Business of the House of Commons
19- 23 January 2009

Monday 19 January

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Culture, Media and Sport; Olympics; including Topical Questions

Statement - Financial markets - Alistair Darling

Statement - Gaza - David Miliband

Legislation - Policing and Crime Bill - Second reading (agreed to)

Programme motion - Policing and Crime Bill (agreed to)

Money resolution - Policing and Crime Bill (agreed to)

Ways and means - Policing and Crime Bill (agreed to)

Legislation - Corporation Tax Bill - Second reading (agreed to)

Ways and means - Corporation Tax Bill (agreed to)

Adjournment - Revaluation of business rates in the Port of Liverpool - Mrs Louise Ellman

The House rose at 10.30pm

Tuesday 20 January

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Agriculture in the South West - Mr David Heath
11.00-12.30	Future of local press - Dr Ashok Kumar
12.30-13.00	Military vehicle design - Ann Winterton
13.00-13.30	Grooming of children for prostitution - Mr Barry Sheerman
13.30-14.00	Death of Simon Slade at Gidea Park railway station - Mr Iain Duncan Smith

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Communities and Local Government; including Topical Questions

Motion - to approve European documents; From financial crisis to recovery: a European framework for action;

A European economic recovery plan (agreed on division)

Motion - to approve a European document relating to financial management (agreed on division)

Motion - to approve a European document relating to EU-Russia relations (agreed on division)

Adjournment - Rail fare increases in the South East - Gregory Barker

The House rose at 10.30pm

Wednesday 21 January

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Mountain rescue teams - Dr Brian Iddon
11.00-11.30	UK relations with Nigeria - John Robertson
14.30-16.00	Assistance for small businesses in the current economic situation - Mr Philip Hollobone
16.00-16.30	Situation in Gaza - Clare Short
16.30-17.00	Legal Services Commission Cardiff Office - Julie Morgan

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Northern Ireland; Prime Minister

Presentation of Bills - Private Members Ballot Bills (Bills presented and read a First time)

Debate - Opposition day (1st allotted day) - (i) Access to emergency and urgent care in the NHS (Opposition motion, as amended, agreed) (ii) Effects of economic policy on savers (Opposition motion, as amended, agreed)

Adjournment - Coronary heart disease in East Lancashire - Janet Anderson

The House rose at 7.54pm

Thursday 22 January

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Energy and Climate Change, including Topical Questions; Leader of the House; House of Commons Commission

Speaker's Statement - Police investigation

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Motion - Business of the House (agreed to)

Motion - Payments to Hon. Members (Publication Scheme) (agreed to)

Motion - Members' Allowances (Green Book) (agreed to)

Motion - Members' Allowances (Audit and Assurance) (agreed to)

Motion - Committee on Members' Allowances (agreed to)

Adjournment - Ministerial answers to Parliamentary Questions - Norman Baker

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

Westminster Hall - a debate on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report 2008, Cm 7400

The House rose at 4.42pm

Friday 23 January

The House did not sit

Written Ministerial Statements
19 - 23 January 2009

19.1.09	ECOFIN (December) - Mr Alistair Darling
19.1.09	ECOFIN (January) - Mr Alistair Darling
19.1.09	Non-domestic Rating Valuations - John Healey
19.1.09	EDF Takeover (British Energy) - Mr Mike O'Brien
19.1.09	Valuing People Now - Alan Johnson
19.1.09	Humanitarian Assistance (Gaza) - Mr Douglas Alexander
19.1.09	Corporate Plan - Mr Jack Straw
20.1.09	Regulation and Redress in the UK Housing Market - Mr Gareth Thomas
20.1.09	Vetting and Barring - Ed Balls
20.1.09	Dental Services - Alan Johnson
20.1.09	Deportations With Assurances (Ethiopia) - Mr Vernon Coaker
20.1.09	Prison Drug Treatment Review Group - Mr David Hanson
20.1.09	Anthony Leon Peart - Vera Baird
21.1.09	Local Government Finance - John Healey
21.1.09	Sri Lanka - David Miliband
21.1.09	NHS Constitution for England - Alan Johnson
21.1.09	Police Grants (England and Wales) 2009-10 - Mr Vernon Coaker
21.1.09	Omagh Bombing - Mr Shaun Woodward
22.1.09	National Minimum Wage - Mr Pat McFadden
22.1.09	Tax Information Exchange Agreement (United Kingdom/Guernsey) - Mr Stephen Timms
22.1.09	Armed Forces Day - Mr Kevan Jones
22.1.09	Household Waste Incentives - Jane Kennedy
22.1.09	General Affairs and External Relations Council - Caroline Flint
22.1.09	The UK and China: A Framework for Engagement - David Miliband
22.1.09	Cyprus: De-mining - Caroline Flint
22.1.09	Justice and Home Affairs - Meg Hillier
22.1.09	Boundary Commission for England - Mr Jack Straw
22.1.09	Rome I Regulation - Bridget Prentice
22.1.09	Olympic Funding - Tessa Jowell
22.1.09	Council of Europe/Western European Union - Mr Gordon Brown