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Posted By: business_statement on 13/09/2011 at 06:48

Today in Parliament (13/09/2011)

House of Commons

Main Chamber

14:30 Questions Justice, including Topical Questions at 15:15
15:30 Urgent Questions / Statements If any
15:30* Ten Minute Rule Motion Motor Insurance Regulation – Mr Jack Straw
15:40* Opposition Day [20th allotted day] (1) Opportunities for the next generation;
(2) Careers service for young people
22:00 Adjournment Debate Economic value of microgravity research – Dr Phillip Lee

Westminster Hall

09.30 Adjournment Debate Tourism in Yorkshire – Nigel Adams
11:00 Road fuel duties – Mr Brian H Donohoe
12.30 Future of the radar industry – Mr Andrew Turner
13:00 Aid to Gaza – Michael Connarty
13:30 – 14:00 UK environment capital and the City of Peterborough – Mr Stewart Jackson

General Committees

10:30 & 16:00 Committee Room 12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
10:30 & 16:00 Committee Room 9 Public Bodies Bill [HL] Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill

Select Committees

10:00 Committee Room 6 Political and Constitutional Reform
Subject: Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration
Witness(es): Stratford on Avon District Council, Southwark Council and Tower Hamlets Council; Simon Woolley, Director, OperationBlack Vote (at 10:30 am); Scope (at 11:00 am); Electoral Reform Society (at 11:30 am)
10:00 Committee Room 15 Home Affairs
Subject: Roots of Violent Radicalisation, Work of the UK Border Agency
Witness(es): (i) Congressman King, Chairman, United States House Committee on Homeland Security; Rashad Ali, Centri, and Maajid Nawaz, Quilliam Foundation (at 11a.m.); (ii) Jonathan Sedgwick, Acting Chief Executive, UK Border Agency (at 11:45 a.m.)
10:30 The Wilson Room, Portcullis House Business, Innovation and Skills
Subject: Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
Witness(es): Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Communications at Cardiff University
10:30 Committee Room 5 International Development
Subject: Working Effectively in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
Witness(es): Global Witness; Institute of Development Studis
10:30 Committee Room 8 Health
Subject: Public Expenditure
Witness(es): John Appleby, Chief Economist, Health Policy, The Kings Fund, and Dr Judith Smith, Head of Policy, Nuffield Trust; Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, and Jo Webber, Deputy Policy Director, NHS Confederation, and Councillor David Rogers OBE, Chair, Community Wellbeing Board, and Andrew Cozens, Strategic Adviser, Children, Adults and Health Services, Local Government Group (at 11:30 am)
14:15 The Grimond Room, Portcullis House Transport
Subject: High Speed Rail
Witness(es): Sir Brian Briscoe, Chairman, Alison Munro, Chief Executive, and Professor Andrew McNaughton, Chief Engineer, HS2 Ltd; and Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport (at 3.15 pm)
15:20 Committee Room 15 Committee on Members’ Expenses
Subject: The Operation of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Witness(es): IPSA
15:30 Committee Room 2 Draft Financial Services Bill Joint Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
Witness(es): (at 3.45pm) Andrea Enria, Chairman, new European Banking Authority

European Committees

No Business

House of Lords

Main Chamber

14:30* Oral Question *Lord Cotter to ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made with the measures proposed to help businesses damaged or destroyed as a result of the recent riots in England.
14:40* *Lord Hoyle to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the political views of the coalition in Libya and their policies for running the country.
14:50* *Lord Eden of Winton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the effect of logging operations in the rainforests of Africa, Asia and South America; and what is the likely impact on the indigenous human, plant and animal life.
14:55* *Lord Wright of Richmond to ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to respond to any bid by the Palestinians for Palestinian statehood at the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly.
Afterwards Motion Draft Financial Services Bill Lord Strathclyde to move that, notwithstanding the Resolution of this House of 21 June, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the Draft Financial Services Bill that it should report on the draft Bill by 16 December 2011.
Afterwards Baroness Wilcox intends to move the following three motions en bloc: but if any Lord objects the motions must be moved separately to the extent desired.
Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011 Baroness Wilcox to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 5 July be approved. 27th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, considered in Grand Committee on 7 September
Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2011 Baroness Wilcox to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 27 June be approved. 26th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, considered in Grand Committee on 7 September
Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 Baroness Wilcox to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 June be approved. 26th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, considered in Grand Committee on 7 September
Afterwards Legislation Welfare Reform Bill Second Reading [Lord Freud]

Grand Committee

15:30 Committee Motion Lord Krebs to move that the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Science and Technology Committee on Public Procurement as a tool to stimulate innovation (First Report
Afterwards Baroness O’Cathain to move that the Grand Committee do consider the Report of the European Union Committee on Re-launching the Single Market (15th Report

Committees

08:00 Communications
Subject:
Witness(es): Committee visit to MediaCityUK, Manchester.
10:30 Committee Room 2 Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (EU Sub-Committee A)
Subject:
Witness(es): This is a private meeting.
10:30 Committee Room 4A Science and Technology
Subject:
Witness(es): This is a private meeting.
15:15 Committee Room 3 Communications
Subject:
Witness(es): This is a private meeting.
15:30 Committee Room 2 Draft Financial Services Bill Joint Committee
Subject: to consider the Bill
Witness(es): (at 3.35pm) Mr Andrea Enria, Chairman of the new European Banking Authority.
15:30 Committee Room 1 Economic Affairs
Subject: The Economic Impact and Effectiveness of Development Aid
Witness(es): (at 3.35pm) Mr Simon Trace, Chief Executive, Practical Action; Mr Alex Cobham, Chief Policy Adviser, Christian Aid; Mr Patrick Watt, Director of Policy & Research, Save the Children; and Mr Max Lawson, acting Head of Advocacy, Oxfam.
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