Commons Journal 265

SPEAKER:

I. Election of Speaker:

Her Majesty gives leave to the House to proceed forthwith to the choice of a new Speaker, 450.

Three Secret Ballots on candidates, 450.

Question, That John Bercow do take the Chair of this House as Speaker, put and agreed to, 451.

Speaker Elect conducted to the Chair and expressed his respectful and humble acknowledgement to the House, &c., and sits down in the Chair; the Mace placed upon the Table; several Members congratulate Speaker Elect; Speaker Elect goes away without the Mace before him, 451.

Speaker reports Her Majesty's approbation, 451.

II. Proceedings Relating to the Speaker at Opening and Close of Session:

Goes with the House to attend Her Majesty in the House of Peers, 1.

Having returned, resumes Chair at 2.30 pm, 1.

Reports Her Majesty's Speech and directs that it be entered in the Journal, 1.

Goes with the House to attend the Lords Commissioners in the House of Peers to hear a Commission read for giving Royal Assent to Acts and for proroguing Parliament, &c., 718.

III. Communicates Matters to the House:

Announces the results of divisions deferred, pursuant to Order, 37, &c.

Notifies the House of Royal Assent to Acts, 44, 144, 217, 259, 383, 498, 583.

Makes a Statement on:

Appointment of the Chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, 689.

Arrest and entry into the offices of the Hon. Member for Ashford, 1.

Availability of Government papers to Members, 253.

Duties and responsibilities of honourable Members, 30.

Election of Deputy Speakers and Written Parliamentary Questions, 498

Further response to Point of Order of 2 July, 506.

Investigation into unauthorised release of government information, 6.

Members' allowances, 367, 372.

Members' expenses, 347.

Members' financial interests, 648.

Ministerial statements, 459.

Mr Speaker's intention to retire, 371.

Parliament Square, 357.

Police investigation, 85.

Police investigation into hon. Member for Ashford, 124.

Remembrance Day, 707.

Speaker's Committee on the search of offices on the Parliamentary Estate, 36.

The Wilson doctrine and access to the House of Commons server, 14.

Use of public galleries by serving members of the armed forces, 697.

Valedictory Statement, 434.

IV. Lays Papers on the Table:

Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 45.

Communications declaring that a Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, 242, 270(4), 682, 699. [ See Delegated Legislation, VI.]

Estimates for the House of Commons Administration, 429.

Estimates for the Electoral Commission, 152, 394.

Second Report from the Speaker's Committee 2008, 44.

First Report from the Speaker's Committee 2009, 278.

First Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Revised Green Book and audit of Members' Allowances, 51.

Second Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Consolidated list of provisions of the Resolutions of the House relating to expenditure charged to the Estimate for House of Commons: Members, 275.

Report of the Senior Salaries Review Body: Calculation of the MPs' Pay Uprating Mechanism for 2009, 266.

Report of the House of Commons Commission and Administration Estimate Audit Committee for 2008-09, 588.

Report of the House of Commons Commission on Employment of Members' staff by the House, 661.

Corporate Plan of the Electoral Commission for 2009-10 to 2013-14, 328.

Report of Electoral Commission for 2008-09, 580.

Resource Accounts of the Electoral Commission for 2008-09, 580.

Resource Accounts for the House of Commons Administration for 2008-09, 579.

V. Nominations and Appointments:

Nominates Chairmen's Panel, 9.

_Additional Members, 52, 615.

Appoints Chairmen of General Committees, 18, &c.

_An additional Chairman, 380, &c.

_One Chairman in place of another, 54, &c.

Nominates Programming Sub-Committee, 57, &c.

VI. Certificates and allocations:

Appoints certain days when debates in Westminster Hall shall be on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee, 11.

Makes allocations to General Committees:

_Delegated legislation, 18, &c.

Certifies Bills as Money Bills under Parliament Act 1911:

_Consolidated Fund Bill, 44.

_Corporation Tax Bill, 180.

_Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, 206.

_Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill, 519.

_Finance Bill, 529.

VII. Puts Questions forthwith:

Pursuant to Standing Orders:

Amendment on second or third reading (No. 62), 47, &c.

Calling of Amendments at end of debate (No. 33), 26.

Consideration of draft legislative reform orders (No. 18), 148, &c.

Consolidated Fund Bills (No. 56), 36, &c.

Delegated Legislation Committees (No. 118), 32, &c.

European Committees (No. 119), 38, &c.

Exempted business (No. 15), 65, &c.

Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills (No. 52), 47, &c.

Motions to sit in private (No. 163), 166,&c.

Periodic adjournments (No. 25), 32, &c.

Programme motions (No. 83A), 47, &c.

Programme orders: reasons committee (No. 83H), 702.

Questions on amendments (No. 31), 77, &c.

Questions on voting of estimates, &c. (No. 54), 31, &c.

Second reading committees (No.90), 65.

Suspension of a Member (No. 44), 62.

Ways and Means motions (No. 51), 289, &c.

VIII. Puts Questions at Specified Times or after Specified Periods:

1.Pursuant to Standing Orders:

Consideration of Estimates (No. 54):

_at 10.00 pm, 31, 194.

_at 6.00 pm on a Thursday, 498.

Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business (No. 23) after brief explanatory statements, 113, &c.

_after speech from member opposing the Motion, 180, &c.

_after speech from member opposing the Motion and a Division, 152.

Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents (No. 16) after one and a half hours, 37, &c.

Questions on voting of estimates, &c. (No. 55):

_at 10.00 pm, 31, 194.

_at 6.00 pm on a Thursday, 499.

IX.Other proceedings of the Speaker:

Adjourns House, without Question put, under Standing Order No. 9(7) (Sittings of the House), 17, &c.

Declares Main Question, as amended, agreed to, 78, &c.

Declares Question not decided, and Business stands over, 423. [ See Divisions.]

X. Miscellaneous

Order, That the Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the electing of Members, 481, 631.

Motion, That the Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the electing of a Member, amended on Division, to leave out from `That' to the end of the Question and insert `this House do pass to the Orders of the day'; Question, as amended, put and agreed to ( Question superseded), 582.

Tribute to Mr Speaker, 437.

Members appointed whom Speaker is to consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill, 3.

House informed of Speaker's unavoidable absence, 445.

Speaker having leave of absence on a Friday (Standing Order No. 3(3) Deputy Speaker), the Chair was taken by:

_the Chairman of Ways and Means, 192, &c.

_the First or Second Deputy Chairman, 166, &c.

XI. Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation

Appointed, 19.

Additional member appointed, 48.

Reports:

Interim Report, 545.

Evidence to be printed, 73, &c.

Written evidence to be printed, 287.

Part of the written evidence, to be published, 644.

XII. Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Appointed, 669.

XIII. Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Reports:

First [Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Electoral Commission: compliance with regulations on funding political parties], 278.

XIV. Speaker's Committee on the search of offices on the Parliamentary Estate

[ See Committees, Select, III]

Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill:Presented and read the first time, 76. Motion for Second reading withdrawn, Bill withdrawn, 366.

STANDING ORDERS AND SESSIONAL ORDERS:

I. Standing Orders relating to Public Business:

1. New Standing Orders made:

Committee on Members' Allowances, 86.

Planning: National policy statements, 378.

2. Standing Orders amended:

121 (Nomination of select committees), 379.

152 (Select Committees related to government departments), 467.

152D (House of Commons Members Estimate Committee), 330.

152F (Regional Select Committees), 466.

3. Miscellaneous:

Amendments proposed to Motions relating to Standing Orders, but not made, 378.

Standing Orders relating to Public Business to be printed, 45.

STATEMENTS

[ For statements by the Speaker, see Speaker,III.]

[ For business statements on a Thursday, see QuestionsII.]

I. Statements

Afghanistan and Pakistan (Prime Minister), 322, 621.

Automotive industry (Ian Pearson) 95.

Banking (Assets Protection Scheme) (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 162.

Banking (Assets Protection Scheme) (Mr Stephen Timms), 194.

Banking reform (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 683.

Binyam Mohamed (Secretary David Miliband), 124.

Building Britain's Future (Prime Minister), 476.

Business Statement (Leader of the House), 53; (Barbara Keeley), 535.

Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage (Secretary Edward Miliband), 294.

Committee on Standards in Public Life report on Members' expenses and allowances (Leader of the House), 689.

Constitutional renewal (Prime Minister), 413.

Council Tax (John Healey), 259.

Defence Acquisition (Secretary Bob Ainsworth), 636.

Digital Britain Report (Mr Ben Bradshaw), 429.

Digital Britain (Secretary Andy Burnham), 107.

Dunfermline Building Society (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 263.

Energy National Policy statements (Secretary Edward Miliband), 699.

Equitable Life (Yvette Cooper), 62.

Expert Group on Assessment Report (Secretary Ed Balls), 342.

EU Council/Prime Minister's visits (Prime Minister), 25.

European Council (Prime Minister), 453, 678.

Family justice in View (Secretary Jack Straw), 30.

Financial markets (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 64.

Financial Statement (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 289.

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Secretary Jack Straw), 152.

The future of Royal Mail (Mr Pat McFadden), 30.

G8 Summit (Prime Minster), 534.

G20 Finance ministers meeting (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 222.

G20 Summit (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 276.

Gaza (Secretary David Miliband), 46, 64.

Gurkhas (Mr Phil Woolas), 324; (Secretary Jacqui Smith), 383.

Healthcare Commission report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Secretary Alan Johnson), 233.

Higher education (Mr David Lammy), 683.

International Development White paper (Mr Secretary Alexander), 506.

International Terrorism (Secretary Jacqui Smith), 248.

Investment in new trains (Secretary Geoff Hoon), 144.

Iraq (Prime Minister), 44.

Iraq inquiry (Prime Minister), 425.

Libya (Secretary David Miliband), 589.

Lindsey Oil Refinery (Mr Pat McFadden), 109.

Lord Laming's Progress Report on the Protection of Children (Secretary Ed Balls), 216.

Low Carbon Transition Plan (Secretary Edward Miliband), 549.

National Express East Coast franchise (Mr Sadiq Khan), 492.

Nimrod Review (Secretary Bob Ainsworth), 667.

North Sea helicopter crash (Secretary Jim Murphy), 276.

Northern Ireland (Mr Secretary Woodward), 194.

Operation Pathway (Secretary Jacqui Smith), 278.

Parliamentary Standards (Leader of the House), 453.

Parliamentary Standards Authority (Leader of the House), 376.

Prisons and probation (Secretary Jack Straw), 298.

Records of Detention (Conclusion Review) (Mr Secretary Hutton), 162.

Reform of the care and support system (Secretary Andy Burnham), 540.

Reforming Financial Markets (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 519.

Reserves (Review) (Mr Bob Ainsworth), 301.

Rights and Responsibilities (Secretary Jack Straw), 244.

Royal Mail (Mr Pat McFadden), 640.

Sir Michael Pitt's Report on Summer 2007 Floods (Secretary Hilary Benn), 36.

Skills for growth (Mr Pat McFadden), 712.

Sonnex case (Secretary Jack Straw), 402.

Spring European Council (Prime Minister), 244.

Sri Lanka (Secretary David Miliband), 328.

Sutherland Inquiry (Secretary Ed Balls), 30.

Swine flu (Secretary Alan Johnson), 298.

Swine flu update (Secretary Alan Johnson), 324, 342; (Mr Secretary Burnham), 423, 498, 568.

Transport infrastructure (Secretary Geoff Hoon), 62.

UK climate projections (Secretary Edward Miliband), 445.

Up-rating of benefits (Tony McNulty), 22.

Welfare reform white paper (Secretary James Purnell), 17.

21 s tcentury schools (Secretary Ed Balls), 481.

II. Personal Statements

Mr Peter Hain, 889.

Mr Tony McNulty, 675.

Jacqui Smith, 589.

III. Urgent Questions

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (Secretary Alan Johnson), 678.

Businesses (Financial Assistance) (Ian Pearson), 56.

Children's Commissioner (Secretary Ed Balls), 636.

Equitable Life (Mr Liam Byrne), 582.

First Capital Connect Services (Chris Mole), 717.

Freedom of Information request (Immigration) (Mr Phil Woolas), 699.

MG Rover (Ian Lucas), 506.

National Security Strategy (Mr David Hanson), 466.

Newspaper surveillance methods (Mr David Hanson), 529.

Sale of Government assets (Mr Liam Byrne), 589.

Territorial Army (Bill Rammell), 657.

Transfer of Prisoners (Secretary Jack Straw), 640.

Statistics: Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 58. Reported, 71. Approved, 79.

Statistics Board: Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Higher Education Student Information) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 625. Reported, 643. Approved, 648.

Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 74. Read a second time on Division, 220. Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill Committee, 381. Order for consideration in Public Bill Committee discharged, Bill withdrawn, 4761.

Money Resolution, 430.

Supreme Court of England and Wales: Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3085), allocated to the Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 59. Reported, 80. Approved, 92.

Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1498), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 649. Allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 692. Reported, 709.

Supreme Court, Northern Ireland: Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 3) 2008 (S.R. (N.I.), 2008, No. 479), allocated to the Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 59. Reported, 80. Approved, 92.

Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill:Ordered, presented and read the first time, 351.

Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill:Presented and read the first time, 395.

Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill:Presented and read the first time, 489.

Tax Credits: Draft Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 236. Reported, 250. Approved, 255.

Teaching of British History in Schools Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 180.

Terms and Conditions of Employment: Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 462. Reported, 484. Approved, 492.

Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder) Bill:Ordered, presented and read the first time, 206.

Torture (Damages) (No. 2) Bill:Presented and read the first time, 89.

Trade Union and Labour Relations: Draft ACAS Code of Practice: Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 625. Reported, 643. Approved, 649.

Transport: Draft Renewable Transport Fuels Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 211. Reported, 231. Approved, 234.

Tribunals and Inquiries: Draft Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009, allocated to the Fourteenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 212. Reported, 240. Approved, 246.

Draft Transfer of Functions (Estate Agents Appeals and Additional Scheduled Tribunal) Order 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 441. Reported, 461. Approved, 477.

Draft Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Transfer of Functions (Transport Tribunal and Appeal Panel) Order 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 18. Reported, 32. Approved, 36.

Draft Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 291. Reported, 320. Approved, 324.

Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2699), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 115. Allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 185. Reported, 210.

Value Added Tax: Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) (Revocation) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 3018), allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 39. Reported, 53. Approved, 65.

Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1966), allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 670. Reported, 679. Approved, 685.

Waste Recycling (End Use Register) Bill:Presented and read the first time, 712.