Business of the House of Commons
2 - 6 November 2009

Monday 2 November

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Defence, including Topical Questions

Urgent Question - Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - Alan Johnson

Statement - European Council - Mr Gordon Brown

Legislation - Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [HL] - Report stage and Third Reading (Not amended, further considered; Bill read the Third time and passed)

Debate - Tackling anti-social behaviour

Adjournment - Supermarkets and regional farming - Mr Lindsay Hoyle

The House rose at 10.29pm

Tuesday 3 November

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Affordable housing in rural areas - Tim Farron
11.00-12.30	Public procurement and farm animal welfare - Mr Chris Mullin
12.30-13.00	Policy implications of the termination of police force contracts: the case of Thames Valley Police and Wessex Recovery Limited - Mr Richard Benyon
13.00-13.30	Independent inspectors' report into the collapse of MG Rover - Richard Burden
13.30-14.00	Specialist care for muscular dystrophy patients - Mrs Caroline Spelman

The House sat at 2.30pm

Oral Questions - Treasury, including Topical Questions

Statement - Banking reform - Mr Alistair Darling

Statement - Higher education - Mr David Lammy

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) - Peter Luff (Bill presented and read the First time)

Programme Motion - Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (on a Division, agreed to)

Legislation - Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill - Considered in Committee of the whole House (day 1: Clauses 1-14, 16, 17, 19, 20 agreed to; Clauses 15 &18 as amended, agreed to; Schedules 1 & 2 agreed to)

Adjournment - Police Community Support Officer budget in Somerset - Mr Jeremy Browne

The House rose at 10.49pm

Wednesday 4 November

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

Westminster Hall Private Members' Debates -

09.30-11.00	Support for persons disabled by thalidomide - Charlotte Atkins
11.00-11.30	Sustainable housing strategies for Marton Moss, Blackpool - Mr Gordon Marsden
14.30-16.00	Probation Service - Mr Elfyn Llwyd
16.00-16.30	Haringey pupil funding - Lynne Featherstone
16.30-17.00	Extending selective licensing schemes - Phil Wilson

The House sat at 11.30am

Oral Questions - Northern Ireland; Prime Minister

Speaker's Statement - Appointment of the Chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Statement - Committee on Standards in Public Life report on MP's expenses and allowances - Ms Harriet Harman

Ten Minute Rule Bill - Food Labelling (Nutrition and Health) - Helen Southworth (Bill presented and read the First time)

Legislation - Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill - Further considered in Committee of the whole House (day 2: Clauses 25-44 & 46-52 agreed to; Clauses 33, 34 & 45 as amended, agreed to; Schedules 5-8 agreed to; Schedule 9 as amended, agreed to)

Adjournment - Pernicious anaemia - Mrs Madeleine Moon

The House rose at 7.31pm

Thursday 5 November

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

Westminster Hall - a debate on 1st Joint Report from the Committee on Arms Export Controls, Session 2008-09, entitled 'Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2009): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2007, Quarterly Reports for 2008, licensing policy and review of export control legislation', HC 178, and the Government's response, Cm 7698

The House sat at 10.30am

Oral Questions - Energy and Climate Change, including Topical Questions

Business Statement - Leader of the House

Speaker's Statement - Use of public galleries by serving members of the armed forces

Debate - Climate Change: Preparation for the Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen

Adjournment - Taxation of gambling - Philip Davies

The House rose at 6.30pm

Friday 6 November

The House did not sit

Written Ministerial Statements
2 - 6 November 2009

2.11.09	Olympic Safety and Security - Mr David Hanson
2.11.09	UK Border Agency Guidance (Welfare and Children) - Mr Phil Woolas
2.11.09	Openness of Family Courts - Family Courts Information pilot - Bridget Prentice
2.11.09	Annual Report of the Public Guardian Board - Mr Jack Straw
3.11.09	Tax Information Exchange (The Bahamas) - Mr Stephen Timms
3.11.09	General Affairs and External Relations Council - Chris Bryant
3.11.09	Migration (Bulgarian and Romanian Workers) - Mr Phil Woolas
3.11.09	Northern Ireland Court Service - Mr Jack Straw
3.11.09	Correction to Oral Answer - Yvettee Cooper
4.11.09	Service Children's Education (Key Targets 2009-10 - Mr Kevan Jones
4.11.09	Regulation of Social Care - Phil Hope
4.11.09	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 - Mr David Hanson
4.11.09	Committee on Standards in Public Life (MPs' Expenses and Allowances) - Ms Harriet Harman
4.11.09	Independent Monitoring Commission - Mr Shaun Woodward
4.11.09	Special Grant Funding 2010-11 (National bus Concession) - Mr Sadiq Khan
4.11.09	State Pension and Pension Credit - Angela Eagle
5.11.09	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education - Ed Balls
5.11.09	Leasehold Advisory Service - Mr Ian Austin
5.11.09	Items Accepted in Lieu of Tax - Margaret Hodge
5.11.09	Animal Procedures Committee (Annual Report) - Meg Hillier
5.11.09	Proceeds of Crime - Mr Alan Campbell
5.11.09	Judicial Declarations (Freemasonry) - Mr Jack Straw
5.11.09	Franchise Rail Services - Mr Sadiq Khan