Announcements for Thursday 14 September 2017

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Monday 9 October to Monday 16 October (ballot closed)

The ballot for 9 to 16 October will take place today. Applications for this ballot have now closed.

Tuesday 17 October to Monday 23 October (deadline Wednesday 11 October)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 11 October. The ballot will take place on Thursday 12 October.

Tuesday 24 October to Monday 30 October (deadline Wednesday 18 October)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 18 October. The ballot will take place on Thursday 19 October.

 FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person, or from their own email account, or send a signed application through the post. Application forms are available from the Table Office or through the intranet at http://intranet.parliament.uk/tableoffice/.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members will be informed of the outcome by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 17 October and Wednesday 18 October (deadline Wednesday 9 October)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Exiting the European Union; Health; International Trade; Justice; Scotland; Treasury; Wales; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

 CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

Members wishing to table Questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 5.30pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 14 September. Thereafter, Members may table Questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after 14 September and before 4.30pm on Friday 6 October will be treated as having been tabled on 6 October.

Questions for oral answer

Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns:

The results of the shuffles on 14 September will be published on 15 September. They will be available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfutoral/futoral.pdf

For further details of last tabling days for other departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-table-office/Oral-questions-rota.pdf

Notes:

* The latest time for tabling is 12.30pm on each of these days.

** First sitting day after adjournment.

*** (T) indicates that there are also Topical Questions for that Department.

Questions for written answer on a named day

The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Conference Adjournment is 10.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Monday 11 September (for answer on Thursday 14 September).

 CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC BILLS

Members wishing to table amendments to public bills may do so in the usual way in the Public Bill Office until the rise of the House on Thursday 14 September. Such amendments will be available online from Friday 15 September.

During the recess, Members may submit amendments in person, via introduced staff or, if signed, by other staff or by post to the Recess Duty Office, located in the Journal Office; or they may be e-mailed to pbohoc@parliament.uk from a Member’s network account or from the network account of a member of staff who has been introduced by their Member to the Public Bill Office. The Public Bill Office will be open for the receipt of amendments from 11am to 4.30pm on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 October.

Deadlines, publication and eligibility for selection

The following deadlines apply for tabling of amendments if they are to be eligible for selection in proceedings on bills on 10 and 11 October (no legislative business is expected to be taken on Monday 9 October):

Any proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House on Tuesday 10 October: deadline is 4.30pm on Thursday 5 October

Any proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House on Wednesday 11 October: deadline is 4.30pm on Friday 6 October

The table below shows the deadlines, first publication date and selection eligibility for amendments submitted during the recess.

*Amendments are published online the morning after they are tabled, provisionally ‘marshalled’ into the order in which they relate to the bill.