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[No. 134 Tuesday 10 November 2009 ]

The house met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Private Bills [Lords] (Suspension): Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords]

Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (29 October) as relates to the Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords] be now considered._(Chairman of Ways and Means).

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 20(2)).

2 Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

3 Speaker's Statement: Remembrance Day

4 Local Planning Authorities (Protection of Local Services) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

Greg Mulholland, supported by Mr Eric Illsley and Peter Bottomley, presented a Bill to make provision for local planning authorities to require planning permission prior to the demolition or change of use of any or all premises or land used or most recently used as a local service; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Thursday 12 November, and to be printed (Bill 163).

5 Queen's Diamond Jubilee: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for a national public holiday marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and to establish a framework to ensure that the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and Crown dependencies appropriately commemorate this occasion; and for connected purposes;

That Andrew Rosindell, Mr Simon Burns, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Daniel Kawczynski, Mr Angus MacNeil, Mr Owen Paterson, Mrs Iris Robinson, Bob Russell, Chloe Smith, Geraldine Smith, Dr Richard Taylor and Angela Watkinson present the Bill.

Mr Andrew Rosindell accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 164).

6 Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Welfare Reform Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 27 January 2009 (Welfare Reform Bill (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement at this day's sitting.

2. The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order, namely Lords Amendment No. 2, remaining Lords Amendments.

Subsequent stages

3. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

4. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement._(Helen Jones.)

Question agreed to.

7 Welfare Reform Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

Lords Amendment 2

Motion made and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords Amendment 2.

The House divided.

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Division No. 245.

Ayes: 286 (Tellers: Steve McCabe, David Wright).

Noes: 236 (Tellers: Jeremy Wright, James Duddridge).

Question agreed to.

Lords Amendment 2 accordingly disagreed to.

Amendment (a) in lieu and consequential Amendment (b) agreed to.

Lords Amendment 1 and 3 to 102 agreed to, with Commons privileges waived in respect of Lords Amendments 11, 12, 19 to 21, 23, 35, 30, 31, 38, 44 and 48.

8 Health Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Health Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 8 June 2009 (Health Bill [Lords] (Programme)):

Consideration of Lords Message

1. Any Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

2. Proceedings on any such Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement at today's sitting.

Subsequent stages

3. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

4. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement._(Mary Creagh.)

Question agreed to.

9 Health Bill [Lords]: Consideration of Lords Message

Lords Amendments 11A to 11G agreed to.

10 Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Ministry of Defence Police Appeals Tribunals Regulations 2009, which were laid before this House on 12 October, be approved._(Mary Creagh.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct) Regulations 2009, which were laid before this House on 12 October, be approved._(Mary Creagh.)

Question agreed to.

(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2009, which was laid before this House on 12 October, be approved._(Mary Creagh.)

Question agreed to.

11 EU Aid Effectiveness

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 119(11)), That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 13732/09, Commission/Presidency Paper on an operational framework for the EU to promote aid effectiveness; and calls on the Commission and Member States actively to implement its recommendations._(Mary Creagh.)

Question agreed to.

12 Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Ordered, That Mr David Kidney be discharged from the West Midlands Regional Select Committee and Mrs Janet Dean be added._(Mary Creagh.)

(2) Ordered, That Linda Gilroy be discharged from the South West Regional Select Committee and Roger Berry be added._(Mary Creagh.)

13 Public Petition

A Public Petition from residents of the constituency of North Dorset in the Dorset region of the UK relating to Equitable Life (North Dorset) was presented and read by Mr Robert Walter.

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14 Adjournment

Subject: Provision of free fruit in schools (Mr Mark Todd).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn._(Lyn Brown.)

[Adjourned at 7.43 pm until tomorrow. ]

Other proceedings

Lords Messages

15 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

The Lords agree to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, with Amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

Printing of Lords Amendments

16 Apprenticeships, Skills Children and Learning Bill

Lords Amendments to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 167), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 167^EN).

General Committees: Reports

17 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Eric Martlew (Chairman) reported the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1499), the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1498) and the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1496).

General Committees: Appointments

The Speaker appoints the Chairman of General 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).

18 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1499), the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1498) and the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1496))

Members: Mr Michael Fallon discharged and Mr Edward Timpson nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

19 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee's discussions at its meeting on 10 November, to be published (Mr Frank Doran).

20 Communities and Local Government Committee

Beyond decent homes: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1054-iii) (Dr Phyllis Starkey).

21 Culture, Media and Sport Committee

(1) The future for local and regional media: Evidence, to be printed (HC 699-iv);

(2) Press standards, privacy and libel: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr John Whittingdale).

22 Defence Committee

Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008^09: Evidence, to be printed (HC >1103-i)> (Mr James Arbuthnot).

23 Home Affairs Committee

(1) The work of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA): Fourteenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 730);

(2) Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1007-ii);

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(3) The Cocaine Trade: Evidence, to be printed (HC 639-v);

(4) Role of the Home Secretary in relation to the UK-US Extradition Treaty: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1105-i)

(Keith Vaz).

24 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

(1) Retention, use and destruction of biometric data: correspondence with Government: Twenty-seventh Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 16 December 2008, 13 January, 2 June, 14 and 21 July, and 20 October (HC 1113);

(2) Legislative Scrutiny: Child Poverty Bill: Twenty-eighth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report, and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 21 July and 13 and 20 October (HC 1114);

(3) The work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1042-ii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Business and human rights: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Human rights judgments: Written evidence, to be published;

(6) Human trafficking: Written evidence, to be published;

(7) Legislative scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published;

(8) Policing and protest: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Andrew Dismore).

25 Justice Committee

Justice issues in Europe: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1093-ii) (Sir Alan Beith).

26 Liaison Committee

Decisions on Planning: National Policy Statements (Standing Order No. 152H):

(1) That the Committee has designated the Energy and Climate Change Committee to consider the Proposals under the Planning Act 2008 for national policy statements for (a) energy, (b) fossil fuel electricity generating infrastructure, (c) renewable energy infrastructure, (d) gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines, (e) electricity networks infrastructure and (f) nuclear power generation, laid before the House on 9 November; and

(2) That the Committee has designated the Transport Committee to consider the Proposal under the Planning Act 2008 for a national policy statement for ports, laid before the House on 9 November

(Mr Alan Williams).

27 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament: Evidence, to be printed (HC >994-iii)> (Dr Tony Wright).

28 Regulatory Reform Committee

(1) Draft Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009: Tenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1108);

(2) the following Resolution:

That the draft Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009, which was laid before this House on 21 October 2009, should be approved.

(3) Draft Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009: Eleventh Report: to be printed with the Formal Minutes, relating to the Report (HC 1111);

(4) the following Resolution:

That the draft Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009, which was laid before this House on 29 October 2009 should be approved.

The Committee came to these Resolutions without a Division.

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(5) Themes and Trends in Regulatory Reform: Government response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2008^09: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 597)

(Andrew Miller).

29 Transport Committee

The Department for Transport's Annual Report 2008: Written evidence, to be printed (HC 1112) (Mrs Louise Ellman).

30 Welsh Affairs Committee

(1) Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2009: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1110-i);

(2) Cross-border services for Wales: follow-up: Written evidence, to be published

(Dr Hywel Francis).

31 Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee

The Work of Yorkshire Forward: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1034-ii) (Eric Illsley).

[WH, No. 86]  

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Subjects:

Financial services regulation (Mr David Heathcoat-Amory).

Cyprus (Mr Andrew Dismore).

Rape crisis centres (Lynda Waltho).

Public transport and the disabled (Mr John Randall).

Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak (Ms Gisela Stuart).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned._(Sarah McCarthy-Fry.)

[Adjourned at 1.59 pm until tomorrow. ]

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Banks and Banking

Draft Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Insurers) Order 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sarah McCarthy-Fry).

2 Climate Change Levy

Draft Climate Change Levy (Solid Fuel) (Revocation) Regulations 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sarah McCarthy-Fry).

3 Constitutional Law

Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Hain).

4 Income Tax

Draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions (No. 2) Order 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

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Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

5 Customs

Export Control (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2969), dated 5 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Pat McFadden).

6 Electronic Communications

Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2979), dated 9 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Ben Bradshaw).

7 Statistics of Trade

Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2974), dated 9 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

8 Taxes

Mutual Societies (Transfers of Business) (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2971), dated 9 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

9 Value Added Tax

(1) Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2978), dated 9 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms); and

(2) Value Added Tax (Drugs and Medicines) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2972), dated 9 November 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

Other Papers:

10 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Draft Antarctic Bill (by Command) (Cm. 7635) (Secretary David Miliband).

11 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department of Health: Young people's sexual health: the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (by Act); to be printed (HC 963) (Clerk of the House).

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