House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
30th June 2011

No. 179

Thursday 30 June 2011

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(2) the honourable Member representing the Church Commissioners

2 Ninetieth Birthday of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh

The Speaker reported to the House, That the Members appointed on 8 June to wait upon His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh with the Message of warmest good wishes upon the occasion of his ninetieth birthday had waited upon His Royal Highness; and That they had been graciously received by His Royal Highness, who had responded in these terms:

My Lords and Members of the House of Commons

I received your kind message of congratulations on my ninetieth birthday with the greatest pleasure.

I have derived much satisfaction from the many years that I have been able to help and support The Queen. Few others, if any, have had the satisfaction of witnessing the affection and respect that so many people round the world have shown for The Queen since the beginning of her reign.

I acknowledge that the position I have held has made it possible for me to support and encourage a great many valuable and worthwhile organisations in this country and further afield. It has been a particular pleasure to be associated with so many organisations that have encouraged the development of the younger generation in this country and in the wider world.

3 Speaker’s Statement: Appointment of the Clerk of the House

4 Urgent Question: News Corporation’s proposed acquisition of BSkyB (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

5 Business Question (Leader of the House)

6 Statement: Police Detention (Nick Herbert)

7 Civil List

Resolved, That-

(1) new provision be made for, or in connection with, the financial support of the Sovereign and of the heir to the throne;

(2) any sums payable in respect of provision so made should be payable out of money provided by Parliament;

(3) provision be made enabling the continuation, in the reigns of Her Majesty’s successors, of the payment of the hereditary revenues of the Crown as directed under section 1 of the Civil List Act 1952;

(4) provision be made about allowances and pensions under the Civil List Acts of 1837 and 1952;

(5) any sums payable in respect of such allowances and pensions by virtue of any provision so made should be charged on the Consolidated Fund;

(6) it is expedient to amend the law relating to the financial support of members of the Royal Household.-(Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

8 Sovereign Grant Bill

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the foregoing resolution;

That the Chairman of Ways and Means, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Kenneth Clarke, Secretary Philip Hammond, Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Danny Alexander, Mr Mark Hoban, Mr David Gauke and Justine Greening present the Bill.

Mr John Randall signified Prince of Wales’s consent, as far as his interest as Duke of Cornwall is concerned.

Justine Greening accordingly presented a Bill to make provision for the honour and dignity of the Crown and the Royal Family; make provision about allowances and pensions under the Civil Lists Acts of 1837 and 1952; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 4 July, and to be printed (Bill 213) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 213–EN).

9 Police

Resolved, That the draft Legislative Reform (Epping Forest) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 21 March, be approved.-(Lynne Featherstone.)

10 Adjournment

Subject: Dismissal of employees at Liverpool Passport Office (Mrs Louise Ellman).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Jeremy Wright.)

Adjourned at 5.13 pm until Monday 4 July.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

11 Private Bills: Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords]

The Lords have passed a Bill to confer further powers upon Transport for London; and for related purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

Private Business

12 Private Bills: Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Changes to Notices Given

13 Children (Access to Parents) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 9 September, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 November.

14 Protection of Bowling Greens (Development Control) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 1 July, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 March 2012.

General Committees: Reports

15 Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill Committee

Mr Roger Gale (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).

16 Pensions Bill [Lords] (Programming Sub-Committee)

Members: Sheila Gilmore, Lilian Greenwood, Stephen Lloyd, Rachel Reeves, Andrew Selous, Miss Chloe Smith and Steve Webb.

17 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2011)

Members: Jackie Doyle-Price discharged and Sheryll Murray nominated in substitution.

18 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Inter-American Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2011, the draft Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011 and the draft Caribbean Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2011)

Members: Miss Chloe Smith discharged and Angela Watkinson nominated in substitution.

19 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011)

Members: Iain Stewart discharged and Jessica Lee nominated in substitution.

20 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2011)

Members: Jeremy Wright discharged and James Duddridge nominated in substitution.

21 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Adult Gaming Centres and Bingo Premises) Order 2011 and the draft Categories of Gaming Machine (Amendment) Regulations 2011)

Members: Nicola Blackwood discharged and Lorraine Fullbrook nominated in substitution.

22 Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011)

Members: Mrs Theresa Villiers discharged and Mike Penning nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

23 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Pub companies: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1369-i) (Mr Adrian Bailey).

24 Energy and Climate Change Committee

A European Supergrid: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1040-iii) (Mr Tim Yeo).

25 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

(1) Smaller Government: Bigger Society?: Evidence, to be printed (HC 902-iv);

(2) Good Governance: the effective use of IT: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Bernard Jenkin).

26 Welsh Affairs Committee

Inward Investment in Wales:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 854-vi);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(David T.C. Davies).

[WH, No. 117]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Backbench Business (Un-allotted half day)

Subject: Co-operatives and mutuality in the economy.

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

Adjourned at 5.17 pm until Tuesday 5 July.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 National Health Service

National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1587), dated 27 June 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

Other Papers:

2 Cabinet Office

(1) Individual Electoral Registration (by Command) (Cm. 8108) (The Deputy Prime Minister); and

(2) Individual Electoral Registration: Impact Assessment (by Command) (Cm. 8109) (The Deputy Prime Minister).

3 Charities

Accounts of the Official Custodian for Charities for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1174) (Francis Maude).

4 Climate Change

Third Annual Progress Report to Parliament by the Committee on Climate Change: Meeting Carbon Budgets (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne).

5 Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Report and Accounts of Government Car and Despatch Agency for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1106) (Secretary Philip Hammond);

(2) Report and Accounts of the Charity Commission for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 970) (Mark Hoban);

(3) Report and Accounts of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 974) (Mark Hoban);

(4) Report and Accounts of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1108) (Secretary Philip Hammond);

(5) Report and Accounts of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 965) (Mark Hoban); and

(6) Report of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board for 2010–11 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1076) (Danny Alexander).

6 Government Trading Funds

(1) Report and Accounts of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1105) (Secretary Philip Hammond);

(2) Report and Accounts of Driving Standards Agency for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1104) (Secretary Philip Hammond);

(3) Report and Accounts of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1143) (Clerk of the House); and

(4) Report and Accounts of Vehicle and Operator Services Agency for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1109) (Clerk of the House).

7 Health and Safety at Work

Report and Accounts of the Health and Safety Executive for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1066) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

8 Human Tissue

Report and Accounts of the Human Tissue Authority for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1085) (Clerk of the House).

9 Industrial Development

Report by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the First Minister of Scotland and the Welsh Ministers under the Industrial Development Act 1982 for 2010–11 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1179) (Secretary Vince Cable).

10 Justice (Northern Ireland)

Report and Resource Accounts of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1347) (The Attorney General).

11 Land Registration

Report and Accounts of Land Registry for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1158) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

12 Local Government

Report and Accounts of the Valuation Tribunal Service for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1075) (Clerk of the House).

13 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Communities and Local Government: The failure of the FiReControl project (by Act); to be printed (HC 1272) (Clerk of the House).

14 National Health Service

(1) Report and Accounts of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(2) Report and Accounts of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(3) Report and Accounts of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(4) Report and Accounts of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(5) Report and Accounts of Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(6) Report and Accounts of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(7) Report and Accounts of Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

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

(9) Report and Accounts of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(10) Report and Accounts of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(11) Report and Accounts of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(12) Report and Accounts of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(13) Report and Accounts of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(14) Report and Accounts of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley);

(15) Report and Accounts of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley); and

(16) Report and Accounts of Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2010–11 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

15 Pensions

Report and Accounts of the Pensions Regulator for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1197) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

16 Police

Report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to the Prime Minister and to Scottish Ministers for 2010–11 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1111) (The Prime Minister).

17 Regulation of Investigatory Powers

(1) Report of the Intelligence Services Commissioner for 2010 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1240) (The Prime Minister); and

(2) Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2010 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1239) (The Prime Minister).

18 Senior Courts of England and Wales

Civil Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1609), dated 30 June 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).