Wednesday 14 December 2016 Order Paper No.82: Part 1 SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER 11.30am Prayers Deferred divisions will take place in the ‘No’ Lobby between 11.30am and 2.00pm Afterwards Oral Questions: Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 12 noon Oral Questions: Prime Minister 12.30pm Urgent Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any) Up to 20 minutes Ten Minute Rule Motion: Financial Regulation of Funeral Services (Neil Gray) Until 7.00pm Opposition Day: Effect on equality of the Autumn Statement 2016 Homelessness No debate European document (Motion) Up to 90 minutes Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2016 (Motion for approval) No debate Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) No debate Presentation of Public Petitions Until 7.30pm or for Adjournment Debate: Corporate governance and social half an hour responsibility (Louise Haigh) WESTMINSTER HALL 9.30am UK Sovereign Wealth Fund 11.00am Future of A level archaeology (The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.) 2.30pm Effect of exiting the EU on businesses in Wales 4.00pm Scotland and the process of the UK leaving the EU 4.30pm Greater Manchester spatial framework CONTENTS PART 1: BUSINESS TODAY 3 Chamber 10 Deferred Divisions 11 Westminster Hall 12 Written Statements 13 Committees meeting today 18 Committee reports published today 19 Announcements 23 Further Information PART 2: FUTURE BUSINESS 26 A. Calendar of Business 42 B. Remaining Orders and Notices Notes: Items marked [R] indicates that a Member has declared a relevant interest. BUSINESS TODAY: CHAMBER 11.30am Prayers Followed by QUESTIONS Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1 Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's defences against cyber attack. (907856) 2 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps he is taking to use single departmental plans to ensure joined-up and efficient government. (907857) 3 Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will take steps to reduce the cost of special advisers. (907858) 4 Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the number of members of the House of Lords. (907859) 5 Edward Argar (Charnwood) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps the Government is taking to improve the accessibility of government services online. (907861) 6 David Mackintosh (Northampton South) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's defences against cyber attack. (907862) 7 Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps he is taking to improve public and business awareness of cyber security. (907863) 8 Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, When he plans to report on the inquiry into the leak of the Prime Minister's Resignation Honours list. (907864) 9 Stephen Gethins (North East Fife) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps he is taking to ensure adequate civil service support for new government departments. (907865) 10 Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Against what benchmarks government digital services are measured. (907867) 11 James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps he is taking to ensure that improvements to the Government's digital services are informed by international best practice. (907868) 12 Byron Davies (Gower) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's defences against cyber attack. (907869) 13 John Stevenson (Carlisle) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the One Public Estate programme. (907870) At 11.53am Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster T1 Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (907871) T2 Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (907872) T3 Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (907873) T4 Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (907874) T5 Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (907875) T6 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (907876) T7 Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (907877) T8 John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (907878) T9 Danny Kinahan (South Antrim) (907879) T10 Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (907880) At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Peter Dowd (Bootle) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 14 December. (907841) Q2 Mark Durkan (Foyle) (907842) Q3 Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (907843) Q4 Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (907844) Q5 Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (907845) Q6 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) (907846) Q7 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (907847) Q8 Mike Weir (Angus) (907848) Q9 Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (907849) Q10 Naz Shah (Bradford West) (907850) Q11 Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (907851) Q12 Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (907852) Q13 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (907853) Q14 Victoria Prentis (Banbury) (907854) Q15 Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (907855) URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS 12.30pm Urgent Questions (if any) Ministerial Statements (if any) BUSINESS OF THE DAY 1. FINANCIAL REGULATION OF FUNERAL SERVICES: TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23) Neil Gray That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require pre-paid funeral plan contracts to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority; to amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 accordingly; and for connected purposes. Notes: The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes. 2. OPPOSITION DAY (16TH ALLOTTED DAY) Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3)) Effect on equality of the Autumn Statement 2016 Jeremy Corbyn Sarah Champion Rebecca Long Bailey John McDonnell Debbie Abrahams Mr Nicholas Brown That this House notes with concern the disproportionate impact of the Government’s policies on women; further notes that, as a result of proposals in the 2016 Autumn Statement, 86 per cent of net savings to the Treasury through tax and benefit changes since 2010 will come from women, according to the House of Commons Library; notes with concern analysis from the Women’s Budget Group which states that by 2020, in every income group, black and minority ethnic women will lose the greatest proportion of their individual income and that low income black and Asian women will lose around twice as much money as low income white men as a result of tax and benefit changes; and calls on the Government to affirm its commitment to ensuring that women and protected groups are not disproportionately affected by tax and benefits changes, to conduct an urgent assessment of the cumulative impact of its policies on women since 2010, to take the necessary remedial steps to mitigate any disproportionate burden of tax and benefits changes on women, to publish a full equality impact analysis with the 2017 Budget and to develop and publish a gender equality strategy to improve the position of women over the remainder of this Parliament. Amendment (a) The Prime Minister Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Secretary Sajid Javid Secretary Justine Greening Secretary Damian Green Gavin Williamson Leave out from 'House' in line 1 to end and add 'affirms that introducing tax-free childcare, increasing the national living wage, increasing investment in affordable housing, reducing the universal credit taper, boosting investment in schools to create more good school places and taking 1.3 million individuals out of paying income tax so far this Parliament will benefit all genders and races; welcomes the fact that there are more women in work than ever before; further welcomes the Government’s publication of distributional analysis along with the Autumn Statement 2016; and welcomes the action the Government is taking to develop a strong economy that works for everyone, regardless of their background.'. Homelessness Jeremy Corbyn John Healey Teresa Pearce Andy Slaughter John McDonnell Mr Nicholas Brown That this House notes that the number of homeless households rose by 44 per cent between 2009-10 and 2015-16 to almost 60,000; further notes that the number of people sleeping rough doubled between 2010 and 2015; notes with concern that across the UK 120,000 children will be homeless this Christmas; recognises that between 1997 and 2010 there was an unprecedented fall in homelessness; and calls on the Government to end rough sleeping and take action to address the root causes of rising homelessness. Amendment (a) The Prime Minister Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer Secretary Sajid Javid Secretary Damian Green Gavin Williamson Mr Marcus Jones Leave out from 'House' in line 1 to end and add 'notes that homelessness is lower now than its peak in 2003-04; further notes that England has a strong safety net, and that the provision of temporary accommodation means no family with a child ever has to be without a roof over their heads; notes that the Government is going further with legislative protection by supporting the hon. Member for Harrow East’s Homelessness Reduction Bill to ensure that everyone gets the help they need to prevent or relieve their homelessness; welcomes the Government's protection of £315 million homelessness prevention funding for local authorities and £149 million in central funding; notes in particular the recently launched £50 million homelessness prevention programme, helping areas all over the country to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping; and notes that one of the best ways to tackle homelessness is by increasing the housing supply, which the measures contained in the forthcoming Housing White Paper will address.'.