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Thursday, July 2, 1998 Published at 18:17 GMT 19:17 UK


UK Politics: Diary

July 8



COMMONS

Morning Adjournments

9:35 BST (8:35 GMT) EU structural funds for London - Tony Coleman, Lab, Putney.

11:00 BST (10:00 GMT) The economy of disadvantaged areas of Wales - Dafydd Wigley, Carnarfon.

12:30 BST (11:30 GMT) Illegal encampments - Gisela Stuart, Lab, Birmingham Edgbaston.

1:00 BST (12:00 GMT) Village schools and rural communities.

1:30 BST (12:30 GMT) Women in science and engineering - Phyllis Starkey, Milton Keynes South West.

Questions

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Prime Minister 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT).

Statement expected on the Strategic Defence Review 15:30 BST (14:30 GMT).

Ten Minute Rule Bill

Empty homes - Value added tax - Jonathan R. Shaw, Lab, Chatham & Aylesford. VAT should be paid on the renovation of long standing empty properties.

Business

Competition Bill - remaining stages 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT) - expected.

Evening Adjournment

Economic development and jobs in North Northumberland - Mr A. J. Beith, LibDem, Berwick-upon-Tweed.


SELECT COMMITTEES

Education and Employment; Education Sub-Committee: Role of head teachers 9.30 BST (8:30 GMT).

Witnesses: Prof. David Reynolds and Prof. Peter Mortimore; Hay McBer Ltd and the Teacher Training Agency.

Culture, Media and Sport: Millennium Celebrations in the United Kingdom 10:00 BST (9:00 GMT)

Witnesses: Robert Ayling, Chairman, and Jennie Page, Chief Executive, The New Millennium Experience Company.

International Development: Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (European Union Policy 10.00 BST (9:00 GMT).

Witness: Glenys Kinnock, MEP.

Scottish Affairs: Inward and Outward Investment into Scotland 10:30 BST (9:30 GMT).

Witnesses: Scottish Trades Union Congress.

Social Security: Pension Sharing on Divorce 10:45 BST (9:45 GMT).

Witnesses: National Association of Pension Funds; Association of British Insurers.

European Legislation: Multi-lateral Agreement on Investment 16.05 BST (15:05 GMT).

Witnesses: Barbara Roche MP, Secretary of State for Small Firms, Department of Trade and Industry.

Agriculture: Flood and Coastal Defence 16.15 BST (15:15 GMT).

Witness: Mr Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, MAFF.

Northern Ireland Affairs: Prison Service in Northern Ireland 16:15 BST (15:15 GMT).

Witness: Sir David Ramsbotham, HM Inspector of Prisons.


LORDS

Starred Questions

What progress is being made on improvements in teacher training? Lord Quirk.

Will the government consider restoring income support and housing benefit to students orphaned or estranged from both parents? Earl Russell.

What steps are being taken to modify European Union medicine legislation with regard to horses? Lord Sandberg.

What priority is being given by the Department for International Development, in relation to women's sexual and reproductive rights, to provide further relevant services, including education, in the poorest countries? Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Business

Legislation - Scotland Bill (committee stage - 1st day).

Unstarred Question

What steps are being taken to ensure the North West of England is not disadvantaged by the Channel Tunnel rail links? Lord Inglewood.


NON-PARLIAMENTARY

Defence The Strategic Defence Review is likely to be published today. It is likely to include a statement on the UK's nuclear warheads, the Territorial Army and two new aircraft carriers.

BSE Inquiry continues.





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