House of Commons

Session 2010-11

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
13th January 2011

No. 97

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

2 Business Question (Leader of the House)

3 Application for emergency debate

Ms Angela Eagle proposed that the House should debate Burton Foods’ closure of Moreton factory (Standing Order No. 24).

The Speaker declined to put the application to the House.

4 National Insurance Contributions Bill: Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee

New Clause NC1-(Mr David Hanson)-brought up, and read the first time.

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment 8 proposed.-(John Healey.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 167.

Ayes: 90 (Tellers: Mr Alan Campbell, Phil Wilson).

Noes: 262 (Tellers: Miss Chloe Smith, Mr Robert Goodwill).

Question accordingly negatived.

Amendment 1 proposed.-(Mr David Hanson.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 168.

Ayes: 92 (Tellers: Mr Alan Campbell, Phil Wilson).

Noes: 271 (Tellers: Miss Chloe Smith, Mr Robert Goodwill).

Question accordingly negatived.

5 National Insurance Contributions Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time, and passed.

6 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from residents of Bristol West, and others relating to Immigration (Sivarajah Suganthan) was presented and read by Stephen Williams.

7 Adjournment

Subject: Future of careers advice services in schools (Esther McVey).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Jeremy Wright.)

Adjourned at 5.25 pm until Monday 17 January.

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Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

8 Consumer Protection (Private Car Parks) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 May 2011.

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).

9 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 8399/10 and Addendum, relating to a proposal for the regulation on the citizens’ initiative

Members: James Duddridge discharged and Stephen Crabb nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

10 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

(1) The impact of Common Agricultural Policy reform on UK agriculture: Evidence, to be printed (HC 671-iii);

(2) The draft National Policy Statement on Waste Water: Written evidence, to be published

(Miss Anne McIntosh).

11 Health Committee

Commissioning:

(1) Third Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 513-I and II);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Stephen Dorrell).

12 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) Constitutional implications of the Cabinet Manual:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 734-i);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) The process of government formation after the 2010 general election: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Prospects for codifying the relationship between central and local government: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Allen).

13 Treasury Committee:

Administration and effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Andrew Tyrie).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 2.30 pm.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

No. 61

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject:

Backbench Business (16th allotted day: First half (Standing Order No. 14))

Impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Department for Communities and Local Government

Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting do now adjourn.-(Stephen Crabb.)

Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(11)).

Adjourned at 5.45 pm until Tuesday 18 January.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Dangerous Drugs

Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

2 Ecclesiastical Law

Draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

Other Papers:

3 Leader of the House of Commons

Post-Legislative Assessment of the Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007 (by Command) (Cm. 7998) (Sir George Young).

4 Science and Technology

Report and Accounts of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 624) (Secretary Vince Cable).

5 Work and Pensions

Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility: the future of child maintenance (by Command) (Cm. 7990) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

CORRIGENDUM

12 January 2011

Item 10 should come after Item 11 and should read:

European Committee B

European Union Document No. EUCO 33/10, relating to a draft Council Decision amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to the stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro.