Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Further consideration of Bill, as amended, opposed and deferred until Tuesday 7 February ( Standing Order No. 20).
Second Readings opposed and deferred until Tuesday 7 February ( Standing Order No. 20).
The Secretary of State was asked—
How many offenders served part or all of their sentence working on community projects in Kettering constituency in 2011; and for which organisations work was carried out.
What steps he plans to take to support law centres.
What steps he is taking to promote reform of the European Court of Human Rights.
What steps he is taking to transfer more foreign national prisoners to their home countries.
What assessment he has made of the availability of free legal advice.
What steps his Department is taking to support victims of crime.
What steps he is taking to encourage the inclusion of peer mentoring in prisons as part of the training of prison officers.
What steps he plans to take to maintain public safety when implementing his plans for the future of the Probation Service.
What arrangements his Department has put in place to deal with any future shortfall in prison places.
What assessment his Department has made of the effect on women of his proposed changes to legal aid.
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Greater Manchester intensive alternative to custody project in reducing reoffending and the use of short-term prison sentences.
What assessment he has made of the effect of his reforms to conditional fee arrangements on people's ability to pursue civil cases against newspapers and other media organisations.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on yesterday’s informal European Council. Countries right across Europe need bold action to recover their economic dynamism,...
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You will know that the ministerial code of conduct makes it clear that Ministers have to provide timely answers to written questions tabled by Members of the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Business, Innovation and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Transport to Birmingham;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Education to Nottingham;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for International Development...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Work and Pensions to Leeds;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to relocate the headquarters of the Department for Communities and Local...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to reduce the number of police forces in England to ten; and for connected purposes. Bill read the First time;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to amend the Local Government Act 1992 to allow for the establishment of unitary authorities throughout England;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to repatriate to the United Kingdom before the end of 2015 all British...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to amend the Child Benefit Act 2005 to disqualify nationals of European Union member states other than the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to make provision to limit the membership of the House of Lords to 300 unpaid members; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to amend the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to provide for an additional council tax band applicable to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to amend the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to provide for three additional council tax bands applicable to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to stipulate a maximum salary for public sector employees; and for connected purposes. Bill read the First time;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to prohibit the payment of bonus payments to higher rate taxpayers working in the public sector; and for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to require the authorisation by Parliament of corporate tax reductions by amounts exceeding £100,000 by Her...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to abolish the payment of grants to persons ceasing to hold Ministerial and other offices; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) John Mann presented a Bill to provide that Ministerial salaries shall not exceed the basic salary paid to Members of Parliament by more...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Zac Goldsmith presented a Bill to permit voters to recall their elected representatives in specified circumstances; and for connected...
Motion for leave to introduce a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Further considered in Committee
I beg to move amendment 79, page 4, line 35, at end insert— ‘(1) Each local authority in preparing its council tax reduction scheme should start on the basis that,...
Amendments made: 86, page 51, line 8, schedule 4, leave out sub-paragraphs (1) and (2). 87, page 51, line 40, at beginning insert ‘In Schedule 2...
Amendment made: 17, in clause 10, page 7, line 17, at end insert— ‘( ) In section 13(3) (amounts which may be reduced by regulations) after...
‘The Secretary of State shall be required to pay an additional grant to a local authority if, at the end of any financial year, the total expenditure incurred by the authority under any...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft City of Liverpool (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) The Deputy Speaker’s opinion as to the...
That the Value Added Tax (Land Exemption) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 58), dated 11 January 2012, a copy of which was laid before this House on 11 January, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.)...
That the draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 11 January, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and Question...
That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) Question...
That the draft City of Leeds (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) Madam Deputy Speaker’s opinion as to the...
That the draft City of Bristol (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) Madam Deputy Speaker’s opinion as to the...
That the draft Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012, which were laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Mr Dunne.) Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119(11)),
That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 12046/11, relating to a draft Directive on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC; and supports the...
That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 17697/09, a draft Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Dunne.)
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