Business of the House of Commons
5 - 9 May 2008

Monday 5 May

The House did not sit

Tuesday 6 May

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-2.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Flood defences in Norfolk - Mr Keith Simpson
11.00-12.30	Welfare to work city strategies - Mr Graham Allen
12.30-13.00	Post Office closures in Stroud constituency - Mr David Drew
13.00-13.30	Collapse of Ujima Housing Association - Mr Rob Wilson
13.30-14.00	Post Office closure programme in Great Yarmouth - Mr Anthony Wright

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Health, including Topical Questions

Programme Motion - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Programme) (No. 4) (agreed to)

Legislation - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Lords amendments considered)

Money Resolution - Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill (agreed to)

Adjournment - Health and safety in graveyards - John Mann

The House rose at 11.08

Wednesday 7 May

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 9.30am-5.00pm

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	RAF Aldergrove - Dr William McCrea
11.00-11.30	Thatched roofs and planning policy - Sir George Young
14.30-16.00	Development policy on the Democratic Republic of Congo - Jeremy Corbyn
16.00-16.30	Flooding in Whitney - Mr David Cameron
16.30-17.00	Green belt policy - Annette Brooke

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Prime Minister

Statement - Cannabis - Home Secretary

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Immigration (Discharged Ghurkhas) - Bob Russell (Bill presented and read a First time)

Debate - Opposition Day (11th allotted day) - Government's management of the Civil Service and communications (Motion, as amended, agreed to)

Private Business - Broads Authority Bill (read the Third time)

Legislation - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Lords amendments considered)

Adjournment - Implications for Tewkesbury constituency of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy - Mr Laurence Robertson

The House rose at 9.24pm

Thursday 8 May

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Church Commissioners; Public Accounts Commission and Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission; Solicitor General; Women and Equality Leader of the House; House of Commons Commission

Business Statement - Deputy Leader of the House

Statement - Burma (Cyclone Nargis) - Douglas Alexander

Debate - Defence in the World

Adjournment - Government support for organisations for victims of domestic violence - Mr Virendra Sharma

The House sat in Westminster Hall between 2.30pm and 5.30pm

Westminster Hall - a debate on the First Report from the Health Committee, HC 27-1, on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

The House rose at 6.25pm

Friday 9 May

The House sat at 9.30am

Private Members' Bills - Planning and Energy Bill - Mr Michael Fallon (Rep); Foreign National Statistics Bill- Mr William Cash (2R); Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill - Mr Christopher Chope (2R); Drugs (Reclassification) Bill - Mr Christopher Chope (2R); Animals Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill - Mr Stephen Crabb (2R)

Adjournment - Care home charges - Dr Vincent Cable

The Weekly Information Bulletin went to press before the House rose on Friday

*Details known previous Thursday after 1.00pm

** There are no Westminster Hall Adjournment Debates scheduled

*** Details known the previous Monday evening and will appear in Tuesday's Order Paper

Written Ministerial Statements
5 - 9 May 2008

6.5.08	Rose Review (Primary Curriculum) - Ed Balls
6.5.08	Flood Recovery Update - John Healey
6.5.08	Parliamentary Question (Correction) - Caroline Flint
6.5.08	Headley Court - Mr Bob Ainsworth
6.5.08	General Affairs and External Relations Council - Mr. Jim Murphy
6.5.08	Zimbabwe - David Miliband
6.5.08	Adults with Learning Disabilities - Mr. Ivan Lewis
6.5.08	National Identity Scheme - Meg Hillier
6.5.08	Immigration - Jacqui Smith
6.5.08	Office of the Public Guardian - Bridget Prentice
6.5.08	Draft Marine Navigation Bill - Jim Fitzpatrick
6.5.08	UN Convention on Disability Rights - Mrs. Anne McGuire
7.5.08	Local Government - John Healey
7.5.08	RCEP Report "The Urban Environment" (Government Response) - Hilary Benn
7.5.08	NHS Foundation Trusts (Authorisations) - Mr Ben Bradshaw
7.5.08	National Reoffending Measures 2008-11 - Mr David Hanson
7.5.08	Learning to Drive - Ruth Kelly
8.5.08	Home Information Packs - Caroline Flint
8.5.08	Future Rapid Effect System - Des Browne
8.5.08	DFID Departmental Report - Mr Douglas Alexander