House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
7th November 2011

No. 218

Monday 7 November 2011

The House met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

2 Statements: (1) G20 (Prime Minister)

(2) UK Border Force (Secretary Theresa May)

(3) M5 motorway accident (Secretary Justine Greening)

3 Localism Bill (Money) (No. 2)

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Localism Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown under the Act.-(Jeremy Wright.)

4 Localism Bill (Programme) (No. 3)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Localism Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 17 January 2011 (Localism Bill (Programme)) and 17 May 2011 (Localism Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 pm at this day’s sitting.

Subsequent stages

2. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

3. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.-(Jeremy Wright.)

Question agreed to.

5 Localism Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

Lords Amendments 1 to 153 agreed to, with Commons financial privilege waived in respect of Lords Amendments 3 to 12, 23, 29, 40, 49, 50, 54 to 60, 62, 64, 66 to 69, 72 and 74 to 115, 131, 148 and 150.

Lords Amendment 154

Amendment (a) moved.-(Roberta Blackman-Woods.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 392.

Ayes: 205 (Tellers: Yvonne Fovargue, Susan Elan Jones).

Noes: 305 (Tellers: Greg Hands, Mark Hunter).

Question accordingly negatived.

Since it was after 10.00 pm, the Speaker put the Questions necessary to bring proceedings on Lords Amendments to a conclusion (Programme Order, today).

The following Questions were put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83F).

(1) That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment 154 (Question to agree with the Lords Amendment (Standing Order No. 83F(4)).-(Greg Clark.)

Question agreed to.

Lords Amendment 154 accordingly agreed to.

(2) That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendments 155 to 441 (single Question to agree with the Lords in all remaining Lords Amendments (Standing Order No. 83F(6)).-(Greg Clark.)

Question agreed to.

Lords Amendments 155 to 441 accordingly agreed to, with Commons financial privilege waived in respect of Lords Amendments 157 to 165, 225, 226, 250 to 254, 257, 260, 294, 295, 302, 312, 334, 335, 337 to 344, 349, 371, 376, 377, 387, 389, 395 and 399 to 402.

Title accordingly amended, as follows: A Bill to make provision about the functions and procedures of local and certain other authorities; to make provision about the functions of the Commission for Local Administration in England; to enable the recovery of financial sanctions imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the United Kingdom from local and public authorities; to make provision about local government finance; to make provision about town and country planning, the Community Infrastructure Levy and the authorisation of nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about social and other housing; to make provision about regeneration in London; and for connected purposes.

6 Statutory Instruments: Motion for Approval

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 5 September, be approved.-(James Duddridge.)

Question agreed to.

7 Regulatory Reform

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 18(1)(a)), That the draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.-(James Duddridge.)

Question agreed to.

8 Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Ordered, That Tom Blenkinsop be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Privileges and Julie Hilling be added.-(James Duddridge.)

(2) Ordered, That Steve Rotheram be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and Bill Esterson be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(3) Ordered, That Nic Dakin be discharged from the Education Committee and Alex Cunningham be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

9 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from staff at John Leggott College, Scunthorpe and Frederick Gough School, Scunthorpe relating to Teachers’ Pension Scheme was presented and read by Nic Dakin.

10 Adjournment

Subject: Patient security in the mental health system (Nicky Morgan).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(James Duddridge.)

Adjourned at 10.36 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

11 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Gary Streeter (Chair) reported the draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011 and the draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Value Added Tax Information) Regulations 2011.

12 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Roger Gale (Chair) reported the draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

13 European Committee A in respect of European Union Documents No. 12519/11, relating to a Commission Communication-Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, and No. 12514/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to a Draft Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy

Katy Clark (Chair) reported the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 12519/11, relating to a Commission Communication-Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, and No. 12514/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to a Draft Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy; and supports the Government’s view that fundamental reform of EU fisheries policy is required to deliver the legislative changes necessary to achieve healthy fish stocks, a prosperous fishing industry and a healthy marine environment.

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).

14 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2011, the draft International Development Association (Sixteenth Replenishment) Order 2011, the draft International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Selective Capital Increase) Order 2011 and the draft International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (General Capital Increase) Order 2011)

Members: Mrs Helen Grant and Julian Smith discharged and Mark Lancaster and Paul Uppal nominated in substitution.

15 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011)

Members: Austin Mitchell discharged and Mr David Lammy nominated in substitution.

16 European Committee A in respect of European Union Documents No. 12519/11, relating to a Commission Communication-Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, and No. 12514/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to a Draft Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy

Members: Andrew George discharged and Mr Alan Reid nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

17 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 7 November, to be published (Sir Alan Haselhurst).

18 Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee on)

Draft House of Lords Reform Bill:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1313-v);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tom Clarke).

19 Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee on)

Privacy and Injunctions: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1443-iv) (Mr John Whittingdale).

20 Public Accounts (Committee of)

HM Revenue and Customs Accounts 2010–11 and Tax Settlements: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1531-ii) (Margaret Hodge).

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Corporation Tax

Draft Investment Trust (Approved Company) (Tax) Regulations 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2 Customs

Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2649), dated 3 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

3 Immigration

Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command); to be printed (HC 1622) (Secretary Theresa May).

4 Public Passenger Transport

Public Service Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2634), dated 1 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

5 Road Traffic

(1) Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2633), dated 1 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening); and

(2) Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2632), dated 1 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

6 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Statute, dated 2 June 2011, made by the Governing Body of All Souls College in the University of Oxford, revising the existing Statutes of the College (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Other Papers:

7 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for International Development: Transferring cash and assets to the poor (by Act); to be printed (HC 1587) (Clerk of the House).

8 Statistics and Registration Service

(1) Notification to the Exchequer Secretary in relation to projections of income tax distributions in income tax liabilities statistics produced by HM Revenue and Customs (by Act) (Francis Maude); and

(2) Notification to the Secretary of State for Health in relation to statistics on substance misuse among young people and statistics from the National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System produced by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (by Act) (Francis Maude).