Order Paper for 05 September 2024

1David Burton-Sampson (Southend West and Leigh)
What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of small businesses to the Government's growth mission. [R] (900170)

2Sarah Coombes (West Bromwich)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900171)

3Alistair Strathern (Hitchin)
What steps his Department is taking to help support high street businesses. (900172)

4Alex Baker (Aldershot)
What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of small businesses to the Government's growth mission. (900174)

5Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900175)

6Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood)
What steps his Department is taking to improve the UK’s trading relationship with the EU. (900177)

7Yuan Yang (Earley and Woodley)
What steps he is taking to attract inward investment. (900178)

8Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900179)

9Lauren Edwards (Rochester and Strood)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900180)

10Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
What steps his Department is taking to strengthen employment rights. (900181)

11Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon)
What steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mitigate the potential risks posed by the Chinese share of the electric vehicle market. (900182)

12Anneliese Midgley (Knowsley)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900183)

13Becky Gittins (Clwyd East)
What steps his Department is taking to improve the UK’s trading relationship with the EU. (900184)

14Rachel Hopkins (Luton South and South Bedfordshire)
What recent progress his Department has made on introducing an industrial strategy. (900186)

15Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
When his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill. (900187)

16Chris Vince (Harlow)
What steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to trade with the EU. (900189)

17Antonia Bance (Tipton and Wednesbury)
When his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill. (900190)

18Ashley Dalton (West Lancashire)
What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of small businesses to the Government's growth mission. (900192)

19Matthew Patrick (Wirral West)
What steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to trade with the EU. (900193)

20Valerie Vaz (Walsall and Bloxwich)
What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on removing barriers to trade. (900194)

At 10.15am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

T1Patrick Hurley (Southport)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (900195)

T2David Davis (Goole and Pocklington) (900196)

T3David Pinto-Duschinsky (Hendon) (900197)

T4Mike Amesbury (Runcorn and Helsby) (900198)

T5Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) (900199)

T6Joe Powell (Kensington and Bayswater) (900200)

T7Helen Morgan (North Shropshire) (900201)

T8Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley) (900202)

T9Paul Waugh (Rochdale) (900203)

T10Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton) (900204)

Urgent Questions and Statements

Urgent Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on the future of steel manufacturing in the UK (Martin Vickers)

Business Question to the Leader of the House

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers)

Pat McFadden

Bill to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.

Business of the Day

1. The Speaker’s absence

Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Lucy Powell

That the Speaker have leave of absence on Monday 9 September to attend the funeral of Monsignor Michael McKenna in Chorley.

2. Great British Energy Bill: Second Reading

Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Claire Coutinho

Andrew Bowie

Mark Garnier

Joy Morrissey

That this House, while recognising the need to cut household energy bills for families, accelerate private investment in energy infrastructure, and protect and create jobs in the energy industry across the UK, declines to give a Second Reading to the Great British Energy Bill because Great British Energy will not produce any energy, will not reduce household energy bills by £300, does not compensate for the amount of investment in energy projects that will be deterred by the Government’s plans to prematurely shut down the UK’s oil and gas sector, and involves an unjustified use of taxpayers’ money at a time when the Government is withdrawing the Winter Fuel Payment from 10 million pensioners as energy bills rise.

3. Great British Energy Bill: Programme

No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7))

Secretary Ed Miliband

That the following provisions shall apply to the Great British Energy 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 Tuesday 15 October 2024.

(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 may be programmed.

4. Great British Energy Bill: Money

Applications for 30-minute end of day adjournment debates should be made to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the Wednesdays listed below. Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on ParliNet. The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 September (ballot closed)

The ballot for Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 September is closed and will take place today.

Monday 7 to Monday 14 October (deadline Wednesday 11 September 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Forthcoming Westminster Hall Debates

The rota for answering Departments is listed below. Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the Mondays listed below. Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on ParliNet. The ballot takes place the day after the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 October (deadline Monday 9 September 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Health and Social Care; Justice; Science, Innovation and Technology; Wales

Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 October (deadline Monday 7 October 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Business and Trade; Cabinet Office; Energy Security and Net Zero; Home Office; Housing, Communities and Local Government; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Private Members’ Bills

Ballot Bills

Event	Date and location
Ballot draw	9am on Thursday 5 September, Committee Room 16
Presentation of ballot bills	Wednesday 16 October, immediately after questions and statements (if any)

At the ballot draw, the Chairman of Ways and Means will draw 20 names in reverse order. The list of successful Members will be available in the Vote Office and on the internet shortly after the draw. Members successful in the ballot will be contacted by the Clerk of Private Members’ Bills.

Notes:

Arrangements made under the Order of the House of 22 July and on the authority of Mr Speaker.

First notices of ten minute rule motions and presentation of non-ballot bills

Event	Date and location
First notices of ten minute rule motions	Thursday 17 October, by email from the Member’s parliamentary email address to PBOHoC@parliament.uk, from 10.00am until the rise of the House
First notices of presentation bills (to be presented on or after Monday 21 October)	Thursday 17 October, by email from the Member’s parliamentary email address to PBOHoC@parliament.uk, from 10.00am until the rise of the House

There will be no physical queue for the first notices of ten minute rule motions or presentation bills.

A single notice (of either a ten minute rule motion OR a presentation bill) will be accepted from each Member from emails received from the Member’s parliamentary email address between 10.00 and 10.30am. After 10.30am, unlimited further notices will be accepted from emails received from the Member’s parliamentary email address at or after 10.00am in the order in which they were received.

Four ten minute rule slots will be available (for speeches on 29 and 30 October and 5 and 6 November).

Members interested in giving notice on Thursday 17 October should contact the Clerk of Private Members’ Bills in advance to agree bill titles (PBOHoC@parliament.uk, x3254).

Notes:

Arrangements made according to Standing Order No. 14(11), the Order of the House of 22 July and on the authority of Mr Speaker.

Election of Select Committee Chairs

Nominations

Nominations must be handed in to the Table Office or Public Bill Office on sitting days and at the latest by 4pm on Monday 9 September. Nomination forms are available in those offices and in the Vote Office.

Each nomination must consist of a signed statement made by the candidate declaring their willingness to stand. For all posts other than Chair of the Backbench Business Committee, nominations must be accompanied by the following number of original signatures of Members elected to the House as members of the same party as the candidate:

Labour Party	15 signatures
Conservative Party	12 signatures
Liberal Democrats	7 signatures

Nominations may (optionally) be accompanied by the original signatures of up to five Members elected to the House as members of any party other than that to which the candidate belongs, or members of no party.

In the case of the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee, statements must be accompanied by the original signatures of between 20 and 25 Members, of whom no fewer than 10 must be members of a party represented in the Government and no fewer than 10 must be members of another party or no party.

No Member may sign more than one nomination paper for each chair position; if any Member does so, their signature will be invalidated across all nominations for that post. Candidates should declare any relevant interests.

Candidates may also provide a 500-word supporting statement, which will be published online and in an election day booklet.

As soon as possible after the close of nominations, the full list of candidates and their sponsors will be placed in the Table Office and the Vote Office in the Members’ Lobby and published on the website.

For the current list of candidates nominated to any Chair position, please see the separate paper available in the Vote Office and online.

Ballot and count

The ballot will be held between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday 11 September in Committee Room 15. The ballot will be counted under the Alternative Vote system.

For further details, please see the Briefing Note available in the Vote Office and Table Office.

Further Information

MPS’ GUIDE TO PROCEDURE

The MPs’ Guide to Procedure is available on the Parliamentary website and also in hard copy from the Vote Office

Business of the Day

Documents and reports relating to the business being held in the Chamber are available on the Commons Business Briefings webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/commons-business-briefings/

Chamber Engagement

Information about engaging the public with debates is available on the parliamentary website: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say-on-laws/chamber-engagement/.

All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices

Order Paper: Future Business

A. Calendar of Business

Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.

Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down for today, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.

B. Remaining Orders and Notices

Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.

A. Calendar of Business

MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Questions

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

Adjournment Debate

Availability of housing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Andrew George

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Questions

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

Westminster Hall

Questions

9.30am That this House has considered UK priorities for COP29: Deirdre Costigan

11.00am That this House has considered the Winter Fuel Payment: Rachael Maskell

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered illegal immigration: Neil O’Brien

4.00pm That this House has considered Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange: Alberto Costa

4.30pm That this House has considered exempt supported accommodation: Preet Kaur Gill

Notes:

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Questions

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Westminster Hall

9.30am That this House has considered the adequacy of planning policy for Traveller sites: Kevin Hollinrake

11.00am That this House has considered bus services in rural areas: Sarah Dyke

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered depopulation in rural areas: Torcuil Crichton

4.00pm That this House has considered the Oswestry to Gobowen railway line: Helen Morgan

4.30pm That this House has considered the impact of financial fraud and economic crime: Mr Luke Charters

Notes:

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Questions

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.10am Questions to the Attorney General

Westminster Hall

1.30pm That this House has considered the regulation of short-term lets: Rachel Blake

3.00pm That this House has considered environmental standards for new housing: Ellie Chowns

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Chairman of Ways and Means. The debate at 3.00pm will last for up to 90 minutes. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

MONDAY 7 OCTOBER

Chamber

Questions

1. Constitutional Law

Secretary Jo Stevens

That the draft Government of Wales Act 2006 (Devolved Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2024, which was laid before this House on 21 May, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes: