2007 3.07.2007 (L)
5.7.2007 Draft Regulatory Reform HL 150(a) HC 948(a) 24.7.2007 (C) (Deer) (England and 17.7.2007 (L) Wales) Order 2007
25.7.2007 Draft Legislative Reform HL 11 (b) HC 135(a) Not considered (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2007
18.2.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 76 (a) HC 398(a) 18.03.2008 (C) (Health and Safety 31.03.2008 (L) Executive) Order 2008
17.6.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 148 (a) HC 939 (a) 14.07.2008 (C) (Consumer Credit) Order 08.10.2008 (L) 2008
26.6.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 148 (# a) HC 940 (# a) 14.07.2008 (C) (Local Authority Consent 23.10.2008 (L) Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2008: second stage
17.7.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 179 (a) HC 1090 (a) 10.11.2008 (C) (Lloyds) Order 2008 12.11.2008 (L)
9.10.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 187 (a) - Withdrawn (Insolvency) (Individual Voluntary Arrangements) Order 2008
20.10.2008 Draft Legislative Reform HL 187 (a) HC 1185 (a) tbc (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008
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Remedial Orders, Draft Remedial Orders and Urgent Procedure Remedial Orders: Proceedings as at 5 December 2008
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 5 December 2008
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) Bill 2006/07 Northern Ireland Assembly legislation: Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 Bills introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly can be found at the Northern Ireland Assembly website: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/
For further details on Northern Ireland Legislation can be found in HCIO factsheet available on the internet at: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets/l08.cfm
Abbreviations: U Urgent Procedure D Delegated Legislation Committee G Northern Ireland Grand committee O Northern Ireland Order Grand Committee A Approved N Negative Procedure
Title and SI No. Consultation NIGC (Draft) Commons Lords Privy on Proposal Order Council Laid
Draft Guardian’s N/A 30.01.2007 19.3.2007(D) 22.2.2007(A) 28.3.2007 Allowance Uprating 27.3.2007(A) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
Draft Northern Ireland N/A 4.12.2007 30.01.2007(D) 22.1.2008(A) 18.2.2008 Arms Decommissioning 04.02.2008(A) Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2008
Draft Guardian’s N/A 6.02.2008 19.03.2008(D) 6.03.2008(A) N/A Allowance Up-rating 26.03.2008(A) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Draft Criminal Justice N/A 3.03.2008 28.04.2008(D) 29.4.2008(A) 7.5.2008 (Northern Ireland 29.04.2008(A) Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
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Title and SI No. Consultation NIGC (Draft) Commons Lords Privy on Proposal Order Council Laid
Draft Criminal Justice N/A 3.03.2008 28.04.2008(D) 29.4.2008(A) 7.5.2008 (Northern Ireland) Order 29.04.2008(A) 2008
Draft Electoral N/A 11.03.2008 30.04.2008(D) 12.5.2008(A) 14.5.2008 Administration Act 2006 06.05.2008(A) (Regulation of Loans etc: Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Draft Parliamentary N/A 31.03.2008 15.5.2008(D) 22.5.2008(A) 11.06.2008 Constituencies (Northern 02.06.2008(A) Ireland) Order 2008
Draft Sexual Offences 30.4.2008 02.6.2008(D) 30.6.2008(A) 09.07.2008 (Northern Ireland) Order 03.06.2008(A) 2008
Draft Sexual Offences 30.4.2008 02.6.2008 (D) 30.6.2008(A) 09.07.2008 (Northern Ireland 03.06.2008(A) Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
Draft Representation of the 14.05.2008 25.06.2008(D) 25.06.2008(A) tbc People (Northern Ireland) 30.06.2008(A) Regulations 2008
Draft Service Voters’ 14.05.2008 25.06.2008(D) 25.06.2008(A) tbc Registration Period 30.06.2008(A) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Draft Political Parties, 16.05.2008 23.06.2008(D) 25.06.2008(A) tbc Elections and Referendums 24.06.2008(A) Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2008
Draft Police and Criminal 13.10.2008 tbc tbc tbc Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Codes of Practice) (No. 4) Order 2008
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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: 01.07.2007
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 Application – made to the TWA Orders Unit at the Department for Transport (unless otherwise specified), the date refers to when the application was received Final order – printed as a Statutory Instrument on the OPSI website (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/) and published by The Stationery Office. Agent - See Private Legislation—General Notes for contact details
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
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 Acquisition) Order 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 Order London Gateway Logistics and Commercial Centre 14.02.2002 Berwin Leighton Paisner 2007/No.2657 Made 07.09.07 London Underground (Archway Station) Order 29.11.2007 Berwin Leighton Paisner
London Underground (Victoria Station Upgrade) 22.11.2007 Bircham Dyson Bell Order 05.08.2008
(revised) Luton Dunstable Translink Order 18.12.2003 Rees and Freres (now Eversheds) 2006/No.3118 Made 22.11.06 Network Rail (Reading) (Land Acquisition) Order 06.11.2008 Winckworth Sherwood LLP
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 Order
Nottingham Express Transit System Order 01.05.2007 Bircham Dyson Bell
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Applications for Orders under the Transport and Works Act 1992 (cont.)
Title of Order Application Agent Final Order 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
Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 26.5.2006 Rees & Freres (now Eversheds) 2008/No.969 Made 02.04.08
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General Committees
Factsheets on the Parliament website. http.//www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm Public Bill Committee debates on the Parliament website. http.//www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/stand.htm Other General Committee debates. http.//www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/othstn.htm
Current Public Bill Committees, details of membership
Bill Status Membership
None
Dates in italics denote expected reporting date of Public Bill Committee as stated in the Programme Motion if made
Membership:
None
General Committee Meetings 3 – 5 December 2008
There were no General Committees scheduled for this week
Forthcoming General Committee Meetings 8 – 12 December
There are currently no General Committee meetings scheduled for this week
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Select Committees
A complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (P2) on the work of Select Committees is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament website at: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm
An index to the Select Committee home pages together with links to further pages containing information about their work and publications is on the Parliament website at: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm
Membership:
None
Forthcoming Select Committee Meetings 3 – 5 December 2008
Wednesday 3 December None
Thursday 4 December
Treasury Subject: The 2008 Pre-Budget Report Witnesses: Robert Chote, Institute for Fiscal Studies, John Whiting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roger Bootle, Capital Economics, Simon Kirby, National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School; Mike Brewer, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Teresa Perchard, Citizens Advice, Peter Kenway, New Policy Institute and Mervyn Kohler, Help the Aged
Friday 5 December 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 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 3 – 5 December 2008
Monday 8 December
Communities and Local Government* 4:20pm The Thatcher Subject: The Balance of Power: central and local government Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Professor George Jones OBE and Professor John Stewart; Professor House Vernon Bogdanor CBE, Oxford University, and Professor Tony Travers, London School of Economics (at 5.00 pm); Rt Hon Lord Heseltine (at 5.35 pm); Baroness Hamwee and Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP (at 5.50 pm)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4:30pm Committee Room Subject: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty 16, Palace of Witnesses: Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, and Environmental Change Institute, Westminster University of Oxford; National Energy Action, and National Right to Fuel Campaign (at 5.15 pm)
Public Accounts 4:30pm Committee Room Subject: Primary Schools: Teaching mathematics 15, Palace of Witnesses: David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Westminster Families
Tuesday 9 December
Treasury 9:45am The Grimond Subject: Pre-Budget Report 2008 Room, Portcullis Witnesses: HM Treasury House
Environmental Audit 10:20am Committee Room Subject: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation 5, Palace of Witnesses: Johan Eliasch, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Deforestation Westminster and Clean Energy, Jonathan Brearley, Director, and Graham Floater, Project Team Coordinator, Eliasch Review, Office of Climate Change; Charlie Kronick, Senior Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace, and Robin Webster, Senior Campaigner, Friends of the Earth (at 11.10 am)
Business and Enterprise 10:30am Committee Room Subject: Pub Companies 15, Palace of Witnesses: British Beer and Pub Association, Association of Licensed Multiple Westminster Retailers, and British Institute of Innkeeping; Punch Taverns, and Enterprise Inns (at 11.30 am)
Culture, Media and Sport* 10:30am The Thatcher Subject: London 2012 Games: Lessons from Beijing Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Lord Coe, Chairman, and Paul Deighton, Chief Executive, London House Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, and John Armitt, Chairman, and David Higgins, Chief Executive, Olympic Delivery Authority; Charles Allen, Chairman, and Jonathan Edwards, Deputy Chairman, Nations and Regions Group, and Andy Worthington, Chairman, North West Steering Group for the 2012 Games (at 11.30 am); Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics, Cabinet Office, and Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (12 noon)
Defence* 10:30am Committee Room Subject: Defence Equipment 8, Palace of Witnesses: Quentin Davies MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Westminster Defence
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Home Affairs 10:30am The Wilson Room, Subject: Human Trafficking Portcullis House Witnesses: Metropolitan Police; London Councils, and Association of Directors of Children’s Services (at 11.15 am); Alan Campbell MP, Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State, Home Office, and Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Leader of the House of Commons (at 11.45 am)
Welsh Affairs 10:30am Committee Room Subject: The provision of cross-border public services for Wales 16, Palace of Witnesses: Cardiff International Airport, Manchester Airport and Martin Evans, Westminster University of Glamorgan
Joint Committee on Human Rights 1:45pm Committee Room Subject: Policing and Protest 5, Palace of Witnesses: Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State, Home Office Westminster
Public Administration 2:00pm The Thatcher Subject: Equitable Life Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Ian Pearson MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury House
Justice 4:15pm Subject: Justice Reinvestment Witnesses: Jonathan Aitken, Chair, Prison Reform Working Group, Centre for Social Justice, and Lord Dubs, Chair, Prison Policy Group; Tim Godwin, Assistant Commisioner, Metropolitan Police, and David Scott, Chair, Chief Officers of Probation (at 5.00 pm)
Wednesday 10 December
Children, Schools and Families* 9:30am The Wilson Room, Subject: The Work of Ofsted Portcullis House Witnesses: Christine Gilbert CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, Ofsted
Work and Pensions 9:30am The Grimond Subject: DWP’s commissioning strategy and the employment programme market Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP, Minister of State, Department for Work and House Pensions
Justice 10:30am Committee Room Subject: Crown Dependencies, and Legal Aid 16, Palace of Witnesses: Lord Bach, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice Westminster
Scottish Affairs* 2:15pm Committee Room Subject: Implications for the Scottish economy of the current economic climate 15, Palace of Witnesses: CBI Scotland; Professor David Bell, University of Stirling (at 2.45 pm); Westminster Scottish Trades Union Congress (at 3.15 pm); Scottish Chambers of Commerce (at 3.45 pm)
Culture, Media and Sport 2:30pm 21 Subject: BBC Commercial Operations Witnesses: Lord Carter of Barnes CBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
European Scrutiny 2:30pm Committee Room Subject: Scrutiny of European Documents 19, Palace of Witnesses: None Westminster
Treasury* 2:30pm The Wilson Room, Subject: Pre-Budget Report 2008 Portcullis House Witnesses: Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Transport 2:45pm Committee Room Subject: The enforcement activities of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 6, Palace of Witnesses: Traffic Commissioners; Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (at 3.30 Westminster pm); Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (at 4.15 pm)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3:00pm Committee Room Subject: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty 8, Palace of Witnesses: E.ON UK, RWE nPower, and Centrica; Ofgem (at 3.45 pm) Westminster
Foreign Affairs 3:30pm The Grimond Subject: Developments in the European Union Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and House Commonwealth Affairs, Matthew Rycroft, Director EU, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Public Accounts 3:30pm Committee Room Subject: The procurement of goods and services by HM Prison Service 16, Palace of Witnesses: Phil Wheatley, Director General, National Offender Management Service, Westminster and Vincent Godfrey, Director of Procurement, Ministry of Justice
Thursday 11 December
Health 10:00am The Wilson Room, Subject: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2008 Portcullis House Witnesses: David Nicholson CBE, NHS Chief Executive, Hugh Taylor CB, Permanent Secretary, David Flory, Director General, NHS Finance, Performance and Operations, and Richard Douglas, Director General, Finance, and Chief Operating Officer, Department of Health
Public Administration 10:00am The Thatcher Subject: Work of the Cabinet Office Room, Portcullis Witnesses: Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home House Civil Service
Friday 12 December None
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Monday 8 December None
Tuesday 9 December
Joint Committee on Human Rights 1:45pm Subject: Policing and Protest Witnesses: Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State, Home Office
Merits of Statutory Instruments 3:35pm Subject: Impact of SIs on schools Witnesses: tbc
Wednesday 10 December
EU Sub-Committee D: Environment and Agriculture 11:00am Subject: TACS and Quotas for 2009 Witnesses: Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Minister for the Natural and Marine Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs
Thursday 11 December
EU Sub-Committee G: Social Policy and Consumer Affairs 10:10am Subject: Cross-border Healthcare Witnesses: British Medical Association; and British Dental Association
EU Sub-Committee C: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy 10:35am Subject: EDA Steering Board Meeting Witnesses: The Rt Hon the Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister for International Defence and Security accompanied by Mr Andrew Mathewson, Director for Policy on International Organisations, Ministry of Defence
Friday 12 December None
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Select Committees: Publications received since the last Bulletin
All publications are available from The Stationery Office. HC numbers refer to House of Commons papers session 2007-08 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 also on the parliamentary website http://www.parliament.uk 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 £ 3.11 European Recent scrutiny Baroness Shriti Vadera 4.6.2008 HC 657 3.00 Scrutiny performance of BERR Mr Nigel Hickson (2007-08) 0215 525390
(B) Select Committee Reports
Date Committee Details of Original Report HC Paper and Price Received ISBN £
5.12 Children, 4th, The Draft Apprenticeships Bill HC 1082 13.50 Schools and (2007-08) Families 0215 525376
4.12 European 40th, Report of Session 2007-08 HC 16-xxxvi 17.50 Scrutiny (2007-08) 0215 525406
3.11 International 12th, HIV/AIDS: DFID’s New Strategy HC 1068-I 12.00 Development Volume 1: Report (2007-08) 0215 525338
3.11 International 12th, HIV/AIDS: DFID’s New Strategy HC 1068-II 14.50 Development Volume II: Oral and written evidence (2007-08) 0215 525345
4.12 Standards and 20th, Premature disclosure of select committee papers HC 1212 9.50 Privileges (2007-08) 0215 525437
(C) Government Responses to Select Committee Reports
Date Committee Details of Original Report HC Paper or Cm Price Received No of response £
3.11 Environmental Environmental Crime: Wildlife Crime HC 1213 6.00 Audit [HC 605, 2004-05) (2007-08) 0215 525321
(D) National Audit Office (NAO): Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)
Date Title Paper No Price Received and ISBN £
None
The Stationery Office (TSO) All papers listed in this section can be ordered from the Stationery Office. Contact details are shown on the back cover of this Bulletin
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Select Committees: 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 2007-08 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. The website address for Select Committee publications is: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmselect.htm More details of current Select Committee inquiries can be found on the Parliament website: http://www.parliament.uk/what_s_on/hoc_news4.cfm
Business and Enterprise Committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Committee to revisit the role of pubcos Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited Companies House One-off oral evidence session concluded. Report published 21 November 2008 Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy Oral evidence in progress. Departmental Annual Report 2007-08 Oral evidence with Lord Mandelson on 21 October 2008. Report published 25 November 2008. Energy Prices Government response published 10 October 2008. Oral evidence session taken on 24 and 25 November 2008 Financial support for SME’s Inquiry announced. Written evidence invited The Insolvency Service Inquiry announced. Written evidence invited PubCos Oral evidence session 9 December 2008 Spring Supplementary Estimates Oral evidence in progress
The role and responsibilities of the regional development Oral evidence in progress agencies
Children, Schools and Families
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Draft Apprenticeships Bill Report published on Friday 5 December 2008 Diversity of School Provision: Faith Schools Oral evidence in progress Diversity of School Provision: Links between independent Oral evidence in progress and maintained schools Diversity of Schools Provision: Trust Schools Oral evidence in progress Early Years Foundation Stage One-off evidence completed Learning and Skills Council Oral evidence published on 25 November 2008 Looked-after Children Oral evidence in progress National Curriculum Oral evidence concluded 24 November 2008; draft Report awaited Public Expenditure Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Social Mobility One-off evidence concluded Teacher Training Inquiry announced Deadline for submissions of written evidence is noon on Monday 2 February 2009 The Work of Ofsted Further Oral evidence session to be taken on Wednesday 10 December 2008
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Communities & Local Government
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Channel 4 Annual Report for 2007 Oral evidence in progress Communities & Local Government’s Departmental Oral evidence in progress Annual Report 2008 Housing and the Credit Crunch Oral evidence session 16 December 2008 Local Authority Investments Oral evidence sessions to be announced London 2012 Games Oral evidence in progress Planning Skills Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Provision of Public Toilets Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation The Balance of Power: Central & Local Government Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited The Licensing Act 2003 Oral evidence in progress The Tenant Services Authority Inquiry announced Traditional Retail Markets Evidence invited - deadline 19 January 2009
Culture, Media & Sport
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES
BBC Annual Report 2007-08 One-off oral evidence session concluded. Report in preparation
Channel 4 Annual Report for 2007 Oral evidence concluded. Report in preparation
Commercial Operations of the BBC Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 10 December 2008
Press Standards, Privacy and Libel Written evidence invited – deadline 14 January 2009
The Licensing Act 2003 Oral evidence concluded. Report in preparation
London 2012 Games Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session 9 December 2008
Defence
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Defence Equipment Inquiry announced. MOD’S performance against expenditure plans Inquiry announced. UK Defence: commitments and resources Oral evidence concluded Further written evidence invited UK national security & resilience Oral evidence in progress
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Environmental Audit
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Carbon budgets One off evidence session postponed Forests: the future role of carbon markets in their Inquiry announced protection and the timber trade First evidence Session 9 December 2008 Greener Homes for the future? An environmental analysis Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation of the Government’s house-building plans Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation Inquiry announced. First evidence session 9 December 2008 Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation The scientific basis for carbon reduction targets Oral evidence concluded: Oral evidence to be published
Environmental Audit Sub-Committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Environmental Labelling Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Defra science Invitation to help frame inquiry Energy efficiency and fuel poverty (HC 1099, Session Oral evidence sessions announced on 8, 10 and 15 2007–08 – publication of written evidence) December 2008 Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the Inquiry launch announced UK The English Pig Industry Oral evidence in progress. Waste Strategy for England 2007 Oral evidence concluded; report in preparation
European Scrutiny
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Developments in the European Union Oral evidence in progress Subsidiarity and the Role of National Parliaments Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Foreign Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Developments in the European Union Oral evidence in progress Volume of written and oral evidence published 26 November 2008 (HC 713-i) FCO Annual Report Oral evidence in progress Global Security: Afghanistan Inquiry announced Deadline for written submissions 23 January 2009 Global Security: Japan and Korea Report published 30 November 2008 (HC 449). Awaiting Government response Global Security: Non-Proliferation Inquiry announced.
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Health
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Foundation trusts and Monitor One-off oral evidence session concluded Health Inequalities Report in preparation. Written evidence published 3 April 2008 NHS Next Stage Review Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Our NHS our future Oral evidence concluded Patient Safety Oral evidence in progress. Written evidence published 30 October 2008 (HC 1137)
Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Oral evidence session 11 December 2008. Services 2008 PEQ to be published 8 December 2008 on committee website The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under Secretary Oral evidence published 30 October 2008 (HC 832-i) of State for Care Services
Home Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Draft Citizenship & Immigration Bill Inquiry announced Human Trafficking Oral evidence in progress Immigration Issues One-off oral evidence session announced Knife Crime Oral evidence in progress Managing Migration: Points-Based System Oral evidence in progress Monitoring of UK Border Agency Oral evidence concluded. Report in preparation Police Authorities One-off oral evidence session announced Police and the Media Awaiting report The rights of Gurkhas to settle in the UK Oral evidence concluded Wheel Clamping on Private Land Inquiry announced The work of the Home Office Oral evidence concluded
Joint Committee on Human Rights
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES British Bill of Rights Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Immigration and Human Rights Oral evidence in progress Policing and Protest Oral evidence in progress
Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Draft Apprenticeships Bill - Report to be published 5 December 2008 Pre-legislative scrutiny Engineering (incorporating Plastic Electronics & Nuclear Oral evidence in progress case studies) Formation of DIUS One-off oral evidence session 16 January 2009 Introductory hearing with the Government Chief Scientific One-off oral evidence session Adviser designate 12 December 2008
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Role of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser One-off oral evidence session 5 December 2008
Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills Sub-Committees
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES After Leitch: implementing skills and training policies Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Biosecurity in UK research laboratories Government response received and published on the Committee’s website Special Report published on 27 November 2008
International Development
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Department for International Development Annual Report Oral evidence in progress 2008 DFID and China Oral evidence in progress DFID’s Programme in Nigeria Inquiry postponed Financing for Development One-off oral evidence session Wednesday 21 January 2009 HIV/AIDS: DFID’s New Strategy Report published on Sunday 30 November 2008 (HC 1068, Twelfth Report of 2007-08) Awaiting Government Response Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate Written Evidence invited
Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Constitutional Renewal Bill Oral evidence in progress
Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Draft Marine Bill Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Business under Standing Order No 151, followed as Continuing scrutiny: Joint Committee 32nd Report of necessary by meetings of the Select Committee on 2007-08 published 24 November 2008 Statutory Instruments for business under Standing Order No 151(10)
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Justice
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Carter (Legal Aid) follow up and Crown Dependencies One-off oral evidence session announced Next evidence session 10 December 2008 Devolution: A Decade On Oral evidence in progress
Judicial Appointments Commission Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 416-I & ii Justice Reinvestment Oral evidence in progress Next evidence session 9 December 2008 The Role of the Prison Officer Inquiry announced Written evidence invited - Deadline 14 January 2009 The work of the Crown Prosecution Service Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited The Work of the Ministry of Justice One-off oral evidence session announced Uncorrected oral evidence on website
Northern Ireland Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Inquiry into Cross border cooperation Written evidence requested
Public Accounts
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Data loss at HM Revenue and Customs Report in preparation DEFRA Single Payment Scheme: follow-up Report in preparation Department for International Development: CDC - One-off oral evidence session announced Investing to reduce poverty 15 December 2008 DoH/NHS: End of life care One-off oral evidence session announced 17 December 2008 Independent Police Complaints Commission Report in preparation
Leaving the Services Report in preparation Managing change in operational PFI projects Report in preparation Primary Schools: teaching mathematics One-off oral evidence session announced 8 December 2008 Prison procurement One-off oral evidence session announced 10 December 2008 Securing Host Nation Sporting Success in 2012 Report in preparation Use of office property by government departments Report in preparation
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Public Administration
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Better Government Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation Charities & Public Benefit Oral evidence concluded Data Handling Procedures in Government Oral evidence in progress Equitable Life Oral evidence in progress Good Government Oral evidence in progress Lobbying Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Quadripartite Committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Road Safety Oral evidence in progress
Scottish Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Credit Unions in Scotland Oral evidence in progress Office of the Advocate General for Scotland One-off oral evidence session announced
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Business under Standing Order No 151(10) Continuing scrutiny: Select Committee 6th Report of 2007-08 published 24 November 2008
Transport
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Department for Transport Annual Report 2008 One-off oral evidence session concluded Report in preparation The enforcement activities of the Vehicle and Operator Oral evidence session 10 December 2008 Services Agency (VOSA) Network Rail engineering delays over the new year Oral evidence concluded: report in preparation period The major road network Call for evidence announced. Call for evidence closes 14 January 2009 Road Safety Oral evidence concluded: report in preparation School Travel Oral evidence to concluded - report in preparation Taxes and charges on road users Oral evidence in progress The Use of Airspace Oral evidence session: To be arranged. Transport Security: Travelling without Fear Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Treasury
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Economics of Housing Market Oral evidence in progress Offshore Financial Centres Oral evidence in progress Private Equity Report published: continuing scrutiny Regulation of Oil Markets Inquiry announced
Treasury Sub-committee
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Administration and expenditure in the Chancellor’s Oral evidence in progress Departments, 2007-08
Welsh Affairs
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Digital Inclusion in Wales Inquiry announced Deadline for written submissions 23 January 2009 Inquiry into the potential benefits of the 2012 Olympics Inquiry announced and Paralympics for Wales Deadline for written submissions 18 December 2008 Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: Inquiry announced Dealing with Vulnerable Children Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: Oral evidence in progress Housing Provision of cross-border public services for Wales Oral evidence in progress
Work & Pensions
INQUIRY STAGE & NOTES Department for Work and Pensions’ commissioning Oral evidence in progress strategy and the employment programme market Final evidence session 10 December 2008 Pension, Disability and Carers Service One-off Oral evidence session 17th December 2008
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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
None
Regulatory Impact Assessments received since the last Bulletin
Date Title Contact None
Other Papers
Board of Trustees of the Royal Armouries: Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2008, HC 1107, ISBN: 010 2958270, £9.50
Export Credits Guarantee Department: Annual Review and Resource Accounts 2007-08, HC 581, ISBN: 010 2955316, £19.15
National Lottery Distribution Fund Account 2007-08, HC 1172, ISBN: 010 2958294, £9.50
The Government’s Draft Legislative Programme Summary of consultation, Cm 7561, ISBN: 010 1756129, £19.15
Government Response to the Magee Review of Criminality Information, Cm 7511, ISBN: 010 1751124, £13.50
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European Communities 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: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmeudoc/cmeudoc.htm.
Members and others with access to the 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: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmeuleg.htm For information on the House of Commons and European Communities Legislation see HCIO Factsheet L11.
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 as ScanFax items, which are supplied as loose- leaf pages. They are printed from an optical disc system. Prices start from £5.10 (incl. VAT @17.5%) for an item of up to 4 pages. Prices include free delivery by fax, or by first class post. Orders can be placed using a Stationery Office account number, credit card, or cheque in advance. Please telephone The Stationery Office on Tel: 020 7873 8372/8496, or Fax 020 7873 8416 European Union Website: http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
European Standing Committee A
Food Distribution to the most deprived persons in the community (13195/08) – to be considered 20.1.2009
Recovery of cod stocks (767/08 and Addenda 1 and 2) – awaiting consideration
European Standing Committee B
Management of EU Funds in Bulgaria and Romania and Bulgarian EU accession – to be considered 16.12.2008
‘Financial Management (12156/08 and Addendum, 12471/08 and Addendum, 12472/08 and Addendum and Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum, dated 16th October) – awaiting consideration
From Financial Crisis to Recovery: a European Framework for Action (14938/08) – awaiting consideration
European Standing Committee C
Safety of Toys (5938/08 and Addenda 1 and 2) – to be considered 19.1.2009
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Early Day Motions tabled between 3 – 5 December 2008
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 at http://www.parliament.uk or contact the House of Commons Information Office (Tel: 020 7219 4272) who will advise. For Information on Early Day Motions see HCIO Factsheet P3 at: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm
Date EDM Primary Title Sponsor 3.12.08 1 Bob Russell LEGAL RIGHT FOR FORMER GURKHAS TO LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 3.12.08 2 Bob Russell ROYAL BRITISH LEGION’S MILITARY COVENANT CAMPAIGN 3.12.08 3 Bob Russell CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND PRESCRIPTION CHARGES 3.12.08 4 Bob Russell USE OF ANIMALS TO TEST FOOD ADDITIVES 3.12.08 5 Bob Russell FIRST AID EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS 3.12.08 6 Bob Russell INHUMANE TREATMENT OF DOGS IN CHINA 3.12.08 7 Bob Russell VAT ON REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO EXISTING BUILDINGS 3.12.08 8 Bob Russell BUTTERFLIES 3.12.08 9 Bob Russell DRAGONFLIES 3.12.08 10 Bob Russell CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE GREAT BRITISH PUB 3.12.08 11 John Hemming SOLICITORS AND THE FAMILY DIVISON PROCEDURES 3.12.08 12 John Hemming PROTECTION OF BINGO CLUBS 3.12.08 13 John Hemming GRAFFITI TAGGING 3.12.08 14 John Hemming HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION 3.12.08 15 John Hemming HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS AND TAX CREDIT REPAYMENTS 3.12.08 16 John Hemming GRANDPARENTS’ RIGHTS 3.12.08 17 John Hemming BARNETT FORMULA 3.12.08 18 John Hemming BRITISH HOME CHILDREN IN CANADA 3.12.08 19 John Hemming INDUSTRY TASKFORCE ON PEAK OIL AND ENERGY SECURITY 3.12.08 20 John Hemming PARKING OUTSIDE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 3.12.08 21 John Hemming EXCESSIVE SPEED WARNINGS BEFORE SPEED CAMERAS 3.12.08 22 Mr Phil Willis EXCESSIVE INTEREST RATES FOR PERSONAL LOANS 3.12.08 23 Bob Spink EQUITABLE LIFE PENSIONERS AND POLICY HOLDERS 3.12.08 24 Bob Spink IMMIGRATION POLICY 3.12.08 25 Bob Spink COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON AID EFFECTIVENESS 3.12.08 26 Bob Spink DARTFORD CROSSING TOLL INCREASE 3.12.08 27 Bob Spink SAFETY OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN IRAQ 3.12.08 28 Bob Spink EU WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE 3.12.08 29 Bob Spink RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATMENT 3.12.08 30 Bob Spink TACKLING MALARIA
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3.12.08 31 Bob Spink NEW TREATMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER 3.12.08 32 Bob Spink SUPPORT FOR POST OFFICES 3.12.08 33 Bob Spink USE OF GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 3.12.08 34 Bob Spink REDUCING NUMBERS OF HOME REPOSSESSIONS 3.12.08 35 Bob Spink ABOLITION OF PRESCRIPTION CHARGES IN ENGLAND 3.12.08 36 Barry Gardiner TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI 3.12.08 37 Mr Shailesh Vara TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI (No.2) 3.12.08 38 Sir Nicholas ENGLISH LANGUAGE USAGE BY THE BBC Winterton 3.12.08 39 John Hemming INQUIRY INTO CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM 3.12.08 40 John Barrett HARVEY MILK 3.12.08 41 John Barrett UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 3.12.08 42 Mr Virendra Sharma TERRORIST ATTACKS ON MUMBAI 3.12.08 43 John Barrett WALK IN OUR SHOES EVENT 3.12.08 44 Mr David Drew FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN PAKISTAN 3.12.08 45 John Barrett MOBILITY ALLOWANCE FOR THOSE WITH SEVERE SIGHT LOSS 3.12.08 46 Colin Challen EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN 3.12.08 47 Lynne Jones ACCESS TO TREATMENTS FOR SARCOMA PATIENTS 3.12.08 48 Lynne Jones SOCIAL SECURITY (LONE PARENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) REGULATIONS 2008 3.12.08 49 Kate Hoey FOOD SUPPLEMENTS DIRECTIVE 3.12.08 50 Mr David Drew YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ARMED FORCES 3.12.08 51 John Hemming ARREST OF HON. MEMBER FOR ASHFORD 3.12.08 52 Mr James Paice RURAL POVERTY 3.12.08 53 Lynne Featherstone PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO CHILD PROTECTION IN HARINGEY 3.12.08 54 Colin Challen SECTORAL TARGETS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND MICROGENERATION 3.12.08 55 Mr Andrew Pelling MOCKERY OF THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE 3.12.08 56 Mr Andrew Pelling 250th ANNIVERARY OF BIRTH OF RABBIE BURNS 3.12.08 57 Mr Adrian Sanders DIABETES UK’S YOUR VISION CAMPAIGN AND ACCESS TO RETINAL [R] SCREENING 3.12.08 58 Mr Andrew Pelling SRI LANKA 3.12.08 59 Mr Andrew Pelling TURTLE’S 3.12.08 60 Mr Andrew Pelling MISLEADING NAMED PRODUCE 3.12.08 61 Mr Adrian Sanders FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK [R] FOR DIABETES 3.12.08 62 Mr Adrian Sanders ANGOLA ELECTIONS 3.12.08 63 Mr Adrian Sanders INVOLVEMENT OF A GREAT BRITAIN SOCCER TEAM AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3.12.08 64 Mr Adrian Sanders NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE REPORT LETTING RAIL FRANCHISES 2005 TO 2007
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3.12.08 65 Mr Adrian Sanders THORESEN REVIEW AND SUB POST OFFICES 3.12.08 66 Mr Adrian Sanders STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES 3.12.08 67 Mr Adrian Sanders PROPOSED CLOSURE OF HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS OFFICES IN SOUTH DEVON 3.12.08 68 Mr Adrian Sanders TEXT MESSAGE 999 SERVICE 3.12.08 69 Mr Peter Ainsworth ILLEGAL LOGGING 3.12.08 70 Mr Adrian Sanders SOURCING OF SEA BASS SUPPLY FROM HAND-LINE FISHERMEN 3.12.08 71 Mr Adrian Sanders CHRISTIAN HOLY DAYS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 3.12.08 72 Mr Peter Ainsworth GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS 3.12.08 73 Mr Adrian Sanders SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT 3.12.08 74 Mr Adrian Sanders DIABETES UK MEASURE UP CAMPAIGN [R] 3.12.08 75 Mr Peter Ainsworth CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY 3.12.08 76 Mr Adrian Sanders INFORMATION PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES [R] 3.12.08 77 Mr Peter Ainsworth LIVING LANDSCAPE SCHEMES 3.12.08 78 Mr Adrian Sanders ACCESS TO INHALED INSULIN PRODUCTS FOR DIABETICS [R] 3.12.08 79 Mr James Paice COUNTRY OF ORGIN FOOD LABELLING 3.12.08 80 Mr James Paice ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION OF SHEEP 3.12.08 81 Mr James Paice [R] BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 3.12.08 82 Mr James Paice [R] PESTICIDES 3.12.08 83 Mr Andrew Dismore WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM 3.12.08 84 Mr Gregory FOOTBALL IN THE UK Campbell 3.12.08 85 Tom Brake ROBBIE AND MARGARET HUGHES 3.12.08 86 Bill Wiggin ORANG-UTANS AND PALM OIL 3.12.08 87 Bill Wiggin EU ANIMAL WELFARE 3.12.08 88 Bill Wiggin DISCARDED FISH 3.12.08 89 Bill Wiggin ANGLING 3.12.08 90 Bill Wiggin BEE HEALTH RESEARCH 3.12.08 91 Mr Nick Clegg SOCIAL SECURITY (S.I., 2008, No 794) 3.12.08 92 Mr Adrian Sanders ACCESS TO INSULIN PUMP THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 [R] DIABETES 3.12.08 93 Mr Nick Clegg SOCIAL SECURITY (S.I., No 2928) 3.12.08 94 Mr David Clelland CARBON MONOXIDE AWARENESS 3.12.08 95 Mr Peter Ainsworth WHALING 3.12.08 96 Mr James Paice [R] ILLEGAL MEAT IMPORTS 3.12.08 97 Miss Anne McIntosh FLOOD MANAGEMENT 3.12.08 98 Jeremy Corbyn LLOYDS TSB PLC AND BRITISH CHARITIES 3.12.08 99 Mr Neil Gerrard STAFF IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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3.12.08 100 Mr Angus MacNeil ISLE OF BARRA: COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR WINNER 3.12.08 101 Sir Nicholas MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND RAF NIMROD FLEET Winterton 3.12.08 102 Derek Conway AMBASSADOR BELMAHI OF MOROCCO 3.12.08 103 Peter Bottomley CANOEING 3.12.08 104 Dr Desmond Turner HEART CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES 4.12.08 105 Mr David Anderson PREMATURE BIRTHS 4.12.08 106 Danny Alexander PARCEL SURCHARGES FOR THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS 4.12.08 107 Mr Ian Cawsey KEEP TRADE LOCAL CAMPAIGN AND HON. MEMBERS’ CHRISTMAS DINNERS 4.12.08 108 Greg Mulholland SUICIDE WEBSITES 4.12.08 109 Mr David Drew POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT 4.12.08 110 Mr Adrian Sanders CONCESSIONARY BUS FARES 4.12.08 111 Dr Hywel Francis [R] CARERS RIGHTS DAY 4.12.08 112 John Austin HUMANITARIAN ARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA 4.12.08 113 Tim Farron PROVISION OF PUBLIC LAVATORIES 4.12.08 114 Mark Durkan FUNDING FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS 4.12.08 115 Mr Dai Davies BANKERS’ REMUNERATION AND TAXPAYERS’ MONEY 4.12.08 116 Mr Dai Davies EFFECT OF PLANNED CUTS OF POLITICAL COVERAGE BY ITV WALES 4.12.08 117 Mr Dai Davies END CHILD POVERTY – KEEP THE PROMISE CAMPAIGN 4.12.08 118 Mr Dai Davies APPOINTMENT TO SELECT COMMITTEES 4.12.08 119 Mr Dai Davies REGULATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY COURT ADVISORY AND SUPPORT SERVICE, FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY AND NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL 4.12.08 120 Mr Dai Davies SELLAFIELD INDEMNIFICATION AND PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT 4.12.08 121 Mr Dai Davies TAXPAYER-OWNED EMPTY PROPERTIES AND HOMELESS FAMILIES 4.12.08 122 John McDonnell HUNTING WITH DOGS 4.12.08 123 Dr Howard Stoate CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER AND THE CREATION OF A HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT SUPERGRID 4.12.08 124 Mr Mike Hancock STEER CLEAR CAMPAIGN 4.12.08 125 Mr Mike Hancock TALLOW AND BIODIESEL 4.12.08 126 Mr Mike Hancock LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MICRO-CHIPPED ANIMALS 4.12.08 127 Mr Mike Hancock OMBUDSMAN AND SUFFERING IN ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS 4.12.08 128 John McDonnell PUBLIC MEETINGS OF NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTS 4.12.08 129 Mr Mike Hancock TRAFFICKED CHILDREN ON AFRICAN COCOA PLANTATIONS 4.12.08 130 Mr David Cameron TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRES (S.I., 2008, No 2699) 4.12.08 131 Mr Mike Hancock GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL COMPLAINTS SYSTEM 4.12.08 132 Miss Anne McIntosh SHOPLIFTING 4.12.08 133 Mr Mike Hancock WOMEN BISHOPS 4.12.08 134 Mr Mike Hancock WHOLE-LIFE COSTING 4.12.08 135 Mr Mike Hancock ANIMAL PROTECTION POLICY
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4.12.08 136 Mr Mike Hancock VAT ON ESSENTIAL SUN CARE HEALTH PRODUCTS 4.12.08 137 Mr Mike Hancock ANIMAL TESTING OF COSMETICS 4.12.08 138 Mr Mike Hancock COCOA INDUSTRY AND TRAFFICKING 4.12.08 139 Mr Mike Hancock PANDAS FROM CHINA 4.12.08 140 Mr Graham Brady LACROSSE 4.12.08 141 Mr Eric Illsley FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION’S RESPECT AGENDA AND VIOLENT CONDUCT 4.12.08 142 John Mason GOVERNMENT ACTION ON SALE AND RENT BACK AGREEMENTS 4.12.08 143 Mr Dai Davies BANKERS AND THE PROVISION OF TOXIC FINANCIAL PRODUCTS 4.12.08 144 Mr David Amess FIRST EVER TRANSPLANT OF COMPLETE ORGAN GROWN FROM ADULT STEM CELL 4.12.08 145 Pete Wishart HOMECOMING IN SCOTLAND 4.12.08 146 Pete Wishart SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE FUNDING FOR AUSCHWITZ VISITS 4.12.08 147 Mr Dai Davies PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AND SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
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Information on the House of Commons
Authoritative publications on the procedure of the House of Commons include:
Erskine May's Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament (Usually referred to as Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice). 23rd edition, Lexis Nexis, 2004. ISBN 0406970947
Standing Orders of the House of Commons: Public Business Latest edition, HC 105 2007/08, TSO, ISBN 9780215037510
Standing Orders of the House of Commons: Private Business Latest edition, HC 441 2005/06, TSO, ISBN 010 0215025946
Dod’s Handbook of House of Commons Procedure By Paul Evans. 6th edition, Vacher Dod Publishing Limited, 2007, ISBN 9780905702636
The following publications include lists of MPs, their party affiliation, information about political parties, government departments, etc:
Vacher's Quarterly. Vacher Dod Publishing Limited, ISSN 0958-0328
Dod's Parliamentary Companion 2009 177th edition, Vacher Dod Publishing Limited, 2008, ISBN 9780905702797
The House Magazine Dod’s Parliamentary Communications Limited, ISSN 0309-0426 (Published weekly in Session, contains information on the House, its work and personalities).
Times Guide to the House of Commons. (Published after each General Election) Latest edition: Editors Tim Hames & Valerie Passmore, Times Books Ltd, June 2005, ISBN 0007211821
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Glossary of Parliamentary Terms
Questions to Ministers The first hour each day Ten Minute Rule Bill An opportunity for a except Friday is devoted to Oral Questions to backbench MP to "seek leave" to introduce a Bill in a Ministers. Each Government Department has a slot 10-minute speech. An opponent may speak against, once a month. also for 10 minutes, after which there can be a vote.
Second Reading The first debate on a Bill, at Adjournment Debate A half-hour debate at the end which the House is asked to give approval to the of each day's sitting introduced by an individual principles of the Bill. Detailed consideration in backbench MP and responded to by a Government Committee follows. No changes can be made to the Minister. Often an opportunity to raise a constituency text of the Bill at this stage. issue.
General Committee Usually, Public Bill Select Committee One of 40 or so cross-party Committees of between 16 and 50 MPs that Committees of backbench MPs appointed to consider examine the detail of Bills which have had a particular subjects. The "Departmental Select Second Reading. Other General Committees Committees" investigate the expenditure, include Grand Committees, which usually debate administration and policy of each Government an issue, Delegated Legislation Committees, which Department. The membership is stable across the debate secondary legislation and European term of a Parliament. Standing Committees, which examine EU documents.
Report Stage The House considers any Westminster Hall Debate The "parallel Chamber" amendments (changes to the Bill) made by a public which sits three days a week, mostly debating bill committee. Further amendments can be made subjects raised by backbenchers, and Select to the Bill at this stage. A new version of the Bill Committee Reports. "Cross-cutting" sessions of Oral incorporating the changes made during Committee Questions, on topics which affect several Stage is normally printed before Report Stage. Government Departments, are also held.
Third Reading The final debate on a Bill as Backbench MP A Backbench MP is a Member of amended in Committee and at Report stage, before Parliament who holds no official position in the Bill is sent to the Lords for consideration (or, in government or in his or her party. the case of a Lords Bill, for Royal Assent).
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Alphabetical List of Members of the House of Commons as at 3 November 2008
Member Constituency Party
A
Abbott, Ms Diane Hackney North & Stoke Newington Lab Adams, Mr Gerry Belfast West SF Afriyie, Adam * Windsor Con Ainger, Nick Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire Lab Ainsworth, Mr Peter East Surrey Con Ainsworth, Rt Hon Bob Coventry North East Lab Alexander, Danny * Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey LD Alexander, Rt Hon Douglas Paisley & Renfrewshire South Lab Allen, Mr Graham Nottingham North Lab Amess, Mr David Southend West Con Ancram, Earl of, Rt Hon Michael Devizes Con Anderson, Mr David * Blaydon Lab Anderson, Janet Rossendale & Darwen Lab Arbuthnot, Rt Hon James North East Hampshire Con Armstrong, Rt Hon Hilary North West Durham Lab Atkins, Charlotte Staffordshire Moorlands Lab Atkinson, Mr Peter Hexham Con Austin, Mr Ian * Dudley North Lab Austin, John Erith & Thamesmead Lab
B
Bacon, Mr Richard South Norfolk Con Bailey, Mr Adrian West Bromwich West Lab Baird, Vera QC Redcar Lab Baker, Norman Lewes LD Baldry, Tony Banbury Con Balls, Rt Hon Ed * Normanton Lab Banks, Gordon * Ochil & South Perthshire Lab Barker, Gregory Bexhill & Battle Con Barlow, Ms Celia * Hove Lab Baron, Mr John Billericay Con Barrett, John Edinburgh West LD Barron, Rt Hon Kevin Rother Valley Lab Battle, Rt Hon John Leeds West Lab Bayley, Hugh York, City of Lab Beckett, Rt Hon Margaret Derby South Lab Begg, Miss Anne Aberdeen South Lab Beith, Rt Hon Sir Alan Berwick-upon-Tweed LD Bell, Sir Stuart Middlesbrough Lab Bellingham, Mr Henry North West Norfolk Con Benn, Rt Hon Hilary Leeds Central Lab Benton, Mr Joe Bootle Lab Benyon, Mr Richard * Newbury Con Bercow, John Buckingham Con Beresford, Sir Paul Mole Valley Con Berry, Dr Roger Kingswood Lab Betts, Mr Clive Sheffield, Attercliffe Lab Binley, Mr Brian * Northampton South Con Blackman, Liz Erewash Lab Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta * Durham, City of Lab Blears, Rt Hon Hazel Salford Lab
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Blizzard, Mr Bob Waveney Lab Blunkett, Rt Hon David Sheffield, Brightside Lab Blunt, Mr Crispin Reigate Con Bone, Mr Peter * Wellingborough Con Borrow, Mr David S. South Ribble Lab Boswell, Mr Tim Daventry Con Bottomley, Peter Worthing West Con Bradshaw, Mr Ben Exeter Lab Brady, Mr Graham Altrincham & Sale West Con Brake, Tom Carshalton & Wallington LD Brazier, Mr Julian Canterbury Con Breed, Mr Colin South East Cornwall LD Brennan, Kevin Cardiff West Lab Brokenshire, James * Hornchurch Con Brooke, Annette Mid Dorset & North Poole LD Brown, Rt Hon Gordon Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lab Brown, Lyn * West Ham Lab Brown, Rt Hon Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend Lab Brown, Mr Russell Dumfries & Galloway Lab Browne, Rt Hon Des Kilmarnock & Loudoun Lab Browne, Mr Jeremy * Taunton LD Browning, Angela Tiverton & Honiton Con Bruce, Rt Hon Malcolm Gordon LD Bryant, Chris Rhondda Lab Buck, Ms Karen Regent's Park & Kensington North Lab Burden, Richard Birmingham, Northfield Lab Burgon, Colin Elmet Lab Burnham, Rt Hon Andy Leigh Lab Burns, Mr Simon West Chelmsford Con Burrowes, Mr David * Enfield, Southgate Con Burstow, Mr Paul Sutton & Cheam LD Burt, Alistair North East Bedfordshire Con Burt, Lorely * Solihull LD Butler, Ms Dawn * Brent South Lab Butterfill, Sir John Bournemouth West Con Byers, Rt Hon Stephen North Tyneside Lab Byrne, Rt Hon Liam Birmingham, Hodge Hill Lab
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Cable, Dr Vincent Twickenham LD Caborn, Rt Hon Richard Sheffield Central Lab Cairns, David Inverclyde Lab Cameron, Rt Hon David Witney Con Campbell, Mr Alan Tynemouth Lab Campbell, Mr Gregory East Londonderry DU Campbell, Mr Ronnie Blyth Valley Lab Campbell, Rt Hon Sir Menzies North East Fife LD Carmichael, Mr Alistair Orkney & Shetland LD Carswell, Mr Douglas * Harwich Con Cash, Mr William Stone Con Caton, Mr Martin Gower Lab Cawsey, Mr Ian Brigg & Goole Lab Challen, Colin Morley & Rothwell Lab Chapman, Ben Wirral South Lab Chaytor, Mr David Bury North Lab Chope, Mr Christopher Christchurch Con Clapham, Mr Michael Barnsley West & Penistone Lab Clappison, Mr James Hertsmere Con Clark, Greg * Tunbridge Wells Con
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Clark, Ms Katy * North Ayrshire & Arran Lab Clark, Paul Gillingham Lab Clarke, Rt Hon Charles Norwich South Lab Clarke, Rt Hon Kenneth Rushcliffe Con Clarke, Rt Hon Tom Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Lab Clegg, Rt Hon Nick * Sheffield, Hallam LD Clelland, Mr David Tyne Bridge Lab Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey Cotswold Con Clwyd, Rt Hon Ann Cynon Valley Lab Coaker, Mr Vernon Gedling Lab Coffey, Ann Stockport Lab Cohen, Harry Leyton & Wanstead Lab Connarty, Michael Linlithgow & East Falkirk Lab Conway, Derek Old Bexley & Sidcup Ind Con Cook, Frank Stockton North Lab Cooper, Rosie * West Lancashire Lab Cooper, Rt Hon Yvette Pontefract & Castleford Lab Corbyn, Jeremy Islington North Lab Cormack, Sir Patrick South Staffordshire Con Cousins, Jim Newcastle upon Tyne Central Lab Cox, Mr Geoffrey * Torridge & West Devon Con Crabb, Mr Stephen * Preseli Pembrokeshire Con Crausby, Mr David Bolton North East Lab Creagh, Mary * Wakefield Lab Cruddas, Jon Dagenham Lab Cryer, Mrs Ann Keighley Lab Cummings, John Easington Lab Cunningham, Mr Jim Coventry South Lab Cunningham, Tony Workington Lab Curry, Rt Hon David Skipton & Ripon Con Curtis-Thomas, Mrs Claire Crosby Lab
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Darling, Rt Hon Alistair Edinburgh South West Lab Davey, Mr Edward Kingston & Surbiton LD David, Mr Wayne Caerphilly Lab Davidson, Mr Ian Glasgow South West Lab Davies, Dai * Blaenau Gwent Ind Davies, David T. C. * Monmouth Con Davies, Mr Quentin Grantham & Stamford Lab Davies, Philip * Shipley Con Davis, Rt Hon David Haltemprice & Howden Con Dean, Mrs Janet Burton Lab Denham, Rt Hon John Southampton, Itchen Lab Devine, Jim * Livingston Lab Dhanda, Mr Parmjit Gloucester Lab Dismore, Mr Andrew Hendon Lab Djanogly, Mr Jonathan Huntingdon Con Dobbin, Jim Heywood & Middleton Lab Dobson, Rt Hon Frank Holborn & St Pancras Lab Dodds, Mr Nigel Belfast North DU Doherty, Mr Pat West Tyrone SF Donaldson, Rt Hon Jeffrey M. Lagan Valley DU Donohoe, Mr Brian H. Central Ayrshire Lab Doran, Mr Frank Aberdeen North Lab Dorrell, Rt Hon Stephen Charnwood Con Dorries, Mrs Nadine * Mid Bedfordshire Con Dowd, Jim Lewisham West Lab Drew, Mr David Stroud Lab
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Duddridge, James * Rochford & Southend East Con Duncan, Mr Alan Rutland & Melton Con Duncan Smith, Rt Hon Iain Chingford & Woodford Green Con Dunne, Mr Philip * Ludlow Con Durkan, Mark * Foyle SDLP
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Eagle, Angela Wallasey Lab Eagle, Maria Liverpool, Garston Lab Efford, Clive Eltham Lab Ellman, Mrs Louise Liverpool, Riverside Lab Ellwood, Mr Tobias * Bournemouth East Con Engel, Mrs Natascha * North East Derbyshire Lab Ennis, Jeff Barnsley East & Mexborough Lab Etherington, Bill Sunderland North Lab Evans, Mr Nigel Ribble Valley Con Evennett, Mr David + Bexleyheath & Crayford Con
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Fabricant, Michael Lichfield Con Fallon, Mr Michael Sevenoaks Con Farrelly, Paul Newcastle-under-Lyme Lab Farron, Tim * Westmorland & Lonsdale LD Featherstone, Lynne * Hornsey & Wood Green LD Field, Rt Hon Frank Birkenhead Lab Field, Mr Mark Cities of London & Westminster Con Fisher, Mark Stoke-on-Trent Central Lab Fitzpatrick, Jim Poplar & Canning Town Lab Flello, Mr Robert * Stoke-on-Trent South Lab Flint, Rt Hon Caroline Don Valley Lab Flynn, Paul Newport West Lab Follett, Barbara Stevenage Lab Foster, Mr Don Bath LD Foster, Michael Jabez Hastings & Rye Lab Foster (Worcs.), Mr Michael Worcester Lab Fox, Dr Liam Woodspring Con Francis, Dr Hywel Aberavon Lab Francois, Mr Mark Rayleigh Con Fraser, Christopher + South West Norfolk Con
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Gale, Mr Roger North Thanet Con Galloway, Mr George Bethnal Green & Bow Respect Gapes, Mike Ilford South Lab Gardiner, Barry Brent North Lab Garnier, Mr Edward Harborough Con Gauke, Mr David * South West Hertfordshire Con George, Andrew St Ives LD George, Rt Hon Bruce Walsall South Lab Gerrard, Mr Neil Walthamstow Lab Gibb, Mr Nick Bognor Regis & Littlehampton Con Gibson, Dr Ian Norwich North Lab Gidley, Sandra Romsey LD Gildernew, Michelle Fermanagh & South Tyrone SF Gillan, Mrs Cheryl Chesham & Amersham Con Gilroy, Linda Plymouth, Sutton Lab Godsiff, Mr Roger Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Lab
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Goggins, Paul Wythenshawe & Sale East Lab Goldsworthy, Julia * Falmouth & Camborne LD Goodman, Helen * Bishop Auckland Lab Goodman, Mr Paul Wycombe Con Goodwill, Mr Robert * Scarborough & Whitby Con Gove, Michael * Surrey Heath Con Gray, Mr James North Wiltshire Con Grayling, Chris Epsom & Ewell Con Green, Damian Ashford Con Greening, Justine * Putney Con Greenway, Mr John Ryedale Con Grieve, Mr Dominic Beaconsfield Con Griffith, Nia * Llanelli Lab Griffiths, Nigel Edinburgh South Lab Grogan, Mr John Selby Lab Gummer, Rt Hon John Suffolk Coastal Con Gwynne, Andrew * Denton & Reddish Lab
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Hague, Rt Hon William Richmond (Yorks) Con Hain, Rt Hon Peter Neath Lab Hall, Mr Mike Weaver Vale Lab Hall, Patrick Bedford Lab Hamilton, Mr David Midlothian Lab Hamilton, Mr Fabian Leeds North East Lab Hammond, Mr Philip Runnymede & Weybridge Con Hammond, Stephen * Wimbledon Con Hancock, Mr Mike Portsmouth South LD Hands, Mr Greg * Hammersmith & Fulham Con Hanson, Rt Hon David Delyn Lab Harman, Rt Hon Harriet Camberwell & Peckham Lab Harper, Mr Mark * Forest of Dean Con Harris, Dr Evan Oxford West & Abingdon LD Harris, Mr Tom Glasgow South Lab Harvey, Nick North Devon LD Haselhurst, Rt Hon Sir Alan Saffron Walden CWM Havard, Mr Dai Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Lab Hayes, Mr John South Holland & The Deepings Con Heal, Sylvia Halesowen & Rowley Regis DCWM Heald, Mr Oliver North East Hertfordshire Con Healey, Rt Hon John Wentworth Lab Heath, Mr David Somerton & Frome LD Heathcoat-Amory, Rt Hon David Wells Con Hemming, John * Birmingham, Yardley LD Henderson, Mr Doug Newcastle upon Tyne North Lab Hendrick, Mr Mark Preston Lab Hendry, Charles Wealden Con Hepburn, Mr Stephen Jarrow Lab Heppell, Mr John Nottingham East Lab Herbert, Mr Nick * Arundel & South Downs Con Hermon, Lady Sylvia North Down UU Hesford, Stephen Wirral West Lab Hewitt, Rt Hon Patricia Leicester West Lab Heyes, David Ashton-under-Lyne Lab Hill, Rt Hon Keith Streatham Lab Hillier, Meg * Hackney South & Shoreditch Lab Hoban, Mr Mark Fareham Con Hodge, Rt Hon Margaret Barking Lab Hodgson, Mrs Sharon * Gateshead East & Washington West Lab
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Hoey, Kate Vauxhall Lab Hogg, Rt Hon Douglas Sleaford & North Hykeham Con Hollobone, Mr Philip * Kettering Con Holloway, Mr Adam * Gravesham Con Holmes, Paul Chesterfield LD Hood, Mr Jim Lanark & Hamilton East Lab Hoon, Rt Hon Geoff Ashfield Lab Hope, Phil Corby Lab Hopkins, Kelvin Luton North Lab Horam, Mr John Orpington Con Horwood, Mr Martin * Cheltenham LD Hosie, Stewart * Dundee East SNP Howard, Rt Hon Michael Folkestone & Hythe Con Howarth, David * Cambridge LD Howarth, Rt Hon George Knowsley North & Sefton East Lab Howarth, Mr Gerald Aldershot Con Howell, John * Henley Con Howells, Dr Kim Pontypridd Lab Hoyle, Mr Lindsay Chorley Lab Hughes, Rt Hon Beverley Stretford & Urmston Lab Hughes, Simon North Southwark & Bermondsey LD Huhne, Chris * Eastleigh LD Humble, Mrs Joan Blackpool North & Fleetwood Lab Hunt, Mr Jeremy * South West Surrey Con Hunter, Mark * Cheadle LD Hurd, Mr Nick * Ruislip - Northwood Con Hutton, Rt Hon John Barrow & Furness Lab
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Iddon, Dr Brian Bolton South East Lab Illsley, Mr Eric Barnsley Central Lab Ingram, Rt Hon Adam East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow Lab Irranca-Davies, Huw Ogmore Lab
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Jack, Rt Hon Michael Fylde Con Jackson, Glenda Hampstead & Highgate Lab Jackson, Mr Stewart * Peterborough Con James, Mrs Siân C. * Swansea East Lab Jenkin, Mr Bernard North Essex Con Jenkins, Mr Brian Tamworth Lab Johnson, Rt Hon Alan Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle Lab Johnson, Ms Diana R. * Kingston upon Hull North Lab Jones, Mr David * Clwyd West Con Jones, Helen Warrington North Lab Jones, Mr Kevan North Durham Lab Jones, Lynne Birmingham, Selly Oak Lab Jones, Mr Martyn Clwyd South Lab Jowell, Rt Hon Tessa Dulwich & West Norwood Lab Joyce, Eric Falkirk Lab
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Kaufman, Rt Hon Sir Gerald Manchester, Gorton Lab Kawczynski, Daniel * Shrewsbury & Atcham Con Keeble, Ms Sally Northampton North Lab Keeley, Ms Barbara * Worsley Lab Keen, Ann Brentford & Isleworth Lab
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Keen, Alan Feltham & Heston Lab Keetch, Mr Paul Hereford LD Kelly, Rt Hon Ruth Bolton West Lab Kemp, Mr Fraser Houghton & Washington East Lab Kennedy, Rt Hon Charles Ross, Skye & Lochaber LD Kennedy, Rt Hon Jane Liverpool, Wavertree Lab Key, Robert Salisbury Con Khan, Mr Sadiq * Tooting Lab Kidney, Mr David Stafford Lab Kilfoyle, Mr Peter Liverpool, Walton Lab Kirkbride, Miss Julie Bromsgrove Con Knight, Rt Hon Greg East Yorkshire Con Knight, Rt Hon Jim South Dorset Lab Kramer, Susan * Richmond Park LD Kumar, Dr Ashok Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Lab
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Ladyman, Dr Stephen South Thanet Lab Laing, Mrs Eleanor Epping Forest Con Lait, Mrs Jacqui Beckenham Con Lamb, Norman North Norfolk LD Lammy, Rt Hon David Tottenham Lab Lancaster, Mr Mark * North East Milton Keynes Con Lansley, Mr Andrew South Cambridgeshire Con Laws, Mr David Yeovil LD Laxton, Mr Bob Derby North Lab Lazarowicz, Mark Edinburgh North & Leith Lab Leech, Mr John * Manchester, Withington LD Leigh, Mr Edward Gainsborough Con Lepper, David Brighton, Pavilion Lab Letwin, Rt Hon Oliver West Dorset Con Levitt, Tom High Peak Lab Lewis, Mr Ivan Bury South Lab Lewis, Dr Julian New Forest East Con Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian Bridgwater Con Lidington, Mr David Aylesbury Con Lilley, Rt Hon Peter Hitchin & Harpenden Con Linton, Martin Battersea Lab Lloyd, Tony Manchester Central Lab Llwyd, Mr Elfyn Meirionnydd Nant Conwy PC Lord, Sir Michael Central Suffolk & North Ipswich DCWM Loughton, Tim East Worthing & Shoreham Con Love, Mr Andy Edmonton Lab Lucas, Ian Wrexham Lab Luff, Peter Mid Worcestershire Con
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McAvoy, Rt Hon Thomas Rutherglen & Hamilton West Lab McCabe, Stephen Birmingham, Hall Green Lab McCafferty, Chris Calder Valley Lab McCarthy, Kerry * Bristol East Lab McCarthy-Fry, Sarah * Portsmouth North Lab McCartney, Rt Hon Ian Makerfield Lab McCrea, Rev Dr William + South Antrim DU McDonagh, Siobhain Mitcham & Morden Lab McDonnell, Dr Alasdair * Belfast South SDLP McDonnell, John Hayes & Harlington Lab McFadden, Rt Hon Pat * Wolverhampton South East Lab
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McFall, Rt Hon John West Dunbartonshire Lab McGovern, Mr Jim * Dundee West Lab McGrady, Mr Eddie South Down SDLP McGuinness, Mr Martin Mid Ulster SF McGuire, Rt Hon Anne Stirling Lab McIntosh, Miss Anne Vale of York Con McIsaac, Shona Cleethorpes Lab Mackay, Rt Hon Andrew Bracknell Con McKechin, Ann Glasgow North Lab McKenna, Rosemary Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Lab Mackinlay, Andrew Thurrock Lab Maclean, Rt Hon David Penrith & The Border Con McLoughlin, Rt Hon Patrick West Derbyshire Con MacNeil, Mr Angus * Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP McNulty, Rt Hon Tony Harrow East Lab MacShane, Rt Hon Denis Rotherham Lab Mactaggart, Fiona Slough Lab Mahmood, Mr Khalid Birmingham, Perry Barr Lab Main, Anne * St Albans Con Malik, Mr Shahid * Dewsbury Lab Malins, Mr Humfrey Woking Con Mallaber, Judy Amber Valley Lab Mann, John Bassetlaw Lab Maples, Mr John Stratford-on-Avon Con Marris, Rob Wolverhampton South West Lab Marsden, Mr Gordon Blackpool South Lab Marshall-Andrews, Mr Robert Medway Lab Martin, Rt Hon Michael J. Glasgow North East SPK Martlew, Mr Eric Carlisle Lab Mason, John * Glasgow East SNP Mates, Rt Hon Michael East Hampshire Con Maude, Rt Hon Francis Horsham Con May, Rt Hon Theresa Maidenhead Con Meacher, Rt Hon Michael Oldham West & Royton Lab Meale, Mr Alan Mansfield Lab Mercer, Patrick Newark Con Merron, Gillian Lincoln Lab Michael, Rt Hon Alun Cardiff South & Penarth Lab Milburn, Rt Hon Alan Darlington Lab Miliband, Rt Hon David South Shields Lab Miliband, Rt Hon Edward * Doncaster North Lab Miller, Andrew Ellesmere Port & Neston Lab Miller, Mrs Maria * Basingstoke Con Milton, Anne * Guildford Con Mitchell, Mr Andrew Sutton Coldfield Con Mitchell, Mr Austin Great Grimsby Lab Moffat, Anne East Lothian Lab Moffatt, Laura Crawley Lab Mole, Chris Ipswich Lab Moon, Mrs Madeleine * Bridgend Lab Moore, Mr Michael Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk LD Moran, Margaret Luton South Lab Morden, Jessica * Newport East Lab Morgan, Julie Cardiff North Lab Morley, Rt Hon Elliot Scunthorpe Lab Moss, Mr Malcolm North East Cambridgeshire Con Mountford, Kali Colne Valley Lab Mudie, Mr George Leeds East Lab Mulholland, Greg * Leeds North West LD Mullin, Mr Chris Sunderland South Lab
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Mundell, David * Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Con Munn, Meg Sheffield, Heeley Lab Murphy, Conor * Newry & Armagh SF Murphy, Mr Denis Wansbeck Lab Murphy, Rt Hon Jim East Renfrewshire Lab Murphy, Rt Hon Paul Torfaen Lab Murrison, Dr Andrew Westbury Con
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Naysmith, Dr Doug Bristol North West Lab Neill, Bob * Bromley & Chislehurst Con Newmark, Mr Brooks * Braintree Con Norris, Dan Wansdyke Lab
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Oaten, Mr Mark Winchester LD O'Brien, Mr Mike North Warwickshire Lab O'Brien, Mr Stephen Eddisbury Con O'Hara, Mr Edward Knowsley South Lab Olner, Mr Bill Nuneaton Lab Öpik, Lembit Montgomeryshire LD Osborne, Mr George Tatton Con Osborne, Sandra Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Lab Ottaway, Richard Croydon South Con Owen, Albert Ynys Môn Lab
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Paice, Mr James South East Cambridgeshire Con Paisley, Rt Hon Ian North Antrim DU Palmer, Dr Nick Broxtowe Lab Paterson, Mr Owen North Shropshire Con Pearson, Ian Dudley South Lab Pelling, Mr Andrew * Croydon Central Ind Penning, Mike * Hemel Hempstead Con Penrose, John * Weston-Super-Mare Con Pickles, Mr Eric Brentwood & Ongar Con Plaskitt, Mr James Warwick & Leamington Lab Pope, Mr Greg Hyndburn Lab Pound, Stephen Ealing North Lab Prentice, Bridget Lewisham East Lab Prentice, Mr Gordon Pendle Lab Prescott, Rt Hon John Kingston upon Hull East Lab Price, Adam Carmarthen East & Dinefwr PC Primarolo, Rt Hon Dawn Bristol South Lab Prisk, Mr Mark Hertford & Stortford Con Pritchard, Mark * Wrekin, The Con Prosser, Gwyn Dover Lab Pugh, Dr John Southport LD Purchase, Mr Ken Wolverhampton North East Lab Purnell, Rt Hon James Stalybridge & Hyde Lab
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Rammell, Bill Harlow Lab Randall, Mr John Uxbridge Con Raynsford, Rt Hon Nick Greenwich & Woolwich Lab Redwood, Rt Hon John Wokingham Con
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Reed, Mr Andy Loughborough Lab Reed, Mr Jamie * Copeland Lab Reid, Mr Alan Argyll & Bute LD Reid, Rt Hon John Airdrie & Shotts Lab Rennie, Willie * Dunfermline & West Fife LD Rifkind, Rt Hon Sir Malcolm + Kensington & Chelsea Con Riordan, Mrs Linda * Halifax Lab Robathan, Mr Andrew Blaby Con Robertson, Angus Moray SNP Robertson, Hugh Faversham & Mid Kent Con Robertson, John Glasgow North West Lab Robertson, Mr Laurence Tewkesbury Con Robinson, Mr Geoffrey Coventry North West Lab Robinson, Mrs Iris Strangford DU Robinson, Rt Hon Peter Belfast East DU Rogerson, Dan * North Cornwall LD Rooney, Mr Terry Bradford North Lab Rosindell, Andrew Romford Con Rowen, Paul * Rochdale LD Roy, Mr Frank Motherwell & Wishaw Lab Roy, Lindsay * Glenrothes Lab Ruane, Chris Vale of Clwyd Lab Ruddock, Joan Lewisham, Deptford Lab Ruffley, Mr David Bury St Edmunds Con Russell, Christine Chester, City of Lab Russell, Bob Colchester LD Ryan, Rt Hon Joan Enfield North Lab
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Salmond, Rt Hon Alex Banff & Buchan SNP Salter, Martin Reading West Lab Sanders, Mr Adrian Torbay LD Sarwar, Mr Mohammad Glasgow Central Lab Scott, Mr Lee * Ilford North Con Seabeck, Alison * Plymouth, Devonport Lab Selous, Andrew South West Bedfordshire Con Shapps, Grant * Welwyn Hatfield Con Sharma, Virendra * Ealing, Southall Lab Shaw, Jonathan Chatham & Aylesford Lab Sheerman, Mr Barry Huddersfield Lab Shepherd, Mr Richard Aldridge-Brownhills Con Sheridan, Jim Paisley & Renfrewshire North Lab Short, Rt Hon Clare Birmingham, Ladywood Ind Lab Simmonds, Mark Boston & Skegness Con Simon, Mr Siôn Birmingham, Erdington Lab Simpson, Alan Nottingham South Lab Simpson, David * Upper Bann DU Simpson, Mr Keith Mid Norfolk Con Singh, Mr Marsha Bradford West Lab Skinner, Mr Dennis Bolsover Lab Slaughter, Mr Andy * Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush Lab Smith, Rt Hon Andrew Oxford East Lab Smith, Ms Angela C. * Sheffield, Hillsborough Lab Smith, Angela E. Basildon Lab Smith, Geraldine Morecambe & Lunesdale Lab Smith, Rt Hon Jacqui Redditch Lab Smith, John Vale of Glamorgan Lab Smith, Sir Robert West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine LD Snelgrove, Anne * South Swindon Lab
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Soames, Hon Nicholas Mid Sussex Con Soulsby, Sir Peter * Leicester South Lab Southworth, Helen Warrington South Lab Spellar, Rt Hon John Warley Lab Spelman, Mrs Caroline Meriden Con Spicer, Sir Michael West Worcestershire Con Spink, Bob Castle Point Ind Spring, Mr Richard West Suffolk Con Stanley, Rt Hon Sir John Tonbridge & Malling Con Starkey, Dr Phyllis Milton Keynes South West Lab Steen, Mr Anthony Totnes Con Stewart, Ian Eccles Lab Stoate, Dr Howard Dartford Lab Strang, Rt Hon Gavin Edinburgh East Lab Straw, Rt Hon Jack Blackburn Lab Streeter, Mr Gary South West Devon Con Stringer, Graham Manchester, Blackley Lab Stuart, Ms Gisela Birmingham, Edgbaston Lab Stuart, Mr Graham * Beverley & Holderness Con Stunell, Andrew Hazel Grove LD Sutcliffe, Mr Gerry Bradford South Lab Swayne, Mr Desmond New Forest West Con Swinson, Jo * East Dunbartonshire LD Swire, Mr Hugo East Devon Con Syms, Mr Robert Poole Con
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Tami, Mark Alyn & Deeside Lab Tapsell, Sir Peter Louth & Horncastle Con Taylor, Ms Dari Stockton South Lab Taylor, David North West Leicestershire Lab Taylor, Mr Ian Esher & Walton Con Taylor, Matthew Truro & St Austell LD Taylor, Dr Richard Wyre Forest Ind Teather, Sarah Brent East LD Thomas, Mr Gareth Harrow West Lab Thornberry, Ms Emily * Islington South & Finsbury Lab Thurso, John Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross LD Timms, Rt Hon Stephen East Ham Lab Timpson, Edward * Crewe & Nantwich Con Tipping, Paddy Sherwood Lab Todd, Mr Mark South Derbyshire Lab Touhig, Rt Hon Don Islwyn Lab Tredinnick, David Bosworth Con Trickett, Jon Hemsworth Lab Truswell, Mr Paul Pudsey Lab Turner, Mr Andrew Isle of Wight Con Turner, Dr Desmond Brighton, Kemptown Lab Turner, Mr Neil Wigan Lab Twigg, Derek Halton Lab Tyrie, Mr Andrew Chichester Con
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Vaizey, Mr Edward * Wantage Con Vara, Mr Shailesh * North West Cambridgeshire Con Vaz, Rt Hon Keith Leicester East Lab Viggers, Sir Peter Gosport Con Villiers, Mrs Theresa * Chipping Barnet Con Vis, Dr Rudi Finchley & Golders Green Lab
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Walker, Mr Charles * Broxbourne Con Wallace, Mr Ben * Lancaster & Wyre Con Walley, Joan Stoke-on-Trent North Lab Walter, Mr Robert North Dorset Con Waltho, Lynda * Stourbridge Lab Ward, Claire Watford Lab Wareing, Mr Robert N. Liverpool, West Derby Ind Waterson, Mr Nigel Eastbourne Con Watkinson, Angela Upminster Con Watson, Mr Tom West Bromwich East Lab Watts, Mr Dave St Helens North Lab Webb, Prof Steve Northavon LD Weir, Mr Mike Angus SNP Whitehead, Dr Alan Southampton, Test Lab Whittingdale, Mr John Maldon & East Chelmsford Con Wicks, Rt Hon Malcolm Croydon North Lab Widdecombe, Rt Hon Ann Maidstone & The Weald Con Wiggin, Bill Leominster Con Willetts, Mr David Havant Con Williams, Rt Hon Alan Swansea West Lab Williams, Mrs Betty Conwy Lab Williams, Hywel Caernarfon PC Williams, Mark * Ceredigion LD Williams, Mr Roger Brecon & Radnorshire LD Williams, Stephen * Bristol West LD Willis, Mr Phil Harrogate & Knaresborough LD Willott, Jenny * Cardiff Central LD Wills, Rt Hon Michael North Swindon Lab Wilshire, Mr David Spelthorne Con Wilson, Phil * Sedgefield Lab Wilson, Mr Rob * Reading East Con Wilson, Sammy * East Antrim DU Winnick, Mr David Walsall North Lab Winterton, Ann Congleton Con Winterton, Sir Nicholas Macclesfield Con Winterton, Rt Hon Rosie Doncaster Central Lab Wishart, Pete Perth & North Perthshire SNP Wood, Mike Batley & Spen Lab Woodward, Rt Hon Shaun St Helens South Lab Woolas, Mr Phil Oldham East & Saddleworth Lab Wright, Mr Anthony Great Yarmouth Lab Wright, Dr Tony Cannock Chase Lab Wright, David Telford Lab Wright, Mr Iain Hartlepool Lab Wright, Jeremy * Rugby & Kenilworth Con
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Yeo, Mr Tim South Suffolk Con Young, Rt Hon Sir George North West Hampshire Con Younger-Ross, Richard Teignbridge LD
* Indicates a new Member, + indicates Member has previous service but not in the last Parliament
This list is also available on the Parliamentary web site at: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm
63 Full list of HM Government as at 3 November 2008 (Formed by the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, June 2007)
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP for the Civil Service Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Rt Hon Jack Straw MP Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP Secretary of State for Health Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Rt Hon Lord Mandelson Reform Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP Affairs Secretary of State for International Development Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon John Hutton MP Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Minister for Women and Equalities Secretary of State for Communities and Local Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP Government Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Rt Hon Ed Balls MP Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon James Purnell MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP * Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Council Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills Rt Hon John Denham MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP Secretary of State for Scotland Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP
Also attend Cabinet meetings: Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Duchy of Lancaster Minister of State for Housing Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP Minister for Employment and London Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG Minister for Science Rt Hon Lord Drayson MP * Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP Attorney General Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC Minister of State for Europe Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP Minister for Children, Young People and Families Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
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Departments of State and Ministers
Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET
020 7215 5000 http://www.berr.gov.uk/ Secretary of State Rt Hon Lord Mandelson Ministers of State - Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP Affairs) - Minister of State (Trade, Investment and Consumer Mr Gareth Thomas MP Affairs) (also in the Department for International Development) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Communications, Lord Carter of Barnes Technology and Broadcasting) (also in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Economic and Ian Pearson MP Business) (also in HM Treasury) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Economic Baroness Vadera Competitiveness and Small Business) (also in the Cabinet Office)
Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS
020 7276 1234 http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk Ministers of State Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP + - Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP + Parliamentary Secretaries Mr Tom Watson MP Baroness Vadera Kevin Brennan MP
Department for Children, Schools and Families Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT
0870 000 2288 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Ed Balls MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Children, Young People and Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP + Families); Minister for the North West - Minister of State (Schools and Learners) Rt Hon Jim Knight MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young Baroness Morgan of Drefelin People and Families) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools and Learners) Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
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Department for Communities and Local Government Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU
020 7944 4400 http://www.communities.gov.uk/ Secretary of State for Communities and Local Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP Government Ministers of State - Minister of State (Housing) Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP + - Minister of State (Local Government) Rt Hon John Healey MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Baroness Andrews - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Mr Iain Wright MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Community Mr Sadiq Khan MP Cohension and Fire and Rescue Service)
Department for Culture, Media & Sport 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH
020 7211 6200 http://www.culture.gov.uk Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Communications, Lord Carter of Barnes Technology, and Broadcasting) (also in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Culture); Minister for Barbara Follett MP the East of England - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport) Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Ministry of Defence Floor 5, Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB 020 7218 9000 http://www.mod.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon John Hutton MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Armed Forces) Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Defence Equipment & Mr Quentin Davies MP * Support) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (International Defence Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton and Security) - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans) Mr Kevan Jones MP *
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Department for Energy and Climate Change 3-8 Whitehall Place London SW1A 2HH
0300 060 4000 http://www.decc.gov.uk/ Secretary of State Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP Ministers of State - Minister of State Mr Mike O'Brien MP - Minister of State (also in the Department for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Joan Ruddock MP
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nobel House 17 Smith Square London, SW1P 3JR
08459 33 55 77 http://www.defra.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Farming and the Environment) Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP - Minister of State (Sustainable Development, Climate Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Change Adaptation and Air Quality) (also in the Department for Energy and Climate Change) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Natural and Marine Huw Irranca-Davies MP Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs)
Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH
020 7008 1500 http://www.fco.gov.uk Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Rt Hon David Miliband MP Affairs Ministers of State - Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG + - Minister of State Bill Rammell MP - Minister of State (Europe) Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP + Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Gillian Merron MP
Government Equalities Office 5th Floor, Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU 020 7944 0601 http://www.equalities.gov.uk Minister of State (Women and Equality) Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Parliamentary Secretary (also in the Ministry of Maria Eagle MP Justice)
67 Department of Health Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS
020 7210 4850 http://www.dh.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Care Services): Minister for the East Phil Hope MP Midlands - Minister of State (Health Services); Minister for the Mr Ben Bradshaw MP South West - Minister of State (Public Health) Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Lord Darzi of Denham KBE - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health Services) Ann Keen MP
Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF
020 7035 4848 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Borders and Immigration); (also in Mr Phil Woolas MP HM Treasury) - Minister of State (Policing, Crime & Security) Mr Vernon Coaker MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Crime) Mr Alan Campbell MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Identity) Meg Hillier MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Security and Lord West of Spithead Counter-terrorism)
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Kingsgate House 66-74 Victoria Street London SW1E 6SW 020 7215 5555 http://www.dius.gov.uk/ Secretary of State Rt Hon John Denham MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Higher Education & Intellectual Rt Hon David Lammy MP Property) - Minister of State (Science & Innovation) Rt Hon Lord Drayson MP * + Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Further Education) Mr Siôn Simon MP * - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Skills & Lord Young of Norwood Green Apprenticeships)
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Department for International Development 1 Palace Street London SW1E 5HE
0845 300 4100 http://www.dfid.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (also in the Department for Business, Mr Gareth Thomas MP Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Mr Michael Foster (Worcs.) MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Mr Ivan Lewis MP
Ministry of Justice Selborne House 54 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QW
020 3334 3555 http://www.justice.gov.uk/ Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Rt Hon Jack Straw MP Ministers of State - Rt Hon David Hanson MP - Rt Hon Michael Wills MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Bridget Prentice MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Lord Bach * - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Mr Shahid Malik MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also in the Maria Eagle MP Government Equalities Office)
Law Officers' Department Attorney General's Office 20 Victoria Street London SW1H 0NF
020 7271 2492 http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk/ Attorney General Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC + Solicitor General Vera Baird QC MP Advocate General for Scotland Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
Leader of the House of Commons 26 Whitehall London SW1A 2WH
020 7276 1005 http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP and Minister for Women and Equalities Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Chris Bryant MP * Parliamentary Secretary
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Northern Ireland Office 11 Millbank London SW1P 4PN Stormont Castle Belfast BT4 3SG 028 9052 0700 (London) http://www.nio.gov.uk Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP * Ministers of State - Paul Goggins MP
Privy Council Office 2 Carlton Gardens London SW1Y 5AA
020 7210 1033 http://www.privycouncil.org.uk Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon the Council
Scotland Office Dover House, Whitehall London, SW1A 2AU 1 Melville Crescent Edinburgh, EH3 7HW 020 7270 6754 (London) 0131 244 9010 (Edinburgh) http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Ann McKechin MP
Department for Transport Great Minster House 76 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DR
020 7944 8300 http://www.dft.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP Minister of State Lord Adonis Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Jim Fitzpatrick MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Paul Clark MP *
HM Treasury 1 Horseguards Road London SW1A 2HQ
020 7270 4558 http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP Minister for the Civil Service Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Financial Secretary Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (also in the Home Office) Mr Phil Woolas MP
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Assistant Whips Ms Dawn Butler MP Helen Goodman MP Ms Diana R. Johnson MP Helen Jones MP Ms Barbara Keeley MP * Ian Lucas MP Chris Mole MP * Mark Tami MP Mr Ian Austin MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP + Whip; Minister for the North East
Wales Office Gwydyr House Whitehall London SW1A 2NP
020 7270 0534 http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary Mr Wayne David MP
Department for Work and Pensions Caxton House Tothill Street London SW1H 9DA
020 7962 8000 http://www.dwp.gov.uk Secretary of State Rt Hon James Purnell MP Ministers of State - Minister of State (Pensions Reform); Minister for Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP Yorkshire and Humber - Minister of State (Welfare Reform); Minister for Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP + London Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State - Lord McKenzie of Luton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary Kitty Ussher MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disabled People); Jonathan Shaw MP Minister for the South East
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HM Household
Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of HM Household) Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP Comptroller (Whip, House of Commons) Rt Hon John Spellar MP Vice Chamberlain Claire Ward MP Chief Whip (House of Lords) Lord Bassam of Brighton Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of Rt Hon Lord Davies of Oldham the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) Lords in Waiting Lord Bach Lord Brett * Lord Patel of Bradford Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Young of Norwood Green Baronesses in Waiting Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton * Baroness Thornton
Second Church Estates Commissioner, representing Sir Stuart Bell MP Church Commissioners
+ - not a Member of the Cabinet but will attend Cabinet meetings * - unpaid position
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Her Majesty’s Official Opposition as at 3 November 2008
Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition & Leader of the Rt Hon David Cameron MP Conservative Party Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition In the House of Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde Lords Rt Hon Theresa May MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons George Osborne MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon William Hague MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Dominic Grieve MP Shadow Home Secretary Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Alan Duncan MP Regulatory Reform Shadow Minster For the Cabinet Office & Shadow Chancellor Rt Hon Francis Maude MP of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove MP Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Oliver Heald MP Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Eric Pickles MP Government Jeremy Hunt MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport Dr Liam Fox MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Peter Ainsworth MP Affairs Greg Clark MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Andrew Lansley CBE MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and David Willetts MP Skills Andrew Mitchell MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Nick Herbert MP Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Owen Paterson MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland David Mundell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Theresa Villiers MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Cheryl Gillan MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Chris GraylingMP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Caroline Spelman MP Chairman of the Conservative Party Chairman of the Policy Review & Chairman of the Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Conservative Research Department Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP Chief Whip
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Her Majesty’s Official Opposition
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION Rt Hon David Cameron MP* Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Desmond Swayne TD MP Opposition Senior Parliamentary & Political Advisor to David Rt Hon Andrew Mackay MP Cameron
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise Alan Duncan MP* and Regulatory Reform
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Jonathan Djanogly MP Mark Prisk MP
Shadow Minister (Lords) Baroness Wilcox
CABINET OFFICE Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office & Shadow Rt Hon Francis Maude MP* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Shadow Minister (Commons) Nick Hurd MP
Shadow Minister (Lords) Lord De Mauley
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools Michael Gove MP* and Families
Shadow Minister (Commons) Nick Gibb MP Tim Loughton MP Maria Miller MP
Shadow Minister (Lords) Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Eric Pickles MP* Government
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Alistair Burt MP Jacqui Lait MP Paul Goodman MP Bob Neil MP Grant Shapps MP Stewart Jackson MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Dixon-Smith Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury
CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport Jeremy Hunt MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Tobias Ellwood MP Ed Vaizey MP Hugh Robertson MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Howard of Rising Shadow Minister for the Olympics Lord Glentoran
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DEFENCE Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Gerald Howarth MP Dr Julian Lewis MP Dr Andrew Murrison MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Astor of Hever DL
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Greg Clark MP Change
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Gregory Barker MP Charles Hendry MP
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Environment Food & Peter Ainsworth MP* Rural Affairs
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Gregory Barker MP Ann McIntosh MP James Paice MP Bill Wiggin MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Taylor of Holbeach
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon William Hague MP
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Mark Francois MP David Lidington MP Keith Simpson MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford
HEALTH Shadow Secretary of State for Health Mr Andrew Lansley CBE MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Ann Milton MP Stephen O’Brien MP Mike Penning MP Mark Simmonds MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) The Earl Howe Lord McColl
HOME AFFAIRS Shadow Home Secretary (assisted by Shadow Law Dominic Grieve MP* Officers)
Shadow Ministers (Commons) James Brokenshire MP Damien Green MP Andrew Rosindell MP David Ruffley MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Baroness Hanham
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Shadow Secretary of State for International Andrew Mitchell MP* Development
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP Mark Lancaster MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Baroness Rawlings
JUSTICE Shadow Secretary for Justice Nick Herbert MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Henry Bellingham MP David Burrowes MP Edward Garnier MP Eleanor Laing MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Rt Hon the Lord Kingsland Lord Henley
LAW OFFICERS Shadow Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP Shadow Solicitor General (also Shadow Minister for Jonathan Djanogly MP Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
PARLIAMENT Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde* Deputy Shadow Leader Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Shadow Lord Chancellor Rt Hon Lord Kingsland QC TD DL
LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Rt Hon Theresa May MP* Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Shailesh Vara MP
NORTHERN IRELAND Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson MP* Shadow Minister (Commons) Laurence Robertson MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Glentoran CBE DL
OPPOSITION WHIPS’ OFFICE (COMMONS) Chief Whip (Commons) Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP* Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) Andrew Robathan MP Assistant Chief Whip (Commons) John Randall MP Assistant Chief Whip (Commons) Alistair Burt MP
Whips (Commons) Simon Burns MP Michael Fabricant MP Angela Watkinson MP James Duddridge MP Crispin Blunt MP David Evennett MP John Baron MP Brooks Newmark MP Richard Benyon MP Jeremy Wright MP
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OPPOSITION WHIP’S OFFICE (LORDS) Chief Whip (Lords) Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE* Deputy Chief Whip (Lords) Baroness Seccombe
SCOTLAND Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell MP*
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Duke of Montrose
TRANSPORT Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) Julian Brazier TD MP Robert Goodwill MP Stephen Hammond MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Hanningfield DL
TREASURY Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP* Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) David Gauke MP Justine Greening MP Mark Hoban MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Baroness Noakes DBE
WALES Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) David Jones MP
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Glentoran
WORK & PENSIONS Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions Chris Grayling MP*
Shadow Ministers (Commons) James Clappison MP Mark Harper MP Andrew Selous MP Nigel Waterson MP Maria Miller
Shadow Ministers (Lords) Lord Skelmersdale
CONSERVATIVE PARTY Chairman of the Party Caroline Spelman MP* Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning) Lord Ashcroft KCMG Deputy Chairman of the Party (Local Government) Bob Neill MP Deputy Chairman (Candidates) John Maples MP Deputy Chairmen (Development) Alistair Burt MP Vice Chairmen (Cities) Kulveer Ranger
* Member of the Shadow Cabinet
This list is also available on the Parliamentary web site at: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/opp.cfm
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Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet and Parliamentary Team as at 3 November 2008
Members of the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet
Party Leader Nick Clegg MP Deputy Party Leader & Shadow Chancellor Dr Vincent Cable MP Leader in the House of Lords Lord McNally Shadow Leader of the House Simon Hughes MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Edward Davey MP Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne MP Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and John Thurso MP Regulatory Reform Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Susan Kramer MP Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and David Laws MP Families Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Julia Goldsworthy MP Government Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Don Foster MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Nick Harvey MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Tim Farron MP Rural Affairs Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Steve Webb MP Change Shadow Secretary of State for Health Norman Lamb MP Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities Stephen Williams MP and Skills Shadow Secretary of State for International Michael Moore MP Development Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chris Huhne MP Chancellor Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Alistair Carmichael MP Scotland Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Jeremy Brown MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Roger Williams MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Jenny Willot MP Spokesperson for Youth and Equality Lynne Featherstone MP Chief Whip Paul Burstow MP Chief Whip (Lords) Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE Leader’s Chief of Staff and Chair of the Manifesto Group Danny Alexander MP
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Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet and Parliamentary Team
PARTY LEADER Nick Clegg MP Deputy Party Leader & Shadow Chancellor Dr Vincent Cable MP*
SHADOW LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF Simon Hughes MP* COMMONS Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Sir Robert Smith MP
CABINET OFFICE Susan Kramer MP*
Spokesperson in the Lords (with special Lord Maclennan of Rogart responsibility for civil service reform)
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM Shadow Secretary of State for Business, John Thurso MP* Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Shadow Minister Lorely Burt MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Razzall CBE Small Businesses Lord Cotter Energy Lord Redesdale Lord Sharman OBE Lord Vallance of Tummel
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools David Laws MP* and Families
Shadow Ministers Children, Young People and Families Annette Brooke MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Education and Children Baroness Walmsley Baroness Garden
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERMENT Shadow Secretary of State for Minister Julia Goldsworthy MP* Communities and Local Government
Shadow Ministers Housing Sarah Teather MP *
Spokespersons in the Lords Baroness Scott of Needham Market Regional and Local Government Baroness Hamwee Planning Lord Burnett Communities Lord Dholakia OBE DL Planning Lord Greaves
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CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Don Foster MP* Sport
Shadow Ministers London and the Olympics Tom Brake MP Richard-Younger Ross MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Clement-Jones CBE Sport Lord Addington# Tourism Lord Lee of Trafford# Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
DEFENCE Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Nick Harvey MP*
Shadow Ministers Willie Rennie MP Bob Russell MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Lee of Trafford# Lord Addington#
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Steve Webb MP* Climate Change
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment Tim Farron MP*
Shadow Ministers Martin Horwood MP Roger Williams MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Teverson# Agriculture Lord Redesdale CAP Reform Lord Dykes Lord Greaves
FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ed Davey MP*
Shadow Minister Jo Swinson MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Wallace of Saltaire Africa Lord Avebury Europe Lord Dykes
HEALTH Shadow Secretary of State for Health Norman Lamb MP*
Shadow Ministers Sandra Gidley MP Greg Mulholland MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Baroness Barker Baroness Tonge Mental Health and Disability Lord Carlile of Berriew QC
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HOME AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs Chris Huhne MP*
Shadow Ministers Tom Brake MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Penal Reform Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Police Baroness Harris of Richmond DL# Civil Liberties Lord Avebury Shadow Attorney General Lord Thomas of Gresford OBE QC* Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Falkener of Margravine
HOUSE OF LORDS Leader Lord McNally* Deputy Leader Lord Dholakia & Lord Wallace of Saltaire (shared position)
INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Stephen Williams MP* Universities and Skills
Shadow Ministers Evan Harris MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Baroness Sharp of Guildford Skills Lord Cotter Universities Lord Watson of Richmond
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Shadow Secretary of State for International Michael Moore MP* Development
Spokespersons in the Lords Baroness Northover Lord Roberts of Llandudno#
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Shadow Secretary of State for Justice & Lord Chris Huhne MP Chancellor Shadow Solicitor General David Howarth MP*
Spokespersons in the Lords Rt Hon Lord McNally Lord Maclennan of Rogart Lord Smith of Clifton Lord Tyler
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Alistair Carmichael MP*
Shadow Minister Alan Reid MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Smith of Clifton Baroness Harris of Richmond DL#
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SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael MP*
Shadow Minister Alan Reid MP
Spokesperson in the Lords Lord Maclennan of Rogart
TRANSPORT Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker MP*
Shadow Minister John Leech MP Mark Hunter MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Bradshaw Earl of Mar and Kellie DL
TREASURY Shadow Chancellor & Acting Party Leader Dr Vincent Cable MP*
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Jeremy Browne MP* Shadow Minister Colin Breed MP John Pugh MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Newby OBE Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
WELSH AFFAIRS Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Roger Williams MP*
Shadow Minister Mark Williams MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Livsey of Talgarth CBE Lord Roberts of Llandudno#
WOMEN AND EQUALITY Spokesperson in the Lords Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Discrimination Law reform Lord Lester of Herne Hill
WORK & PENSIONS Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Jenny Willot MP*
Shadow Minister Paul Rowen MP John Barrett MP
Spokespersons in the Lords Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Baroness Thomas of Winchester
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WHIPS (COMMONS) Chief Whip Paul Burstow MP* Deputy Whips Adrian Sanders MP Sir Robert SmithMP Whips Paul Keetch MP Dan Rogerson MP Paul Rowen MP Willie Rennie MP Bob Russell MP Roger Williams MP
WHIPS (LORDS) Chief Whip Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE Deputy Chief Whip Lord Addington Whips Baroness Harris of Richmond DL Lord Lee of Trafford Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Teverson
CROSS-PORTFOLIO AND NON- PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITIES Leader's Chief of Staff & Chair of Campaigns and Edward Davey MP* Communications Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary Mark Hunter MP Leader’s Chief of Staff Danny Alexander MP Youth and Equality Spokesperson Lynne Featherstone MP Spokesperson for London Tom Brake MP Chair of the Parliamentary Party Lorely Burt MP* Party President Simon Hughes MP* Chair of Parliamentary Campaigns Team Willie Rennie MP * Party President Simon Hughes MP
* In Shadow Cabinet # Also a Whip
This list is also available at: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/libdems.cfm
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Select Committees as at 5 December 2008
Administration Clerks: Kate Emms & Rhiannon Hollis Members (15) Nominated: 12 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2471 Mr Frank Doran (Lab) (Chairman) Janet Anderson (Lab) Mr Simon Burns (Con) Mr Christopher Chope (Con) Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE (Lab) Derek Conway (Ind Con) Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Lab) Mr Neil Gerrard (Lab) Mr John Heppell (Lab) Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) David Lepper (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab/Co-op) John Mason (SNP) Mr John Randall (Con) John Thurso (LD)
Business and Enterprise Committee Clerks: Eve Samson & Emma Berry Members (11) Nominated: 10 March 2008 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5469/5908 Peter Luff (Con) (Chairman) Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op) Dr Roger Berry (Lab) Mr Brian Binley (Con) Mr Michael Clapham (Lab) Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) Miss Julie Kirkbride (Con) Anne Moffat (Lab) Mr Mark Oaten (LD) Mr Mike Weir (SNP) Mr Anthony Wright (Lab)
Chairmen's Panel Clerk: Mr Liam Laurence Smyth Members (35) Nominated: 24 May 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3257 Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) Mr David Amess (Con) Janet Anderson (Lab) Mr Peter Atkinson (Con) Hugh Bayley (Lab) Miss Anne Begg (Lab) Mr Joe Benton (Lab) John Bercow (Con) Sir John Butterfill (Con) Mr Martin Caton (Lab) Mr Christopher Chope (Con) Frank Cook (Lab) John Cummings (Lab) Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) Mr Roger Gale (Con) Mr Mike Hancock CBE (LD) Mr Jim Hood (Lab) Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) Robert Key (Con) Dr William Mc Crea (DUP) Mr Eric Martlew (Lab) Mr Edward O'Hara (Lab) Mr Bill Olner (Lab) Mr Greg Pope (Lab) David Taylor (Lab/Co-op) Joan Walley (Lab) Mr Mike Weir (SNP) Hywel Williams (PC) Mr David Wilshire (Con) Ann Winterton (Con) Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con)
Children, Schools and Families Clerks: Mr Kenneth Fox & Dr Sarah Thatcher Members (14) Nominated: 9 November 2007 Committee enquiries: 0207 219 6181/1376 Mr Barry Sheerman (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman) Annette Brooke (LD) Ms Dawn Butler (Lab) Mr Douglas Carswell (Con) Mr David Chaytor (Lab) Mr John Heppell (Lab) Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab) Paul Holmes (LD) Fiona Mactaggart (Lab) Mr Andrew Pelling (Ind) Mr Andy Slaughter (Lab) Mr Graham Stuart (Con) Edward Timpson (Con) Lynda Waltho (Lab)
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Committee on Arms Export Controls Clerk: Miss Charlotte Littleboy Members (17) Nominated: 10 March 2008 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 6125 Dr Roger Berry (Lab) (Chairman) Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon John Battle (Lab) John Bercow (Con) Mr Brian Binley (Con) Mr David S. Borrow (Lab) Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD) Richard Burden (Lab) Mr David Crausby (Lab) Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op) Linda Gilroy (Lab/Co-op) Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab) Mr Bernard Jenkin (Con) Mr Paul Keetch (LD) Peter Luff (Con) Mr Mark Oaten (LD) Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con)
Communities and Local Government Clerks: Huw Yardley & Mr Andrew Griffiths Members (11) Nominated: 27 June 2006 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 4972/1353 Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) (Chairman) Sir Paul Beresford (Con) Mr Clive Betts (Lab) John Cummings (Lab) Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op) Andrew George (LD) Mr Greg Hands (Con) Anne Main (Con) Mr Bill Olner (Lab) Dr John Pugh (LD) Ms Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) Clerks: Dr Celia Blacklock (Commons) & Dr Emily Baldock (Lords) Members (24) Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3256 (Commons) & 020 7219 5438 (Lords)
Appointed by the House of Commons on 14 November 2005 John Bercow (Con) Mr Brian Binley (Con) Mr Russell Brown (Lab) Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD) Mr William Cash (Con) Mr Martin Caton (Lab) Colin Challen (Lab) Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell (Con) Paul Farrelly (Lab) Lynda Waltho (Lab)
Appointed by the House of Lords on 14 November 2005 Lord Acton (Lab) Viscount Bledisloe (XB) Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con) Lord Christopher (Lab) Viscount Colville of Culcross Earl Dundee (XB) (XB) Baroness Fookes (Con) Lord Janner of Braunstone Baroness Mallalieu (Lab) (Lab) Lord Metheun (LD) Lord Razall (LD) Rt Hon Lord Rodger of Earlsferry (XB)
Culture, Media & Sport Clerks: Miss Tracey Garratty & Martin Gaunt Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 6188 Mr John Whittingdale (Con) (Chairman) Janet Anderson (Lab) Philip Davies (Con) Mr Nigel Evans (Con) Paul Farrelly (Lab) Mr Mike Hall (Lab) Alan Keen (Lab/Co-op) Rosemary McKenna (Lab) Adam Price (PC) Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) Helen Southworth (Lab)
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Defence Clerks: Mr Mike Hennessy & Mr Richard Ward Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5745 Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con) (Chairman) Mr David S. Borrow (Lab) Mr David Crausby (Lab) Linda Gilroy (Lab/Co-op) Mr David Hamilton (Lab) Mr Mike Hancock CBE (LD) Mr Dai Havard (Lab) Mr Adam Holloway (Con) Mr Bernard Jenkin (Con) Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) Mr Kevan Jones (Lab) Robert Key (Con) John Smith (Lab) Richard Younger-Ross (LD)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Clerks: Mr Richard Cooke & Nerys Welfoot Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3262/5774 Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) (Chairman) Mr Geoffrey Cox (Con) Mr David Drew (Lab/Co-op) Mr James Gray (Con) Patrick Hall (Lab) Lynne Jones (Lab) David Lepper (Lab/Co-op) Miss Anne McIntosh (Con) Dan Rogerson (LD) Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) Rt Hon Gavin Strang (Lab) David Taylor (Lab/Co-op) Paddy Tipping (Lab) Mr Roger Williams (LD)
Environmental Audit Clerks: Gordon Clarke & Miss Anne-Marie Griffiths Members (16) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5776 Mr Tim Yeo (Con) (Chairman) Gregory Barker (Con) Mr Martin Caton (Lab) Colin Challen (Lab) Mr David Chaytor (Lab) Mr Martin Horwood (LD) Mr Nick Hurd (Con) Mark Lazarowicz (Lab/Co-op) Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) Mr Shahid Malik (Lab) Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab/Co-op) Mr Graham Stuart (Con) Jo Swinson (LD) Dr Desmond Turner (Lab) Joan Walley (Lab) Mr Phil Woolas (Lab)
European Scrutiny Clerks: Mr Alistair Doherty & Ms Eliot Barrass Members (16) Nominated: 28 June 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3292/5465 Michael Connarty (Lab) (Chairman) Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op) Mr David S. Borrow (Lab) Mr William Cash (Con) Mr James Clappison (Con) Ms Katy Clark (Lab) Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op) Mr Greg Hands (Con) Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory Rt Hon Keith Hill (Lab) (Con) Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) Mr Bob Laxton (Lab) Angus Robertson (SNP) Mr Anthony Steen (Con) Richard Younger-Ross (LD)
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Finance & Services Clerk: Mr Dorian Gerhold Members (10) Nominated: 13 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3270 Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) (Chairman) Mr Clive Betts (Lab) Mr Crispin Blunt (Con) Mr Paul Burstow (LD) Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Mary Creagh (Lab) Mr Frank Doran (Lab) (Con) Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst Ms Barbara Keeley (Lab) Robert Key (Con) (CWM) Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab/Co-op)
Foreign Affairs Clerks: Dr Robin James & Mr Ed Waller Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 6105/6394 Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman) Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton (Lab) Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory CBE QC (LD) (Con) Mr John Horam (Con) Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) Mr Paul Keetch (LD) Andrew Mackinlay (Lab) Mr Malcolm Moss (Con) Sandra Osborne (Lab) Mr Greg Pope (Lab) Mr Ken Purchase (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Con) Ms Gisela Stuart (Lab)
Health Clerks: Dr David Harrison & Adrian Jenner Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5466/6182 Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) (Chairman) Charlotte Atkins (Lab) Mr Peter Bone (Con) Jim Dowd (Lab) Sandra Gidley (LD) Stephen Hesford (Lab) Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op) Mr Lee Scott (Con) Dr Howard Stoate (Lab) Mr Robert Syms (Con) Dr Richard Taylor (Ind)
Home Affairs Clerks: Elizabeth Flood & Mr Eliot Wilson Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3276 Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) (Chairman) Tom Brake (LD) Ms Karen Buck (Lab) Mr James Clappison (Con) Mrs Ann Cryer (Lab) David T. C. Davies (Con) Mrs Janet Dean (Lab) Patrick Mercer (Con) Margaret Moran (Lab) Gwyn Prosser (Lab) Bob Russell (LD) Martin Salter (Lab) Mr Gary Streeter (Con) Mr David Winnick (Lab)
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Human Rights (Joint Committee) Clerks: Dr Mark Egan (Commons) & Rebecca Neal (Lords) Members (12) Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2797 (Commons) & 020 7219 6772 (Lords)
Appointed by the House of Commons on 11 July 2005 Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) (Chairman) John Austin (Lab) Dr Evan Harris (LD) Virendra Sharma (Lab) Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) Edward Timpson (Con)
Appointed by the House of Lords on 19 July 2005 Lord Bowness (Con) Lord Dubs (Lab) Lord Lester of Herne Hill (LD) Lord Morris of Handsworth Earl Onslow (Con) Baroness Stern (XB) (Lab)
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Clerks: Mrs Sarah Davies & Mr Glenn McKee Members (14) Nominated: 10 March 2008 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2793/2794 Mr Phil Willis (LD) (Chairman) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Mr Tim Boswell (Con) Mr Ian Cawsey (Lab) (Lab) Mrs Nadine Dorries (Con) Dr Ian Gibson (Lab) Dr Evan Harris (LD) Dr Brian Iddon (Lab) Mr Gordon Marsden (Lab) Bob Spink (Ind) Ian Stewart (Lab) Graham Stringer (Lab) Dr Desmond Turner (Lab) Mr Rob Wilson (Con)
International Development Clerks: Mrs Carol Oxborough & Mr Ben Williams Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 1223 Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD) (Chairman) Rt Hon John Battle (Lab) Hugh Bayley (Lab) John Bercow (Con) Richard Burden (Lab) Mr Stephen Crabb (Con) Daniel Kawczynski (Con) Ann McKechin (Lab) Jim Sheridan (Lab) Mr Marsha Singh (Lab) Sir Robert Smith (LD)
Justice Clerks: Mr Fergus Reid & Dr Rebecca Davies Members (14) Nominated: 6 November 2007 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 8196/8198 Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD) (Chairman) Mr David Heath (LD) Mrs Siân C. James (Lab) Daniel Kawczynski (Con) Rt Hon Alun Michael Jessica Morden (Lab) Julie Morgan (Lab) (Lab/Co-op) Bob Neill (Con) Dr Nick Palmer (Lab) Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab/Co-op) Virendra Sharma (Lab) Mr Andrew Turner (Con) Mr Andrew Tyrie (Con) Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab)
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Liaison Clerks: Mr David Natzler & Robert Wilson Members (31) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3313/3286 Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) (Chairman) Rt Hon James Arbuthnot (Con) Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD) Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce (LD) Michael Connarty (Lab) Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) Mr Frank Doran (Lab) Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op) Dr Hywel Francis (Lab) Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Michael Jack (Con) Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) Mr Edward Leigh (Con) Peter Luff (Con) Rt Hon John McFall Rosemary McKenna (Lab) (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) Andrew Miller (Lab) Mr Terry Rooney (Lab) Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Lab) Mr Barry Sheerman Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Keith Vaz (Lab) Mr John Whittingdale (Con) Mr Phil Willis (LD) Dr Tony Wright (Lab) Mr Tim Yeo (Con) Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con)
Modernisation of the House of Commons Clerk: Mr David Natzler Members (15) Nominated: 12 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3318 Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC (Lab) (Chairman) Chris Bryant (Lab) Ms Dawn Butler (Lab) Ann Coffey (Lab) Philip Davies (Con) John Hemming (LD) Rt Hon George Howarth (Lab) Simon Hughes (LD) Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) Mark Lazarowicz (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Theresa May (Con) Mr Richard Shepherd (Con) Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) Dr Howard Stoate (Lab) Sir Nicholas Winterton (Con)
Northern Ireland Affairs Clerks: Mr David Weir & Georgina Holmes-Skelton Members (13) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2173 Sir Patrick Cormack (Con) (Chairman) Mr David Anderson (Lab) Rosie Cooper (Lab) Christopher Fraser (Con) Mr John Grogan (Lab) Mr Stephen Hepburn (Lab) Lady Sylvia Hermon (UU) Kate Hoey (Lab) Dr Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) Mr Denis Murphy (Lab) Stephen Pound (Lab) Mrs Iris Robinson (DU) David Simpson (DU)
Procedure Clerks: Mrs Lynn Gardner & Miss Sara Howe Members (13) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3318/3310 Rt Hon Greg Knight (Con) (Chairman) Ms Celia Barlow (Lab) Mr Christopher Chope (Con) Ms Katy Clark (Lab) Mr Mark Field (Con) Mr Roger Gale (Con) Andrew Gwynne (Lab) John Hemming (LD) Mr Eric Illsley (Lab) Mrs Siân C. James (Lab) Rosemary McKenna (Lab) Mrs Linda Riordan (Lab/Co-op) Sir Robert Smith (LD)
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Public Accounts Clerk: Mr Mark Etherton Members (16) Nominated: 16 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5708 Mr Edward Leigh (Con) (Chairman) Mr Richard Bacon (Con) Angela Browning (Con) Mr Paul Burstow (LD) Rt Hon David Curry (Con) Mr Ian Davidson (Lab/Co-op) Mr Philip Dunne (Con) Angela Eagle (Lab) Nigel Griffiths (Lab) Rt Hon Keith Hill (Lab) Mr Austin Mitchell (Lab) Dr John Pugh (LD) Geraldine Smith (Lab) Rt Hon Don Touhig Rt Hon Alan Williams (Lab) Phil Wilson (Lab) (Lab/Co-op)
Public Administration Clerks: Mr Steven Mark & Ms Laura Dance Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5730 Dr Tony Wright (Lab) (Chairman) Mr David Burrowes (Con) Paul Flynn (Lab) David Heyes (Lab) Kelvin Hopkins (Lab) Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con) Julie Morgan (Lab) Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab) Paul Rowen (LD) Mr Charles Walker (Con) Jenny Willott (LD)
Regulatory Reform Clerk: John Whatley Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2837 Andrew Miller (Lab) (Chairman) Gordon Banks (Lab) Lorely Burt (LD) Mr Quentin Davies (Lab) Mr James Gray (Con) John Hemming (LD) Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab) Mr Stewart Jackson (Con) Judy Mallaber (Lab) Dr Doug Naysmith (Lab/Co-op) Mr Mark Prisk (Con) Mr Jamie Reed (Lab) Mr Anthony Steen (Con) Phil Wilson (Lab)
Scottish Affairs Clerks: Miss Charlotte Littleboy & Georgina Holmes-Skelton Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2173 Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Lab) (Chairman) Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD) Ms Katy Clark (Lab) Mr Ian Davidson (Lab/Co-op) Jim Devine (Lab) Mr Jim McGovern (Lab) David Mundell (Con) Mr Charles Walker (Con) Mr Ben Wallace (Con) Pete Wishart (SNP)
Selection Clerk: Mr Mick Hillyard Members (9) Nominated: 13 July 2005 Rosemary McKenna (Lab) (Chairman) Alistair Burt (Con) Tony Cunningham (Lab) Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy (Lab/Co-op) Mr Andrew Robathan (Con) Mr Frank Roy (Lab) Mr Adrian Sanders (LD) Claire Ward (Lab) Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con)
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Standards and Privileges Clerks: Mr Steve Priestley & Mrs Sarah Hartwell-Naguib Members (10) Nominated: 12 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3259/3317 Rt Hon Sir George Young (Con) (Chairman) Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Lab) Rt Hon David Curry (Con) Mr Andrew Dismore (Lab) Nick Harvey (LD) Mr Elfyn Llwyd (PC) Mr Chris Mullin (Lab) Hon Nicholas Soames (Con) Paddy Tipping (Lab) Dr Alan Whitehead (Lab)
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Clerks: John Whatley (Commons) & Ms Kavanagh (Lords) Members (14) Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2026/2830
Appointed by the House of Commons on 28 June 2005 Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) (Chairman) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Mr Peter Bone (Con) Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) (Lab) Mr David Kidney (Lab) David Simpson (DU)
Appointed by the House of Lords on 15 June 2005 Lord Brett (Lab) Lord Campbell of Alloway Lord Dykes (LD) (Con) Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Kimball (Con) Countess of Mar (XB) (Lab) Lord Walpole (XB)
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) Clerk: John Whatley Members (7) Nominated: 28 June 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2026/2830 Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) (Chairman) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Mr Peter Bone (Con) Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) (Lab) Mr David Kidney (Lab) David Simpson (DU)
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) Clerks: Dr Celia Blacklock (Commons) & Emily Bladock (Lords) Members (13) Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3258 (Commons)/020 7219 5438 (Lords)
Appointed by the House of Commons on 29 November 2005 Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC (Con) (Chairman) Mr Colin Breed (LD) Mr Quentin Davies (Lab) Rt Hon John Healey (Lab) Kali Mountford (Lab) Mr Andy Reed (Lab/Co-op) Sir Peter Viggers (Con)
Appointed by the House of Lords on 29 November 2005 Lord Blackwell (Con) Lord Christopher (Lab) Lord Goodhart (LD) Lord Haskel (Lab) Rt Hon Lord Millett (XB) Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree (Con)
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Transport Clerks: Ms Annette Toft & Miss Jyoti Chandola Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 6263/3266 Mrs Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman) Mr David Clelland (Lab) Clive Efford (Lab) Mr Philip Hollobone (Con) Mr John Leech (LD) Mr Eric Martlew (Lab) Mark Pritchard (Con) Graham Stringer (Lab) Mr David Wilshire (Con) Sammy Wilson (DU)
Treasury Clerks: Dr John Benger & Mrs Sîan Woodward Members (14) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5769 Rt Hon John McFall (Lab/Co-op) (Chairman) Nick Ainger (Lab) Mr Graham Brady (Con) Mr Colin Breed (LD) Jim Cousins (Lab) Mr Stephen Crabb (Con) Mr Michael Fallon (Con) Ms Sally Keeble (Lab) Mr Andy Love (Lab/Co-op) Mr George Mudie (Lab) Mr Siôn Simon (Lab) John Thurso (LD) Mr Mark Todd (Lab) Sir Peter Viggers (Con)
Unopposed Bills (Panel) Clerk: Mr Mike Clark Members (19) Nominated: 19 October 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3771 Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst (Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) Sylvia Heal (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) Sir Michael Lord (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (ex officio) John Austin (Lab) Mr Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op) Gordon Banks (Lab) Peter Bottomley (Con) Sir John Butterfill (Con) Colin Challen (Lab) Paul Farrelly (Lab) Mr Brian Jenkins (Lab) Helen Jones (Lab) Siobhain McDonagh (Lab) John Mann (Lab) Sir Robert Smith (LD) Sir Peter Tapsell (Con) Jon Trickett (Lab) Mr Robert Walter (Con) Ann Winterton (Con)
Welsh Affairs Clerks: Dr Sue Griffiths & Georgina Holmes-Skelton Members (11) Nominated: 13 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3264/6189 Dr Hywel Francis (Lab) (Chairman) David T. C. Davies (Con) Nia Griffith (Lab) Mrs Siân C. James (Lab) Mr David Jones (Con) Mr Martyn Jones (Lab) Rt Hon Alun Michael (Lab/Co-op) Albert Owen (Lab) Mark Pritchard (Con) Hywel Williams (PC) Mark Williams (LD)
Work and Pensions Clerks: Mr James Rhys & Miss Emma Graham Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 5833/5832 Mr Terry Rooney (Lab) (Chairman) Miss Anne Begg (Lab) Harry Cohen (Lab) Michael Jabez Foster (Lab) Mr Oliver Heald (Con) John Howell (Con) Mrs Joan Humble (Lab) Tom Levitt (Lab) Greg Mulholland (LD) John Penrose (Con) Jenny Willott (LD)
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Other Select Committees
Advisory Committee on Works of Art Clerk: Miss Rhiannon Hollis Members (11) Nominated: 11 July 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 2420 Mr Hugo Swire (Con) (Chairman) Mr Peter Ainsworth (Con) Mr Frank Doran (Lab) Lady Sylvia Hermon (UU) Anne Main (Con) Judy Mallaber (Lab) Christine Russell (Lab) John Thurso (LD) Derek Wyatt (Lab)
Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Clerk: Contact Cabinet Office Members (9) Committee enquiries: 020 7276 3000 Rt Hon Margaret Beckett (Lab) (Chairman) Rt Hon Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab/Co-op) Rt Hon Michael Ancram, Earl of QC (Con) Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC (LD) Ben Chapman (Lab) Rt Hon George Howarth (Lab) Rt Hon Michael Mates (Con) Richard Ottaway (Con) Ms Dari Taylor (Lab)
Members Estimate Clerk: Mr Dorian Gerhold Members (6) Nominated: 29 January 2004 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3270
Sir Stuart Bell (Lab) Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC (Lab) Nick Harvey (LD) Rt Hon David Maclean (Con) Rt Hon Michael J. Martin (SPK) Rt Hon Theresa May (Con)
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Speaker's Committee Clerk: Steve Priestley Members (9) Nominated: 24 May 2005 Committee enquiries: 020 7219 3259 Rt Hon Michael J. Martin (SPK) (Chairman) Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (LD) Rt Hon John Healey (Lab) Lady Sylvia Hermon (UU) Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman (Lab) Mr Humfrey Malins (Con) Rt Hon Jack Straw (Lab) Mr Gary Streeter (Con) Sir Peter Viggers (Con)
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House of Commons – Principal Officers
The Speaker - Rt Hon Michael J Martin MP
Chairman of Ways and Means – Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means – Mrs Sylvia Heal MP
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means – Sir Michael Lord MP
House of Commons Commission Rt Hon The Speaker (Chairman), Sir Stuart Bell MP, Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Nick Harvey MP, Rt Hon David Maclean MP, Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Secretary of the Commission – Dorian Gerhold
Assistant Secretary – Jenny McCullough
Board of Management Malcolm Jack, PhD (Chief Executive), Douglas Millar, CB (Director General, Chamber and Committee Services), John Pullinger (Director General, Information Services), Andrew Walker (Director General, Resources), John Borley, CB (Director General, Facilities), Joan Miller (Director of Parliamentary ICT) (External Member), Alex Jablonowski (External Member)
Secretary of the Board of Management – Philippa Helme
Speaker’s Secretary – Angus Sinclair
Speaker’s Counsel – Michael Carpenter
Speaker’s Chaplain – Rev. Canon Robert Wright
Medical Adviser to the Speaker – Dr. Ron Zeegan, OBE, FRCP, MRCS, DObst, RCOG
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards – John Lyon, CB
A full list of principal officers and officials of the House of Commons is published in the Official Report (Hansard) following each recess
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Visits to the Gallery of the House of Commons
The Public Gallery is open to the public when the House is sitting, which is usually:
• 14.30 – 22.30 or later on Mondays and Tuesdays • 11.30 – 19.30 on Wednesdays • 10.30 – 18.30 on Thursdays • 09.30 – 15.00 on sitting Fridays
When the House returns after a recess on a day other than a Monday, the first day will have Monday sitting times.
Recess
The Public Gallery is closed to the public when the House is in recess. The provisional recess dates announced for the session 2008/09 are (all dates inclusive):
Recess From To Christmas recess 19 December 2008 11 January 2009 Half Term recess 13 February 2009 22 February 2009 Easter recess 3 April 2009 19 April 2009 Whitsun recess 22 May 2009 31 May 2009 Summer recess 22 Jul y 2009 11 October 2009
Attending on Monday – Thursday: Question Time
The first hour of proceedings on these days is devoted to Question Time. On Wednesdays, the last half hour of Question Time is taken by Prime Minister’s Questions.
To attend at Question Time, United Kingdom residents should write to their local Member of Parliament. Members have only a small allocation of tickets so requests should be made as far in advance as possible.
Foreign and Commonwealth visitors can apply to their Embassy or High Commission in the UK for a card of introduction. This does not guarantee entry to Question Time, but does give the holder entry ahead of visitors waiting in the public queue. Embassies and High Commissions may issue no more than four cards on any day, so visitors from certain countries may find cards are booked for several weeks ahead. Please note that such cards do not guarantee entry at 14.30 (Mondays and Tuesdays), 11.30 (Wednesdays) or 10.30 (Thursdays). Quite often, it will not be possible to admit their bearers until after Question Time – that is, after 15.30 (Mondays and Tuesdays), 12.30 (Wednesdays) or 11.30 (Thursdays). British embassies abroad do not issue such cards.
Australian and Canadian visitors may apply to the London office of their province or state as an alternative to their High Commission.
People from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, British colonies and Commonwealth territories unrepresented in London may apply to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (020 7219 5378) for tickets.
Attending on Monday – Thursday: other debates
Those visitors attending Question Time may, if desired, stay in the Public Gallery for subsequent debates.
Other visitors may join the public queue outside St Stephen's Entrance. A wait of 1 or 2 hours is common during the afternoons. Generally speaking, after ticket holders have left the Gallery and the afternoon queue has been cleared, there is not, except during controversial debates, too much pressure on places in the Gallery. Visitors who wish to minimise waiting times should therefore arrive at about 16.00 or later on Mondays and Tuesdays, 13.00 or later on Wednesdays, and 12.00 or later on Thursdays. The House of Commons Information Office can advise what is to be debated.
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Attending on Fridays
It is usually fairly easy to get into the Gallery on sitting Fridays. Advance bookings for Fridays, through Members of Parliament, may be made; but it is normally possible to enter the Gallery, without queuing, at the start of the day's proceedings. Later in the day a queue tends to develop and some delay is probable.
The House of Commons does not sit every Friday, but will sit on the following Fridays in 2008/09 session (all dates provisional): 27 February; 6, 13, 20 and 27 March; 24 April; 8 and 15 May; 12, 19 and 26 June; 3 July and 16 October
Attending Sittings of the House in Westminster Hall
Sittings in Westminster Hall take place at the following times:
• 09.30 – 14.00 on Tuesdays • 09.30 – 11.30 and 14.30 – 17.00 on Wednesdays • 14.30 – 17.30 on Thursdays
Finishing times in the afternoon may be later in certain circumstances. Places are limited; there is no system of tickets or advance booking. Visitors who wish to attend a sitting should go to St Stephen’s Entrance, where they will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.
Attending meetings of Committees
Select and General Committees meet throughout the week, although not usually on Fridays. Places are limited and there is no system of tickets or advance booking. The Information Office can advise when and where meetings will take place. This information is also available on the Commons Committee Homepage of the UK Parliament website at http://www.parliament.uk/what_s_on/hoc_news3.cfm. Only evidence-taking sessions of Select Committees are normally open to the public.
Directions
In most cases visitors should go to St Stephen's Entrance, where they will be shown by the Police to a queue, or directly up to the Gallery or Committee Room as the case may be. St Stephen’s Entrance is at the centre of the Palace of Westminster, opposite the east end of Westminster Abbey. The nearest Underground Station is Westminster; Buses 3, 11, 12, 24, 53, 77A, 88, 148, 159, 211 and 453 all stop nearby. Car parking is not available for visitors; there is, however, a Masterpark car park (charges are payable) off Abingdon Street (near Victoria Tower). This is often full and, as meter parking around Westminster is scarce and expensive, visitors are advised to travel by public transport. There are spaces for bicycles at the Masterpark car park, but not for motorcycles (motorcycle parking available to season ticket holders only).
Some Committee meetings are held in Portcullis House, above Westminster Underground Station. The entrance to Portcullis House is on Victoria Embankment, facing the river.
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Tours of the Houses of Parliament
This information sheet provides information on touring the Houses of Parliament. There are different arrangements for when Parliament is or is not sitting.
Details of how to visit the Gallery in order to watch a debate in the House of Commons are available in a separate information sheet available from the House of Commons Information Office.
Tours for United Kingdom Residents – general notes
People resident in this country should contact their local Member of Parliament or a Peer whom they know. If you are unsure of your local Member of Parliament’s details please contact the House of Commons Information Office, ask at your main local library, or see our Find Your MP service on the Internet at: http://www.upmystreet.com/commons/l/. Applications for tours can be made up to six months prior to the intended tour date. There is no charge for tours arranged through a Member of Parliament or a Peer of the House of Lords. Demand is high so flexibility regarding dates and times is an advantage.
The address for contacting MPs is: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Tours for United Kingdom Residents – on days when Parliament is sitting
When Parliament is in Session, tours are available at the following times: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings: 09.00 – 12 noon Friday afternoons (15.30 – 17.00) if the House is sitting, or all day Friday (09.30 – 17.00) if not.
Please note that on Wednesday mornings, there will be no access to the Commons chamber after 09.30.
The House of Commons does not sit every Friday, but will sit on the following Fridays in 2008/09 session (all dates provisional): 27 February; 6, 13, 20 and 27 March; 24 April; 8 and 15 May; 12, 19 and 26 June; 3 July and 16 October.
Tours for United Kingdom Residents - during recess
The provisional recess dates announced for the Session 2007/08 are (all dates inclusive):
Recess From To Christmas recess 19 December 2008 11 January 2009 Half Term recess 13 February 2009 22 February 2009 Easter recess 3 April 2009 19 April 2009 Whitsun recess 22 May 2009 31 May 2009 Summer recess 22 Jul y 2009 11 October 2009
Tours take place Monday to Friday between 09.30 – 17.00 during all recesses except Summer and Christmas.
During the summer recess, tours take place during: July / August: Wednesdays & Thursdays: 09.30 – 12 noon September: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 09.30 – 12 noon
Tours during summer recess – Summer Opening
During the summer recess, UK residents and overseas visitors can buy tickets to tour Parliament. Tours run from Monday to Saturday, there are no tours on Sundays or Bank Holidays. Further details of the Summer Opening, including ticketing arrangements, will be available nearer the time and will also be published on the UK Parliament website’s ‘Visiting Parliament’ pages at http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting.cfm.
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Overseas Visitors
Overseas visitors can tour the Houses of Parliament during the period of the Summer Opening (see above).
Overseas visitors are able to attend debates. There is a separate information sheet, available from the House of Commons Information Office, which gives details of how to visit the Gallery in order to watch a debate in the House of Commons.
Educational Institutions
Schools or other educational institutions based in this country should normally contact their local MP to arrange a tour of the Houses of Parliament. However, the Education Service offers a range of educational visits for students Yrs 3 – 13. Teachers and others wishing to participate are advised to contact the Education Service early for further details on all visit programmes.
For all other educational visits, organisers should write to their local MP. An information leaflet, Educational Visits to Parliament, is available from the Education Service on request.
The contact details for the Education Service are:
Education Service Houses of Parliament London, SW1A 2TT Telephone: 020 7219 4496 E-mail: [email protected]
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State of the Parties in the House of Commons as at 5 December 2008
Labour 350 Independent Labour 1 (Clare Short)
Conservative 193 Independent Conservative 1 (Derek Conway)
Liberal Democrat 63 Independent 5 (Dr Richard Taylor, Dai Davies, Andrew Pelling, Robert Wareing, Bob Spink)
Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru 10 Respect 1 (SNP – Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, (George Galloway) Wishart, MacNeil, Hosie & Mason/ PC – Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams)
Democratic Unionist Party 9 (Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, 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 (Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia normally & Ms Gildernew) seats and Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd vote) cannot vote) DCWM)
Social Democratic & Labour Party 3 Vacant seats 0
(Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady)
646 Total number of seats
Ulster Unionist 1 Current working Government Majority 63 (Lady Sylvia Hermon) (350 Labour MPs less 287 of all other parties – excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein)
The total number of women MPs is 125: (Lab 94; Con 17; 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 about Members of Parliament by Party, Constituency and Region can be found on the parliamentary website at the following: http://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 Robin Cook 29.9.2005 Jim Devine (Lab) 10.10.2005 25.10.2005 (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 David 10.07.2008 David Davis (Con) 14.07.2008 (5.11.1987) and Howden 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 tbc (Lab) (12.8.2008)
Further information about the By-Election process can be found in the House of Commons Information Office Factsheet M7 Parliamentary Elections on the parliamentary website at the following: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm
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Political Party Contacts
LABOUR PARTY SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY CONSERVATIVE PARTY 39 Victoria Street 107 McDonald Road Conservative Campaign Headquarters London Edinburgh 30 Millbank SW1H 0HA EH7 4NW London Tel: 08705 900200 Tel: 0131 525 8900 SW1P 4DP http://www.labour.org.uk http://www.snp.org Tel: 020 7222 9000 http://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 http://www.plaidcymru.org http://www.libdems.org.uk BT7 1SH Tel: 028 9024 7700 http://www.sdlp.ie/
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Booklist – This issue p50 By-elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2005 – This issue p101 HM Government – This issue p64 Her Majesty’s Official Opposition – This issue p73 House of Commons: Principal Officers – This issue p95 Information on the House of Commons – This issue p49 Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Team – This issue p78 Members of Parliament – This issue p51 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) – This issue p84 Visits to the House of Commons – This issue p96
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