ANNOUNCEMENTS

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 21 November to Monday 27 November (deadline 15 November)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 15 November. The ballot will take place on Thursday 16 November.

Tuesday 28 November to Monday 4 December (deadline 22 November)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 22 November. The ballot will take place on Thursday 23 November.

 FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person, or from their own email account, or send a signed application through the post. Application forms are available from the Table Office or through the intranet at http://intranet.parliament.uk/tableoffice/.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members will be informed of the outcome by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 November (deadline 6 November)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office, Communities and Local Government; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Exiting the European Union; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; International Trade; Justice; Scotland; Wales; Women and Equalities

Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 November (deadline 13 November)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Defence; Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Education; Health; International Development; Northern Ireland; Transport; Treasury; Work and Pensions

Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 November (deadline 20 November)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office, Communities and Local Government; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Exiting the European Union; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Home Office; International Trade; Justice; Scotland; Wales; Women and Equalities

Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December (deadline 27 November)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Defence; Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Education; Health; International Development; Northern Ireland; Transport; Treasury; Work and Pensions

 Determination of Business by the Backbench BUSINESS Committee

Monday 6 November in the Chamber

Motion on British membership of the European Economic Area: Stephen Kinnock

General debate on transport in the North: Diana Johnson

Tuesday 7 November in the Chamber

Motion on temporary accommodation: Siobhain McDonagh

General debate on matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment: Ian Mearns

Tuesday 14 November in Westminster Hall

General debate on International Men's Day: Jeremy Lefroy

Thursday 16 November in the Chamber

Motion on the roll-out of Universal Credit: Frank Field

General debate on defence aerospace industrial strategy: Ruth Smeeth

Thursday 16 November in Westminster Hall

General debate on World Antibiotics Awareness Week: Julian Sturdy

General debate on Department of Work and Pensions support for care leavers: Alex Burghart

 NOVEMBER ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

Members wishing to table Questions in person may do so in the usual way through the Table Office until 7.30pm or the rising of the House, whichever is earlier, on Tuesday 7 November. Thereafter, Members may table Questions for oral and written answer electronically or by post. Questions for written answer received after the rise of the House on 7 November will be treated as having been tabled on Friday 10 November.

Questions for oral answer

Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns:

The results of the shuffles on 7 November will be published on 8 November. They will be available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfutoral/futoral.pdf

For further details of last tabling days for other departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-table-office/Oral-questions-rota.pdf

Notes:

* The latest time for tabling is 12.30pm on each of these days.

** First sitting day after adjournment.

*** (T) indicates that there are also Topical questions for that Department.

Questions for written answer on a named day

The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the November Adjournment is 5.30pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Thursday 2 November (for answer on Tuesday 7 November).

 NOVEMBER ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC BILLS

Members wishing to table amendments to public bills may do so in the usual way in the Public Bill Office until the rise of the House on Tuesday 7 November. Such amendments will be available online from Wednesday 8 November.

During the recess, Members may submit amendments in person, via introduced staff or, if signed, by other staff or by post to the Recess Duty Office, located in the Journal Office; or they may be e-mailed to pbohoc@parliament.uk from a Member’s network account or from the network account of a member of staff who has been introduced by their Member to the Public Bill Office. The Public Bill Office will be open for the receipt of amendments from 11am to 4.30pm on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 November.

Deadlines, publication and eligibility for selection

The following deadlines apply for tabling of amendments if they are to be eligible for selection in proceedings on bills on 14 and 15 November:

Any proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House on Tuesday 14 November: deadline is 4.30pm on Thursday 9 November

Any proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House on Wednesday 15 November: deadline is 4.30pm on Friday 10 November

The table below shows the deadlines, first publication date and selection eligibility for amendments submitted during the recess.

*Amendments are published online the morning after they are tabled, provisionally marshalled into the order in which they relate to the bill.