House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
26th January 2011
No. 105
The House met at 11.30 am.
PRAYERS.
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Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Scotland
(2) the Prime Minister
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Urgent Question: BBC World Service (Secretary William Hague)
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Statement: Counter-Terrorism Review (Secretary Theresa May)
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Education Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary Michael Gove, supported by the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Vince Cable, Sarah Teather, Mr Nick Gibb, Mr David Willetts and Mr John Hayes, presented a Bill to make provision about education, childcare, apprenticeships and training; to make provision about schools and the school workforce, institutions within the further education sector and Academies; to abolish the General Teaching Council for England, the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the School Support Staff Negotiating Body, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency for England; to make provision about the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the Chief Executive of Skills Funding; to make provision about student loans and fees; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 137), with Explanatory Notes (137–EN).
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Carers and Employment: 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 carers’ rights to flexible working; and for connected purposes;
That Mr Mark Williams, Dr Hywel Francis, Jonathan Edwards, Lorely Burt, Annette Brooke, Jessica Morden, Roger Williams, Tony Baldry, Laura Sandys, Malcolm Wicks and Albert Owen present the Bill.
Mr Mark Williams accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 17 June, and to be printed (Bill 136).
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Cross-Border Enforcement
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 119(11)), That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 7984/08 and Addenda 1 and 2, Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 13 September 2010 and Unnumbered Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum dated 21 December 2010, submitted by the Department for Transport, relating to facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety; and notes that the Government is deciding whether or not to opt in to this Directive under the terms of Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the position of the United Kingdom in respect of the area of Freedom, Security and Justice.-(Mike Penning.)
Question agreed to.
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European Union Bill: Committee of the whole House (4th allocated day)
The House again resolved itself into a Committee (Programme Order, 7 December).
(In the Committee)
Clause 7 (Decisions requiring approval by Act)
Amendment 24 proposed.-(Chris Heaton-Harris.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause agreed to.
Clause 8 (Decisions under Article 253 of TFEU)
Amendment 53 proposed.-(Mr William Cash.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause agreed to.
Clause 9 (Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU)
Amendment 14 proposed.-(Mr James Clappison.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendment 33 proposed.-(Chris Heaton-Harris.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendment 82 proposed.-(Mr Bernard Jenkin.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 183.
Ayes: 26 (Tellers: Mr William Cash, Mr Bernard Jenkin).
Noes: 313 (Tellers: Norman Lamb, Jeremy Wright).
Question accordingly negatived.
It being after 7.00 pm the Chair put forthwith the Questions necessary to bring proceedings on Clauses 7 to 10, new Clauses relating to any of Clauses 7 to 10, new Schedules relating to any of Clauses 7 to 10, Clause 14, new Clauses relating to Clause 14 and new Schedules relating to Clause 14 to a conclusion (Programme Order, 7 December).
Clauses 9 and 10 agreed to.
Clause 14 (Consequential amendments and repeals relating to Part 1)
Amendment 59 made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
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The Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr Shailesh Vara reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and moved, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.
Committee again tomorrow.
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Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Ordered, That the following appointments be made to the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in pursuance of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, as amended-
(1) Hilary Benn in place of Ms Rosie Winterton, until the end of the present Parliament, in accordance with paragraph 1(d) of the Schedule; and
(2) as lay members of the Committee, in accordance with paragraph 1(e) of the Schedule-
(a) Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC (Hon.), for a period of five years;
(b) Elizabeth McMeikan, for a period of four years; and
(c) Sir Anthony Holland, for a period of three years.-(Sir George Young.)
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Public Accounts Commission
Ordered, That Dr Stella Creasy, Mr Edward Leigh, Mrs Anne McGuire and John Pugh be appointed, and that Dr William McCrea be discharged as members of the Public Accounts Commission under section 2(2)(c) of the National Audit Act 1983.-(Mr David Heath.)
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Statutory Instruments: Motion for Approval
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 29 November, be approved.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)
Question agreed to.
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Adjournment
Subject: Proposed closure of Burton’s Foods factory in Moreton (Ms Angela Eagle).
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)
House adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 9(7)).
Adjourned at 8.17 pm until tomorrow.
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Other proceedings
Disqualification of a Member
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Disqualification of a Member
Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer had today appointed Gerard Adams, Member for Belfast West, to be Steward and Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the county of York.
General Committees: Reports
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Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Katy Clark (Chair) reported the draft Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2010.
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).
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First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B and D) Order 2010)
(1) Chair: Albert Owen
(2) Members: Mr Brian Binley, Vernon Coaker, Mike Crockart, Simon Danczuk, Nick Herbert, Dr Julian Huppert, Mrs Siân C. James, Mr Elfyn Llwyd, Mary Macleod, Mr Michael Meacher, Meg Munn, Mr David Nuttall, Chris Skidmore, John Stevenson, Mark Tami, Valerie Vaz, Dr Sarah Wollaston and Jeremy Wright.
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Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Republic of Indonesia) Order 2010)
(1) Chair: Andrew Rosindell
(2) Members: Tracey Crouch, Geraint Davies, Nadine Dorries, Jim Dowd, James Duddridge, Jane Ellison, Chris Evans, Tim Farron, Yvonne Fovargue, Robert Halfon, Mr David Hamilton, David Heyes, Joseph Johnson, Karen Lumley, Jim Shannon, Mr John Spellar, Chris White and Roger Williams.
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Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Value Added Tax (Exceptions Relating to Supplies not Made to Relevant Business Person) Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 3017), the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 21) and the Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 86))
(1) Chair: Mr David Crausby
(2) Members (as previously nominated in respect of the first named document): Steve Baker, Sir Paul Beresford, Andrew Bingham, Lyn Brown, Lorely Burt, Alex Cunningham, Mr Frank Field, Paul Flynn, Mr David Gauke, Mr Robert Goodwill, Greg Hands, Mr David Hanson, Mr Alan Meale, Jesse Norman, Neil Parish, Stephen Williams, Sammy Wilson and Mr David Winnick.
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Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 and the draft Investment Bank (Amendment of Definition) Order 2011
(1) Chair: Mrs Linda Riordan
(2) Members: Fabian Hamilton and Mr Michael Meacher discharged and Teresa Pearce and Mr Frank Roy nominated in substitution.
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European Committee A in respect of European Union Document No. 15277/10, relating to a report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on animal cloning for food
(1) Chair: Annette Brooke
(2) Members: Mr Roger Godsiff discharged and Nic Dakin nominated in substitution.
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European Committee A in respect of European Union Document No. 16096/10, relating to Energy 2020: A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy
Chair: Mr Philip Hollobone.
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European Committee B in respect of European Union 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
(1) Chair: Mr Peter Bone
(2) Members: Julie Elliott discharged and Kelvin Hopkins nominated in substitution.
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European Committee B in respect of 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 America for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program
Members: Ms Louise Bagshawe, Lyn Brown, John Cryer, James Duddridge, Mr David Hanson, John Hemming, Mr Mark Hoban, Kelvin Hopkins, Tristram Hunt, Andrea Leadsom, Stephen Phillips, Alok Sharma and Sammy Wilson.
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European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 15282/10 and Addendum, relating to a Commission Communication: Taxation of the Financial Sector
Members: Lyn Brown, Michael Connarty, James Duddridge, Mark Garnier, John Hemming, Damian Hinds, Mr Mark Hoban, Chris Leslie, John Mann, Alun Michael, Penny Mordaunt, Alok Sharma and Sammy Wilson.
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Welsh Grand Committee
Additional Members: Stuart Andrew, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Karen Lumley and Mr Brooks Newmark.
European Union Documents Referred
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European Committee B
European Union Document No. 17361/10, relating to the Commission Communication on the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism has been referred alongside European Union Documents No. 9606/10, relating to the 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 already referred to European Committee on 8 September.
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European Committee B
European Union Document No. 5037/11 and Addendum, relating to the Commission Communication on "Removing cross border tax obstacles for EU citizens".
Reports from Select Committees
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Education Committee
(1) Behaviour and Discipline in Schools: First Report, with oral evidence taken on 1 December and written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 516-I and -II);
(2) Sure Start Children’s Centres: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009–10: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 768);
(3) Services for young people: Evidence, to be printed (HC 744-i)
(Mr Graham Stuart).
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
The impact of Common Agricultural Policy reform on UK agriculture: Evidence, to be printed (HC 671-v) (Miss Anne McIntosh).
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European Scrutiny Committee
(1) Sixteenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 428-xiv);
(2) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr William Cash).
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Foreign Affairs Committee
(1) FCO Public Diplomacy: The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Second Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report, and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 9 November and 8 December (HC 581);
(2) The Role of the FCO in UK Government: Evidence, to be printed (HC 665-iv)
(Richard Ottaway).
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Procedure Committee
Ministerial Statements: First 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 3 November (HC 602) (Mr Greg Knight).
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Public Accounts (Committee of)
HM Revenue and Customs Civil Investigations: Evidence, to be printed (HC 765-i) (Margaret Hodge).
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Science and Technology Committee
(1) Strategically important metals:
(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 726-i);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published;
(2) UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) General correspondence: Written evidence, to be published
(Andrew Miller).
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Scottish Affairs Committee
Supporting Scotland’s Economy: Evidence, to be printed (HC 657-ii) (Mr Ian Davidson).
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Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Thirteenth Report, to be printed (HC 354-xiii) (George Mudie).
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Work and Pensions Committee
White Paper on Universal Credit: Evidence, to be printed (HC 743-i) (Dame Anne Begg).
John Bercow
Speaker
The Speaker will take the Chair at 10.30 am.
Sitting in Westminster Hall
No. 66
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Adjournment
Subjects:
The Army and RAF Lyneham (Mr James Gray).
Political situation in Chechnya (Jo Swinson).
Community cohesion (Phil Wilson).
Future of the UK internet search engine sector (Graham Jones).
Holiday accommodation and provision of low cost housing (Gordon Henderson).
Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Philip Dunne.)
Adjourned at 4.51 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Deputy Speaker
APPENDIX
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
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Social Security
Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Experience) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Financial Services and Markets
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 133), dated 25 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (David Gauke).
Other Papers:
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Home Office
(1) Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers: A Report by Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC (by Command) (Cm. 8003) (Secretary Theresa May);
(2) Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers: Equality Impact Assessment (by Command) (Cm. 8006) (Secretary Theresa May);
(3) Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers: Review Findings and Recommendations (by Command) (Cm. 8004) (Secretary Theresa May); and
(4) Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers: Summary of Responses to the Consultation (by Command) (Cm. 8005) (Secretary Theresa May).
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Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research)
Report and Accounts of the Alcohol Education and Research Council for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 728) (Mr Secretary Lansley).
Withdrawn Papers:
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Criminal Law
Draft Youth Rehabilitation Order (Review by Specified Courts) Order 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (laid 9 March 2010).
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