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+ indicates Government business. Timings are indicative only. House of Commons Order of Business   At 2.30 p.m.   Prayers 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 Communities and Local Government  1 John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What support her Department has considered to assist councils who wish to introduce measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change. (168021)  2 Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What plans she has to introduce further secondary legislation on home information packs. (168022)  3 Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Thames Gateway programme. (168023)  4 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What her timetable is for decision-making on local government reorganisation in England. (168024)  5 Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): What assessment she has made of the effect of double damping on the funding of children and young adults services; and if she will make a statement. (168025)  6 Angela Watkinson (Upminster): What discussions her Department had had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on charges on the collection of household rubbish. (168026)  7 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What representations she has received on the council tax in Croydon and England in the last 12 months. (168027)  8 Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): What her expected timetable is for the transfer of housing and planning powers from regional assemblies to regional development agencies. (168028)  9 Helen Jones (Warrington North): What recent discussions she has had on changing building regulations to reduce the risk of warehouse fires. (168030)  10 Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): If she will make a statement on provision of housing in the North East. (168031)  11 Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What additional funding has been allocated for infrastructure to local government within the South Midlands and Milton Keynes spatial expansion area in each of the next five years. (168032)  12 Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): If she will make a statement on the Preventing of Violent Extremism programme. (168033)  13 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): What steps she is taking to increase the take-up rate of council tax benefit. (168034)  14 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): What plans her Department has to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. (168035)  15 Steve Webb (Northavon): What plans she has to revalue properties for council tax purposes. (168036)  16 Dr John Pugh (Southport): When the Government plans to publish a review of the cabinet system in local government. (168037)  17 Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What provision will be made in the Housing and Regeneration Bill to enable more affordable homes to be built. (168038)  18 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): If she will make a statement on progress on the home information packs scheme. (168039)  19 Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): What assessment she has made of the likely effect of the number of dwellings planned in the Thames Gateway development on the effectiveness of that development. (168040)  20 Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What standards of sustainability she sets for new non-domestic buildings constructed with support from public funding. (168041)  21 Laura Moffatt (Crawley): What progress she is making on increasing affordable housing in the South East. (168042)  22 Mr David Drew (Stroud): What assistance the Government is providing for the development of community land trusts. (168043)  23 Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): What progress her Department has made in discussions with manufacturers of building materials on the development of materials for the construction of zero-carbon housing. (168044)  24 Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What representations she has received from local authorities on the effects of demographic trends on grant allocations made under the comprehensive spending review. (168045)   At 3.15 p.m. Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.  T1 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (168011)  T2 Mr David Amess (Southend West): (168012)  T3 Helen Jones (Warrington North): (168013)  T4 Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): (168014)  T5 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): (168015)  T6 Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): (168016)  T7 Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): (168017)  T8 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): (168018)  T9 Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): (168019)  T10 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): (168020) At 3.30 p.m.   Urgent Questions (if any)     Ministerial Statements (if any) Preliminary Business †   indicates Government Business Notice of Presentation of Bill † 1 PLANNING [No debate] Secretary Hazel Blears      Bill to establish the Infrastructure Planning Commission and make provision about its functions; to make provision about, and about matters ancillary to, the authorisation of projects for the development of nationally significant infrastructure; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the imposition of a Community Infrastructure Levy; and for connected purposes. Formal first reading: no debate or decision. Main Business † 2 HOUSING AND REGENERATION BILL: Second Reading [Until 10.00 p.m.] Mr David Cameron Mr Eric Pickles Grant Shapps Alistair Burt Mrs Jacqui Lait Mr Patrick McLoughlin      That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Housing and Regeneration Bill because it creates a top-down, centrally-driven approach to development and regeneration, allows the unaccountable Homes and Communities Agency, in conjunction with the unelected regional development agencies, to ride roughshod over local communities, takes further powers away from democratically-elected local authorities and places them in the hands of politically-appointed Homes and Communities Agency officials, does not extend to social tenants proper rights to buy or part-buy their homes, fails to address the growing problems with the Housing Market Renewal and Thames Gateway regeneration schemes and provides insufficient measures to promote genuine brownfield regeneration, choice for social tenants, wider home ownership and the raising of environmental standards in house building.    The Third Report of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee, Session 2005-06, HC 703, on Affordability and the Supply of Housing, the Government’s response thereto, Cm 6912, and the uncorrected transcript of evidence taken before the Communities and Local Government Committee from the Minister for Housing on Tuesday 9th October 2007, on the Housing Green Paper, HC 1038-i, are relevant. Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m. † 3 HOUSING AND REGENERATION BILL (PROGRAMME) [No debate] Secretary Hazel Blears      That the following provisions shall apply to the Housing and Regeneration Bill: Committal    1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. Proceedings in Public Bill Committee    2.   Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 31st January 2008.    3.   The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets. Consideration and Third Reading    4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.    5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.    6.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. Other proceedings    7.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)). † 4 HOUSING AND REGENERATION BILL [MONEY]: Queen’s Recommendation signified. [No debate] Jane Kennedy      That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Housing and Regeneration Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of— (a)    any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of the Act, and (b)    any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of money so provided. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)). † 5 HOUSING AND REGENERATION BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] [No debate] Jane Kennedy      That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Housing and Regeneration Bill, it is expedient to authorise— (a)    payments by the Homes and Communities Agency to the Secretary of State in respect of surpluses of the Agency, (b)    the imposition of fees or charges in connection with the Agency, the Regulator of Social Housing or sustainability certificates, and (c)    payments into the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)). † 6 REGULATORY REFORM [No debate] Edward Miliband      That the draft Regulators’ Compliance Code for the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007, which was laid before this House on 15th October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). † 7 REGULATORY REFORM [No debate] Edward Miliband      That the draft Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007, which was laid before this House on 15th October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). † 8 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [No debate] Secretary Hilary Benn      That the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, which were laid before this House on 9th October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). † 9 INCOME TAX [No debate] Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer      That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Faroes) Order 2007, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). † 10 INCOME TAX [No debate] Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer      That the draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Switzerland) Order 2007, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)). † 11 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM AND THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY [No debate] Ms Rosie Winterton      That this House takes note of European Union documents No. 13112/07 and Addendum 1, Commission Communication: Progressing Galileo: re-profiling the European GNSS Programmes; 13113/07, amended draft Regulation on the further implementation of the European satellite radionavigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo) and 13237/1/07, Commission Communication concerning the revision of the multi-annual financial framework (2007–2013), on re-profiling the Galileo programme and on the proposal for the revision of the Financial Perspectives to finance the Galileo programme and the European Institute of Technology; and endorses the Government’s approach to discussions on these documents. To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)). At the end of the sitting: 12 ADJOURNMENT      Proposed subject: Measures to conserve Lymington marshes and Lymington harbour (Mr Desmond Swayne).    Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9). COMMITTEES PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEES 1 Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee 10.30 a.m. Room 10 (public)   4.00 p.m. (public)    Further to consider the Bill. 2 Crossrail Bill Committee 10.30 a.m. Room 12 (public)   4.00 p.m. (public)    Further to consider the Bill. SELECT COMMITTEES 3 Regulatory Reform 9.30 a.m. Room 19 (private) 4 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 10.00 a.m. The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House (private)   10.30 a.m. (public)    Subject: The UK Construction Industry.    Witnesses: Union for Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians; ConstructionSkills (at 11.15 a.m.); Unite–the union (at 12.00 noon). 5 Defence 10.00 a.m. The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (private)   10.30 a.m. (public)    Subject: Medical Care for the Armed Forces.    Witnesses: Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, and Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for Health Services, Department of Health. 6 Environmental Audit 10.00 a.m. The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)   10.20 a.m. (public)    Subject: Are Biofuels Sustainable?    Witnesses: Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Malcolm Fendick, Head of Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Division and Chief Mechanical Engineer, and Rupert Furness, Head of Biofuels Branch, Department for Transport. 7 Home Affairs 9.45 a.m. The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)   10.15 a.m. (public)    Subjects: (i) UK Immigration Issues and the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve Months On; (ii) The Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU: Twelve Months On.    Witnesses: (i) Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Borders and Immigration, Home Office; (ii) Mr Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Under-Secretary of State for European Affairs of Romania (at 11.45 a.m.). 8 Welsh Affairs 10.00 a.m. Room 15 (private)   10.30 a.m. (public)    Subject: Globalisation and its impact on Wales.    Witnesses: Bill Goldsworthy OBE, Chair, Agri-Food Partnership, Norma Barry, Director of the Food and Market Development Division, and Professor David Hughes; Age Concern Cymru (at 11.15 a.m.). 9 Culture, Media and Sport 10.15 a.m. Room 8 (private)   10.30 a.m. (public)    Subject: Tourism.    Witnesses: Tourism Alliance; South West Regional Development Agency, South East England Development Agency and North West Regional Development Agency (at 11.30 a.m.). 10 Scottish Affairs 11.00 a.m. Room 6 (private)   11.15 a.m. (public)    Subject: Poverty in Scotland.    Witnesses: Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, and Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury. 11 Administration 3.30 p.m. Room 16 (private) 12 Justice 4.00 p.m. The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)