No. 119

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Private Bills: Canterbury City Council Bill: Third Reading

    Objection taken.

    Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time on Thursday 22 October.

2 Private Bills: Nottingham City Council Bill: Third Reading

    Objection taken.

    Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time on Thursday 22 October.

3 Questions to (1) the honourable Member representing the Church Commissioners

    (2) the Solicitor General

    (3) the Leader of the House and the honourable Member representing the House of Commons Commission

4 Business Question (Leader of the House)

5 Defence Policy

    Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of defence policy.—(Secretary Bob Ainsworth.)

6 Access to Parliament (United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament)

    Motion made, That the Resolutions of the House of 30 January 1989 relating to House of Commons Services and 6 December 1991 relating to Access (Former members and United Kingdom members of the European Parliament) shall cease to have effect insofar as they relate to United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament.—(Mr John Spellar.)

    Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

7 Regional Select Committee (West Midlands)

    Motion made, That Dr Richard Taylor be a member of the West Midlands Regional Select Committee.—(Mr John Spellar.)

    Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

8 Regional Select Committee (Yorkshire and the Humber)

    Motion made, That Mary Creagh be discharged from the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee and Mr Austin Mitchell be added.—(Mr John Spellar.)

    Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

9 Regional Select Committee (South West)

    Motion made, That Linda Gilroy be discharged from the South West Regional Select Committee and Roger Berry be added.—(Mr John Spellar.)

    Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

10 Adjournment

    Subject: Todmorden Curve rail link between Burnley and Manchester (Kitty Ussher)

    Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr John Spellar.)

Adjourned at 6.22 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

11 Prevention of Excessive Charges Bill

    Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 October, read and discharged.

    Bill to be read a second time on Friday 23 October.

General Committees: Appointments

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

12 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare) Order 2009 and the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Exceptions to Matters) Order 2009)

    Chairman: Mrs Janet Dean.

Reports from Select Committees

13 Health Committee

    (1) Patient Safety: Care Quality Commission, Monitor, and Professor Sir Ian Kennedy's Responses to the Sixth Report from the Committee: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 1019);

    (2) Alcohol: Evidence, to be printed (HC 368-vii);

    (3) Commissioning: Written evidence, to be printed (HC 1020);

    (4) Social Care: Written evidence, to be printed (HC 1021)

    (Mr Kevin Barron).

14 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

    (1) The Iraq Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2008-09: Fifth Special Report, to be printed (HC 992);

    (2) From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Further Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08: Sixth Special Report, with an appendix, to be printed (HC 993);

    (3) Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 994-i);

(ii) Written evidence to be published;

    (4) Executive Pay in the Public Sector: Written evidence, to be published

    (Dr Tony Wright).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 9.30 am

Sitting in Westminster Hall

No. 76

The sitting began at 2.30 pm

Adjournment.

    Subject: Debate on Sure Start progression.

    Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Kerry McCarthy.)

Adjourned at 4.55 pm until Tuesday 20 October.

Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Corporation Tax

    Draft Distributions (Excluded Companies) Regulations 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

2 Income Tax

    Draft Tax Credits (Excluded Companies) Regulations 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Terms and Conditions of Employment

    Working Time (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2766), dated 14 October 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Andy Burnham).

Other Papers:

4 Justice (Northern Ireland)

    Report of an Inspection of Community Restorative Justice Ireland: Newry and South Armagh Scheme (by Act) (Mr Secretary Woodward).

5 Treasury

    Consolidated statement on the use of EU funds in the UK for 2007-08, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Command); to be printed (HC 439) (Ian Pearson).

CORRIGENDA

    Wednesday 14 October

    Item 31 should have read:

    Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

    (1) Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK: Government response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2008-09: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 1022);

    (2) Ofwat price review 2009: Government response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1023)

    (3) Dairy Farmers of Britain: Evidence, to be printed (HC 971-ii)

    Item 35 should have read:

    Science and Technology Committee

    1) Spend, spend, spend?—the mismanagement of the Learning and Skills Council's capital programme in further education colleges: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2008-09: Sixth Special Report, to be printed (HC 989);

    (2) Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2008-09: Seventh Special Report, to be printed (HC 990);

    (3) Students and Universities: Government Response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2008-09: Eighth Special Report, to be printed (HC 991);

    (4) Setting the scene on science, engineering and technology issues across government: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1001-i)

    (Mr Phil Willis).