House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
19th July 2011

No. 189

Tuesday 19 July 2011

The House met at 11.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

2 Statements: (1) School funding reform (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Bovine TB (Secretary Caroline Spelman)

3 Royal Assent

The Deputy Speaker reported that the Queen had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:

Supply and Appropriation Act 2011

Finance Act 2011

European Union Act 2011

4 Betting Shops: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Motion made and Question proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to create a new planning use class for betting shops which would require the granting of planning permission; to provide that local planning authorities assess demand for betting shops when considering applications for premises in that planning use class and place a cap on the number of betting shops for which planning permission may be granted in any area; and for connected purposes.-(Joan Ruddock.)

Motion opposed (Standing Order No. 23(1)).

Question put, and agreed to.

Ordered, That Joan Ruddock, Debbie Abrahams, Heidi Alexander, Tom Brake, Mr Mark Field, Mike Gapes, Mr David Lammy, Tony Lloyd, Mr Andrew Love, Caroline Lucas, Tessa Munt and Mr Virendra Sharma present the Bill.

Joan Ruddock accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 20 January 2012, and to be printed (Bill 223).

5 Backbench Business (30th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

Matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.-(Natascha Engel.)

At 7.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

6 Changes to membership of select committees

Ordered, That Cathy Jamieson be added to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

7 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from residents of Bridgwater relating to Bridgwater by-pass was presented and read by Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger.

A Public Petition from supporters of the National Autistic Society relating to Prevention of Abuse of Adults in Residential Care was presented and read by John Pugh.

A Public Petition from residents of London and others relating to Living Wage (Royal Household) was presented and read by John McDonnell.

A Public Petition from residents of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, and the surrounding areas relating to Development (Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire) was presented by Mr Peter Bone.

A Public Petition from Ethiopian refugees resident in Britain relating to Ethiopia (Human Rights) was presented by Malcolm Bruce.

8 Adjournment

Subject: Green planting in the urban environment (Bob Russell).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Philip Dunne.)

Adjourned at 7.36 pm until Monday 5 September (Resolution, 4 May).

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

9 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Committee

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

Written evidence to be published.

European Union Documents Referred

10 European Committee B

Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 7 July 2011 submitted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, relating to the European Union Common Position on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights (Negotiation Chapter 23) relating to EU enlargement: Croatia.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

(1) Trade and Investment: China: Eighth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1421);

(2) Draft Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill: Ninth 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 5 and 12 July (HC 1224-I and -II)

(Mr Adrian Bailey).

12 Culture, Media and Sport

(1) Football governance: Seventh Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 792-I and -II);

(2) BBC Licence Fee Settlement and Annual Report: Responses to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2010–12: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1375);

(3) Phone-hacking: Evidence, to be printed (HC 903-ii);

(4) Gambling: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr John Whittingdale).

13 Defence Committee

Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2011–12: Fifth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1373) (Mr James Arbuthnot).

14 Education

The English Baccalaureate:

(1) Fifth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 851);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Stuart).

15 Energy and Climate Change Committee

(1) Ofgem’s Retail Market Review: 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 11 May and 22 and 28 June (HC 1046);

(2) Electricity Market Reform: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2010–12: Sixth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1448);

(3) Shale Gas: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2010–12: Seventh Special Report, to be printed (HC 1449);

(4) The UK’s Energy Supply: Security or Independence?:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1065-vi);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(5) A European Supergrid: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

16 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Welfare of Laying Hens Directive-Implications for the egg industry: Ninth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 830) (Miss Anne McIntosh).

17 European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Thirty-eighth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 428-xxxiv);

(2) Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: the Committee’s evidence session with Baroness Wilcox: Thirty-ninth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1341);

(3) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr William Cash).

18 Health Committee

(1) Annual Accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council: Seventh Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1428);

(2) Annual Accountability hearing with the General Medical Council: Eighth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1429);

(3) Public Health: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1048-v)

(Mr Stephen Dorrell).

19 Home Affairs Committee

Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications:

(1) Thirteenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 907);

(2) Evidence, to be printed (HC 907-vi and -vii)

(Keith Vaz).

20 International Development Committee

Financial Crime and Development: Evidence, to be printed (HC 847-i) (Malcolm Bruce).

21 Members’ Expenses (Committee on)

Adam Afriyie reported, That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee.

22 Scottish Affairs Committee

The Student Immigration System in Scotland: Fifth 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 4 April (HC 912-I and -II) (Mr Ian Davidson).

23 Treasury Committee

(1) Independent Commission on Banking: Nineteenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1069);

(2) Administration and effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Andrew Tyrie).

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Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Adjournment

Subjects:

School food (Andrew Gwynne).

Functioning of the Public Guardianship Office (Kevin Brennan).

Hospital finances (John Pugh).

Future of the Royal Parks (Mr Mark Field).

GM food technologies (George Freeman).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Miss Chloe Smith.)

Adjourned at 4.59 pm until Tuesday 6 September.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Draft Legislative Reform Order:

1 Regulatory Reform

Draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011, with an Accompanying Statement (by Act), with an Impact Assessment and Pre-Consolidated and Consolidated Texts of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

2 European Union

Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Second Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement) Order 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary William Hague).

3 Statistics Board

Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Francis Maude).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

4 Charities

Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1727), dated 14 July 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Francis Maude).

5 Ecclesiastical Law

Church of England Pensions (Sodor and Man) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1717), dated 9 July 2011 (by Measure) (Clerk of the House).

6 Excise

Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1753), dated 18 July 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Justine Greening).

7 Food

Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1738), dated 13 July 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

8 Immigration

Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command); to be printed (HC 1436) (Secretary Theresa May).

9 Social Security

Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1736), dated 14 July 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

Other Papers:

10 Chelsea Hospital

Account of Royal Hospital Chelsea for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1303) (Clerk of the House).

11 Exchange Equalisation Account

Report and Accounts of Exchange Equalisation Account for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1155) (Justine Greening).

12 Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Accounts of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 979) (Mark Hoban); and

(2) Report and Accounts of the National Offender Management Service for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1345) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

13 Government Resources and Accounts (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies)

Report of the Directors and Financial Statements of Northwest Business Link for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 1332) (Secretary Vince Cable).

14 Government Resources and Accounts (Audit of Public Bodies)

Account of the Royal Air Force Museum for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 1302) (Clerk of the House).

15 Government Trading Funds

Report and Accounts of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1441) (Clerk of the House).

16 Home Affairs

Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2010–12, on Forced marriage (by Command) (Cm. 8151) (Secretary Theresa May).

17 House of Commons Members’ Fund

Account of House of Commons Members’ Fund for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1295) (Clerk of the House).

18 Law Commissions

Report of the Law Commission on the Eleventh Programme of Law Reform (by Act); to be printed (HC 1407) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

19 Local Government Finance

Account of Pooling of Non-Domestic Rates and Redistribution to Local Authorities in England for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1442) (Clerk of the House).

20 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Reducing Costs in HM Revenue and Customs (by Act); to be printed (HC 1278) (Clerk of the House).

21 National Loans

Account of National Loans Fund for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1296) (Clerk of the House).

22 National Lottery

(1) Account of Sports Council for Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution for 2009–10, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1308) (Clerk of the House);

(2) Account of Sports Council for Wales Lottery Distribution for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1310) (Clerk of the House); and

(3) Report and Accounts of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1342) (Secretary Vince Cable).

23 Planning

(1) Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne);

(2) National Policy Statement for Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure (EN-2) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne);

(3) National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne);

(4) National Policy Statement for Gas Supply Infrastructure and Gas and Oil Pipelines (EN-4) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne);

(5) National Policy Statement for Electricity Networks Infrastructure (EN-5) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne); and

(6) National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6) (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne).

24 Proceeds of Crime

Report of the Appointed Person for England and Wales and Northern Ireland for 2010–11 (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May).

25 Social Security Administration

Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 174(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in accordance with section 174(2) of that Act relating to the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1736) (by Act) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

26 Treasury

(1) Memorandum to the Treasury Committee on Post-Legislative Assessment of the Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Act 2006 (by Command) (Cm. 8142) (Mark Hoban); and

(2) Memorandum to the Treasury Committee on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (by Command) (Cm. 8132) (Justine Greening).

27 Work and Pensions

Public consultation: Housing Benefit Reform-Supported Housing: Proposals for change in the way Housing Benefit assists those living in supported housing within the social and Voluntary sector with their rent (by Command) (Cm. 8152) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).