HOUSE OF COMMONS

SESSIONAL DIARY 2008–09

3 December 2008 to 12 November 2009

Prepared in the Journal Office of the House of Commons INTRODUCTION

1. This diary records the business on which the House spent its time in Session 2008–09, analysed into categories, and similar information for sittings in Westminster Hall. It is intended mainly to provide information in response to statistical inquiries, and in using it the following points should be borne in mind:

(a) The diary does not include business which took little or no time, such as presentations of bills, unopposed private business, and motions agreed to without debate or division.

(b) Divisions are normally included with the business to which they relate.

(c) Timings are taken from the Official Report, using the printed times where available, and otherwise taking a column of debate to last three minutes. Daily prayers are assumed to last a standard five minutes (and are not itemised in the analysis), and the time at which the House rose is taken from the Votes and Proceedings.

(d) Periods of suspension are included in the total sitting time, and are listed in section 14h of the analysis (Miscellaneous). However, the 2½-hour suspension from 11.30 to 14.00 in Westminster Hall on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays (introduced on 1 January 2003) is shown in brackets in the “Duration” column and is left out of the totals. Other suspensions in Westminster Hall are included in the totals and in the analysis under section 5.

(e) The times in the column headed “After appointed time” refer to business taken after the time appointed as the “moment of interruption”. In Session 2008–09, these times were as follows:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2200 2200 *1900 1800 1430 * 2200 on the day of the State Opening of Parliament and immediately following a periodic adjournment.

(f) All times are in hours and minutes, using the 24-hour clock.

2. A Sessional Diary has been kept in the Journal Office for most sessions since 1906, although in the early years times were kept only to the nearest quarter hour. An analysis substantially in the current form begins in the 1960s. The totals from the analysis have been reproduced in the Sessional Information Digest since 1984–85 and in the House’s Sessional Returns since 1987–88.

ii TABLE OF CONTENTS AND TOTALS

Part Contents Duration After Page appointed time I Diary for House 2

II Analysis for House 1053.51 84.19 1. Addresses other than Prayers 31.35 1.54 91 2. Government bills 257.50 14.46 a Second readings: committed to standing 61.47 0.48 91 committee b Second readings: committal to Committee of 28.04 3.02 92 whole House (wholly or partly) c Second readings: no committal (Consolidation — — bills) d Committee of the whole House 43.17 7.11 92 e Consideration 77.53 0.49 93 f Third reading 9.04 0.43 93 g Lords amendments 28.38 0.58 94 h Allocation of time motions 8.11 0.57 94 i Committal and carry-over motions 0.56 0.18 95 3. Private Members’ bills 61.11 0.22 a Second readings (and all stages) 48.23 0.15 95 b Later stages 12.48 0.07 96 4. Private bills at time for opposed private business 3.56 — 96 5. Government motions 162.40 3.05 a documents 5.32 — 96 b Business motions 1.55 0.13 97 c General 39.00 2.52 97 d General debates 100.01 — e Topical debates 16.12 — 6. Opposition business 127.18 6.30 a Opposition days 127.18 6.30 99 b Opposition motions in Government time — — 7. Private Members’ motions 16.54 0.07 a Substantive motions 8.12 0.07 100 b Ten-minute rule motions 8.42 — 101 8. Adjournment motions 85.12 49.29 a Government — — b Recess 15.55 0.01 102 c S.O. No. 24 debates — —

iii Part Contents Duration After Page appointed time d Daily 69.17 49.28 102 9. Estimates 13.41 0.07 105 10. Money Resolutions 1.32 0.26 105 11. Ways and Means 22.44 1.21 105 12. Affirmative Statutory Instruments 12.30 0.18 106 13. Negative Statutory Instruments 7.07 — 106 14. Business when no Question before House 238.47 5.54 a Questions 91.37 — 106 b Topical Questions 21.45 — 110 c Urgent Questions 4.05 — 112 d Statements 65.08 2.13 112 e Business Statements 24.59 0.07 115 f S.O. No. 24 Applications 0.07 — 116 g Points of order 10.48 1.02 117 h Public petitions 3.02 2.24 143 i Miscellaneous 17.16 0.08 145 15. Daily prayers 10.54 — 146

III Diary for Westminster Hall 147

IV Analysis for Westminster Hall 337.48 — 1. Private Members’ Adjournment Debates 259.14 — 164 2. Government Adjournment Debates 15.01 — 170 3. Liaison Committee Adjournment Debates 52.27 — 170 4. Questions — — 5. Miscellaneous 11.06 — 171

iv PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 1 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE

This page intentionally left blank 2 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 1. Wednesday 3rd December 2008 11.25 Prayers 0.05 11.30 Suspension 3.00 14.30 Speaker’s Statement: arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for 0.07 Ashford 14.37 Points of Order: Mr : asking for an assurance that Members 0.15 taking part in the debate on the establishment of a committee to look into the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be free to question the conduct of Ministers, civil servants and the House authorities. Sir Menzies Campbell: asking for as assurance that the Committee, when established, would be entitled to have access to information from the Government, Members of Parliament, the police, and Officers of the House of Commons. John Reid: asking for the debate on the establishment of the Committee to consider both the rights and privileges of Parliament, and the fact that Members are not above the law. : asking to make clear that he did not consider Members of Parliament to be above the law, but that it was not a crime to expose facts that Ministers would prefer to keep hidden. Mr Denis MacShane: asking for the debate to consider that a systematic breach of confidence in a Minister’s office destroys confidence in democratic government. Mr : asking for an assurance that the Executive would be asked to draft the motion for debate in a way that would take account of representations from both sides of the House. Mr David Winnick: asking that the senior police officers responsible for the entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford be called to the bar of the House to explain their conduct. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking what powers were available to the House to call to account the senior police officers responsible for the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Andrew Mackinlay: asking at what time the Clerk of the House or the Clerk Assistant were informed of the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Sir Alan Beith: asking for an assurance that Officers of the House would be supported in protecting the rights of Members to communicate with their constituents in confidence. Tom Levitt: asking for an assertion by the Speaker on behalf of the House that Ministers have the right to expect loyalty and discretion from their staff. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking about the length of the debate on the establishment of the Committee to look into the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr George Howarth: asking for the Speaker to issue guidance on the terms in which the motion establishing the Committee should be debated. 14.52 Address: [1st Day] 0.45 15.37 Point of Order: John Reid: asking to point out that he had not supported the 0.01 arrest of a Member of Parliament, as had been suggested by the Leader of the Opposition. 15.38 Address: [1st Day] [resumed] 0.36 16.14 Points of Order: Mr Michael Howard: asking whether the Prime Minister was 0.02 criticising the content of the Speaker’s statement. Mr William Cash: asking for confirmation that the Speaker’s statement did not constitute a decision of the House itself. PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 3 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 16.16 Address: [1st Day] [resumed] 4.04 20.20 Point of Order: David Taylor: asking if there was a problem with the acoustics in 1.10 the Chamber. 21.30 Adjournment: David Wright: Health Services (Telford) 0.18 21.48 Point of Order: Mr William Cash: asking to be allowed to participate in the 0.01 Adjournment debate. 21.49 Adjournment: David Wright: Health Services (Telford) [resumed] 0.06 21.55 House rose [Totals for session: 10.30; 0.00] 10.30 0.00 2. Thursday 4th December 2008 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Business Statement: 0.46 11.21 Statement: The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 1.00 Government Information (Unauthorised Release) 12.21 Points of Order: Damien Green: asking to correct the on the 0.10 wording of his arrest warrant. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking about the inadequacy of a document placed in the library for answering a question to the Home Secretary. Simon Hughes: asking whether the House had the power to sit in private, and asking for the Home Secretary’s response to the European Court ruling that it was not legal to retain DNA samples. Mr Michael Jack: asking for the Official Report to be corrected if the Home Secretary’s statement with regard to the hon. Member for Ashford’s arrest warrant was found to be erroneous. Mr Richard Benyon: asking for confirmation that access to the House of Commons server was covered by the Wilson Doctrine. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking whether any statement by the Home Secretary could be believed, in the event that her statement with regard to the hon. Member for Ashford’s arrest warrant was found to be erroneous. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the Home Secretary was intending to place in the Library a list of the actual leaks that lead to the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr David Burrowes: asking whether the language used by the hon. Member for Worthing West, with regard to the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford, had been sufficiently temperate. Mrs : asking whether the membership of the Committee to investigate the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be appointed by the Speaker, as set out in his statement, or to reflect the composition of the House, as set out by the Leader of the House. John Reid: asking for any Member who had received leaked documents concerning national security to bring those documents before the House. 12.31 Address [2nd Day] 0.57 13.28 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the annunciators were 0.01 operating correctly. 13.29 Address [2nd Day] [resumed] 3.56 17.25 Adjournment: Mrs Maria Miller: Naomi House Children’s Hospice 0.48 0.13 18.13 House rose [Totals for session: 18.13; 0.13] 7.43 0.13 4 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 3. Monday 8th December 2008 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Business Motion: Business of the House [Division] 0.41 15.16 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 0.31 the Parliamentary Estate 15.47 Point of Order: Mr George Howarth: asking whether the comments of the 0.01 Shadow Leader of the House were prejudicial to any future inquiry. 15.48 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 0.08 the Parliamentary Estate [resumed] 15.56 Point of Order: Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for reassurance that if a Member were 0.01 going to make an attack of a personal naure on another Member, it would be in order for him to notify that Member in advance. 15.57 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 0.05 the Parliamentary Estate [resumed] 16.02 Point of Order: Mr Tom Harris: asking how a letter came to be deposited in his 0.02 Parliamentary Office when he had left the office locked. 16.04 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 0.19 the Parliamentary Estate [resumed] 16.23 Point of Order: Mr Dominic Grieve: asking to clarify what he had said about 0.01 whether a civil servant should be sacked. 16.24 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 1.26 the Parliamentary Estate [resumed] [Division] 17.50 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Speaker would be 0.02 making a further statement given that the motion agreed to for the establishment of a Committee to look into the arrest and entry into offices of the hon. Member for Ashford was different to that originally proposed by the Speaker in his statement to the House on 3 December. 17.52 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on 0.15 the Parliamentary Estate [resumed] [Division] 18.07 Points of Order: Simon Hughes: asking to notify the House that the Leader of the 0.03 Liberal Democrats would not feel able to recommend participation in the Committee, given the restrictions on when it would meet and the provisions made for its membership; asking whether the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges would be able to investigate the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mrs Theresa May: asking to notify the House that the Leader of the Opposition would not feel able to recommend participation in the Committee, given the restrictions on when it would meet and the provisions made for its membership; asking whether the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges would be able to investigate the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr David Winnick: asking for a further statement from the Speaker on the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether the Speaker was still able to refer complaints about breach of privilege to precedents and to a motion on the Floor of the House in the usual way. Sir George Young: asking to clarify that the Standards and Privileges Committee could only consider matters specifically referred to it by the House. Richard Younger-Ross: asking for an assurance that the police had not accessed PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 5 Time Subject Duration After appointed time the details of constituents kept on the parliamentary server by Members. 18.10 Address: [3rd Day] 4.50 1.00 23.00 Public Petition: Bill Etherington: Health Care (Sunderland) 0.02 0.02 23.02 Adjournment: Dr Richard Taylor: Consultations on Post Office Closures 0.28 0.28 23.30 House rose [Totals for session: 27.13; 1.43] 9.00 1.30 4. Tuesday 9th December 2008 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.41 15.16 Topical Questions: Justice 0.15 15.31 Speaker’s Statement: Parliamentary Network and the Wilson Doctrine 0.02 15.33 Points of Order: Mr Peter Bone: asking why the Secretary of State for 0.03 Communities and Local Government had not informed him that she would be visiting his constituency. Mike Penning: asking whether the police could have accessed the parliamentary servers without the permission of PICT. Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: asking whether it was in order for the House to debate European matters preparatory to the European Council meeting, when draft conclusions for that meeting had already been prepared. 15.36 General Debate: European Affairs 0.40 16.16 Point of Order: Daniel Kawczynski: asking to state for the record that he had not 0.01 called for a withdrawal from the European Union. 16.17 General Debate: European Affairs [resumed] 1.34 17.51 Point of Order: Chris Grayling: asking what could be done to ensure that 0.01 Ministers made announcements first to the House itself rather than to the media. 17.52 General Debate: European Affairs [resumed] 4.08 22.00 Point of Order: Mr William Cash: asking whether the report by Ian Johnston of 0.02 0.02 the British Transport Police into the case relating to the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be made available to Members. 22.02 Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Life Skills (National Curriculum) 0.26 0.26 22.28 House rose [Totals for session: 35.11; 2.11] 7.58 0.28 6 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 5. Wednesday 10th December 2008 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (): 1.06 Welfare Reform 13.38 Points of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether the Government would be 0.02 making a statement on taking responsibility for the damage still remaining after the Buncefield disaster. Mr Alistair Carmichael: asking the Speaker to protect constituents from allegedly misleading statements by Government Departments. 13.40 Address: [4th Day] 5.20 19.00 Point of Order: Dr Liam Fox: asking whether the Government would be making 0.01 0.01 an oral statement on the Defence procurement programme. 19.01 Public Petitions: Mr Peter Bone: Flooding (Northamptonshire); Planning and 0.03 0.03 Development (Northamptonshire). 19.04 Adjournment: Mr Graham Stuart: Rivers Hull and Humber (Flood Risk) 0.30 0.30 19.34 House rose [Totals for session: 43.15; 2.45] 8.04 0.34 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 7 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 6. Thursday 11th December 2008 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.30 11.05 Topical Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.12 11.17 Questions: Church Commissioners (2); Public Accounts Commission (2); Church 0.14 Commissioners (4); Public Accounts Commission (2); Church Commissioners (3); Public Accounts Commission (1) 11.31 Business Statement: 0.59 12.30 Statement: The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Mr Tony 0.36 McNulty): Benefits Uprating 13.06 Points of Order: Mrs Theresa May; Simon Hughes; Mr Shailesh Vara: asking 0.10 whether the Prime Minister or Chancellor would be coming to the House to make a statement on Equitable Life before the Christmas recess, as promised on 3 December. Dr Liam Fox; Dr Julian Lewis; Mr Gary Streeter: asking for an oral statement on defence procurement. Mark Pritchard; Dr Andrew Murrison: asking why the Government had chosen to make an announcement relating to defence training to the press rather than to the House. Mr Peter Bone: asking why a question for oral answer had been removed from the Order Paper. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether Members would be in order to debate defence procurement during a debate on defence personnel. 13.16 Address: [5th Day] 0.45 14.01 Point of Order: Mr Andrew Lansley: asking to put on the record that he had 0.01 visited Fairfield hospital on two occasions. 14.02 Address: [5th Day] [Division] 4.13 0.15 18.15 Adjournment: Mr Peter Bone: Out-patient Facilities (Rushden) 0.30 0.30 18.45 House rose [Totals for session: 51.30; 3.30] 8.15 0.45 7. Monday 15th December 2008 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.15 15.30 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr ): EU Council/Afghanistan, 1.01 India and Pakistan 16.31 Points of Order: Mr Andrew Pelling: asking whether the Government would be 0.01 making a statement on the Madoff fraud. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the failure of the Greater Manchester congestion charge. 16.32 Address: [6th Day] [Divisions] 6.07 0.39 22.39 Petitions: Lindsay Roy: Criminal Sentencing 0.04 0.04 Hugh Bayley: Fire and Rescue Services (York) 22.43 Adjournment: Andrew George: Grocery Sector 0.30 0.30 23.13 House rose [Totals for session: 60.13; 4.43] 8.43 1.13 8 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 8. Tuesday 16th December 2008 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.18 15.33 Speaker’s Statement: duties and responsibilities of Members 0.02 15.35 Statement: The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr Pat 1.00 McFadden): Royal Mail 16.35 Statement: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack 0.39 Straw): Family Justice 17.14 Statement: The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (): 0.53 Sutherland Inquiry 18.07 Points of Order: Daniel Kawczynski: asking why the Prime Minister would not 0.02 be coming to the House before the Christmas Recess to make a statement about Equitable Life, as promised on 3 December. Mr Kevin Barron: asking if there was a way of protecting backbench time for the discussion of estimates. 18.09 Estimates: [1st Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: 2.00 Energy Prices, Fuel Poverty, and Ofgem 20.09 Estimates: [1st Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department of Health: Dental Services 1.53 0.02 22.02 Points of Order: Mr William Cash; Mr Richard Bacon: asking for the report of 0.06 0.06 Chief Constable Johnston of the British Transport Police on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford to be made available to the House. 22.08 Public Petitions: Mr Fraser Kemp: Northern Rock 0.02 0.02 Mr Peter Bone: Planning and Development (Northamptonshire) 22.10 Adjournment: Norman Baker: Teachers and Pupils (Physical Contact) 0.23 0.23 22.33 House rose [Totals for session: 68.16; 5.16] 8.03 0.33 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 9 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 9. Wednesday 17th December 2008 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Speaker’s Statement: Speaker’s Committee on the search of offices on the 0.01 Parliamentary Estate 12.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.55 (): Pitt Report. 13.27 Points of Order: Mr Michael Howard; Mr : asking the Speaker to 0.08 inform the House of the reasons for deciding not to refer the matter of the arrest and search of the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford to the Standards and Privileges Committee. Mr William Cash; Simon Hughes: asking for the report of Chief Constable Johnston of the British Transport Police on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford to be made available to the House. 13.35 Third Reading: Banking Bill 0.59 14.34 Point of Order: Mr Charles Walker: asking the Chair to confirm that the House 0.01 would shortly be rising for ‘Christmas’ recess, not ‘Seasonal’ recess. 14.35 Negative Statutory Instrument: Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2008 1.45 (S.I., 2008. No. 3020) [Division] 16.20 Point of Order: Mr Anthony Steen: asking for statements and announcements to 0.04 be made to the House, rather than to the media or leaked out from Government Departments. 16.24 General Government Motion: Parliamentary Pensions 0.33 16.57 Point of Order: Chris Bryant: asking for the two motions on the Electoral 0.01 Commission to be debated together. 16.58 General Government Motion: Electoral Commission (Appointment and 1.27 Remuneration of Chairman) 18.25 Points of Order: Bob Spink; Kate Hoey: asking for the two questions on the 0.02 Electoral Commission to be put separately. 18.27 General Government Motion: Electoral Commission (Appointment and 0.13 Remuneration of Chairman) [resumed] [Division] 18.40 Public Petitions: Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Pharmacy Services 0.05 (Gloucestershire) John Smith: Dangerous Drivers Mr Paul Goodman: Health Services (Wycombe) 18.45 Adjournment: Mr Fraser Kemp: Cervical Cancer Screening 0.30 0.15 19.15 House rose [Totals for session: 76.01; 5.31] 7.45 0.15 10 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 10. Thursday 18th December 2008 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.16 11.31 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Iraq 1.00 12.31 Business Statement: 0.34 13.05 Recess Adjournment: [Christmas Adjournment] 4.55 18.00 Public Petition: Mr David Amess: Immigration and Citizenship 0.01 0.01 18.01 Adjournment: Mr Andrew Pelling: Sri Lanka 0.30 0.30 18.31 House rose [Totals for session: 84.02; 6.02] 8.01 0.31 11. Monday 12th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.41 15.16 Topical Questions: Defence 0.15 15.31 Statement: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 1.00 Miliband): Gaza 16.31 Point of Order: Jeremy Corbyn: asking whether the Government had indicated 0.01 that there would be a wider debate on the matter of Gaza. 16.32 Second Reading: Business Rate Supplements Bill [Division] 3.46 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 20.18 Allocation of Time: Business Rate Supplements Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.12 20.30 Adjournment: Mr Charles Walker: Mental Health Advocacy 0.47 21.17 House rose [Totals for session: 90.49; 6.02] 6.47 0.00 12. Tuesday 13th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.42 15.17 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.15 15.32 Second Reading: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 2.49 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 18.21 Allocation of Time: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.17 18.38 Business Statement: 0.10 18.48 Public Petition: Mr Denis Murphy: Northern Rock 0.01 18.49 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking why certain Government motions 0.01 had not been moved. 18.50 Adjournment: Mr David S Borrow: Flooding (South Ribble) 0.46 19.36 House rose [Totals for session: 95.55; 6.02] 5.06 0.00 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 11 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 13. Wednesday 14th January 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Urgent Question: Alan Duncan: Businesses (Financial Assistance) 0.52 13.24 General Debate: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship 5.36 19.00 Public Petition: Mr Anthony Steen: Coastguard Services (Devon) 0.03 0.03 19.03 Adjournment: Lembit Öpik: Self-balancing Personal Transporters 0.28 0.28 19.31 House rose [Totals for session: 103.56; 6.33] 8.01 0.31 14. Thursday 15th January 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.30 11.05 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.15 11.20 Questions: Solicitor General 0.15 11.35 Business Statement: 0.29 12.04 Statement: The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Geoffrey Hoon): Transport 0.48 Infrastructure 12.52 Point of Order: Kate Hoey: asking for how long the hon. Member for Hayes and 0.01 Harlington would be suspended from the House. 12.53 Statement: The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Geoffrey Hoon): Transport 0.28 Infrastructure [resumed] 13.21 Statement: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (): Equitable Life 1.01 14.22 Point of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the Speaker had been given any 0.02 indication of when the Government and Westminster Council would be putting an end to the use of amplifiers in protests in Parliament Square. 14.24 General Debate: Gaza 3.36 18.00 Adjournment: Mr Andrew Dismore: Cyprus 0.28 0.28 18.28 House rose [Totals for session: 111.54; 7.01] 7.58 0.28 12 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 15. Monday 19th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.37 15.12 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 15.22 Questions: Olympics 0.10 15.32 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr ): Financial 1.00 Markets 16.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.50 Miliband): Gaza 17.22 Second Reading: Policing and Crime Bill 4.40 0.02 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.02 Public Petitions: Mr David Anderson: Northern Rock; 0.01 0.01 Dr Roberta-Blackman Woods: Northern Rock 22.03 Adjournment: Mrs Louise Ellman: Port of Liverpool (Business Rates) 0.03 0.03 22.06 Point of Order: Mr Julian Brazier: asking to point out that, as the opposition 0.01 0.01 spokesman on shipping, his intervention to the debate had been relevant. 22.07 Adjournment: Mrs Louise Ellman: Port of Liverpool (Business Rates) [resumed] 0.23 0.23 22.30 House rose [Totals for session: 119.54; 7.31] 8.00 0.30 16. Tuesday 20th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.46 15.21 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.15 15.36 Point of Order: Mr Barry Sheerman: asking for a change in the conventions of 0.01 the House, releasing the Clerks at the Table from the requirement to wear wigs 15.37 EU Documents: Financial Crisis [Division] 1.45 17.22 EU Documents: Financial Management [Division] 1.46 19.08 EU Documents: EU-Russia Relations [Division] 1.47 20.55 Public Petitions: Mr Ronnie Campbell: Northern Rock 0.03 Mr Chris Mullin: Northern Rock 20.58 Adjournment: Gregory Barker: Rail Fare Increases (South-East) 1.32 0.30 22.30 House rose [Totals for session: 127.54; 8.01] 8.00 0.30 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 13 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 17. Wednesday 21st January 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Point of Order: Paul Flynn: asking about the accuracy of information provided 0.07 by a Minister, and alleged withholding of information with regard to Sellafield. 12.39 Opposition Day [1st Allotted Day]: Emergency Care [Division] 3.41 16.20 Points of Order: David Winnick; Bob Spink: asking whether the Government 0.07 would confirm whether it would be withdrawing the Freedom of Information instrument due for debate the following day. The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms ): asking to inform the House about business for the following day, and the withdrawal of a statutory instrument on Freedom of Information. Alan Duncan; Mr David Heath: asking for clarification on how the changes to the business for the following day would affect implementation of the High Court ruling on publication of receipts for Members’ expenses. 16.27 Opposition Day [1st Allotted Day] [resumed]: Savers [Divisions] 3.03 0.30 19.30 Point of Order: Daniel Kawczynski: asking the Speaker to investigate the entry, 0.02 0.02 without a warrant, into his office by police officers demanding constituency correspondence. Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking for the Home Secretary to make a statement on the entry by police into Mr Kawczynski’s office. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the matter of the entry by police into Mr Kawczynski’s office to be referred directly to the Speaker. 19.32 Public Petitions: Mr Peter Atkinson: Northern Rock 0.03 0.03 Mrs Sharon Hodgson: Northern Rock 19.35 Adjournment: Janet Anderson: Coronary Heart Disease 0.19 0.19 19.54 House rose [Totals for session: 136.18; 8.55] 8.24 0.54 18. Thursday 22nd January 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.30 11.05 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.11 11.16 Questions: House of Commons Commissions (2); Leader of the House (13) 0.15 11.31 Speaker’s Statement: the entry by police into the offices of the hon. Member for 0.03 Shrewsbury and Atcham on 21 January 11.34 Business Statement: 0.52 12.26 Point of Order: Daniel Kawczynski: asking to thank the Speaker for his 0.02 statement, and welcoming the changes to conventions governing the entry of police into Members’ offices. 12.28 General Government Motion: Members’ Payments and Allowances 3.30 15.58 Adjournment: Norman Baker: Ministerial Answers to Parliamentary Questions 0.44 16.42 House rose [Totals for session: 142.30; 8.55] 6.12 0.00 14 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 19. Monday 26th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.17 15.32 Personal Statement: Mr 0.04 15.36 Points of Order: David Taylor: asking whether changes could be made to the 0.02 Standing Orders to prevent emailing ‘bombing’ of Members by multiple emails from campaigners. Jeremy Corbyn: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the BBC’s decision not to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza. 15.38 Second Reading: Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 6.38 0.16 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.16 Business Motion: Deferred Divisions [Division] 0.13 0.13 22.29 Ways and Means: Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 0.12 0.12 22.41 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 0.15 0.15 (Amendment) Order 2009 [Division] 22.56 Adjournment: David Howarth: Concessionary Bus Fares 0.30 0.30 23.26 House rose [Totals for session: 151.26; 10.21] 8.56 1.26 20. Tuesday 27th January 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Transport 0.32 15.07 Topical Questions: Transport 0.10 15.17 Questions: Women and Equality 0.15 15.32 Statement: The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson): Automotive 1.00 Industry. 16.32 Second Reading: Welfare Reform Bill 5.28 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.00 Adjournment: Mrs Janet Dean: Low-value Consignment (VAT Relief) 0.29 0.29 22.29 House rose [Totals for session: 159.25; 10.50] 7.59 0.29 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 15 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 21. Wednesday 28th January 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 12.33 Opposition Day [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) 0.13 12.46 Point of Order: Mr John Gummer: asking whether the Minister should make 0.01 fewer interventions, given that he would shortly be making a speech of his own. 12.47 Opposition Day [2nd Allotted Day] [resumed]: Heathrow (Third Runway) 6.11 18.58 Point of Order: Paddy Tipping: asking whether the Speaker would consider 0.01 adding a little extra time to the division, given the closure of the Carriage Gates entrance. 18.59 Opposition Day [2nd Allotted Day] [resumed]: Heathrow (Third Runway) 0.19 0.18 [Division] 19.18 Adjournment: Sir Paul Beresford: Trading Standards (Tooth Whitening) 0.26 0.26 19.44 House rose [Totals for session: 167.39; 11.34] 8.14 0.44 22. Thursday 29th January 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.45 11.20 Topical Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.14 11.34 Business Statement: 0.54 12.28 Statement: The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (): 0.55 Digital Britain 13.23 Topical Debate: Holocaust Memorial Day 1.30 14.53 General Debate: Armed Forces Personnel 0.08 15.01 Points of Order: Mr Gerald Howarth: asking whether the rotation of different 0.02 aircraft types fell within the scope of the debate. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for the Speaker to make the Government aware of the scope of the debate. 15.03 General Debate: Armed Forces Personnel [resumed] 2.57 18.00 Adjournment: Ms Sally Keeble: Domestic Violence (Black and Ethnic Minority 0.30 0.30 Victims) 18.30 House rose [Totals for session: 175.39; 12.04] 8.00 0.30 16 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 23. Monday 2nd February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Work and Pensions 0.41 15.16 Topical Questions: Work and Pensions 0.15 15.31 Statement: The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr Pat 0.40 McFadden): Lindsey Oil Refinery 16.11 Points of Order: Mr David Heath: asking to notify the House that the Liberal 0.09 Democrats intended to bring their Opposition Day to an early finish to allow staff to make their way home in the inclement weather conditions. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for clarification on when a warrant would be required for police to enter a Members’ office, and when it would be sufficient simply to notify the Serjeant at Arms of the police’s intentions. David Davis: asking whether a warrant would be required for police to access emails between Members as part of an investigation. Mr William Cash: asking whether a search warrant issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence act would be valid in the context of the House of Commons. Mr Peter Lilley: asking the Speaker to consider whether items requested by the police during the investigation of the hon. Member for Ashfield would be placed in the public domain if it related to other Members of the House. 16.20 Opposition Day [3rd Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: 4.52 Government Capital Expenditure; Parliamentary Standards (Constitutional Reform) [Divisions] 21.12 Public Petition: Bob Spink: Traffic Management (Essex) 0.01 21.13 Adjournment: Ben Chapman: Eastham 0.32 21.45 House rose [Totals for session: 182.54; 12.04] 7.15 0.00 24. Tuesday 3rd February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.42 15.17 Topical Questions: Justice 0.16 15.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Home Repossession 0.09 (Protection) 15.42 Opposition Day [4th Allotted Day]: Skills and Further Education [Division] 3.33 19.15 Point of Order: Mr : asking what remedies were available to the 0.04 Home Affairs Select Committee to clarify disparities between evidence given before the Committee, and other accounts of events. 19.19 Opposition Day [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection 1.24 20.43 Point of Order: Mr Barry Sheerman: asking whether back benchers were going 0.02 to get any time at all to speak in the debate, given the length of speeches by front benchers. 20.45 Opposition Day [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection [resumed] [Division] 1.32 0.17 22.17 Adjournment: Mr David Amess: 2011 Census (Southend) 0.30 0.30 22.47 House rose [Totals for session: 191.11; 12.51] 8.17 0.47 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 17 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 25. Wednesday 4th February 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Tim Boswell: Exercise of Reasonable Discretion 0.10 12.42 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1.15 2009–10 (HC 148) 13.57 Points of Order: David Davis: asking whether the would be 0.04 making a statement on the case of Binyam Mohamed and the involvement of British agencies in torture overseas. Patrick Mercer: asking whether the Foreign Secretary would be making a statement on what the US Government expected the UK to do with non-British detainees from Guantanamo Bay. 14.01 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1.30 2009–10 (HC 148) [resumed] 15.31 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts 1.57 (Alternative Notional Amounts) Report (England) 2009–10 (HC 149) and the Local Government Finance report (England) 2009–10 (HC 150) 17.28 Points of Order: Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown; Mr Mark Harper: asking whether 0.05 the Government would be making a statement on the shortage of gritting salt experienced by many local authorities, and its implications for road safety. 17.33 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts 1.01 (Alternative Notional Amounts) Report (England) 2009–10 (HC 149) and the Local Government Finance report (England) 2009–10 (HC 150) [resumed] 18.34 Public Petitions: Mr Paul Burstow: Planning and Development (Sutton) 0.04 Bill Etherington: Northern Rock 18.38 Adjournment: Mr Peter Kilfoyle: United States Missile Defence Shield 0.31 0.09 19.09 House rose [Totals for session: 198.50; 13.00] 7.39 0.09 18 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 26. Thursday 5th February 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.30 11.05 Topical Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.10 11.15 Questions: Church Commissioners (4); Public Accounts Commission (4); 0.18 Electoral Commission Committee (5); Church Commissioners (5) 11.33 Speaker’s Statement: request by the Metropolitan Police for access to email 0.02 correspondence between the hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Ashford 11.35 Business Statement: 0.49 12.24 Statement: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.50 Miliband): Binyam Mohammed 13.14 Points of Order: Damian Green: asking why the Speaker had not asked him for 0.08 his version of events before making a statement on the Metropolitan Police’s request for access to his email correspondence. David Davis: asking whether the Speaker would be responding to his request for clarification on whether email communications between Members were covered by the protocol announced by the Speaker for the request of information by the police. Mr Graham Stuart: asking whether something could be done to ensure the Treasury had the resources available to deal promptly with correspondence from Members and their constituents. Mr David Winnick: asking for an update on towards a parliamentary inquiry into the entry by the Metropolitan Police into the office of the Hon. Member for Ashford, and the seizure of material from that office. Dominic Grieve: asking to express his concern about the lack of a referral to the Standards and Privileges Committee of the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the Speaker to make a statement on the privilege issues arising from the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford, and how the Speaker intended to take the matter forward. Mr Andrew Tyrie: asking for the Speaker to reconsider the decisions taken to ‘close down’ opportunities for Members to make points of order relating to the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford. 13.22 Topical Debate: Sri Lanka 1.30 14.52 General Debate: Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.08 18.00 Public Petition: Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Traffic Management (County 0.01 0.01 Durham) 18.01 Adjournment: Mr Charles Walker: Prejudice and Mental Health 0.25 0.25 18.26 House rose [Totals for session: 206.46; 13.26] 7.56 0.26 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 19 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 27. Monday 9th February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.41 15.16 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.15 15.31 Points of Order: Dr Evan Harris: asking whether the Home Secretary was 0.02 entitled to criticise academics who were unable to defend themselves on the floor of the House. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for clarification on reports that the Speaker had ruled that details of the participation of Members in foreign trips funded by the British Council would be exempt from freedom of information requests. 15.33 General Government Motion: Guide to the Rules Relating to the Conduct of 1.06 Members 16.39 Allocation of Time: Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programme) (No. 3) 0.10 16.49 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [Divisions] 5.12 0.01 22.01 Adjournment: Mr Stewart Jackson: Neighbourhood Renewal Funding 0.28 0.28 (Peterborough) 22.29 House rose [Totals for session: 214.45; 13.55] 7.59 0.29 28. Tuesday 10th February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.21 15.36 Point of Order: Bob Spink: asking whether the Government would be making a 0.01 statement on its strategy for dealing with high rainfall and flooding. 15.37 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Christopher Chope: Employment Opportunities 0.10 15.47 Money Resolution: Banking Bill [Division] 0.59 16.46 Lords Amendments: Banking Bill 4.47 21.33 Public Petition: Dr Julian Lewis: National Parks (New Forest) 0.02 21.35 Adjournment: Mr Marsha Singh: Charles Stuart 0.24 21.59 House rose [Totals for session: 222.14; 13.55] 7.29 0.00 20 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 29. Wednesday 11th February 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Martin Caton: Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) 0.09 12.41 Opposition Day [5th Allotted Day]: Housing Wait Lists 1.49 14.30 Point of Order: Justine Greening: asking whether the hon. Member for Ealing, 0.01 Acton and Shepherd’s Bush was entitled to make frequent references in his speech to areas outside his constituency. 14.31 Opposition Day [5th Allotted Day]: Housing Wait Lists [resumed] [Division] 1.45 16.16 Point of Order: Mr Peter Kilfoyle: asking whether the Leader of the Opposition 0.02 would be correcting his comments about the age of Titian. 16.18 Opposition Day [5th Allotted Day]: Royal Mail [Divisions] 3.11 0.29 19.29 Adjournment: Mr Christopher Chope: Immigration Rule (Small Businesses) 0.25 0.25 19.54 House rose [Totals for session: 230.38; 14.49] 8.24 0.54 30. Thursday 12th February 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.17 11.32 Business Statement: 0.53 12.25 Statement: The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon): New 0.46 Trains (Investment) 13.11 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating 1.41 Order 2009 and draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009 14.52 Adjournment: Andrew Mackinlay: Lloyds TSB and Iran (Sanctions) 0.55 15.47 House rose [Totals for session: 235.55; 14.49] 5.17 0.00 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 21 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 31. Monday 23rd February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Defence 0.17 15.32 Points of Order: Mr Crispin Blunt: asking whether the Home Secretary would be 0.06 making a statement on the threat to public order arising from the current economic situation, and asking why his parliamentary written questions on that topic had not been answered. Mr Fiona Mactaggart: asking for advice on whether a constituency school that was refusing to allow her to visit was preventing her from fully representing her constituents. Mr William Cash: asking whether the Prime Minister would be making a statement on his meeting with European leaders, and whether the Speaker could ensure that the Prime Minister always made a statement to the House after such events. Mr Michael Fallon: asking for reassurance that any steps to authorise the Bank of England to print money would be preceded by a full statement to the House. Mr Greg Hands: asking for a ruling on whether the rules on writing to other Members’ constituents were properly enforced, in the light of a letter sent to his constituents by the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush. 15.38 Second Reading: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 6.22 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.00 Adjournment: Mr John Heppell: Workplace Parking Levy (Nottingham) 0.28 0.28 22.28 House rose [Totals for session: 243.53; 15.17] 7.58 0.28 32. Tuesday 24th February 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.20 15.35 Statement: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack 0.54 Straw): Freedom of Information Act 2000 16.29 Points of Order: Mark Pritchard: asking formally to object to the increase of a 0.02 contingent liability for the defence training review project. Mr Andrew Mackinlay: asking to raise concerns over the reporting of contingent liabilities and the number of copies made available. 16.31 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Susan Kramer: Airport Expansion (Parliamentary 0.29 Approval) [Division] 17.00 Opposition Day [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order 0.39 17.39 Point of Order: Mr William Cash: asking for an explanation of why the motion 0.01 in the name of the Prime Minister referred to measures taken in a particular bill, when, on closer inspection, the bill made no mention of such measures. 17.40 Opposition Day [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order [resumed] [Division]; British 4.39 0.19 Agriculture and Food Labelling [Division] 22.19 Adjournment: Mr Graham Stuart: Humber Bridge Tolls 0.30 0.30 22.49 House rose [Totals for session: 252.12; 16.06] 8.19 0.49 22 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 33. Wednesday 25th February 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (5) 0.30 12.05 Suspension [Bereavement of the Leader of the Opposition] 0.25 12.30 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Dr Alan Whitehead: Renewable Content Obligation 0.11 12.41 Consideration: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 2.19 15.00 Third Reading: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 0.21 15.21 Business Motion: Business of the House (Northern Ireland Bill) 0.35 15.56 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking to put on record the House’s thanks to the 0.02 House staff for the way they welcomed the servicemen and women from 7 Armoured Brigade on 23 February. 15.58 Adjournment: Mrs Anne McGuire: Alistair Iain Campbell 0.31 16.29 House rose [Totals for session: 257.11; 16.06] 4.59 0.00 34. Thursday 26th February 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 11.20 Questions: Solicitor General 0.14 11.34 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Banking 0.48 (Asset Protection Scheme). 12.22 Business Statement: 0.47 13.09 Statement: The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr John Hutton): Records of 0.42 Detention (Review Conclusions) 13.51 General Debate: Welsh Affairs 4.09 18.00 Adjournment: Mr Paul Burstow: Housing Subsidy 0.27 0.27 18.27 House rose [Totals for session: 265.08; 16.33] 7.57 0.27 35. Friday 27th February 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Peter Bone: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 09.49 Second Reading: Autism Bill [PMB] [Division] 4.13 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 14.02 Second Reading: Lending (Regulation) Bill [PMB] 0.29 0.01 Debate to be resumed on Friday 15 May 14.31 Adjournment: Barry Gardiner: Peak Oil 0.29 0.29 15.00 House rose [Totals for session: 270.38; 17.03] 5.30 0.30 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 23 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 36. Monday 2nd March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.11 15.26 Questions: Olympics 0.12 15.38 Point of Order: Mr Nicholas Soames: asking about the time taken for Ministers 0.01 to reply to correspondence. 15.39 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [Divisions] 4.19 19.58 Point of Order: David Howarth: asking about apparent discrepancies in how 0.02 amendments had been grouped. 20.00 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.59 20.59 Point of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking for an opportunity to put new clause 23 0.01 to a vote on the grounds that it was consistent with decisions previously taken by the House about the security of Members’ home addresses. 21.00 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.01 21.01 Point of Order: Mr David Heath: asking whether there was any precedent for 0.01 putting separately the question on a completely undebated new clause, in a group not yet reached, that had been proposed by a group of Back Benchers from an opposition party and that had not been moved. 21.02 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 0.24 21.26 Points of Order: Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether, since a vote had been 0.03 allowed on another clause that had not been moved, the Deputy Speaker would consider allowing votes on other un-moved amendments that had considerable backbench support. Dr : asking for confirmation that it was very unusual for a vote to be allowed on a new clause from a group that had not been reached, and asking for an explanation as to why the Speaker allowed a vote to take place on this clause. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking for the sections of the bill intended to be subject to amendments due to be introduced by the Government in the Lords, to be recommitted to a Public Bill Committee to allow the amendments to be considered first in the Commons. 21.29 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.11 21.40 Points of Order: Pete Wishart; David Howarth: asking whether, given the 0.02 decision to allow a vote on a new clause that had neither been moved nor debated, the Speaker would allow a division on another new clause. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking to put on record that he was profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of voting on a matter that the House had had no opportunity of discussing. 21.42 Consideration: Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.03 21.45 Points of Order: Mr David Heath: asking for assurance that the procedure for 0.06 voting on amendments had been correctly followed. Mr John Gummer: asking for the Deputy Speaker to explain why the unusual decision regarding voting on amendments had been made. Mr Simon Hughes: asking for confirmation of whether sufficient questions had been put for the final clause considered to be added to the Bill. Mr David Heath: asking for clarification that, in considering the procedure governing whether a matter is debated before it is added to the Bill, backbench amendments are to be treated quite differently from Government amendments. 24 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time Simon Hughes: asking whether the Speaker would reflect on whether there had been an unwitting breach of procedure, and would allow an opportunity for debate on the clause in question. Sir Alan Beith: asking for an assurance that the clause in question had actually been moved, as he had heard no evidence to support that. Dr Julian Lewis: asking to put on the record the fact that although the Government and the Opposition had treated the vote on the clause in question as a free vote, the Liberal Democrats had whipped their members to vote a particular way. 21.51 Third Reading: Political Parties and Elections Bill [Division] 0.21 0.12 22.12 Public Petitions: Mr Mike Hancock: Council Housing (Portsmouth); 0.03 0.03 Kelvin Hopkins: State Pension 22.15 Adjournment: Mr John Gummer: Mobile Home Parks 0.30 0.30 22.45 House rose [Totals for session: 278.53; 17.48] 8.15 0.45 37. Tuesday 3rd March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.45 15.20 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.13 15.33 Points of Order: Mr Mark Pritchard: asking about the timeliness of ministerial 0.06 replies to correspondence, and asking whether it was necessary to raise a point of order in order to get a prompt reply. Simon Hughes: asking for guidance on when the power to vote separately on amendments that had not been reached when the guillotine fell would be applied, and asking to make clear that while Members wished for more time for debate, they did not wish for more time for voting, with no chance of debate. Peter Luff: asking whether there was any way that the questions on nomination of members to Regional Select Committees could be grouped, so that those opposing Regional Select Committees in general would only have to detain the House with a single division. 15.39 Ten Minute Rule Motion: John Robertson: Employment Retention 0.10 15.49 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 1.43 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2009 [Division] 17.32 Third Reading: Corporation Tax Bill 0.45 18.17 Business Motion: Business of the House (Regional Select Committees, etc.) 0.19 [Division] 18.36 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committees (Membership) 1.24 [Division] 20.00 General Government Motion: Select Committees (Chairmen); Liaison 0.44 Committee; and Green Book [Division] 20.44 Adjournment: Dr Brian Iddon: Private James Smith 0.40 21.24 House rose [Totals for session: 285.47; 17.48] 6.54 0.00 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 25 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 38. Wednesday 4th March 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 12.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Andrew Rosindell: Teaching of British History in 0.16 Schools 12.49 Allocation of Time: Northern Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) [Division] 1.51 14.40 Second Reading: Northern Ireland Bill 1.05 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 15.45 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the Deputy Speaker to make an 0.01 appeal for shorter speeches. 15.46 Second Reading: Northern Ireland Bill [resumed] 1.04 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. 16.50 Committee of the Whole House: Northern Ireland Bill 1.58 18.48 Point of Order: Mr Laurence Robertson: asking for clarification on the front 0.01 bench team for the official opposition. 18.49 Committee of the Whole House: Northern Ireland Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.28 0.17 19.17 Third Reading: Northern Ireland Bill 0.01 0.01 19.18 Adjournment: Mr Philip Dunne: Energy Generation (Food Waste) 0.29 0.29 19.47 House rose [Totals for session: 294.04; 18.35] 8.17 0.47 39. Thursday 5th March 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.08 11.23 Questions: Leader of the House 0.10 11.33 Business Statement: 0.48 12.21 Points of Order: Anne Main; Miss Julie Kirkbride; Mr Christopher Chope: 0.03 asking for a statement from the Government and a topical debate or urgent question on the decision to undertake quantitative easing. 12.24 General Debate: Support for Women (Economic Downturn) 5.29 17.53 Point of Order: Mrs Eleanor Laing: asking to put on record that the Solicitor 0.01 General had insulted her during her speech and would not allow her to defend herself. 17.54 General Debate: Support for Women (Economic Downturn) [resumed] 0.04 17.58 Point of Order: Mrs Theresa May: asking why the Solicitor General was not 0.01 giving way to an intervention from the opposition front bench, as was the usual practice. 17.59 General Debate: Support for Women (Economic Downturn) [resumed] 0.01 18.00 Public Petition: Mr Robert N Wareing: Schools (Liverpool) 0.03 0.03 18.03 Adjournment: Dr Howard Stoate: Men’s Health at Work 0.28 0.28 18.31 House rose [Totals for session: 302.05; 19.06] 8.01 0.31 26 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 40. Friday 6th March 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Philip Davies: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.09 09.44 Second Reading: Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill [PMB] 2.58 Motion and Bill withdrawn 12.42 Second Reading: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill 1.48 [PMB] Debate to be resumed Friday 13th March 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Peter Bone: Alfred Sargent and Sons Ltd 0.30 0.30 15.00 House rose [Totals for session: 307.35; 19.36] 5.30 0.30 41. Monday 9th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.17 15.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr ): 0.42 Northern Ireland 16.14 Statement: The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr ): 0.50 Banking (Asset Protection Scheme) 17.04 Estimates: [2nd Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Department for Business, Enterprise and 2.05 Regulatory Reform: Economic Situation 19.09 Estimates: [2nd Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department for Transport: Railways 2.54 0.03 22.03 Public Petitions: Mr John Leech: Police Interpreting 0.05 0.05 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Royal Mail Services (Gloucestershire) 22.08 Adjournment: Gordon Banks: Housing and Construction Industry 0.30 0.30 22.38 House rose [Totals for session: 315.43; 20.14] 8.08 0.38 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 27 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 42. Tuesday 10th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Transport 0.35 15.10 Topical Questions: Transport 0.10 15.20 Questions: Women and Equality 0.15 15.35 Points of Order: Alan Duncan: asking whether Members would be able to table 0.09 an amendment to the motion setting out the dates of the Easter Recess, given that some Members wanted the House to rise a day later so that the Prime Minister could make a statement to the House about the G20 summit. Mr Peter Atkinson: asking whether the fact that the North East Regional Select Committee had been unable to meet because it was inquorate proved that the Regional Committees were not as important an initiative as the Government had claimed. Miss Julie Kirkbride: asking to put on record that the West Midlands Regional Select Committee had also failed to meet the previous day because it had been inquorate, and asking whether, if there was a consistent pattern of such committees being unable to meet because they were inquorate, there would be a case for reviewing their very existence. Mark Pritchard: asking to put on record that a company in his constituency had gone into administration, and that the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform had done nothing to help save the company, in spite of being informed. Mrs Sharon Hodgson: asking to put on record that that the North East Regional Select Committee had not been inquorate – instead, the meeting had been cancelled in advance, and asking whether there was any way of recording in Hansard or the Votes and Proceedings that a meeting had been cancelled. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking for cancelled meetings of Select Committees to be recorded in the Order Paper for the following day. Mr Henry Bellingham: asking whether the Speaker would condemn the fact that the Government had promised during the Committee Stage of the Coroners and Justice Bill to amend a clause, and had instead later announced that the clause would be dropped entirely. Mr William Cash: asking to put on record that, although the Speaker had recommended that Members with struggling companies in their constituencies should seek meetings with Ministers, it was in practice very difficult to secure such a meeting. Mr David Kidney: asking to put on record that the West Midlands Regional Select Committee had not met the previous day. 15.44 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Ann Clwyd: Bankers’ Pensions (Limits) 0.12 15.56 Opposition Day [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment [Division]; European 6.18 0.14 Working Time Directive [Division] 22.14 Public Petition: Mr John Leech: Gaza 0.01 0.01 22.15 Point of Order: Ms Sally Keeble: asking whether it was right that, after tabling a 0.02 0.02 question to a department, instead of an answer she had received a telephone call asking her to disclose the source of her information. 22.17 Adjournment: Nadine Dorries: Legal Profession 0.25 0.25 22.42 House rose [Totals for session: 323.55; 20.56] 8.12 0.42 28 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 43. Wednesday 11th March 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Points of Order: Mr Paul Goodman: asking for assistance to Members of the 0.03 House in obtaining access to information (in this particular case, accounts for the preventing violent extremism pathfinder fund at DCLG) where the Government refused to reveal the information. Peter Luff: asking to put on record his concern that it seemed easier to obtain information from the Government through Freedom of Information requests than through parliamentary questions. 12.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Miss Anne McIntosh: Theft from Shops (Use of 0.11 Penalty Notices for Disorder) 12.46 Allocation of Time: Business Rate Supplements Bill (Programme No. 2) 0.26 [Division] 13.12 Consideration: Business Rate Supplements Bill [Divisions] 3.01 16.13 Third Reading: Business Rate Supplements Bill 0.26 16.39 Negative Statutory Instrument: Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of 1.47 Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 83) [Division] 18.26 Affirmative Statutory Instrument: Draft Child Support (Miscellaneous and 0.12 Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009 [Division] 18.38 EU Document: Control of ozone-depleting substances [Division] 0.14 18.52 Point of Order: Anne Moffat: asking for advice on what action could be taken 0.01 against Opposition members who had called for a vote, and then not voted, in order to delay the House from considering a motion on allowing the UK Youth Parliament to use the Chamber. 18.53 Private Member’s Motion: Mr James Gray: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 0.07 19.07 Points of Order: The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant): 0.03 0.03 asking whether it was in the interests of the House and democracy for certain Members to use every trick in the book to prevent the UK Youth Parliament from using the Chamber. Martin Horwood: asking to put on record that not one Opposition Member had voted against the EU Document on Ozone Depleting Substances in its Committee, and that, therefore, the division on the document tonight must have been engineered solely to prevent debate on the motion relating to the UK Youth Parliament, and asking whether this action risked bringing the House into disrepute. Mr Edward Garnier: asking whether the Secretary of State for Justice would be making a statement on the C-NOMIS computer system for prison and probation services. Mr Christopher Chope: asking when the Government would be providing time for a full debate on the Youth Parliament issue, and insisting that the matter receive a full debate. 19.10 Public Petitions: Mr Peter Bone: Health Services (Northamptonshire) 0.11 0.11 Mr Paul Burstow: Care Home Residents (Allowances) Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex); European Union John McDonnell: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr Nick Hurd: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr John Randall: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Traffic Management (Somerset) PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 29 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 19.21 Adjournment: John Mann: Bassetlaw (Arts) 0.30 0.30 19.51 House rose [Totals for session: 332.16; 21.47] 8.21 0.51 30 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 44. Thursday 12th March 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.17 11.32 Business Statement: 1.04 12.36 Statement: The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.59 Lord Laming’s Progress Report 13.35 Point of Order: Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking to apologise to the House for any 0.00 breach of the rules he may have committed in relation to use of Commons dining facilities for political fundraising. 13.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Edward Leigh: 30th, 36th, 39th to 41st, 43rd to 2.12 49th, 51st and 57th Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2007–08 and Treasury Minutes 15.47 Point of Order: Alan Duncan: asking why a planned written ministerial 0.01 statement on Ministers’ interests had not been made available in the library, even though it appeared that newspapers had been briefed on its contents. 15.48 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Edward Leigh: 30th, 36th, 39th to 41st, 43rd to 0.46 49th, 51st and 57th Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2007–08 and Treasury Minutes [resumed] 16.34 Points of Order: Mr Greg Knight; Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking why the matter 0.07 of allowing the United Kingdom Youth Parliament to use the Commons Chamber had not been considered by the Modernisation Committee, in spite of a Government commitment to refer the matter. Martin Salter: asking how the House could deal with circumstances where hon. Members had inadvertently misled the House; and noting that a 2004 Report of the Modernisation Committee had recommended that the UK Youth Parliament be allowed to use the House of Commons Chamber. Mr Christopher Chope; Mr Richard Bacon: asking whether the Speaker had been consulted about the possibility of the UK Youth Parliament using the Chamber, given that the Prime Minister had promised such a consultation at the launch of the Governance of Britain paper. 16.41 General Government Motion: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 0.49 17.30 Point of Order: Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking for further time to be made on 0.01 this debate to allow all interested Members to speak. 17.31 General Government Motion: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 0.27 [resumed] 17.58 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the question would be put 0.01 at 6pm, or whether there would be an opportunity to debate the matter further on another day. 17.59 General Government Motion: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 0.01 [resumed] 18.00 Points of Order: The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant): 0.01 0.01 asking to clarify, in relation to Alan Duncan’s earlier point of order, that the newspaper articles in question were based on information already available, rather than the written ministerial statement; and asking to inform Members that the written ministerial statement was available in the Vote Office and the Library. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking when time would be made for further debate on the matter of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament using the Chamber. PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 31 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 18.01 Public Petition: Mr Stephen O’Brien: Planning and Development (Cheshire) 0.02 0.02 18.03 Adjournment: Mr David Heath: Flooding in Somerset 0.30 0.30 18.33 House rose [Totals for session: 340.19; 22.20] 8.03 0.33 45. Friday 13th March 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Andrew Miller: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.11 09.46 Second Reading: Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill [PMB] 3.36 [Division] Bill read a second time 13.22 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the Government would 0.02 indicate whether it intended to move the motion relating to the UK Youth Parliament. 13.24 Second Reading: Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill [PMB] 1.07 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 19 June 14.31 Adjournment: : West Sussex Primary Care Trust (Review) 0.25 0.25 14.56 House rose [Totals for session: 345.45; 22.46] 5.26 0.26 32 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 46. Monday 16th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Work and Pensions 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Work and Pensions 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): G20 Finance 0.50 Ministers’ Meeting 16.21 Points of Order: Mrs Theresa May: asking how she could ensure that 0.02 Government Ministers respected statements made in the House. Mr Jim Devine: asking why activists attending a meeting in the Palace were asked to remove their T-shirts (which displayed slogans relating to their campaign) upon entering the building. 16.23 Second Reading: Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 1.57 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 18.20 General Government Motion: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 2.33 [Division] 20.53 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether it set a good example to 0.01 the members of the Youth Parliament that the Government had chosen to curtail debate on the issue at hand. 20.54 General Government Motion: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 0.22 [resumed] [Divisions] 21.16 Points of Order: Lembit Öpik: asking that the Speaker’s Office and the Leader of 0.01 the House meet with the organisers of the UK Youth Parliament to ensure that the processes and procedures it uses in the House respect the traditions of the House. Mr Christopher Chope: asking to put on record that the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik) had not participated in either of the two debates on the UK Youth Parliament. Mr Graham Brady: asking the Speaker to put on record that a precedent had been created that the use of the Chamber by bodies other than the elected House of Commons would require a debate and vote of the House. 21.17 Adjournment: Mr Henry Bellingham: Dr Adrian Garfoot 0.48 0.05 22.05 House rose [Totals for session: 353.20; 22.51] 7.35 0.05 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 33 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 47. Tuesday 17th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Justice 0.18 15.33 Points of Order: Mr David Kidney; Mr William Cash: asking whether the 0.05 Secretary of State for Health would be making a statement about the Healthcare Commission Report on Stafford Hospital. Mr Matthew Taylor: asking to put on record that the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Mr Prisk) was, in his role as shadow Minister for Cornwall (a post that did not exist in the Government), encroaching on the work of local MPs; asking if this was acceptable; and what action would be taken to resolve the situation where parties could appoint Members of Parliament as shadow ministers for constituencies, allowing them to act for party political advantage and go over the head of the local MP. 15.38 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Richard Bacon: Food Labelling Regulations 0.11 (Amendment) 15.49 Consideration: Welfare Reform Bill [Divisions] 5.15 21.04 Third Reading: Welfare Reform Bill 0.44 21.48 Point of Order: Mrs Theresa May: asking to clarify a statement she had made. 0.01 21.49 Affirmative Statutory Instrument: Draft Data Retention (EC Directive) 0.14 0.03 Regulations 2009 [Division] 22.03 Public Petitions: Mr Michael Mates: National Parks (South Downs) 0.02 0.02 Ben Chapman: Eastham Library 22.05 Adjournment: Michael Jabez Foster: Postal Services (Rye) 0.21 0.21 22.26 House rose [Totals for session: 361.16; 23.17] 7.56 0.26 48. Wednesday 18th March 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (): Mid Staffordshire 0.58 NHS Foundation Trust 13.30 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Helen Southworth: Young People Leaving Care 0.11 (Accommodation) 13.41 Point of Order: David Davis: asking why Lord Turner’s report on the causes of 0.01 the current problems in the economy had not been made available by the Government in the Vote Office, given its relevance to the following debate. 13.42 Opposition Day [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy 1.10 14.52 Point of Order: Mr John Gummer: asking whether it was in order for the 0.01 Minister to quote from a document that had not been made available to the House. 14.53 Opposition Day [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy [resumed] [Divisions] 4.34 0.27 19.27 Adjournment: Nick Herbert: Ford Eco-town 0.30 0.30 19.57 House rose [Totals for session: 369.43; 24.14] 8.27 0.57 34 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 49. Thursday 19th March 2009 10.30 Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.35 11.05 Topical Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.12 11.17 Questions: Electoral Commission (3); Church Commissioners (10); Electoral 0.16 Commission (2) 11.33 Business Statement: 0.58 12.31 Points of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether the Secretary of State for Health 0.01 would be making a statement to the House about Dr Iwebegu, who had been reported to the General Medical Council. Mr Christopher Chope: asking why the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not responded to the Opposition Debate on the Economy, even though he had been present in the House for Prime Minster’s Questions. 12.32 General Government Motion: Legislative Reform 1.47 14.19 Topical Debate: Local and Regional News 1.29 15.48 Points of Order: Mr Gerald Howarth; Mr Lindsay Hoyle; Simon Hughes; Mr 0.04 Nigel Evans: asking whether the Chair could be given discretion to vary the length of a topical debate if it became apparent that the House was going to go up early, and more members wanted to speak; and noting that it was more appropriate for extra time to be given to the topical debate than to the adjournment debate. 15.52 Adjournment: Ms Diane Abbott: City and Hackney PCT (Tuberculosis) 0.51 16.43 House rose [Totals for session: 375.56; 24.14] 6.13 0.00 50. Friday 20th March 2009 09.30 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Paul Burstow: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.19 09.49 Second Reading: Fuel Poverty Bill [PMB] [Division] 4.42 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 12 June 14.31 Adjournment: Sir Peter Viggers: Royal Hospital Haslar 0.23 0.23 14.54 House rose [Totals for session: 381.20; 24.38] 5.24 0.24 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 35 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 51. Monday 23rd March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.17 15.32 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Spring European Council 0.50 16.22 Statement: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack 0.41 Straw): Rights and Responsibilities 17.03 Point of Order: John McDonnell: asking to protest against the over-use of stop 0.03 and search powers on the basis of anti-terrorism legislation. 17.06 S.O. No. 24 application: Mr David Kidney: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation 0.02 Trust: Leave refused 17.08 Allocation of Time: Coroners and Justice Bill (Programme) (No. 3) [Division] 0.47 17.55 Consideration: Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 4.05 22.00 Points of Order: Peter Bottomley: asking for Ministers, when scheduling the 0.05 0.05 business of the House, to allow Members to speak on subjects on which they have personal experience, and to put forward the views of their constituents. Dr Evan Harris: asking for the Leader of the House to explain why the timetabling of business was again preventing adequate scrutiny of legislation. Simon Hughes: asking for the Government to be sensitive to the need to allow as much time for considering legislation as possible. 22.05 Adjournment: Mr Michael Clapham: Blacklisting (Construction Industry) 0.29 0.29 22.34 House rose [Totals for session: 389.24; 25.12] 8.04 0.34 36 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 52. Tuesday 24th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.22 15.37 Statement: The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 0.51 International Terrorism 16.28 Points of Order: Mr Crispin Blunt: asking why the Command Paper on the 0.04 Terrorism Strategy had not been made available in the Vote Office even though it had been laid in the Journal Office the day before. Mr William Cash: asking whether his named-day questions to the Department of Health on the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust would receive an answer today, given their importance. David Davis: asking whether it was in order for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deny the existence of information on the growth of the terrorist threat, when that information had been published by her subordinate, the head of MI5. 16.32 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Paul Burstow: Pension Credit and Personal 0.10 Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) 16.42 Consideration: Coroners and Justice Bill [Divisions] 4.32 21.14 Third Reading: Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 1.00 0.14 22.14 Public Petition: Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 0.02 0.02 22.16 Adjournment: Mr Hugo Swire: MSC Napoli 0.28 0.28 22.44 House rose [Totals for session: 397.38; 25.56] 8.14 0.44 53. Wednesday 25th March 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 12.33 Speaker’s Statement: availability of laid documents in the Vote Office 0.01 12.34 Points of Order: Angus Robertson; Mr Gregory Campbell; Mr Elfyn Llwyd: 0.01 asking for the Leader of the House to correct or explain statements she had made regarding spending cuts in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. 12.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mary Creagh: Cohabitation 0.10 12.45 Opposition Day [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry [Divisions]; Business Rates 6.31 0.16 and the Recession [Division] 19.16 Public Petition: Mr Paul Burstow: Council Housing (London Borough of Sutton) 0.02 0.02 19.18 Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Unplanned Teenage Pregnancies (Nottingham) 0.29 0.29 19.47 House rose [Totals for session: 405.55; 26.43] 8.17 0.47 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 37 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 54. Thursday 26th March 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.20 11.35 Business Statement: 0.55 12.30 Statement: The Minister for Local Government (): Council Tax 0.42 13.12 General Debate: Defence in the UK 4.48 18.00 Adjournment: Mr Laurence Robertson: Public Houses 0.29 0.29 18.29 House rose [Totals for session: 413.54; 27.12] 7.59 0.29 55. Friday 27th March 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Dr Evan Harris: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 09.49 Second Reading: Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of 4.43 0.02 Discrimination) Bill [PMB] Debate to resumed Friday 16 October 14.32 Adjournment: Jon Cruddas: Housing Subsidy (Barking and Dagenham) 0.26 0.26 14.58 House rose [Totals for session: 419.22; 27.40] 5.28 0.28 56. Monday 30th March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Defence 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Dunfermline 0.40 Building Society 16.11 Points of Order: Alan Duncan; Mr Nick Gibb: asking for the Speaker to 0.02 investigate why Government whips prolonged the Thursday 26 March sitting of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee, when more time would have been available for consideration of the Bill in Committee on Tuesday 31 March. 16.13 General Debate: Africa 5.47 22.00 Point of Order: Dr Andrew Murrison: asking why the Government had not yet 0.01 0.01 made a statement on the report of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. 22.01 Public Petitions: Mr John Leech: Immigration (Tony Lola) 0.04 0.04 Bob Spink: Sea Defences (Essex) 22.05 Adjournment: Mr Phil Willis: Tsunami Memorial 0.25 0.25 22.30 House rose [Totals for session: 427.22; 28.10] 8.00 0.30 38 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 57. Tuesday 31st March 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.19 15.34 Points of Order: Mrs Cheryl Gillan: asking whether the Secretary of State for 0.04 Children, Schools and Families could be asked to come to the House to make a statement on the reasons why the Government had removed funding for a school in her constituency. Dr Julian Lewis: asking what could be done to prevent the release by contractors of personal information related to expenses which the House had voted not to disclose. 15.38 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Joan Ryan: Council Tax Rebate 0.11 15.49 General Debate: The Economy 0.11 16.00 Point of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: asking what could be done if a witness had 0.01 been found to have lied to a Select Committee. 16.01 General Debate: The Economy [resumed] 5.59 22.00 Public Petition: Bob Russell: Schools (Essex) 0.03 0.03 22.03 Adjournment: Mr Eric Joyce: UK Aid (DRC) 0.27 0.27 22.30 House rose [Totals for session: 435.22; 28.40] 8.00 0.30 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 39 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 58. Wednesday 1st April 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Points of Order: Greg Mulholland: asking why, when there had been a meeting 0.04 held between a Minister and Leeds MPs, only Labour MPs had been invited. Mrs Jacqui Lait: asking whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families would be making a statement on the funding cuts in sixth form education. Chris Grayling: asking for the Speaker to issue guidance to Departments stating that it was inappropriate to issue answers to written parliamentary questions to the media before Members had had a chance to receive and read them. 12.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Hywel Williams: Registration of Births and Deaths 0.09 (Welsh Language) 12.44 Point of Order: Mr Greg Knight: asking whether the debate on the Second 0.01 Reading of the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords] should be delayed until the Vote Office had obtained a copy of the Act it sought to amend. 12.45 Second Reading: Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) 4.08 Bill [Lords] Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 16.53 Allocation of Time: Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel 0.18 (Protocols) Bill [Lords] [Division] 17.11 Negative Statutory Instrument: Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and 1.49 Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 204) [Division] 19.00 Points of Order: Mrs Maria Miller: asking to correct a statement made by the 0.02 0.02 Prime Minister about the degree to which the Christie Hospital and Naomi House had been affected by the collapse of the Icelandic banks. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the twenty minute duration of the previous division had anything to do with the fact he wanted to speak on the following item of business. 19.02 Public Petitions: David Mundell: Rail Services (Lockerbie) 0.07 0.07 Mr David Drew: Armed Forces (Recruitment) Simon Hughes: Health and Safety Executive (London Headquarters) Ben Chapman: Public Libraries (Wirral) 19.09 Adjournment: Mr Paul Goodman: Nick Cousins 0.30 0.30 19.39 House rose [Totals for session: 443.31; 29.19] 8.09 0.39 40 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 59. Thursday 2nd April 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 11.20 Questions: Solicitor General 0.15 11.35 Business Statement: 0.43 12.18 Statement: The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr ): North Sea 0.41 Helicopter Crash 12.59 Recess Adjournment: [Easter Adjournment] 4.01 17.00 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): G20 Summit 1.04 0.04 18.04 Adjournment: Phil Wilson: Science and Innovation (Sedgefield) 0.28 0.28 18.32 House rose [Totals for session: 451.33; 29.51] 8.02 0.32 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 41 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 60. Monday 20th April 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.35 15.10 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.15 15.25 Questions: Olympics 0.09 15.34 Statement: The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 0.49 Operation Pathway 16.23 Points of Order: Sir Menzies Campbell: asking whether the Leader of the House 0.11 would be making a statement on the future of the Committee which was to look into the Damian Green affair. Derek Twigg: asking why information about Hillsborough had not been made available to the House earlier, and asking the Speaker to ensure the documents were brought before Parliament as soon as possible. Dr Julian Lewis: asking why answers to written parliamentary questions could sometimes take so long, and asking for the Speaker’s view. Mr William Cash: asking for the House to be allowed to debate the matter of privilege relating to the Damian Green affair, and that the matter be referred to the Standards and Privileges Committee. Keith Vaz: asking whether, in the light of the Tamil protests in Parliament Square, the Leader of the House had indicated that there would be a topical debate on the matter of Sri Lanka, or whether the Foreign Secretary would be making a statement on the matter. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking what powers the Speaker had to order the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to secure free access for Members to the Houses of Parliament. Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the difficulties in policing larger demonstrations in Parliament Square arose from a failure to deal effectively with the small protest encampment that had been resident in the Square for some years. 16.34 General Debate: Defence Procurement 5.25 21.59 Point of Order: Nicholas Soames: asking whether it was in order for the Minister 0.01 to speak ‘such utter rubbish’. 22.00 Public Petitions: Linda Gilroy: Tax (Alcohol) 0.03 0.03 Bob Spink: Care Services (Essex) 22.03 Adjournment: Miss Anne Begg: Pain Management Services (England) 0.24 0.24 22.27 House rose [Totals for session: 459.30; 30.18] 7.57 0.27 42 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 61. Tuesday 21st April 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.16 15.31 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Phil Wilson: Insolvency (Provision of Information to 0.12 Employment Agencies) 15.43 Committee of the Whole House: Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 0.41 16.24 Third Reading: Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 0.19 16.43 Suspension 2.17 19.00 Private Business at 7pm: Revival Motion: Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] 1.31 and Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords] [Division] 20.31 Private Business at 7pm: Revival Motion: Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds 0.04 City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill 20.35 Point of Order: Mr James Gray: asking whether separate divisions could be held 0.01 on the four private bills being considered. 20.36 Private Business at 7pm: Revival Motion: Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds 0.56 City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill [resumed] [Division] 21.32 Public Petition: Mr Jeffrey M Donaldson: Support for Mutual Societies 0.03 21.35 Adjournment: Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Councillor Paul Buchanan 0.38 0.13 22.13 House rose [Totals for session: 467.13; 30.31] 7.43 0.13 62. Wednesday 22nd April 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Ways and Means: Financial Statement 0.52 13.23 Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [1st Allotted 5.37 Day] 19.00 Public Petition: Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Sri Lanka 0.01 0.01 19.01 Adjournment: Andrew Mackinlay: Debt Collection (Consumer Credit Act) 0.29 0.29 19.30 House rose [Totals for session: 475.13; 31.01] 8.00 0.30 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 43 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 63. Thursday 23rd April 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.10 11.20 Questions: Leader of the House (4); House of Commons Commission (3); Leader 0.13 of the House (6) 11.33 Business Statement: 1.00 12.33 Statement: The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.40 Miliband): Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage 13.13 Points of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking for guidance on situations where 0.04 Members had publicly criticising the personal conduct of colleagues. Mr Charles Walker: asking whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families would be coming to the House to make a statement on cuts in funding to secondary schools for sixth form places. 13.17 Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [2nd Allotted 4.43 Day] 18.00 Adjournment: Mr Don Foster: Controlling Urban Seagulls 0.23 0.23 18.23 House rose [Totals for session: 483.06; 31.24] 7.53 0.23 64. Friday 24th April 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private 0.09 [Division] 09.44 Second Reading: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit 2.13 Unions Bill [PMB] Committed to Public Bill Committee 11.57 Second Reading: Palliative Care Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.35 Second Reading negatived 13.32 Second Reading: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] 0.59 0.01 Committed to Public Bill Committee 14.31 Adjournment: Kate Hoey: Council Rents (Lambeth) 0.26 0.26 14.57 House rose [Totals for session: 488.33; 31.51] 5.27 0.27 44 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 65. Monday 27th April 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.15 15.30 Statement: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack 0.42 Straw): Prisons and Probation 16.12 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu 0.41 16.53 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr John Baron: Cheapest Energy Tariff (Information) 0.11 17.04 Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [3rd Allotted 4.56 Day] 22.00 Adjournment: Mr Oliver Letwin: Pedestrian Crossing Installations 0.30 0.30 22.30 House rose [Totals for session: 496.33; 32.21] 8.00 0.30 66. Tuesday 28th April 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.19 15.34 Statement: The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr ): Reserves 0.58 (Review) 16.32 Points of Order: Mr Charles Walker; Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the 0.03 Government would be making a statement on schools funding. Bob Spink: asking for guidance for situations where Conservative Members visited his constituency for campaigning purposes without giving him proper notice. 16.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mrs Jacqui Lait: Protection of Children (Publicity) 0.09 16.44 Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [4th Allotted 0.19 Day] 17.03 Point of Order: Mrs Jacqui Lait: asking the Secretary of State for Work and 0.01 Pensions to clarify a point he had made in his speech. 17.04 Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [4th Allotted 6.01 1.05 Day] [resumed] [Divisions] 23.05 Adjournment: Dr Julian Lewis: Members’ Home Addresses 0.29 0.29 23.34 House rose [Totals for session: 505.37; 33.55] 9.04 1.34 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 45 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 67. Wednesday 29th April 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Afghanistan and Pakistan 0.55 13.27 Points of Order: Mr Simon Burns: asking whether the Speaker had any power to 0.06 prevent the transfer of written parliamentary questions from the Prime Minister to other departments. Pete Wishart: asking for guidance in a situation where another Member had tabled an early day motion referring to the case of one of Mr Wishart’s constituents, without consulting Mr Wishart in advance. 13.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Mohammed Sarwar: Prevention of Excessive 0.11 Charges 13.44 Opposition Day [10th Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: Gurkha 2.31 Settlement Rights [Division] 16.15 Points of Order: Damian Green; Mr David Heath: asking whether, in the wake of 0.02 the Government defeat, a Minister would be making a statement on proposed changes to Government policy on Gurkha Settlement Rights. 16.17 Opposition Day [10th Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: Sri 2.43 Lanka 19.00 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu Update 0.43 0.43 19.43 Statement: The Minister for Borders and Immigration (Mr ): 0.46 0.46 Gurkhas 20.29 Public Petitions: Mr Paul Rustow: Sri Lanka 0.10 0.10 Mr Lee Scott: Sri Lanka John Battle: Immigration (Asylum Seekers) Tim Farron: Post Office Closures (Cumbria) Mr Edward Davey: Sri Lanka Susan Kramer: Sri Lanka Simon Hughes: Sri Lanka 20.39 Adjournment: Mr Elliot Morley: Humberside Probation Service 0.28 0.28 21.07 House rose [Totals for session: 515.14; 36.02] 9.37 2.07 46 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 68. Thursday 30th April 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.19 11.34 Business Statement: 0.46 12.20 Statement: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.45 Miliband): Sri Lanka 13.05 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the Speaker agreed that an 0.01 announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on internet gambling should have been made to the House rather than in a national newspaper. 13.06 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances 0.09 13.15 Points of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether it would be in order to 0.02 take the further motions in the debate if the Government had already agreed to an amendment on the first motion that seemed to prevent decision on the following motions. Sir Alan Beith: asking for clarification on how the House could act on the remaining motions. 13.17 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances [resumed] 0.08 13.25 Point of Order: Mr Ian Taylor: asking whether it was in order for the Leader of 0.02 the House not to give way to someone who would be personally affected by the matter under consideration. 13.27 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances [resumed] 2.18 15.45 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether another Member (Mr Derek 0.01 Conway) was in order to discuss at length his own case, when he had already apologised to the House about the instance in question and paid back the money as requested by the House. 15.46 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances [resumed] 0.01 15.47 Point of Order: Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether it was in order for a Member 0.01 who had accepted the findings of a Committee in a disciplinary case to subsequently come back to the House and call into question the judgments that the Committee had made. 15.48 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances [resumed] 1.12 17.00 Points of Order: Alan Duncan: asking whether the House would be allowed to 0.02 consider the amendments to the following motions that were identical to the amendment already accepted by the Government. Miss Ann Widdecombe: asking how the House could be asked to reach a decision on matters relating to the work of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when it had already resolved to delay reaching any decision until that Committee had reported. 17.02 General Government Motion: Members’ Allowances [resumed] [Divisions] 1.00 0.02 18.02 Public Petitions: Tom Brake: Sri Lanka 0.03 0.03 Mr Andrew Turner: Schools (Isle of Wight) 18.05 Adjournment: Angela E Smith: Visteon Factory (Basildon) 0.30 0.30 18.35 House rose [Totals for session: 523.19; 36.37] 8.05 0.35 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 47 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 69. Tuesday 5th May 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Justice 0.16 15.31 Point of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether there had been any indication 0.01 from the Government of what action would be taken in response to the permanent protests in Parliament Square. 15.32 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Annette Brooke: Sale of Mobile Homes (Interviews) 0.10 15.42 Point of Order: Mr David Gauke: asking what could be done to ensure the Prime 0.01 Minister provided a satisfactory answer to a written parliamentary question. 15.43 Consideration: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill [Divisions] 5.42 21.25 Third Reading: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 0.35 22.00 Money Resolution: Autism Bill [PMB] 0.07 0.07 22.07 Public Petitions: Mr Philip Dunne: Employment (Mr Howard Horsley); Post 0.04 0.04 Office Services (Shropshire). 22.11 Adjournment: Norman Baker: Rail Timetable (Lewes) 0.30 0.30 22.41 House rose [Totals for session: 531.30; 37.18] 8.11 0.41 48 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 70. Wednesday 6th May 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Scotland (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Points of Order: Mike Penning: asking what action the Speaker could take to 0.03 address the fact that no Minister or Parliamentary Private Secretary was present for the start of a Westminster Hall debate on Higher Education Funding, and that officials arrived 20 minutes late. Mr Stewart Jackson: asking about an inconsistency between information given in a written answer and information subsequently made publicly available, and asking about duties on ministers to answer questions accurately and truthfully. Anne Main: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the problem of Learning and Skills Council Funding, or making time for a debate, given that it had become apparent that the Department for Children, Schools and Families had been aware of the problem a month before Ministers were informed. Daniel Kawczynski: asking what action the Speaker could take to ensure the views expressed by the parliamentary ombudsman on Equitable Life were heard in the House. 12.34 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Ms Sally Keeble: Developing Country Debt 0.11 (Restriction of Recovery) 12.45 Second Reading: Finance Bill 2.15 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 15.00 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether discussing a report by the 0.01 Conservative party fell within scope of the Finance Bill. 15.01 Second Reading: Finance Bill [resumed] 0.09 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 15.10 Points of Order: Mr Philip Hammond: asking whether the distribution of 0.01 Government spending was within the scope of the Bill. Rob Marris: asking for clarification on whether the official Opposition’s amendment had been selected. 15.11 Second Reading: Finance Bill [resumed] [Division] 6.37 2.48 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 21.48 Point of Order: Mr Douglas Hogg: asking whether the Committee of Selection 0.01 0.01 would reflect, in its nomination of the Finance Bill Committee, the fact that far more Opposition than Government Members had spoken in the second reading debate. 21.49 Second Reading: Finance Bill [resumed]. 0.01 0.01 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 21.50 Public Petition: Bob Spink: Wheelchair Access for Care Home Residents 0.02 0.02 21.52 Adjournment: Joan Walley: Housing (Stoke-on-Trent) 0.28 0.28 22.20 House rose [Totals for session: 542.20; 40.38] 10.50 3.20 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 49 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 71. Thursday 7th May 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.05 11.20 Questions: Electoral Commission Committee (3); Church Commissioners (3); 0.16 Electoral Commission Committee (3); Church Commissioners (3); Electoral Commission Committee (3) 11.36 Business Statement: 0.52 12.28 Statement: The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.40 Testing and Assessment 13.08 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu Update 0.47 13.55 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking about what could be done to 0.02 enforce the Speaker’s rulings that statements should be made to the House, and not trailed by the Government to the media. 13.57 General Government Motion: Intelligence and Security Committee 3.30 17.27 Public Petition: Mr John Leech: Christie NHS Foundation Trust 0.01 17.28 Adjournment: Sir Paul Beresford: Civil Liberties (Mole Valley) 0.40 0.08 18.08 House rose [Totals for session: 549.58; 40.46] 7.38 0.08 72. Friday 8th May 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mike Penning: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.10 09.45 Second Reading: Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill [PMB] 2.47 Committed to Public Bill Committee 12.32 Second Reading: Schools (Health Support) Bill [PMB] 1.50 Motion for Second Reading withdrawn 14.22 Second Reading: Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc.) Bill [PMB] 0.09 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 26th June 14.31 Adjournment: Mr Andrew Dismore: Sheltered Accommodation (Barnet) 0.24 0.24 14.55 House rose [Totals for session: 555.23; 41.11] 5.25 0.25 50 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 73. Monday 11th May 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Work and Pensions 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Work and Pensions 0.15 15.30 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ expenses 0.02 15.32 Points of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking the Speaker to consider making public 0.18 the advice received by the House from the Security Advisor to Parliament on what categories of data should be withheld for security reasons. Kate Hoey: asking whether it was appropriate to ask the Metropolitan Police to investigate the unauthorised disclosure of information on Members’ Allowances. Mr Chris Mullin: asking whether the House authorities could be more robust in responding to falsehoods written in the press. Norman Baker: asking whether the Speaker would consider the early release of all information on Members’ Allowances. Miss Ann Widdecombe: asking that, if the Commission was to consider the early release of information, it should also bear in mind that Members are still working through the task of checking and correcting information, and that to release the information early could be damaging. John Mann: asking whether the Commission would be looking at what action had been taken to enact the House’s resolution relating to Capital Gains Tax. Ms : asking whether the Commission would consider establishing citizen’s juries to consider the matter of Members’ salaries and allowances. Sir Alan Beith: asking whether it was the case that, if an independent body was established to audit Members’ allowances, that body would be exempt from requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking what action was being taken to ensure that the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police took action on the demonstration underway by Tamil protestors in Parliament Square. Jeremy Corbyn: asking for an assurance that the right to demonstrate would not be impeded. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Speaker would discuss with the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police the possibility of using water cannon to disperse the demonstrators. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking what could be done to ensure Members had unimpeded access to the House. Simon Hughes: asking to put on record that the Tamil demonstration had been applied for lawfully and had been granted permission for at least the last four weeks. 15.50 Second Reading: Equality Bill [Division] 6.25 0.15 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.15 Allocation of Time: Equality Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.13 0.13 22.28 Public Petitions: Andrew Selous: General Practice surgeries (Bedfordshire) 0.03 0.03 Alison Seabeck: Planning and Development (Plymouth) 22.31 Adjournment: : Penicillin 0.23 0.23 22.54 House rose [Totals for session: 563.47; 42.05] 8.24 0.54 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 51 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 74. Tuesday 12th May 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.16 15.31 Points of Order: John Mann: asking when the resolution relating to capital gains 0.06 tax, agreed to on 3 July 2008, would be applied by the House of Commons Commission. Mr William Cash: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on Staffordshire Hospital, as it had earlier promised to do. Mr David Winnick: asking whether the Speaker would agree that a Speaker of the House of Commons should refrain from making personal comments when a Member raised a point of order. Mr Levitt: asking whether the Speaker thought any change on the question of the nomination of Members’ homes should not be retrospective. 15.37 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Mike Hall: Surface Water and Highway Drainage 0.12 Charges (Exemption) 15.49 Committee of the Whole House: [1st Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 7.58 1.47 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) [Divisions] 23.47 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether, for this clause, Members 0.01 0.01 were permitted to discuss clause stand part as well as the detail of the amendments. 23.48 Committee of the Whole House: [1st Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 1.40 1.40 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) [resumed] [Divisions] 01.28 Adjournment: : Sleep Aponea (Road Deaths) 0.23 0.23 01.51 House rose [Totals for session: 575.08; 45.56] 11.21 3.51 52 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 75. Wednesday 13th May 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Speaker’s Statement: Parliament Square 0.01 12.33 Points of Order: Jeremy Corbyn: asking the Speaker to ensure that, in the course 0.06 of his meeting to establish a solution to the problem of the ongoing Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square, he remembered the pain and suffering that the Tamil people were going through. Mr Brian Binley: asking whether it was right that the Speaker should use his statement to further a political cause. Mr Christopher Chope: asking the time and date of the meeting arranged by the Speaker. Simon Hughes: asking whether, to inform the Speaker’s meeting, he would be willing to accept a short note from those Members who had supported and been involved with the demonstration. Mike Gapes: asking the Speaker to bear in mind that no organisation had the right to regularly disrupt the centre of London. Mr Andrew Dismore: asking whether the Speaker would invite representatives of the Tamil demonstrators to his meeting. 12.39 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Brooks Newmark: Goalpost Safety 0.10 12.49 Committee of the Whole House: [2nd Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 0.01 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) 12.50 Point of Order: Rob Marris: asking whether it was in order that a Member had, 0.01 during the previous day’s debate, seemed to be reading from a Blackberry mobile telephone device while making interventions. 12.51 Committee of the Whole House: [2nd Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 8.41 2.32 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) [resumed] [Divisions] 21.32 Adjournment: Mr Crispin Blunt: Cervical Cancer Vaccination 0.29 0.29 22.01 House rose [Totals for session: 585.39; 48.57] 10.31 3.01 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 53 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 76. Thursday 14th May 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Transport 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Transport 0.08 11.18 Questions: Women and Equality 0.15 11.33 Business Statement: 0.53 12.26 Points of Order: Dr Evan Harris: asking the Speaker to evaluate the operation of 0.05 programming, and whether it defended the interests of backbenchers. Mr David Heath: asking whether Members could be given access to the guidance provided to Officers of the House when deciding whether or not to release information to the public. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the House should continue to handle information on expenses claims in an electronic form, given the security implications. 12.31 Topical Debate: Sri Lanka 1.30 14.01 Point of Order: Jeremy Corbyn: asking if there was any way the topical debate 0.01 could be extended, to allow all those who wished to speak to do so. 14.02 General Debate: Swine Flu 2.35 16.37 Adjournment: Michael Jabez Foster: Under 10-metre Fishing Fleet 0.34 17.11 House rose [Totals for session: 592.20; 48.57] 6.41 0.00 77. Friday 15th May 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: John Bercow: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.01 09.36 Points of Order: Mr Andrew Dismore: asking whether it was a discourtesy to the 0.01 House that the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) had withdrawn his Bill at such short notice, and whether anything could be done to reinstate the Bill to ensure a debate could be held. Mr John Prescott: asking whether, as is the case in the Council of Europe, the speech of a Member who did not turn up to talk to their bill could be printed in the Official Report. 09.37 Second Reading: Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill [PMB] 4.02 Motion for Second Reading and Bill withdrawn 13.39 Second Reading: Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill [PMB] 0.34 Committed to Public Bill Committee 14.13 Second Reading: British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill [PMB] 0.17 Debate to be resumed Friday 12th June 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Mark Hendrick: Brazil (Violence and Police Corruption) 0.30 0.30 15.00 House rose [Totals for session: 597.50; 49.27] 5.30 0.30 54 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 78. Monday 18th May 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.15 15.30 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Allowances 0.02 15.32 Points of Order: Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the motion of no 0.16 confidence in the Speaker would be debated and voted upon the following day. Mr Douglas Carswell: asking whether Members would be given the opportunity to choose a new Speaker. Mr Richard Bacon: asking to put on record that the Deputy Leader of the House had told him that the motion in question was a substantive motion. Mr David Winnick: asking whether the Speaker would give some indication of his own intention to retire. Mr David Heath: asking whether the Speaker would agree that the House should resolve to accept unequivocally the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking the Speaker to recognise the profound concern expressed in the no confidence motion, and to recognise that the mood in the Chamber was similar to that in the 1940 Norway debate. Mr Mike Hancock: asking whether extra resources could be provided to the Committee on Standards in Public Life to ensure they could report to Parliament before the summer recess. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Committee on Standards in Public Life could produce an early interim report. Mr Richard Shepherd: asking whether the Government would acknowledge that the motion of no confidence should be debated. Sir Stuart Bell: asking for recognition that the House should support the Speaker and the measures he had proposed. David Davis: asking how a back bencher could table a substantive motion. Bob Spink: asking whether the Speaker would come to House to make a statement following his meeting with party leaders on the subject of Members’ Allowances. Susan Kramer: asking whether the Government could be guided to provide an Opposition day where the motion of no-confidence could be debated. Sammy Wilson: asking whether a report would be produced as a result of the Speaker’s discussion with party leaders. Mr Mark Field: asking about Members claiming money for mortgages that had already been paid off. 15.48 Opposition Day [11th Allotted Day]: Skills in the Recession [Division]; Mid 6.03 Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 21.51 Point of Order: Mr William Cash: asking about the governance of NHS 0.01 Foundation Trusts. 21.52 Opposition Day [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 0.01 [resumed] 21.53 Point of Order: Mr Stephen O’Brien: asking to clarify in the record of debate the 0.01 commitment he had made to look at ordering an independent public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. 21.54 Opposition Day [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 0.24 0.18 [resumed] [Division] 22.18 Petition: David Lepper: HIV and the G8 0.03 0.03 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 55 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 22.21 Adjournment: Willie Rennie: River Forth Crossing 0.26 0.26 22.47 House rose [Totals for session: 606.07; 50.14] 8.17 0.47 79. Tuesday 19th May 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Speaker’s Statement: resignation 0.01 14.36 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.39 15.15 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.18 15.33 Points of Order: Mr John Gummer: asking for clarification on a statement made 0.06 by a Minister, and asking whether there was any way a Minister could be made to return to the House to correct a statement he had made. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether the Government could be made to come to the House make a statement on the Report of the Joint Intelligence and Security Committee. Dr Evan Harris: asking what could be done to ensure that negotiations between parties took place on programme motions and where knives would fall. 15.39 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Tom Levitt: Commission for the Compact 0.10 15.49 Allocation of Time: Policing and Crime Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 0.47 16.36 Consideration: Policing and Crime Bill [Divisions] 2.55 19.31 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Allowances 0.08 19.39 Consideration: Policing and Crime Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 1.52 21.31 Third Reading: Policing and Crime Bill 0.19 21.50 Public Petition: Mr David Kidney: Traffic Noise (M6) 0.01 21.51 Adjournment: Mr Hugo Swire: Water Charging (South-West) 0.35 0.26 22.26 House rose [Totals for session: 614.03; 50.40] 7.56 0.26 56 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 80. Wednesday 20th May 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Statement: The Leader of the House (Ms Harriet Harman): Parliamentary 0.52 Standards Authority 13.23 Point of Order: Mr Greg Hands: asking what could be done to ensure Members 0.01 were informed before the Prime Minister visited their constituencies. 13.24 General Government Motion: Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor 0.38 General 14.02 General Government Motion: Planning: National Policy Statements [Divisions] 2.41 16.43 Negative Statutory Instrument: Communications (Television Licensing) 0.32 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009, No. 505) 17.15 Point of Order: Mr Graham Stuart: asking to declare an interest 0.01 17.16 Negative Statutory Instrument: Communications (Television Licensing) 1.14 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009, No. 505) [resumed] [Division] 18.30 Point of Order: Mr Crispin Blunt: asking what could be done to resolve the 0.01 problem of the Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square, and noting that allowing the demonstration to continue sent an unhelpful message about the conduct of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy. 18.31 Public Petitions: Sir Gerald Kaufman: Economic and Voting Scales 0.05 Ms Dari Taylor: Schools (Yorkshire) Mr Mike Hall: Roads (Cheshire) 18.36 Adjournment: Ben Chapman: Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology 0.31 0.07 19.07 House rose [Totals for session: 621.40; 50.47] 7.37 0.07 81. Thursday 21st May 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 11.20 Questions: Solicitor General 0.11 11.31 Business Statement: 0.42 12.13 Statement: The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 0.40 Gurkhas 12.53 Recess Adjournment: [Whitsun Adjournment] 2.52 15.45 Public Petition: Mr Paul Burstow: Council Tax Benefit 0.02 15.47 Adjournment: Mr Paul Burstow: Council Tax Benefit 0.25 16.12 House rose [Totals for session: 627.22; 50.47] 5.42 0.00 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 57 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 82. Monday 1st June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Defence 0.16 15.31 Points of Order: Mr David Heath: asking whether the Prime Minister would be 0.03 making a statement to the House on his plans for constitutional renewal. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether a Minister would be giving a statement to the House on plans for the awarding of Government contracts under the flexible new deal. Bob Spink: asking why he had been told he could use stamps and envelopes purchased through the communications allowance to contact a particular group of constituents, but had been told he could not use pre-paid envelopes. 15.34 Second Reading: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction 6.41 0.15 Bill [Lords] [Division] Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.15 Allocation of Time: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction 0.14 0.14 Bill [Lords] (Programme) [Division] 22.29 Public Petitions: Mr Roger Williams: Middle East 0.05 0.05 Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) Bob Spink: Green Belt Development (Essex) 22.34 Adjournment: James Brokenshire: Illegal Radio Broadcasts 0.27 0.27 23.01 House rose [Totals for session: 635.53; 51.48] 8.31 1.01 83. Tuesday 2nd June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.17 15.32 Point of Order: Derek Twigg: asking how the Secretary of State could allow the 0.01 strategic health authority to make public its recommendations on the national burn care review in the north-west, when the Secretary of State was yet to meet MPs to consult their views. 15.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Ms Karen Buck: Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment) 0.12 15.45 Second Reading: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] 4.21 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 20.06 Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Family Benefits (Absent Teenage Fathers) 0.55 21.01 House rose [Totals for session: 642.24; 51.48] 6.31 0.00 58 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 84. Wednesday 3rd June 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 12.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Paddy Tipping: Maximum Wage 0.10 12.43 General Debate: Stroke Services 3.06 15.49 Suspension 0.12 16.01 Private Business at 4pm: Second Reading: Leeds City Council Bill 1.25 17.26 Public Petition: Mr Roger Williams: European Working Time Directive 0.02 17.28 Adjournment: Andrew George: Regional and Local Government 1.23 18.51 House rose [Totals for session: 649.45; 51.48] 7.21 0.00 85. Thursday 4th June 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.35 11.10 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.08 11.18 Questions: Leader of the House (9); House of Commons Commission (4); Leader 0.16 of the House (2); House of Commons Commission (1) 11.34 Business Statement: 0.40 12.14 Topical Debate: The Economy (Supporting Business) 1.30 13.44 General Debate: Defence in the World 4.05 17.49 Adjournment: Ms Sally Keeble: Safeguarding Children (Private Schools) 0.33 0.22 18.22 House rose [Totals for session: 657.37; 52.10] 7.52 0.22 86. Monday 8th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.08 15.23 Questions: Olympics 0.10 15.33 Statement: The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (): 0.43 Sonnex Case 16.16 General Government Motion: Standards and Privileges 0.38 16.54 Second Reading: Health Bill [Lords] 5.06 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.00 Allocation of Time: Health Bill [Lords] (Programme) [Division] 0.16 0.16 22.16 Adjournment: Ms Diane Abbott: Oakington Immigration Removal Centre 0.30 0.30 22.46 House rose [Totals for session: 665.53; 52.56] 8.16 0.46 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 59 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 87. Tuesday 9th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.22 15.37 Point of Order: Peter Luff: asking whether the time for topical questions to the 0.01 new Department of Business, Innovation and Skills could be extended. 15.38 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Sir Alan Beith: Road Signs (Tourist Destinations and 0.09 Facilities) 15.47 Opposition Day [12th Allotted Day]: Knife Crime; Housing [Division] 6.28 0.15 22.15 Public Petitions: Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Flooding (Cotswolds) 0.04 0.04 Bob Spink: Bridleways (Canvey Island) 22.19 Adjournment: Mr Alistair Carmichael: Aung San Suu Kyi 0.30 0.30 22.49 House rose [Totals for session: 674.12; 53.45] 8.19 0.49 88. Wednesday 10th June 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (30) 0.55 12.30 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Constitutional Renewal 1.02 13.32 Points of Order: Daniel Kawczynski: asking to put on record his frustration that 0.02 the Prime Minister had not consulted the all party group on ‘first past the post’, of which Mr Kawczynski is Chairman, before making his statement. Mr Christopher Chope: asking the Speaker to advise the Government that no guillotine or timetable be applied to consideration of the Bill that would arise from the Prime Minister’s statement. 13.34 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Jim Sheridan: Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 0.09 (Amendment) 13.43 Allocation of Time: Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel 0.31 (Protocols) Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 14.14 Committee of the whole House: Geneva Conventions and United Nations 1.44 Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords] 15.58 Third Reading: Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) 0.02 Bill [Lords] 16.00 Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] [SNP / Plaid Cymru]: Dissolution of 3.18 0.18 Parliament [Division] 19.18 Public Petition: Mr Jeremy Browne: Planning and Development (Somerset) 0.02 0.02 19.20 Adjournment: Mr Jamie Reed: School Nurture Groups 0.22 0.22 19.42 House rose [Totals for session: 682.24; 54.27] 8.12 0.42 60 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 89. Thursday 11th June 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.16 11.31 Business Statement: 1.00 12.31 Points of Order: Miss Anne McIntosh: asking when the draft Environmental 0.04 Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 would be considered by the House, and why the Delegated Legislation Committee that had been due to consider the instrument had been cancelled at such short notice. 12.35 Topical Debate: Carers 1.29 14.04 General Debate: Social Mobility and the Professions 3.18 17.22 Adjournment: Mr Robert Walter: Giles Carlyle-Clarke 0.31 17.53 House rose [Totals for session: 689.47; 54.27] 7.23 0.00 90. Friday 12th June 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private 0.15 [Division] 09.50 Third Reading: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit 1.10 Unions Bill [PMB] 11.00 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.43 11.43 Third Reading: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit 0.11 Unions Bill [PMB] [resumed] 11.54 Second Reading: Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.36 Question not decided (fewer than forty Members voting) 13.30 Second Reading: Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill [PMB] 1.03 0.03 Debate to be resumed Friday 16th October 14.33 Adjournment: Siobhain McDonagh: Sri Lanka 0.22 0.22 14.55 House rose [Totals for session: 695.12; 54.52] 5.25 0.25 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 61 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 91. Monday 15th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Iraq 1.00 16.31 Point of Order: Damian Green: asking whether the Home Secretary would be 0.01 making a statement to the House on the future of Government policy on Identity Cards. 16.32 Opposition Day [13th Allotted Day]: Rural Communities (Recession) [Division]; 5.44 0.16 Business Rates [Division] 22.16 Money Resolution: Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 0.08 0.08 22.24 Ways and Means: Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 0.04 0.04 22.28 Public Petition: Mr John Leech: Schools (Manchester) 0.02 0.02 22.30 Adjournment: Nadine Dorries: Vehicle Scrappage Scheme 0.29 0.29 22.59 House rose [Totals for session: 703.41; 55.51] 8.29 0.59 92. Tuesday 16th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Justice 0.19 15.34 Statement: The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr Ben 0.56 Bradshaw): Digital Britain 16.30 Point of Order: Mark Hunter: asking the Speaker to reaffirm that protocols 0.02 existed for visiting the constituencies of other Members, even for front bench spokesmen. 16.32 General Debate: European Affairs 5.28 22.00 Money Resolution: Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill 0.11 0.11 22.11 Adjournment: Mr Graham Stuart: Armstrong Group Pension Fund 0.30 0.30 22.41 House rose [Totals for session: 711.52; 56.32] 8.11 0.41 62 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 93. Wednesday 17th June 2009 11.30 Questions: Scotland (25); Prime Minister (31) 1.01 12.31 S.O. No. 24 application: Mr Angus MacNeil: Hebrides Missile Range: Leave 0.03 refused 12.34 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Peter Lilley: Programming of Bills (Suspension) 0.09 12.43 Point of Order: Dr Evan Harris: asking for advice on how Members could 0.02 discuss the opinion of a member of the royal family. 12.45 Speaker’s Statement: Valedictory Statement 0.23 13.08 General Government Motion: Tribute to Mr Speaker 1.26 14.34 Lords Amendments: Business Rate Supplements Bill [Divisions] 2.43 17.17 Money Resolution: Green Energy (Definition and Promotion Bill) 0.07 17.24 Adjournment: Andrew George: NHS (Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly) 1.23 18.47 House rose [Totals for session: 719.09; 56.32] 7.17 0.00 94. Thursday 18th June 2009 10.30 Questions: Electoral Commission Committee (5); Church Commissioners (4); 1.01 Electoral Commission Committee (2); Church Commissioners (3); Public Accounts Commission (3); Church Commissioners (1); Electoral Commission Committee (2); Solicitor General (20); Leader of the House (14); House of Commons Commission (3); Leader of the House (4) 11.31 Business Statement: 0.53 12.24 Statement: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.48 (Hilary Benn): UK Climate Projections 13.12 Topical Debate: Preparing Britain’s Economy for the Future 1.17 14.29 General Debate: Food, Farming and the Environment 3.20 17.49 Adjournment: Lynda Waltho: Stourbridge Glass Collection 0.32 0.21 18.21 House rose [Totals for session: 727.00; 56.53] 7.51 0.21 95. Friday 19th June 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mike Penning: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.10 09.45 Third Reading: Autism Bill [PMB] 2.53 12.38 Second Reading: Forces Widows’ Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill [PMB] 1.50 14.28 Point of Order: Mr Michael Mates: asking for the Speaker to consider how the 0.01 use of time on Private Members’ Fridays could be better managed, to ensure the maximum number of bills was debated. 14.29 Second Reading: Forces Widows’ Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill [PMB] 0.01 [resumed] Debate to be resumed Friday 16 October 14.30 Adjournment: Martin Linton: Rail Services (Access) 0.31 0.31 15.01 House rose [Totals for session: 732.31; 57.24] 5.31 0.31 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 63 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 96. Monday 22nd June 2009 14.30 Election of Speaker 1.29 15.59 Suspension 1.08 17.07 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.02 17.09 Suspension 0.10 17.19 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 17.20 Suspension 0.16 17.36 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 17.37 Suspension 1.18 18.55 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 18.56 Suspension 0.10 19.06 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 19.07 Suspension 0.11 19.18 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 19.19 Suspension 1.11 20.30 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.21 20.51 Suspension 0.59 21.50 Message to attend Lords Commissioners; Approbation of Speaker 0.17 0.07 22.07 House rose [Totals for session: 740.08; 57.31] 7.37 0.07 97. Tuesday 23rd June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): European Council 0.50 16.21 Statement: The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman): 0.47 Parliamentary Standards 17.08 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether it would not have been 0.02 more helpful for the Parliamentary Standards Bill to have been made available to all Members ahead of the Leader’s statement, rather than only to those who had been involved in its preparation. 17.10 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Jamie Reed: Local Employment 0.10 17.20 Second Reading: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] 4.40 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 22.00 Adjournment: Mr Roger Godsiff: Edgbaston Cricket Ground 0.28 0.28 22.28 House rose [Totals for session: 748.06; 57.59] 7.58 0.28 64 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 98. Wednesday 24th June 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Speaker’s Statement: Statements to the House 0.01 12.32 Points of Order: Mr Crispin Blunt: asking for the Government to make a 0.05 statement on cyber-security and the appointment of a cyber-security chief, given that the Government’s intentions in this area had already been trailed in the press. Andrew Selous: asking whether the Speaker’s ruling discouraging government statements being made to the media before the House extended to include statements relating to the publication of Bills. Dr Evan Harris: asking the Speaker to confirm that the way in which the House scrutinised Bills, including Government Bills, was the very essence of its work and should be considered as part of any programme of reform. Norman Baker: asking the Speaker to ensure that any programme of reform also investigated ways in which Ministers and, in particular, Secretaries of State, in the other place could be scrutinised by the House of Commons. 12.37 Opposition Day [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry 2.47 15.24 Point of Order: Mr David Heath: asking whether it was in order that no 0.01 departmental minister was present. 15.25 Opposition Day [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry [resumed] [Divisions] 4.08 0.33 19.33 Adjournment: Mr Brian Binley: Taxi Drivers (Assault) 0.27 0.27 20.00 House rose [Totals for session: 756.36; 58.59] 8.30 1.00 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 65 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 99. Thursday 25th June 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Transport 0.30 11.05 Topical Questions: Transport 0.10 11.15 Questions: Women and Equality 0.16 11.31 Urgent Question: Mr Crispin Blunt: National Security Strategy 0.29 12.00 Business Statement: 0.59 12.59 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether any time could be made 0.02 to debate the motions on the order paper relating to regional grand committees, and whether the Speaker could help back benchers to gain some power over these matters. 13.01 Business Motion: Business of the House 0.07 13.08 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committees (London) [Division] 1.00 14.08 General Government Motion: Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government 2.05 Changes) 16.13 Points of Order: Mr Greg Knight: asking whether any time could be made to 0.03 debate the motions on the order paper relating to regional grand committees. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the matter of the arrangement of the day’s business, and the lack of opportunity for debate, could be referred to the Procedure Committee. Mr David Heath: asking whether, given the lack of notice for the motions relating to Regional Grand Committees, and that there was no opportunity for debate, the Chair would consider allowing manuscript amendments. Mr Patrick McLoughlin: asking for the Minister present to explain to the House the reasons behind the timing of certain of the meetings of the Regional Grand Committees, in particular the fact that the meetings clashed with both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative party conferences, but not with the Labour party conference. 16.16 General Government Motion: Regional Grand Committees [Divisions] 0.32 16.48 Point of Order: Alan Duncan: asking whether, now that one of the Government’s 0.01 motions relating to Regional Grand Committees had been defeated, the Government would consider withdrawing all of the remaining motions. 16.49 General Government Motion: Regional Grand Committees [resumed] 0.54 [Divisions] 17.43 Public Petition: Mike Penning: School Transport (Hertfordshire) 0.01 17.44 Adjournment: Tom Levitt: Traditional Crafts 0.26 0.10 18.10 House rose [Totals for session: 764.16; 59.09] 7.40 0.10 66 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 100. Friday 26th June 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private 0.11 [Division] 09.46 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking what power the Speaker had to 0.01 require the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to apologise for having made a policy announcement to the media before Parliament. 09.47 Third Reading: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill [PMB] 0.24 10.11 Third Reading: Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 1.14 [PMB] 11.25 Second Reading: Leaseholders’ Rights Bill [PMB] 2.17 Motion and Bill withdrawn 13.42 Second Reading: Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) Bill [PMB] 0.51 0.03 Debate to be resumed Friday 3rd July 14.33 Public Petition: Mr Andrew Pelling: Stroke Services (London) 0.02 0.02 14.35 Adjournment: Linda Gilroy: Water Metering 0.29 0.29 15.04 House rose [Totals for session: 769.50; 59.43] 5.34 0.34 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 67 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 101. Monday 29th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Work and Pensions 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Work and Pensions 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Building Britain’s Future 1.02 16.33 Points of Order: Mr Andrew Robathan: asking whether it was in order for the 0.05 Prime Minister to misquote a Member. Mr Greg Hands: asking for clarification on how the conventions and courtesies of the House, in particular those relating to Members engaging in campaigning activity in the constituencies of other Members, could be upheld. Mr Nicholas Soames: asking the Speaker to state that Ministerial answers to correspondence and written parliamentary questions should be prompt and sent on the arranged due date. Mr Andy Slaughter: asking to clarify certain statements in the point of order made by Mr Hands. Mr Peter Lilley: asking the Speaker to reprimand the Ministers for the Department of Children, Schools and Families for making statements to the media before making them to the House. 16.38 Second Reading: Parliamentary Standards Bill 5.17 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 21.55 Point of Order: Mr Andrew Robathan: asking whether the Parliamentary Reform 0.01 Committee to which the Minister had referred had actually been withdrawn. 21.56 Second Reading: Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.17 0.13 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 22.13 Allocation of Time: Parliamentary Standards Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.14 0.14 22.27 Public Petition: Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Bullying (Armed Forces) 0.00 22.27 Adjournment: Mr Michael Clapham: Asbestos in Homes 0.30 0.30 22.57 House rose [Totals for session: 778.17; 60.40] 8.27 0.57 68 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 102. Tuesday 30th June 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.17 15.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.52 21st Century Schools 16.24 Points of Order: Michael Gove: asking what action the Speaker would take to 0.05 ensure that the rights of the House were protected, and that the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families respected the Speaker’s ruling asking for statements to be made to the House before announcements were made to media. Mr Andy Slaughter: asking to correct what he believed was an inaccurate statement by Greg Hands (29 June) about Mr Slaughter campaigning in Mr Hands’ constituency. Mr Damien Green: asking to offer the Speaker his support in his efforts to prevent Ministers from making policy announcements to the media before statements were made to the House, in particular the announcement by the Home Secretary relating to Identity Cards. Mr Oliver Heald: asking to put on record the House’s pleasure at being able to welcome members of the Armed Forces to the House that day. 16.29 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Clive Efford: Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation 0.10 16.39 Committee of the Whole House: [1st Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards 5.54 0.33 Bill [Divisions] 22.33 Public Petition: Nia Griffith: Taxation (Bingo Clubs) 0.01 0.01 22.34 Adjournment: Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Standards Board for England 0.29 0.29 23.03 House rose [Totals for session: 786.50; 61.43] 8.33 1.03 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 69 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 103. Wednesday 1st July 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Cabinet Office (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 12.31 Points of Order: Angus Robertson: asking whether the Secretary of State for 0.11 Defence would be making a statement to the House about the future of the shipbuilding industry, given the news that two of the UK’s three shipyards were expected to close. Mr Charles Walker: asking why the current Prime Minister did not regularly meet with backbenchers from all sides of the House, as his predecessor had done. Mr Ian Davidson: asking whether the real threat to the future of shipyards on the Clyde was the separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom. Mr Stewart Jackson; Norman Baker; Sir Patrick Cormack; Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking whether it was appropriate that the announcement on the decision to renationalise the east coast main line was made in the media, and that the House of Commons would not hear a statement from a Minister (and even then not the Secretary of State) until later in the day. John Robertson: asking whether it was right for a political party to misuse an unfounded allegation about shipyards, when the company and the Ministry of Defence refuted the suggestions that were being made. Sir Alan Beith: asking why there was any reason that the statement to the House on the nationalistion of the east coast main line could not be made earlier than seven o’clock. Mr Greg Hands: asking why he had not been informed of a visit to his constituency by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and what could be done to ensure that the allegedly unprofessional behaviour of the civil servant with whom Mr Hands discussed the matter was not repeated. Mr Graham Stuart: asking what could be done to ensure that Members observed the appropriate courtesies when visiting the constituencies of other Members. Mr Denis Macshane: asking to apologise for not having informed the relevant constituency Members during his recent speeches to the Fabian society in Chiswick and Sheffield. Mr Peter Bone: asking what could be done to avoid future situations whereby several clauses in Bills were left undebated, as had occurred with the Parliamentary Standards Bill. Mr William Cash: asking for advice on moving amendments during the Report stage of the Parliamentary Standards Bill. 12.42 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Ms Angela C. Smith: Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) 0.10 12.52 Committee of the Whole House: [2nd Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards 0.01 Bill 12.53 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Secretary of State for 0.01 Justice would indicate whether, in line with the recommendation from the Justice Committee, he would withdraw Clause 10 of the Bill. 12.54 Committee of the Whole House: [2nd Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards 4.45 Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 17.39 Points of Order: Mr Gerald Howarth; Mr William Cash: asking to put on record 0.04 that it was a constitutional outrage that no time had been available to debate a clause described by the Clerk of the House as possibly having “a chilling effect on the freedom of speech of Members”. Sir Alan Beith: asking to put on record that he was content for his amendment to clause 10 to fall, and pleased that clause 10 had been negatived. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the Speaker had had notice of a statement from the Secretary of State about how the Government wished to proceed with the 70 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time Bill in the light of its defeat on clause 10. 17.43 Consideration: Parliamentary Standards Bill 1.12 18.55 Points of Order: Mr John Redwood: asking whether the business could be 0.02 allowed to continue until 10pm. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking to put on record his anger that there had been no opportunity for debate on the third reading of the Bill, and asking whether there was anything he could do. 18.57 Consideration: Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.18 0.15 19.15 Third Reading: Parliamentary Standards Bill 0.01 0.01 19.16 Lords Amendments: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 0.01 0.01 19.17 Point of Order: Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking what could be done about the fact 0.02 0.02 that the announcement regarding the nationalisation of the east coast main line had been made to the media in the morning, to the Lords in the afternoon, and that the Commons had had to wait until late in the evening to hear the statement; and whether the Speaker would be making a clear criticism of Government. 19.19 Lords Amendments: Saving Gateway Accounts Bill [resumed] 0.33 0.33 19.52 Speaker’s Statement: Statements to the House 0.01 0.01 19.53 Statement: The , Department for Transport (Mr ): 0.40 0.40 National Express East Coast Franchise 20.33 Point of Order: Mr Stewart Jackson: asking whether the Speaker had had an 0.04 0.04 opportunity to review the transcript of the radio interview given by the Secretary of State relating to the announcement, and what action the Speaker would take. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking the Speaker to take whatever action he could to prevent a situation like this occurring again. Mss Anne McIntosh: asking whether a Member would have been able to read the written statement relating to the announcement at 8.45am. 20.37 Public Petition: Mr Mike Hall: Hospital Parking Charges (Cheshire) 0.02 0.02 20.39 Adjournment: Mr Tom Clarke: Bank Lending Policies 0.27 0.27 21.06 House rose [Totals for session: 796.26; 63.49] 9.36 2.06 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 71 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 104. Thursday 2nd July 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.15 11.30 Business Statement: 0.51 12.21 Speaker’s Statement: Election of Deputy Speakers and Written Parliamentary 0.02 Questions 12.23 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.44 13.07 Points of Order: Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking whether the Speaker had reached 0.06 any conclusions about the way that the announcement on the nationalisation of the east coast main line had been made to the media long before it was made to the House, and whether the Speaker would be making a statement. Mr Simon Burns: asking why the Speaker’s statement had been leaked to the BBC, and what action the Speaker would take. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the decision not to go ahead with the part privatisation of the Royal Mail. 13.13 Estimates: [3rd Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Department for Children, Schools and 3.12 Families: Looked-after Children 16.25 Estimates: [3rd Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department for Transport: Road Safety 1.37 0.02 18.02 Adjournment: Malcolm Bruce: School Bus Safety 0.25 0.25 18.27 House rose [Totals for session: 804.23; 64.16] 7.57 0.27 105. Friday 3rd July 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Private Member’s Motion: Justine Greening: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.15 09.50 Third Reading: Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill [PMB] 1.59 11.49 Second Reading: Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill [PMB] 2.06 Motion and Bill withdrawn 13.55 Second Reading: Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill 0.37 0.02 [PMB] Debate to be resumed Friday 16th October 14.32 Point of Order: Simon Hughes: asking whether there was any way to discover 0.02 0.02 whether government objections to Private Members’ Bills were made on a point of substance or because the Government simply did not like Private Members’ Bills. 14.34 Adjournment: Mr Mark Todd: Domestic Energy Users 0.30 0.30 15.04 House rose [Totals for session: 809.57; 64.50] 5.34 0.34 72 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 106. Monday 6th July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.16 15.31 Urgent Question: Mr Kenneth Clarke: MG Rover 0.18 15.49 Speaker’s Statement: Further response to Point of Order 0.01 15.50 Statement: Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Douglas 0.47 Alexander): International Development White Paper 16.37 Opposition Day [15th Allotted Day]: Young People in the Recession [Division]; 5.53 0.30 Identity Cards [Division] 22.30 Point of Order: Mr Peter Bone: asking whether backbench Members, rather than 0.02 0.02 the Government, should have the final decision on whether an oral question to one department should be transferred, at late notice, to a written question to another department. 22.32 Adjournment: Nadine Dorries: Three-tier Education (Bedfordshire) 0.29 0.29 23.01 House rose [Totals for session: 818.28; 65.51] 8.31 1.01 107. Tuesday 7th July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.16 15.31 Points of Order: Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether a written parliamentary 0.05 statement by the Government announcing that the Government was making preparations for a strategic defence review was within the spirit of the Speaker’s ruling that major policy announcements should be made to the House first, and whether the Speaker could compel a Minister to come to the House to make an oral statement, or whether the Speaker would allow an urgent question on the subject. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether Speaker could make clear to Ministers that long delays in responding to correspondence were not acceptable. Mr Christopher Chope; Philip Davies: asking whether the Speaker could allow for further debate and decision on whether and when the United Kingdom Youth Parliament should hold a meeting in the Chamber, following concerns that the proposed date of 30 October, a non-sitting Friday, would be too disruptive. 15.36 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr David Heath: Parliamentary Commissions of 0.12 Inquiry 15.48 Consideration: Finance Bill [1st Allotted Day] [Divisions] 6.16 0.04 22.04 Adjournment: David Davis: Government Policy (Torture Overseas) 0.30 0.30 22.34 House rose [Totals for session: 826.32; 66.25] 8.04 0.34 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 73 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 108. Wednesday 8th July 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 12.33 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Reforming 0.59 Financial Markets 13.32 Point of Order: Bob Spink: asking how the House could ensure that the situation 0.01 of the norovirus-affected cruise ship, the Marco Polo, was properly dealt with. 13.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Dr Nick Palmer: Care Homes (Domestic Pets) 0.11 13.44 Consideration: Finance Bill [2nd Allotted Day] [Division] 5.28 0.12 19.12 Adjournment: Barry Gardiner: Taxation of Pensions 0.26 0.26 19.38 House rose [Totals for session: 834.40; 67.03] 8.08 0.38 109. Thursday 9th July 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.16 11.31 Urgent Question: Dr Evan Harris: Newspapers (Surveillance Methods) 0.20 11.51 Business Statement: 0.51 12.42 Points of Order: Mr David Heath: asking whether the Speaker could give an 0.06 instruction to Departments that announcements about the timing of future business should be made to the House first. Mr Graham Stuart: asking whether the Speaker agreed that it would have been more appropriate for the Home Secretary to have replied to the Urgent Question on Newspapers (Surveillance Methods), rather than the Minister for Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism. Mr Nigel Dodds: asking for an indication of when the Government was intending to make an oral statement on the use of surveillance techniques by newspapers, and why the House was not given a clearer indication of when such statements would occur. Mr Christopher Chope: asking for the Speaker to agree to remain in the Chair following a Speaker’s statement and take questions from Members. 12.48 Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Draft Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication 2.42 of Section 25) Order 2009 [Division]; draft Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2009 [Division] 15.30 Topical Debate: UK Manufacturing 1.30 17.00 Adjournment: Dr Gavin Strang: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation 0.26 17.26 House rose [Totals for session: 841.36; 67.03] 6.56 0.00 74 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 110. Monday 13th July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Defence 0.16 15.31 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): G8 Summit 1.14 16.45 Point of Order: John Mann: asking what action the House of Commons 0.02 Commission was taking to implement the motion passed by the House on 3 July 2008 in relation to removing the preferential tax status of MPs regarding second homes and capital gains tax. 16.47 Carry-over Motion: Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry- 0.37 Over) [Division] 17.24 Allocation of Time: Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programme) (No. 4) 0.13 [Division] 17.37 Lords Amendments: Political Parties and Elections Bill 4.24 0.01 22.01 Business Statement: 0.05 0.05 22.06 Point of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking to conclude his remarks 0.01 0.01 suggesting that the Government also table a business motion to allow a debate on the Government’s proposals for a Select Committee on reform of the House of Commons. 22.07 Business Statement: [resumed] 0.02 0.02 22.09 Public Petitions: Mr Stephen O’Brien: Primary Education (Cheshire) 0.07 0.07 Norman Lamb: Air Guns (Control) Mr Peter Bone: Taxis (Northamptonshire) Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 22.16 Adjournment: Emily Thornberry: ‘The Spirit of Humanity’ 0.23 0.23 22.39 House rose [Totals for session: 849.45; 67.42] 8.09 0.39 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 75 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 111. Tuesday 14th July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.17 15.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Care and Support 1.01 (Reform) 16.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Frank Field: Criminal Injuries Compensation 0.07 Scheme (Review) 16.40 Consideration: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] [Division] 4.15 20.55 Point of Order: Mr Crispin Blunt: asking for questions to be put on two further 0.01 amendments, required properly to implement another amendment, already agreed to by the House. 20.56 Consideration: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] [resumed] 0.05 21.01 Third Reading: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] 0.59 22.00 Points of Order: Mr Peter Bone: asking the Speaker to prevent the Government 0.17 0.17 from moving the motion relating to the East Midlands Regional Grand Committee, firstly because the rubric on the Order Paper was misleading, and secondly because the motion was almost exactly the same as that rejected by the House on 25 June. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether he was right in thinking that the Standing Orders relating to Regional Grand Committees required a more specific location to be given for the meeting of the Committees than simply the name of a town. Mr Crispin Blunt: asking whether the change between the new motion and the motion rejected by the House on 25 June was consistent with the spirit of the position taken by the House on 25 June, and for clarification on the minimum change that would be required in order for a generally similar motion to be acceptable. Mr David Heath: asking for Members to be informed of the precise location of the meeting of the East Midlands Regional Grand Committee, in the event that this information was not included in the motion itself. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether it was indeed the case that only the Government could make time for debate on a motion relating to the establishment of the Select Committee intended to strengthen the position of the House in relation to the executive, and whether the Speaker appreciated the irony in this. 22.17 Public Petition: Lembit Öpik: Wind Farm Development (Wales) 0.01 0.01 22.18 Adjournment: Mr Robert Syms: Bournemouth and Poole FE College 0.27 0.27 22.45 House rose [Totals for session: 858.00; 68.27] 8.15 0.45 76 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 112. Wednesday 15th July 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12.32 Statement: The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.54 Miliband): UK Low Carbon Transition Plan 13.26 Points of Order: Norman Baker: asking what steps the Speaker could take to 0.07 ensure that the Government did not make a large number of written parliamentary statements on the day before the recess. Jeremy Corbyn: asking what the Speaker could do to ensure that ministers gave substantive answers to named day written parliamentary questions on the day set for their answer, rather than giving holding answers. Mr Peter Bone: asking what steps the Speaker could take to ensure that more backbenchers were able to ask their questions during Prime Minister’s Questions. Greg Mulholland: asking what the Speaker could do to ensure Mr Mulholland received a response that day from the Secretary of State for Health to a question regarding an urgent case in his constituency. Miss Julie Kirkbride: asking whether the Government would be making an oral statement about Jaguar Land Rover’s attempt to secure funding from the European Investment Bank. 13.33 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Andrew Robathan: Protection of Elderly People 0.10 (Unsolicited Mail) 13.43 Opposition Day [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty [Division]; 5.33 0.16 Caring for the Elderly [Division] 19.16 Public Petition: Mr Paul Burstow: Flooding (Surrey) 0.02 0.02 19.18 Adjournment: Des Browne: Diageo Closures 0.29 0.29 19.47 House rose [Totals for session: 866.17; 69.14] 8.17 0.47 113. Thursday 16th July 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.15 11.30 Business Statement: 0.55 12.25 Topical Debate: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 1.30 13.55 General Debate: Afghanistan and Pakistan 4.05 18.00 Public Petition: Mr Denis Macshane: Steel Industry (Yorkshire) 0.01 0.01 18.01 Adjournment: Greg Mulholland: Enid Ruhango 0.27 0.27 18.28 House rose [Totals for session: 874.15; 69.42] 7.58 0.28 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 77 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 114. Monday 20th July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.35 15.10 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 15.20 Questions: Olympics 0.14 15.34 Statement: The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.57 16.31 S.O. No. 24 application: Norman Baker: Parker Pen Factory, Newhaven: Leave 0.02 refused 16.33 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking the Speaker to look into the reasons why 0.04 he had been told that choirs from his constituency would no longer be permitted to sing on the parliamentary estate in the run up to Christmas. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether the Speaker would ensure that outstanding written parliamentary questions received substantive replies from Ministers before the recess, and also to investigate the matter of the Prime Minister transferring questions to other departments or failing to give a substantive reply. 16.37 Second Reading: Child Poverty Bill 4.51 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 21.28 Lords Amendments: Political Parties and Elections Bill 0.25 21.53 General Government Motion: Select Committee on Reform of the House of 1.47 1.40 Commons [Division] 23.40 Points of Order: Mr Mark Harper: asking whether it could be considered an 0.02 0.02 abuse to the House that the Government had allowed only an hour and a half of debate on the motion establishing a Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, and whether the House could have confidence in the Committee given that the proposed Chairman of the Committee had voted for the closure of the debate. Philip Davies: asking whether it was fair that the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) had been unable to speak in the debate. 23.42 General Government Motion: Select Committee on Reform of the House of 0.13 0.13 Commons [resumed] [Division] 23.55 Public Petitions: Rosie Cooper: Travel Passes (Lancashire) 0.04 0.04 Janet Anderson: Public Transport (Lancashire) 23.59 Adjournment: Christopher Fraser: Swine Flu 0.30 0.30 00.29 House rose [Totals for session: 884.14; 72.11] 9.59 2.29 78 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 115. Tuesday 21st July 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Justice 0.16 15.31 Urgent Question: Susan Kramer: Equitable Life 0.21 15.52 Issue of Writ: North East, in the room of Michael Martin 0.06 15.58 Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for confirmation that, in the last 0.01 election, Michael Martin (as the Speaker seeking re-election) stood as an independent rather than as a Labour party candidate. 15.59 Issue of Writ: Glasgow North East, in the room of Michael Martin [resumed] 0.30 [Division] 16.29 Allocation of Time: Parliamentary Standards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) 0.11 [Division] 16.40 Lords Amendments: Parliamentary Standards Bill 0.25 17.05 Point of Order: Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: asking the Speaker to advise on 0.01 whether a programming Committee had met to consider the programme motion. 17.06 Lords Amendments: Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.48 17.54 Recess Adjournment: [Summer Adjournment] 4.07 0.01 22.01 Public Petitions: Mark Pritchard: Surface Mining (Shropshire) 0.06 0.06 Mr Paul Burstow: Decent Homes Programme (Funding); Storage of Embryos 22.07 Adjournment: Mr David Drew: Gurkha Pensions 0.30 0.30 22.37 House rose [Totals for session: 892.21; 72.48] 8.07 0.37 116. Monday 12th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Children, Schools and Families 0.16 15.31 Urgent Question: Dr Vincent Cable: Sale of Government Assets 0.21 15.52 Statement: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.44 Miliband): Libya 16.36 Personal Statement: Jacqui Smith 0.02 16.38 Consideration: Health Bill [Lords] [Divisions] 4.50 21.28 Point of Order: Lembit Öpik: asking whether there was a method of ensuring a 0.02 review of the decision not to select an amendment that he had tabled for separate division. 21.30 Third Reading: Health Bill [Lords] 0.31 0.01 22.01 Public Petition: Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 0.02 0.02 22.03 Adjournment: Richard Younger-Ross: Water Charges 0.28 0.28 22.31 House rose [Totals for session: 900.22; 73.19] 8.01 0.31 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 79 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 117. Tuesday 13th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Health 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Health 0.17 15.32 Points of Order: Paul Farrelly: asking whether the Speaker would consider 0.09 whether an alleged attempt by the solicitors Carter-Ruck to prevent newspaper from reporting a Parliamentary Question he had tabled, relating to the activities of their client Trafigura, constituted a potential contempt of Parliament. Mr David Heath: asking whether the reported activities of Carter-Ruck threatened the privileges of the House. David Davis: asking whether, following the reported actions of Carter-Ruck, the Speaker would take legal advice and whether he would seek a meeting with the Secretary of State for Justice. Dr Evan Harris: asking whether the Speaker, following the reported actions of Carter-Ruck, would reflect on the increasing practice of seeking injunctions in advance of publication and on whether something should be done to control it. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether it was acceptable that a named day question he had put down in July to the Secretary of State for Defence had received only a holding answer in October. Mark Lazarowicz: asking whether it was appropriate that the Committee on Climate Change had published its first report before laying it before the House. 15.41 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Douglas Carswell: Parliamentary Elections 0.08 (Recall and Primaries) 15.49 Consideration: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill 1.02 [Lords] 16.51 Point of Order: Mr Elfyn Llwyd: asking whether he would be able to press a new 0.01 clause to a division. 16.52 Consideration: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill 4.53 [Lords] [resumed] [Divisions] 21.45 Third Reading: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction 0.29 0.14 Bill [Lords] [Division] 22.14 Adjournment: Barry Gardiner: Biofuels 0.29 0.29 22.43 House rose [Totals for session: 908.35; 74.02] 8.13 0.43 80 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 118. Wednesday 14th October 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Scotland (28); Prime Minister (31) 0.59 12.34 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Afghanistan and Pakistan 1.13 13.47 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Brooks Newmark: Cervical Cancer (Minimum 0.18 Age for Screening) 14.05 Opposition Day [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education [Division]; NHS 4.37 Dentistry 18.42 Point of Order: Mr Eric Martlew: asking to make it known that he had not made 0.01 a comment from a sedentary position about the dental care arrangements of the Member speaking, as that Member had asserted 18.43 Opposition Day [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry [resumed] [Division] 0.32 0.15 19.15 Adjournment: David Tredinnick: Complementary and Alternative Medicines 0.27 0.27 19.42 House rose [Totals for session: 916.47; 74.44] 8.12 0.42 119. Thursday 15th October 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Church Commissioners (15); Solicitor General (19); House of 0.57 Commons Commission (2); Leader of the House (17); House of Commons Commission (2); Leader of the House (1); House of Commons Commission (2); Leader of the House (1) 11.32 Business Statement: 0.53 12.25 Points of Order: Dr Liam Fox: asking for a separate statement on the delayed 0.03 appearance of the Gray report on acquisition, in advance of a debate on defence for which it would be relevant (Speaker invited Secretary of State for Defence, present in Chamber, to reply) Mr James Arbuthnot: asking whether the Secretary of State for Defence had been correct to say that the said report had not been ready for publication before the summer recess. 12.28 General Debate: Defence Policy 5.32 18.00 Adjournment: Kitty Ussher: Todmorden Rail Link 0.22 0.22 18.22 House rose [Totals for session: 924.39; 75.06] 7.52 0.22 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 81 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 120. Friday 16th October 2009 09.30 Prayers 0.04 09.34 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private 0.02 09.36 Points of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the Deputy Speaker 0.04 could ensure that the Speaker shared his thoughts on the Legg report with the House, following reports that the Speaker would make comments on the subject on the radio the following day. Mr Henry Bellingham: asking whether Mr Deputy Speaker had received any request to make a statement about the Yvonne Fletcher case. 09.40 Consideration: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] [Divisions] 1.29 11.09 Third Reading: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.05 12.14 Consideration: Law Commission Bill [Lords] [PMB] [Divisions] 1.18 13.32 Third Reading: Law Commission Bill [Lords] [PMB] [Division] 0.37 14.09 Consideration: Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill [PMB] 0.28 0.07 14.37 Points of Order: Mr Andrew Dismore: asking about a motion on Access to 0.02 0.02 Parliament (United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament) on which an objection had just been taken: asking whether there was a way of recording that it was Mr Christopher Chope who had objected. Mr Christopher Chope: asking for confirmation from the Chair that it was only by objecting to the motion that one could ensure it was debated. 14.39 Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Dentistry (Nottingham, North) 0.26 0.26 15.05 House rose [Totals for session: 930.14; 75.41] 5.35 0.35 121. Monday 19th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Work and Pensions 0.08 14.43 Point of Order: Miss Anne McIntosh: asking to apply for an adjournment debate 0.01 following an answer to a supplementary question which she judged to be wholly unsatisfactory. 14.44 Questions: Work and Pensions [resumed] 0.31 15.15 Topical Questions: Work and Pensions 0.15 15.30 Urgent Question: Mr Michael Gove: Children’s Commissioner 0.27 15.57 Statement: The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Bob Ainsworth): Defence 0.37 Acquisition (Independent Review) 16.34 Points of Order: Mr Douglas Hogg: asking how Members who had suffered a 0.02 financial loss resulting from the failure of Equitable Life could make clear their pecuniary interest before voting in the upcoming debate on Equitable Life. 16.36 Opposition Day [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare 5.53 0.29 [Divisions] 22.29 House rose [Totals for session: 938.13; 76.10] 7.59 0.29 82 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 122. Tuesday 20th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.18 15.33 Urgent Question: Mr Dominic Grieve: Transfer of Prisoners 0.22 15.55 Statement: The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Pat McFadden): 0.40 Royal Mail 16.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: David Cairns: Marine Accident Investigation Branch 0.10 (Reports) 16.45 Second Reading: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 5.14 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. 21.59 Carry-over Motion: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Carry-over) 0.19 0.18 [Division] 22.18 Adjournment: Mr David Evennett: Power Cuts (North-West Kent) 0.28 0.28 22.46 House rose [Totals for session: 946.29; 76.56] 8.16 0.46 123. Wednesday 21st October 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: International Development (28); Prime Minister (30) 0.58 12.33 Points of Order: Mr Denis MacShane: asking whether the House authorities 0.02 would investigate use of Parliamentary facilities to amend the Wikipedia entry of the leader of the British Conservatives in the European Parliament. Mr David Drew: asking whether the Speaker would look into why a report on Gloucestershire County Council had not yet been made available to him. 12.35 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Dr John Pugh: Local Health Services and Democratic 0.09 Involvement 12.44 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Financial Interests 0.01 12.45 Opposition Day [19th Allotted Day]: Equitable Life [Division]; Climate Change 6.30 0.15 (Political Response) [Division] 19.15 Public Petition: David Lepper: Gaza 0.02 0.02 19.17 Adjournment: Shona McIsaac: War Memorials 0.30 0.30 19.47 House rose [Totals for session: 954.46; 77.43] 8.17 0.47 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 83 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 124. Thursday 22nd October 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Transport 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Transport 0.12 11.27 Questions: Women and Equality 0.07 11.34 Business Statement: 0.41 12.15 Points of Order: Ms Sally Keeble: asking whether arrangements could be made 0.01 for the Secretary of State for Transport to answer questions in the House. Mr Andrew Turner: asking whether the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills could stand beyond the bar of the House to answer questions. 12.16 Topical Debate: Economic Recovery 1.30 13.46 Private Member’s Motion: Mr Edward Leigh: 1st to 6th, 8th to 11th, 13th to 2.40 23rd, and 31st Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2008–09 and Treasury Minutes 16.26 Adjournment: Miss Ann Widdecombe: UK Border Agency 0.51 17.17 House rose [Totals for session: 961.33; 77.43] 6.47 0.00 125. Monday 26th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Home Department 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Home Department 0.17 15.32 Urgent Question: Dr Liam Fox: Territorial Army 0.21 15.53 Allocation of Time: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 0.02 2) 15.55 Consideration: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (1st allocated day) 6.22 0.17 [Division] 22.17 Adjournment: Mr Mark Lancaster: Territorial Army 0.30 0.30 22.47 House rose [Totals for session: 969.50; 78.30] 8.17 0.47 84 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 126. Tuesday 27th October 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Communities and Local Government 0.17 15.32 Points of Order: Mr Anthony Steen: asking whether Departments could be 0.07 prevented from transferring oral questions after printing. Mr David Winnick: asking about the effect of reported plans to allow Ministers sitting in the Lords to answer questions in the House. Mr Anthony Steen: asking if the Speaker would prevent the transfer of written questions between departments. Mr Peter Bone: asking whether the Speaker could help prevent late holding replies to Named Day Questions. 15.39 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Tom Harris: Closed Circuit Television 0.09 (Monitoring and Promotion) 15.48 Consideration: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (2nd allocated day) 2.22 [Division] 18.10 Third Reading: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] 0.50 19.00 Opposition Day [Un-allotted half day]: Parading in Northern Ireland 2.59 21.59 Point of Order: Mr Peter Bottomley: asking to draw attention to the relevant 0.01 protocol following the passage of a motion relating to the Parliamentary Election Rules. 22.00 General Government Motion: Membership of Regional Select Committees 0.01 0.01 22.01 Public Petition: Mark Pritchard: Princess Royal Hospital, Telford 0.02 0.02 22.03 Adjournment: Mr Crispin Blunt: Fabio Alves-Nunes 0.24 0.24 22.27 House rose [Totals for session: 977.47; 78.57] 7.57 0.27 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 85 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 127. Wednesday 28th October 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Defence (26); Prime Minister (30) 0.56 12.31 Statement: Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Bob Ainsworth): Nimrod Review 0.41 13.12 Points of Order: Mrs Caroline Spelman: asking why a written Ministerial 0.03 statement pertaining to that afternoon’s debate had not yet been made available. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the Speaker could expedite the release of the Kelly Report into Members’ allowances. 13.15 Ten Minute Rule Motion: : Rentcharges (Notification) 0.09 13.24 Point of Order: Mr : asking to apologise for the late release of the 0.01 statement referred to by Mrs Spelman in her earlier Point of Order, and promising to look into what had happened. 13.25 Opposition Day [20th Allotted Day]: Local Spending Reports [Division]; Future 5.50 0.15 of the Territorial Army [Division] 19.15 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee for 0.36 0.36 Parliamentary Standards Authority 19.51 Point of Order: Peter Bottomley: asking whether it was in order to refer to a 0.01 0.01 proposed Member of the Committee as “tainted”. 19.52 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee for the Independent 0.13 0.13 Parliamentary Standards Authority [resumed] 20.05 Points of Order: Bob Spink: asking whether it was in order for the Minister not 0.01 0.01 to inform the House of the salaries set for posts on the board of the IPSA. Peter Bottomley: asking for details of the salaries of IPSA board members. 20.06 General Government Motion: Speaker’s Committee for the Independent 0.05 0.05 Parliamentary Standards Authority [resumed] 20.11 Adjournment: Mr David Heath: Support for UK Inventors 0.29 0.29 20.40 House rose [Totals for session: 986.57; 80.37] 9.10 1.40 86 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 128. Thursday 29th October 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.17 11.32 Business Statement: 0.39 12.11 Personal Statement: Mr Tony McNulty 0.03 12.14 Topical Debate: Fireworks Safety 0.01 12.15 Point of Order: Paul Flynn: asking to draw attention to the absence of any 0.01 Minister on the Government Front Bench. 12.16 Topical Debate: Fireworks Safety [resumed] 1.26 13.42 General Debate: Social Care Green Paper 4.13 17.55 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committee (Membership) 0.04 (Yorkshire and the Humber) 17.59 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committee (Membership) (South 0.01 West) 18.00 Adjournment: David Taylor: Furniture Industry 0.30 0.30 18.30 House rose [Totals for session: 994.57; 81.07] 8.00 0.30 129. Monday 2nd November 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Defence 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Defence 0.16 15.31 Urgent Question: Chris Grayling: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs 0.24 15.55 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): European Council 0.43 16.38 Point of Order: Mr Stephen O’Brien: asking whether it was in order for 0.02 Ministers to delay publication of the final report from the Nutritional Action Plan Delivery Board. 16.40 Third Reading: Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [Lords] 0.22 17.02 General Debate: Antisocial Behaviour 4.57 21.59 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committee (Membership) (West 0.02 0.01 Midlands) 22.01 Adjournment: Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Supermarkets and Regional Farming 0.28 0.28 22.29 House rose [Totals for session: 1002.56; 81.36] 7.59 0.29 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 87 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 130. Tuesday 3rd November 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Treasury 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Treasury 0.17 15.32 Statement: The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Banking 0.54 Reform 16.26 Statement: The Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property (Mr 0.46 David Lammy): Higher Education 17.12 Point of Order: Mr David Heath: asking whether Ministers making statements 0.01 could be hurried. 17.13 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Peter Luff: Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of 0.19 Habitation) 17.32 Allocation of Time: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) 1.02 (No. 2) [Division] 18.34 Committee of the Whole House: [1st Allocated Day]: Constitutional Reform and 3.46 0.20 Governance Bill [Divisions] 22.20 Adjournment: Mr Jeremy Browne: PCSOs (Somerset) 0.29 0.29 22.49 House rose [Totals for session: 1011.15; 82.25] 8.19 0.49 131. Wednesday 4th November 2009 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Questions: Northern Ireland (28); Prime Minister (28) 0.56 12.31 Speaker’s Statement: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 0.02 12.33 Statement: The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman): MPs’ 0.37 Expenses and Allowances 13.10 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Helen Southworth: Food Labelling (Nutrition and 0.12 Health) 13.22 Committee of the Whole House: [2nd Allocated Day]: Constitutional Reform 5.40 0.02 and Governance Bill [Divisions] 19.02 Public Petitions: Natascha Engel: Waste plant (North-East Derbyshire) 0.03 0.03 Mrs Caroline Spelman: Equitable Life (Meriden) Mark Williams: Scallop Dredging, Cardigan Bay 19.05 Adjournment: Mrs Madeleine Moon: Pernicious Anaemia 0.26 0.26 19.31 House rose [Totals for session: 1019.16; 82.56] 8.01 0.31 88 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 132. Thursday 5th November 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Energy and Climate Change 0.15 11.30 Business Statement: 0.36 12.06 Speaker’s Statement: Priority for serving members of the armed forces in the 0.01 Public Galleries 12.07 Points of Order: Mr Peter Bone: asking whether there would be a statement on 0.06 the Communications Allowance. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether the Speaker would ensure outstanding Parliamentary Questions were answered before prorogation. Mr John Gummer: asking whether a system could be found to allow Members to receive an immediate response to urgent inquiries when Parliament is not sitting. Mr Nigel Dodds: asking whether the Speaker would take steps to ensure the situation of Members with regard to allowances was clarified, after the Kelly Report. Mr Phillip Hollobone: asking whether consideration had been given to allowing servicemen to sit in the upper viewing Galleries for Members. 12.13 General Debate: Climate Change 5.42 17.55 General Government Motion: Regional Select Committee (Membership) 0.06 0.01 (London) 18.01 Public Petition: Mr Tim Boswell: Equitable Life (Daventry) 0.01 0.01 18.02 Adjournment: Philip Davies: Taxation (Gambling) 0.28 0.28 18.30 House rose [Totals for session: 1027.16; 83.26] 8.00 0.30 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 89 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 133. Monday 9th November 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.35 15.10 Topical Questions: Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 15.20 Questions: Olympics 0.12 15.32 Urgent Question: Chris Grayling: FOI Request (Immigration) 0.24 15.56 Statement: The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.53 Miliband): Energy National Policy Statements 16.49 Allocation of Time: Coroners and Justice Bill (Programme) (No. 4) [Division] 0.13 17.02 Lords Amendments: Coroners and Justice Bill 1.31 18.33 Points of Order: Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether he had been mistaken in 0.02 his understanding that there would be an opportunity to vote on a certain amendment. Mr Jack Straw: asking whether the matter would be resolved if he himself were to move the amendment to which Mr Grieve referred, on the understanding that he would vote against it. 18.35 Lords Amendments: Coroners and Justice Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 3.48 0.23 22.23 Petition: Steve Webb: Equitable Life (Northavon) 0.01 0.01 22.24 Adjournment: Mr Charles Walker: Mental Health Services 0.29 0.29 22.53 House rose [Totals for session: 1035.39; 84.19] 8.23 0.53 134. Tuesday 10th November 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Justice 0.40 15.15 Topical Questions: Justice 0.18 15.33 Speaker’s Statement: Two minutes’ silence 0.01 15.34 Points of Order: Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the comments made by the 0.03 Secretary of State in answer to a topical question represented a statement, and whether this was a novel way of making a statement. Mr Jack Straw: asking to make observations on Mr Grieve’s point of order, as invited by the Speaker. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the practice of making such a statement late in the time allocated for topical questions made it impossible for members to ask questions. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking whether the problem identified by Mr Grieve could be solved if Ministers announced at the start of topical questions whether they intended to make a statement. 15.37 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Andrew Rosindell: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 0.13 15.50 Lords Amendments: Welfare Reform Bill [Division] 2.58 18.48 Lords Amendments: Health Bill [Lords] 0.13 19.01 Petition: Robert Walter: Equitable Life (North Dorset) 0.03 19.04 Adjournment: Mr Mark Todd: Free fruit in schools 0.39 19.43 House rose [Totals for session: 1040.52; 84.19] 5.13 0.00 90 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration After appointed time 135. Wednesday 11th November 2009 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Questions: Wales (29); Prime Minister (29) 0.58 15.33 Statement: The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Pat McFadden): 0.51 Skills for Growth 16.24 Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Angus MacNeil: Mobile Network Roaming 0.11 Capabilities 16.35 Allocation of Time: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 0.14 (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 16.49 Lords Amendments: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 3.04 [Division] 19.53 Point of Order: Anne Main: asking whether the Secretary of State for Transport 0.01 would come to address the House on current problems with train services 19.54 Petitions: Mr Simon Burns: Equitable Life (West Chelmsford) 0.04 Angela Browning: Equitable Life (Tiverton and Honiton) 19.58 Adjournment: Mr Philip Hollobone: Residential Roads (Adoption) 1.03 21.01 House rose [Totals for session: 1047.23; 84.19] 6.31 0.00 136. Thursday 12th November 2009 10.30 Prayers 0.05 10.35 Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 11.15 Topical Questions: Business, Innovation and Skills 0.20 11.35 Urgent Question: Anne Main: First Capital Connect 0.18 11.53 Points of Order: Mr Graham Allen: asking whether adverse press comment 0.07 about the signatories to an EDM relating to the IPSA amounted to a breach of privilege. Mr Graham Stuart: drawing attention to problems he had experienced in getting in contact with Mr Richard Summersgill, despite asking the Minister to help. Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the Information Commissioner could be brought to the bar of the House to explain why he had not addressed certain Freedom of Information requests to Mr Prentice’s satisfaction. Mr Christopher Chope: asking what could be done to ensure Members had the opportunity to approve the appointment of the chairman of the IPSA Alistair Burt: asking to give advice to Mr Stuart on how to get a response from Mr Richard Summersgill, further to his earlier point of order. Andrew Rosindell: asking whether the Speaker would investigate the failure to fly the flag on Armistice Day. 12.00 Lords Amendments: Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 1.09 13.09 Points of Order: Mr Edward Leigh: asking whether the Secretary of State would 0.03 make a statement about withdrawing opposition to an amendment. Mike Penning: asking whether a Minister would make a statement about reports of the arrest of an individual on suspicion of murdering Captain Robert Nairac. 13.12 Lords Amendments: Policing and Crime Bill 1.49 15.01 Suspension 1.34 16.35 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners; Suspension 0.23 16.58 House rose [Totals for session: 1053.51; 84.19] 6.28 0.00 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 91 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE

Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 1: Addresses other than Prayers 3 Dec 08 [1st Day] 0.45 3 Dec 08 [1st Day] [resumed] 0.36 3 Dec 08 [1st Day] [resumed] 4.04 4 Dec 08 [2nd Day] 0.57 4 Dec 08 [2nd Day] [resumed] 3.56 8 Dec 08 [3rd Day] 4.50 1.00 9 Dec 08 Speaker’s Statement: Parliamentary Network and the Wilson Doctrine 0.02 10 Dec 08 [4th Day] 5.20 11 Dec 08 [5th Day] 0.45 11 Dec 08 [5th Day] [Division] 4.13 0.15 15 Dec 08 [6th Day] [Divisions] 6.07 0.39 Totals: 31.35 1.54 2a: Government Bills: Read a second time and committed to Public Bill Committee 12 Jan 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill [Division] 3.46 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 13 Jan 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 2.49 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 19 Jan 09 Policing and Crime Bill 4.40 0.02 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 26 Jan 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 6.38 0.16 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 27 Jan 09 Welfare Reform Bill 5.28 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 23 Feb 09 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 6.22 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 11 May 09 Equality Bill [Division] 6.25 0.15 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 1 Jun 09 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] 6.41 0.15 [Division] Committed to a Public Bill Committee 2 Jun 09 Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] 4.21 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 8 Jun 09 Health Bill [Lords] 5.06 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 23 Jun 09 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] 4.40 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 20 Jul 09 Child Poverty Bill 4.51 Committed to a Public Bill Committee Totals: 61.47 0.48 92 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 2b: Government Bills: Read a second time and committed to Committee of the whole House (in whole or part) 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill 1.05 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill [resumed] 1.04 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. 16 Mar 09 Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 1.57 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 1 Apr 09 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill 4.08 [Lords] Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 6 May 09 Finance Bill 2.15 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 6 May 09 Finance Bill [resumed] 0.09 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 6 May 09 Finance Bill [resumed] [Division] 6.37 2.48 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 6 May 09 Finance Bill [resumed]. 0.01 0.01 Committed in part to a Committee of the Whole House 29 Jun 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill 5.17 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 29 Jun 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.17 0.13 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House 20 Oct 09 Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 5.14 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Totals: 28.04 3.02 2d: Government Bills: Committee of the whole House 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill 1.58 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.28 0.17 21 Apr 09 Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 0.41 12 May 09 [1st Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) 7.58 1.47 [Divisions] 12 May 09 [1st Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) 1.40 1.40 [resumed] [Divisions] 13 May 09 [2nd Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) 0.01 13 May 09 [2nd Day]: Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) 8.41 2.32 [resumed] [Divisions] 10 Jun 09 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill 1.44 [Lords] 30 Jun 09 [1st Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards Bill [Divisions] 5.54 0.33 1 Jul 09 [2nd Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards Bill 0.01 1 Jul 09 [2nd Allocated Day]: Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 4.45 3 Nov 09 [1st Allocated Day]: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 3.46 0.20 [Divisions] 4 Nov 09 [2nd Allocated Day]: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 5.40 0.02 [Divisions] Totals: 43.17 7.11 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 93 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 2e: Government Bills: Consideration 9 Feb 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [Divisions] 5.12 0.01 25 Feb 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 2.19 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [Divisions] 4.19 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.59 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.01 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 0.24 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.11 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [resumed] 0.03 11 Mar 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill [Divisions] 3.01 17 Mar 09 Welfare Reform Bill [Divisions] 5.15 23 Mar 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 4.05 24 Mar 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Divisions] 4.32 5 May 09 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill [Divisions] 5.42 19 May 09 Policing and Crime Bill [Divisions] 2.55 19 May 09 Policing and Crime Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 1.52 1 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill 1.12 1 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.18 0.15 7 Jul 09 Finance Bill [1st Allotted Day] [Divisions] 6.16 0.04 8 Jul 09 Finance Bill [2nd Allotted Day] [Division] 5.28 0.12 14 Jul 09 Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] [Division] 4.15 14 Jul 09 Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] [resumed] 0.05 12 Oct 09 Health Bill [Lords] [Divisions] 4.50 13 Oct 09 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] 1.02 13 Oct 09 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] 4.53 [resumed] [Divisions] 26 Oct 09 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (1st allocated day) [Division] 6.22 0.17 27 Oct 09 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (2nd allocated day) [Division] 2.22 Totals: 77.53 0.49 2f: Government Bills: Third Reading 17 Dec 08 Banking Bill 0.59 25 Feb 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 0.21 2 Mar 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill [Division] 0.21 0.12 3 Mar 09 Corporation Tax Bill 0.45 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill 0.01 0.01 11 Mar 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill 0.26 17 Mar 09 Welfare Reform Bill 0.44 24 Mar 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 1.00 0.14 21 Apr 09 Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 0.19 5 May 09 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 0.35 19 May 09 Policing and Crime Bill 0.19 10 Jun 09 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill 0.02 [Lords] 1 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill 0.01 0.01 14 Jul 09 Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] 0.59 12 Oct 09 Health Bill [Lords] 0.31 0.01 94 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 13 Oct 09 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] 0.29 0.14 [Division] 27 Oct 09 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] 0.50 2 Nov 09 Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [Lords] 0.22 Totals: 9.04 0.43 2g: Government Bills: Lords Amendments 10 Feb 09 Banking Bill 4.47 17 Jun 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill [Divisions] 2.43 1 Jul 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 0.01 0.01 1 Jul 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill [resumed] 0.33 0.33 13 Jul 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill 4.24 0.01 20 Jul 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill 0.25 21 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill 0.25 21 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill [resumed] [Division] 0.48 9 Nov 09 Coroners and Justice Bill 1.31 9 Nov 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [resumed] [Divisions] 3.48 0.23 10 Nov 09 Welfare Reform Bill [Division] 2.58 10 Nov 09 Health Bill [Lords] 0.13 11 Nov 09 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill [Division] 3.04 12 Nov 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 1.09 12 Nov 09 Policing and Crime Bill 1.49 Totals: 28.38 0.58 2h: Government Bills: Allocation of Time 12 Jan 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.12 13 Jan 09 Saving Gateway Accounts Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.17 9 Feb 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programme) (No. 3) 0.10 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) [Division] 1.51 11 Mar 09 Business Rate Supplements Bill (Programme No. 2) [Division] 0.26 23 Mar 09 Coroners and Justice Bill (Programme) (No. 3) [Division] 0.47 1 Apr 09 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill 0.18 [Lords] [Division] 11 May 09 Equality Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.13 0.13 19 May 09 Policing and Crime Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 0.47 1 Jun 09 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] 0.14 0.14 (Programme) [Division] 8 Jun 09 Health Bill [Lords] (Programme) [Division] 0.16 0.16 10 Jun 09 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill 0.31 [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 29 Jun 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill (Programme) [Division] 0.14 0.14 13 Jul 09 Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programme) (No. 4) [Division] 0.13 21 Jul 09 Parliamentary Standards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] 0.11 26 Oct 09 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) 0.02 3 Nov 09 Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) (No. 2) 1.02 [Division] 9 Nov 09 Coroners and Justice Bill (Programme) (No. 4) [Division] 0.13 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 95 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 11 Nov 09 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (Programme) (No. 2) 0.14 [Division] Totals: 8.11 0.57 2i: Government Bills: Committal and carry-over motions 13 Jul 09 Carry-over Motion: Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of 0.37 Carry-Over) [Division] 20 Oct 09 Carry-over Motion: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Carry- 0.19 0.18 over) [Division] Totals: 0.56 0.18 3a: Private Members’ Bills: Second Reading 27 Feb 09 Autism Bill [PMB] [Division] 4.13 Committed to a Public Bill Committee 27 Feb 09 Lending (Regulation) Bill [PMB] 0.29 0.01 Debate to be resumed on Friday 15 May 6 Mar 09 Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill [PMB] 2.58 Motion and Bill withdrawn 6 Mar 09 Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill [PMB] 1.48 Debate to be resumed Friday 13th March 13 Mar 09 Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill [PMB] [Division] 3.36 Bill read a second time 13 Mar 09 Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill [PMB] 1.07 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 19 June 20 Mar 09 Fuel Poverty Bill [PMB] [Division] 4.42 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 12 June 27 Mar 09 Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of 4.43 0.02 Discrimination) Bill [PMB] Debate to resumed Friday 16 October 24 Apr 09 Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill 2.13 [PMB] Committed to Public Bill Committee 24 Apr 09 Palliative Care Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.35 Second Reading negatived 24 Apr 09 Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] 0.59 0.01 Committed to Public Bill Committee 8 May 09 Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill [PMB] 2.47 Committed to Public Bill Committee 8 May 09 Schools (Health Support) Bill [PMB] 1.50 Motion for Second Reading withdrawn 8 May 09 Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc.) Bill [PMB] 0.09 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 26th June 15 May 09 Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill [PMB] 4.02 Motion for Second Reading and Bill withdrawn 15 May 09 Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill [PMB] 0.34 Committed to Public Bill Committee 15 May 09 British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill [PMB] 0.17 Debate to be resumed Friday 12th June 12 Jun 09 Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.36 Question not decided (fewer than forty Members voting) 12 Jun 09 Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill [PMB] 1.03 0.03 Debate to be resumed Friday 16th October 96 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 19 Jun 09 Forces Widows’ Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill [PMB] 1.50 19 Jun 09 Forces Widows’ Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill [PMB] [resumed] 0.01 Debate to be resumed Friday 16 October 26 Jun 09 Leaseholders’ Rights Bill [PMB] 2.17 Motion and Bill withdrawn 26 Jun 09 Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) Bill [PMB] 0.51 0.03 Debate to be resumed Friday 3rd July 3 Jul 09 Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill [PMB] 2.06 Motion and Bill withdrawn 3 Jul 09 Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill [PMB] 0.37 0.02 Debate to be resumed Friday 16th October Totals: 48.23 0.15 3b: Private Members’ Bills: Other stages 12 Jun 09 Third Reading: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and 1.10 Credit Unions Bill [PMB] 12 Jun 09 Third Reading: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and 0.11 Credit Unions Bill [PMB] [resumed] 19 Jun 09 Third Reading: Autism Bill [PMB] 2.53 26 Jun 09 Third Reading: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill [PMB] 0.24 26 Jun 09 Third Reading: Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) 1.14 Bill [PMB] 3 Jul 09 Third Reading: Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill [PMB] 1.59 16 Oct 09 Consideration: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] 1.29 [Divisions] 16 Oct 09 Third Reading: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill [PMB] 1.05 [Division] 16 Oct 09 Consideration: Law Commission Bill [Lords] [PMB] [Divisions] 1.18 16 Oct 09 Third Reading: Law Commission Bill [Lords] [PMB] [Division] 0.37 16 Oct 09 Consideration: Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill [PMB] 0.28 0.07 Totals: 12.48 0.07 4: Private Business at Seven/Four o’clock 21 Apr 09 7pm: Revival Motion: Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] and 1.31 Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords] [Division] 21 Apr 09 7pm: Revival Motion: Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council 0.04 Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill 21 Apr 09 7pm: Revival Motion: Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council 0.56 Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill [resumed] [Division] 3 Jun 09 4pm: Second Reading: Leeds City Council Bill 1.25 Totals: 3.56 0.00 5a: Government Motions: European Union Documents 20 Jan 09 Financial Crisis [Division] 1.45 20 Jan 09 Financial Management [Division] 1.46 20 Jan 09 EU-Russia Relations [Division] 1.47 11 Mar 09 Control of ozone-depleting substances [Division] 0.14 Totals: 5.32 0.00 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 97 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 5b: Government Motions: Business Motions 8 Dec 08 Business of the House [Division] 0.41 26 Jan 09 Deferred Divisions [Division] 0.13 0.13 25 Feb 09 Business of the House (Northern Ireland Bill) 0.35 3 Mar 09 Business of the House (Regional Select Committees, etc.) [Division] 0.19 25 Jun 09 Business of the House 0.07 Totals: 1.55 0.13 5c: Government Motions: General 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 0.31 Estate 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 0.08 Estate [resumed] 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 0.05 Estate [resumed] 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 0.19 Estate [resumed] 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 1.26 Estate [resumed] [Division] 8 Dec 08 Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary 0.15 Estate [resumed] [Division] 17 Dec 08 Parliamentary Pensions 0.33 17 Dec 08 Electoral Commission (Appointment and Remuneration of Chairman) 1.27 17 Dec 08 Electoral Commission (Appointment and Remuneration of Chairman) 0.13 [resumed] [Division] 22 Jan 09 Members’ Payments and Allowances 3.30 9 Feb 09 Guide to the Rules Relating to the Conduct of Members 1.06 3 Mar 09 Regional Select Committees (Membership) [Division] 1.24 3 Mar 09 Select Committees (Chairmen); Liaison Committee; and Green Book 0.44 [Division] 12 Mar 09 Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) 0.49 12 Mar 09 Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) [resumed] 0.27 12 Mar 09 Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) [resumed] 0.01 16 Mar 09 Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) [Division] 2.33 16 Mar 09 Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) [resumed] [Divisions] 0.22 19 Mar 09 Legislative Reform 1.47 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances 0.09 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances [resumed] 0.08 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances [resumed] 2.18 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances [resumed] 0.01 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances [resumed] 1.12 30 Apr 09 Members’ Allowances [resumed] [Divisions] 1.00 0.02 7 May 09 Intelligence and Security Committee 3.30 20 May 09 Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General 0.38 20 May 09 Planning: National Policy Statements [Divisions] 2.41 8 Jun 09 Standards and Privileges 0.38 17 Jun 09 Tribute to Mr Speaker 1.26 25 Jun 09 Regional Select Committees (London) [Division] 1.00 98 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 25 Jun 09 Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government Changes) 2.05 25 Jun 09 Regional Grand Committees [Divisions] 0.32 25 Jun 09 Regional Grand Committees [resumed] [Divisions] 0.54 20 Jul 09 Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons [Division] 1.47 1.40 20 Jul 09 Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons [resumed] 0.13 0.13 [Division] 27 Oct 09 Membership of Regional Select Committees 0.01 0.01 28 Oct 09 Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards 0.36 0.36 Authority 28 Oct 09 Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards 0.13 0.13 Authority [resumed] 28 Oct 09 Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards 0.05 0.05 Authority [resumed] 29 Oct 09 Regional Select Committee (Membership) (Yorkshire and the Humber) 0.04 29 Oct 09 Regional Select Committee (Membership) (South West) 0.01 2 Nov 09 Regional Select Committee (Membership) (West Midlands) 0.02 0.01 5 Nov 09 Regional Select Committee (Membership) (London) 0.06 0.01 Totals: 39.00 2.52 5d: Government Motions: General Debates 9 Dec 08 European Affairs 0.40 9 Dec 08 European Affairs [resumed] 1.34 9 Dec 08 European Affairs [resumed] 4.08 14 Jan 09 Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship 5.36 15 Jan 09 Gaza 3.36 29 Jan 09 Armed Forces Personnel 0.08 29 Jan 09 Armed Forces Personnel [resumed] 2.57 5 Feb 09 Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.08 26 Feb 09 Welsh Affairs 4.09 5 Mar 09 Support for Women (Economic Downturn) 5.29 5 Mar 09 Support for Women (Economic Downturn) [resumed] 0.04 5 Mar 09 Support for Women (Economic Downturn) [resumed] 0.01 26 Mar 09 Defence in the UK 4.48 30 Mar 09 Africa 5.47 31 Mar 09 The Economy 0.11 31 Mar 09 The Economy [resumed] 5.59 20 Apr 09 Defence Procurement 5.25 14 May 09 Swine Flu 2.35 3 Jun 09 Stroke Services 3.06 4 Jun 09 Defence in the World 4.05 11 Jun 09 Social Mobility and the Professions 3.18 16 Jun 09 European Affairs 5.28 18 Jun 09 Food, Farming and the Environment 3.20 16 Jul 09 Afghanistan and Pakistan 4.05 15 Oct 09 Defence Policy 5.32 29 Oct 09 Social Care Green Paper 4.13 2 Nov 09 Antisocial Behaviour 4.57 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 99 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 5 Nov 09 Climate Change 5.42 Totals: 100.01 0.00 5e: Government Motions: Topical Debates 29 Jan 09 Holocaust Memorial Day 1.30 5 Feb 09 Sri Lanka 1.30 19 Mar 09 Local and Regional News 1.29 14 May 09 Sri Lanka 1.30 4 Jun 09 The Economy (Supporting Business) 1.30 11 Jun 09 Carers 1.29 18 Jun 09 Preparing Britain’s Economy for the Future 1.17 9 Jul 09 UK Manufacturing 1.30 16 Jul 09 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 1.30 22 Oct 09 Economic Recovery 1.30 29 Oct 09 Fireworks Safety 0.01 29 Oct 09 Fireworks Safety [resumed] 1.26 Totals: 16.12 0.00 6a: Opposition Days 21 Jan 09 [1st Allotted Day]: Emergency Care [Division] 3.41 21 Jan 09 [1st Allotted Day] [resumed]: Savers [Divisions] 3.03 0.30 28 Jan 09 [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) 0.13 28 Jan 09 [2nd Allotted Day] [resumed]: Heathrow (Third Runway) 6.11 28 Jan 09 [2nd Allotted Day] [resumed]: Heathrow (Third Runway) [Division] 0.19 0.18 2 Feb 09 [3rd Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: Government 4.52 Capital Expenditure; Parliamentary Standards (Constitutional Reform) [Divisions] 3 Feb 09 [4th Allotted Day]: Skills and Further Education [Division] 3.33 3 Feb 09 [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection 1.24 3 Feb 09 [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection [resumed] [Division] 1.32 0.17 11 Feb 09 [5th Allotted Day]: Housing Wait Lists 1.49 11 Feb 09 [5th Allotted Day]: Housing Wait Lists [resumed] [Division] 1.45 11 Feb 09 [5th Allotted Day]: Royal Mail [Divisions] 3.11 0.29 24 Feb 09 [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order 0.39 24 Feb 09 [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order [resumed] [Division]; British 4.39 0.19 Agriculture and Food Labelling [Division] 10 Mar 09 [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment [Division]; European Working Time 6.18 0.14 Directive [Division] 18 Mar 09 [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy 1.10 18 Mar 09 [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy [resumed] [Divisions] 4.34 0.27 25 Mar 09 [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry [Divisions]; Business Rates and the 6.31 0.16 Recession [Division] 29 Apr 09 [10th Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: Gurkha 2.31 Settlement Rights [Division] 29 Apr 09 [10th Allotted Day] [Second Largest Opposition Party]: Sri Lanka 2.43 18 May 09 [11th Allotted Day]: Skills in the Recession [Division]; Mid Staffordshire 6.03 NHS Foundation Trust 18 May 09 [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [resumed] 0.01 100 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 18 May 09 [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [resumed] 0.24 0.18 [Division] 9 Jun 09 [12th Allotted Day]: Knife Crime; Housing [Division] 6.28 0.15 10 Jun 09 [Un-allotted Half-Day] [SNP / Plaid Cymru]: Dissolution of Parliament 3.18 0.18 [Division] 15 Jun 09 [13th Allotted Day]: Rural Communities (Recession) [Division]; 5.44 0.16 Business Rates [Division] 24 Jun 09 [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry 2.47 24 Jun 09 [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry [resumed] [Divisions] 4.08 0.33 6 Jul 09 [15th Allotted Day]: Young People in the Recession [Division]; Identity 5.53 0.30 Cards [Division] 15 Jul 09 [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty [Division]; Caring for the 5.33 0.16 Elderly [Division] 14 Oct 09 [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education [Division]; NHS Dentistry 4.37 14 Oct 09 [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry [resumed] [Division] 0.32 0.15 19 Oct 09 [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare [Divisions] 5.53 0.29 21 Oct 09 [19th Allotted Day]: Equitable Life [Division]; Climate Change (Political 6.30 0.15 Response) [Division] 27 Oct 09 [Un-allotted half day]: Parading in Northern Ireland 2.59 28 Oct 09 [20th Allotted Day]: Local Spending Reports [Division]; Future of the 5.50 0.15 Territorial Army [Division] Totals: 127.18 6.30 7a: Private Members’ Motions: Substantive motions 27 Feb 09 Mr Peter Bone: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 6 Mar 09 Philip Davies: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.09 11 Mar 09 Mr James Gray: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 0.07 12 Mar 09 Mr Edward Leigh: 30th, 36th, 39th to 41st, 43rd to 49th, 51st and 57th 2.12 Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2007–08 and Treasury Minutes 12 Mar 09 Mr Edward Leigh: 30th, 36th, 39th to 41st, 43rd to 49th, 51st and 57th 0.46 Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2007–08 and Treasury Minutes [resumed] 13 Mar 09 Andrew Miller: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.11 20 Mar 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.19 27 Mar 09 Dr Evan Harris: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.14 24 Apr 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.09 8 May 09 Mike Penning: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.10 15 May 09 John Bercow: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.01 12 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.15 19 Jun 09 Mike Penning: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.10 26 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.11 3 Jul 09 Justine Greening: Motion to sit in private [Division] 0.15 16 Oct 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Motion to sit in private 0.02 22 Oct 09 Mr Edward Leigh: 1st to 6th, 8th to 11th, 13th to 23rd, and 31st Reports 2.40 of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2008–09 and Treasury Minutes Totals: 8.12 0.07 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 101 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 7b: Private Members’ Motions: Ten minute rule motions 3 Feb 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Home Repossession (Protection) 0.09 4 Feb 09 Mr Tim Boswell: Exercise of Reasonable Discretion 0.10 10 Feb 09 Mr Christopher Chope: Employment Opportunities 0.10 11 Feb 09 Mr Martin Caton: Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) 0.09 24 Feb 09 Susan Kramer: Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) [Division] 0.29 25 Feb 09 Dr Alan Whitehead: Renewable Content Obligation 0.11 3 Mar 09 John Robertson: Employment Retention 0.10 4 Mar 09 Andrew Rosindell: Teaching of British History in Schools 0.16 10 Mar 09 Ann Clwyd: Bankers’ Pensions (Limits) 0.12 11 Mar 09 Miss Anne McIntosh: Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for 0.11 Disorder) 17 Mar 09 Mr Richard Bacon: Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) 0.11 18 Mar 09 Helen Southworth: Young People Leaving Care (Accommodation) 0.11 24 Mar 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty 0.10 of Consultation and Review) 25 Mar 09 Mary Creagh: Cohabitation 0.10 31 Mar 09 Joan Ryan: Council Tax Rebate 0.11 1 Apr 09 Hywel Williams: Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) 0.09 21 Apr 09 Phil Wilson: Insolvency (Provision of Information to Employment 0.12 Agencies) 27 Apr 09 Mr John Baron: Cheapest Energy Tariff (Information) 0.11 28 Apr 09 Mrs Jacqui Lait: Protection of Children (Publicity) 0.09 29 Apr 09 Mr Mohammed Sarwar: Prevention of Excessive Charges 0.11 5 May 09 Annette Brooke: Sale of Mobile Homes (Interviews) 0.10 6 May 09 Ms Sally Keeble: Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) 0.11 12 May 09 Mr Mike Hall: Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges 0.12 (Exemption) 13 May 09 Mr Brooks Newmark: Goalpost Safety 0.10 19 May 09 Tom Levitt: Commission for the Compact 0.10 2 Jun 09 Ms Karen Buck: Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment) 0.12 3 Jun 09 Paddy Tipping: Maximum Wage 0.10 9 Jun 09 Sir Alan Beith: Road Signs (Tourist Destinations and Facilities) 0.09 10 Jun 09 Jim Sheridan: Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 (Amendment) 0.09 17 Jun 09 Mr Peter Lilley: Programming of Bills (Suspension) 0.09 23 Jun 09 Mr Jamie Reed: Local Employment 0.10 30 Jun 09 Clive Efford: Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation 0.10 1 Jul 09 Ms Angela C. Smith: Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) 0.10 7 Jul 09 Mr David Heath: Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry 0.12 8 Jul 09 Dr Nick Palmer: Care Homes (Domestic Pets) 0.11 14 Jul 09 Mr Frank Field: Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (Review) 0.07 15 Jul 09 Mr Andrew Robathan: Protection of Elderly People (Unsolicited Mail) 0.10 13 Oct 09 Mr Douglas Carswell: Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries) 0.08 14 Oct 09 Mr Brooks Newmark: Cervical Cancer (Minimum Age for Screening) 0.18 20 Oct 09 David Cairns: Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) 0.10 21 Oct 09 Dr John Pugh: Local Health Services and Democratic Involvement 0.09 102 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 27 Oct 09 Mr Tom Harris: Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) 0.09 28 Oct 09 Andrew Gwynne: Rentcharges (Notification) 0.09 3 Nov 09 Peter Luff: Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) 0.19 4 Nov 09 Helen Southworth: Food Labelling (Nutrition and Health) 0.12 10 Nov 09 Andrew Rosindell: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 0.13 11 Nov 09 Mr Angus MacNeil: Mobile Network Roaming Capabilities 0.11 Totals: 8.42 0.00 8b: Adjournment debates: Before recesses 18 Dec 08 [Christmas Adjournment] 4.55 2 Apr 09 [Easter Adjournment] 4.01 21 May 09 [Whitsun Adjournment] 2.52 21 Jul 09 [Summer Adjournment] 4.07 0.01 Totals: 15.55 0.01 8d: Adjournment debates: Daily 3 Dec 08 David Wright: Health Services (Telford) 0.18 3 Dec 08 David Wright: Health Services (Telford) [resumed] 0.06 4 Dec 08 Mrs Maria Miller: Naomi House Children’s Hospice 0.48 0.13 8 Dec 08 Dr Richard Taylor: Consultations on Post Office Closures 0.28 0.28 9 Dec 08 Mr Graham Allen: Life Skills (National Curriculum) 0.26 0.26 10 Dec 08 Mr Graham Stuart: Rivers Hull and Humber (Flood Risk) 0.30 0.30 11 Dec 08 Mr Peter Bone: Out-patient Facilities (Rushden) 0.30 0.30 15 Dec 08 Andrew George: Grocery Sector 0.30 0.30 16 Dec 08 Norman Baker: Teachers and Pupils (Physical Contact) 0.23 0.23 17 Dec 08 Mr Fraser Kemp: Cervical Cancer Screening 0.30 0.15 18 Dec 08 Mr Andrew Pelling: Sri Lanka 0.30 0.30 12 Jan 09 Mr Charles Walker: Mental Health Advocacy 0.47 13 Jan 09 Mr David S Borrow: Flooding (South Ribble) 0.46 14 Jan 09 Lembit Öpik: Self-balancing Personal Transporters 0.28 0.28 15 Jan 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Cyprus 0.28 0.28 19 Jan 09 Mrs Louise Ellman: Port of Liverpool (Business Rates) 0.03 0.03 19 Jan 09 Mrs Louise Ellman: Port of Liverpool (Business Rates) [resumed] 0.23 0.23 20 Jan 09 Gregory Barker: Rail Fare Increases (South-East) 1.32 0.30 21 Jan 09 Janet Anderson: Coronary Heart Disease 0.19 0.19 22 Jan 09 Norman Baker: Ministerial Answers to Parliamentary Questions 0.44 26 Jan 09 David Howarth: Concessionary Bus Fares 0.30 0.30 27 Jan 09 Mrs Janet Dean: Low-value Consignment (VAT Relief) 0.29 0.29 28 Jan 09 Sir Paul Beresford: Trading Standards (Tooth Whitening) 0.26 0.26 29 Jan 09 Ms Sally Keeble: Domestic Violence (Black and Ethnic Minority 0.30 0.30 Victims) 2 Feb 09 Ben Chapman: Eastham 0.32 3 Feb 09 Mr David Amess: 2011 Census (Southend) 0.30 0.30 4 Feb 09 Mr Peter Kilfoyle: United States Missile Defence Shield 0.31 0.09 5 Feb 09 Mr Charles Walker: Prejudice and Mental Health 0.25 0.25 9 Feb 09 Mr Stewart Jackson: Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (Peterborough) 0.28 0.28 10 Feb 09 Mr Marsha Singh: Charles Stuart 0.24 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 103 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 11 Feb 09 Mr Christopher Chope: Immigration Rule (Small Businesses) 0.25 0.25 12 Feb 09 Andrew Mackinlay: Lloyds TSB and Iran (Sanctions) 0.55 23 Feb 09 Mr John Heppell: Workplace Parking Levy (Nottingham) 0.28 0.28 24 Feb 09 Mr Graham Stuart: Humber Bridge Tolls 0.30 0.30 25 Feb 09 Mrs Anne McGuire: Alistair Iain Campbell 0.31 26 Feb 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Housing Subsidy 0.27 0.27 27 Feb 09 Barry Gardiner: Peak Oil 0.29 0.29 2 Mar 09 Mr John Gummer: Mobile Home Parks 0.30 0.30 3 Mar 09 Dr Brian Iddon: Private James Smith 0.40 4 Mar 09 Mr Philip Dunne: Energy Generation (Food Waste) 0.29 0.29 5 Mar 09 Dr Howard Stoate: Men’s Health at Work 0.28 0.28 6 Mar 09 Mr Peter Bone: Alfred Sargent and Sons Ltd 0.30 0.30 9 Mar 09 Gordon Banks: Housing and Construction Industry 0.30 0.30 10 Mar 09 Nadine Dorries: Legal Profession 0.25 0.25 11 Mar 09 John Mann: Bassetlaw (Arts) 0.30 0.30 12 Mar 09 Mr David Heath: Flooding in Somerset 0.30 0.30 13 Mar 09 Laura Moffatt: West Sussex Primary Care Trust (Review) 0.25 0.25 16 Mar 09 Mr Henry Bellingham: Dr Adrian Garfoot 0.48 0.05 17 Mar 09 Michael Jabez Foster: Postal Services (Rye) 0.21 0.21 18 Mar 09 Nick Herbert: Ford Eco-town 0.30 0.30 19 Mar 09 Ms Diane Abbott: City and Hackney PCT (Tuberculosis) 0.51 20 Mar 09 Sir Peter Viggers: Royal Hospital Haslar 0.23 0.23 23 Mar 09 Mr Michael Clapham: Blacklisting (Construction Industry) 0.29 0.29 24 Mar 09 Mr Hugo Swire: MSC Napoli 0.28 0.28 25 Mar 09 Mr Graham Allen: Unplanned Teenage Pregnancies (Nottingham) 0.29 0.29 26 Mar 09 Mr Laurence Robertson: Public Houses 0.29 0.29 27 Mar 09 Jon Cruddas: Housing Subsidy (Barking and Dagenham) 0.26 0.26 30 Mar 09 Mr Phil Willis: Tsunami Memorial 0.25 0.25 31 Mar 09 Mr Eric Joyce: UK Aid (DRC) 0.27 0.27 1 Apr 09 Mr Paul Goodman: Nick Cousins 0.30 0.30 2 Apr 09 Phil Wilson: Science and Innovation (Sedgefield) 0.28 0.28 20 Apr 09 Miss Anne Begg: Pain Management Services (England) 0.24 0.24 21 Apr 09 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Councillor Paul Buchanan 0.38 0.13 22 Apr 09 Andrew Mackinlay: Debt Collection (Consumer Credit Act) 0.29 0.29 23 Apr 09 Mr Don Foster: Controlling Urban Seagulls 0.23 0.23 24 Apr 09 Kate Hoey: Council Rents (Lambeth) 0.26 0.26 27 Apr 09 Mr Oliver Letwin: Pedestrian Crossing Installations 0.30 0.30 28 Apr 09 Dr Julian Lewis: Members’ Home Addresses 0.29 0.29 29 Apr 09 Mr Elliot Morley: Humberside Probation Service 0.28 0.28 30 Apr 09 Angela E Smith: Visteon Factory (Basildon) 0.30 0.30 5 May 09 Norman Baker: Rail Timetable (Lewes) 0.30 0.30 6 May 09 Joan Walley: Housing (Stoke-on-Trent) 0.28 0.28 7 May 09 Sir Paul Beresford: Civil Liberties (Mole Valley) 0.40 0.08 8 May 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: Sheltered Accommodation (Barnet) 0.24 0.24 11 May 09 Des Browne: Penicillin 0.23 0.23 104 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 12 May 09 Meg Munn: Sleep Aponea (Road Deaths) 0.23 0.23 13 May 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: Cervical Cancer Vaccination 0.29 0.29 14 May 09 Michael Jabez Foster: Under 10-metre Fishing Fleet 0.34 15 May 09 Mr Mark Hendrick: Brazil (Violence and Police Corruption) 0.30 0.30 18 May 09 Willie Rennie: River Forth Crossing 0.26 0.26 19 May 09 Mr Hugo Swire: Water Charging (South-West) 0.35 0.26 20 May 09 Ben Chapman: Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology 0.31 0.07 21 May 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Council Tax Benefit 0.25 1 Jun 09 James Brokenshire: Illegal Radio Broadcasts 0.27 0.27 2 Jun 09 Mr Graham Allen: Family Benefits (Absent Teenage Fathers) 0.55 3 Jun 09 Andrew George: Regional and Local Government 1.23 4 Jun 09 Ms Sally Keeble: Safeguarding Children (Private Schools) 0.33 0.22 8 Jun 09 Ms Diane Abbott: Oakington Immigration Removal Centre 0.30 0.30 9 Jun 09 Mr Alistair Carmichael: Aung San Suu Kyi 0.30 0.30 10 Jun 09 Mr Jamie Reed: School Nurture Groups 0.22 0.22 11 Jun 09 Mr Robert Walter: Giles Carlyle-Clarke 0.31 12 Jun 09 Siobhain McDonagh: Sri Lanka 0.22 0.22 15 Jun 09 Nadine Dorries: Vehicle Scrappage Scheme 0.29 0.29 16 Jun 09 Mr Graham Stuart: Armstrong Group Pension Fund 0.30 0.30 17 Jun 09 Andrew George: NHS (Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly) 1.23 18 Jun 09 Lynda Waltho: Stourbridge Glass Collection 0.32 0.21 19 Jun 09 Martin Linton: Rail Services (Access) 0.31 0.31 23 Jun 09 Mr Roger Godsiff: Edgbaston Cricket Ground 0.28 0.28 24 Jun 09 Mr Brian Binley: Taxi Drivers (Assault) 0.27 0.27 25 Jun 09 Tom Levitt: Traditional Crafts 0.26 0.10 26 Jun 09 Linda Gilroy: Water Metering 0.29 0.29 29 Jun 09 Mr Michael Clapham: Asbestos in Homes 0.30 0.30 30 Jun 09 Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Standards Board for England 0.29 0.29 1 Jul 09 Mr Tom Clarke: Bank Lending Policies 0.27 0.27 2 Jul 09 Malcolm Bruce: School Bus Safety 0.25 0.25 3 Jul 09 Mr Mark Todd: Domestic Energy Users 0.30 0.30 6 Jul 09 Nadine Dorries: Three-tier Education (Bedfordshire) 0.29 0.29 7 Jul 09 David Davis: Government Policy (Torture Overseas) 0.30 0.30 8 Jul 09 Barry Gardiner: Taxation of Pensions 0.26 0.26 9 Jul 09 Dr Gavin Strang: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation 0.26 13 Jul 09 Emily Thornberry: ‘The Spirit of Humanity’ 0.23 0.23 14 Jul 09 Mr Robert Syms: Bournemouth and Poole FE College 0.27 0.27 15 Jul 09 Des Browne: Diageo Closures 0.29 0.29 16 Jul 09 Greg Mulholland: Enid Ruhango 0.27 0.27 20 Jul 09 Christopher Fraser: Swine Flu 0.30 0.30 21 Jul 09 Mr David Drew: Gurkha Pensions 0.30 0.30 12 Oct 09 Richard Younger-Ross: Water Charges 0.28 0.28 13 Oct 09 Barry Gardiner: Biofuels 0.29 0.29 14 Oct 09 David Tredinnick: Complementary and Alternative Medicines 0.27 0.27 15 Oct 09 Kitty Ussher: Todmorden Rail Link 0.22 0.22 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 105 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 16 Oct 09 Mr Graham Allen: Dentistry (Nottingham, North) 0.26 0.26 20 Oct 09 Mr David Evennett: Power Cuts (North-West Kent) 0.28 0.28 21 Oct 09 Shona McIsaac: War Memorials 0.30 0.30 22 Oct 09 Miss Ann Widdecombe: UK Border Agency 0.51 26 Oct 09 Mr Mark Lancaster: Territorial Army 0.30 0.30 27 Oct 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: Fabio Alves-Nunes 0.24 0.24 28 Oct 09 Mr David Heath: Support for UK Inventors 0.29 0.29 29 Oct 09 David Taylor: Furniture Industry 0.30 0.30 2 Nov 09 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Supermarkets and Regional Farming 0.28 0.28 3 Nov 09 Mr Jeremy Browne: PCSOs (Somerset) 0.29 0.29 4 Nov 09 Mrs Madeleine Moon: Pernicious Anaemia 0.26 0.26 5 Nov 09 Philip Davies: Taxation (Gambling) 0.28 0.28 9 Nov 09 Mr Charles Walker: Mental Health Services 0.29 0.29 10 Nov 09 Mr Mark Todd: Free fruit in schools 0.39 11 Nov 09 Mr Philip Hollobone: Residential Roads (Adoption) 1.03 Totals: 69.17 49.28 9: Estimates 16 Dec 08 [1st Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: 2.00 Energy Prices, Fuel Poverty, and Ofgem 16 Dec 08 [1st Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department of Health: Dental Services 1.53 0.02 9 Mar 09 [2nd Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Department for Business, Enterprise and 2.05 Regulatory Reform: Economic Situation 9 Mar 09 [2nd Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department for Transport: Railways 2.54 0.03 2 Jul 09 [3rd Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Department for Children, Schools and 3.12 Families: Looked-after Children 2 Jul 09 [3rd Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department for Transport: Road Safety 1.37 0.02 Totals: 13.41 0.07 10: Money Resolutions 10 Feb 09 Banking Bill [Division] 0.59 5 May 09 Autism Bill [PMB] 0.07 0.07 15 Jun 09 Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 0.08 0.08 16 Jun 09 Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill 0.11 0.11 17 Jun 09 Green Energy (Definition and Promotion Bill) 0.07 Totals: 1.32 0.26 11: Ways and Means 26 Jan 09 Coroners and Justice Bill [Division] 0.12 0.12 22 Apr 09 Financial Statement 0.52 22 Apr 09 Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [1st Allotted Day] 5.37 23 Apr 09 Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [2nd Allotted Day] 4.43 27 Apr 09 Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [3rd Allotted Day] 4.56 28 Apr 09 Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [4th Allotted Day] 0.19 28 Apr 09 Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [4th Allotted Day] [resumed] 6.01 1.05 [Divisions] 15 Jun 09 Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 0.04 0.04 Totals: 22.44 1.21 106 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 12: Affirmative Statutory Instruments 26 Jan 09 Draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2009 0.15 0.15 [Division] 4 Feb 09 Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2009–10 (HC 148) 1.15 4 Feb 09 Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2009–10 (HC 148) [resumed] 1.30 4 Feb 09 Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts (Alternative Notional Amounts) 1.57 Report (England) 2009–10 (HC 149) and the Local Government Finance report (England) 2009–10 (HC 150) 4 Feb 09 Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts (Alternative Notional Amounts) 1.01 Report (England) 2009–10 (HC 149) and the Local Government Finance report (England) 2009–10 (HC 150) [resumed] 12 Feb 09 Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 and draft 1.41 Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009 3 Mar 09 Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1.43 1 to 9) Order 2009 [Division] 11 Mar 09 Draft Child Support (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) 0.12 Regulations 2009 [Division] 17 Mar 09 Draft Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 [Division] 0.14 0.03 9 Jul 09 Draft Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2009 2.42 [Division]; draft Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2009 [Division] Totals: 12.30 0.18 13: Negative Statutory Instruments 17 Dec 08 Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008. No. 3020) 1.45 [Division] 11 Mar 09 Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) 1.47 Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 83) [Division] 1 Apr 09 Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) 1.49 (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 204) [Division] 20 May 09 Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 0.32 (S.I. 2009, No. 505) 20 May 09 Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 1.14 (S.I. 2009, No. 505) [resumed] [Division] Totals: 7.07 0.00 14a: Questions 9 Dec 08 Justice 0.41 10 Dec 08 Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 11 Dec 08 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.30 11 Dec 08 Church Commissioners (2); Public Accounts Commission (2); Church 0.14 Commissioners (4); Public Accounts Commission (2); Church Commissioners (3); Public Accounts Commission (1) 15 Dec 08 Home Department 0.40 16 Dec 08 Health 0.40 17 Dec 08 International Development (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 18 Dec 08 Treasury 0.40 12 Jan 09 Defence 0.41 13 Jan 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.42 14 Jan 09 Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 107 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 15 Jan 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.30 15 Jan 09 Solicitor General 0.15 19 Jan 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.37 19 Jan 09 Olympics 0.10 20 Jan 09 Communities and Local Government 0.46 21 Jan 09 Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 22 Jan 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.30 22 Jan 09 House of Commons Commissions (2); Leader of the House (13) 0.15 26 Jan 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.40 27 Jan 09 Transport 0.32 27 Jan 09 Women and Equality 0.15 28 Jan 09 Wales (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 29 Jan 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.45 2 Feb 09 Work and Pensions 0.41 3 Feb 09 Justice 0.42 4 Feb 09 Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 5 Feb 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.30 5 Feb 09 Church Commissioners (4); Public Accounts Commission (4); Electoral 0.18 Commission Committee (5); Church Commissioners (5) 9 Feb 09 Home Department 0.41 10 Feb 09 Health 0.40 11 Feb 09 International Development (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12 Feb 09 Treasury 0.40 23 Feb 09 Defence 0.40 24 Feb 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 25 Feb 09 Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (5) 0.30 26 Feb 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 26 Feb 09 Solicitor General 0.14 2 Mar 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.40 2 Mar 09 Olympics 0.12 3 Mar 09 Communities and Local Government 0.45 4 Mar 09 Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 5 Mar 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.40 5 Mar 09 Leader of the House 0.10 9 Mar 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.40 10 Mar 09 Transport 0.35 10 Mar 09 Women and Equality 0.15 11 Mar 09 Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 12 Mar 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.40 16 Mar 09 Work and Pensions 0.40 17 Mar 09 Justice 0.40 18 Mar 09 Scotland (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 19 Mar 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.35 19 Mar 09 Electoral Commission (3); Church Commissioners (10); Electoral 0.16 Commission (2) 23 Mar 09 Home Department 0.40 108 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 24 Mar 09 Health 0.40 25 Mar 09 International Development (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 26 Mar 09 Treasury 0.40 30 Mar 09 Defence 0.40 31 Mar 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 1 Apr 09 Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 2 Apr 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 2 Apr 09 Solicitor General 0.15 20 Apr 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.35 20 Apr 09 Olympics 0.09 21 Apr 09 Communities and Local Government 0.40 22 Apr 09 Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 23 Apr 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.35 23 Apr 09 Leader of the House (4); House of Commons Commission (3); Leader of 0.13 the House (6) 27 Apr 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.40 28 Apr 09 Treasury 0.40 29 Apr 09 Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 30 Apr 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.40 5 May 09 Justice 0.40 6 May 09 Scotland (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 7 May 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.40 7 May 09 Electoral Commission Committee (3); Church Commissioners (3); 0.16 Electoral Commission Committee (3); Church Commissioners (3); Electoral Commission Committee (3) 11 May 09 Work and Pensions 0.40 12 May 09 Health 0.40 13 May 09 International Development (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 14 May 09 Transport 0.35 14 May 09 Women and Equality 0.15 18 May 09 Home Department 0.40 19 May 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.39 20 May 09 Duchy of Lancaster (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 21 May 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.35 21 May 09 Solicitor General 0.11 1 Jun 09 Defence 0.40 2 Jun 09 Communities and Local Government 0.40 3 Jun 09 Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 4 Jun 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.35 4 Jun 09 Leader of the House (9); House of Commons Commission (4); Leader of 0.16 the House (2); House of Commons Commission (1) 8 Jun 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.40 8 Jun 09 Olympics 0.10 9 Jun 09 Treasury 0.40 10 Jun 09 Wales (25); Prime Minister (30) 0.55 11 Jun 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 109 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 15 Jun 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.40 16 Jun 09 Justice 0.40 17 Jun 09 Scotland (25); Prime Minister (31) 1.01 18 Jun 09 Electoral Commission Committee (5); Church Commissioners (4); 1.01 Electoral Commission Committee (2); Church Commissioners (3); Public Accounts Commission (3); Church Commissioners (1); Electoral Commission Committee (2); Solicitor General (20); Leader of the House (14); House of Commons Commission (3); Leader of the House (4) 23 Jun 09 Health 0.40 24 Jun 09 International Development (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 25 Jun 09 Transport 0.30 25 Jun 09 Women and Equality 0.16 29 Jun 09 Work and Pensions 0.40 30 Jun 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 1 Jul 09 Cabinet Office (25); Prime Minister (31) 0.56 2 Jul 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.40 6 Jul 09 Home Department 0.40 7 Jul 09 Communities and Local Government 0.40 8 Jul 09 Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (33) 0.58 9 Jul 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.40 13 Jul 09 Defence 0.40 14 Jul 09 Treasury 0.40 15 Jul 09 Wales (25); Prime Minister (32) 0.57 16 Jul 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 20 Jul 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.35 20 Jul 09 Olympics 0.14 21 Jul 09 Justice 0.40 12 Oct 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.40 13 Oct 09 Health 0.40 14 Oct 09 Scotland (28); Prime Minister (31) 0.59 15 Oct 09 Church Commissioners (15); Solicitor General (19); House of Commons 0.57 Commission (2); Leader of the House (17); House of Commons Commission (2); Leader of the House (1); House of Commons Commission (2); Leader of the House (1) 19 Oct 09 Work and Pensions 0.08 19 Oct 09 Work and Pensions [resumed] 0.31 20 Oct 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.40 21 Oct 09 International Development (28); Prime Minister (30) 0.58 22 Oct 09 Transport 0.40 22 Oct 09 Women and Equality 0.07 26 Oct 09 Home Department 0.40 27 Oct 09 Communities and Local Government 0.40 28 Oct 09 Defence (26); Prime Minister (30) 0.56 29 Oct 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.40 2 Nov 09 Defence 0.40 3 Nov 09 Treasury 0.40 4 Nov 09 Northern Ireland (28); Prime Minister (28) 0.56 110 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 5 Nov 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.40 9 Nov 09 Culture, Media and Sport; Olympics (12) 0.35 9 Nov 09 Olympics 0.12 10 Nov 09 Justice 0.40 11 Nov 09 Wales (29); Prime Minister (29) 0.58 12 Nov 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.40 Totals: 91.37 0.00 14b: Topical Questions 9 Dec 08 Justice 0.15 11 Dec 08 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.12 15 Dec 08 Home Department 0.15 16 Dec 08 Health 0.18 18 Dec 08 Treasury 0.16 12 Jan 09 Defence 0.15 13 Jan 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.15 15 Jan 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.15 19 Jan 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 20 Jan 09 Communities and Local Government 0.15 22 Jan 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.11 26 Jan 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.17 27 Jan 09 Transport 0.10 29 Jan 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.14 2 Feb 09 Work and Pensions 0.15 3 Feb 09 Justice 0.16 5 Feb 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.10 9 Feb 09 Home Department 0.15 10 Feb 09 Health 0.21 12 Feb 09 Treasury 0.17 23 Feb 09 Defence 0.17 24 Feb 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.20 26 Feb 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 2 Mar 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.11 3 Mar 09 Communities and Local Government 0.13 5 Mar 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.08 9 Mar 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.17 10 Mar 09 Transport 0.10 12 Mar 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.17 16 Mar 09 Work and Pensions 0.16 17 Mar 09 Justice 0.18 19 Mar 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.12 23 Mar 09 Home Department 0.17 24 Mar 09 Health 0.22 26 Mar 09 Treasury 0.20 30 Mar 09 Defence 0.16 31 Mar 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.19 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 111 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 2 Apr 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 20 Apr 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.15 21 Apr 09 Communities and Local Government 0.16 23 Apr 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.10 27 Apr 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.15 28 Apr 09 Treasury 0.19 30 Apr 09 Innovation, Universities and Skills 0.19 5 May 09 Justice 0.16 7 May 09 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 0.05 11 May 09 Work and Pensions 0.15 12 May 09 Health 0.16 14 May 09 Transport 0.08 18 May 09 Home Department 0.15 19 May 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.18 21 May 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.10 1 Jun 09 Defence 0.16 2 Jun 09 Communities and Local Government 0.17 4 Jun 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.08 8 Jun 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.08 9 Jun 09 Treasury 0.22 11 Jun 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.16 15 Jun 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.16 16 Jun 09 Justice 0.19 23 Jun 09 Health 0.16 25 Jun 09 Transport 0.10 29 Jun 09 Work and Pensions 0.16 30 Jun 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.17 2 Jul 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.15 6 Jul 09 Home Department 0.16 7 Jul 09 Communities and Local Government 0.16 9 Jul 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.16 13 Jul 09 Defence 0.16 14 Jul 09 Treasury 0.17 16 Jul 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.15 20 Jul 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 21 Jul 09 Justice 0.16 12 Oct 09 Children, Schools and Families 0.16 13 Oct 09 Health 0.17 19 Oct 09 Work and Pensions 0.15 20 Oct 09 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.18 22 Oct 09 Transport 0.12 26 Oct 09 Home Department 0.17 27 Oct 09 Communities and Local Government 0.17 29 Oct 09 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 0.17 2 Nov 09 Defence 0.16 112 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 3 Nov 09 Treasury 0.17 5 Nov 09 Energy and Climate Change 0.15 9 Nov 09 Culture, Media and Sport 0.10 10 Nov 09 Justice 0.18 12 Nov 09 Business, Innovation and Skills 0.20 Totals: 21.45 0.00 14c: Urgent Questions 25 Jun 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: National Security Strategy 0.29 6 Jul 09 Mr Kenneth Clarke: MG Rover 0.18 9 Jul 09 Dr Evan Harris: Newspapers (Surveillance Methods) 0.20 21 Jul 09 Susan Kramer: Equitable Life 0.21 12 Oct 09 Dr Vincent Cable: Sale of Government Assets 0.21 19 Oct 09 Mr Michael Gove: Children’s Commissioner 0.27 20 Oct 09 Mr Dominic Grieve: Transfer of Prisoners 0.22 26 Oct 09 Dr Liam Fox: Territorial Army 0.21 2 Nov 09 Chris Grayling: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs 0.24 9 Nov 09 Chris Grayling: FOI Request (Immigration) 0.24 12 Nov 09 Anne Main: First Capital Connect 0.18 Totals: 4.05 0.00 14d: Statements 4 Dec 08 The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 1.00 Government Information (Unauthorised Release) 10 Dec 08 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell): Welfare 1.06 Reform 11 Dec 08 The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Mr Tony McNulty): 0.36 Benefits Uprating 15 Dec 08 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): EU Council/Afghanistan, India 1.01 and Pakistan 16 Dec 08 The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr Pat 1.00 McFadden): Royal Mail 16 Dec 08 The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack Straw): 0.39 Family Justice 16 Dec 08 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.53 Sutherland Inquiry 17 Dec 08 The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary 0.55 Benn): Pitt Report. 18 Dec 08 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Iraq 1.00 12 Jan 09 The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 1.00 Miliband): Gaza 14 Jan 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and 0.52 Regulatory Reform (Ian Pearson): Businesses (Financial Support) 15 Jan 09 The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Geoffrey Hoon): Transport 0.48 Infrastructure 15 Jan 09 The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Geoffrey Hoon): Transport 0.28 Infrastructure [resumed] 15 Jan 09 The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Yvette Cooper): Equitable Life 1.01 19 Jan 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Financial 1.00 Markets PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 113 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 19 Jan 09 The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.50 Miliband): Gaza 27 Jan 09 The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson): Automotive 1.00 Industry. 29 Jan 09 The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Andy Burnham): 0.55 Digital Britain 2 Feb 09 The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr Pat 0.40 McFadden): Lindsey Oil Refinery 5 Feb 09 The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.50 Miliband): Binyam Mohammed 12 Feb 09 The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon): New Trains 0.46 (Investment) 24 Feb 09 The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack Straw): 0.54 Freedom of Information Act 2000 26 Feb 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Banking (Asset 0.48 Protection Scheme). 26 Feb 09 The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr John Hutton): Records of 0.42 Detention (Review Conclusions) 9 Mar 09 The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Shaun Woodward): 0.42 Northern Ireland 9 Mar 09 The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Stephen Timms): Banking 0.50 (Asset Protection Scheme) 12 Mar 09 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.59 Lord Laming’s Progress Report 16 Mar 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): G20 Finance 0.50 Ministers’ Meeting 18 Mar 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Mid Staffordshire NHS 0.58 Foundation Trust 23 Mar 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Spring European Council 0.50 23 Mar 09 The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack Straw): 0.41 Rights and Responsibilities 24 Mar 09 The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 0.51 International Terrorism 26 Mar 09 The Minister for Local Government (John Healey): Council Tax 0.42 30 Mar 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Dunfermline 0.40 Building Society 2 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Jim Murphy): North Sea 0.41 Helicopter Crash 2 Apr 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): G20 Summit 1.04 0.04 20 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): 0.49 Operation Pathway 23 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.40 Miliband): Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage 27 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr Jack Straw): 0.42 Prisons and Probation 27 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu 0.41 28 Apr 09 The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr Bob Ainsworth): Reserves 0.58 (Review) 29 Apr 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Afghanistan and Pakistan 0.55 29 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu Update 0.43 0.43 114 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 29 Apr 09 The Minister for Borders and Immigration (Mr Phil Woolas): Gurkhas 0.46 0.46 30 Apr 09 The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.45 Miliband): Sri Lanka 7 May 09 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 0.40 Testing and Assessment 7 May 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson): Swine Flu Update 0.47 20 May 09 The Leader of the House (Ms Harriet Harman): Parliamentary Standards 0.52 Authority 21 May 09 The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith): Gurkhas 0.40 8 Jun 09 The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Jack Straw): 0.43 Sonnex Case 10 Jun 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Constitutional Renewal 1.02 12 Jun 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.43 15 Jun 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Iraq 1.00 16 Jun 09 The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr ): 0.56 Digital Britain 18 Jun 09 The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary 0.48 Benn): UK Climate Projections 23 Jun 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): European Council 0.50 23 Jun 09 The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman): 0.47 Parliamentary Standards 29 Jun 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Building Britain’s Future 1.02 30 Jun 09 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls): 21st 0.52 Century Schools 1 Jul 09 The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Sadiq Khan): 0.40 0.40 National Express East Coast Franchise 2 Jul 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.44 6 Jul 09 Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Douglas 0.47 Alexander): International Development White Paper 8 Jul 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Reforming 0.59 Financial Markets 13 Jul 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): G8 Summit 1.14 14 Jul 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Care and Support 1.01 (Reform) 15 Jul 09 The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.54 Miliband): UK Low Carbon Transition Plan 20 Jul 09 The Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham): Swine Flu Update 0.57 12 Oct 09 The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David 0.44 Miliband): Libya 14 Oct 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): Afghanistan and Pakistan 1.13 19 Oct 09 The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Bob Ainsworth): Defence 0.37 Acquisition (Independent Review) 20 Oct 09 The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Pat McFadden): 0.40 Royal Mail 28 Oct 09 Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Bob Ainsworth): Nimrod Review 0.41 2 Nov 09 The Prime Minister (Mr Gordon Brown): European Council 0.43 3 Nov 09 The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Alistair Darling): Banking Reform 0.54 3 Nov 09 The Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property (Mr David 0.46 Lammy): Higher Education PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 115 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 4 Nov 09 The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman): MPs’ 0.37 Expenses and Allowances 9 Nov 09 The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward 0.53 Miliband): Energy National Policy Statements 11 Nov 09 The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Pat McFadden): 0.51 Skills for Growth Totals: 65.08 2.13 14e: Business Statements 4 Dec 08 Business Statement: 0.46 11 Dec 08 Business Statement: 0.59 18 Dec 08 Business Statement: 0.34 13 Jan 09 Business Statement: 0.10 15 Jan 09 Business Statement: 0.29 22 Jan 09 Business Statement: 0.52 29 Jan 09 Business Statement: 0.54 5 Feb 09 Business Statement: 0.49 12 Feb 09 Business Statement: 0.53 26 Feb 09 Business Statement: 0.47 5 Mar 09 Business Statement: 0.48 12 Mar 09 Business Statement: 1.04 19 Mar 09 Business Statement: 0.58 26 Mar 09 Business Statement: 0.55 2 Apr 09 Business Statement: 0.43 23 Apr 09 Business Statement: 1.00 30 Apr 09 Business Statement: 0.46 7 May 09 Business Statement: 0.52 14 May 09 Business Statement: 0.53 21 May 09 Business Statement: 0.42 4 Jun 09 Business Statement: 0.40 11 Jun 09 Business Statement: 1.00 18 Jun 09 Business Statement: 0.53 25 Jun 09 Business Statement: 0.59 2 Jul 09 Business Statement: 0.51 9 Jul 09 Business Statement: 0.51 13 Jul 09 Business Statement: 0.05 0.05 13 Jul 09 Business Statement: [resumed] 0.02 0.02 16 Jul 09 Business Statement: 0.55 15 Oct 09 Business Statement: 0.53 22 Oct 09 Business Statement: 0.41 29 Oct 09 Business Statement: 0.39 5 Nov 09 Business Statement: 0.36 Totals: 24.59 0.07 116 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 14f: S.O. No. 24 Applications 23 Mar 09 Mr David Kidney: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust: Leave 0.02 refused 17 Jun 09 Mr Angus MacNeil: Hebrides Missile Range: Leave refused 0.03 20 Jul 09 Norman Baker: Parker Pen Factory, Newhaven: Leave refused 0.02 Totals: 0.07 0.00 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 117 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 14g: Points of Order 3 Dec 08 Mr Michael Howard: asking for an assurance that Members taking part in 0.15 the debate on the establishment of a committee to look into the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be free to question the conduct of Ministers, civil servants and the House authorities. Sir Menzies Campbell: asking for as assurance that the Committee, when established, would be entitled to have access to information from the Government, Members of Parliament, the police, and Officers of the House of Commons. John Reid: asking for the debate on the establishment of the Committee to consider both the rights and privileges of Parliament, and the fact that Members are not above the law. Damian Green: asking to make clear that he did not consider Members of Parliament to be above the law, but that it was not a crime to expose facts that Ministers would prefer to keep hidden. Mr Denis MacShane: asking for the debate to consider that a systematic breach of confidence in a Minister’s office destroys confidence in democratic government. Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking for an assurance that the Executive would be asked to draft the motion for debate in a way that would take account of representations from both sides of the House. Mr David Winnick: asking that the senior police officers responsible for the entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford be called to the bar of the House to explain their conduct. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking what powers were available to the House to call to account the senior police officers responsible for the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Andrew Mackinlay: asking at what time the Clerk of the House or the Clerk Assistant were informed of the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Sir Alan Beith: asking for an assurance that Officers of the House would be supported in protecting the rights of Members to communicate with their constituents in confidence. Tom Levitt: asking for an assertion by the Speaker on behalf of the House that Ministers have the right to expect loyalty and discretion from their staff. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking about the length of the debate on the establishment of the Committee to look into the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr George Howarth: asking for the Speaker to issue guidance on the terms in which the motion establishing the Committee should be debated. 3 Dec 08 John Reid: asking to point out that he had not supported the arrest of a 0.01 Member of Parliament, as had been suggested by the Leader of the Opposition. 3 Dec 08 Mr Michael Howard: asking whether the Prime Minister was criticising 0.02 the content of the Speaker’s statement. Mr William Cash: asking for confirmation that the Speaker’s statement did not constitute a decision of the House itself. 3 Dec 08 David Taylor: asking if there was a problem with the acoustics in the 1.10 Chamber. 3 Dec 08 Mr William Cash: asking to be allowed to participate in the Adjournment 0.01 debate. 118 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 4 Dec 08 Damien Green: asking to correct the Home Secretary on the wording of 0.10 his arrest warrant. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking about the inadequacy of a document placed in the library for answering a question to the Home Secretary. Simon Hughes: asking whether the House had the power to sit in private, and asking for the Home Secretary’s response to the European Court ruling that it was not legal to retain DNA samples. Mr Michael Jack: asking for the Official Report to be corrected if the Home Secretary’s statement with regard to the hon. Member for Ashford’s arrest warrant was found to be erroneous. Mr Richard Benyon: asking for confirmation that access to the House of Commons server was covered by the Wilson Doctrine. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking whether any statement by the Home Secretary could be believed, in the event that her statement with regard to the hon. Member for Ashford’s arrest warrant was found to be erroneous. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the Home Secretary was intending to place in the Library a list of the actual leaks that lead to the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr David Burrowes: asking whether the language used by the hon. Member for Worthing West, with regard to the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford, had been sufficiently temperate. Mrs Theresa May: asking whether the membership of the Committee to investigate the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be appointed by the Speaker, as set out in his statement, or to reflect the composition of the House, as set out by the Leader of the House. John Reid: asking for any Member who had received leaked documents concerning national security to bring those documents before the House. 4 Dec 08 Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the annunciators were operating 0.01 correctly. 8 Dec 08 Mr George Howarth: asking whether the comments of the Shadow Leader 0.01 of the House were prejudicial to any future inquiry. 8 Dec 08 Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for reassurance that if a Member were going 0.01 to make an attack of a personal naure on another Member, it would be in order for him to notify that Member in advance. 8 Dec 08 Mr Tom Harris: asking how a letter came to be deposited in his 0.02 Parliamentary Office when he had left the office locked. 8 Dec 08 Mr Dominic Grieve: asking to clarify what he had said about whether a 0.01 civil servant should be sacked. 8 Dec 08 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Speaker would be making a 0.02 further statement given that the motion agreed to for the establishment of a Committee to look into the arrest and entry into offices of the hon. Member for Ashford was different to that originally proposed by the Speaker in his statement to the House on 3 December. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 119 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 8 Dec 08 Simon Hughes: asking to notify the House that the Leader of the Liberal 0.03 Democrats would not feel able to recommend participation in the Committee, given the restrictions on when it would meet and the provisions made for its membership; asking whether the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges would be able to investigate the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mrs Theresa May: asking to notify the House that the Leader of the Opposition would not feel able to recommend participation in the Committee, given the restrictions on when it would meet and the provisions made for its membership; asking whether the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges would be able to investigate the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr David Winnick: asking for a further statement from the Speaker on the matter of the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether the Speaker was still able to refer complaints about breach of privilege to precedents and to a motion on the Floor of the House in the usual way. Sir George Young: asking to clarify that the Standards and Privileges Committee could only consider matters specifically referred to it by the House. Richard Younger-Ross: asking for an assurance that the police had not accessed the details of constituents kept on the parliamentary server by Members. 9 Dec 08 Mr Peter Bone: asking why the Secretary of State for Communities and 0.03 Local Government had not informed him that she would be visiting his constituency. Mike Penning: asking whether the police could have accessed the parliamentary servers without the permission of PICT. Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: asking whether it was in order for the House to debate European matters preparatory to the European Council meeting, when draft conclusions for that meeting had already been prepared. 9 Dec 08 Daniel Kawczynski: asking to state for the record that he had not called 0.01 for a withdrawal from the European Union. 9 Dec 08 Chris Grayling: asking what could be done to ensure that Ministers made 0.01 announcements first to the House itself rather than to the media. 9 Dec 08 Mr William Cash: asking whether the report by Ian Johnston of the 0.02 0.02 British Transport Police into the case relating to the arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford would be made available to Members. 10 Dec 08 Mike Penning: asking whether the Government would be making a 0.02 statement on taking responsibility for the damage still remaining after the Buncefield disaster. Mr Alistair Carmichael: asking the Speaker to protect constituents from allegedly misleading statements by Government Departments. 10 Dec 08 Dr Liam Fox: asking whether the Government would be making an oral 0.01 0.01 statement on the Defence procurement programme. 120 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 11 Dec 08 Mrs Theresa May; Simon Hughes; Mr Shailesh Vara: asking whether the 0.10 Prime Minister or Chancellor would be coming to the House to make a statement on Equitable Life before the Christmas recess, as promised on 3 December. Dr Liam Fox; Dr Julian Lewis; Mr Gary Streeter: asking for an oral statement on defence procurement. Mark Pritchard; Dr Andrew Murrison: asking why the Government had chosen to make an announcement relating to defence training to the press rather than to the House. Mr Peter Bone: asking why a question for oral answer had been removed from the Order Paper. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether Members would be in order to debate defence procurement during a debate on defence personnel. 11 Dec 08 Mr Andrew Lansley: asking to put on the record that he had visited 0.01 Fairfield hospital on two occasions. 15 Dec 08 Mr Andrew Pelling: asking whether the Government would be making a 0.01 statement on the Madoff fraud. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the failure of the Greater Manchester congestion charge. 16 Dec 08 Daniel Kawczynski: asking why the Prime Minister would not be coming 0.02 to the House before the Christmas Recess to make a statement about Equitable Life, as promised on 3 December. Mr Kevin Barron: asking if there was a way of protecting backbench time for the discussion of estimates. 16 Dec 08 Mr William Cash; Mr Richard Bacon: asking for the report of Chief 0.06 0.06 Constable Johnston of the British Transport Police on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford to be made available to the House. 17 Dec 08 Mr Michael Howard; Mr Kenneth Clarke: asking the Speaker to inform 0.08 the House of the reasons for deciding not to refer the matter of the arrest and search of the offices of the hon. Member for Ashford to the Standards and Privileges Committee. Mr William Cash; Simon Hughes: asking for the report of Chief Constable Johnston of the British Transport Police on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford to be made available to the House. 17 Dec 08 Mr Charles Walker: asking the Chair to confirm that the House would 0.01 shortly be rising for ‘Christmas’ recess, not ‘Seasonal’ recess. 17 Dec 08 Mr Anthony Steen: asking for statements and announcements to be made 0.04 to the House, rather than to the media or leaked out from Government Departments. 17 Dec 08 Chris Bryant: asking for the two motions on the Electoral Commission to 0.01 be debated together. 17 Dec 08 Bob Spink; Kate Hoey: asking for the two questions on the Electoral 0.02 Commission to be put separately. 12 Jan 09 Jeremy Corbyn: asking whether the Government had indicated that there 0.01 would be a wider debate on the matter of Gaza. 13 Jan 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking why certain Government motions had not 0.01 been moved. 15 Jan 09 Kate Hoey: asking for how long the hon. Member for Hayes and 0.01 Harlington would be suspended from the House. 15 Jan 09 Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the Speaker had been given any 0.02 indication of when the Government and Westminster Council would be putting an end to the use of amplifiers in protests in Parliament Square. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 121 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 19 Jan 09 Mr Julian Brazier: asking to point out that, as the opposition spokesman 0.01 0.01 on shipping, his intervention to the debate had been relevant. 20 Jan 09 Mr Barry Sheerman: asking for a change in the conventions of the House, 0.01 releasing the Clerks at the Table from the requirement to wear wigs 21 Jan 09 Paul Flynn: asking about the accuracy of information provided by a 0.07 Minister, and alleged withholding of information with regard to Sellafield. 21 Jan 09 David Winnick; Bob Spink: asking whether the Government would 0.07 confirm whether it would be withdrawing the Freedom of Information instrument due for debate the following day. The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman): asking to inform the House about business for the following day, and the withdrawal of a statutory instrument on Freedom of Information. Alan Duncan; Mr David Heath: asking for clarification on how the changes to the business for the following day would affect implementation of the High Court ruling on publication of receipts for Members’ expenses. 21 Jan 09 Daniel Kawczynski: asking the Speaker to investigate the entry, without a 0.02 0.02 warrant, into his office by police officers demanding constituency correspondence. Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking for the Home Secretary to make a statement on the entry by police into Mr Kawczynski’s office. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the matter of the entry by police into Mr Kawczynski’s office to be referred directly to the Speaker. 22 Jan 09 Daniel Kawczynski: asking to thank the Speaker for his statement, and 0.02 welcoming the changes to conventions governing the entry of police into Members’ offices. 26 Jan 09 David Taylor: asking whether changes could be made to the Standing 0.02 Orders to prevent emailing ‘bombing’ of Members by multiple emails from campaigners. Jeremy Corbyn: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the BBC’s decision not to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza. 28 Jan 09 Mr John Gummer: asking whether the Minister should make fewer 0.01 interventions, given that he would shortly be making a speech of his own. 28 Jan 09 Paddy Tipping: asking whether the Speaker would consider adding a little 0.01 extra time to the division, given the closure of the Carriage Gates entrance. 29 Jan 09 Mr Gerald Howarth: asking whether the rotation of different aircraft types 0.02 fell within the scope of the debate. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for the Speaker to make the Government aware of the scope of the debate. 122 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 2 Feb 09 Mr David Heath: asking to notify the House that the Liberal Democrats 0.09 intended to bring their Opposition Day to an early finish to allow staff to make their way home in the inclement weather conditions. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for clarification on when a warrant would be required for police to enter a Members’ office, and when it would be sufficient simply to notify the Serjeant at Arms of the police’s intentions. David Davis: asking whether a warrant would be required for police to access emails between Members as part of an investigation. Mr William Cash: asking whether a search warrant issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence act would be valid in the context of the House of Commons. Mr Peter Lilley: asking the Speaker to consider whether items requested by the police during the investigation of the hon. Member for Ashfield would be placed in the public domain if it related to other Members of the House. 3 Feb 09 Mr Martin Salter: asking what remedies were available to the Home 0.04 Affairs Select Committee to clarify disparities between evidence given before the Committee, and other accounts of events. 3 Feb 09 Mr Barry Sheerman: asking whether back benchers were going to get any 0.02 time at all to speak in the debate, given the length of speeches by front benchers. 4 Feb 09 David Davis: asking whether the Foreign Secretary would be making a 0.04 statement on the case of Binyam Mohamed and the involvement of British agencies in torture overseas. Patrick Mercer: asking whether the Foreign Secretary would be making a statement on what the US Government expected the UK to do with non- British detainees from Guantanamo Bay. 4 Feb 09 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown; Mr Mark Harper: asking whether the 0.05 Government would be making a statement on the shortage of gritting salt experienced by many local authorities, and its implications for road safety. 5 Feb 09 Damian Green: asking why the Speaker had not asked him for his version 0.08 of events before making a statement on the Metropolitan Police’s request for access to his email correspondence. David Davis: asking whether the Speaker would be responding to his request for clarification on whether email communications between Members were covered by the protocol announced by the Speaker for the request of information by the police. Mr Graham Stuart: asking whether something could be done to ensure the Treasury had the resources available to deal promptly with correspondence from Members and their constituents. Mr David Winnick: asking for an update on progress towards a parliamentary inquiry into the entry by the Metropolitan Police into the office of the Hon. Member for Ashford, and the seizure of material from that office. Dominic Grieve: asking to express his concern about the lack of a referral to the Standards and Privileges Committee of the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the Speaker to make a statement on the privilege issues arising from the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford, and how the Speaker intended to take the matter forward. Mr Andrew Tyrie: asking for the Speaker to reconsider the decisions taken to ‘close down’ opportunities for Members to make points of order relating to the affair concerning the Hon. Member for Ashford. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 123 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 9 Feb 09 Dr Evan Harris: asking whether the Home Secretary was entitled to 0.02 criticise academics who were unable to defend themselves on the floor of the House. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking for clarification on reports that the Speaker had ruled that details of the participation of Members in foreign trips funded by the British Council would be exempt from freedom of information requests. 10 Feb 09 Bob Spink: asking whether the Government would be making a statement 0.01 on its strategy for dealing with high rainfall and flooding. 11 Feb 09 Justine Greening: asking whether the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and 0.01 Shepherd’s Bush was entitled to make frequent references in his speech to areas outside his constituency. 11 Feb 09 Mr Peter Kilfoyle: asking whether the Leader of the Opposition would be 0.02 correcting his comments about the age of Titian. 23 Feb 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: asking whether the Home Secretary would be making a 0.06 statement on the threat to public order arising from the current economic situation, and asking why his parliamentary written questions on that topic had not been answered. Mr Fiona Mactaggart: asking for advice on whether a constituency school that was refusing to allow her to visit was preventing her from fully representing her constituents. Mr William Cash: asking whether the Prime Minister would be making a statement on his meeting with European leaders, and whether the Speaker could ensure that the Prime Minister always made a statement to the House after such events. Mr Michael Fallon: asking for reassurance that any steps to authorise the Bank of England to print money would be preceded by a full statement to the House. Mr Greg Hands: asking for a ruling on whether the rules on writing to other Members’ constituents were properly enforced, in the light of a letter sent to his constituents by the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush. 24 Feb 09 Mark Pritchard: asking formally to object to the increase of a contingent 0.02 liability for the defence training review project. Mr Andrew Mackinlay: asking to raise concerns over the reporting of contingent liabilities and the number of copies made available. 24 Feb 09 Mr William Cash: asking for an explanation of why the motion in the 0.01 name of the Prime Minister referred to measures taken in a particular bill, when, on closer inspection, the bill made no mention of such measures. 25 Feb 09 Mike Penning: asking to put on record the House’s thanks to the House 0.02 staff for the way they welcomed the servicemen and women from 7 Armoured Brigade on 23 February. 2 Mar 09 Mr Nicholas Soames: asking about the time taken for Ministers to reply 0.01 to correspondence. 2 Mar 09 David Howarth: asking about apparent discrepancies in how amendments 0.02 had been grouped. 2 Mar 09 Dr Julian Lewis: asking for an opportunity to put new clause 23 to a vote 0.01 on the grounds that it was consistent with decisions previously taken by the House about the security of Members’ home addresses. 2 Mar 09 Mr David Heath: asking whether there was any precedent for putting 0.01 separately the question on a completely undebated new clause, in a group not yet reached, that had been proposed by a group of Back Benchers from an opposition party and that had not been moved. 124 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 2 Mar 09 Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether, since a vote had been allowed on 0.03 another clause that had not been moved, the Deputy Speaker would consider allowing votes on other un-moved amendments that had considerable backbench support. Dr Gavin Strang: asking for confirmation that it was very unusual for a vote to be allowed on a new clause from a group that had not been reached, and asking for an explanation as to why the Speaker allowed a vote to take place on this clause. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking for the sections of the bill intended to be subject to amendments due to be introduced by the Government in the Lords, to be recommitted to a Public Bill Committee to allow the amendments to be considered first in the Commons. 2 Mar 09 Pete Wishart; David Howarth: asking whether, given the decision to 0.02 allow a vote on a new clause that had neither been moved nor debated, the Speaker would allow a division on another new clause. Mr Douglas Hogg: asking to put on record that he was profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of voting on a matter that the House had had no opportunity of discussing. 2 Mar 09 Mr David Heath: asking for assurance that the procedure for voting on 0.06 amendments had been correctly followed. Mr John Gummer: asking for the Deputy Speaker to explain why the unusual decision regarding voting on amendments had been made. Mr Simon Hughes: asking for confirmation of whether sufficient questions had been put for the final clause considered to be added to the Bill. Mr David Heath: asking for clarification that, in considering the procedure governing whether a matter is debated before it is added to the Bill, backbench amendments are to be treated quite differently from Government amendments. Simon Hughes: asking whether the Speaker would reflect on whether there had been an unwitting breach of procedure, and would allow an opportunity for debate on the clause in question. Sir Alan Beith: asking for an assurance that the clause in question had actually been moved, as he had heard no evidence to support that. Dr Julian Lewis: asking to put on the record the fact that although the Government and the Opposition had treated the vote on the clause in question as a free vote, the Liberal Democrats had whipped their members to vote a particular way. 3 Mar 09 Mr Mark Pritchard: asking about the timeliness of ministerial replies to 0.06 correspondence, and asking whether it was necessary to raise a point of order in order to get a prompt reply. Simon Hughes: asking for guidance on when the power to vote separately on amendments that had not been reached when the guillotine fell would be applied, and asking to make clear that while Members wished for more time for debate, they did not wish for more time for voting, with no chance of debate. Peter Luff: asking whether there was any way that the questions on nomination of members to Regional Select Committees could be grouped, so that those opposing Regional Select Committees in general would only have to detain the House with a single division. 4 Mar 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for the Deputy Speaker to make an appeal 0.01 for shorter speeches. 4 Mar 09 Mr Laurence Robertson: asking for clarification on the front bench team 0.01 for the official opposition. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 125 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 5 Mar 09 Anne Main; Miss Julie Kirkbride; Mr Christopher Chope: asking for a 0.03 statement from the Government and a topical debate or urgent question on the decision to undertake quantitative easing. 5 Mar 09 Mrs Eleanor Laing: asking to put on record that the Solicitor General had 0.01 insulted her during her speech and would not allow her to defend herself. 5 Mar 09 Mrs Theresa May: asking why the Solicitor General was not giving way 0.01 to an intervention from the opposition front bench, as was the usual practice. 10 Mar 09 Alan Duncan: asking whether Members would be able to table an 0.09 amendment to the motion setting out the dates of the Easter Recess, given that some Members wanted the House to rise a day later so that the Prime Minister could make a statement to the House about the G20 summit. Mr Peter Atkinson: asking whether the fact that the North East Regional Select Committee had been unable to meet because it was inquorate proved that the Regional Committees were not as important an initiative as the Government had claimed. Miss Julie Kirkbride: asking to put on record that the West Midlands Regional Select Committee had also failed to meet the previous day because it had been inquorate, and asking whether, if there was a consistent pattern of such committees being unable to meet because they were inquorate, there would be a case for reviewing their very existence. Mark Pritchard: asking to put on record that a company in his constituency had gone into administration, and that the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform had done nothing to help save the company, in spite of being informed. Mrs Sharon Hodgson: asking to put on record that that the North East Regional Select Committee had not been inquorate – instead, the meeting had been cancelled in advance, and asking whether there was any way of recording in Hansard or the Votes and Proceedings that a meeting had been cancelled. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking for cancelled meetings of Select Committees to be recorded in the Order Paper for the following day. Mr Henry Bellingham: asking whether the Speaker would condemn the fact that the Government had promised during the Committee Stage of the Coroners and Justice Bill to amend a clause, and had instead later announced that the clause would be dropped entirely. Mr William Cash: asking to put on record that, although the Speaker had recommended that Members with struggling companies in their constituencies should seek meetings with Ministers, it was in practice very difficult to secure such a meeting. Mr David Kidney: asking to put on record that the West Midlands Regional Select Committee had not met the previous day. 10 Mar 09 Ms Sally Keeble: asking whether it was right that, after tabling a question 0.02 0.02 to a department, instead of an answer she had received a telephone call asking her to disclose the source of her information. 11 Mar 09 Mr Paul Goodman: asking for assistance to Members of the House in 0.03 obtaining access to information (in this particular case, accounts for the preventing violent extremism pathfinder fund at DCLG) where the Government refused to reveal the information. Peter Luff: asking to put on record his concern that it seemed easier to obtain information from the Government through Freedom of Information requests than through parliamentary questions. 126 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 11 Mar 09 Anne Moffat: asking for advice on what action could be taken against 0.01 Opposition members who had called for a vote, and then not voted, in order to delay the House from considering a motion on allowing the UK Youth Parliament to use the Chamber. 11 Mar 09 The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant): asking 0.03 0.03 whether it was in the interests of the House and democracy for certain Members to use every trick in the book to prevent the UK Youth Parliament from using the Chamber. Martin Horwood: asking to put on record that not one Opposition Member had voted against the EU Document on Ozone Depleting Substances in its Committee, and that, therefore, the division on the document tonight must have been engineered solely to prevent debate on the motion relating to the UK Youth Parliament, and asking whether this action risked bringing the House into disrepute. Mr Edward Garnier: asking whether the Secretary of State for Justice would be making a statement on the C-NOMIS computer system for prison and probation services. Mr Christopher Chope: asking when the Government would be providing time for a full debate on the Youth Parliament issue, and insisting that the matter receive a full debate. 12 Mar 09 Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking to apologise to the House for any breach of 0.00 the rules he may have committed in relation to use of Commons dining facilities for political fundraising. 12 Mar 09 Alan Duncan: asking why a planned written ministerial statement on 0.01 Ministers’ interests had not been made available in the library, even though it appeared that newspapers had been briefed on its contents. 12 Mar 09 Mr Greg Knight; Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking why the matter of 0.07 allowing the United Kingdom Youth Parliament to use the Commons Chamber had not been considered by the Modernisation Committee, in spite of a Government commitment to refer the matter. Martin Salter: asking how the House could deal with circumstances where hon. Members had inadvertently misled the House; and noting that a 2004 Report of the Modernisation Committee had recommended that the UK Youth Parliament be allowed to use the House of Commons Chamber. Mr Christopher Chope; Mr Richard Bacon: asking whether the Speaker had been consulted about the possibility of the UK Youth Parliament using the Chamber, given that the Prime Minister had promised such a consultation at the launch of the Governance of Britain paper. 12 Mar 09 Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking for further time to be made on this debate 0.01 to allow all interested Members to speak. 12 Mar 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the question would be put at 6pm, 0.01 or whether there would be an opportunity to debate the matter further on another day. 12 Mar 09 The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant): asking to 0.01 0.01 clarify, in relation to Alan Duncan’s earlier point of order, that the newspaper articles in question were based on information already available, rather than the written ministerial statement; and asking to inform Members that the written ministerial statement was available in the Vote Office and the Library. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking when time would be made for further debate on the matter of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament using the Chamber. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 127 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 13 Mar 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the Government would indicate 0.02 whether it intended to move the motion relating to the UK Youth Parliament. 16 Mar 09 Mrs Theresa May: asking how she could ensure that Government 0.02 Ministers respected statements made in the House. Mr Jim Devine: asking why activists attending a meeting in the Palace were asked to remove their T-shirts (which displayed slogans relating to their campaign) upon entering the building. 16 Mar 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether it set a good example to the 0.01 members of the Youth Parliament that the Government had chosen to curtail debate on the issue at hand. 16 Mar 09 Lembit Öpik: asking that the Speaker’s Office and the Leader of the 0.01 House meet with the organisers of the UK Youth Parliament to ensure that the processes and procedures it uses in the House respect the traditions of the House. Mr Christopher Chope: asking to put on record that the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik) had not participated in either of the two debates on the UK Youth Parliament. Mr Graham Brady: asking the Speaker to put on record that a precedent had been created that the use of the Chamber by bodies other than the elected House of Commons would require a debate and vote of the House. 17 Mar 09 Mr David Kidney; Mr William Cash: asking whether the Secretary of 0.05 State for Health would be making a statement about the Healthcare Commission Report on Stafford Hospital. Mr Matthew Taylor: asking to put on record that the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Mr Prisk) was, in his role as shadow Minister for Cornwall (a post that did not exist in the Government), encroaching on the work of local MPs; asking if this was acceptable; and what action would be taken to resolve the situation where parties could appoint Members of Parliament as shadow ministers for constituencies, allowing them to act for party political advantage and go over the head of the local MP. 17 Mar 09 Mrs Theresa May: asking to clarify a statement she had made. 0.01 18 Mar 09 David Davis: asking why Lord Turner’s report on the causes of the 0.01 current problems in the economy had not been made available by the Government in the Vote Office, given its relevance to the following debate. 18 Mar 09 Mr John Gummer: asking whether it was in order for the Minister to 0.01 quote from a document that had not been made available to the House. 19 Mar 09 Mike Penning: asking whether the Secretary of State for Health would be 0.01 making a statement to the House about Dr Iwebegu, who had been reported to the General Medical Council. Mr Christopher Chope: asking why the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not responded to the Opposition Debate on the Economy, even though he had been present in the House for Prime Minster’s Questions. 19 Mar 09 Mr Gerald Howarth; Mr Lindsay Hoyle; Simon Hughes; Mr Nigel Evans: 0.04 asking whether the Chair could be given discretion to vary the length of a topical debate if it became apparent that the House was going to go up early, and more members wanted to speak; and noting that it was more appropriate for extra time to be given to the topical debate than to the adjournment debate. 23 Mar 09 John McDonnell: asking to protest against the over-use of stop and search 0.03 powers on the basis of anti-terrorism legislation. 128 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 23 Mar 09 Peter Bottomley: asking for Ministers, when scheduling the business of 0.05 0.05 the House, to allow Members to speak on subjects on which they have personal experience, and to put forward the views of their constituents. Dr Evan Harris: asking for the Leader of the House to explain why the timetabling of business was again preventing adequate scrutiny of legislation. Simon Hughes: asking for the Government to be sensitive to the need to allow as much time for considering legislation as possible. 24 Mar 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: asking why the Command Paper on the Terrorism 0.04 Strategy had not been made available in the Vote Office even though it had been laid in the Journal Office the day before. Mr William Cash: asking whether his named-day questions to the Department of Health on the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust would receive an answer today, given their importance. David Davis: asking whether it was in order for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deny the existence of information on the growth of the terrorist threat, when that information had been published by her subordinate, the head of MI5. 25 Mar 09 Angus Robertson; Mr Gregory Campbell; Mr Elfyn Llwyd: asking for the 0.01 Leader of the House to correct or explain statements she had made regarding spending cuts in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. 30 Mar 09 Alan Duncan; Mr Nick Gibb: asking for the Speaker to investigate why 0.02 Government whips prolonged the Thursday 26 March sitting of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee, when more time would have been available for consideration of the Bill in Committee on Tuesday 31 March. 30 Mar 09 Dr Andrew Murrison: asking why the Government had not yet made a 0.01 0.01 statement on the report of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. 31 Mar 09 Mrs Cheryl Gillan: asking whether the Secretary of State for Children, 0.04 Schools and Families could be asked to come to the House to make a statement on the reasons why the Government had removed funding for a school in her constituency. Dr Julian Lewis: asking what could be done to prevent the release by contractors of personal information related to expenses which the House had voted not to disclose. 31 Mar 09 Mr Oliver Heald: asking what could be done if a witness had been found 0.01 to have lied to a Select Committee. 1 Apr 09 Greg Mulholland: asking why, when there had been a meeting held 0.04 between a Minister and Leeds MPs, only Labour MPs had been invited. Mrs Jacqui Lait: asking whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families would be making a statement on the funding cuts in sixth form education. Chris Grayling: asking for the Speaker to issue guidance to Departments stating that it was inappropriate to issue answers to written parliamentary questions to the media before Members had had a chance to receive and read them. 1 Apr 09 Mr Greg Knight: asking whether the debate on the Second Reading of the 0.01 Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords] should be delayed until the Vote Office had obtained a copy of the Act it sought to amend. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 129 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 1 Apr 09 Mrs Maria Miller: asking to correct a statement made by the Prime 0.02 0.02 Minister about the degree to which the Christie Hospital and Naomi House had been affected by the collapse of the Icelandic banks. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the twenty minute duration of the previous division had anything to do with the fact he wanted to speak on the following item of business. 20 Apr 09 Sir Menzies Campbell: asking whether the Leader of the House would be 0.11 making a statement on the future of the Committee which was to look into the Damian Green affair. Derek Twigg: asking why information about Hillsborough had not been made available to the House earlier, and asking the Speaker to ensure the documents were brought before Parliament as soon as possible. Dr Julian Lewis: asking why answers to written parliamentary questions could sometimes take so long, and asking for the Speaker’s view. Mr William Cash: asking for the House to be allowed to debate the matter of privilege relating to the Damian Green affair, and that the matter be referred to the Standards and Privileges Committee. Keith Vaz: asking whether, in the light of the Tamil protests in Parliament Square, the Leader of the House had indicated that there would be a topical debate on the matter of Sri Lanka, or whether the Foreign Secretary would be making a statement on the matter. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking what powers the Speaker had to order the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to secure free access for Members to the Houses of Parliament. Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the difficulties in policing larger demonstrations in Parliament Square arose from a failure to deal effectively with the small protest encampment that had been resident in the Square for some years. 20 Apr 09 Nicholas Soames: asking whether it was in order for the Minister to speak 0.01 ‘such utter rubbish’. 21 Apr 09 Mr James Gray: asking whether separate divisions could be held on the 0.01 four private bills being considered. 23 Apr 09 Dr Julian Lewis: asking for guidance on situations where Members had 0.04 publicly criticising the personal conduct of colleagues. Mr Charles Walker: asking whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families would be coming to the House to make a statement on cuts in funding to secondary schools for sixth form places. 28 Apr 09 Mr Charles Walker; Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the Government 0.03 would be making a statement on schools funding. Bob Spink: asking for guidance for situations where Conservative Members visited his constituency for campaigning purposes without giving him proper notice. 28 Apr 09 Mrs Jacqui Lait: asking the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to 0.01 clarify a point he had made in his speech. 29 Apr 09 Mr Simon Burns: asking whether the Speaker had any power to prevent 0.06 the transfer of written parliamentary questions from the Prime Minister to other departments. Pete Wishart: asking for guidance in a situation where another Member had tabled an early day motion referring to the case of one of Mr Wishart’s constituents, without consulting Mr Wishart in advance. 29 Apr 09 Damian Green; Mr David Heath: asking whether, in the wake of the 0.02 Government defeat, a Minister would be making a statement on proposed changes to Government policy on Gurkha Settlement Rights. 130 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 30 Apr 09 Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the Speaker agreed that an 0.01 announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on internet gambling should have been made to the House rather than in a national newspaper. 30 Apr 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether it would be in order to take the 0.02 further motions in the debate if the Government had already agreed to an amendment on the first motion that seemed to prevent decision on the following motions. Sir Alan Beith: asking for clarification on how the House could act on the remaining motions. 30 Apr 09 Mr Ian Taylor: asking whether it was in order for the Leader of the House 0.02 not to give way to someone who would be personally affected by the matter under consideration. 30 Apr 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether another Member (Mr Derek 0.01 Conway) was in order to discuss at length his own case, when he had already apologised to the House about the instance in question and paid back the money as requested by the House. 30 Apr 09 Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether it was in order for a Member who had 0.01 accepted the findings of a Committee in a disciplinary case to subsequently come back to the House and call into question the judgments that the Committee had made. 30 Apr 09 Alan Duncan: asking whether the House would be allowed to consider 0.02 the amendments to the following motions that were identical to the amendment already accepted by the Government. Miss Ann Widdecombe: asking how the House could be asked to reach a decision on matters relating to the work of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when it had already resolved to delay reaching any decision until that Committee had reported. 5 May 09 Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether there had been any indication from the 0.01 Government of what action would be taken in response to the permanent protests in Parliament Square. 5 May 09 Mr David Gauke: asking what could be done to ensure the Prime Minister 0.01 provided a satisfactory answer to a written parliamentary question. 6 May 09 Mike Penning: asking what action the Speaker could take to address the 0.03 fact that no Minister or Parliamentary Private Secretary was present for the start of a Westminster Hall debate on Higher Education Funding, and that officials arrived 20 minutes late. Mr Stewart Jackson: asking about an inconsistency between information given in a written answer and information subsequently made publicly available, and asking about duties on ministers to answer questions accurately and truthfully. Anne Main: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the problem of Learning and Skills Council Funding, or making time for a debate, given that it had become apparent that the Department for Children, Schools and Families had been aware of the problem a month before Ministers were informed. Daniel Kawczynski: asking what action the Speaker could take to ensure the views expressed by the parliamentary ombudsman on Equitable Life were heard in the House. 6 May 09 Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether discussing a report by the 0.01 Conservative party fell within scope of the Finance Bill. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 131 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 6 May 09 Mr Philip Hammond: asking whether the distribution of Government 0.01 spending was within the scope of the Bill. Rob Marris: asking for clarification on whether the official Opposition’s amendment had been selected. 6 May 09 Mr Douglas Hogg: asking whether the Committee of Selection would 0.01 0.01 reflect, in its nomination of the Finance Bill Committee, the fact that far more Opposition than Government Members had spoken in the second reading debate. 7 May 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking about what could be done to enforce the 0.02 Speaker’s rulings that statements should be made to the House, and not trailed by the Government to the media. 11 May 09 Dr Julian Lewis: asking the Speaker to consider making public the advice 0.18 received by the House from the Security Advisor to Parliament on what categories of data should be withheld for security reasons. Kate Hoey: asking whether it was appropriate to ask the Metropolitan Police to investigate the unauthorised disclosure of information on Members’ Allowances. Mr Chris Mullin: asking whether the House authorities could be more robust in responding to falsehoods written in the press. Norman Baker: asking whether the Speaker would consider the early release of all information on Members’ Allowances. Miss Ann Widdecombe: asking that, if the Commission was to consider the early release of information, it should also bear in mind that Members are still working through the task of checking and correcting information, and that to release the information early could be damaging. John Mann: asking whether the Commission would be looking at what action had been taken to enact the House’s resolution relating to Capital Gains Tax. Ms Patricia Hewitt: asking whether the Commission would consider establishing citizen’s juries to consider the matter of Members’ salaries and allowances. Sir Alan Beith: asking whether it was the case that, if an independent body was established to audit Members’ allowances, that body would be exempt from requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Mr Gerald Howarth: asking what action was being taken to ensure that the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police took action on the demonstration underway by Tamil protestors in Parliament Square. Jeremy Corbyn: asking for an assurance that the right to demonstrate would not be impeded. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Speaker would discuss with the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police the possibility of using water cannon to disperse the demonstrators. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking what could be done to ensure Members had unimpeded access to the House. Simon Hughes: asking to put on record that the Tamil demonstration had been applied for lawfully and had been granted permission for at least the last four weeks. 132 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 12 May 09 John Mann: asking when the resolution relating to capital gains tax, 0.06 agreed to on 3 July 2008, would be applied by the House of Commons Commission. Mr William Cash: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on Staffordshire Hospital, as it had earlier promised to do. Mr David Winnick: asking whether the Speaker would agree that a Speaker of the House of Commons should refrain from making personal comments when a Member raised a point of order. Mr Levitt: asking whether the Speaker thought any change on the question of the nomination of Members’ homes should not be retrospective. 12 May 09 Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether, for this clause, Members were 0.01 0.01 permitted to discuss clause stand part as well as the detail of the amendments. 13 May 09 Jeremy Corbyn: asking the Speaker to ensure that, in the course of his 0.06 meeting to establish a solution to the problem of the ongoing Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square, he remembered the pain and suffering that the Tamil people were going through. Mr Brian Binley: asking whether it was right that the Speaker should use his statement to further a political cause. Mr Christopher Chope: asking the time and date of the meeting arranged by the Speaker. Simon Hughes: asking whether, to inform the Speaker’s meeting, he would be willing to accept a short note from those Members who had supported and been involved with the demonstration. Mike Gapes: asking the Speaker to bear in mind that no organisation had the right to regularly disrupt the centre of London. Mr Andrew Dismore: asking whether the Speaker would invite representatives of the Tamil demonstrators to his meeting. 13 May 09 Rob Marris: asking whether it was in order that a Member had, during the 0.01 previous day’s debate, seemed to be reading from a Blackberry mobile telephone device while making interventions. 14 May 09 Dr Evan Harris: asking the Speaker to evaluate the operation of 0.05 programming, and whether it defended the interests of backbenchers. Mr David Heath: asking whether Members could be given access to the guidance provided to Officers of the House when deciding whether or not to release information to the public. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the House should continue to handle information on expenses claims in an electronic form, given the security implications. 14 May 09 Jeremy Corbyn: asking if there was any way the topical debate could be 0.01 extended, to allow all those who wished to speak to do so. 15 May 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: asking whether it was a discourtesy to the House 0.01 that the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) had withdrawn his Bill at such short notice, and whether anything could be done to reinstate the Bill to ensure a debate could be held. Mr John Prescott: asking whether, as is the case in the Council of Europe, the speech of a Member who did not turn up to talk to their bill could be printed in the Official Report. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 133 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 18 May 09 Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the motion of no confidence in the 0.16 Speaker would be debated and voted upon the following day. Mr Douglas Carswell: asking whether Members would be given the opportunity to choose a new Speaker. Mr Richard Bacon: asking to put on record that the Deputy Leader of the House had told him that the motion in question was a substantive motion. Mr David Winnick: asking whether the Speaker would give some indication of his own intention to retire. Mr David Heath: asking whether the Speaker would agree that the House should resolve to accept unequivocally the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking the Speaker to recognise the profound concern expressed in the no confidence motion, and to recognise that the mood in the Chamber was similar to that in the 1940 Norway debate. Mr Mike Hancock: asking whether extra resources could be provided to the Committee on Standards in Public Life to ensure they could report to Parliament before the summer recess. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Committee on Standards in Public Life could produce an early interim report. Mr Richard Shepherd: asking whether the Government would acknowledge that the motion of no confidence should be debated. Sir Stuart Bell: asking for recognition that the House should support the Speaker and the measures he had proposed. David Davis: asking how a back bencher could table a substantive motion. Bob Spink: asking whether the Speaker would come to House to make a statement following his meeting with party leaders on the subject of Members’ Allowances. Susan Kramer: asking whether the Government could be guided to provide an Opposition day where the motion of no-confidence could be debated. Sammy Wilson: asking whether a report would be produced as a result of the Speaker’s discussion with party leaders. Mr Mark Field: asking about Members claiming money for mortgages that had already been paid off. 18 May 09 Mr William Cash: asking about the governance of NHS Foundation 0.01 Trusts. 18 May 09 Mr Stephen O’Brien: asking to clarify in the record of debate the 0.01 commitment he had made to look at ordering an independent public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. 19 May 09 Mr John Gummer: asking for clarification on a statement made by a 0.06 Minister, and asking whether there was any way a Minister could be made to return to the House to correct a statement he had made. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether the Government could be made to come to the House make a statement on the Report of the Joint Intelligence and Security Committee. Dr Evan Harris: asking what could be done to ensure that negotiations between parties took place on programme motions and where knives would fall. 20 May 09 Mr Greg Hands: asking what could be done to ensure Members were 0.01 informed before the Prime Minister visited their constituencies. 20 May 09 Mr Graham Stuart: asking to declare an interest 0.01 134 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 20 May 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: asking what could be done to resolve the problem of 0.01 the Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square, and noting that allowing the demonstration to continue sent an unhelpful message about the conduct of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy. 1 Jun 09 Mr David Heath: asking whether the Prime Minister would be making a 0.03 statement to the House on his plans for constitutional renewal. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether a Minister would be giving a statement to the House on plans for the awarding of Government contracts under the flexible new deal. Bob Spink: asking why he had been told he could use stamps and envelopes purchased through the communications allowance to contact a particular group of constituents, but had been told he could not use pre- paid envelopes. 2 Jun 09 Derek Twigg: asking how the Secretary of State could allow the strategic 0.01 health authority to make public its recommendations on the national burn care review in the north-west, when the Secretary of State was yet to meet MPs to consult their views. 9 Jun 09 Peter Luff: asking whether the time for topical questions to the new 0.01 Department of Business, Innovation and Skills could be extended. 10 Jun 09 Daniel Kawczynski: asking to put on record his frustration that the Prime 0.02 Minister had not consulted the all party group on ‘first past the post’, of which Mr Kawczynski is Chairman, before making his statement. Mr Christopher Chope: asking the Speaker to advise the Government that no guillotine or timetable be applied to consideration of the Bill that would arise from the Prime Minister’s statement. 11 Jun 09 Miss Anne McIntosh: asking when the draft Environmental Permitting 0.04 (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 would be considered by the House, and why the Delegated Legislation Committee that had been due to consider the instrument had been cancelled at such short notice. 15 Jun 09 Damian Green: asking whether the Home Secretary would be making a 0.01 statement to the House on the future of Government policy on Identity Cards. 16 Jun 09 Mark Hunter: asking the Speaker to reaffirm that protocols existed for 0.02 visiting the constituencies of other Members, even for front bench spokesmen. 17 Jun 09 Dr Evan Harris: asking for advice on how Members could discuss the 0.02 opinion of a member of the royal family. 19 Jun 09 Mr Michael Mates: asking for the Speaker to consider how the use of 0.01 time on Private Members’ Fridays could be better managed, to ensure the maximum number of bills was debated. 23 Jun 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether it would not have been more 0.02 helpful for the Parliamentary Standards Bill to have been made available to all Members ahead of the Leader’s statement, rather than only to those who had been involved in its preparation. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 135 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 24 Jun 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: asking for the Government to make a statement on 0.05 cyber-security and the appointment of a cyber-security chief, given that the Government’s intentions in this area had already been trailed in the press. Andrew Selous: asking whether the Speaker’s ruling discouraging government statements being made to the media before the House extended to include statements relating to the publication of Bills. Dr Evan Harris: asking the Speaker to confirm that the way in which the House scrutinised Bills, including Government Bills, was the very essence of its work and should be considered as part of any programme of reform. Norman Baker: asking the Speaker to ensure that any programme of reform also investigated ways in which Ministers and, in particular, Secretaries of State, in the other place could be scrutinised by the House of Commons. 24 Jun 09 Mr David Heath: asking whether it was in order that no departmental 0.01 minister was present. 25 Jun 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether any time could be made to debate 0.02 the motions on the order paper relating to regional grand committees, and whether the Speaker could help back benchers to gain some power over these matters. 25 Jun 09 Mr Greg Knight: asking whether any time could be made to debate the 0.03 motions on the order paper relating to regional grand committees. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the matter of the arrangement of the day’s business, and the lack of opportunity for debate, could be referred to the Procedure Committee. Mr David Heath: asking whether, given the lack of notice for the motions relating to Regional Grand Committees, and that there was no opportunity for debate, the Chair would consider allowing manuscript amendments. Mr Patrick McLoughlin: asking for the Minister present to explain to the House the reasons behind the timing of certain of the meetings of the Regional Grand Committees, in particular the fact that the meetings clashed with both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative party conferences, but not with the Labour party conference. 25 Jun 09 Alan Duncan: asking whether, now that one of the Government’s motions 0.01 relating to Regional Grand Committees had been defeated, the Government would consider withdrawing all of the remaining motions. 26 Jun 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking what power the Speaker had to require the 0.01 Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to apologise for having made a policy announcement to the media before Parliament. 29 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Robathan: asking whether it was in order for the Prime 0.05 Minister to misquote a Member. Mr Greg Hands: asking for clarification on how the conventions and courtesies of the House, in particular those relating to Members engaging in campaigning activity in the constituencies of other Members, could be upheld. Mr Nicholas Soames: asking the Speaker to state that Ministerial answers to correspondence and written parliamentary questions should be prompt and sent on the arranged due date. Mr Andy Slaughter: asking to clarify certain statements in the point of order made by Mr Hands. Mr Peter Lilley: asking the Speaker to reprimand the Ministers for the Department of Children, Schools and Families for making statements to the media before making them to the House. 136 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 29 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Robathan: asking whether the Parliamentary Reform 0.01 Committee to which the Minister had referred had actually been withdrawn. 30 Jun 09 Michael Gove: asking what action the Speaker would take to ensure that 0.05 the rights of the House were protected, and that the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families respected the Speaker’s ruling asking for statements to be made to the House before announcements were made to media. Mr Andy Slaughter: asking to correct what he believed was an inaccurate statement by Greg Hands (29 June) about Mr Slaughter campaigning in Mr Hands’ constituency. Mr Damien Green: asking to offer the Speaker his support in his efforts to prevent Ministers from making policy announcements to the media before statements were made to the House, in particular the announcement by the Home Secretary relating to Identity Cards. Mr Oliver Heald: asking to put on record the House’s pleasure at being able to welcome members of the Armed Forces to the House that day. 1 Jul 09 Angus Robertson: asking whether the Secretary of State for Defence 0.11 would be making a statement to the House about the future of the shipbuilding industry, given the news that two of the UK’s three shipyards were expected to close. Mr Charles Walker: asking why the current Prime Minister did not regularly meet with backbenchers from all sides of the House, as his predecessor had done. Mr Ian Davidson: asking whether the real threat to the future of shipyards on the Clyde was the separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom. Mr Stewart Jackson; Norman Baker; Sir Patrick Cormack; Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking whether it was appropriate that the announcement on the decision to renationalise the east coast main line was made in the media, and that the House of Commons would not hear a statement from a Minister (and even then not the Secretary of State) until later in the day. John Robertson: asking whether it was right for a political party to misuse an unfounded allegation about shipyards, when the company and the Ministry of Defence refuted the suggestions that were being made. Sir Alan Beith: asking why there was any reason that the statement to the House on the nationalistion of the east coast main line could not be made earlier than seven o’clock. Mr Greg Hands: asking why he had not been informed of a visit to his constituency by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and what could be done to ensure that the allegedly unprofessional behaviour of the civil servant with whom Mr Hands discussed the matter was not repeated. Mr Graham Stuart: asking what could be done to ensure that Members observed the appropriate courtesies when visiting the constituencies of other Members. Mr Denis Macshane: asking to apologise for not having informed the relevant constituency Members during his recent speeches to the Fabian society in Chiswick and Sheffield. Mr Peter Bone: asking what could be done to avoid future situations whereby several clauses in Bills were left undebated, as had occurred with the Parliamentary Standards Bill. Mr William Cash: asking for advice on moving amendments during the Report stage of the Parliamentary Standards Bill. 1 Jul 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking whether the Secretary of State for Justice 0.01 would indicate whether, in line with the recommendation from the Justice Committee, he would withdraw Clause 10 of the Bill. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 137 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 1 Jul 09 Mr Gerald Howarth; Mr William Cash: asking to put on record that it was 0.04 a constitutional outrage that no time had been available to debate a clause described by the Clerk of the House as possibly having “a chilling effect on the freedom of speech of Members”. Sir Alan Beith: asking to put on record that he was content for his amendment to clause 10 to fall, and pleased that clause 10 had been negatived. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the Speaker had had notice of a statement from the Secretary of State about how the Government wished to proceed with the Bill in the light of its defeat on clause 10. 1 Jul 09 Mr John Redwood: asking whether the business could be allowed to 0.02 continue until 10pm. Sir Patrick Cormack: asking to put on record his anger that there had been no opportunity for debate on the third reading of the Bill, and asking whether there was anything he could do. 1 Jul 09 Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking what could be done about the fact that the 0.02 0.02 announcement regarding the nationalisation of the east coast main line had been made to the media in the morning, to the Lords in the afternoon, and that the Commons had had to wait until late in the evening to hear the statement; and whether the Speaker would be making a clear criticism of Government. 1 Jul 09 Mr Stewart Jackson: asking whether the Speaker had had an opportunity 0.04 0.04 to review the transcript of the radio interview given by the Secretary of State relating to the announcement, and what action the Speaker would take. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking the Speaker to take whatever action he could to prevent a situation like this occurring again. Mss Anne McIntosh: asking whether a Member would have been able to read the written statement relating to the announcement at 8.45am. 2 Jul 09 Mr Iain Duncan Smith: asking whether the Speaker had reached any 0.06 conclusions about the way that the announcement on the nationalisation of the east coast main line had been made to the media long before it was made to the House, and whether the Speaker would be making a statement. Mr Simon Burns: asking why the Speaker’s statement had been leaked to the BBC, and what action the Speaker would take. Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking whether the Government would be making a statement on the decision not to go ahead with the part privatisation of the Royal Mail. 3 Jul 09 Simon Hughes: asking whether there was any way to discover whether 0.02 0.02 government objections to Private Members’ Bills were made on a point of substance or because the Government simply did not like Private Members’ Bills. 6 Jul 09 Mr Peter Bone: asking whether backbench Members, rather than the 0.02 0.02 Government, should have the final decision on whether an oral question to one department should be transferred, at late notice, to a written question to another department. 138 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 7 Jul 09 Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether a written parliamentary statement by 0.05 the Government announcing that the Government was making preparations for a strategic defence review was within the spirit of the Speaker’s ruling that major policy announcements should be made to the House first, and whether the Speaker could compel a Minister to come to the House to make an oral statement, or whether the Speaker would allow an urgent question on the subject. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether Speaker could make clear to Ministers that long delays in responding to correspondence were not acceptable. Mr Christopher Chope; Philip Davies: asking whether the Speaker could allow for further debate and decision on whether and when the United Kingdom Youth Parliament should hold a meeting in the Chamber, following concerns that the proposed date of 30 October, a non-sitting Friday, would be too disruptive. 8 Jul 09 Bob Spink: asking how the House could ensure that the situation of the 0.01 norovirus-affected cruise ship, the Marco Polo, was properly dealt with. 9 Jul 09 Mr David Heath: asking whether the Speaker could give an instruction to 0.06 Departments that announcements about the timing of future business should be made to the House first. Mr Graham Stuart: asking whether the Speaker agreed that it would have been more appropriate for the Home Secretary to have replied to the Urgent Question on Newspapers (Surveillance Methods), rather than the Minister for Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism. Mr Nigel Dodds: asking for an indication of when the Government was intending to make an oral statement on the use of surveillance techniques by newspapers, and why the House was not given a clearer indication of when such statements would occur. Mr Christopher Chope: asking for the Speaker to agree to remain in the Chair following a Speaker’s statement and take questions from Members. 13 Jul 09 John Mann: asking what action the House of Commons Commission was 0.02 taking to implement the motion passed by the House on 3 July 2008 in relation to removing the preferential tax status of MPs regarding second homes and capital gains tax. 13 Jul 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking to conclude his remarks suggesting that 0.01 0.01 the Government also table a business motion to allow a debate on the Government’s proposals for a Select Committee on reform of the House of Commons. 14 Jul 09 Mr Crispin Blunt: asking for questions to be put on two further 0.01 amendments, required properly to implement another amendment, already agreed to by the House. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 139 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 14 Jul 09 Mr Peter Bone: asking the Speaker to prevent the Government from 0.17 0.17 moving the motion relating to the East Midlands Regional Grand Committee, firstly because the rubric on the Order Paper was misleading, and secondly because the motion was almost exactly the same as that rejected by the House on 25 June. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether he was right in thinking that the Standing Orders relating to Regional Grand Committees required a more specific location to be given for the meeting of the Committees than simply the name of a town. Mr Crispin Blunt: asking whether the change between the new motion and the motion rejected by the House on 25 June was consistent with the spirit of the position taken by the House on 25 June, and for clarification on the minimum change that would be required in order for a generally similar motion to be acceptable. Mr David Heath: asking for Members to be informed of the precise location of the meeting of the East Midlands Regional Grand Committee, in the event that this information was not included in the motion itself. Mr Bernard Jenkin: asking whether it was indeed the case that only the Government could make time for debate on a motion relating to the establishment of the Select Committee intended to strengthen the position of the House in relation to the executive, and whether the Speaker appreciated the irony in this. 15 Jul 09 Norman Baker: asking what steps the Speaker could take to ensure that 0.07 the Government did not make a large number of written parliamentary statements on the day before the recess. Jeremy Corbyn: asking what the Speaker could do to ensure that ministers gave substantive answers to named day written parliamentary questions on the day set for their answer, rather than giving holding answers. Mr Peter Bone: asking what steps the Speaker could take to ensure that more backbenchers were able to ask their questions during Prime Minister’s Questions. Greg Mulholland: asking what the Speaker could do to ensure Mr Mulholland received a response that day from the Secretary of State for Health to a question regarding an urgent case in his constituency. Miss Julie Kirkbride: asking whether the Government would be making an oral statement about Jaguar Land Rover’s attempt to secure funding from the European Investment Bank. 20 Jul 09 Mike Penning: asking the Speaker to look into the reasons why he had 0.04 been told that choirs from his constituency would no longer be permitted to sing on the parliamentary estate in the run up to Christmas. Andrew Mackinlay: asking whether the Speaker would ensure that outstanding written parliamentary questions received substantive replies from Ministers before the recess, and also to investigate the matter of the Prime Minister transferring questions to other departments or failing to give a substantive reply. 20 Jul 09 Mr Mark Harper: asking whether it could be considered an abuse to the 0.02 0.02 House that the Government had allowed only an hour and a half of debate on the motion establishing a Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, and whether the House could have confidence in the Committee given that the proposed Chairman of the Committee had voted for the closure of the debate. Philip Davies: asking whether it was fair that the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) had been unable to speak in the debate. 140 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 21 Jul 09 Sir Patrick Cormack: asking for confirmation that, in the last election, 0.01 Michael Martin (as the Speaker seeking re-election) stood as an independent rather than as a Labour party candidate. 21 Jul 09 Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: asking the Speaker to advise on whether a 0.01 programming Committee had met to consider the programme motion. 12 Oct 09 Lembit Öpik: asking whether there was a method of ensuring a review of 0.02 the decision not to select an amendment that he had tabled for separate division. 13 Oct 09 Paul Farrelly: asking whether the Speaker would consider whether an 0.09 alleged attempt by the solicitors Carter-Ruck to prevent the Guardian newspaper from reporting a Parliamentary Question he had tabled, relating to the activities of their client Trafigura, constituted a potential contempt of Parliament. Mr David Heath: asking whether the reported activities of Carter-Ruck threatened the privileges of the House. David Davis: asking whether, following the reported actions of Carter- Ruck, the Speaker would take legal advice and whether he would seek a meeting with the Secretary of State for Justice. Dr Evan Harris: asking whether the Speaker, following the reported actions of Carter-Ruck, would reflect on the increasing practice of seeking injunctions in advance of publication and on whether something should be done to control it. Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether it was acceptable that a named day question he had put down in July to the Secretary of State for Defence had received only a holding answer in October. Mark Lazarowicz: asking whether it was appropriate that the Committee on Climate Change had published its first report before laying it before the House. 13 Oct 09 Mr Elfyn Llwyd: asking whether he would be able to press a new clause 0.01 to a division. 14 Oct 09 Mr Eric Martlew: asking to make it known that he had not made a 0.01 comment from a sedentary position about the dental care arrangements of the Member speaking, as that Member had asserted 15 Oct 09 Dr Liam Fox: asking for a separate statement on the delayed appearance 0.03 of the Gray report on acquisition, in advance of a debate on defence for which it would be relevant (Speaker invited Secretary of State for Defence, present in Chamber, to reply) Mr James Arbuthnot: asking whether the Secretary of State for Defence had been correct to say that the said report had not been ready for publication before the summer recess. 16 Oct 09 Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether Mr Deputy Speaker could ensure 0.04 that the Speaker shared his thoughts on the Legg report with the House, following reports that the Speaker would make comments on the subject on the radio the following day. Mr Henry Bellingham: asking whether Mr Deputy Speaker had received any request to make a statement about the Yvonne Fletcher case. 16 Oct 09 Mr Andrew Dismore: asking about a motion on Access to Parliament 0.02 0.02 (United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament) on which an objection had just been taken: asking whether there was a way of recording that it was Mr Christopher Chope who had objected. Mr Christopher Chope: asking for confirmation from the Chair that it was only by objecting to the motion that one could ensure it was debated. PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 141 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 19 Oct 09 Miss Anne McIntosh: asking to apply for an adjournment debate 0.01 following an answer to a supplementary question which she judged to be wholly unsatisfactory. 19 Oct 09 Mr Douglas Hogg: asking how Members who had suffered a financial 0.02 loss resulting from the failure of Equitable Life could make clear their pecuniary interest before voting in the upcoming debate on Equitable Life. 21 Oct 09 Mr Denis MacShane: asking whether the House authorities would 0.02 investigate use of Parliamentary facilities to amend the Wikipedia entry of the leader of the British Conservatives in the European Parliament. Mr David Drew: asking whether the Speaker would look into why a report on Gloucestershire County Council had not yet been made available to him. 22 Oct 09 Ms Sally Keeble: asking whether arrangements could be made for the 0.01 Secretary of State for Transport to answer questions in the House. Mr Andrew Turner: asking whether the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills could stand beyond the bar of the House to answer questions. 27 Oct 09 Mr Anthony Steen: asking whether Departments could be prevented from 0.07 transferring oral questions after printing. Mr David Winnick: asking about the effect of reported plans to allow Ministers sitting in the Lords to answer questions in the House. Mr Anthony Steen: asking if the Speaker would prevent the transfer of written questions between departments. Mr Peter Bone: asking whether the Speaker could help prevent late holding replies to Named Day Questions. 27 Oct 09 Mr Peter Bottomley: asking to draw attention to the relevant protocol 0.01 following the passage of a motion relating to the Parliamentary Election Rules. 28 Oct 09 Mrs Caroline Spelman: asking why a written Ministerial statement 0.03 pertaining to that afternoon’s debate had not yet been made available. Mr Christopher Chope: asking whether the Speaker could expedite the release of the Kelly Report into Members’ allowances. 28 Oct 09 Mr John Denham: asking to apologise for the late release of the statement 0.01 referred to by Mrs Spelman in her earlier Point of Order, and promising to look into what had happened. 28 Oct 09 Peter Bottomley: asking whether it was in order to refer to a proposed 0.01 0.01 Member of the Committee as “tainted”. 28 Oct 09 Bob Spink: asking whether it was in order for the Minister not to inform 0.01 0.01 the House of the salaries set for posts on the board of the IPSA. Peter Bottomley: asking for details of the salaries of IPSA board members. 29 Oct 09 Paul Flynn: asking to draw attention to the absence of any Minister on the 0.01 Government Front Bench. 2 Nov 09 Mr Stephen O’Brien: asking whether it was in order for Ministers to 0.02 delay publication of the final report from the Nutritional Action Plan Delivery Board. 3 Nov 09 Mr David Heath: asking whether Ministers making statements could be 0.01 hurried. 142 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 5 Nov 09 Mr Peter Bone: asking whether there would be a statement on the 0.06 Communications Allowance. Mr Mark Harper: asking whether the Speaker would ensure outstanding Parliamentary Questions were answered before prorogation. Mr John Gummer: asking whether a system could be found to allow Members to receive an immediate response to urgent inquiries when Parliament is not sitting. Mr Nigel Dodds: asking whether the Speaker would take steps to ensure the situation of Members with regard to allowances was clarified, after the Kelly Report. Mr Phillip Hollobone: asking whether consideration had been given to allowing servicemen to sit in the upper viewing Galleries for Members. 9 Nov 09 Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether he had been mistaken in his 0.02 understanding that there would be an opportunity to vote on a certain amendment. Mr Jack Straw: asking whether the matter would be resolved if he himself were to move the amendment to which Mr Grieve referred, on the understanding that he would vote against it. 10 Nov 09 Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the comments made by the Secretary 0.03 of State in answer to a topical question represented a statement, and whether this was a novel way of making a statement. Mr Jack Straw: asking to make observations on Mr Grieve’s point of order, as invited by the Speaker. Mr Dominic Grieve: asking whether the practice of making such a statement late in the time allocated for topical questions made it impossible for members to ask questions. Sir Nicholas Winterton: asking whether the problem identified by Mr Grieve could be solved if Ministers announced at the start of topical questions whether they intended to make a statement. 11 Nov 09 Anne Main: asking whether the Secretary of State for Transport would 0.01 come to address the House on current problems with train services 12 Nov 09 Mr Graham Allen: asking whether adverse press comment about the 0.07 signatories to an EDM relating to the IPSA amounted to a breach of privilege. Mr Graham Stuart: drawing attention to problems he had experienced in getting in contact with Mr Richard Summersgill, despite asking the Minister to help. Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the Information Commissioner could be brought to the bar of the House to explain why he had not addressed certain Freedom of Information requests to Mr Prentice’s satisfaction. Mr Christopher Chope: asking what could be done to ensure Members had the opportunity to approve the appointment of the chairman of the IPSA Alistair Burt: asking to give advice to Mr Stuart on how to get a response from Mr Richard Summersgill, further to his earlier point of order. Andrew Rosindell: asking whether the Speaker would investigate the failure to fly the flag on Armistice Day. 12 Nov 09 Mr Edward Leigh: asking whether the Secretary of State would make a 0.03 statement about withdrawing opposition to an amendment. Mike Penning: asking whether a Minister would make a statement about reports of the arrest of an individual on suspicion of murdering Captain Robert Nairac. Totals: 10.48 1.02 PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 143 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 14h: Public Petitions 8 Dec 08 Bill Etherington: Health Care (Sunderland) 0.02 0.02 10 Dec 08 Mr Peter Bone: Flooding (Northamptonshire); Planning and Development 0.03 0.03 (Northamptonshire). 15 Dec 08 Lindsay Roy: Criminal Sentencing 0.04 0.04 Hugh Bayley: Fire and Rescue Services (York) 16 Dec 08 Mr Fraser Kemp: Northern Rock 0.02 0.02 Mr Peter Bone: Planning and Development (Northamptonshire) 17 Dec 08 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Pharmacy Services (Gloucestershire) 0.05 John Smith: Dangerous Drivers Mr Paul Goodman: Health Services (Wycombe) 18 Dec 08 Mr David Amess: Immigration and Citizenship 0.01 0.01 13 Jan 09 Mr Denis Murphy: Northern Rock 0.01 14 Jan 09 Mr Anthony Steen: Coastguard Services (Devon) 0.03 0.03 19 Jan 09 Mr David Anderson: Northern Rock; 0.01 0.01 Dr Roberta-Blackman Woods: Northern Rock 20 Jan 09 Mr Ronnie Campbell: Northern Rock 0.03 Mr Chris Mullin: Northern Rock 21 Jan 09 Mr Peter Atkinson: Northern Rock 0.03 0.03 Mrs Sharon Hodgson: Northern Rock 2 Feb 09 Bob Spink: Traffic Management (Essex) 0.01 4 Feb 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Planning and Development (Sutton) 0.04 Bill Etherington: Northern Rock 5 Feb 09 Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Traffic Management (County Durham) 0.01 0.01 10 Feb 09 Dr Julian Lewis: National Parks (New Forest) 0.02 2 Mar 09 Mr Mike Hancock: Council Housing (Portsmouth); 0.03 0.03 Kelvin Hopkins: State Pension 5 Mar 09 Mr Robert N Wareing: Schools (Liverpool) 0.03 0.03 9 Mar 09 Mr John Leech: Police Interpreting 0.05 0.05 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Royal Mail Services (Gloucestershire) 10 Mar 09 Mr John Leech: Gaza 0.01 0.01 11 Mar 09 Mr Peter Bone: Health Services (Northamptonshire) 0.11 0.11 Mr Paul Burstow: Care Home Residents (Allowances) Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex); European Union John McDonnell: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr Nick Hurd: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr John Randall: Planning and Development (Heathrow) Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Traffic Management (Somerset) 12 Mar 09 Mr Stephen O’Brien: Planning and Development (Cheshire) 0.02 0.02 17 Mar 09 Mr Michael Mates: National Parks (South Downs) 0.02 0.02 Ben Chapman: Eastham Library 24 Mar 09 Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 0.02 0.02 25 Mar 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Council Housing (London Borough of Sutton) 0.02 0.02 30 Mar 09 Mr John Leech: Immigration (Tony Lola) 0.04 0.04 Bob Spink: Sea Defences (Essex) 31 Mar 09 Bob Russell: Schools (Essex) 0.03 0.03 1 Apr 09 David Mundell: Rail Services (Lockerbie) 0.07 0.07 Mr David Drew: Armed Forces (Recruitment) Simon Hughes: Health and Safety Executive (London Headquarters) Ben Chapman: Public Libraries (Wirral) 144 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 20 Apr 09 Linda Gilroy: Tax (Alcohol) 0.03 0.03 Bob Spink: Care Services (Essex) 21 Apr 09 Mr Jeffrey M Donaldson: Support for Mutual Societies 0.03 22 Apr 09 Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Sri Lanka 0.01 0.01 29 Apr 09 Mr Paul Rustow: Sri Lanka 0.10 0.10 Mr Lee Scott: Sri Lanka John Battle: Immigration (Asylum Seekers) Tim Farron: Post Office Closures (Cumbria) Mr Edward Davey: Sri Lanka Susan Kramer: Sri Lanka Simon Hughes: Sri Lanka 30 Apr 09 Tom Brake: Sri Lanka 0.03 0.03 Mr Andrew Turner: Schools (Isle of Wight) 5 May 09 Mr Philip Dunne: Employment (Mr Howard Horsley); Post Office 0.04 0.04 Services (Shropshire). 6 May 09 Bob Spink: Wheelchair Access for Care Home Residents 0.02 0.02 7 May 09 Mr John Leech: Christie NHS Foundation Trust 0.01 11 May 09 Andrew Selous: General Practice surgeries (Bedfordshire) 0.03 0.03 Alison Seabeck: Planning and Development (Plymouth) 18 May 09 David Lepper: HIV and the G8 0.03 0.03 19 May 09 Mr David Kidney: Traffic Noise (M6) 0.01 20 May 09 Sir Gerald Kaufman: Economic and Voting Scales 0.05 Ms Dari Taylor: Schools (Yorkshire) Mr Mike Hall: Roads (Cheshire) 21 May 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Council Tax Benefit 0.02 1 Jun 09 Mr Roger Williams: Middle East 0.05 0.05 Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) Bob Spink: Green Belt Development (Essex) 3 Jun 09 Mr Roger Williams: European Working Time Directive 0.02 9 Jun 09 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Flooding (Cotswolds) 0.04 0.04 Bob Spink: Bridleways (Canvey Island) 10 Jun 09 Mr Jeremy Browne: Planning and Development (Somerset) 0.02 0.02 15 Jun 09 Mr John Leech: Schools (Manchester) 0.02 0.02 25 Jun 09 Mike Penning: School Transport (Hertfordshire) 0.01 26 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Pelling: Stroke Services (London) 0.02 0.02 29 Jun 09 Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Bullying (Armed Forces) 0.00 30 Jun 09 Nia Griffith: Taxation (Bingo Clubs) 0.01 0.01 1 Jul 09 Mr Mike Hall: Hospital Parking Charges (Cheshire) 0.02 0.02 13 Jul 09 Mr Stephen O’Brien: Primary Education (Cheshire) 0.07 0.07 Norman Lamb: Air Guns (Control) Mr Peter Bone: Taxis (Northamptonshire) Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 14 Jul 09 Lembit Öpik: Wind Farm Development (Wales) 0.01 0.01 15 Jul 09 Mr Paul Burstow: Flooding (Surrey) 0.02 0.02 16 Jul 09 Mr Denis Macshane: Steel Industry (Yorkshire) 0.01 0.01 20 Jul 09 Rosie Cooper: Travel Passes (Lancashire) 0.04 0.04 Janet Anderson: Public Transport (Lancashire) 21 Jul 09 Mark Pritchard: Surface Mining (Shropshire) 0.06 0.06 Mr Paul Burstow: Decent Homes Programme (Funding); Storage of Embryos PART II: ANALYSIS FOR HOUSE 145 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 12 Oct 09 Bob Spink: Planning and Development (Essex) 0.02 0.02 21 Oct 09 David Lepper: Gaza 0.02 0.02 27 Oct 09 Mark Pritchard: Princess Royal Hospital, Telford 0.02 0.02 4 Nov 09 Natascha Engel: Waste plant (North-East Derbyshire) 0.03 0.03 Mrs Caroline Spelman: Equitable Life (Meriden) Mark Williams: Scallop Dredging, Cardigan Bay 5 Nov 09 Mr Tim Boswell: Equitable Life (Daventry) 0.01 0.01 9 Nov 09 Steve Webb: Equitable Life (Northavon) 0.01 0.01 10 Nov 09 Robert Walter: Equitable Life (North Dorset) 0.03 11 Nov 09 Mr Simon Burns: Equitable Life (West Chelmsford) 0.04 Angela Browning: Equitable Life (Tiverton and Honiton) Totals: 3.02 2.24 14i: Miscellaneous 3 Dec 08 Suspension 3.00 3 Dec 08 Speaker’s Statement: arrest and entry into the offices of the hon. Member 0.07 for Ashford 16 Dec 08 Speaker’s Statement: duties and responsibilities of Members 0.02 17 Dec 08 Speaker’s Statement: Speaker’s Committee on the search of offices on the 0.01 Parliamentary Estate 22 Jan 09 Speaker’s Statement: the entry by police into the offices of the hon. 0.03 Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham on 21 January 26 Jan 09 Personal Statement: Mr Peter Hain 0.04 5 Feb 09 Speaker’s Statement: request by the Metropolitan Police for access to 0.02 email correspondence between the hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Ashford 25 Feb 09 Suspension [Bereavement of the Leader of the Opposition] 0.25 25 Mar 09 Speaker’s Statement: availability of laid documents in the Vote Office 0.01 21 Apr 09 Suspension 2.17 11 May 09 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ expenses 0.02 13 May 09 Speaker’s Statement: Parliament Square 0.01 18 May 09 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Allowances 0.02 19 May 09 Speaker’s Statement: resignation 0.01 19 May 09 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Allowances 0.08 3 Jun 09 Suspension 0.12 17 Jun 09 Speaker’s Statement: Valedictory Statement 0.23 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker 1.29 22 Jun 09 Suspension 1.08 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.02 22 Jun 09 Suspension 0.10 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 22 Jun 09 Suspension 0.16 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 22 Jun 09 Suspension 1.18 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 22 Jun 09 Suspension 0.10 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 22 Jun 09 Suspension 0.11 146 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration After appoin- ted time 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.01 22 Jun 09 Suspension 1.11 22 Jun 09 Election of Speaker: [resumed] 0.21 22 Jun 09 Suspension 0.59 22 Jun 09 Message to attend Lords Commissioners; Approbation of Speaker 0.17 0.07 24 Jun 09 Speaker’s Statement: Statements to the House 0.01 1 Jul 09 Speaker’s Statement: Statements to the House 0.01 0.01 2 Jul 09 Speaker’s Statement: Election of Deputy Speakers and Written 0.02 Parliamentary Questions 6 Jul 09 Speaker’s Statement: Further response to Point of Order 0.01 21 Jul 09 Issue of Writ: Glasgow North East, in the room of Michael Martin 0.06 21 Jul 09 Issue of Writ: Glasgow North East, in the room of Michael Martin 0.30 [resumed] [Division] 12 Oct 09 Personal Statement: Jacqui Smith 0.02 21 Oct 09 Speaker’s Statement: Members’ Financial Interests 0.01 29 Oct 09 Personal Statement: Mr Tony McNulty 0.03 4 Nov 09 Speaker’s Statement: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 0.02 5 Nov 09 Speaker’s Statement: Priority for serving members of the armed forces in 0.01 the Public Galleries 10 Nov 09 Speaker’s Statement: Two minutes’ silence 0.01 12 Nov 09 Suspension 1.34 12 Nov 09 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners; Suspension 0.23 Totals: 17.16 0.08 15: Daily Prayers Totals: 10.54 0.00 Grand Totals: 1053.51 84.19

PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 147 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL Durations in brackets represent the lunch-time suspension and are not included in the totals. Time Subject Duration 1. [8] Tuesday 16th December 2008 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Greg Hands: BBC World Service [1½ hrs] 3.51 Mr Edward Leigh: Christians in Iraq [1½ hrs] Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: National Parks in England Paddy Tipping: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 13.21 Suspension 0.09 13.30 Adjournment: Bob Russell: Secondary Schools (Colchester) 0.29 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 4.29] 4.29 2. [9] Wednesday 17th December 2008 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Denis MacShane: Libel Laws [1½ hrs] 1.15 10.45 Point of Order: Mr Denis MacShane: asking whether it was in order for a Member to accuse 0.01 another Member of defamation. 10.46 Adjournment: Mr Denis MacShane: Libel Laws [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.43 Martin Linton: Palestinian Territories (Settlements) 11.29 Suspension [3.01] 14.30 Adjournment: Sandra Gidley: Motor Industry [1½ hrs] 1.35 James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing 16.05 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 16.20 Adjournment: James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing [resumed] 1.00 Mr David Kidney: Single and Double Summer Time 17.20 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 9.18] 4.49 3. [10] Thursday 18th December 2008 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): 2.58 Human Rights 17.28 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 12.16] 2.58 4. [12] Tuesday 13th January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Early Intervention (Finance) [1½ hrs] 4.28 Mr David Lidington: Milton Keynes/South Midlands Sub-region [1½ hrs] Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Affordable Housing (Durham) Mr Mark Harper: Police Funding (Gloucestershire) Dr Vincent Cable: Home Repossessions 13.58 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 16.44] 4.28 5. [13] Wednesday 14th January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Mark Field: Social Housing (Central London) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr David Burrowes: Chase Farm Hospital 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Ms Karen Buck: Tax Credits (Working Parents) [1½ hrs] 2.30 Mr Adrian Sanders: Pharmacy Payments Mr Christopher Chope: Exchange Rate Policy 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 21.14] 4.30 148 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 6. [14] Thursday 15th January 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Sir Patrick Cormack (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Affairs 1.47 Committee): Policing and Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) 16.17 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 23.01] 1.47 7. [16] Tuesday 20th January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr David Heath: Agriculture (South-West) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Dr Ashok Kumar: Local Press [1½ hrs] Ann Winterton: Military Vehicle Design Mr Barry Sheerman: Child Prostitution Mr Iain Duncan Smith: Simon Slade 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 27.31] 4.30 8. [17] Wednesday 21st January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Dr Brian Iddon: Mountain Rescue Teams [1½ hrs] 1.58 John Robertson: Nigeria 11.28 Suspension [3.02] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Philip Hollobone: Small Business Assistance [1½ hrs] 1.29 15.59 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.14 16.13 Adjournment: : Gaza 1.00 Julie Morgan: Legal Services Commission (Cardiff) 17.13 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 32.12] 4.41 9. [18] Thursday 22nd January 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media 1.51 and Sport (Gerry Sutcliffe): DCMS Annual Report 16.21 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 34.03] 1.51 10. [20] Tuesday 27th January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Martin Linton: Palestinian Territories (Economic Aid) [1½ hrs] 4.29 Steve Webb: Equitable Life [1½ hrs] Mr Frank Field: Dying Well Strategy Mr Mike Weir: Arbroath Abbey Harry Cohen: Payment Protection Insurance 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 38.32] 4.29 11. [21] Wednesday 28th January 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Tony Baldry: Thames Valley Police [1½ hrs] 1.59 Mrs Nadine Dorries: Marston Vale Eco-town 11.29 Suspension [3.01] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Austin Mitchell: Retrospective Business Rates [1½ hrs] 2.29 Gordon Banks: Economic Downturn Mark Williams: Police Funding Formula (Wales) 16.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 43.00] 4.28 12. [22] Thursday 29th January 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and 1.03 Commonwealth Affairs (Gillian Merron): Inter-Parliamentary Union. 15.33 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 44.03] 1.03 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 149 Time Subject Duration 13. [24] Tuesday 3rd February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Anthony Steen: Convention [1½ hrs] 4.30 Andrew George: Garden Land Development [1½ hrs] Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Bristol Barrage and Severn Estuary Nia Griffith: Identity Cards (Welsh Language) Jo Swinson: Tax Credits 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 48.33] 4.30 14. [25] Wednesday 4th February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Linda Gilroy: Community Land Trusts [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr David Kidney: Global Population Growth 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Andrew Stunell: NHS Appointments [1½ hrs] 2.29 Mr David Burrowes: Thalassaemia Patients Mr Andrew Pelling: Financial Markets 16.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 53.02] 4.29 15. [26] Thursday 5th February 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Sir Alan Beith (on behalf of the Justice Committee): Effective 3.00 Sentencing 17.30 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 56.02] 3.00 16. [28] Tuesday 10th February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Dr Ian Gibson: Rose Report [1½ hrs] 2.58 Mark Pritchard: United States of America [1½ hrs] 12.28 Suspension 0.02 12.30 Adjournment: Lynda Waltho: School Buildings (Dudley) 0.25 12.55 Suspension 0.03 12.58 Adjournment: Danny Alexander: Jobcentres (Highlands) 1.02 Mr Oliver Letwin: Agriculture (West Country) 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 60.32] 4.30 17. [29] Wednesday 11th February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Alistair Carmichael: Retained Firefighters [1½ hrs] 1.26 10.56 Suspension 0.04 11.00 Adjournment: Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Further Education Colleges 0.30 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Jim Sheridan: Pleural Plaques [1½ hrs] 1.30 Mr Gordon Prentice: Lobbying (Whitehall/Westminster) 16.00 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.20 16.20 Adjournment: Mr Gordon Prentice: Lobbying (Whitehall/Westminster) [resumed] 0.54 Mrs Linda Riordan: Early Voting 17.14 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 65.16] 4.44 18. [30] Thursday 12th February 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mrs Louise Ellman (on behalf of the Transport Committee): 3.00 Sustainable Railways 17.30 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 68.16] 3.00 150 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 19. [32] Tuesday 24th February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Keith Simpson: Unitary Authorities [1½ hrs] 4.27 Bill Etherington: Scientific Procedures on Animals (Statistics) [1½ hrs] Mr Stephen Crabb: Gas Storage Chris McCafferty: Epilepsy Dr Richard Taylor: NHS (Co-operation/Competition) 13.57 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 72.43] 4.27 20. [33] Wednesday 25th February 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Hugh Bayley: Inbound Tourism [1½ hrs] 1.09 10.39 Points of Order: Mr Stephen Pound: asking whether it appropriate for a Member to describe a 0.01 Minister as having paws, given that it compared the Minister to an animal. 10.40 Adjournment: Hugh Bayley: Inbound Tourism [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.50 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: HMRC Office (Chorley) 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Mike Hancock: Council Housing [1½ hrs] 2.30 John Hemming: Bingo Clubs Mr Andy Slaughter: Gaza 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 77.13] 4.30 21. [34] Thursday 26th February 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Terry Rooney (on behalf of the Work and Pensions 3.00 Committee): Carers 17.30 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 80.13] 3.00 22. [37] Tuesday 3rd March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Jeremy Corbyn: Latin America [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Edward Davey: Primary School Places (London) [1½ hrs] Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Waste (Gloucestershire) Sir John Stanley: Nepal Mr Bruce George: Election Observation 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 84.42] 4.29 23. [38] Wednesday 4th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Ben Wallace: Iran [1½ hrs] 1.58 Anne Main: British Curry Industry 11.28 Suspension [3.12] 14.40 Adjournment: Bob Spink: Pensioners [1½ hrs] 0.56 15.36 Point of Order: Bob Spink: asking to put on record that he was an independent MP, and 0.01 therefore any references to his ‘colleagues’ were inaccurate. 15.37 Adjournment: Bob Spink: Pensioners [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.33 Mr Jim Devine: Network Rail Mr William Cash: Effectiveness of the European Union 17.10 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 89.10] 4.28 24. [39] Thursday 5th March 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Andrew Dismore (on behalf of the Joint Committee on 2.49 Human Rights): Adults with Learning Disabilities 17.19 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 91.59] 2.49 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 151 Time Subject Duration 25. [42] Tuesday 10th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Pete Wishart: GB Football Team (Olympics) [1½ hrs] 2.25 Miss Ann Cryer: Financial Services Compensation Scheme [1½ hrs] 11.55 Point of Order: Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the debate had strayed out of scope. 0.01 11.56 Adjournment: Miss Ann Cryer: Financial Services Compensation Scheme [1½ hrs] 2.03 [resumed] John Barrett: Film Industry Mr Jim Cunningham: Coventry City Council Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Audit Commission 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 96.28] 4.29 26. [43] Wednesday 11th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Anthony Wright: HMRC (Office Closures) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Judy Mallaber: Abusive Images (Internet) 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Andrew Selous: Christianity in Public Life [1½ hrs] 1.16 15.46 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.31 16.17 Adjournment: Andrew Selous: Christianity in Public Life [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.13 Mr John Leech: Police Interpreters Mr Mark Todd: Identity Cards 17.30 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 101.28] 5.00 27. [44] Thursday 12th March 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities 0.58 and Local Government (Mr Sadiq Khan): Race Equality 15.28 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 102.26] 0.58 28. [47] Tuesday 17th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr David Anderson: UK Energy (Coal) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Richard Younger-Ross: Care Homes [1½ hrs] Meg Munn: St Helena (Airport) Justine Greening: Car Park Charging (Richmond Park) Mr James Plaskitt: G20 Summit 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 106.56] 4.30 29. [48] Wednesday 18th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Robert Neill: Online Gambling [1½ hrs] 1.55 Ms Angela C Smith: Community Sports Clubs 11.25 Suspension [3.05] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Neil Turner: Health Inequalities [1½ hrs] 1.54 : Audio Description 16.24 Suspension 0.06 16.30 Adjournment: Dr Richard Taylor: NHS Resources 0.26 16.56 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 111.17] 4.21 30. [49] Thursday 19th March 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Keith Vaz (on behalf of the Home Affairs Committee): A 2.30 Surveillance Society? 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 113.47] 2.30 152 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 31. [52] Tuesday 24th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr James Gray: Rural Economy [1½ hrs] 4.30 Siobhain McDonagh: Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth [1½ hrs] Mr Mark Lancaster: West Coast Main Line (Commuter Service) Mr Ian Cawsey: Steel Industry Mr Philip Hollobone: University for North Northamptonshire 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 118.17] 4.30 32. [53] Wednesday 25th March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Andrew Mackinlay: Ashraf (Geneva Convention) [1½ hrs] 1.56 Mr Roger Godsiff: Hajj Pilgrims (UK Tour Operators) 11.26 Suspension [3.04] 14.30 Adjournment: Dr John Pugh: Building Colleges for the Future [1½ hrs] 1.30 16.00 Suspension 0.15 16.15 Adjournment: Paul Rowen: Asbestos (Schools) 0.37 16.52 Suspension 0.05 16.57 Adjournment: Kerry McCarthy: Livestock Industry (Climate Change) 0.30 17.27 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 123.10] 4.53 33. [54] Thursday 26th March 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Roger Berry (on behalf of the Committee on Arms Export 2.29 Controls): Arms Export Controls 16.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 125.39] 2.29 34. [57] Tuesday 31st March 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Mark Todd: Motor Neurone Disease [1½ hrs] 3.26 Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: Nuclear Energy [1½ hrs] Mr Martin Caton: Thalidomide Victims 12.56 Suspension 0.04 13.00 Adjournment: Bob Russell: Child Seat Bases (VAT) 0.22 13.22 Suspension 0.08 13.30 Adjournment: Natascha Engel: Renewable Energy 0.29 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 130.08] 4.29 35. [58] Wednesday 1st April 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Jeremy Wright: National Dementia Strategy [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr John Randall: Photography (Public Places) 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr David Kidney: Stafford Hospital [1½ hrs] 2.24 Mr David Drew: Home Improvement Agencies Willie Rennie: Dunfermline Building Society 16.54 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.11 17.05 Adjournment: Willie Rennie: Dunfermline Building Society [resumed] 0.06 17.11 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 134.49] 4.41 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 153 Time Subject Duration 36. [59] Thursday 2nd April 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Phil Willis (on behalf of the Innovation, Universities, 2.05 Science and Skills Committee): Investigating the Oceans 16.35 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 136.54] 2.05 37. [61] Tuesday 21st April 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Roger Williams: Armed Forces Veterans [1½ hrs] 3.16 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Transport (North-West) [1½ hrs] Mr Julian Brazier: Canterbury College 12.46 Suspension 0.13 12.59 Adjournment: Mrs Linda Riordan: Banking Practices 0.54 Mr Mark Harper: Cross-border Health Services (England/Wales) 13.53 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 141.17] 4.23 38. [62] Wednesday 22nd April 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mrs Joan Humble: Service Complaints Commissioner [1½ hrs] 1.59 Ms Karen Buck: Extended School Programme 11.29 Suspension [3.01] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Malcolm Moss: Cardiac/Vascular Health [1½ hrs] 2.30 Mark Williams: Motorcycle Testing (Wales) Dr Ashok Kumar: Sexual Health (Middlesborough) 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 145.46] 4.29 39. [63] Thursday 24th April 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): 2.59 Overseas Territories 17.29 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 148.45] 2.59 40. [66] Tuesday 28th April 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Gordon Banks: Electricity (Scotland) [1½ hrs] 4.25 Dr John Pugh: Pub Ownership [1½ hrs] Mr John Grogan: Listed Sporting Events Tony Baldry: Thames Valley Probation Service John Mann: Anti-racism (UN Conference) 13.55 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 153.10] 4.25 41. [67] Wednesday 29th April 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Honey Bee Health: John Penrose [1½ hrs] 2.00 Daniel Kawczynski: Libya 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Russell Brown: British Heroes of the Holocaust [1½ hrs] 1.22 15.52 Suspension 0.08 16.00 Adjournment: Martin Linton: Planning Policy (Tall Buildings) 0.01 16.01 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.14 16.15 Adjournment: Martin Linton: Planning Policy (Tall Buildings) [resumed] 0.58 Mr Andrew Pelling: Policing (Croydon) 17.13 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 157.53] 4.43 154 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 42. [68] Thursday 30th April 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, 2.06 Food and Rural Affairs (Huw Irranca-Davies): Darwin Initiative 16.36 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 159.59] 2.06 43. [69] Tuesday 5th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Rob Wilson: Fibromyalgia [1½ hrs] 1.14 10.44 Suspension 0.16 11.00 Adjournment: Mr Gordon Marsden: Economic Recovery (Lancashire) [1½ hrs] 1.21 12.21 Suspension 0.09 12.30 Adjournment: Mr Gary Streeter: Devonport Naval Base 0.57 Dr Brian Iddon: Health Food Products (Channel Islands) 13.27 Suspension 0.03 13.30 Adjournment: Steve Webb: Bus Regulation 0.29 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 164.28] 4.29 44. [70] Wednesday 6th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] 0.01 09.31 Points of Order: Mr David Lidington; Peter Bottomley: asking for guidance on how the 0.01 debate could be properly conducted, given that no Minister or Government officials were present. 09.32 Adjournment: Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.13 09.45 Point of Order: David Taylor: asking whether it was within the scope of the debate to discuss 0.01 funding for further education. 09.46 Adjournment: Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.00 10.46 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the Palace of Westminster could get a 0.01 refund for the chairs set out for Labour Members in Westminster Hall, given that only two of them were being used. 10.47 Adjournment: Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.11 10.58 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether it was acceptable for a Minister to refuse to 0.01 give way, having given an earlier commitment to do so. 10.59 Adjournment: Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.31 Mr David Kidney: Government Procurement 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: David Taylor: Tax Avoidance and Evasion [1½ hrs] 2.29 Dr Richard Taylor: Whistleblowing Rosie Cooper: Concessionary Bus Travel 16.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 168.57] 4.29 45. [71] Thursday 7th May 2009 14.03 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International 2.30 Development (Mr Ivan Lewis): Children and HIV/AIDS (Developing Countries) 16.33 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 171.27] 2.30 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 155 Time Subject Duration 46. [74] Tuesday 12th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr David Amess: India [1½ hrs] 2.33 Mark Lazarowicz: Consumer Rights [1½ hrs] 12.03 Suspension 0.27 12.30 Adjournment: Ms Diane Abbott: Police Crowd Control 1.30 Andrew Gwynne: Middle East Lorely Burt: Private Rented Housing 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 175.57] 4.30 47. [75] Wednesday 13th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Dr Ian Gibson: Sports Betting [1½ hrs] 2.00 Jim Sheridan: Gangmasters (Construction Industry) 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Oliver Heald: Rivers (England) [1½ hrs] 0.02 14.32 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.12 14.44 Adjournment: Mr Oliver Heald: Rivers (England) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 2.21 Nadine Dorries: Helios Airways Flight ZU 522 Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Regional Development Agency 17.05 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.13 17.18 Adjournment: Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Regional Development Agency [resumed] 0.07 17.25 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 180.52] 4.55 48. [76] Thursday 14th May 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Kevin Barron (on behalf of the Health Committee): NHS 2.15 Next Stage Review 16.45 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 183.07] 2.15 49. [79] Tuesday 19th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Ian McCartney: Fire Safety (Schools) [1½ hrs] 1.23 10.53 Suspension 0.07 11.00 Adjournment: David Davis: Equitable Life Report (Government Response) [1½ hrs] 2.55 Mr Martin Caton: Heart of Wales Railway Line Dr Evan Harris: Dental Services (Oxfordshire) Richard Burden: White Disadvantaged Pupils (Birmingham) 13.55 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 187.32] 4.25 50. [80] Wednesday 20th May 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Miss Anne McIntosh: Elderly Patients (Bed Allocation) [1½ hrs] 1.24 10.54 Suspension 0.06 11.00 Adjournment: Anne Main: School Places 0.29 11.29 Suspension [3.01] 14.30 Adjournment: Jeremy Corbyn: London Metropolitan University [1½ hrs] 1.45 Siobhain McDonagh: Better Healthcare Closer to Home Strategy 16.15 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.24 16.39 Adjournment: Siobhain McDonagh: Better Healthcare Closer to Home Strategy [resumed] 0.44 Mark Hunter: Nimrod Project 17.23 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 192.24] 4.52 156 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 51. [81] Thursday 21st May 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Malcolm Bruce (on behalf of the International Development 1.20 Committee): World Food Programme 15.50 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 193.44] 1.20 52. [83] Tuesday 2nd June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Andrew Turner: Light Dues [1½ hrs] 3.52 Dr Brian Iddon: Public Analysts Service [1½ hrs] Mr James Paice: Small Businesses (HBOS) Laura Moffatt: Cancer Survivors 13.22 Suspension 0.05 13.27 Adjournment: Mr David Anderson: Public Transport Accessibility 0.32 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 198.13] 4.29 53. [84] Wednesday 3rd June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: John McDonnell: Rail Industry [1½ hrs] 1.57 Mr Virendra Sharma: Stroke Services (Ealing and Southall) 11.27 Suspension [3.03] 14.30 Adjournment: Daniel Kawczynski: UK Aid (North Africa) [1½ hrs] 2.29 Mrs Anne McGuire: Private Parking Companies David Tredinnick: Back Pain Treatment (Costs) 16.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 202.39] 4.26 54. [85] Thursday 4th June 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim 1.39 Fitzpatrick): Road Safety 16.09 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 204.18] 1.39 55. [87] Tuesday 9th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Manufacturing and Employment [1½ hrs] 2.53 Sir Paul Beresford: Council Tax Capping (Surrey) [1½ hrs] 12.23 Point of Order: Mr Humfrey Malins: asking whether it was proper for the Minister to refuse 0.01 to give way. 12.24 Adjournment: Sir Paul Beresford: Council Tax Capping (Surrey) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.33 Graham Stringer: Extreme Solar Events Mr Mark Field: Home Education Mr John Grogan: Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs 13.57 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 208.45] 4.27 56. [88] Wednesday 10th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr John Baron: Energy Regulation [1½ hrs] 1.55 Mr Edward Garnier: Mrs Masuma Jariwalla 11.25 Suspension [3.05] 14.30 Adjournment: Ms Karen Buck: Youth Crime [1½ hrs] 1.58 Linda Gilroy: RAF Allied Memorial (Plymouth Hoe) 16.28 Suspension 0.02 16.30 Adjournment: Simon Hughes: United Nations 0.30 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 213.10] 4.25 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 157 Time Subject Duration 57. [89] Thursday 11th June 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Keith Vaz (on behalf of the Home Affairs Committee): Policing 2.07 in the 21st Century 16.37 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 215.17] 2.07 58. [92] Tuesday 16th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Adam Afriyie: Heathrow Airport Expansion [1½ hrs] 3.24 Dr Brian Iddon: Addiction to Medicines [1½ hrs] Mr Iain Duncan Smith: UK Deaf Sport 12.54 Suspension 0.06 13.00 Adjournment: Mr Mark Todd: Minerals and Food Supplements 0.59 Tom Brake: Aerosol Technology (Climate Change) 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 219.46] 4.29 59. [93] Wednesday 17th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Phil Wilson: Regional Aviation Policy [1½ hrs] 1.56 Anne Snelgrove: Pemberton Homicide Review 11.26 Suspension [3.04] 14.30 Adjournment: Ann Winterton: St Helena [1½ hrs] 0.45 15.15 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 15.30 Adjournment: Ann Winterton: St Helena [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.30 Mr Edward Timpson: Ambulance Services (Crewe and Nantwich) Shona McIsaac: Grimsby and Cleethorpes Rail Services 17.00 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.10 17.10 Adjournment: Shona McIsaac: Grimsby and Cleethorpes Rail Services [resumed] 0.11 17.21 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 224.33] 4.47 60. [94] Thursday 18th June 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Tim Yeo (on behalf of the Environmental Audit Committee): 2.20 Personal Carbon Trading 16.50 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 226.53] 2.20 61. [97] Tuesday 23rd June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr David Anderson: Skills Gap [1½ hrs] 3.25 Mr Anthony Steen: Safeguarding Children (Sexual Exploitation) [1½ hrs] Mr Stephen Crabb: Pembrokeshire (Royal Mail Database) 12.55 Suspension 0.05 13.00 Adjournment: Mr Andrew Turner: Fallen Stock (Isle of Wight) 0.21 13.21 Suspension 0.09 13.30 Adjournment: Dr Stephen Ladyman: Extra Care Accommodation (Benefits) 0.30 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 231.23] 4.30 158 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 62. [98] Wednesday 24th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Richard Spring: Middle East [1½ hrs] 1.59 Christopher Fraser: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 11.29 Suspension [3.01] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Fabian Hamilton: Equitable Life [1½ hrs] 2.24 Rosie Cooper: School Governing Bodies (Appeals) Andrew Selous: Pet Passports 16.54 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 235.46] 4.23 63. [99] Thursday 25th June 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Andrew Dismore (on behalf of the Joint Committee on 1.44 Human Rights): Bill of Rights (UK) 16.14 Suspension [Divisions in the House] 1.27 17.41 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Andrew Dismore (on behalf of the Joint Committee on 0.35 Human Rights): Bill of Rights (UK) [resumed] 18.16 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 239.32] 3.46 64. [102] Tuesday 30th June 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Dr Vincent Cable: Repossession and Mortgage Arrears [1½ hrs] 1.23 10.53 Suspension 0.07 11.00 Adjournment: Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Forensic Science Service [1½ hrs] 1.29 12.29 Point of Order: Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking if the Minister would write to Members to clarify 0.01 any points to which he did not have time to respond. 12.30 Adjournment: : Strategic Development Area (Eastleigh) 1.29 Nick Ainger: Charges for Oxygen (Airlines) Mr Philip Hollobone: Wind Farms (Northamptonshire) 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 244.01] 4.29 65. [103] Wednesday 1st July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Ms Angela C. Smith: Railways (North of England) [1½ hrs] 1.58 Meg Munn: Diversity in Public Appointments 11.28 Suspension [3.02] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Tobias Ellwood: Air Quality (Aircraft) [1½ hrs] 1.40 Jenny Willott: Archer Inquiry 16.10 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 16.25 Adjournment: Jenny Willott: Archer Inquiry [resumed] 0.35 Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation 17.00 Suspension [Divisions in the House] 0.20 17.20 Adjournment: Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation [resumed] 0.07 17.27 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.07 17.34 Adjournment: Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation [resumed] 0.05 17.39 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 249.08] 5.07 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 159 Time Subject Duration 66. [104] Thursday 2nd July 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and 0.15 Commonwealth Affairs (Chris Bryant): European Commission Annual Policy Strategy 14.45 Point of Order: Mr Mark Francois: asking the Chair to reconsider his ruling that Members 0.01 could not discuss the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. 14.46 Adjournment (Government): The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and 2.15 Commonwealth Affairs (Chris Bryant): European Commission Annual Policy Strategy [resumed] 17.01 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 251.39] 2.31 67. [107] Tuesday 7th July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Denis MacShane: Steel Industry [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Graham Stuart: Teaching Standards (England) [1½ hrs] Siobhain McDonagh: Mitcham Jobcentre Plus Mr Edward Vaizey: Structured Products Marketing Mr Peter Kilfoyle: Ballistic Missile Defence 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 256.08] 4.29 68. [108] Wednesday 8th July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Lembit Öpik: Human Rights (Iran) [1½ hrs] 2.00 David Howarth: Bullied Children 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Paul Flynn: British Troops (Helmand Province) [1½ hrs] 2.30 Ian Stewart: Vaccine Damage Compensation Dr Andrew Murrison: John Pitman 17.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 260.38] 4.30 69. [109] Thursday 9th July 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): 0.49 Global Security: Iran 15.19 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.16 15.35 Adjournment (Committee): Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): 2.11 Global Security: Iran [resumed] 17.46 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 263.54] 3.16 70. [111] Tuesday 14th July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Philip Dunne: Health Care (Shropshire) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Hugh Bayley: East Coast Main Line [1½ hrs] Mr Peter Bone: HM Prison Wellingborough Mr Andrew Smith: Adults with Learning Difficulties Steve Webb: Gypsies and Travellers 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 268.24] 4.30 160 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 71. [112] Wednesday 15th July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Martin Salter: Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mrs Louise Ellman: Mr Michael Shields 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mark Williams: Local and Regional Newspapers [1½ hrs] 2.32 Sir Paul Beresford: Combat Stress Mr George Howarth: Apprenticeships 17.02 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 272.56] 4.32 72. [113] Thursday 16th July 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Dr Phyllis Starkey (on behalf of the Communities and Local 2.56 Government Committee): Housing and the Credit Crunch 17.26 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 275.52] 2.56 73. [115] Tuesday 21st July 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Rob Marris: Israeli Settlements [1½ hrs] 4.30 Daniel Kawczynski: European Union [1½ hrs] Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Gloucester (Regeneration Funding) Sir Alan Beith: School Buildings (Alnwick) Colin Burgon: European Court of Justice Judgments 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 280.22] 4.30 74. [117] Tuesday 13th October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Frank Doran: North Sea Oil and Gas Industry [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Mark Field: China and the West [1½ hrs] Mr Alistair Carmichael: Agricultural Building Allowance Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Energy Production Mr Ian McCartney: Christopher Traynor 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 284.51] 4.29 75. [118] Wednesday 14th October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Greg Hands: UK Relations with Russia [1½ hrs] 2.00 Andrew George: UK Grocery Market 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr John Grogan: City of London [1½ hrs] 1.50 Linda Gilroy: Plymouth CityBus 16.20 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.10 16.30 Adjournment: Linda Gilroy: Plymouth CityBus [resumed] 0.08 16.38 Suspension 0.02 16.40 Adjournment: Mr David Amess: The Maldives 0.29 17.09 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 289.30] 4.39 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 161 Time Subject Duration 76. [119] Thursday 15th October 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Government): The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Dawn 1.19 Primarolo): Sure Start 15.49 Point of Order: The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (): 0.01 asking to draw attention to the fact that the Member speaking had ascribed to Ms Primarolo views she did not hold. 15.50 Adjournment (Government): The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Dawn 1.05 Primarolo): Sure Start [resumed] 16.55 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 291.55] 2.25 77. [122] Tuesday 20th October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Geoffrey Cox: Wardens (Sheltered Housing) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Dr Nick Palmer: Prisoner Release Decisions [1½ hrs] Dr Julian Lewis: Mental Health Services (New Forest) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Free School Meals Mr Simon Burns: Electoral Register 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 296.25] 4.30 78. [123] Wednesday 21st October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Graham Stringer: Private Landlords (Local Regulation) [1½ hrs] 1.51 Ms Gisela Stuart: Conservation Areas 11.21 Suspension [3.09] 14.30 Adjournment: Dr Evan Harris: English Libel Law (Parliamentary Proceedings) [1½ hrs] 1.31 Mr Michael Moore: Textile Industry 16.01 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.11 16.12 Adjournment: Mr Michael Moore: Textile Industry [resumed] 0.55 Mr James Plaskitt: Fostering Services (Ofsted Supervision) 17.07 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 300.53] 4.28 79. [124] Thursday 22nd October 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr John Whittingdale (on behalf of the Culture, Media and 2.15 Sport Committee): The Licensing Act 2003 16.45 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 303.08] 2.15 80. [126] Tuesday 27th October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Anne Main: Biofuels [1½ hrs] 0.18 09.48 Point of Order: Mr David Kidney: asking whether it was Parliamentary language to describe 0.01 him as “evasive”. 09.49 Adjournment: Anne Main: Biofuels [1½ hrs] [resumed] 3.04 Ann Winterton: Military Vehicles and Aircraft [1½ hrs] Mr David Drew: Swindon to Kemble Railway 12.53 Suspension 0.07 13.00 Adjournment: Mr Mark Field: Central London Businesses 0.59 Ms Sally Keeble: Family Finances 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 307.37] 4.29 162 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Time Subject Duration 81. [127] Wednesday 28th October 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr Alistair Carmichael: Death Penalty (Global Abolition) [1½ hrs] 1.58 Annette Brooke: Wareham Railway Station 11.28 Suspension [3.02] 14.30 Adjournment: Joan Ryan: Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) [1½ hrs] 1.28 15.58 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 16.13 Adjournment: Joan Ryan: Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.59 Mr Paul Truswell: Pudsey (Transport) James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing 17.12 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 312.17] 4.40 82. [128] Thursday 29th October 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Paddy Tipping (on behalf of the Energy and Climate Change 2.22 Committee): Oil and Gas 16.52 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 314.39] 2.22 83. [130] Tuesday 3rd November 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Tim Farron: Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) [1½ hrs] 2.35 Mr Chris Mullin: Farm Animal Welfare [1½ hrs] 12.05 Suspension 0.25 12.30 Adjournment: Mr Richard Benyon: Thames Valley Police 0.22 12.52 Suspension 0.08 13.00 Adjournment: Richard Burden: MG Rover 0.23 13.23 Suspension 0.07 13.30 Adjournment: Mrs Caroline Spelman: Muscular Dystrophy 0.30 14.00 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 319.09] 4.30 84. [131] Wednesday 4th November 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Charlotte Atkins: Thalidomide [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr Gordon Marsden: Sustainable Housing (Blackpool) 11.30 Suspension [3.00] 14.30 Adjournment: Mr Elfyn Llwyd: Probation Service [1½ hrs] 1.47 Lynne Featherstone: Pupil Funding (Haringey) 16.17 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.09 16.26 Adjournment: Lynne Featherstone: Pupil Funding (Haringey) [resumed] 0.35 Phil Wilson: Selective Licensing Schemes 17.01 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 323.40] 4.31 85. [132] Thursday 5th November 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Roger Berry (on behalf of the Committees on Arms Export 2.54 Controls): UK Strategic Export Controls 17.24 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 326.34] 2.54 PART III: DIARY FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 163 Time Subject Duration 86. [134] Tuesday 10th November 2009 09.30 Adjournment: Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: Financial Services Regulation [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Andrew Dismore: Cyprus [1½ hrs] Lynda Waltho: Rape Crisis Centres Mr John Randall: Public Transport (Disabled Access) Ms Gisela Stuart: Centre for Defence Medicine 13.59 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 331.03] 4.29 87. [135] Wednesday 11th November 2009 15.30 Adjournment: Robert Key: Sex Discrimination (Religious Organisations) [1½ hrs] 0.47 16.17 Suspension 0.43 17.00 Adjournment: Tony Lloyd: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [1½ hrs] 2.39 Simon Hughes: South London Line Linda Gilroy: DWP (Plymouth) Mr Phil Willis: Female Mortality (Africa) 19.39 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.13 19.52 Adjournment: Mr Phil Willis: Female Mortality (Africa) [resumed] 0.21 20.13 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 335.46] 4.43 88. [136] Thursday 12th November 2009 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Kevin Barron (on behalf of the Health Committee): Health 0.00 Inequalities 14.30 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether, should prorogation cut the debate short, there 0.00 would be any remedy to recover the time lost. 14.30 Adjournment (Committee): Mr Kevin Barron (on behalf of the Health Committee): Health 2.02 Inequalities [resumed] 16.32 Sitting Adjourned [Total for session: 337.48] 2.02 164 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL

Date Subject Duration 1: Adjournment (Private Members’) 16 Dec 08 Mr Greg Hands: BBC World Service [1½ hrs] 3.51 Mr Edward Leigh: Christians in Iraq [1½ hrs] Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: National Parks in England Paddy Tipping: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 16 Dec 08 Bob Russell: Secondary Schools (Colchester) 0.29 17 Dec 08 Mr Denis MacShane: Libel Laws [1½ hrs] 1.15 17 Dec 08 Mr Denis MacShane: Libel Laws [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.43 Martin Linton: Palestinian Territories (Settlements) 17 Dec 08 Sandra Gidley: Motor Industry [1½ hrs] 1.35 James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing 17 Dec 08 James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing [resumed] 1.00 Mr David Kidney: Single and Double Summer Time 13 Jan 09 Mr Graham Allen: Early Intervention (Finance) [1½ hrs] 4.28 Mr David Lidington: Milton Keynes/South Midlands Sub-region [1½ hrs] Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Affordable Housing (Durham) Mr Mark Harper: Police Funding (Gloucestershire) Dr Vincent Cable: Home Repossessions 14 Jan 09 Mr Mark Field: Social Housing (Central London) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr David Burrowes: Chase Farm Hospital 14 Jan 09 Ms Karen Buck: Tax Credits (Working Parents) [1½ hrs] 2.30 Mr Adrian Sanders: Pharmacy Payments Mr Christopher Chope: Exchange Rate Policy 20 Jan 09 Mr David Heath: Agriculture (South-West) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Dr Ashok Kumar: Local Press [1½ hrs] Ann Winterton: Military Vehicle Design Mr Barry Sheerman: Child Prostitution Mr Iain Duncan Smith: Simon Slade 21 Jan 09 Dr Brian Iddon: Mountain Rescue Teams [1½ hrs] 1.58 John Robertson: Nigeria 21 Jan 09 Mr Philip Hollobone: Small Business Assistance [1½ hrs] 1.29 21 Jan 09 Clare Short: Gaza 1.00 Julie Morgan: Legal Services Commission (Cardiff) 27 Jan 09 Martin Linton: Palestinian Territories (Economic Aid) [1½ hrs] 4.29 Steve Webb: Equitable Life [1½ hrs] Mr Frank Field: Dying Well Strategy Mr Mike Weir: Arbroath Abbey Harry Cohen: Payment Protection Insurance 28 Jan 09 Tony Baldry: Thames Valley Police [1½ hrs] 1.59 Mrs Nadine Dorries: Marston Vale Eco-town 28 Jan 09 Mr Austin Mitchell: Retrospective Business Rates [1½ hrs] 2.29 Gordon Banks: Economic Downturn Mark Williams: Police Funding Formula (Wales) 3 Feb 09 Mr Anthony Steen: Human Trafficking Convention [1½ hrs] 4.30 Andrew George: Garden Land Development [1½ hrs] Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Bristol Barrage and Severn Estuary Nia Griffith: Identity Cards (Welsh Language) Jo Swinson: Tax Credits 4 Feb 09 Linda Gilroy: Community Land Trusts [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr David Kidney: Global Population Growth PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 165 Date Subject Duration 4 Feb 09 Andrew Stunell: NHS Appointments [1½ hrs] 2.29 Mr David Burrowes: Thalassaemia Patients Mr Andrew Pelling: Financial Markets 10 Feb 09 Dr Ian Gibson: Rose Report [1½ hrs] 2.58 Mark Pritchard: United States of America [1½ hrs] 10 Feb 09 Lynda Waltho: School Buildings (Dudley) 0.25 10 Feb 09 Danny Alexander: Jobcentres (Highlands) 1.02 Mr Oliver Letwin: Agriculture (West Country) 11 Feb 09 Mr Alistair Carmichael: Retained Firefighters [1½ hrs] 1.26 11 Feb 09 Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: Further Education Colleges 0.30 11 Feb 09 Jim Sheridan: Pleural Plaques [1½ hrs] 1.30 Mr Gordon Prentice: Lobbying (Whitehall/Westminster) 11 Feb 09 Mr Gordon Prentice: Lobbying (Whitehall/Westminster) [resumed] 0.54 Mrs Linda Riordan: Early Voting 24 Feb 09 Mr Keith Simpson: Unitary Authorities [1½ hrs] 4.27 Bill Etherington: Scientific Procedures on Animals (Statistics) [1½ hrs] Mr Stephen Crabb: Gas Storage Chris McCafferty: Epilepsy Dr Richard Taylor: NHS (Co-operation/Competition) 25 Feb 09 Hugh Bayley: Inbound Tourism [1½ hrs] 1.09 25 Feb 09 Hugh Bayley: Inbound Tourism [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.50 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: HMRC Office (Chorley) 25 Feb 09 Mr Mike Hancock: Council Housing [1½ hrs] 2.30 John Hemming: Bingo Clubs Mr Andy Slaughter: Gaza 3 Mar 09 Jeremy Corbyn: Latin America [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Edward Davey: Primary School Places (London) [1½ hrs] Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Waste (Gloucestershire) Sir John Stanley: Nepal Mr Bruce George: Election Observation 4 Mar 09 Mr Ben Wallace: Iran [1½ hrs] 1.58 Anne Main: British Curry Industry 4 Mar 09 Bob Spink: Pensioners [1½ hrs] 0.56 4 Mar 09 Bob Spink: Pensioners [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.33 Mr Jim Devine: Network Rail Mr William Cash: Effectiveness of the European Union 10 Mar 09 Pete Wishart: GB Football Team (Olympics) [1½ hrs] 2.25 Miss Ann Cryer: Financial Services Compensation Scheme [1½ hrs] 10 Mar 09 Miss Ann Cryer: Financial Services Compensation Scheme [1½ hrs] [resumed] 2.03 John Barrett: Film Industry Mr Jim Cunningham: Coventry City Council Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Audit Commission 11 Mar 09 Mr Anthony Wright: HMRC (Office Closures) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Judy Mallaber: Abusive Images (Internet) 11 Mar 09 Andrew Selous: Christianity in Public Life [1½ hrs] 1.16 11 Mar 09 Andrew Selous: Christianity in Public Life [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.13 Mr John Leech: Police Interpreters Mr Mark Todd: Identity Cards 17 Mar 09 Mr David Anderson: UK Energy (Coal) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Richard Younger-Ross: Care Homes [1½ hrs] Meg Munn: St Helena (Airport) Justine Greening: Car Park Charging (Richmond Park) Mr James Plaskitt: G20 Summit 166 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration 18 Mar 09 Robert Neill: Online Gambling [1½ hrs] 1.55 Ms Angela C Smith: Community Sports Clubs 18 Mar 09 Mr Neil Turner: Health Inequalities [1½ hrs] 1.54 Alun Michael: Audio Description 18 Mar 09 Dr Richard Taylor: NHS Resources 0.26 24 Mar 09 Mr James Gray: Rural Economy [1½ hrs] 4.30 Siobhain McDonagh: Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth [1½ hrs] Mr Mark Lancaster: West Coast Main Line (Commuter Service) Mr Ian Cawsey: Steel Industry Mr Philip Hollobone: University for North Northamptonshire 25 Mar 09 Andrew Mackinlay: Ashraf (Geneva Convention) [1½ hrs] 1.56 Mr Roger Godsiff: Hajj Pilgrims (UK Tour Operators) 25 Mar 09 Dr John Pugh: Building Colleges for the Future [1½ hrs] 1.30 25 Mar 09 Paul Rowen: Asbestos (Schools) 0.37 25 Mar 09 Kerry McCarthy: Livestock Industry (Climate Change) 0.30 31 Mar 09 Mr Mark Todd: Motor Neurone Disease [1½ hrs] 3.26 Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: Nuclear Energy [1½ hrs] Mr Martin Caton: Thalidomide Victims 31 Mar 09 Bob Russell: Child Seat Bases (VAT) 0.22 31 Mar 09 Natascha Engel: Renewable Energy 0.29 1 Apr 09 Jeremy Wright: National Dementia Strategy [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr John Randall: Photography (Public Places) 1 Apr 09 Mr David Kidney: Stafford Hospital [1½ hrs] 2.24 Mr David Drew: Home Improvement Agencies Willie Rennie: Dunfermline Building Society 1 Apr 09 Willie Rennie: Dunfermline Building Society [resumed] 0.06 21 Apr 09 Mr Roger Williams: Armed Forces Veterans [1½ hrs] 3.16 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Transport (North-West) [1½ hrs] Mr Julian Brazier: Canterbury College 21 Apr 09 Mrs Linda Riordan: Banking Practices 0.54 Mr Mark Harper: Cross-border Health Services (England/Wales) 22 Apr 09 Mrs Joan Humble: Service Complaints Commissioner [1½ hrs] 1.59 Ms Karen Buck: Extended School Programme 22 Apr 09 Mr Malcolm Moss: Cardiac/Vascular Health [1½ hrs] 2.30 Mark Williams: Motorcycle Testing (Wales) Dr Ashok Kumar: Sexual Health (Middlesborough) 28 Apr 09 Gordon Banks: Electricity (Scotland) [1½ hrs] 4.25 Dr John Pugh: Pub Ownership [1½ hrs] Mr John Grogan: Listed Sporting Events Tony Baldry: Thames Valley Probation Service John Mann: Anti-racism (UN Conference) 29 Apr 09 Honey Bee Health: John Penrose [1½ hrs] 2.00 Daniel Kawczynski: Libya 29 Apr 09 Mr Russell Brown: British Heroes of the Holocaust [1½ hrs] 1.22 29 Apr 09 Martin Linton: Planning Policy (Tall Buildings) 0.01 29 Apr 09 Martin Linton: Planning Policy (Tall Buildings) [resumed] 0.58 Mr Andrew Pelling: Policing (Croydon) 5 May 09 Mr Rob Wilson: Fibromyalgia [1½ hrs] 1.14 5 May 09 Mr Gordon Marsden: Economic Recovery (Lancashire) [1½ hrs] 1.21 5 May 09 Mr Gary Streeter: Devonport Naval Base 0.57 Dr Brian Iddon: Health Food Products (Channel Islands) 5 May 09 Steve Webb: Bus Regulation 0.29 PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 167 Date Subject Duration 6 May 09 Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] 1.25 6 May 09 Mike Penning: School Sixth Forms [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.31 Mr David Kidney: Government Procurement 6 May 09 David Taylor: Tax Avoidance and Evasion [1½ hrs] 2.29 Dr Richard Taylor: Whistleblowing Rosie Cooper: Concessionary Bus Travel 12 May 09 Mr David Amess: India [1½ hrs] 2.33 Mark Lazarowicz: Consumer Rights [1½ hrs] 12 May 09 Ms Diane Abbott: Police Crowd Control 1.30 Andrew Gwynne: Middle East Lorely Burt: Private Rented Housing 13 May 09 Dr Ian Gibson: Sports Betting [1½ hrs] 2.00 Jim Sheridan: Gangmasters (Construction Industry) 13 May 09 Mr Oliver Heald: Rivers (England) [1½ hrs] 0.02 13 May 09 Mr Oliver Heald: Rivers (England) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 2.21 Nadine Dorries: Helios Airways Flight ZU 522 Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Regional Development Agency 13 May 09 Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Regional Development Agency [resumed] 0.07 19 May 09 Mr Ian McCartney: Fire Safety (Schools) [1½ hrs] 1.23 19 May 09 David Davis: Equitable Life Report (Government Response) [1½ hrs] 2.55 Mr Martin Caton: Heart of Wales Railway Line Dr Evan Harris: Dental Services (Oxfordshire) Richard Burden: White Disadvantaged Pupils (Birmingham) 20 May 09 Miss Anne McIntosh: Elderly Patients (Bed Allocation) [1½ hrs] 1.24 20 May 09 Anne Main: School Places 0.29 20 May 09 Jeremy Corbyn: London Metropolitan University [1½ hrs] 1.45 Siobhain McDonagh: Better Healthcare Closer to Home Strategy 20 May 09 Siobhain McDonagh: Better Healthcare Closer to Home Strategy [resumed] 0.44 Mark Hunter: Nimrod Project 2 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Turner: Light Dues [1½ hrs] 3.52 Dr Brian Iddon: Public Analysts Service [1½ hrs] Mr James Paice: Small Businesses (HBOS) Laura Moffatt: Cancer Survivors 2 Jun 09 Mr David Anderson: Public Transport Accessibility 0.32 3 Jun 09 John McDonnell: Rail Industry [1½ hrs] 1.57 Mr Virendra Sharma: Stroke Services (Ealing and Southall) 3 Jun 09 Daniel Kawczynski: UK Aid (North Africa) [1½ hrs] 2.29 Mrs Anne McGuire: Private Parking Companies David Tredinnick: Back Pain Treatment (Costs) 9 Jun 09 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Manufacturing and Employment [1½ hrs] 2.53 Sir Paul Beresford: Council Tax Capping (Surrey) [1½ hrs] 9 Jun 09 Sir Paul Beresford: Council Tax Capping (Surrey) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.33 Graham Stringer: Extreme Solar Events Mr Mark Field: Home Education Mr John Grogan: Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs 10 Jun 09 Mr John Baron: Energy Regulation [1½ hrs] 1.55 Mr Edward Garnier: Mrs Masuma Jariwalla 10 Jun 09 Ms Karen Buck: Youth Crime [1½ hrs] 1.58 Linda Gilroy: RAF Allied Memorial (Plymouth Hoe) 10 Jun 09 Simon Hughes: United Nations 0.30 16 Jun 09 Adam Afriyie: Heathrow Airport Expansion [1½ hrs] 3.24 Dr Brian Iddon: Addiction to Medicines [1½ hrs] Mr Iain Duncan Smith: UK Deaf Sport 168 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration 16 Jun 09 Mr Mark Todd: Minerals and Food Supplements 0.59 Tom Brake: Aerosol Technology (Climate Change) 17 Jun 09 Phil Wilson: Regional Aviation Policy [1½ hrs] 1.56 Anne Snelgrove: Pemberton Homicide Review 17 Jun 09 Ann Winterton: St Helena [1½ hrs] 0.45 17 Jun 09 Ann Winterton: St Helena [1½ hrs] [resumed] 1.30 Mr Edward Timpson: Ambulance Services (Crewe and Nantwich) Shona McIsaac: Grimsby and Cleethorpes Rail Services 17 Jun 09 Shona McIsaac: Grimsby and Cleethorpes Rail Services [resumed] 0.11 23 Jun 09 Mr David Anderson: Skills Gap [1½ hrs] 3.25 Mr Anthony Steen: Safeguarding Children (Sexual Exploitation) [1½ hrs] Mr Stephen Crabb: Pembrokeshire (Royal Mail Database) 23 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Turner: Fallen Stock (Isle of Wight) 0.21 23 Jun 09 Dr Stephen Ladyman: Extra Care Accommodation (Benefits) 0.30 24 Jun 09 Mr Richard Spring: Middle East [1½ hrs] 1.59 Christopher Fraser: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 24 Jun 09 Mr Fabian Hamilton: Equitable Life [1½ hrs] 2.24 Rosie Cooper: School Governing Bodies (Appeals) Andrew Selous: Pet Passports 30 Jun 09 Dr Vincent Cable: Repossession and Mortgage Arrears [1½ hrs] 1.23 30 Jun 09 Mr Lindsay Hoyle: Forensic Science Service [1½ hrs] 1.29 30 Jun 09 Chris Huhne: Strategic Development Area (Eastleigh) 1.29 Nick Ainger: Charges for Oxygen (Airlines) Mr Philip Hollobone: Wind Farms (Northamptonshire) 1 Jul 09 Ms Angela C. Smith: Railways (North of England) [1½ hrs] 1.58 Meg Munn: Diversity in Public Appointments 1 Jul 09 Mr Tobias Ellwood: Air Quality (Aircraft) [1½ hrs] 1.40 Jenny Willott: Archer Inquiry 1 Jul 09 Jenny Willott: Archer Inquiry [resumed] 0.35 Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation 1 Jul 09 Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation [resumed] 0.07 1 Jul 09 Mr Jamie Reed: Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation [resumed] 0.05 7 Jul 09 Mr Denis MacShane: Steel Industry [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Graham Stuart: Teaching Standards (England) [1½ hrs] Siobhain McDonagh: Mitcham Jobcentre Plus Mr Edward Vaizey: Structured Products Marketing Mr Peter Kilfoyle: Ballistic Missile Defence 8 Jul 09 Lembit Öpik: Human Rights (Iran) [1½ hrs] 2.00 David Howarth: Bullied Children 8 Jul 09 Paul Flynn: British Troops (Helmand Province) [1½ hrs] 2.30 Ian Stewart: Vaccine Damage Compensation Dr Andrew Murrison: John Pitman 14 Jul 09 Mr Philip Dunne: Health Care (Shropshire) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Hugh Bayley: East Coast Main Line [1½ hrs] Mr Peter Bone: HM Prison Wellingborough Mr Andrew Smith: Adults with Learning Difficulties Steve Webb: Gypsies and Travellers 15 Jul 09 Martin Salter: Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mrs Louise Ellman: Mr Michael Shields 15 Jul 09 Mark Williams: Local and Regional Newspapers [1½ hrs] 2.32 Sir Paul Beresford: Combat Stress Mr George Howarth: Apprenticeships PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 169 Date Subject Duration 21 Jul 09 Rob Marris: Israeli Settlements [1½ hrs] 4.30 Daniel Kawczynski: European Union [1½ hrs] Mr Parmjit Dhanda: Gloucester (Regeneration Funding) Sir Alan Beith: School Buildings (Alnwick) Colin Burgon: European Court of Justice Judgments 13 Oct 09 Mr Frank Doran: North Sea Oil and Gas Industry [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Mark Field: China and the West [1½ hrs] Mr Alistair Carmichael: Agricultural Building Allowance Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger: Energy Production Mr Ian McCartney: Christopher Traynor 14 Oct 09 Mr Greg Hands: UK Relations with Russia [1½ hrs] 2.00 Andrew George: UK Grocery Market 14 Oct 09 Mr John Grogan: City of London [1½ hrs] 1.50 Linda Gilroy: Plymouth CityBus 14 Oct 09 Linda Gilroy: Plymouth CityBus [resumed] 0.08 14 Oct 09 Mr David Amess: The Maldives 0.29 20 Oct 09 Mr Geoffrey Cox: Wardens (Sheltered Housing) [1½ hrs] 4.30 Dr Nick Palmer: Prisoner Release Decisions [1½ hrs] Dr Julian Lewis: Mental Health Services (New Forest) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods: Free School Meals Mr Simon Burns: Electoral Register 21 Oct 09 Graham Stringer: Private Landlords (Local Regulation) [1½ hrs] 1.51 Ms Gisela Stuart: Conservation Areas 21 Oct 09 Dr Evan Harris: English Libel Law (Parliamentary Proceedings) [1½ hrs] 1.31 Mr Michael Moore: Textile Industry 21 Oct 09 Mr Michael Moore: Textile Industry [resumed] 0.55 Mr James Plaskitt: Fostering Services (Ofsted Supervision) 27 Oct 09 Anne Main: Biofuels [1½ hrs] 0.18 27 Oct 09 Anne Main: Biofuels [1½ hrs] [resumed] 3.04 Ann Winterton: Military Vehicles and Aircraft [1½ hrs] Mr David Drew: Swindon to Kemble Railway 27 Oct 09 Mr Mark Field: Central London Businesses 0.59 Ms Sally Keeble: Family Finances 28 Oct 09 Mr Alistair Carmichael: Death Penalty (Global Abolition) [1½ hrs] 1.58 Annette Brooke: Wareham Railway Station 28 Oct 09 Joan Ryan: Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) [1½ hrs] 1.28 28 Oct 09 Joan Ryan: Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) [1½ hrs] [resumed] 0.59 Mr Paul Truswell: Pudsey (Transport) James Brokenshire: Dartford River Crossing 3 Nov 09 Tim Farron: Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) [1½ hrs] 2.35 Mr Chris Mullin: Farm Animal Welfare [1½ hrs] 3 Nov 09 Mr Richard Benyon: Thames Valley Police 0.22 3 Nov 09 Richard Burden: MG Rover 0.23 3 Nov 09 Mrs Caroline Spelman: Muscular Dystrophy 0.30 4 Nov 09 Charlotte Atkins: Thalidomide [1½ hrs] 2.00 Mr Gordon Marsden: Sustainable Housing (Blackpool) 4 Nov 09 Mr Elfyn Llwyd: Probation Service [1½ hrs] 1.47 Lynne Featherstone: Pupil Funding (Haringey) 4 Nov 09 Lynne Featherstone: Pupil Funding (Haringey) [resumed] 0.35 Phil Wilson: Selective Licensing Schemes 170 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration 10 Nov 09 Mr David Heathcoat-Amory: Financial Services Regulation [1½ hrs] 4.29 Mr Andrew Dismore: Cyprus [1½ hrs] Lynda Waltho: Rape Crisis Centres Mr John Randall: Public Transport (Disabled Access) Ms Gisela Stuart: Centre for Defence Medicine 11 Nov 09 Robert Key: Sex Discrimination (Religious Organisations) [1½ hrs] 0.47 11 Nov 09 Tony Lloyd: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [1½ hrs] 2.39 Simon Hughes: South London Line Linda Gilroy: DWP (Plymouth) Mr Phil Willis: Female Mortality (Africa) 11 Nov 09 Mr Phil Willis: Female Mortality (Africa) [resumed] 0.21 Total: 259.14 2: Adjournment (Government) 22 Jan 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Gerry 1.51 Sutcliffe): DCMS Annual Report 29 Jan 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1.03 (Gillian Merron): Inter-Parliamentary Union. 12 Mar 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local 0.58 Government (Mr Sadiq Khan): Race Equality 30 Apr 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 2.06 Affairs (Huw Irranca-Davies): Darwin Initiative 7 May 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Ivan 2.30 Lewis): Children and HIV/AIDS (Developing Countries) 4 Jun 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick): Road 1.39 Safety 2 Jul 09 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2.30 (Chris Bryant): European Commission Annual Policy Strategy 15 Oct 09 The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Dawn Primarolo): Sure 2.24 Start Total: 15.01 3: Adjournment (Committee) 18 Dec 08 Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): Human Rights 2.58 15 Jan 09 Sir Patrick Cormack (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee): Policing 1.47 and Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) 5 Feb 09 Sir Alan Beith (on behalf of the Justice Committee): Effective Sentencing 3.00 12 Feb 09 Mrs Louise Ellman (on behalf of the Transport Committee): Sustainable Railways 3.00 26 Feb 09 Mr Terry Rooney (on behalf of the Work and Pensions Committee): Carers 3.00 5 Mar 09 Mr Andrew Dismore (on behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights): Adults 2.49 with Learning Disabilities 19 Mar 09 Keith Vaz (on behalf of the Home Affairs Committee): A Surveillance Society? 2.30 26 Mar 09 Roger Berry (on behalf of the Committee on Arms Export Controls): Arms Export 2.29 Controls 2 Apr 09 Mr Phil Willis (on behalf of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills 2.05 Committee): Investigating the Oceans 24 Apr 09 Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): Overseas Territories 2.59 14 May 09 Mr Kevin Barron (on behalf of the Health Committee): NHS Next Stage Review 2.15 21 May 09 Malcolm Bruce (on behalf of the International Development Committee): World 1.20 Food Programme 11 Jun 09 Keith Vaz (on behalf of the Home Affairs Committee): Policing in the 21st Century 2.07 18 Jun 09 Mr Tim Yeo (on behalf of the Environmental Audit Committee): Personal Carbon 2.20 Trading PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 171 Date Subject Duration 25 Jun 09 Mr Andrew Dismore (on behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights): Bill of 2.19 Rights (UK) 9 Jul 09 Mike Gapes (on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee): Global Security: Iran 3.00 16 Jul 09 Dr Phyllis Starkey (on behalf of the Communities and Local Government 2.56 Committee): Housing and the Credit Crunch 22 Oct 09 Mr John Whittingdale (on behalf of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee): The 2.15 Licensing Act 2003 29 Oct 09 Paddy Tipping (on behalf of the Energy and Climate Change Committee): Oil and 2.22 Gas 5 Nov 09 Roger Berry (on behalf of the Committees on Arms Export Controls): UK Strategic 2.54 Export Controls 12 Nov 09 Mr Kevin Barron (on behalf of the Health Committee): Health Inequalities 2.02 Total: 52.27 5: Miscellaneous 16 Dec 08 Suspension 0.09 17 Dec 08 Point of Order: Mr Denis MacShane: asking whether it was in order for a Member to 0.01 accuse another Member of defamation. 17 Dec 08 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 21 Jan 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.14 10 Feb 09 Suspension 0.02 10 Feb 09 Suspension 0.03 11 Feb 09 Suspension 0.04 11 Feb 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.20 25 Feb 09 Points of Order: Mr Stephen Pound: asking whether it appropriate for a Member to 0.01 describe a Minister as having paws, given that it compared the Minister to an animal. 4 Mar 09 Point of Order: Bob Spink: asking to put on record that he was an independent MP, 0.01 and therefore any references to his ‘colleagues’ were inaccurate. 10 Mar 09 Point of Order: Mr Gordon Prentice: asking whether the debate had strayed out of 0.01 scope. 11 Mar 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.31 18 Mar 09 Suspension 0.06 25 Mar 09 Suspension 0.15 25 Mar 09 Suspension 0.05 31 Mar 09 Suspension 0.04 31 Mar 09 Suspension 0.08 1 Apr 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.11 21 Apr 09 Suspension 0.13 29 Apr 09 Suspension 0.08 29 Apr 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.14 5 May 09 Suspension 0.16 5 May 09 Suspension 0.09 5 May 09 Suspension 0.03 6 May 09 Points of Order: Mr David Lidington; Peter Bottomley: asking for guidance on how 0.01 the debate could be properly conducted, given that no Minister or Government officials were present. 6 May 09 Point of Order: David Taylor: asking whether it was within the scope of the debate 0.01 to discuss funding for further education. 172 SESSIONAL DIARY, 2008–09 Date Subject Duration 6 May 09 Point of Order: Mr Tobias Ellwood: asking whether the Palace of Westminster could 0.01 get a refund for the chairs set out for Labour Members in Westminster Hall, given that only two of them were being used. 6 May 09 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether it was acceptable for a Minister to 0.01 refuse to give way, having given an earlier commitment to do so. 12 May 09 Suspension 0.27 13 May 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.12 13 May 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.13 19 May 09 Suspension 0.07 20 May 09 Suspension 0.06 20 May 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.24 2 Jun 09 Suspension 0.05 9 Jun 09 Point of Order: Mr Humfrey Malins: asking whether it was proper for the Minister 0.01 to refuse to give way. 10 Jun 09 Suspension 0.02 16 Jun 09 Suspension 0.06 17 Jun 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 17 Jun 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.10 23 Jun 09 Suspension 0.05 23 Jun 09 Suspension 0.09 25 Jun 09 Suspension [Divisions in the House] 1.27 30 Jun 09 Suspension 0.07 30 Jun 09 Point of Order: Mr Lindsay Hoyle: asking if the Minister would write to Members to 0.01 clarify any points to which he did not have time to respond. 1 Jul 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 1 Jul 09 Suspension [Divisions in the House] 0.20 1 Jul 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.07 2 Jul 09 Point of Order: Mr Mark Francois: asking the Chair to reconsider his ruling that 0.01 Members could not discuss the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. 9 Jul 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.16 14 Oct 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.10 14 Oct 09 Suspension 0.02 15 Oct 09 Point of Order: The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Dawn 0.01 Primarolo): asking to draw attention to the fact that the Member speaking had ascribed to Ms Primarolo views she did not hold. 21 Oct 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.11 27 Oct 09 Point of Order: Mr David Kidney: asking whether it was Parliamentary language to 0.01 describe him as “evasive”. 27 Oct 09 Suspension 0.07 28 Oct 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.15 3 Nov 09 Suspension 0.25 3 Nov 09 Suspension 0.08 3 Nov 09 Suspension 0.07 4 Nov 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.09 11 Nov 09 Suspension 0.43 11 Nov 09 Suspension [Division in the House] 0.13 12 Nov 09 Point of Order: Mike Penning: asking whether, should prorogation cut the debate 0.00 short, there would be any remedy to recover the time lost. Total: 11.06 PART IV: ANALYSIS FOR WESTMINSTER HALL 173 Date Subject Duration Grand Total: 337.48