House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
20th October 2011

No. 208

Thursday 20 October 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 National Planning Policy Framework

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of the National Planning Policy Framework.-(Greg Clark.)

4 Adjournment

Subject: Air passenger duty (Henry Smith).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Angela Watkinson.)

Adjourned at 6.28 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

5 Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 21 October, read and discharged.

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

6 Dangerous Driving (Maximum Sentence) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 28 October, read and discharged.

Bill withdrawn.

General Committees: Reports

7 Second Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Peter Bone (Chair) reported the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011.

8 Welsh Grand Committee

Mr Martin Caton (Chair) reported the matter of the Government’s Work Programme and its implications for Wales, referred to it on 11 October.

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).

9 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011)

Members: Lyn Brown discharged and Nic Dakin nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

10 Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee on)

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

11 International Development Committee

(1) The Closure of DFID’s Aid Programme in Burundi: Tenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1134);

(2) Working Effectively in Fragile and Conflict Affected States: DRC, Rwanda and Burundi: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1133-iii);

(3) Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2010–11 and Business Plan 2011–15: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Infrastructure and Development: Written evidence, to be published

(Malcolm Bruce).

[WH, No. 136]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject: Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislation-First Joint Report from the Committees on Arms Export Controls, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Bill Wiggin.)

Adjourned at 4.56 pm until Tuesday 25 October.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Constitutional Law

Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Disqualification from Driving) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2490), dated 18 October 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Secretary Moore).

2 Income Tax

Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2503), dated 19 October 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (David Gauke).

3 Transport

Airport Charges Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2491), dated 18 October 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

Other Papers:

4 Energy

Statement of the Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Account for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1508) (Clerk of the House).

5 Home Affairs

Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2010–12, on Student Visas: Follow-up (by Command) (Cm. 8193) (Secretary Theresa May).

6 Scottish Affairs

Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Scottish Affairs Committee, Session 2010–12, on The Student Immigration System in Scotland (by Command) (Cm. 8192) (Secretary Theresa May).