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View Daily Order Paper PDF File 0.03 MB Tuesday 24 November 2020 Order Paper No.137: Part 1 SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER 11.30am Prayers Afterwards Oral Questions: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs † 12.30pm Urgent Questions, including on: Whether leaseholders are expected to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding from their homes (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) † Afterwards Ministerial Statements (if any) † No debate Presentation of Bills Up to 20 minutes Ten Minute Rule Motion: National Health Service Reserve Staff (Alan Mak) No debate Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2) Up to one hour* Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]: Consideration of Lords Message (*if the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No.2) motion is agreed to) Up to 90 minutes Exiting the European Union (Motion for approval) Up to 45 minutes Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill: Money Up to one hour Independent Expert Panel (Motion for approval) No debate after ICGS Investigations: Commons-Lords Agreement (Motion) 7.00pm No debate after Virtual participation in debate (Motion) 7.00pm No debate Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) Until 7.30pm or for Adjournment Debate: Covid-19 infections at HMP Frankland in half an hour Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) † Virtual participation in proceedings 2 Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 WESTMINSTER HALL 9.30am Recognising and preserving the value of charity-funded medical research in the 2020 Spending Review 11.00am NHS funding for treatment of pectus deformity (The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.) 2.30pm Adequacy of funding for local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak 4.00pm Acquired brain injury and covid-19 4.30pm Business and economic opportunities after Huawei’s exclusion from the 5G network Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 CONTENTS 3 CONTENTS PART 1: BUSINESS TODAY 4 Chamber 9 Westminster Hall 10 Written Statements 11 Committees Meeting Today 16 Committee Reports Published Today 17 Announcements 20 Further Information PART 2: FUTURE BUSINESS 22 A. Calendar of Business 45 B. Remaining Orders and Notices Notes: Item marked [R] indicates that a member has declared a relevant interest. 4 Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER BUSINESS TODAY: CHAMBER Virtual participation in proceedings will commence after Prayers. 11.30am Prayers Followed by QUESTIONS 1. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS 12.30pm Urgent Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make a statement on whether leaseholders are expected to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding from their homes (Clive Betts) Ministerial Statements (if any) The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. Virtual participation in proceedings will conclude after Urgent Questions and Ministerial Statements. PRESENTATION OF BILLS No debate (Standing Order No. 57) Telecommunications (Security) Matt Warman Bill to make provision about the security of public electronic communications networks and public electronic communications services. Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER 5 BUSINESS OF THE DAY 1. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE RESERVE STAFF: TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23) Alan Mak That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a system of reserve National Health Service staff; and for connected purposes. Notes: The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes. 2. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS) BILL [LORDS]: PROGRAMME (NO.2) No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)) Secretary Robert Buckland That the following provisions shall apply to the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 2 September 2020 (Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords] (Programme)): Consideration of Lords Message (1) Proceedings on the Lords Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement. Subsequent stages (2) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put. (3) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement. 3. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS) BILL [LORDS]: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS MESSAGE Up to one hour (if the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No.2) motion is agreed to) Notes: None of the Lords Amendments to Commons Amendments engages financial privilege. The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. 6 Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER 4. EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION Up to 90 minutes (Standing Order No. 16(1)) Secretary Alok Sharma That the draft Prohibition on Quantitative Restrictions (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 9 November, be approved. The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. Notes: If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred. 5. PRISONS (SUBSTANCE TESTING) BILL: MONEY Up to 45 minutes (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b)) Jesse Norman That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under the Prison Act 1952 out of money so provided. Notes: Queen’s Recommendation signified. If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred. The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. 6. INDEPENDENT EXPERT PANEL Up to one hour (Standing Order No. 150C(9)) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg That: (1) in accordance with Standing Order No. 150C (Appointment of Independent Expert Panel Members), the following be appointed as members of the Independent Expert Panel- (a) Mrs Lisa Ball, Mrs Johanna Higgins, Sir Stephen Irwin and Professor Clare McGlynn for a period of 4 years, and (b) Monica Daley, Miss Dale Simon, Sir Peter Thornton and Dr Matthew Vickers for a period of 6 years; and (2) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) Standing Order No. 150A (Independent Expert Panel), Sir Stephen Irwin be the Chair of that Panel. Relevant Documents: House of Commons Commission, Members of the Independent Expert Panel: Nomination of Candidates, HC 998 Notes: If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred. Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER 7 The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. 7. ICGS INVESTIGATIONS: COMMONS-LORDS AGREEMENT No debate after 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6)) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg That this House approves the Eleventh Report of the Committee on Standards, ICGS investigations: Commons-Lords agreement (HC 988), and the proposed Scheme appended to that Report. The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. 8. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION IN DEBATE No debate after 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6)) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg That: The Order of 4 June 2020 (Virtual Participation in Proceedings During the Pandemic (Temporary Orders)), as amended on 22 October, be further amended by adding at the end the following paragraphs: () The Speaker shall draw up and publish a scheme to permit Members who are certified by a medical practitioner as clinically extremely vulnerable (or equivalent) according to relevant official public health guidance issued in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, to participate virtually in such debates as are designated for virtual participation by the Speaker. () The scheme drawn up by the Speaker shall include: (a) arrangements for demonstrating and registering eligibility for virtual participation in designated debates; (b) any other provisions the Speaker considers necessary to secure the effective implementation of this Order. Amendment (a) Mr John Baron Chris Bryant Line 5, leave out from “Members” to “to” in line 8 and insert “with a public health reason relating to the pandemic”. Relevant Documents: Sixth Report from the Procedure Committee, Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: virtual participation in debate, HC 905 Notes: The Accounting Officer has prepared a memorandum on the financial consequences of this motion, pursuant to SO22C(2). Copies are available in the Vote Office. 8 Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER 9. EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION (CUSTOMS) No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)) Jesse Norman That the draft Customs Safety, Security and Economic Operators Registration and Identification (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 21 October, be approved. Notes: If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred. 10. EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION (ARMS AND AMMUNITION) No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)) Secretary Brandon Lewis That the draft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 22 October, be approved. Notes: If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred. ADJOURNMENT DEBATE Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7)) Covid-19 infections at HMP Frankland in Durham: Mary Kelly Foy Tuesday 24 November 2020 OP No.137: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: WESTMINSTER HALL 9 BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL ORDER OF BUSINESS The first part of the sitting will last for two hours.
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