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+ indicates Government business. Timings are indicative only. House of Commons Order of Business   At 2.30 p.m.   Prayers Afterwards Private Business Note: Private Business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed. Second Reading Broads Authority Bill (By Order). Mr Richard Bacon Mr Keith Simpson      On Second Reading of the Broads Authority Bill, to move, That the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months.     Afterwards Notes:   indicates a question for oral answer.   [R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.   Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer   Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer. Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport  1 Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): What plans he has to hold operators and local authorities to account for the performance of local bus services. (125109)  2 Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): What action he plans to take to encourage greater use of biofuels in advance of the introduction of the Renewable Transport Fuel obligation. (125110)  3 Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What response he has made to the European Commission Green Paper on Maritime Transport Policy. (125112)  4 Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): If he will visit Belford, Northumberland to discuss plans for re-opening the railway station. (125113)  5 Ann Coffey (Stockport): What assessment he has made of responses to his Putting Passengers First proposals on buses. (125114)  6 Hugh Bayley (City of York): What rights GNER employees will have to employment with the successful applicant for the new East Coast Main Line rail franchise. (125115)  7 Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): What recent assessment his Department has made of the quality of rail services between Manningtree and London. (125117)  8 Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): How his Department decides whether to fund local transport projects; and if he will make a statement. (125118)  9 Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): How many sets of points of the same type as those at Grayrigg are to be found on the railway network. (125119)  10 Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): How much his Department has spent on the West Coast Main Line upgrade. (125121)  11 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): What steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding on the railways. (125122)  12 Mr John Spellar (Warley): What discussions Ministers have had since Christmas 2006 with the British Airports Authority on passenger congestion at London's airports. (125124)  13 Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): What recent measures he has taken to improve airport security. (125125)  14 Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): Whether the targets for railway punctuality and reliability (a) between Holyhead and Euston and (b) across the UK have been met. (125126)  15 Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What progress has been made towards meeting the 2010 road safety targets. (125127)  16 Ann Winterton (Congleton): What steps his Department is taking to encourage improvements in railway timetabling to improve access to connecting services. (125128) At 3.10 p.m. Oral Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs  17 John Mann (Bassetlaw): When she expects regulation of claims handlers to commence. (125129)  18 Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): What changes she expects there to be to legal aid support for advice services in London; and if she will make a statement. (125130)  19 David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): When the Government plans to bring forward its proposals for reform of legal aid procurement. (125131)  20 Philip Davies (Shipley): What mechanisms are in place to verify the legitimacy of postal votes. (125132)  21 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What progress has been achieved in locating community courts in Nottingham; and if she will make a statement. (125133)  22 Chris Bryant (Rhondda): What the average (a) waiting time for and (b) duration of an inquest was in the last period for which figures are available. (125134)  23 Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of specialist domestic violence courts. (125135)  24 Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What measures her Department is taking to encourage the registration of electors. (125136)  25 Ann Winterton (Congleton): If she will make a statement on the funding of magistrates' courts. (125137)  26 Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): How many eligible voters are estimated to be missing from the electoral register in Bolton South East constituency. (125138)  27 Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment she has made of the constitutional status of (a) the Duchy of Cornwall, (b) Cornwall and (c) the Isles of Scilly. (125139)  28 Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What progress has been made in her policy of providing legal advice to rape victims; and if she will make a statement. (125140)  29 Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): What proposals she has to modernise the Coroners Service. (125141)  30 Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What further mechanisms she plans to put in place to prevent fraud in the electoral process. (125142)  31 Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): What mechanisms are in place to verify the legitimacy of postal votes. (125143) At 3.30 p.m.   Urgent Questions (if any)     Ministerial Statements (if any) Preliminary Business Notice of Presentation of Bill 1 RETAIL PACKAGING RECYCLING [No debate] Andrew Stunell      Bill to require that certain retailers shall provide free of charge a collection point for any packaging materials sold or supplied by them; and to require them to recycle or safely dispose of such materials. Formal first reading: no debate or decision Ten minute rule Motion 2 PRIVATE PARKING (REGULATION) [Up to 20 minutes] David Wright      That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make further provision about penalties relating to parking on private land; to make provision about compliance with notices concerning parking for disabled people on private land; and for connected purposes.    The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23). Main Business †   indicates Government Business † 3 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (RETENTION OF A BICAMERAL PARLIAMENT) Mr Jack Straw      That this House supports the principle of a bicameral parliament.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Retention of a Bicameral Parliament)): Mr George Howarth Mr Greg Pope Barbara Keeley Mr Alan Meale Mr David Hamilton Mr David Borrow Ian Stewart    Jim Sheridan    Jim Dowd Keith Vaz    Mr David Crausby    Graham Stringer Helen Jones    Andrew Miller    Mr Terry Rooney John Smith    Mr Mark Hendrick    (f)      Line 1, leave out ‘a bicameral parliament’ and insert ‘abolition of the House of Lords’. Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 1, leave out ‘bicameral’ and insert ‘unicameral’. Mr William Cash (b)      Line 1, at end add ‘but believes that the functions of the Upper Chamber within a bicameral parliament should be defined before decisions are taken on its composition.’. Dr Nick Palmer David Taylor (c)      Line 1, at end add ‘but believes that the Upper House should have a primarily revising function with limited and prescribed powers to delay legislation which has been approved by the House of Commons.’. Mr William Cash (d)      Line 1, at end add ‘in accordance with the convention that the House of Commons has primacy in financial matters.’. Mr William Cash (e)      Line 1, at end add ‘and that the upper chamber shall under its own Standing Orders prohibit the whipping of legislative business after Second Reading.’. † 4 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 1) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be fully appointed.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition No. 1)): Mr Douglas Hogg (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘that the appointment should be made by an independent statutory Appointments Commission; and that where the political parties submit nominations to the Appointments Commission for appointment to the reformed House of Lords, they shall submit a list of names which contains at least 50 per cent. more names than the places to be allocated to that party and the Appointments Commission shall be free to make an unfettered selection from that list.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that Ministers of the Crown should not be permitted to sit in the reformed House of Lords.’. Dr Nick Palmer (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘and considers that either all major belief systems in the UK or none should have statutory representation in the Upper Chamber.’. † 5 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 2) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 20 per cent. elected members and 80 per cent. appointed members.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition: No. 2)): Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘and supports the removal of any state religious representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that Ministers of the Crown should not be permitted to sit in the reformed House of Lords.’. Dr Nick Palmer (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘and considers that either all major belief systems in the UK or none should have statutory representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Edward Leigh (d)      Line 2, at end add ‘provided that the elected members of the House of Lords should not be permitted to be appointed as Ministers of the Crown.’. † 6 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 3) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 40 per cent. elected members and 60 per cent. appointed members.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition: No. 3)): Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘and supports the removal of any state religious representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that Ministers of the Crown should not be permitted to sit in the reformed House of Lords.’. Dr Nick Palmer (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘and considers that either all major belief systems in the UK or none should have statutory representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Edward Leigh (d)      Line 2, at end add ‘provided that the elected members of the House of Lords should not be permitted to be appointed as Ministers of the Crown.’. † 7 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 4) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 50 per cent. elected members and 50 per cent. appointed members.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition: No. 4)): Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘and supports the removal of any state religious representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that Ministers of the Crown should not be permitted to sit in the reformed House of Lords.’. Dr Nick Palmer (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘and considers that either all major belief systems in the UK or none should have statutory representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Edward Leigh (d)      Line 2, at end add ‘provided that the elected members of the House of Lords should not be permitted to be appointed as Ministers of the Crown.’. † 8 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 5) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 60 per cent. elected members and 40 per cent. appointed members.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition: No. 5)): Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘and supports the removal of any state religious representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr William Cash (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that any such election shall be conducted by the system of first-past-the-post.’. Mr William Cash (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘but only if both the constituencies for which members are elected and the election cycle are distinctly different from those of the House of Commons and not based on European Parliamentary election cycles or constituency boundaries.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (d)      Line 2, at end add ‘that the elected Members of the reformed House of Lords should represent multi-member constituencies comprising approximately 700,000 electors; that they should be elected for renewable five year terms; and that a third of their number should be elected every five years by a form of proportional election other than a list system.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (e)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that Ministers of the Crown should not be permitted to sit in the reformed House of Lords.’. Dr Nick Palmer (f)      Line 2, at end add ‘and considers that either all major belief systems in the UK or none should have statutory representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr Edward Leigh (g)      Line 2, at end add ‘provided that the elected members of the House of Lords should not be permitted to be appointed as Ministers of the Crown.’. † 9 HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (OPTIONS FOR REFORM OF COMPOSITION: No. 6) Mr Jack Straw      That this House is of the opinion that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 80 per cent. elected members and 20 per cent. appointed members.    As Amendments to Mr Jack Straw’s proposed Motion (House of Lords Reform (Options for Reform of Composition: No. 6)): Pete Wishart Mr Alex Salmond (a)      Line 2, at end add ‘and supports the removal of any state religious representation in the Upper Chamber.’. Mr William Cash (b)      Line 2, at end add ‘and that any such election shall be conducted by the system of first-past-the-post.’. Mr William Cash (c)      Line 2, at end add ‘but only if both the constituencies for which members are elected and the election cycle are distinctly different from those of the House of Commons and not based on European Parliamentary election cycles or constituency boundaries.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (d)      Line 2, at end add ‘that the elected Members of the reformed House of Lords should represent multi-member constituencies comprising approximately 700,000 electors; that they should be elected for renewable five year terms; and that a third of their number should be elected every five years by a form of proportional election other than a list system.’. Mr Douglas Hogg (e)