House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
23rd November 2010

No. 76

Tuesday 23 November 2010

The House met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

2 Statement: Controlling Migration (Secretary Theresa May)

3 Grandparents (Access Rights): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to give grandparents rights of access to their grandchildren in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes;

That Andrew Percy, Tracey Crouch, Justin Tomlinson, Tom Blenkinsop, Mr Gregory Campbell, Karen Bradley, James Wharton, Greg Mulholland, Chris Skidmore, Martin Vickers, Mr Brian Binley and Craig Whittaker present the Bill.

Andrew Percy accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 17 June 2011, and to be printed (Bill 110).

4 National Insurance Contributions Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time.

5 National Insurance Contributions Bill (Programme)

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

Committal

1. The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2. Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 9 December 2010.

3. The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4. 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.

5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

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

Other proceedings

7. 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.-(Norman Lamb.)

Question agreed to.

6 Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 18 October, be approved.-(Norman Lamb.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 26 October, be approved.-(Norman Lamb.)

Question agreed to.

7 Adjournment

Subject: Regulation of internet access to pornography (Claire Perry).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Norman Lamb.)

Adjourned at 8.14 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

8 Postal Services Bill Committee

Mr Jim Hood (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

9 Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill [Lords] Committee

Mr Roger Gale (Chair) reported:

(1) That the Committee had come to the following Resolution, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication;

(2) written evidence; and

(3) the Bill, with an Amendment.

Written evidence (reported today) to be printed.

Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow.

10 Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Albert Owen (Chair) reported the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Amendment of Schedule 7 to the Government of Wales Act 2006) Order 2010.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Government Assistance to Industry: Evidence, to be printed (HC 561-iii) (Mr Adrian Bailey).

12 Education Committee

Spending Review settlement for the Department for Education: Evidence, to be printed (HC 627-i) (Mr Graham Stuart).

13 Energy and Climate Change Committee

The future of Britain’s electricity networks: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2009–10: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 629) (Mr Tim Yeo).

14 Health Committee

Public Expenditure: Evidence, to be printed (HC 512-iv) (Mr Stephen Dorrell).

15 Home Affairs Committee

(1) Policing-Police and Crime Commissioners: Second Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 511);

(2) The effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Home Office: Evidence, to be printed (HC 626-i)

(Keith Vaz).

16 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

Legislative Scrutiny: (1) Superannuation Bill; (2) Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Sixth 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 26 October and 9 and 16 November (HC 640) (Dr Hywel Francis).

17 International Development Committee

The World Bank: Evidence, to be printed (HC 605-i) (Malcolm Bruce).

18 Justice Committee

(1) Post-legislative scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Evidence, to be printed (HC 636-i);

(2) Draft Sentencing Guideline on Assault:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 637-i);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published

(Sir Alan Beith).

19 Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Funding the development of renewable energy technologies: Seventh Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 538);

(2) Educating the next generation of scientists: Evidence, to be printed (HC 632-i)

(Margaret Hodge).

20 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

(1) Smaller Government: What do Ministers do?:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 530-ii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Smaller Government: Shrinking the Quango State:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 537-iii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Bernard Jenkin).

21 Standards and Privileges (Committee on)

Matter relating to privilege: Hacking of Members’ mobile phones:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 628-i);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Kevin Barron).

22 Treasury Committee

(1) Financial Regulation: Evidence, to be printed (HC 430-x);

(2) Competition and choice in the banking sector: Evidence, to be printed (HC 612-ii)

(Mr Andrew Tyrie).

23 Welsh Affairs Committee

S4C:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 614-i);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(David T.C. Davies).

[WH, No. 46]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Adjournment

Subjects:

High Speed 2 rail programme (Steve Baker).

Future of the Youth Service (Julie Hilling).

Heritage sites in Halesowen (James Morris).

Effect of the Government’s education policies on Warrington North constituency (Helen Jones).

Congestion on the Dartford Crossing (Gareth Johnson).

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

Adjourned at 1.59 pm until tomorrow.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Local Government

Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) and Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (No. 4) Order 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2790), dated 18 November 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Philip Hammond).

2 Medicines

Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 2785), dated 17 November 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

Other Papers:

3 Education and Inspections

Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) (by Act); to be printed (HC 559) (Secretary Michael Gove).

4 Government Resources and Accounts

Treasury Minute, dated 23 November 2010, directing the application of certain amounts as appropriations in aid of the Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2011 (by Act) (Danny Alexander).

5 Social Security Administration

Osteoarthritis of the knee in carpet fitters and carpet and floor layers (by Command) (Cm. 7964) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

6 Supply Estimates, 2010–11

Winter Supplementary Estimates for Central Government (by Command); to be printed (HC 536) (Danny Alexander).

7 Supply Estimates, 2011–12

(1) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for Central Government (by Command); to be printed (HC 593) (Danny Alexander);

(2) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for the Electoral Commission (by Act); to be printed (HC 589) (The Speaker);

(3) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for the House of Commons: Administration (by Act); to be printed (HC 596) (The Speaker);

(4) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (by Act); to be printed (HC 604) (The Speaker);

(5) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (by Act); to be printed (HC 613) (The Speaker); and

(6) Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2011–12 for the National Audit Office (by Act); to be printed (HC 621) (Mr Andrew Tyrie).

8 Welfare Reform

An Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment by Professor Malcolm Harrington (by Act) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

9 Work and Pensions

Government Response to Professor Malcolm Harrington’s Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment (by Command) (Cm. 7977) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).