House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
15th September 2011

No. 200

Thursday 15 September 2011

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Transport

(2) the Minister for Women and Equalities

2 Urgent Question: Palestine and the United Nations (Alistair Burt)

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Royal Assent

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

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

5 Backbench Business (31st allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

(1) Food Security and Famine Prevention in Africa

Resolved, That this House welcomes the contribution of the British public, via the Disasters Emergency Committee, and the British Government to the famine relief effort in the Horn of Africa; recognises that emergency food relief must always be the last resort and that improving the productivity and resilience of domestic agricultural systems in Africa must be a priority for the UK and the international donor community; and calls upon the Government to increase its focus on improving awareness around nutrition and agriculture in the developing world to support farmers and secure greater international food resilience and to champion the welfare of those in the developing world in the discussions on food price volatility at the upcoming G20 Summit in Cannes.-(Amber Rudd.)

(2) Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the issue of Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent.-(Steve Baker.)

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

6 Delegated Legislation

Motion made, That the motions in the name of Sir George Young relating to the Electoral Commission and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England shall be treated as if they related to instruments subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice has been given that the instruments be approved.-(Sir George Young.)

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

7 Adjournment

Subject: Future of the Royal British Legion Hall in Princes Risborough (Steve Baker).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Adjourned at 6.28 pm until Monday 10 October (Resolution, 4 May).

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

8 Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

The Lords do not insist on their amendment to the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill to which the Commons have disagreed and agree without amendment to the amendment proposed by the Commons in lieu of the Lords amendment.

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.

10 Public Bodies Bill [Lords] Committee

John Robertson (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

11 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Roger Gale (Chair) reported the draft Modifications to the Standard Conditions of Electricity Supply Licences.

Reports from Select Committees

12 Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee on)

Draft Financial Services Bill: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1447-iii) (Mr Peter Lilley).

13 Home Affairs Committee

(1) New landscape of policing: Fourteenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 939);

(2) Policing large scale disorder: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1456-iii)

(Keith Vaz).

14 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration-draft legislation:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1463-iii);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Allen).

15 Welsh Affairs Committee

Inward Investment in Wales:

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

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(David T.C. Davies).

[WH, No. 130]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies-Third Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2010–12, the Government responses, and the oral evidence of 15 June 2011 on Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: follow-up.

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

Adjourned at 4.07 pm until Tuesday 11 October.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Legal Services

Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

2 Statistics Board

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

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Defence

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2282), dated 14 September 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Liam Fox).

4 National Health Service

(1) NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2237), dated 12 September 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Lansley); and

(2) NHS Commissioning Board Authority Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2250), dated 12 September 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

5 Pensions

Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2257), dated 5 September 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Francis Maude).

6 Savings Banks

National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2288), dated 14 September 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

Other Papers:

7 Broadcasting

An Agreement between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation (by Command) (Cm. 8170) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

8 Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of the Ministry of Justice for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 986) (Mark Hoban).

9 Health

Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Health Committee, Session 2010–12, on Complaints and Litigation (by Command) (Cm. 8180) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

10 Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission: The state of health care and adult social care in England: An overview of key themes in care in 2010–11 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1487) (Mr Secretary Lansley).

11 Home Affairs

Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2010–12, on Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications (by Command) (Cm. 8182) (Secretary Theresa May).

12 Police Reform

First Report of the Independent Police Complaints Commission on Corruption in the Police Service in England and Wales (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May).

13 Public Accounts

Treasury Minutes on the Twenty-Second, the Thirty-Third and the Thirty-Eighth to the Forty-First Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2010–12 (by Command) (Cm. 8179) (Justine Greening).

14 Treasury

Memorandum to the Treasury Committee on Post-legislative Assessment of the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 (by Command) (Cm. 8156) (Justine Greening).

Prepared 2nd February 2015