House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
10th February 2011

No. 115

Thursday 10 February 2011

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

2 Business Question (Leader of the House)

3 Backbench Business (20th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

Voting by prisoners

Motion made and Question put, That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically-elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.-(Mr David Davis.)

The House divided.

Division No. 199.

Ayes: 234 (Tellers: Mr Roger Gale, Mr Philip Hollobone).

Noes: 22 (Tellers: Jeremy Corbyn, Lorely Burt).

Question accordingly agreed to.

4 Adjournment

Subject: Improving outcomes for children in care (Mr Edward Timpson).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Angela Watkinson.)

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

Adjourned at 6.30 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

5 Health and Social Care Bill Committee

Mr Mike Hancock (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

6 Localism Bill Committee

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

Written evidence to be published.

7 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee

Mr Joe Benton (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).

8 Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Bill Committee

Members: Mr Crispin Blunt discharged and Mr Jonathan Djanogly nominated in substitution.

9 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 3) 2010 (S.R. (N.I.), 2010, No. 430) and the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 3038))

Members: Stephen Williams discharged and Ian Swales nominated in substitution.

10 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 15285/10 and Addendum, relating to the Commission Communication: The EU Budget Review

Members: John Hemming discharged and Gordon Birtwistle nominated in substitution.

11 European Committee B in respect of European Union Documents No. 9193/10, relating to a Commission Report on the functioning of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management, No. 10346/10 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a Commission Communication: "More or less controls? Striking the right balance between the administrative costs of control and the risk of error", No. 15759/10, relating to the European Court of Auditors’ Opinion

Members: Elizabeth Truss discharged and Dr Thérèse Coffey nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

12 Armed Forces Bill (Select Committee on the)

Armed Forces Bill: Evidence, to be printed (HC 779-iv) (Mr James Arbuthnot).

13 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Government Assistance to Industry: Third Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 561) (Mr Adrian Bailey).

14 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Evidence, to be printed (HC 804-i) (Mrs Eleanor Laing).

[WH, No. 73]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Backbench Business (19th allotted day: Second half (Standing Order No. 14))

Subject: Onshore wind energy.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Brooks Newmark.)

Adjourned at 5.29 pm until Tuesday 15 February.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Equality

Draft Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

2 Income Tax

(1) Registered Pension Schemes (Accounting and Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 302), dated 9 February 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban); and

(2) Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 301), dated 9 February 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

3 Social Security

Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 228), dated 8 February 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

4 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Statute, dated 26 May 2010, made by the Governing Body of Christ Church in the University of Oxford, revising the existing Statutes of the House (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Other Papers:

5 Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions

Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions (Hong Kong Locally Engaged Ratings’ Service Pensions Increase) Order 2011 (by Act) (Secretary Liam Fox).

6 Social Security Administration

Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee under Section 174(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in accordance with Section 174(2) of that Act relating to the Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 228) (by Act) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).