Monday, 11 December 2017
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps her Department is taking to enhance social mobility.
What steps she is taking to monitor the financial accountability of multi-academy trusts.
What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of capital funding for schools.
What steps she is taking to ensure that academic A-levels are taught in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.
What steps the Government are taking to encourage pupils to take up science, technology, engineering and maths.
What steps her Department is taking to promote coding and programming education in schools.
If she will make an assessment of the adequacy of local authorities’ oversight of the education and wellbeing of children who are home-schooled.
What steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of children taken into care.
What recent assessment she has made of trends in teacher recruitment and retention.
What progress her Department has made on meeting its 2020 target for quality apprenticeship starts.
What progress has been made on developing family hubs.
What steps the Government are taking to invest in apprenticeships.
What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of pupils studying Mandarin.
What assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on staffing levels in universities.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on the negotiations for our departure from the European Union. On Friday morning, the Government and the European Commission...
With your permission, Mr Speaker, and following my undertaking to the House, I will make a statement about my visit to the middle east, from where I returned this morning. This is a crucial time...
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wish to apologise sincerely to the House for inadvertently acting in breach of our code of conduct when I used parliamentary resources during my independent...
Second Reading
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Finance (No. 2) Bill:
(1) The following shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House— (a) Clause 8 (exemption for armed forces’ accommodation allowances); (b) Clause 33 and Schedule 9 (the bank...
(3) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two days. (4) Those proceedings shall be taken on each of those days in the order shown in the first column of the following...
(7) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 18 January 2018. (8) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to...
(10) Proceedings on Consideration and proceedings in legislative grand committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption...
With the leave of the House, I propose to take motions 3 to 16 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Risk Transformation (Tax) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this House on 12 October, be approved.
That the draft Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors—Registered Pharmacies) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 13 November, be approved.
That the draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 October, be approved. That the draft...
That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Insolvency Functions) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 14 September, be approved.
That the draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations: Code of Practice) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 October, be approved. That the draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 October, be approved.
That the draft Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 13 September, be approved.
That the draft Scottish Banknote (Designation of Authorised Bank) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this House on 12 September, be approved.
That the draft Electronic Communications Code (Jurisdiction) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this House on 19 October, be approved. That the draft Communications Act 2003 and the...
Ordered, That Jo Platt be a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Ordered, That Jo Platt be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Kerry McCarthy be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
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