No. 49

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Private Bills [Lords]: Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] and Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords]: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business)

    Order read for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question (15 January), That the promoters of the Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] and Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords], which were originally introduced in the House of Lords in Session 2006-07 on 22 January 2007, may have leave to proceed with the Bills in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills).

    Objection taken to further proceeding.

    Debate stood adjourned; to be resumed on Thursday 26 March.

2 Private Bills: Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business)

    Order read for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question (15 January), That the promoters of the Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill, which were originally introduced in this House in Session 2007-08 on 22 January 2008, may have leave to proceed with the Bills in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills).

    Objection taken to further proceeding.

    Debate stood adjourned; to be resumed on Thursday 26 March.

3 Questions to (1) the Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

    (2) the honourable Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    (3) the honourable Member representing the Church Commissioners

4 Business Question (Leader of the House)

5 Legislative Reform

    Resolved, That this House disagrees with the Regulatory Reform Committee in its recommendation that the draft Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Advertising Requirements) Order 2009 should not be approved.—(Mr Pat McFadden.)

6 Local and regional news (Topical Debate)

    Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of local and regional news.—(Barbara Follett.)

7 Adjournment

    Subject: City and Hackney Primary Care Trust and tuberculosis (Ms Diane Abbott).

    Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Helen Jones.)

Adjourned at 4.43 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

8 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee

    Mr Christopher Chope (Chairman) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

    Written evidence to be published.

9 Fourteenth Delegated Legislation Committee

    John Bercow (Chairman) reported the draft Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009.

General Committees: Appointments

    The Speaker appoints the Chairman of General Committees and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.

    The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).

10 European Committee B in respect of European Union Documents No. 15620/08 and No. 17210/08 and Addendum, relating to Pre-Accession Assistance

    Members: Richard Burden discharged and Alan Keen nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Defence Committee

    Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08: Fifth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 214) (Mr James Arbuthnot).

12 Energy and Climate Change Committee

    UK offshore oil and gas: Evidence, to be printed (HC 341-ii) (Mr Elliot Morley).

13 Health Committee

    Patient Safety: Evidence, to be printed (HC 151-v);

    Alcohol: Written Evidence, to be printed (HC 368-II)

    (Mr Kevin Barron).

14 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

    (1) Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall: Evidence, to be printed (HC 83-v);

    (2) Data Handling Procedures in Government: Written evidence to be published

    (Dr Tony Wright).

15 Scottish Affairs Committee

    Banking in Scotland: Evidence, to be printed (HC 319-ii) (Mr Mohammad Sarwar).

16 Treasury Committee

    Banking Crisis: Evidence, to be printed (HC 144-xiii) (John McFall).

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at 9.30 am.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

No. 30

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

    Subject:

A Surveillance Society?, Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, the Government's response and the Information Commissioner's response.

    Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Mark Tami.)

Adjourned at 5.00 pm until Tuesday 24 March.

Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Housing

    Draft Housing (Replacement of Terminated Tenancies) (Successor Landlords) (England) Order 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2 Criminal Law

    Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 722), dated 16 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jacqui Smith).

3 Education

    Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 646), dated 10 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Balls).

4 Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Ministerial Offices) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 723), dated 17 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Woodward).

5 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

    Statute, dated 18 December 2008, made by the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, amending Statutes E, F and J of the University (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jack Straw).

6 Weights and Measures

    Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 663), dated 12 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary John Denham).

Other Papers:

7 Hong Kong

    Six-Monthly Report on Hong Kong, 1 July-31 December 2008 (by Command) (Cm. 7541) (Secretary David Miliband).

8 International Tribunals

    International Criminal Court (Darfur) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 699), dated 18 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Miliband).

9 Sessional Returns, 2007-08

    Returns to an Order (9 December) for Returns for Session 2007-08 of information and statistics relating to—

    (1) Business of the House;

    (2) Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question and Allocation of Time (including Programme Motions);

    (3) Sittings of the House;

    (4) Private Bills and Private Business;

    (5) Public Bills;

    (6) Delegated Legislation and Regulatory Reform Orders;

    (7) European Legislation, etc;

    (8) Grand Committees;

    (9) Chairmen's Panel;

    (10) Select Committees

    (by Order); to be printed (HC 1) (Clerk of the House).

10 Statutory Instruments (Notification)

    Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation:

    International Criminal Court (Darfur) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 699)

    (by Standing Order) (The Speaker).