House of Commons

Session 2010-11

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
27th January 2011

No. 106

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Transport

(2) the Minister for Women and Equalities

2 Business Question (Leader of the House)

3 Scotland Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Scotland Bill be now read a second time.

Amendment moved, to leave out from ‘That’ to the end of the Question and add ‘this House, while recognising the need to further enhance the powers of the Scottish Parliament, nevertheless believes that the measures the Scotland Bill seeks to devolve are inadequate to meet the ambitions of the Scottish Government for the people of Scotland; considers the measures relating to air weapons, road safety and drink driving to be incomplete; regrets that the Calman Commission’s recommendations to devolve the aggregates levy and air passenger duty, and to devolve responsibility for the marine environment to match the Scottish Parliament’s responsibility for fisheries, as well as its proposal for a Scottish role in welfare benefits, have all been abandoned; regards the proposals for the Crown Estates Commission as inadequate; deplores the proposals in the Bill to re-reserve already devolved responsibilities; concludes that the tax varying provisions would embed a long-term deflationary bias in Scotland’s budget and that the proposed borrowing powers remaining subject to HM Treasury controls and limits render them insufficiently flexible; and therefore considers the Bill as a whole to be unacceptable.’.-(Pete Wishart)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 184.

Ayes: 5 (Tellers: Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil, Jonathan Edwards).

Noes: 252 (Tellers: Miss Chloe Smith, Norman Lamb).

Question accordingly negatived.

Question, That the Bill be read a second time, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)).

Question agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a second time.

4 Scotland Bill (Programme)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Scotland Bill:

Committal

1. The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

2. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in three days.

3. The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the following Table and in the order so shown.

4. The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

5. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.

Consideration and Third Reading

6. Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

7. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced, or one hour after they are commenced, whichever is the earlier.

8. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

9. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Question agreed to.

5 Scotland Bill (Money)

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purpose of any Act resulting from the Scotland Bill, it is expedient to authorise-

(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided, and

(2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under the Scotland Act 1998 out of the National Loans Fund.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Question agreed to.

6 Scotland Bill (Ways and Means)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Scotland Bill, it is expedient to authorise-

(1) the imposition by virtue of a rate-setting resolution of the Scottish Parliament of charges to income tax in relation to the income of Scottish ratepayers,

(2) the making of provision, by Act of the Scottish Parliament, for imposing a tax to be charged on-

(a) the acquisition of an estate, interest, right or power in or over land in Scotland, or

(b) the acquisition of the benefit of an obligation, restriction or condition affecting the value of any such estate, interest, right or power,

(3) the making of provision, by Act of the Scottish Parliament, for imposing a tax to be charged on disposals to landfill made in Scotland,

(4) the amendment of the Scotland Act 1998 by Order in Council so as to-

(a) specify, as an additional tax about which provision may be made by Act of the Scottish Parliament, a tax of any description, or

(b) make any other modifications of the provisions relating to such taxes which Her Majesty considers necessary or expedient, and

(5) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund.

In the Resolution, ‘rate-setting resolution’ means a resolution providing for a number which is to be added to the rate which would otherwise be paid by Scottish taxpayers, after the deduction of ten percentage points, to calculate the basic rate, higher rate or additional rate payable by those taxpayers for any tax year on income other than savings income and which is either a whole number or half a whole number.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Question agreed to.

7 Adjournment

Subject: Future of the Western Sahara (Dr Andrew Murrison).

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 6.44 pm until Monday 31 January.

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Other proceedings

First Reading and printing of Lords Bills

8 Re-Export Controls Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 13 May, and to be printed (Bill 138).

General Committees: Reports

9 Localism Bill Committee

Mr David Amess (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

10 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee

Mr Gary Streeter (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

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).

11 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))

Members: Mr Alan Meale discharged and Bill Esterson nominated in substitution.

12 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))

Members: Bill Esterson discharged and Frank Dobson nominated in substitution.

13 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 and the draft Investment Bank (Amendment of Definition) Order 2011)

Members: Paul Farrelly discharged and Cathy Jamieson nominated in substitution.

14 European Committee A in respect of European Union Document No. 16096/10, relating to Energy 2020: A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy

Members: Kelvin Hopkins discharged and Malcolm Wicks nominated in substitution.

15 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

Chair: Hywel Williams in place of Mr Peter Bone.

Reports from Select Committees

16 Treasury Committee

(1) Financial Regulation: a preliminary consideration of the Government’s proposals:

(i) Seventh Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 430-I and -II);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Spending Review 2010: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 754);

(3) UK Financial Investments: Evidence, to be printed (HC 766)

(Mr Andrew Tyrie).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 2.30 pm.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

No. 67

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject:

Beyond Decent Homes-Fourth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2009-10, and the Government response.

Motion made and Question proposed, that the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Robert Goodwill)

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

Adjourned at 5.00 pm until Tuesday 1 February.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Agriculture

Uplands Transitional Payment Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 135), dated 24 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

2 Customs

(1) Export Control (Liberia) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 145), dated 25 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable); and

(2) Export Control (Somalia) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 146), dated 25 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

3 Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 134), dated 25 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Chris Huhne).

4 Rating and Valuation

Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 113), dated 21 January 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

Other Papers:

5 Development of Tourism

Report of VisitEngland for 2009–10 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

CORRIGENDUM

11 January 2010

Item 9 should read:

Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 10 January 2011, to be published (Sir Alan Haselhurst).