House of Commons

Session 2010-11

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Friday
1st April 2011

No. 143

The House met at 9.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Motion to sit in private

Mr David Nuttall moved, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

The House divided.

Division No. 250.

Ayes: 0 (Tellers: Mr David Nuttall, Mr Peter Bone).

Noes: 36 (Tellers: Mr Philip Dunne, Stephen Crabb).

Question accordingly negatived.

2 Coinage (Measurement) Bill: Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee

No amendments on consideration.

3 Coinage (Measurement) Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time, and passed.

4 Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question put, That the Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill be now read a second time.

The House divided.

Division No. 251.

Ayes: 3 (Tellers: Mr Peter Bone, Mr David Nuttall).

Noes: 16 (Tellers: Stephen Crabb, Mr Philip Dunne).

The Deputy Speaker declared that the Question was not decided because fewer than forty Members had taken part in the Division (Standing Order No. 41).

5 Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill be now read a second time.

At 2.30 pm the debate was adjourned (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Ordered, That the debate be resumed on Friday 21 October.

6 Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill: Second Reading

Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 19 November, That the Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill be now read a second time;

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Ordered, That the debate be resumed on Friday 21 October.

7 Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [Lords] be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 October.

8 Medical Insurance (Pensioner Tax Relief) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Medical Insurance (Pensioner Tax Relief) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

9 Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

10 Adjournment

Subject: Situation in Yemen (Keith Vaz).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Mark Francois.)

House adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 9(7)).

Adjourned at 3.01 pm until Monday 4 April.

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Other proceedings

Disqualification of a Member

11 Disqualification of a Member

Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer had today appointed Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby, Member for Leicester South, to be Steward and Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the county of York.

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).

12 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 13840/10 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to the draft Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps and No. 7379/11, relating to the corresponding Opinion of the European Central Bank

Members: Mike Crockart discharged and Tim Farron nominated in substitution.

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 2.30 pm.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 European Union

Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1043), dated 28 March 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary William Hague).

2 European Union No. 1 (2011)

Common Aviation Area Agreement, done at Brussels on 2 December 2010, between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Cm. 8055) (Secretary William Hague).

3 European Union No. 2 (2011)

Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement, done at Brussels on 15 December 2010, between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Cm. 8054) (Secretary William Hague).

4 Legal Services Commission

Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1027), dated 30 March 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

5 Social Security

Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1039), dated 31 March 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Justine Greening).

CORRIGENDA

Wednesday 16 February 2011

The following should have appeared after item 47:

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee on)

Third Report, to be printed (HC 355-iii) (Michael Ellis).

Tuesday 29 March 2011

The following should have appeared after item 20:

European Union Document No. 18066/10 and Addenda 1, 2 and 3, relating to the Annual Growth Survey: Advancing the EU’s comprehensive response to the crisis.

Mr Peter Bone (Chair) reported the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 18066/10 and Addenda 1, 2 and 3, relating to the Annual Growth Survey: Advancing the EU’s comprehensive response to the crisis; supports the Government’s objective of promoting strong, sustainable and balanced economic growth in the EU, with particular regard to EU-level actions aimed at strengthening the single market and trade, enhancing innovation and ensuring smarter EU regulation; welcomes the Commission’s new Annual Growth Survey and its focus on the urgent need for the EU and its Member States to promote economic growth and employment; and urges the EU to ensure that policies align with the need for EU growth and jobs and the need to reduce deficits.