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Tuesday 2 April 2019 Order Paper No.280: Part 1
SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER
11.30am Prayers
Afterwards Oral Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
12.30pm Urgent Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any)
No debate Presentation of Bills
Up to 20 minutes Ten Minute Rule Motion: Banknote Diversity (Mrs Helen Grant)
Until 7.00pm Privileges (Motion)
No debate Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2) (Motion)
Up to three hours* Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Consideration of Lords Message
(*If the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2) motion is agreed to)
Up to 90 minutes Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection) (Motion for approval)
No debate Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval)
No debate Presentation of Public Petitions
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour
Adjournment Debate: Reform of business rates (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown)
WESTMINSTER HALL
9.30am Further education funding
11.00am Effect of the tapered annual allowance on NHS pension scheme members
(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.)
2.30pm Youth inmates in solitary confinement
4.00pm Treatment for pancreatic cancer
4.30pm Puppy smuggling
2 Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 CoNTENTS
Notes:Item marked [R] indicates that a member has declared a relevant interest.
CoNTENTS
PART 1: BUSINESS ToDAY
3 Chamber
9 Westminster Hall
10 Written Statements
11 Committees meeting today
15 Committee reports published today
16 Announcements
17 Further Information
PART 2: FUTURE BUSINESS
20 A. Calendar of Business
27 B. Remaining orders and Notices
Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 BUSINESS ToDAY: CHAMBER 3
BUSINESS ToDAY: CHAMBER
11.30am Prayers
Followed by
QUESTIoNS
� oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) What discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the reported increase in violence in Cameroon. (910160)
2 Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (910161)
3 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) What steps he is taking to strengthen the rules-based international order. (910162)
4 Victoria Prentis (Banbury) What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (910163)
5 Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) What discussions he has had with the Lima Group on the political and security situation in Venezuela. (910165)
6 Christian Matheson (City of Chester) What assessment he has made of the progress on the Colombia peace process. (910166)
7 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the UK’s diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. (910167)
8 Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) What assessment he has made of the diplomatic implications of rocket fire from Gaza towards Tel Aviv. (910168)
9 Alan Mak (Havant) What steps he is taking to enhance UK soft power overseas. (910169)
10 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) If he will take steps to promote human rights and self-determination for Catalonia in Spain. (910170)
11 Bob Stewart (Beckenham) What recent diplomatic steps he has taken to help ensure a secure and stable government in Lebanon. (910171)
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12 Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) If he will make an assessment of the level of democratic governance in Lesotho. (910172)
13 Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South) What diplomatic steps his Department is taking to promote and support human rights internationally. (910173)
14 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) What recent assessment he has made of progress through international co-operation on tackling climate change. (910174)
15 Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet) What steps he is taking to enhance UK soft power overseas. (910175)
16 Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East) What recent assessment he has made of progress through international co-operation on tackling climate change. (910176)
17 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (910177)
18 Mark Menzies (Fylde) What discussions he has had with the Lima Group on the political and security situation in Venezuela. (910178)
19 Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) What plans he has to strengthen the UK's relations with Pacific Alliance countries. (910179)
20 Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) What diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect the rights and freedoms of journalists throughout the world. (910180)
21 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) What diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect health workers operating in Gaza. (910181)
22 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire) What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (910182)
23 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) What diplomatic steps he is taking to respond to human rights concerns in Sudan. (910183)
24 Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) What recent discussions he has had with international partners on delivering a negotiated settlement to reunite Cyprus. (910184)
Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 BUSINESS ToDAY: CHAMBER 5
At 12.15pm
� Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
T1 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (910185)
T2 James Cleverly (Braintree) (910186)
T3 Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) (910187)
T4 Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (910189)
T5 Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (910191)
T6 Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (910192)
T7 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (910193)
T8 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (910194)
URGENT QUESTIoNS AND STATEMENTS
12.30pm
� Urgent Questions (if any)
� Ministerial Statements (if any)
PRESENTATIoN oF BILLS
No debate (Standing Order No. 57)
� European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
Yvette CooperBill to make provision in connection with the period for negotiations for withdrawing from the European Union.
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BUSINESS oF THE DAY
1. BANKNoTE DIVERSITY: TEN MINUTE RULE MoTIoN
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Mrs Helen GrantThat leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Bank of England to meet standards for the representation of ethnic minority persons on banknotes; and for connected purposes.
Notes:The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
2. PRIVILEGES
Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Andrea LeadsomThat this House—
(i) approves the First Report from the Committee of Privileges (HC 1490); and
(ii) endorses the conclusions of the Committee in respect of the conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings that the evidence sought by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee from Mr Cummings was relevant to its inquiry and that his refusal to attend constituted a significant interference with the work of that Committee; concludes that Mr Cummings committed a contempt both by his refusal to obey the Committee’s order to attend it and by his subsequent refusal to obey the House’s Order of 7 June 2018; and therefore formally admonishes him for his conduct.
Relevant Documents:Third Special Report of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Failure of a witness to answer an Order of the Committee: conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings, HC 1115
3. MENTAL CAPACITY (AMENDMENT) BILL [LoRDS]: PRoGRAMME (No. 2)
No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7))
Secretary Matt HancockThat the following provisions shall apply to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 18 December 2018 (Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (Programme)):
Consideration of Lords Message
(1) Proceedings on the Lords Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement.
Subsequent stages
(2) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.
(3) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
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4. MENTAL CAPACITY (AMENDMENT) BILL [LoRDS]: CoNSIDERATIoN oF LoRDS MESSAGE
Up to three hours (If the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2) motion is agreed to)
Lords Message, to be considered.
NotesProceedings will be taken in accordance with the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2) Motion, if it is agreed to by the House. For motions and amendments relating to the Lords Message, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).The Speaker has issued a provisional certification that motions relating to Lords Amendments Nos. 1B and 25A relate exclusively to England and Wales on matters within devolved legislative competence, (Standing Order No. 83O).Nothing in the Lords Message engages financial privilege.
5. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (CoNSUMER PRoTECTIoN)
Up to 90 minutes (Standing Order No. 16(1))
Secretary Greg ClarkThat the draft Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 March, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
6. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (PRoTECTIoN oF TRADING INTERESTS)
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Liam FoxThat the draft Protecting against the Effects of Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 7 March, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
7. CoNSTITUTIoNAL LAW
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary David MundellThat the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 25 February, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
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8. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (ENVIRoNMENTAL PRoTECTIoN)
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Chris GraylingThat the draft Heavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 26 February, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
9. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (ANIMALS)
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Liam FoxThat the draft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 4 March, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
10. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (FooD)
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Matt HancockThat the draft Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved.
Notes:If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
PRESENTATIoN oF PUBLIC PETITIoNS
No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)
� TV licences for over 75s: Dr Lisa Cameron
ADJoURNMENT DEBATE
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
� Reform of business rates: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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BUSINESS ToDAY: WESTMINSTER HALL
oRDER oF BUSINESS
The first part of the sitting will last for two hours. The second part of the sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)).
9.30am
� That this House has considered further education funding: Richard Graham
Notes:The Chairman of Ways and Means appointed this debate on the recommendation of the Backbench Business Committee.
11.00am
� That this House has considered the effect of the tapered annual allowance on NHS pension scheme members: Paul Masterton
Notes:The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm
� That this House has considered youth inmates in solitary confinement: Emma Hardy
4.00pm
� That this House has considered treatment for pancreatic cancer: Nic Dakin
4.30pm
� That this House has considered the matter of puppy smuggling: Nigel Huddleston
Relevant Documents:Third Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of Session 2016-17, Animal welfare in England: domestic pets, HC 117, and the Government response, HC 1003.
Notes:The second part of the sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)). The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.
10 Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 WRITTEN STATEMENTS
WRITTEN STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS To BE MADE ToDAY
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
1. Contingent liability notification and disclosure of asset sale
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2. March Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Secretary of State for Justice
3. HMP Birmingham
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
4. Social Security Benefits Uprating Order 2019 - Debate Corrections
Notes:Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/.
Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 CoMMITTEES MEETING ToDAY 11
CoMMITTEES MEETING ToDAY
The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.
DELEGATED LEGISLATIoN CoMMITTEES
� Second Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Electricity Capacity (No. 1) Regulations 2019
Room 9 2.30pm (public)
SELECT CoMMITTEES
� Science and Technology
Subject: Technologies for meeting Clean Growth emissions reduction targets
Witnesses: Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association, Professor Keith Bell, University of Strathclyde, and Dr Robert Gross, Imperial College London; Randolph Brazier, Head of Innovation & Development, Energy Networks Association, Duncan Burt, Director of Operations, National Grid System Operator, Professor Nick Eyre, Director, Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions, and Professor Tim Green, Co-Director, Imperial College Energy Futures Lab (at 10.30am)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House 9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)
� Education
Subject: Fourth Industrial Revolution
Witnesses: Minister Liang-Gee Chen, Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology, Professor Yuh-Jzer Joung, Director General, Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Centre, Professor Jiun-Huei Proty Wu, Director of Science and Technology, Taipei Representative Office in the UK, and Yun-Nung (Vivian) Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
Room 15 9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
� Justice
Subject: The work of the Solicitor General
Witnesses: Robert Buckland QC MP, Solicitor General
Room 18 9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
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� Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Subject: Governance of statistics
Witnesses: Sir David Norgrove, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, John Pullinger, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority, and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority
Room 19 9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
� Home Affairs
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House 9.45am (private)
� Treasury
Subject: Economic Crime
Witnesses: Mark Tingey, Head of Financial Crime Operations, Metro Bank; Ruth Evans, Independent Chair, Authorised Push Payments Scams Steering Group, and Richard Lloyd, Advisor, Authorised Push Payments Scams Steering Group (at 11.00am)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House 9.45am (private), 10.00am (public)
� Committee on Standards
Room 17 10.00am (private)
� Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Subject: Immersive and addictive technologies
Witnesses: Neil McClarty, VP, Growth and Product Services, and Kelvin Plomer, Director of Player Experience, Jagex
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House 10.00am (private), 10.30am (public)
� Environmental Audit
Subject: Planetary health
Witnesses: Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development, and Professor Phil Blythe, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport; Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing,
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Jonathan Marron, Director General, Community and Social Care, Department for Health and Social Care, and Professor Paul Cosford, Director of Health Protection and Medical Director, Public Health England (at 11.15am)
Room 8 10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)
� Scottish Affairs
Subject: Access to Financial Services
Witnesses: Eric Leenders, Managing Director, Personal Finance UK Finance, Ron Delnevo, Executive Director, Europe, ATMIA, and John Howells, Chief Executive, LINK
Room 16 10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)
� Defence
Subject: Global Islamist Terrorism
Witnesses: Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Dominic Wilson, Director General Security Policy, Ministry of Defence, Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Security Minister, and Chris Felton, Head of Joint International Counter Terrorism Unit (JICTU), Home Office
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House 10.15am (private), 11.00am (public)
� Health and Social Care
Subject: NHS Long-term Plan: legislative proposals
Witnesses: Professor Katherine Checkland, Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Richard Murray, Chief Executive, The King’s Fund, and Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust; Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, Ian Dodge, National Director: Strategy and Innovation, NHS England, Ian Dalton, Chief Executive, and Ben Dyson, Executive Director of Strategy, NHS Improvement (at 3.30pm)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House 2.00pm (private), 2.45pm (public)
� International Development
Subject: Humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai
Witnesses: Debbie Hillier, Senior Humanitarian Policy Adviser, Oxfam, and Ben Webster, Head of Emergencies, British Red Cross; Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State for International Development, and Tim Stern, Head of the Africa Regional Department, Department for International Development (at 3.00pm)
Room 16 2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)
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� Petitions
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House 2.00pm (private)
� Backbench Business
Room 15 2.15pm (private)
� Foreign Affairs
Subject: Global Britain: the future of UK sanctions policy
Witnesses: Maya Lester QC
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House 2.15pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
� Liaison
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House 6.00pm (private)
JoINT CoMMITTEES
� Draft Domestic Abuse Bill
Subject: Draft Domestic Abuse Bill
Witnesses: Lucy Hadley, Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Women’s Aid, Andrea Simon, Public Affairs Manager, End Violence Against Women, and Ellie Butt, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Refuge; Karla McLaren Government and Political Relations Manager, Amnesty International, Olive Craig, Senior Legal Officer, Rights of Women, and Rachel Robinson, Principal, Justice Domain, Equality and Human Rights Commission (at 11.30am)
Room 20 10.30am (private), 10.45am (public)
Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 CoMMITTEE REPoRTS PUBLISHED ToDAY 15
CoMMITTEE REPoRTS PUBLISHED ToDAY
BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
� 19th Report: The Future of Audit, HC 1718 Time of publication: 0.01am
DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPoRT
� 10th Report: The launch of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation, HC 2090 Time of publication: 11.00am
EURoPEAN SCRUTINY
� Sixty-first Report of Session 2017–19, HC 301-lix Time of publication: 11.00am
16 Tuesday 2 April 2019 OP No.280: Part 1 ANNoUNCEMENTS
ANNoUNCEMENTS
FoRTHCoMING END oF DAY ADJoURNMENT DEBATES
� Tuesday 9 April to Thursday 11 April (deadline 3 April)
Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 3 April. The ballot will take place on Thursday 4 April.
FoRTHCoMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES
Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline date 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 9 and Wednesday 10 April (deadline 2 April)
Answering Departments to be announced
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FURTHER INFoRMATIoN
BUSINESS oF THE DAY
Documents and reports relating to the business being held in the Chamber are available on the Commons Business Briefings webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/commons-business-briefings/
WRITTEN STATEMENTS
Text of today’s Written Statements: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/
SELECT CoMMITTEES
Select Committees Webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/
Recent Select Committee Reports: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/committees/recent-reports/
STANDING oRDERS RELATING To PUBLIC BUSINESS
Text of Standing Orders relating to public business: www.parliament.uk/business/publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmstords/1020/body.html
EURoPEAN BUSINESS
European Business Referrals and Motion documents for consideration by European Committees or on the Floor of the House are available on the European Business webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/european-business1/
DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT
Information about digital engagement opportunities for debates is available on the parliamentary website: www.parliament.uk/digital-engagement-programme.
All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices
Tuesday 2 April 2019 Order Paper No.280: Part 2
FUTURE BUSINESS
A. CALENDAR oF BUSINESS
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down for today, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.
B. REMAINING oRDERS AND NoTICES
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.
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A. CALENDAR oF BUSINESS
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
A number of Private Members’ bills have been set down for dates when the House is currently not expected to sit. These bills can be found in the Private Members’ bills notice paper online. Items from the notice paper will be moved to this calendar if any of the dates listed in that paper are confirmed as sitting days.
WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
� 12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
Afterwards
ANIMALS (RECoGNITIoN oF SENTIENCE): TEN MINUTE RULE MoTIoN
Kerry McCarthyThat leave be given to bring in a Bill to impose a duty on public bodies in relation to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings.
Notes:The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (BRoADCASTING)
Margot JamesThat the draft Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 19 March, be approved.
EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (CUSToMS)
Secretary Liam FoxThat the draft Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 15 March, be approved.
GENERAL DEBATE oN THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY oF THE CoNTINUoUS AT SEA DETERRENT
The Prime MinisterThat this House has considered 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent.
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ADJoURNMENT DEBATE
� Extended producer responsibility for packaging: Anna McMorrin
WESTMINSTER HALL
� 9.30am That this House has considered votes at 16: Jim McMahon
� 11.00am That this House has considered children’s social care services in Stoke-on-Trent: Gareth Snell
Notes:The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
� 2.30pm That this House has considered infant first aid training for parents: Sarah Newton
� 4.00pm That this House has considered non-stun slaughter of animals: Mr Laurence Robertson
� 4.30pm That this House has considered veteran suicide: Stephen Morgan
Notes:The second part of the sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.
THURSDAY 4 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
� 10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
BACKBENCH BUSINESS
� Introduction of the 2019 Loan Charge
Ross ThomsonSir Edward DaveyRuth CadburyDr David DrewAnna TurleyCaroline Lucas
Andrea Jenkyns
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That this House expresses its serious concern at the 2019 Loan Charge which is due to come in on 5th April 2019; expresses deep concern and regret on the effect of the mental and emotional impact on people facing the Loan Charge; is further concerned about suicides of people facing the Loan Charge and the identified suicide risk, which was reported to HMRC; believes that the Loan Charge is fundamentally unfair and undermines the principle of the rule of law by overriding statutory taxpayer protections; expresses disappointment at the lack of notice served by HMRC and the delays in communication with those now facing the Loan Charge which has further increased anxiety of individuals and families; is concerned about the nature and accuracy of the information circulated by HMRC with regard to the Loan Charge; further regrets the inadequate impact assessment originally conducted; understands that many individuals have received a miscalculated settlement information; calls for an immediate suspension of the Loan Charge for a period of six months and for all related settlements to be put on hold; and further calls for an independent inquiry into the Loan Charge to be conducted by a party that is not connected with either the Government or HMRC.
� Reducing restrictive intervention of children and young people
Norman LambAnne-Marie TrevelyanHelen HayesThis House calls on the Department for Education to urgently issue guidance on reducing the use of restrictive intervention of children and young people, and further calls on Ofsted to change its guidance to inspectors to recognise the importance of seeking to avoid the use of those interventions with children and young people.
Notes:The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
ADJoURNMENT DEBATE
� Travellers in Mole Valley: Sir Paul Beresford
WESTMINSTER HALL
� 1.30pm Select Committee Statement on the publication of the Tenth Report of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the launch of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation, HC 2090: Damian Collins Select Committee Statement on the publication of the Sixteenth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on China and the Rules-Based International System, HC 612: Tom Tugendhat That this House has considered IR35 tax reforms: Ged Killen
Notes:The subjects for these debates was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
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MoNDAY 8 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
� 3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Afterwards
ADJoURNMENT DEBATE
� Visas for non-EEA citizens working in the UK fishing industry: Mr Alistair Carmichael
TUESDAY 9 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
� 12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Afterwards
ToBACCo CoMPANIES (TRANSPARENCY): TEN MINUTE RULE MoTIoN
Bob BlackmanThat leave be given to bring in a Bill to require tobacco companies to publish sales and marketing data; and for connected purposes.
Notes:The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
� 12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
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Afterwards
TEN MINUTE RULE MoTIoN
Louise HaighThat leave be given to bring in a Bill under S.O. No. 23 [details to be provided].
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
THURSDAY 11 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
� 10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
� 10.10am Questions to the Attorney General
MoNDAY 15 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
� 3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
TUESDAY 16 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
� 12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
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WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet office
� 11.53am Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet office
� 12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 18 APRIL
CHAMBER
QUESTIoNS
� 9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade
� 9.53am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade
� 10.00am Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
� 10.23am Topical Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
TUESDAY 23 APRIL
CHAMBER
TEN MINUTE RULE MoTIoN
Richard Graham That leave be given to bring in a Bill under S.O. No. 23 [details to be provided].
Notes:The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
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MoNDAY 29 APRIL
WESTMINSTER HALL
� 4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 190627 relating to online abuse: Helen Jones
Notes:The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
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B. REMAINING oRDERS AND NoTICES
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has therefore been set down formally to be taken in the Chamber today but is not expected to be taken today.
1. IMMIGRATIoN
Secretary Sajid JavidThat the draft Immigration (Alcohol Licensing and Late Hours Catering) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 28 March 2018, be approved.
2. SENIoR CoURTS oF ENGLAND AND WALES
Secretary David Gauke That the draft Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 5 November 2018, be approved.
Notes:The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has drawn the special attention of both Houses to the instrument in its 40th report of 2017-19 (HC 542-xl). The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and Wales and is within devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83P).
3. AGRICULTURE BILL: REMAINING STAGES
As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
Notes:For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill). The Speaker certified before Second Reading that Clauses 1 to 3, 12 to 18 and 20 of the Bill as introduced (Bill 266) related exclusively to England and were within devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83J).Queen’s consent to be signified on Third reading.
4. FISHERIES BILL: REMAINING STAGES
As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
Notes:For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).Queen’s Consent to be signified on Third Reading.
5. SoCIAL SECURITY
Alok SharmaThat the draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 January, be approved.
6. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (CoMPETITIoN)
Secretary Greg ClarkThat the draft State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 21 January, be approved.
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15. FINANCIAL SERVICES (IMPLEMENTATIoN oF LEGISLATIoN) BILL [LoRDS]: REMAINING STAGES
As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
Notes:For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents web page for the Bill).
16. IMMIGRATIoN AND SoCIAL SECURITY Co-oRDINATIoN (EU WITHDRAWAL) BILL: REMAINING STAGES
Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
17. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (SANCTIoNS)
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations (S.I., 2019, No. 554), which were laid before this House on 15 March, be approved.
18. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (SANCTIoNS)
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 600), which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved.
Notes: The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
19. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (SANCTIoNS)
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 604), which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved.
Notes: The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
20. TRADE BILL: CoNSIDERATIoN oF LoRDS AMENDMENTS
Notes: Queen’s consent to be signified.The National Assembly for Wales has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution to this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).
21. NoRTHERN IRELAND
Secretary Karen BradleyThat the Northern Ireland (Extension of Period for Executive Formation) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 616), which were laid before this House on 21 March, be approved.
Notes: The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
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7. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (VALUE ADDED TAX)
Mel StrideThat the Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 73), which were laid before this House on 22 January, be approved.
8. SANCTIoNS
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 136), which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
9. SANCTIoNS
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 135), which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
10. SANCTIoNS
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 134), which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
11. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (CUSToMS)
Mel StrideThat the Customs (Records) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 113), which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
12. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (VALUE ADDED TAX)
Mel StrideThat the Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Supplies of Electronic Communications and Broadcasting Services) (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 404), which was laid before this House on 1 March, be approved.
13. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (VALUE ADDED TAX)
Mel StrideThat the draft Finance Act 2011, Schedule 23, (Data-gathering Powers) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 397), which were laid before this House on 1 March, be approved.
14. ELECTRICITY
Secretary Greg ClarkThat the draft Electricity Capacity (No. 1) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 28 February, be approved.
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22. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (SANCTIoNS)
Sir Alan DuncanThat the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 618), which were laid before this House on 22 March, be approved.
Notes:The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
23. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (AGRICULTURE)
Secretary Matt HancockThat the draft Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 18 March, be approved.
Notes: The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
24. CoNSTITUTIoNAL LAW
Secretary David MundellThat the draft Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 4 March, be approved.
25. DELEGATED LEGISLATIoN
Andrea LeadsomThat the draft Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 not stand referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.
26. CRIMINAL INJURIES CoMPENSATIoN
Secretary David GaukeThat the draft Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (Amendment) Instrument 2019, which was laid before this House on 28 March, be approved.
Notes: The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.The Speaker has not yet considered this instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).
27. EXITING THE EURoPEAN UNIoN (ANIMALS)
Secretary Michael GoveThat the draft Animal Health, Seed Potatoes and Food (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 13 March, be approved.
Notes:The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Relevant Documents: Nineteenth Report of the European Statutory Instruments Committee, HC 1934
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28. INTERNATIoNAL TRADE CoMMITTEE
Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection CommitteeThat Mr Chris Leslie be discharged from the International Trade Committee and Gareth Thomas be added.
Notes:This item was objected to on 18 March 2019.
29. EDUCATIoN
Chris SkidmoreThat the draft Higher Education (Monetary Penalties and Refusal to Renew an Access and Participation Plan) (England) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 1 April, be approved.
Notes:The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.The Speaker has not yet considered this instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).
30. REHABILITATIoN oF oFFENDERS
Secretary David GaukeThat the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 1 April, be approved.
Notes:The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.The Speaker has not yet considered this instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).