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1 HOUSE OF COMMONS SESSIONAL DIARY November 2004 to 7 April 2005 Prepared in the Journal Office of the House of Commons

2 INTRODUCTION 1. This diary records the business on which the House spent its in Session , analysed into categories, and similar information for sittings in Westminster Hall. It is intended mainly to provide information in response to statistical inquiries, and in using it the following points should be borne in mind: (a) The diary does not include business which took little or no, such as presentations of bills, unopposed private business, and motions agreed to without debate or division. (b) Divisions are normally included with the business to which they relate. (c) Timings are taken from the Official Report, using the printed s where available, and otherwise taking a column of debate to last three minutes. Daily prayers are assumed to last a standard five minutes (and are not itemised in the analysis), and the at which the House rose is taken from the Votes and Proceedings. (d) Periods of suspension are included in the total sitting, and are listed in section 14h of the analysis (Miscellaneous). However, the 2½-hour suspension from to in Westminster Hall on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays (introduced on 1 January 2003) is shown in brackets in the Duration column and is left out of the totals. Other suspensions in Westminster Hall are included in the totals and in the analysis under section 5. (e) The s in the column headed After refer to business taken after the as the moment of interruption. In Session , these s were as follows: Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2200 *1900 * * 2200 on the day of the State Opening of Parliament and immediately following a periodic adjournment. (f) All s are in hours and minutes, using the 24-hour clock. 2. A Sessional Diary has been kept in the Journal Office for most sessions since 1906, although in the early years s were kept only to the nearest quarter hour. An analysis substantially in the current form begins in the 1960s. The totals from the analysis have been reproduced in the Sessional Information Digest since and in the House s Sessional Returns since ii

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS AND TOTALS Part Contents Duration After Page I Diary for House 1 II Analysis for House Addresses other than Prayers Government bills a Second readings: committed to standing committee b Second readings: committal to Committee of whole House (wholly or partly) c Second readings: no committal (Consolidation bills) d Committee of the whole House e Consideration f Third reading g Lords amendments h Allocation of motions i Committal and carry-over motions Private Members bills a Second readings (and all stages) b Later stages 4. Private bills at for opposed private business 5. Government motions a European Union documents b Business motions c General Opposition business a Opposition days b Opposition motions in Government 7. Private Members motions 3.32 a Substantive motions b Ten-minute rule motions Adjournment motions a Government b Recess c S.O. No. 24 debates d Daily Estimates iii

4 Part Contents Duration After Page 10. Money Resolutions Ways and Means Affirmative Statutory Instruments Negative Statutory Instruments 14. Business when no Question before House a Questions b Urgent Questions c Statements d Business Statements e S.O. No. 24 Applications f Points of order g Public petitions h Miscellaneous Daily prayers III Diary for Westminster Hall 44 IV Analysis for Westminster Hall Private Members Adjournment Debates Government Adjournment Debates Liaison Committee Adjournment Debates Questions 5. Miscellaneous iv

5 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 1 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE Time Subject Duration After 1. Tuesday 23rd November Prayers Message from the Queen: suspension Miscellaneous: Speaker s Statement [duties and responsibilities of Members] Government Motion: Sessional Orders [Metropolitan Police] Address [1st day] Adjournment: Mr Martin Caton: Learning-disabled Athletes House rose [Totals for session: 9.28; 0.00] Wednesday 24th November Address [2nd day] Public Petition: Mr Andrew Rosindell: GP Surgery (Romford) Adjournment: Sir Teddy Taylor: Iran House rose [Totals for session: 17.24; 0.26] Thursday 25th November Business Statement Address [3rd day] Adjournment: Mr Tony Colman: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation House rose [Totals for session: 24.20; 0.52] Monday 29th November Prayers Questions: Defence Statement: Mr Secretary Straw: Middle East and Ukraine Points of Order: Mr Edward Garnier: requesting a statement about proposed night flights in the Nottingham area Andrew Selous: calling for a statement about cuts to battalions of English infantry regiments Address [4th day] Adjournment: Diana Organ: Debt and Financial Advice (Forest of Dean) House rose [Totals for session: 32.20; 1.22]

6 2 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 5. Tuesday 30th November Questions: Scotland (21); Advocate General for Scotland (6); Constitutional 0.57 Affairs (21); Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission (9) Statement: Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, Mr Adam Ingram: Deepcut 0.48 Allegations Point of Order: Mr Andrew Selous: calling for a statement about cuts to 0.01 battalions of English infantry regiments Address [5th day] [Division] Public Petitions: Mr Andrew Rosindell: Crossrail; Mr Adrian Sanders: Riverside Mental Health Care Unit Adjournment: Annette Brooke: Child Support Agency House rose [Totals for session: 40.33; 2.05] Wednesday 1st December Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (31) Point of Order: Mr Andrew Turner: seeking advice on how to clarify an answer given by the Prime Minister on the numbers of jobs dependent on membership of the EU Address [6th day] [Divisions] Public Petitions: Mr Bernard Jenkin: Traveller Sites; Barbara Follett: Primary Schools (Stevenage) Adjournment: Mr David Kidney: Coroners Courts House rose [Totals for session: 49.16; 3.18] Thursday 2nd December Questions: Education and Skills (45); Solicitor-General (12) Statement: Chancellor of the Exchequer: Pre-Budget Report Statement: Minister for Local and Regional Government, Mr Nick Raynsford: 1.00 Local Government Finance Settlement Business Statement Government Adjournment: Fisheries Adjournment: Miss Ann Widdecombe: Transfer of services from Maidstone Hospital to Tunbridge Wells House rose [Totals for session: 56.36; 4.08]

7 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 3 Time Subject Duration After 8. Monday 6th December Prayers Questions: Culture, Media and Sport (41); Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker s Committee on the Electoral Commission (16) Statement: Mr Secretary Johnson: Benefits Uprating and Welfare Reform Second Reading: Railways Bill [Division] Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Railways Bill (Programme) [Division] Adjournment: Dr Vincent Cable: Private Finance Initiative education contracts House rose [Totals for session: 65.01; 5.03] Tuesday 7th December Questions: Health Point of Order: Hugh Robertson: asking why the Government had failed to make 0.01 an expected statement about the future of sport Second Reading: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill 6.27 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (Programme) [Division] Public Petition: Pete Wishart: Scottish Regiments Adjournment: Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas: Consultation with victims families in the review of life tariffs House rose [Totals for session: 73.10; 5.42] Wednesday 8th December Questions: Wales (25); Prime Minister (31) Second Reading: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill 4.52 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme) 0.18 [Division] Points of Order: Mr John Gummer; Mr Michael Jack: asking whether the Speaker had received a request from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to give an oral report about two documents published today. Dr Andrew Murrison: asking whether the Speaker thought the Minister of State for Health, Ms Rosie Winterton, should come to the House to explain why talks between the British Dental Association and the Government had broken down Public Petition: Jeff Ennis: Care Homes Adjournment: Norman Baker: Eye treatment and the case of Mr Adrian Patrick House rose [Totals for session: 80.06; 5.42]

8 4 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 11. Thursday 9th December Questions: Trade and Industry (46); Women (11) Business Statement Statement: Mr Secretary Murphy: Northern Ireland Points of Order: Mr John Bercow: seeking guidance on reports that under the new tabling system not all written Parliamentary Questions tabled by members received replies. Mr David Trimble: asking how he could find out which written Parliamentary Questions he had tabled have not received answers Estimates [1st Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Department for Work and Pensions: IT 1.58 Projects Estimates [1st Allotted Day: 2nd Part]: Department for Education and Skills: Academies Adjournment: Mr Ben Chapman: Allotments House rose [Totals for session: 87.08; 6.14] Monday 13th December Prayers Questions: Work and Pensions Points of Order: Mr Julian Brazier; Mr Mark Francois: asking whether the Speaker had received notice of a Parliamentary Statement relating to cuts in the Territorial Army, or whether a Minister could be called to clarify the matter. Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asking whether the Speaker could find out why the Home Office had failed to answer a Parliamentary Question in a reasonable period of. Mr John Bercow: asking whether it was in order for the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to fail to participate in the Opposition Day on School Discipline Opposition Day [1st Allotted Day]: School Discipline; Family Justice [Divisions] Public Petitions: Keith Vaz: Gateway College; Fireworks Adjournment: Helen Jackson: Government Support for Crown Green Bowling House rose [Totals for session: 95.25; 7.01] Tuesday 14th December Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Allocation of Time: Mental Capacity Bill (Programme) (No. 3) Consideration: Mental Capacity Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Mental Capacity Bill [Division] Public Petition: Valerie Davey: Pensions Payments Adjournment: Mr Gregory Barker: Rail Services to Bexhill House rose [Totals for session: ; 7.45]

9 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 5 Time Subject Duration After 14. Wednesday 15th December Questions: International Development (25); Prime Minister (31) Points of Order: Mr Lembit Öpik: apologising to the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence for misrepresenting the Minister s comments. Mr Eric Forth: asking the Speaker to call the Government Chief Whip to order for throwing a book at an Honourable Member. Mr Patrick McLoughlin: requesting that the Speaker summon the Lord Chancellor to the House to apologise for suggesting that documents were available to Members during yesterday s debate when they were not. Mr George Foulkes: requesting clarification of the opposition deputy Chief Whip s role during points of order. Mr William Cash: suggesting that yesterday s programme motion had prevented sufficient consideration of the issues raised in the debate. Rev. Martin Smyth: asking if the Speaker had received a request from the Minister of Health to make a statement about diagnosing people as terminally ill. Deputy Leader of the House, Mr Phil Woolas: informing the Speaker that the Leader of the House would cooperate fully in ensuring that the facts relating to the distribution of letters in yesterday s debate were uncovered Government Adjournment: European Affairs Public Petitions: Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons: Rochdale Metro Link; Mr Bill Cash: 0.05 Draycott Manor School: St Mildred s School: St. John s School Adjournment: Huw Edwards: Tenant Farmers House rose [Totals for session: ; 7.45] Thursday 16th December Questions: Treasury Statement: Mr Secretary Hoon: Future Infantry Structure Business Statement Points of Order: Mrs Theresa May: seeking guidance on how to ensure Ministers do not make false claims to the House about the policies of the Opposition. Mr Oliver Heald: correcting information he had provided to the House earlier Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Government s Assessment [Division] Consideration: School Transport Bill [Divisions] Third reading: School Transport Bill [Division] Public Petition: Jane Griffiths: Asylum Seekers (Reading) House rose [Totals for session: ; 7.58]

10 6 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 16. Monday 20th December Prayers Questions: Home Department Urgent Question: Mr David Heath: Belmarsh Judgment Statement: Prime Minister: Brussels European Council Point of Order: Mrs Alice Mahon: asking if the Home Secretary had indicated 0.01 whether he would be making a statement on recent events in Birmingham Government Motions: Retirement of Sir Michael John Austin Cummins 0.17 (Serjeant at Arms) Second Reading: Identity Cards Bill [Divisions] Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Identity Cards Bill (Programme) [Division] Money Resolution: Identity Cards Bill [Money] [Divisions] Public Petition: Jane Griffiths: Carers Adjournment: Mr Alistair Carmichael: Hydrocarbon Technology House rose [Totals for session: ; 9.19] Tuesday 21st December Questions: Transport (45); Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster/Cabinet Office 0.56 (11) Statement: Solicitor-General, Ms Harriet Harman: Infant Death Syndrome Point of Order: Mr John Smith: asking if a Minister from the Ministry of Defence had indicated they would be making a statement about the disbandment of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency Recess Adjournment: [Christmas Adjournment] Public Petition: Andrew Selous: Luton Airport Adjournment: Tom Cox: Adults Abused in Childhood House rose [Totals for session: ; 9.48]

11 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 7 Time Subject Duration After 18. Monday 10th January Prayers Questions: Defence Statement: Prime Minister: Asian Tsunami Points of Order: Mr Michael Ancram: asking whether the Secretary of State for Defence had been in order to make a substantive announcement about the deployment of troops to Iraq in answer to a Parliamentary Question. Mr Crispin Blunt: asking about the balance of Members called by the Speaker in supplementary questions Second Reading: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill [Divisions] Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) [Division] Allocation of Time: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] Adjournment: Robert Syms: Mr Douglas Shave House rose [Totals for session: ; 10.54] Tuesday 11th January Questions: Scotland (21); Advocate General for Scotland (6); Constitutional 0.58 Affairs (21); Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission (10) Urgent Question: Sir Gerald Kaufman: Hunting Act Statement: Mr Secretary Straw: Guantanamo Bay Statement: Mr Secretary Murphy: Northern Ireland Statement: Minister for the Environment and Agri-environment, Mr Elliot 0.37 Morley: Flooding (North-West) Point of Order: Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody: expressing concern that insufficient may be left for the main business following 3 statements and an urgent question Second Reading: Road Safety Bill 3.39 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Road Safety Bill (Programme) Public Petition: Mr Derek Wyatt: Cliff Erosion Adjournment: Mr Mark Todd: Community Transport (South Derbyshire) House rose [Totals for session: ; 11.42]

12 8 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 20. Wednesday 12th January Questions: Deputy Prime Minister (25); Prime Minister (32) Urgent Question: Pete Wishart: Severe Weather Points of Order: Mr David Trimble: asking the Speaker to ensure that Ministers answering urgent questions are able to provide information on all geographical areas affected. Mr Tam Dalyell: asking whether the Speaker expected the Secretary of State for Defence to make a statement on the use of assassination squads in Iraq Presentation of Private Members Bills Second Reading: Child Benefit Bill 3.20 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Child Benefit Bill (Programme) [Division] Public Petitions: Lembit Öpik: Radio Masts (Caersws); Bob Spink: Public Halls 0.04 (Castle Point) Adjournment: Andrew George: EU Objective 1 Regions House rose [Totals for session: ; 12.11] Thursday 13th January Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Business Statement Points of Order: Mrs Angela Browning: asking the Speaker to re-examine the ways in which Members questions are answered. Mr Oliver Heald: asking whether the Constitutional Reform Bill should be committed to the floor of the House for its Committee stage Second Reading: Consumer Credit Bill 4.23 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Consumer Credit Bill (Programme) [Division] Adjournment: David Wright: Rail Services (Telford) House rose [Totals for session: ; 12.50]

13 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 9 Time Subject Duration After 22. Monday 17th January Prayers Questions: Culture, Media and Sport (40); Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker s Committee on the Electoral Commission (15) Point of Order: Mr Tam Dalyell: asking if the Speaker had received a request from the Foreign Office or Ministry of Defence for a Minister to make a statement on the impact of violence on the Iraqi elections Second Reading: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] [Division] Committed to a Committee of the Whole House Allocation of Time: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) [Division] Adjournment: Keith Vaz: Violent Video Games House rose [Totals for session: ; 13.46] Tuesday 18th January Questions: Health Second Reading: Drugs Bill 6.30 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Public Petition: Mr Paul Truswell: Isobel s Law Adjournment: Mr A.J. Beith: Out-of-hours Medical Services (Northumberland) House rose [Totals for session: ; 14.14] Wednesday 19th January Questions: Northern Ireland (24): Prime Minister (32) Points of Order: Mr Julian Brazier: asking what the arrangements are for amending Hansard. Mr Tam Dalyell: asking if the Speaker had received a request from a Law officer or Minister to clarify the law in relation to courts martial Opposition Day [2nd Allotted Day]: Value for Taxpayers Money; Farming and Rural Communities [Divisions] Adjournment: Mr Liam Byrne: Sale of School Playing Fields House rose [Totals for session: ; 15.05]

14 10 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 25. Thursday 20th January Questions: Education and Skills (47): Solicitor-General (10) Business Statement Miscellaneous: Speaker s Statement: Sub judice rule Points of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: asking whether any Minister has asked to come to the House and make a statement regarding political donations. Mr Tam Dalyell; Mr Peter Viggers: seeking further clarification of the sub judice rule Government Adjournment: Armed Forces Personnel Adjournment: Mr Nigel Dodds: Worktrack Programme House rose [Totals for session: ; 15.35] Monday 24th January Prayers Questions: Work and Pensions Statement: Mr Secretary Prescott: Homes for All: Five-year Plan Point of Order: Mr Nick Hawkins: complaining about the number of letters sent 0.58 to Members by the Government in connection with the Gambling Bill Allocation of Time: Gambling Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Consideration: Gambling Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Gambling Bill [Division] Adjournment: Dr Liam Fox: Bristol-Portishead Rail Link House rose [Totals for session: ; 16.06] Tuesday 25th January Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Jonathan Sayeed; Sir Patrick Cormack: Succession 0.10 to the Crown and Retirement of the Sovereign Opposition Day [3rd Allotted Day]: Licensing Act 2003; Food Supplements Directive [Divisions] Public Petition: Mr Paul Goodman: Health Services (South Buckinghamshire) Adjournment: Mr Mark Hendrick: Suicide Promotion (Internet) House rose [Totals for session: ; 17.05]

15 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 11 Time Subject Duration After 28. Wednesday 26th January Questions: Wales (25): Prime Minister (31) Statement: Mr Secretary Clarke: Measures to Combat Terrorism Point of Order: Mrs Caroline Spelman: complaining that the Prime Minister had 0.01 misrepresented her views on the development of the Thames Gateway Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr David Stewart: Regulation of Financial Services 0.06 (Land Transactions) General Government Motions: Modernisation of the House of Commons 3.49 [Divisions] Allocation of Time: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme) 0.05 (No. 3) Consideration: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill [Division] Third Reading: Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill Adjournment: Mr Parmjit Singh Gill: Tuition Fees House rose [Totals for session: ; 18.23] Thursday 27th January Questions: Trade and Industry (46): Minister for Women (10) Business Statement Consideration: Railways Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Railways Bill Public Petition: Hugh Robertson: Quiet Tarmac Adjournment: Mr Bob Laxton: Childhood Anaemia House rose [Totals for session: ; 18.51] Monday 31st January Prayers Questions: Home Statement: Mr Secretary Straw: Iraq Allocation of Time: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) Committee of the Whole House [1st Day]: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] [Divisions] Adjournment: Mr John Grogan: Sporting Listed Events House rose [Totals for session: ; 19.52]

16 12 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 31. Tuesday 1st February Questions: Transport (45); Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster/Cabinet Office 0.55 (10) Point of Order: Mr Patrick McLoughlin: asking the Speaker to investigate why all the questions asked of the Duchy of Lancaster were tabled by Conservative Members Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Andrew Dismore: Pharmaceutical Labelling Committee of the Whole House [2nd Day]: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] 5.59 [Divisions] Adjournment: Mr John Horam: Orpington Green Belt House rose [Totals for session: ; 20.21] Wednesday 2nd February Questions: International Development (27); Prime Minister (30) Statement: Mr Secretary Johnson: DWP (Five-year Strategy) Ten Minute Rule Motion: Claire Ward; Mr Eric Forth: Public Service (Bank 0.14 Holiday) Business Motion: Consideration of Affirmative Statutory Instruments together Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Police Grant Report (England and Wales) : Amending Report (HC 247); Police Grant Report (England and Wales) (HC 246) Affirmative Statutory Instruments: Local Government Finance Report (England) : Amending Report 2005 (HC 241); Local Government Finance Report (England) (HC 242) Adjournment: Rob Marris: Punjabi Community House rose [Totals for session: ; 21.50]

17 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 13 Time Subject Duration After 33. Thursday 3rd February Questions: Chancellor of the Exchequer Statement: Mr Secretary Straw: European Union Business Statement Points of Order: Mr Christopher Chope: availability to the House of papers 0.05 Mr Paul Tyler; Mr Oliver Heald; Mr Peter Hain: programming of business Allocation of Time: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (Programme) (No ) [Division] Allocation of Time: Child Benefit Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] Consideration: Child Benefit Bill [Division] Third Reading: Child Benefit Bill Public Petition: Mr Liam Byrne: Dangerous Driving Adjournment: Sir John Stanley: Pyser SGI Limited (Export Licence) House rose [Totals for session: ; 21.50] Friday 4th February Prayers Second Reading: Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill [PMB] [Divisions] Committed to a Standing Committee Adjournment: Dr Alan Whitehead: Internet Shopping House rose [Totals for session: ; 22.23] Monday 7th February Prayers Questions: Secretary of State for Defence Statement: Mr Secretary Clarke: Five-year Asylum Strategy Points of Order: Tony Baldry: expressing concern that Home Office Ministers had failed to inform either himself, or the House about the launch of a community liaison group in his constituency. Mrs Alice Mahon: asking if Members could have a free vote on the next business item Consideration: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Adjournment: Mrs Theresa May: Rail Services (Maidenhead and Twyford) House rose [Totals for session: ; 23.54]

18 14 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 36. Tuesday 8th February Questions: Scotland (20); Advocate General for Scotland (5); Constitutional 0.55 Affairs (20); Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission (10) Ten Minute Rule Motion: Brian Cotter: Small Shops (Protection) Opposition Day [4th Allotted Day]: Climate Change and the Environment; House of Lords Judgement on Belmarsh [Division] General Government Motion: Standards and Privileges (Mr Jonathan Sayeed) Adjournment: Mr David Kidney: Tree Protection House rose [Totals for session: ; 25.08] Wednesday 9th February Questions: Deputy Prime Minister (25); Prime Minister (30) Statement: Mr Secretary Reid: NHS Funding Points of Order: Tom Levitt: asking if the apology made to the House by Mr Jonathan Sayeed had met the requirements of the Standards and Privileges Committee Mr Alistair Carmichael; Sir Patrick Cormack; David Lidington; Mr David Trimble; Mr Nigel Dodds; Mr Tam Dalyell; Rev. Ian Paisley: asking if the Speaker had received a request from the Prime Minister to make a statement on the wrongful convictions of those blamed for the IRA bomb attacks in Guildford and Woolwich. Mr Peter Viggers: expressing concern over the different answers given in relation to Parliamentary Questions about Government subsidies/grants awarded to Swan Hunter Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Nigel Waterson: Road Safety (Pillion Passengers) Second Reading: European Union Bill [Divisions] Allocation of Time: European Union Bill (Programme) [Division] Adjournment: Mr James Paice: A14 in Cambridgeshire House rose [Totals for session: ; 26.16]

19 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 15 Time Subject Duration After 38. Thursday 10th February Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Speaker s Statement [use of electronic devices by Members in the Chamber] Business Statement Points of Order: Norman Baker: asking for a Speaker s Statement on the relationship between Parliamentary Questions and the Freedom of Information Act. Mr Gerald Howarth; Mr Oliver Heald: highlighting the failure of the Government to distribute information to key charitable groups relating to proposed secondary legislation Allocation of Time: Identity Cards (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] Consideration: Identity Cards Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Identity Cards Bill [Division] Adjournment: Ms Karen Buck: Hospital Services (Paddington) House rose [Totals for session: ; 26.54] Monday 21st February Prayers Questions: Culture, Media and Sport (41); Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker s Committee on the Electoral Commission (15) Business Statement Points of Order: Mr Mark Prisk; Mr Oliver Heald: asking if the Speaker had received a request from the Secretary of State for Transport to make a statement. David Winnick; Sir Patrick Cormack: asking the Speaker to do all he can to ensure Yesterday in Parliament is not dropped by the BBC. Mr Patrick McLoughlin: asking for clarification on newspaper reports that four Members of Parliament are to have their allowances stopped Allocation of Time: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) 0.30 (No. 2) [Division] Consideration: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill [Division] Adjournment: Mrs Janet Dean: Economic Regeneration (Burton) House rose [Totals for session: ; 27.15]

20 16 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 40. Tuesday 22nd February Questions: Health Statement: Mr Secretary Clarke: Prevention of Terrorism Statement: Mr Secretary Murphy: Northern Ireland Points of Order: Mr Dominic Grieve: asking why copies of the Anti-Terrorism Bill were made available to the press before Members of the House. Tom Levitt: asking about the presence in the Chamber of a Member who had been suspended Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody: Regulation of Laser Eye 0.11 Surgery Affirmative Statutory Instrument: Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2.47 Order 2005 and draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order Allocation of Time: Drugs Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] Consideration: Drugs Bill [Division] Third Reading: Drugs Bill Adjournment: Mr Robert Walter: Church Schools (Dorset) House rose [Totals for session: ; 29.03] Wednesday 23rd February Questions: Northern Ireland (25); Prime Minister (32) Statement: Secretary Ruth Kelly: Education and Skills (14 to19) Ten Minute Rule Motion: Dr Julian Lewis: Banking Practices (Protection of the 0.12 Elderly) Point of Order: Sir Patrick Cormack: asking if the Speaker would consider 0.01 forbidding Members with terrorist links from entering the House Second Reading: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Committed to a Committee of the Whole House Allocation of Time: Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Programme) [Division] Adjournment: Mr David Drew: Animal Experimentation House rose [Totals for session: ; 31.09]

21 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 17 Time Subject Duration After 42. Thursday 24th February Questions: Education and Skills (45); Solicitor-General (11) Business Statement Points of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: asking for information on the arrangements for manuscript amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism Bill on Monday. Mr William Cash: seeking further information on the legal advice of the Attorney- General in respect of the Iraq war Allocation of Time: Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Second Reading: Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] 1.54 Committed to a Committee of the Whole House Committee of the Whole House: Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill 0.47 [Lords] Third Reading: Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Adjournment: Sue Doughty: Return to Work House rose [Totals for session: ; 31.09] Friday 25th February Prayers Private Member s Motion: Mr Eric Forth: Motion to sit in private [Division] Second Reading: Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill [PMB] [Division] Business to stand over Second Reading: School Meals and Nutrition Bill [PMB] [Division] 1.18 Business to stand over Second Reading: Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill [PMB] [Division] 0.59 Business to stand over Adjournment: Mr Graham Stringer: Manchester Health Finance (Census Data) House rose [Totals for session: ; 31.36] Monday 28th February Prayers Questions: Work and Pensions Allocation of Time: Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Programme) (No. 2) [Division] Committee of the Whole House: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Division] Adjournment: Mr Malcolm Moss: Mental Health Provision (North East Cambridgeshire) House rose [Totals for session: ; 34.05]

22 18 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 45. Tuesday 1st March Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Points of Order: David Winnick: expressing concern that no questions had been selected about yesterday s events in Iraq. Sir Patrick Cormack: suggesting the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary should meet. Mr John Bercow: expressing concern that the question on Sudan was not reached. David Winnick: adding to his previous Point of Order Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Paul Truswell: Bus Services (Quality Contacts 0.10 Schemes) Committee of the Whole House [3rd Day]: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] 6.01 [Divisions] Third Reading: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] [Division] Public Petition: Mr Alex Salmond: Fisheries Adjournment: Mr Graham Allen: Sentences (Appeals) House rose [Totals for session: ; 35.09] Wednesday 2nd March Questions: Wales (27); Prime Minister (30) Statement: Secretary Tessa Jowell: BBC Points of Order: Mr Win Griffiths: expressing concern at a statement made by the Leader of the Opposition during Prime Minister s Questions Lembit Öpik: complaining about the Explanatory Notes to an affirmative statutory instrument. Kevin Brennan; Mr Clifton-Brown: querying the taken by Front-bench exchanges during the statement. Mr Edward Garnier: asking whether the Secretary of State for Transport had indicated he would be making a statement on Nottingham East Midlands Airport Ten Minute Rule Motion: Miss Anne Begg: Annual Leave Entitlement 0.11 (Enforcement) Opposition Day [5th Allotted Day]: Council Tax; Hospital-Acquired Infections [Divisions] Public Petition: Mr James Gray: Planning Law Adjournment: Bob Russell: Mechanised Wheelchairs House rose [Totals for session: ; 36.00]

23 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 19 Time Subject Duration After 47. Thursday 3rd March Questions: Trade and Industry (47); Minister for Women (10) Business Statement Points of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: clarifying the position of the Opposition on current prevention of terrorism legislation. Mark Tami: pursuing a response to a question asked of the Leader of the House Consideration: Consumer Credit Bill Third Reading: Consumer Credit Bill Adjournment: Eric Joyce: ITV News Programming House rose [Totals for session: ; 36.00] Friday 4th March Prayers Second Reading: Health and Safety (Directors Duties) Bill [PMB] [Division] 3.40 Business to stand over Second Reading: Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Amendment) Bill [PMB] [Division] Debate to be resumed on Friday 18 March Adjournment: Mr John Bercow: Horse Riders (Low-flying Aircraft) House rose [Totals for session: ; 36.31] Monday 7th March Prayers Questions: Home Department Third Reading: Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Bill 0.39 (Committee of the Whole House discharged from considering the Bill) EU Document: Future European Union Finances [Division] Government Motion: House of Commons Members Fund (Discretionary 0.15 Payments) Government Motion: House of Commons Members Fund (Uprating of 0.01 Benefits) Public Petition: Tom Levitt: Turner and Newell Pension Fund Adjournment: Dr Ian Gibson: Stem Cell Research House rose [Totals for session: ; 36.31]

24 20 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 50. Tuesday 8th March Questions: Transport (45); Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster/Cabinet Office 0.55 (10) Points of Order: Mr Patrick McLoughlin; Mr Oliver Heald; Mr Dennis Skinner; Mr Eric Forth: seeking advice on the range of subjects the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can answer questions on Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Edward Leigh: Royal Marriages (Freedom of 0.10 Religion) Consideration: Road Safety Bill [Divisions] Third Reading: Road Safety Bill Affirmative Statutory Instrument: Draft Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 [Division] Adjournment: Mr David Amess: Local Government Finance (Southend) House rose [Totals for session: ; 37.06] Wednesday 9th March Questions: International Development (27); Prime Minister (29) Points of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: asking about selection of amendments for the debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill. Mr Clive Soley: objecting to the amount of taken by the Party Leaders during Prime Minister s Questions. Angus Robertson: expressing concern over information released to the media prior to confirmation in the House. Michael Fabricant: asking about appropriate dress in the Chamber Ten Minute Rule Motion: Chris McCafferty: Control of Identification 0.11 Documents (Offences) Estimates [2nd Allotted Day: 1st Part]: Supplementary Estimates: : 3.03 Department for Culture, Media and Sport (The Future of the BBC) Allocation of Time: Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Programme) (No. 3) [Division] Lords Amendments: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Public Petitions: John Robertson: Falun Gong Mr Paul Goodman: Health Services (South Buckinghamshire) Adjournment: Rosemary McKenna: Radio Services (Visually Impaired People) House rose [Totals for session: ; 39.07]

25 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 21 Time Subject Duration After 52. Thursday 10th March Questions: Chancellor of the Exchequer Business Statement Government Motion: Support for Members who have chosen not to take their 3.38 seats [Divisions] Sitting Suspended [awaiting Lords Messages] Lords Amendments: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Sitting Suspended [awaiting Lords Messages] Lords Amendments: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Sitting Suspended [awaiting Lords Messages] Lords Amendments: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Sitting Suspended [awaiting Lords Messages] Lords Amendments: Prevention of Terrorism Bill [Divisions] Sitting Suspended [awaiting Lords Messages] Royal Assent: Prevention of Terrorism Bill Public Petition: Tony Baldry: Accommodation Centre (Bicester) Point of Order: Richard Younger-Ross: expressing gratitude for the efforts of the House of Commons staff over the last 24 hours, especially those in the refreshment department Adjournment: Mr Edward Leigh: Heather Bell House rose [Totals for session: ; 64.59] Monday 14th March Prayers Questions: Defence Statement: Secretary Hilary Benn: Commission for Africa Second Reading: Education Bill [Lords] 3.49 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Public Petition: Mr Nick Gibb: Middleton on Sea Adjournment: Mr Andrew Robathan: Education Funding (Leicestershire) House rose [Totals for session: ; 64.59]

26 22 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 54. Tuesday 15th March Questions: Scotland (21); Advocate General for Scotland (6); Constitutional 0.57 Affairs (18); Leader of the House and House of Commons Commission (12) Ten Minute Rule Motion: Brian White: Proceeds of Crime (Compensation of 0.09 Prosecution Costs) Second Reading: Inquiries Bill [Lords] 5.02 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Affirmative Statutory Instrument: Draft Electoral Law (Northern Ireland) Act (Amendment) Order 2005 [Division] EU Document: Creation of a Fundamental Rights Agency (EU Doc. No /04) [Division] Public Petition: Huw Irranca-Davies: North Nantymoel (Polling Station) Adjournment: Dr Howard Stoate: Cholesterol and Disease Prevention House rose [Totals for session: ; 64.59] Wednesday 16th March Questions: Deputy Prime Minister (27); Prime Minister (28) Ways and Means: Financial Statement Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions [1st Allotted Day] Allocation of Time: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) [Division] Lords Amendments: Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords][Division] Public Petition: Mr David Lepper: Street Fund Raisers Adjournment: Mr Nicholas Soames: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust House rose [Totals for session: ; 66.42] Thursday 17th March Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Business Statement Points of Order: Mr Oliver Heald: seeking information about the Committee stages of the Identity Cards Bill and Drugs Bill. Mr Paul Tyler: showing concern about press coverage of the Budget. Mr John Bercow: seeking guidance about incorrect references made in the House to statements by other Members Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions [2nd Allotted Day] Public Petition: Mrs Theresa May: Community Rail Adjournment: Mr Tom Harris: Aid (Tsunami) House rose [Totals for session: ; 67.11]

27 PART I: DIARY FOR HOUSE 23 Time Subject Duration After 57. Friday 18th March Prayers Private Member s Motion: Mr Kevin Barron: Motion to sit in private [Division] Second Reading: Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill [PMB] [Division] 4.30 Business to stand over Second Reading: Telecommunications Masts (Planning Control) Bill [PMB] Debate to be resumed on Friday 22nd April Adjournment: Dr Vincent Cable: Community websites House rose [Totals for session: ; 67.33] Monday 21st March Prayers Questions: Culture, Media and Sport (45); Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker s Committee on the Electoral Commission (12) Points of Order: Mr Martin O Neill: seeking advice on whether a Member 0.03 should be allowed to hold a surgery in another Member s constituency Ten Minute Rule Motion: Ms Oona King: Youth Disorder and Engagement Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions [3rd Allotted Day] Public Petition: Jeremy Corbyn: Judicial System Adjournment: Mr Nigel Beard: Law Society (Complaints) House rose [Totals for session: ; 68.02] Tuesday 22nd March Questions: Health Statement: Secretary Ruth Kelly: Skills White Paper Statement: Mr Secretary Straw: Indian Ocean Tsunami Point of Order: Mr Edward Garnier: asking if a Minister could come to the House to make a statement about a railway accident on the Leicester to St. Pancras railway Ten Minute Rule Motion: Annette Brooke: Private Parking Enforcement 0.11 (Regulation) Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions [4th Allotted Day] [Division] Public Petitions: Mr Ben Chapman: Dell Primary School; Mr John Bercow: Hospital Provision (North Buckinghamshire); Dr Nick Palmer: Child Pornography Adjournment: Sir Nicholas Winterton: Funding of Saneline House rose [Totals for session: ; 68.54]

28 24 SESSIONAL DIARY, Time Subject Duration After 60. Wednesday 23rd March Questions: Northern Ireland (21); Prime Minister (35) Statement: Minister for Local and Regional Government, Mr Nick Raynsford: 0.35 Council Tax Capping Miscellaneous: Personal Statement: Mr Jonathan Sayeed Ten Minute Rule Motion: Mr Peter Lilley; Mr Kevin McNamara: Immigration 0.11 Control (Balanced Migration) Second Reading: Disability Discrimination Bill [Lords] 4.26 Committed to a Standing Committee by Programme Motion Allocation of Time: Disability Discrimination Bill [Lords] (Programme) Public Petitions: Mr Nigel Beard: Rail Services (South-East London); Mr Ian 0.03 Liddell-Grainger: Heavy Lorries (Woolavington) Adjournment: Jeff Ennis: Children s Hospices House rose [Totals for session: ; 68.54] Thursday 24th March Questions: Education and Skills (40); Solicitor-General (15) Urgent Question: Mr Dominic Grieve: Attorney-General (Advice on Iraq) Statement: Prime Minister: European Council Business Statement Point of Order: Dr Julian Lewis: asking whether the Speaker had received notification from the Foreign Secretary that he wished to come to the Chamber Recess Adjournment: [Easter Adjournment] Adjournment: Mr Robert Walter: Extradition of Mr Giles Carlyle-Clarke House rose [Totals for session: ; 69.18] Monday 4th April Prayers Questions: Work and Pensions Miscellaneous: Tribute: Former Prime Minister: Right Hon. The Lord Callaghan 0.58 of Cardiff KG Second Reading: Public Service Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [Lords] (committed to a Standing Committee on 4th April; Committed to a Committee of the Whole House following the Business Statement on 5th April) Government Adjournment: Welsh Affairs Public Petition: Mr Paul Truswell: Make Poverty History Campaign Adjournment: Mr Richard Bacon: Mr Michael Hart House rose [Totals for session: ; 69.48]