House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
8th September 2010
No. 42
The House met at 11.30 am.
PRAYERS.
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Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Wales
(2) the Prime Minister
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Privilege
The Speaker announced his decision to give precedence to a complaint made by Chris Bryant, Member for Rhondda, about hacking of mobile phones of honourable and Rt Honourable Members.
Motion to be given precedence at the commencement of public business tomorrow.
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Urgent Question: PAYE contributions (Mr David Gauke)
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Sex and Relationships Education: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Motion made and Question proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require schools to provide sex and relationships education to registered pupils; and for connected purposes.-(Chris Bryant.)
Motion opposed (Standing Order No. 23(1)).
Question put, and agreed to.
Ordered, That Chris Bryant, Ms Diane Abbott, Sir Peter Soulsby, Jessica Morden, Nick Smith, Katy Clark, Mrs Sharon Hodgson, Luciana Berger, Karl Turner, Heidi Alexander and Alex Cunningham present the Bill.
Chris Bryant accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 11 February, and to be printed (Bill 69).
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Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (4th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))
Crime and Policing
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes with concern the Government’s failure to prioritise the safety of communities by not protecting central Government funding for the police; notes the conclusion of the Audit Commission and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary that any budget reduction over 12 per cent. will reduce frontline policing; pays tribute to the police and other agencies for achieving a 43 per cent. reduction in crime, including a 42 per cent. cut in violent crime, since 1997, and for maintaining that reduction through last year’s recession; notes that public perception of anti-social behaviour is at its lowest level since it was recorded in the British Crime Survey of 2001–02; further notes that the previous Government set out plans in its Policing White Paper to drive down policing costs whilst maintaining core funding; and condemns the Government’s policy of reducing police numbers, restricting police powers and imposing elected commissioners to replace police authorities, thus condemning the police service to unnecessary, unwelcome and costly re-structuring at a time when their focus should be on maintaining the fall in crime and anti-social behaviour.-(Alan Johnson.)
Amendment moved, in line 1, to leave out from ‘House’ to the end of the Question and add ‘notes the appalling fiscal deficit left by the last Government and reiterates the urgent need to restore the nation to economic health; recognises that the police will need to play their part in reducing that deficit; and welcomes the Government’s proposed policing reforms, which will deliver a more responsive and efficient police service, less encumbered by bureaucracy, more accountable to the public and, most importantly, better equipped to fight crime.’.-(Secretary Theresa May.)
Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question (Standing Order No. 31(2)).
The House divided.
Division No. 57.
Ayes: 232 (Tellers: Mark Tami, Mr Frank Roy).
Noes: 327 (Tellers: Jeremy Wright, Mark Hunter).
Question accordingly negatived.
Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 31).
The House divided.
Division No. 58.
Ayes: 324 (Tellers: Mr Shailesh Vara, Mark Hunter).
Noes: 230 (Tellers: Mark Tami, Mr Frank Roy).
Question accordingly agreed to.
The Speaker declared the Main Question, as amended, agreed to (Standing Order No. 31(2)).
Resolved, That this House notes the appalling fiscal deficit left by the last Government and reiterates the urgent need to restore the nation to economic health; recognises that the police will need to play their part in reducing that deficit; and welcomes the Government’s proposed policing reforms, which will deliver a more responsive and efficient police service, less encumbered by bureaucracy, more accountable to the public and, most importantly, better equipped to fight crime.
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Public Petition
A Public Petition from residents of Trowbridge and others relating to Blockade of Gaza was presented.
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Adjournment
Subject: Prevention of diabetes (Keith Vaz).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Jeremy Wright.)
Adjourned at 7.57 pm until tomorrow.
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Other proceedings
General Committees: Appointments
The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committeees, 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).
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Superannuation Bill Committee
(1) Chairs: Mr Roger Gale and Mr Joe Benton
(2) Members: Harriett Baldwin, Angie Bray, Dr Thérèse Coffey, Stephen Crabb, Mr Nigel Dodds, Jack Dromey, Stephen Gilbert, Paul Goggins, Richard Graham, John Hemming, Mr Nick Hurd, Tessa Jowell, Gregg McClymont, John McDonnell, Claire Perry, Lindsay Roy, Mr John Spellar and Paul Uppal.
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Superannuation Bill (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Angie Bray, Stephen Crabb, Paul Goggins, John Hemming, Mr Nick Hurd, Tessa Jowell and Mr John Spellar.
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First Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2010
(1) Chair: Philip Davies
(2) Members: Mr Kevin Barron, Mr Ronnie Campbell, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Richard Drax, Mr Tobias Ellwood, George Eustice, Tim Farron, Mr Mark Francois, Mark Hendrick, Kris Hopkins, Joseph Johnson, Mr Kevan Jones, Mr Greg Knight, Mr Nick Raynsford, Mr Andrew Robathan, Mr Frank Roy, Graham Stringer and Roger Williams.
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Second Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty for Persistent Misuse of Network or Service) Order 2010
(1) Chair: Annette Brooke
(2) Members: Kevin Brennan, Lorely Burt, Rosie Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn, Graham Jones, Mrs Eleanor Laing, Pauline Latham, Andrea Leadsom, Jessica Lee, Dr Phillip Lee, Chris Leslie, Mr Brooks Newmark, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mr Barry Sheerman, David Simpson, Jo Swinson, Mark Tami and Mr Edward Vaizey.
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Third Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010
(1) Chair: Mr Charles Walker
(2) Members: Lyn Brown, Mike Crockart, Lynne Featherstone, Meg Hillier, Jeremy Lefroy, Charlotte Leslie, Brandon Lewis, Dr Julian Lewis, Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Jonathan Lord, Ian Paisley, Stephen Pound, Mr Jamie Reed, Alison Seabeck, Mr Edward Timpson, Mr Chuka Umunna, Valerie Vaz and Jeremy Wright.
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Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the Motion in the name of Sir George Young relating to the Electoral Commission
(1) Chair: Miss Anne Begg
(2) Members: Mr Nigel Dodds, Mr Philip Dunne, Mr David Heath, John Howell, Sir Gerald Kaufman, Barbara Keeley, Karen Lumley, Jason McCartney, Karl McCartney, Stephen McPartland, Esther McVey, Paul Maynard, Emma Reynolds, Mr Marsha Singh, Mark Tami, Derek Twigg, Mr Tom Watson and Mr Mark Williams.
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Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010
(1) Chair: John Robertson
(2) Members: Mike Crockart, Margaret Curran, Mr Philip Dunne, Tom Greatrex, Mr Tom Harris, Cathy Jamieson, Mrs Anne McGuire, Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil, Mark Menzies, Patrick Mercer, Stephen Metcalfe, Nigel Mills, Nicky Morgan, Anne Marie Morris, David Mundell, Mr Jim Murphy, Mr Frank Roy and Jo Swinson.
European Union Documents Referred
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European Committee B
Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 31 March 2010 submitted by the Department for International Development, relating to the Second Revision of the Cotonou Agreement.
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European Committee B
European Documents No. 11048/10, relating to a Draft Agreement, No. 11172/10, relating to a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement and No. 11173/10, relating to a Council Decision on the signature of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the Processing and Transfer of Financial Payment Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States of American for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program.
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European Committee B
Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 17 June 2010 submitted by HM Treasury, relating to the Draft Budget 2011.
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European Committee B
Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 2 June 2010 submitted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, relating to Council Decision amending Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo.
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European Committee B
European Documents No. 9606/10, relating to a Council Regulation establishing a European financial stabilisation mechanism and No. 12119/10, relating to a Draft amending budget No. 7 to the general budget 2010-Statement of expenditure by Section-Section III-Commission.
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European Committee B
European Union Document No. 8910/10 and Addenda 1–5, relating to a Commission Communication on a twelve-point EU action plan in support of the Millennium Development Goals.
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European Committee B
European Union Document No. 8399/10 and Addendum, relating to a proposal for the regulation on the citizens’ initiative.
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European Committee B
European Union Documents No. 9433/10, relating to a Commission Communication on reinforcing economic policy coordination and No. 11807/10, relating to a Commission Communication on enhancing economic policy coordination for stability, growth and jobs.
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European Committee B
European Union Documents No. 9231/10, relating to a Council recommendation on broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union-Part I of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines and No. 9233/10, relating to a Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States-Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines.
Reports from Select Committees
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Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2009–10: Evidence, to be printed (HC 454-i);
(2) Channel 4 Annual Report: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr John Whittingdale).
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Defence Committee
The Strategic Defence and Security Review: Evidence, to be printed (HC 451-i) (Mr James Arbuthnot).
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Environmental Audit Committee
Adapting to Climate Change: Written evidence, to be published (Joan Walley).
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European Scrutiny Committee
(1) Mr William Cash reported, That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee;
(2) First Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 428-i);
(3) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr William Cash).
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Foreign Affairs Committee
(1) Developments in UK Foreign Policy: Evidence, to be printed (HC 438-i);
(2) Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2009–10: Written evidence, to be published
(Richard Ottaway).
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Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
(1) Dr Hywel Francis reported from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee;
(2) Work of the Committee in 2008–09: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2009–10; Legislative Scrutiny (Finance Bills and Academies Bill): First Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 459);
(3) Human rights judgments: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Legislative scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Remedial Orders: Written evidence, to be published
(Dr Hywel Francis).
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Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Northern Ireland Office: Evidence, to be printed (HC 442-i) (Mr Laurence Robertson).
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Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Support to incapacity benefits claimants through Pathways: First Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 404);
(2) Delivering Multi-Role Tanker Capability: Second Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 425);
(3) Progress with VFM savings and lessons for cost reduction programmes: Evidence, to be printed (HC 440-i)
(Mrs Margaret Hodge).
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Science and Technology Committee
(1) The UK Space Agency:
(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 445-i);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published;
(2) The Reviews into the Climatic Research Unit’s E-mails at the University of East Anglia:
(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 444-i);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published;
(3) UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation: Written evidence, to be published
(Andrew Miller).
John Bercow
Speaker
The Speaker will take the Chair at 10.30 am.
Sitting in Westminster Hall
No. 23
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Adjournment
Subjects:
Role of football supporters in the governance of professional football clubs (Steve Rotheram).
Unscrupulous landlords in the private rented sector (Jon Cruddas).
Unauthorised encampments and development in the countryside (Damian Hinds).
Government policy on direct democracy initiatives (Zac Goldsmith).
Regeneration in Telford (David Wright).
Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Stephen Crabb.)
Adjourned at 5.00 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Deputy Speaker
APPENDIX
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Fisheries
(1) Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2188), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(2) Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2212), dated 3 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(3) Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2189), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(4) Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2213), dated 3 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(5) Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2190), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(6) North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2193), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(7) North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2200), dated 2 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(8) Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2197), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman);
(9) Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2198), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman); and
(10) Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2199), dated 31 August 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).
Other Papers:
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National Audit
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Education: The Academies Programme (by Act); to be printed (HC 288) (Clerk of the House).
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