House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
7th September 2010
No. 41
The House met at 2.30 pm.
PRAYERS.
1
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
2
Urgent Question: Audit Commission (Secretary Eric Pickles)
3
Statement: Pakistan floods: update (Mr Secretary Mitchell)
4
Freedom of Information (Amendment): Motion for leave to introduce a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Motion made and Question proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to remove provisions permitting Ministers to overrule decisions of the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal; to limit the time allowed for public authorities to respond to requests involving consideration of the public interest; to amend the definition of public authorities; and for connected purposes.-(Tom Brake.)
Motion opposed (Standing Order No. 23(1)).
Question put, and agreed to.
Ordered, That Tom Brake, Caroline Lucas, Dr Julian Huppert, Dan Rogerson, Tim Farron, Mike Crockart, Stephen Lloyd, Mr Richard Shepherd and Simon Hughes present the Bill.
Tom Brake accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 12 November, and to be printed (Bill 68).
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Superannuation Bill: Second Reading
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Superannuation Bill be now read a second time.
Amendment moved, to leave out from ‘That’ to the end of the Question and add ‘this House, whilst affirming its belief that civil service compensation should be reformed, declines to give a Second Reading to the Superannuation Bill because it provides inadequate protection for some of the lowest paid and longest serving public sector workers; believes that the reform proposals of February 2010 were fair, reasonable and non-age discriminatory, offering protection for the lowest paid workers whilst making substantial savings; and is strongly of the opinion that the publication of such a Bill should have been preceded by a full process of pre-legislative scrutiny of a draft Bill and in full consultation with Civil Service employees.’.-(Tessa Jowell.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The House divided.
Division No. 54.
Ayes: 240 (Tellers: Mr Dave Watts, Kerry McCarthy).
Noes: 329 (Tellers: Norman Lamb, Stephen Crabb).
Question accordingly negatived.
Question, That the Bill be now read a second time, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)).
The House divided.
Division No. 55.
Ayes: 326 (Tellers: James Duddridge, Norman Lamb).
Noes: 244 (Tellers: Kerry McCarthy, Lyn Brown).
Question accordingly agreed to and Bill read a second time.
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Superannuation Bill (Programme)
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Superannuation Bill:
Committal
1. The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
2. Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 16 September 2010.
3. The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of those proceedings.
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four hours after the commencement of proceedings on consideration.
6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.-(Jeremy Wright.)
The House divided.
Division No. 56.
Ayes: 307 (Tellers: Stephen Crabb, James Duddridge).
Noes: 244 (Tellers: Kerry McCarthy, Lyn Brown).
Question accordingly agreed to.
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Adjournment
Subject: Step-free access at Crayford station (Mr David Evennett).
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Jeremy Wright.)
House adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 9(7)).
Adjourned at 11.12 pm until tomorrow.
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Other proceedings
Reports from Select Committees
8
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
(1) The New Local Enterprise Partnerships: Evidence, to be printed (HC 434-i);
(2) Sheffield Forgemasters: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr Adrian Bailey).
9
Defence Committee
The Strategic Defence and Security Review:
(1) First Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 345);
(2) Written evidence, to be published
(Mr James Arbuthnot).
10
Energy and Climate Change Committee
(1) Low carbon technologies in a green economy: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2009–10: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 455);
(2) UK Deepwater Drilling-Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Evidence, to be printed (HC 450-i)
(Mr Tim Yeo).
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Home Affairs Committee
(1) Counter-Terrorism Measures in British Airports: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2009–10: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 456);
(2) UK Border Agency: Follow-up on Asylum Cases and E-Borders Programme: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2009–10: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 457);
(3) Immigration Cap: Evidence, to be printed (HC 361-ii);
(4) Specialist Operations: Evidence, to be printed (HC 441-i)
(Keith Vaz).
12
International Development Committee
DFID’s Performance in 2008–09 and the 2009 White Paper: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2009–10: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 452) (Malcolm Bruce).
13
Justice Committee
Judicial Appointments Commission: Evidence to be printed (HC 449-i) (Sir Alan Beith).
14
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
(1) The government’s voting and parliamentary reform proposals: Fixed-term Parliaments Bill:
(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 436-i);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Government proposals for voting and parliamentary reform: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) The government’s voting and parliamentary reform proposals: Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr Graham Allen).
15
Public Accounts (Committee of)
Cafcass’s response to increased demand for its services: Evidence, to be printed (HC 439-i) (Margaret Hodge).
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Public Administration (Select Committee on)
Who Does UK Grand Strategy?: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Bernard Jenkin).
John Bercow
Speaker
The Speaker will take the Chair at 11.30 am.
Sitting in Westminster Hall
No. 22
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Adjournment
Subjects:
Government policy on the West Midlands (Richard Burden).
Financing of small businesses (Jeremy Lefroy).
Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for an investigation into the death of PC Yvonne Fletcher (Daniel Kawczynski).
Reductions in education expenditure in Coventry (Mr Jim Cunningham).
Future of public library provision (Justin Tomlinson).
Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Robert Neill.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(11)).
Adjourned at 2.00 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Deputy Speaker
APPENDIX
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Equality
(1) Equality Act 2010 (Obtaining Information) Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2194) (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May); and
(2) Equality Act 2010 (Qualifying Compromise Contract Specified Person) Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2192), dated 2 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).
2
Town and Country Planning
(1) Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2135), dated 1 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles); and
(2) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2134), dated 1 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).
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