Wednesday, 2 March 2011
The Minister for the Cabinet Office was asked—
In which regions the national citizen service will operate in the summer of 2011.
What steps he plans to take to ensure that the big society bank has a social mission as part of its statutory remit.
What assessment his Department has made of the potential efficiency savings from the use of teleconferencing.
What progress his Department has made in establishing a big society bank.
What estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of jobs in the voluntary sector in the next three years.
What steps he is taking to make Government procurement simpler for small and medium-sized enterprises.
What assessment he has made of the progress of the work of the big society ministerial group.
What steps he is taking to reduce the risk of fraud in public sector procurement.
How many valid bids the transition fund received.
The Prime Minister was asked—
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 March.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on redundancies in the armed forces.
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr William Cash presented a Bill to make provision about the prevention of terrorism. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
[Relevant documents: The Fifth Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009-10, Sure Start Children’s Centres, HC 130, and the Government response, Fourth...
[Relevant documents: The uncorrected oral evidence taken by the Treasury Sub-committee on 19 January, HC 731-i, and 8 February, HC 731-ii; the oral evidence taken by the Treasury Committee on...
Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2011, for expenditure by the Department for Education— (1) further resources, not exceeding £240,806,000, be authorised for use as...
Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2011, for expenditure by HM Revenue and Customs— (1) further resources, not exceeding £303,044,000, be authorised for use as set out...
Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2011, modifications in the maximum numbers in the Reserve Naval and Marines Forces set out in Supplementary Votes A 2010-11, HC 777, be...
Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2011, modifications in the maximum numbers in the Reserve Land Forces set out in Supplementary Votes A 2010-11, HC 777, be authorised for the...
Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2012, a number not exceeding 42,550 all ranks be maintained for Naval Service and that numbers in the Reserve Naval and Marines Forces be...
Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2012, a number not exceeding 124,270 all ranks be maintained for Army Service and that numbers in the Reserve Land Forces be authorised for...
Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2012, a number not exceeding 44,730 all ranks be maintained for Air Force Service and that numbers in the Reserve Air Forces be authorised...
Resolved, That, for the year that ended with 31 March 2010— (1) resources, not exceeding £747,000, be authorised for use to make good excesses of certain resources for defence and...
Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2011— (1) further resources, not exceeding £35,218,080,000, be authorised for defence and civil services as set out in Spring...
Presentation and First Reading Mr Mark Hoban accordingly presented a Bill to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 and to...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 41A(3)), That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of...
[Relevant document: Eighth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2011, HC 838.]
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which were laid before this House on 10 January, be approved.—(Jeremy...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119(11)),
That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 15274/10 and Addendum, relating to a Commission Green Paper on Audit Policy—Lessons from the Crisis; and supports the...
This petition was presented to me after a visit to the Catch 22 project in the Barton Hill area of my constituency, which is the most deprived ward in the city of Bristol, and one of the most...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jeremy Wright.)
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