Business of the House of Commons
6 - 10 October 2008

Monday 6 October

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Culture, Media and Sport; Minister for the Olympics; including Topical Questions

Statement - Financial Markets - Mr Alistair Darling

Legislation - Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts [HL] - Second reading (Bill read a second time)

Legislation - Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts [HL] - Programme Motion (Agreed)

Legislation - Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts [HL] - Money Resolution (Agreed)

Adjournment - Regeneration of Southend - Mr David Ames

The House rose at 9.58pm

Tuesday 7 October

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Home Office policy on anti-drug awareness - Mr Graham Allen
11.00-12.30	Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West - Steve Webb
12.30-13.00	Policing persistent and youth offenders in Northamptonshire - Mr Philip Hollobone
13.00-13.30	Local Government Standards Boards - Dr John Pugh
13.30-14.00	Housing in Plymouth - Linda Gilroy

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including Topical Questions

Bill Presented - Banking - Mr Alistair Darling (Bill presented and read the First time)

Debate - Opposition Day (18th allotted day) - i) Government's fiscal rules (Motion, as amended, agreed);

ii) Unemployment in the UK (Motion, as amended, agreed)

Adjournment - Blackpool Council and supported employment under Workstep - Mr Gordon Marsden

The House rose at 10.56pm

Wednesday 8 October

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-5.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Education of children and young people with autism - John Bercow
11.00-11.30	Performance of Northamptonshire Police - Mr Peter Bone
14.30-16.00	Aviation duty - Graham Stringer
16.00-16.30	Westminster Council's population estimate - Mr Mark Field
16.30-17.00	Affordable Housing and planning - Andrew George

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Prime Minister

Statement - Financial Stability - Mr Alistair Darling

Ten Minute Rule Bill - European Union (Transparency) - Mr Mark Harper (Motion negatived on division)

Legislation - Children and Young Persons Bill [HL] - remaining stages (Bill reported and read the Third time)

Adjournment - Leicester City Council's market charter - Mr Andrew Robathan

The House rose at 7.23pm

Thursday 9 October

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Church Commissioners and Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission; Solicitor General; Women and Equality; Leader of the House; House of Commons Commission

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Topical Debate - Financial stability

Debate - Defence in the UK

Adjournment - Gibraltar - Andrew Rosindell

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall - a debate on the Third Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee on Testing and Assessment, HC 169, and the Government and Ofsted responses, HC 1003

The House rose at 6.29pm

Friday 10 October

The House did not sit

*** Details known the previous Monday evening and will appear in Tuesday's Order Paper

Written Ministerial Statements
10 September - 10 October 2008

10.09.08	Manufacturing: New challenges, New Opportunities - Malcolm Wicks
10.09.08	Annual European Community Finances White Paper - Kitty Ussher
10.09.08	The Public Accounts Commission: Sixteenth Report - Angela Eagle
10.09.08	Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget ECOFIN) - Kitty Ussher
10.09.08	Gypsy and Traveller Site Grant - Mr Iain Wright
10.09.08	Service Children's Education - Derek Twigg
10.09.08	Military Low Flying - Derek Twigg
10.09.08	Hong Kong (Six-monthly Report) - David Miliband
10.09.08	Georgia - David Miliband
10.09.08	PA Consulting (Lost Data) - Jacqui Smith
10.09.08	Police Pay - Jacqui Smith
10.09.08	Review of Police Injury Awards - Mr Tony McNulty
10.09.08	"Audit and Assurance of MPs' Allowances" - Ms Harriet Harman
10.09.08	Extraordinary European Council: Georgia/Russia - Mr Gordon Brown
10.09.08	Stakeholder Receptions - Mr James Plaskitt
15.09.08	QinetiQ - Derek Twigg
15.09.08	Project MASS - Derek Twigg
15.09.08	HMS Tireless - Mr Bob Ainsworth
15.09.08	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme - Derek Twigg
15.09.08	Health and Adult Social Care - Mr Ben Bradshaw
15.09.08	Control Order Powers (11 June to 10 September 2008) - Mr Tony McNulty
15.09.08	Learning and Skills Council - Bill Rammell
15.09.08	Front Office Services (Civil Courts) - Maria Eagle
15.09.08	Child Maintenance - Mr James Plaskitt
17.09.08	Planning - John Healey
17.09.08	Regional Spatial Strategy (North-West) - Mr Parmjit Dhanda
17.09.08	Iraq - Des Browne
17.09.08	Organ Donation - Mr Ben Bradshaw
17.09.08	Freedom of Information Act - Mr Michael Wills
17.09.08	Suicide Act - Maria Eagle
17.09.08	Official Receptions - Jim Fitzpatrick
06.10.08	RAF Machrihanish - Mr Kevan Jones
06.10.08	Georgia - David Miliband
06.10.08	Zimbabwe - David Miliband
06.10.08	Fraud Review - Vera Baird
06.10.08	Lone Parents Obligations - James Purnell
07.10.08	The Rights of the Child - Beverley Hughes
07.10.08	Local Government - John Healey
07.10.08	Defence Estate Stewardship Report - Mr Kevan Jones
07.10.08	Armed Forces Act 2006 - Mr Kevan Jones
07.10.08	Marine Bill - Hilary Benn
07.10.08	North-East Flooding - Hilary Benn
07.10.08	Unsustainable NHS Providers - Mr Ben Bradshaw
07.10.08	Dental Services - Alan Johnson
07.10.08	Public Guardian Board - Bridget Prentice
07.10.08	Independent Monitoring Commission - Mr Shaun Woodward
07.10.08	Legislative Competence Order (Agriculture and Rural Development) - Mr Paul Murphy
08.10.08	Watling House - Beverley Hughes
08.10.08	Kosovo - Mr John Hutton
08.10.08	EU Cross Border Healthcare - Dawn Primarolo
08.10.08	Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria - Dawn Primarolo
08.10.08	Prescription Charges - Dawn Primarolo
08.10.08	EU Transport Council - Mr Geoffrey Hoon
09.10.08	Leasehold Advisory Service - Mr Iain Wright
09.10.08	Child Sexual Abuse Victims (Pitcairn) - Gillian Merron
09.10.08	Named Day Parliamentary Questions (September 2008) Ms Harriet Harman
09.10.08	MPs' Allowances (Audit and Assurance) - Ms Harriet Harman
09.10.08	Parliamentary Questions Rota - Ms Harriet Harman
09.10.08	Stansted Airport (Planning Appeal) - Mr Geoffrey Hoon
09.10.08	Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council - Kitty Ussher