House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
8th July 2010

No. 29

Thursday 8 July 2010

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 Statement: Section 44 Terrorism Act 2000 (Secretary Theresa May)

4 Defendant Anonymity

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of defendant anonymity.-(Mr Crispin Blunt.)

At 6.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

5 Business of the House

Motion made, That, notwithstanding the practice of the House as to the intervals between stages of Bills brought in upon Ways and Means Resolutions, more than one stage of the Finance Bill may be taken at any sitting of the House.-(Mr Robert Goodwill.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

6 Adjournment

Subject: Preparations for commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War (Damian Collins).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Robert Goodwill.)

Adjourned at 6.24 pm until Monday 12 July.

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Other proceedings

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).

7 Panel of Chairs (Parliament Act 1911)

Mr Roger Gale and Mr Jim Hood to be the two Members whom the Speaker shall consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection).

8 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Parliamentary Standards Act (Staff Transfer) Order 2010)

Members: Tony Baldry and Bob Russell discharged and Dan Byles and Mr Mark Williams nominated in substitution.

[WH, No. 14]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject: Energy security

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Adjourned at 4.32 pm until Tuesday 13 July.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Agriculture

(1) Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 1760), dated 5 July 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman); and

(2) Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 1758), dated 5 July 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

2 Marine Pollution

Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 1769), dated 7 July 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Philip Hammond).

Other Papers:

3 British Library

Statement of Appointment and Remuneration of Baroness Tessa Blackstone as Chairman of the British Library Board for four years from 1 September 2010 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

4 Broadcasting

Report and Accounts of S4/C for 2009 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

5 Charities

(1) Report and Accounts of the Official Custodian for Charities for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 79) (Francis Maude); and

(2) Report of the Charity Commission for England and Wales for 2009–10 (by Act); to be printed (HC 77) (Francis Maude).

6 Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland)

Report of the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland for 2009–10 (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 175) (Secretary Owen Paterson).

7 Culture, Media and Sport

(1) Financial Statements of Historic Royal Palaces for 2009–10 (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt); and

(2) Review of Historic Royal Palaces for 2009–10 (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

8 Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Resource Accounts of the Charity Commission for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 260) (Mark Hoban); and

(2) Resource Accounts of the Water Services Regulation Authority for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 156) (Mark Hoban).

9 Government Trading Funds

(1) Report and Accounts of the Defence Support Group for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 81) (Clerk of the House);

(2) Report and Accounts of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 196) (Mr Secretary Lansley); and

(3) Report and Accounts of the Patent Office for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 177) (Clerk of the House).

10 International Development

Government Response to the Eighth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2009–10, on DFID’s Assistance to Zimbabwe (by Command) (Cm. 7899) (Mr Secretary Mitchell).

11 Justice

Report of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales for 2009–10 (by Command) (Cm. 7878) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

12 National Health Service

(1) Report and Accounts of Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(2) Report and Accounts of Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(3) Report and Accounts of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 1 December 2009–31 March 2010 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(4) Report and Accounts of Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(5) Report and Accounts of North East London NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(6) Report and Accounts of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(7) Report and Accounts of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(8) Report and Accounts of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(9) Report and Accounts of Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley); and

(10) Report and Accounts of the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust for 2009–10 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

13 Northern Ireland (Sentences)

Report of the Sentence Review Commissioners for 2009–10 (by Act); to be printed (HC 176) (Secretary Owen Paterson).

14 Treasury

Treasury Minute, dated 8 July 2010, concerning a contingent liability relating to the integration of Northern Rock (Asset Management) and Bradford and Bingley: Indemnities to Directors (by Command) (Mark Hoban).