House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
21st October 2013

No. 59

The House met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

2 Statement: UK nuclear energy programme (Secretary Edward Davey)

3 Backbench Business (14th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

(1) Future of the BBC

Resolved, That this House has considered the future of the BBC.-(Alun Cairns.)

(2) State of natural capital in England and Wales

Resolved, That this House welcomes the Natural Capital Committee’s first annual State of Natural Capital report; and urges the Government to adopt the report’s recommendations and to take concerted action to embed the value of natural capital in the national accounts and policy-making processes as early as possible.-(Mr Graham Stuart.)

4 Adjournment

Subject: Provision for dealing with the emotional and psychological consequences of stroke (Helen Jones).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Sam Gyimah.)

At 10.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Sam Gyimah.)

Adjourned at 10.18 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

5 European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]

The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills

6 European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 119) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 119–EN).

Changes to Notices Given

7 Education (Information Sharing) Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 8 November.

General Committees: Reports

8 First Delegated Legislation Committee

Katy Clark (Chair) reported the Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 1897).

9 European Committee B

Philip Davies (Chair) reported the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. SEC (2013) 370, a Statement of estimates of the Commission for 2014 (Preparation of the 2014 Draft Budget); agrees with the Government that at a time of ongoing economic fragility in Europe and tight constraints on domestic public spending, it is essential that the European Union budget reflects the consolidation efforts of Member States to bring deficit and debt onto a more sustainable path; agrees that the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) agreement secured by the Prime Minister at the February European Council represents a good deal for taxpayers, delivering an unprecedented real-terms reduction of €35 billion on the current period in the seven year payment ceilings to €908.4 billion and a real-terms reduction of over three percent in payment appropriations, and protecting the UK rebate; welcomes the fact that the 2014 Draft Budget respects the MFF agreement; notes that the Commission’s proposal sees a cash reduction in payments of around €4.5 billion compared to the current budget for 2013; and calls on the Government to continue its efforts to limit the size of the Budget by pressing for further savings, particularly in administration, in order to get the best deal for UK taxpayers.

General Committees: Appointments

The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committees, and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.

The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).

10 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 1897))

(1) Chair: Katy Clark in place of Mrs Linda Riordan

(2) Members: Mr John Randall discharged and Heather Wheeler nominated in substitution.

11 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. SEC(2013) 370 the Statement of Estimates of the Commission for 2014 (Preparation of the 2014 Draft Budget)

Members: Nic Dakin discharged and Karl Turner nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

12 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 21 October, to be published (Sir Alan Haselhurst).

13 Communities and Local Government Committee

Correspondence from the Department for Communities and Local Government: Written evidence, to be published;

Knight review of fire and rescue service: Written evidence, to be published;

Local Government Procurement: Written evidence, to be published

(Clive Betts).

14 Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee on)

Draft Deregulation Bill: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (Mr Kelvin Hopkins).

15 Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Thameslink: Twenty-sixth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes Relating to the Report (HC 296);

(2) Customer service lines across government: Twenty-seventh Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes Relating to the Report (HC 617);

(3) The fight against Malaria: Twenty-eighth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 618);

(4) Whole of Government Accounts: Evidence, to be printed (HC 667-i)

(Margaret Hodge).

16 Science and Technology Committee

Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council:

(1) Fifth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 702);

(2) Evidence, to be published (HC 702)

(Andrew Miller).

17 Transport Committee

(1) Safety at level crossings: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 680);

(2) Passenger transport in isolated communities: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Winter resilience in transport: Written evidence, to be published

(Mrs Louise Ellman).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 11.30 am.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Age-Related Payments

Draft Age-Related Payments Regulations 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sajid Javid).

2 European Union

Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement) Order 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

3 Immigration

Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

4 Plant Health

(1) Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2687), dated 21 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Owen Paterson); and

(2) Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2691), dated 16 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Owen Paterson).

5 Road Traffic

(1) Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2594), dated 15 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin); and

(2) Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2667), dated 16 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin).

6 Social Care

Providers of Social Work Services (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2668), dated 16 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove).

7 Social Security

Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2689), dated 21 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

Other Papers:

8 Communities and Local Government

Memorandum to the Communities and Local Government Committee on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Planning Act 2008 (by Command) (Cm. 8716) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

9 National Health Service

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Trust Special Administrators Extension of Time) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2671), dated 17 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

10 Police

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Codes A, B, C, E, F and H) Order 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 2685), dated 16 October 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

11 Police and Criminal Evidence

(1) Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 2013–14 on E-crime (by Command) (Cm. 8734) (Secretary Theresa May);

(2) Revised code of practice in connection with: the detention, treatment and questioning by police officers of persons in police detention under section 41 of, and schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 (Code H) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(3) Revised code of practice for searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by Police Officers on persons or premises (Code B) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(4) Revised code of practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers (Code C) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(5) Revised code of practice for the exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search (Code A) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(6) Revised code of practice on audio recording interviews with suspects (Code E) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May); and

(7) Revised code of practice on visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects (Code F) (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May).

12 Science and Technology

Account of the Research Councils’ Pension Scheme, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 758) (Clerk of the House).

Withdrawn Papers:

13 Age-Related Payments

Draft Age-Related Payments Regulations 2013 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (laid 1 July).