House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
3rd November 2011

No. 217

Thursday 3 November 2011

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

(2) the Leader of the House

2 Urgent Question: Eurozone Crisis (Mr Mark Hoban)

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:

Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011

Armed Forces Act 2011

Pensions Act 2011.

5 Household Safety (Carbon Monoxide Detectors) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

Mr Barry Sheerman, supported by Jason McCartney, Meg Munn, Julian Sturdy, Steve Baker, Andrew Percy, Laura Sandys, Dr Hywel Francis, Karl McCartney, Andrew Stephenson, Chris White and Heidi Alexander, presented a Bill to introduce a requirement that a functioning carbon monoxide detector must be installed in residential properties; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 25 November, and to be printed (Bill 245).

6 Commission on Devolution in Wales

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.-(Mrs Cheryl Gillan.)

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

7 Adjournment

Subject: Female genital mutilation in the UK (Jane Ellison).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Stephen Crabb.)

Adjourned at 6.29 pm until Monday 7 November.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

8 Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Charles Walker (Chair) reported the Draft Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011.

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 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2011)

Chair: Mr Roger Gale in place of Annette Brooke

Members: Anna Soubry discharged and Heather Wheeler nominated in substitution.

10 European Committee C in respect of European Union Document No. 10052/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to a Draft Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

Members: Paul Blomfield, Mr Edward Davey, Richard Harrington, Rebecca Harris, Kelvin Hopkins, Paul Maynard, Penny Mordaunt, Ian Murray, Chris Ruane, David Simpson, Jo Swinson, Mr David Winnick and Jeremy Wright discharged.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee on)

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

12 Members’ Expenses (Committee on)

The Operation of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1484-vi) (Adam Afriyie).

[WH, No. 142]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subjects:

Shale Gas-Fifth Report of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, and the Government response.

Electricity Market Reform-Fourth Report of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Charles Hendry.)

Adjourned at 5.28 pm until Tuesday 8 November.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Merchant Shipping

Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2616), dated 1 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

Other Papers:

2 Communications

Seventh Report on the Secretary of State’s functions by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport for 29 December 2009–28 December 2010 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1613) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

3 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minute, dated 3 November 2011, concerning the gifting of equipment to the Kenyan Administrative Police Service (by Command) (Secretary William Hague).

4 Pensions

Report and Accounts of Pension Protection Fund for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1559) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

5 Terrorism

Government Response to the Report by David Anderson QC on the Operation in 2010 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and of Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (by Command) (Cm. 8210) (Secretary Theresa May).

6 Transport

Report on Transport Security for 2010–11 (by Command) (Cm. 8217) (Secretary Justine Greening).