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Tuesday 28 March 2017 Order Paper No.133: Part 1

SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER

11.30am Prayers

Afterwards Oral Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

12.30pm Urgent Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any)

Up to 20 minutes Ten Minute Rule Motion: Family Justice (Suella Fernandes)

No debate Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Programme (No. 3) Motion

Up to four hours* Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Lords Amendments (*If the

Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Programme (No.3) Motion is agreed

to)

Up to 90 minutes Backbench Business:

Motion: Conflict in Yemen

No debate Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval)

No debate Presentation of Public Petitions

Until 7.30pm or for

half an hour

Adjournment Debate: Health and safety in the mining industry

(Hannah Bardell)

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am Preventing avoidable sight loss

11.00am Children's health and access to milk in educational settings

(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.)

2.30pm Funding for the National Spitfire Project

4.00pm Government policy on hereditary peers in the House of Lords

4.30pm Implementing the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases

CONTENTS

PART 1: BUSINESS TODAY

3 Chamber

10 Westminster Hall

11 Written Statements

12 Committees meeting today

16 Committee reports published today

17 Announcements

21 Further Information

PART 2: FUTURE BUSINESS

24 A. Calendar of Business

32 B. Remaining Orders and Notices

Notes:

Items marked [R] indicates that a Member has declared a relevant interest.

BUSINESS TODAY: CHAMBER

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

1 Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)

What assessment he has made of whether Zimbabwe's next election will be conducted

freely and fairly. (909508)

2 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith)

What representations he has made to the Israeli Government on that country's ban on

visitors who have advocated boycotts of Israeli settlement goods. (909509)

3 Ben Howlett (Bath)

What recent assessment he has made of the strength of relations between Poland and

the UK. (909510)

4 Maria Caulfield (Lewes)

What steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Yazidi women held

captive by Daesh. (909511)

5 John Howell (Henley)

What recent reports he has received on the expansion of Hezbollah's weapons arsenal.

(909512)

6 Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire)

What recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on strengthening the

diplomatic relationship between the UK and the US. (909513)

7 Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

What assessment he has made of recent developments in eastern Ukraine. (909514)

8 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)

What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Sudan and South

Sudan. (909515)

9 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke)

What assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Belarus. (909516)

10 Chris Law (Dundee West)

What discussions he has had with his US counterpart on that country's Executive Order

implementing a travel ban on people from six countries and on certain refugees. (909517)

11 Mims Davies (Eastleigh)

What recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on strengthening the

diplomatic relationship between the UK and the US. (909518)

12 Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

When he last discussed the use of the death penalty with his counterpart in the UAE; and

if he will make a statement. (909519)

13 Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne)

What recent assessment he has made of the strength of relations between Poland and

the UK. (909521)

14 Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)

What recent assessment he has made of the strength of relations between India and the

UK. (909522)

15 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)

What recent assessment he has made of the political and security situation in Yemen.

(909523)

16 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire)

What role his Department has in the protection of endangered species abroad. (909524)

17 Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central)

What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on UK

arms sales to countries that are part of the Saudi-led coalition operating in Yemen.

(909525)

18 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

What steps his Department is taking to assist east African nations affected by drought.

(909526)

19 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

What recent reports he has received on harassment of schoolchildren and expulsion of

university students from the Baha'i community in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

(909527)

20 Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd)

What his priorities have been during the UK's Presidency of the UN Security Council in

March 2017. (909529)

21 Kate Hollern (Blackburn)

What steps the Government is taking to promote greater freedom of movement for

civilians entering and leaving Gaza. (909530)

22 Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam)

What the implications for his policies are of the interim report and recommendations of

the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, published on 16 March 2017; and if he will

make a statement. (909531)

23 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

When he next plans to meet his EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement. (909532)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

T1 Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (909498)

T2 Will Quince (Colchester) (909499)

T3 Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (909500)

T4 Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (909501)

T5 Dr Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (909502)

T6 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon) (909504)

T7 Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East) (909506)

T8 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (909507)

URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. FAMILY JUSTICE: TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Suella Fernandes

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the enforcement of Child

Arrangement Orders, including times within which enforcement action must take place; to

establish a presumption in favour of shared parenting under Child Arrangement Orders; and to

make provision for a commission to review and make recommendations on the operation of

family justice; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

2. NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING BILL: PROGRAMME (NO.3)

No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7))

Secretary Sajid Javid

That the following provisions shall apply to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill for the purpose of

supplementing the Orders of 10 October 2016 (Neighbourhood Planning Bill (Programme))

and 13 December 2016 (Neighbourhood Planning Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion four hours after their commencement at today’s Sitting.

(2) The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order: Nos. 22, 12, 10,11, 13

to 21, 85 to 90, 1 to 9 and 23 to 84.

Subsequent stages

(3) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question

being put.

(4) 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.

3. NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Up to 4 hours (If the Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Programme (No.3) Motion is agreed to.)

Notes:

Lords Amendments 4, 5, 23, 40, 44, 48 to 50 and 84 engage Commons financial privilege. The Speaker will

certify motions relating to the Lords Amendments under Standing Order No. 83O.

Proceedings will take place in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Bill: Programme No. 3 Motion, if

it is agreed to by the House.

For the Lords Amendments and motions relating to them, see separate papers (available in the Vote Office

and on the documents webpage to the Bill).

4. BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Up to 90 minutes (Order of 23 March)

Conflict in Yemen

Keith Vaz

Mrs Flick Drummond

Alison Thewliss

That this House notes the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen; and calls upon the

Government to take a lead in passing a resolution at the UN Security Council that would give

effect to an immediate ceasefire in Yemen.

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Andrew Percy

That the draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017,

which was laid before this House on 6 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative

competence (Standing Order No. 83P).

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

6. BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Tracey Crouch

That the draft Horserace Betting Levy Regulations 2017, 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. INSOLVENCY

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Secretary Greg Clark

That the draft Deregulation Act 2015 and Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act

2015 (Consequential Amendments) (Savings) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this

House on 2 March, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

8. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Robert Halfon

That the draft Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017, which were laid before

this House on 6 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative

competence (Standing Order No. 83P).

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

9. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Nicola Blackwood

That the draft Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local

Healthwatch Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this

House on 1 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative

competence (Standing Order No. 83P).

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

10. PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Secretary Elizabeth Truss

That the draft Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017, which were laid before

this House on 27 February, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

11. PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Secretary Elizabeth Truss

That the draft Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this

House on 27 February, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

12. PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Mr Marcus Jones

That the draft Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2017, which

were laid before this House on 27 February, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

13. REGULATORY REFORM

No debate (Standing Order No. 18(1)(a))

Simon Kirby

That the draft Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017, which was

laid before this House on 16 January, be approved.

Notes:

The Regulatory Reform Committee has reported on the draft Order in its Second Report, Session 2016-17,

HC 1042.

The Committee has recommended, without division, that the draft Order be approved (6 March 2017).

The Speaker has not yet considered the Instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).

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)

Proposed closure of Annesley DWP office: Gloria De Piero

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Health and safety in the mining industry: Hannah Bardell

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 preventing avoidable sight loss: Nusrat Ghani

11.00am

That this House has considered children's health and access to milk in educational

settings: Mary Glindon

Notes:

The Chairman of Ways and Means appointed the first debate on the recommendation of the Backbench

Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm

That this House has considered funding for the National Spitfire Project: Royston Smith

4.00pm

That this House has considered Government policy on hereditary peers in the House of

Lords: Mr David Hanson

4.30pm

That this House has considered implementing the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases: Ben

Howlett

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.

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1. Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive amendments JHA opt-in

2. Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 April 2016 to 30 June

2016

3. Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 July 2016 to 30

September 2016

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

4. London Borough of Tower Hamlets

5. Neighbourhood Planning Bill: English Votes for English Laws

Secretary of State for Defence

6. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body 2017 Report

7. NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence

Secretary of State for Education

8. Department for Education Agencies

Secretary of State for Health

9. NHS Pay Review Body

10. Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration

Secretary of State for the Home Department

11. Europol Regulation Opt-in

Secretary of State for Justice

12. Justice update

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/.

COMMITTEES MEETING TODAY

The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be changed without notice.

PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEES

Prisons and Courts Bill

To consider the Bill

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

9.25am (public)

Prisons and Courts Bill

Further to consider the Bill

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (public)

DELEGATED LEGISLATION COMMITTEES

Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2017

Room 9

2.30pm (public)

SELECT COMMITTEES

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Subject: Future World of Work

Witnesses: Lindsay Judge, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Resolution Foundation, Tim

Thomas, Director of Employment and Skills Policy, EEF, Steve Turner, Assistant General

Secretary, Unite the Union, and David Camp, Chief Executive, Association of Labour

Providers; Ben Grover, External Policy Adviser, Association of Recruitment Consultancies,

Jennifer Hardy, Finance Director, Transline, Adrian Gregory, Director, Extraman Ltd, and Tim

Roache, General Secretary, GMB (at 10.30am)

Room 6

9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Exiting the European Union

Room 16

9.00am (private)

International Development

Subject: DFID's work on education: Leaving no one behind?

Witnesses: Dr Shannon May, Co-Founder, Bridge International Academies; Rt Hon Lord

Bates, Minister of State for International Development, and Anna Wechsberg, Policy Director,

Policy and Global Programmes, Department for International Development (at 9.45am)

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

9.00am (private), 9.10am (public)

Justice

Subject: Transforming Rehabilitation

Witnesses: Professor Paul Senior, Chair, and Helen Schofield, Acting Chief Executive,

Probation Institute; Ian Lawrence, General Secretary, NAPO, and Ben Priestly, National

Officer, Unison (at 10.05am); Gabriel Amahwe, Director of Probation, Thames Valley

Community Rehabilitation Company, Mike Malden, Chair, Achieving Real Change in

Communities, and Bronwen Elphick, CEO, Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation

Company (at 10.35am)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

Room 5

9.15am, (private)

Exiting the European Union

Room 6

2.00pm (private)

Home Affairs

Subject: Policing for the future: changing demands and new challenges

Witnesses: Gloria Laycock, Professor of Crime Science, University College London, Tim

Newburn, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, London School of Economics and

Political Science, and Andromachi Tseloni, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, Nottingham

Trent University; Katy Barrow-Grint, Chief Inspector, Local Policing, Thames Valley Police,

Tom Gash, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science,

University College London, Blair Gibbs, Expert Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team, and

Associate, Crest Advisory, and Dr Rick Muir, Director, Police Foundation (at 3.15pm)

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Petitions

Room 13

2.00pm (private)

Foreign Affairs

Subject: UK relations with China

Witnesses: Dr Paola Subacchi, Chatham House, Duncan Innes-Ker, The Economist

Intelligence Unit, and Guy de Jonquieres, European Centre for International Political

Economy; Stephen Phillips, China Britain Business Council, Dr Yu Jie, LSE IDEAS, and Gary

Campkin, Director, Policy and Strategy, The CityUK (at 4.00pm)

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

2.15pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Backbench Business

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: Members of Parliament

Room 16

2.20pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Defence

Subject: The indispensable ally? US, NATO and UK defence relations

Witnesses: Alex Hall, Director, Defence, Security and Infrastructure Research Group, and

James Black, Analyst, Defence and Security team, RAND Europe, Professor John Bew, Policy

Exchange, and the Honorable Franklin Kramer, Atlantic Council

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

2.45pm (private), 3.30pm (public)

Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions

Subject: Future of supported housing

Witnesses: Mr Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, John Hall, Deputy Director,

Supported Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government, Caroline Nokes MP,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery, and Peter Searle, Strategy

Director, Working Age Benefits, Department for Work and Pensions

Room 15

3.30pm (private), 3.45pm (public)

Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy

Room 8

4.00pm (private)

OTHER COMMITTEES

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Subject: IPSA's Main Estimate and Corporate Plan for 2016-17

Witnesses: Ruth Evans, Chair, and Marcial Boo, Chief Executive, IPSA

Room 5

4.00pm (private), 4.10pm (public)

COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLISHED TODAY

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

7th Report: UK aid: allocation of resources, HC 100

Time of publication: 00.01am

JUSTICE

10th Report: The Implications of Brexit for Crown Dependencies, HC 752

Time of publication: 00.01am

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

36th Report, HC 71-xxxiv

Time of publication: 11.00am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 18 April to Monday 24 April (deadline 29 March)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House,

whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 29 March. The ballot will take place on Thursday 30

March.

Tuesday 25 April to Thursday 27 April (deadline 19 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 19 April. The ballot will take place on Thursday 20

April.

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 18 April and Wednesday 19 April (ballot closed)

The ballot for 18 and 19 April will take place today. Applications for this ballot have now

closed.

Tuesday 25 April and Wednesday 26 April (deadline 18 April)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Culture, Media and Sport;

Defence; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office;

Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury.

Tuesday 2 May and Wednesday 3 May (deadline 24 April)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Exiting the European Union; Health;

Home Office; International Development; International Trade; Justice; Wales; Women and

Equalities; Work and Pensions.

Tuesday 9 May and Wednesday 10 May (deadline 2 May)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Culture, Media and Sport;

Defence; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign and Commonwealth Office;

Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury.

EASTER 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 30 March.

Thereafter, Members may table questions for oral and written answer through the e-tabling

system or by post. Questions for written answer received after 30 March and before 4.30pm

on Thursday 13 April will be treated as having been tabled on 13 April.

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:

Last date of tabling* Date for answer Departments etc.

Thursday 30 March Tuesday 18 April Treasury (T)***

Thursday 30 March Wednesday 19 April Scotland

Prime Minister

Thursday 30 March Thursday 20 April Environment, Food and Rural

Affairs (T)

Church Commissioners and

House of Commons

Commission and Public

Accounts Commission and

Speaker’s Committee on the

Electoral Commission

Tuesday 18 April ** Monday 24 April Communities and Local

Government (T)

Tuesday 18 April ** Wednesday 26 April Wales

The results of the shuffles on 30 March will be published on 31 March. 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) denotes that there are Topical questions for this 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 Easter

Adjournment is 10.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Monday 27 March

(for answer on Thursday 30 March).

Time of tabling Earliest date for named day answer

Monday 27 March before 10.30pm or rise of

House

Thursday 30 March

From Tuesday 28 March until 5.30pm or rise

of House on Thursday 30 March

Tuesday 18 April

From rise of House on Thursday 30 March

until 4.30pm on Thursday 13 April

Thursday 20 April (Each Member may table

up to five named day questions during this

period.)

Tuesday 18 April Monday 24 April

EASTER 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 30 March. Such amendments will be

available online from Friday 31 March.

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; and,

by prior arrangement with the PBO, by e-mail. The PBO will be open for the receipt of

amendments from 11am to 4.30pm on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 April.

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 18, 19 and 20 April:

Prisons and Courts Bill Public Bill Committee on Tuesday 18 April: deadline is 4.30pm on

Tuesday 11 April

Prisons and Courts Bill Public Bill Committee on Thursday 20 April: deadline is 4.30pm on

Thursday 13 April

The table below shows the deadlines, first publication date and selection eligibility for

amendments submitted during the recess.

Deadline for tabling First publication* First day eligible for

selection

Last sitting day

Rise of House, Thursday

30 March

Friday 31 March Tuesday 18 April

During the recess

4.30pm, Tuesday 11 April Wednesday 12 April Tuesday 18 April

4.30pm, Wednesday

12 April

Thursday 13 April Wednesday 19 April

4.30pm, Thursday 13 April Tuesday 18 April Thursday 20 April

*Amendments are published online the morning after they are tabled, provisionally

‘marshalled’ into the order in which they relate to the bill.

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

WRITTEN STATEMENTS

Text of today’s Written Statements

SELECT COMMITTEES

Select Committees Webpage

Recent Select Committee Reports

STANDING ORDERS RELATING TO PUBLIC BUSINESS

Text of Standing Orders relating to public business

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

All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices

Tuesday 28 March 2017 Order Paper No.133: 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.

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.

WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH

CHAMBER

Private Business

NOTICE OF MOTION AT THE TIME OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

Chairman of Ways and Means

Standing Orders (Private Business): That the Amendments to Standing Orders relating to

Private Business set out in the Schedule be made.

Notes:

Private Business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

For the Schedule, see the Notice Paper relating to Private Business.

An Explanatory Memorandum is available in the Vote Office.

The Notice Paper and Explanatory Memorandum are also available on the HousePapers App.

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

11.53am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International

Development

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Public Authority (Accountability): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Andy Burnham

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to set a requirement on public institutions, public servants

and officials and on those carrying out functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and

with candour and frankness; to define the public law duty on them to assist courts, official

inquiries and investigations; to enable victims to enforce such duties; to create offences for the

breach of certain duties; to provide funding for victims and their relatives in certain

proceedings before the courts and at official inquiries and investigations; and for connected

purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

PENSION SCHEMES BILL [LORDS]: PROGRAMME (NO. 3)

Secretary Damian Green

That the Order of 30 January 2017 (Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] (Programme)), as varied by

the Order of 22 March 2017 (Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)) be further

varied as follows:

(1) The Order of 22 March 2017 (Pension Schemes Bill) [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)) shall be

rescinded.

(2) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order of 30 January 2017 (Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

(Programme)) shall be omitted.

(3) Proceedings on Consideration shall be brought to a conclusion immediately after the

conclusion of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.

(4) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion 90 minutes after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.

PENSION SCHEMES BILL [LORDS]: REMAINING STAGES

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be further considered.

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

The Chairman of Ways and Means has named Opposed Private Business for

Consideration

MIDDLE LEVEL BILL: SECOND READING

Notes:

The debate will last for up to three hours (Order of 24 March).

Adjournment Debate

Hyde Housing policies in Lambeth: Kate Hoey

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered schools funding in London: Helen Hayes

11.00am That this House has considered homeopathy and the NHS: David

Tredinnick

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered the all-party parliamentary group report

Impact of Health and Social Care Act on HIV treatment: Mike Freer

4.00pm That this House has considered the West of England's joint spatial plan and

green space in Thornbury and Yate: Luke Hall

4.30pm That this House has considered the Breathing Space scheme to help

families in debt: Kelly Tolhurst

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 30 MARCH

CHAMBER

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

10.30am Business Question to the Leader of the House

Afterwards

Backbench Business

ANIMAL WELFARE

Neil Parish

That this House notes that current penalties for animal welfare offences in England are

amongst the lowest in Europe; believes that while the Government's plans for a new licensing

regime for dogs in England is welcome the Government should consider a ban on the third

party sale of dogs; and calls on the Government to increase the maximum penalty for animal

welfare offences to five years, as recommended in the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Select Committee’s Third Report, Animal welfare in England: domestic pets, HC 117.

Relevant Documents:

Fourth Special Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Animal Welfare in England:

domestic pets: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report, HC 1003.

MATTERS TO BE RAISED BEFORE THE FORTHCOMING ADJOURNMENT

Ian Mearns, on behalf of the Backbench Business Committee

That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment.

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

Adjournment Debate

Affordability of sanitary products: Paula Sherriff

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the future of local and regional news

providers: Helen Goodman [R], Jason McCartney, Liz Saville Roberts

Notes:

The subject for this debate 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)).

TUESDAY 18 APRIL

CHAMBER

The House will sit at 2.30pm on Tuesday 18 April (Standing Order No. 9(1)).

Private Business

NEW SOUTHGATE CEMETERY BILL [LORDS]: THIRD READING

Mr Christopher Chope

On Third Reading of the New Southgate Cemetery Bill [Lords], to move, That the Bill be read

the third time upon this day six months.

Notes:

No debate, and may not be proceeded with as it is opposed.

2.30pm Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Afterwards

Parish Council Governance (Principles of Public Life): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Mims Davies

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the governance and operation of

parish councils in England; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading

Notes:

The Speaker has certified that Clauses 2 and 60 on the Bill relate exclusively to England, Wales and Northern

Ireland on matters within devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No 83J as applied by Standing

Order No. 83S).

WESTMINSTER HALL

Westminster Hall will sit from 11.30am to 1.30pm, and then again from 4.30pm for up to 3

hours (Order of 27 March).

WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL

CHAMBER

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Child Maintenance (Assessment of Parents’ Income): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Mr David Burrowes

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to equalise the assessment and enforcement of child

maintenance arrangements of children of self-employed parents with that of children of other

employed parents; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

THURSDAY 20 APRIL

CHAMBER

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural

Affairs

10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and

Rural Affairs

10.10am Questions to the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons

Commission, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's

Committee on the Electoral Commission

10.30am Business Question to the Leader of the House

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the Third Report of the Transport

Committee, Volkswagen emissions scandal and vehicle type approval, HC

69, and the Government response, HC 699: Mrs Louise Ellman

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Liaison Committee.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order

No. 10(3)).

MONDAY 24 APRIL

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 172405 relating to GCSE English

Literature exams: 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)).

TUESDAY 25 APRIL

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Rachel Reeves

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.

WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL

CHAMBER

Construction Industry (Protection of Cash Retentions): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Alan Brown

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to safeguard, and for the release of,

cash retentions in the construction industry; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

TUESDAY 2 MAY

CHAMBER

The House will sit at 2.30pm on Tuesday 2 May (Standing Order No. 9(1)).

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Danny Kinahan

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.

WESTMINSTER HALL

Westminster Hall will sit from 11.30am to 1.30pm, and then again from 4.30pm for up to 3

hours (Order of 27 March).

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Keith Vaz

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.

MONDAY 8 MAY

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 170931 relating to the TV Licence

fee: David Mackintosh

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)).

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. DEFENCE

Mark Lancaster

That the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2017, which was laid before this

House on 20 February, be approved.

2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE BILL: REMAINING STAGES

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Before Second Reading the Speaker certified that Clauses 1 to 7, 9, 12, 13, 15 to 29 and 31 to 38, 40

and 41 of, and Schedule 1, 2, 4 and 5 to, the Local Government Finance Bill relate exclusively to

England and are within devolved legislative competence.

3. SENIOR COURTS

Secretary Elizabeth Truss

That the draft Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2017, which was laid before this

House on 24 February, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and Wales and is within

devolved legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83P).

4. INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES

Secretary Boris Johnson

That the draft European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern

Hemisphere (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before

this House on 28 February, be approved.

5. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, SCOTLAND

Secretary David Mundell

That the draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2017,

which were laid before this House on 8 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

6. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, SCOTLAND

Secretary David Mundell

That the draft Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (Scotland) Order 2017, which was laid

before this House on 8 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

7. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Chris Skidmore

That the draft Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2017,

which was laid before this House on 8 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

8. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Chris Skidmore

That the draft Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2017,

which was laid before this House on 8 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

9. EMPLOYMENT

Ben Gummer

That the draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public

Sector) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this House on 9 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

10. CRIMINAL LAW

Secretary Chris Grayling

That the draft Specified Agreement on Driving Disqualifications Regulations 2017, which

were laid before this House on 9 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

11. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Andrew Percy

That the draft Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017, which was laid before this

House on 13 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has certified that the Instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved

legislative competence (Standing Order No. 83P).

12. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS

Simon Kirby

That the draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies)

Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 13 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

13. CORPORATION TAX

Jane Ellison

That the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (Part 8C) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017,

No. 364), dated 13 March 2017, a copy of which was laid before this House on 13 March,

be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments.

14. IMMIGRATION

Secretary Amber Rudd

That the draft Immigration Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) (Biometrics and Legal

Aid) Regulations 2017, 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.

15. ENERGY

Secretary Greg Clark

That the draft Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations

2017, which were laid before this House on 14 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

16. ENERGY

Secretary Greg Clark

That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2017, which was laid

before this House on 14 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

17. DANGEROUS DRUGS

Secretary Amber Rudd

That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before

this House on 14 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

18. DEFENCE

Secretary Michael Fallon

That the draft International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and

Privileges) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 16 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has not yet considered the Instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).

19. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Andrew Percy

That the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment)

Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 20 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has not yet considered the Instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).

20. ELECTRICITY

Secretary Greg Clark

That the draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2017, a copy of which was

laid before this House on 22 March, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

The Speaker has not yet considered the Instrument for certification (Standing Order No. 83P).

21. VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AND AVIATION BILL: REMAINING STAGES

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).