House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
1st December 2011

No. 232

Thursday 1 December 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 Backbench Business (Un-allotted day)

(1) BBC cuts

Resolved, That this House calls upon the BBC to reconsider the scale and timing of its proposed cuts so as better to safeguard BBC local radio, regional television news and programmes, the morale and enthusiasm of its staff, and the quality of BBC programmes generally, all of which have made the BBC the most respected public service broadcaster in the world.-(Austin Mitchell.)

(2) Debt advice and debt management services

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of debt advice and debt management services.-(Alex Cunningham.)

4 Business of the House (7 December)

Ordered, That at the sitting on Wednesday 7 December, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 20 (Time for taking private business), the Private Business set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means shall be entered upon (whether before, at or after 4.00 pm), and may then be proceeded with, though opposed, for three hours, after which the Speaker shall interrupt the business.-(Mr David Heath.)

5 Business of the House (8 December)

Ordered, That at the sitting on Thursday 8 December paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments) shall apply to the Motion in the names of Angus Robertson and Mr Elfyn Llwyd as if the day were an Opposition Day; and proceedings on the Motion may continue for three hours and shall then lapse if not previously disposed of.-(Mr David Heath.)

6 Adjournment

Subject: Access to Kuvan for sufferers of phenylketonuria (Kwasi Kwarteng).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Angela Watkinson.)

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

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

Adjourned at 6.08 pm until Monday 5 December.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

7 Charities Bill [Lords]

The Lords have passed a Bill to consolidate the Charities Act 1993 and other enactments which relate to charities; to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills

8 Charities Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 5 December, and to be printed (Bill 257).

Changes to Notices Given

9 European Union (Freedom of Movement) (Amendment) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 9 December, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 30 March 2012.

10 European Union (Exemption from Value Added Tax Regulation) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January 2012, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 30 March 2012.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Energy and Climate Change Committee

Correspondence with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the implications of the Autumn Statement: written evidence, to be published (Mr Tim Yeo).

12 Energy and Climate Change and Environmental Audit Committees

Solar power feed-in tariffs:

(1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1605-ii);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

13 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) Rules of Royal Succession: Eleventh Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1615);

(2) Parliament’s role in conflict decisions: further Government Response: Twelfth Report, with Appendix, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1673);

(3) Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Allen).

[WH, No. 152]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subjects:

Keeping the UK Moving: The Impact on Transport of the Winter Weather in December 2010-Fifth Report of the Transport Committee, and the Government response.

Bus Services after the Spending Review-Eighth Report of the Transport Committee, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Norman Baker.)

Adjourned at 5.24 pm until Tuesday 6 December.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Legal Services

Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2866), dated 29 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

2 School Standards and Framework

(1) School Admission Appeals Code (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove); and

(2) School Admissions Code (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove).

3 Sports Grounds and Sporting Events

Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No. 5) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2869), dated 29 November 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

Other Papers:

4 Climate Change

The Carbon Plan: Delivering our low carbon future (by Act) (Secretary Chris Huhne).

5 Infrastructure Planning

Explanatory Memorandum to the Rookery South (Resource Recovery Facility) Order 2011 (by Command) (Secretary Chris Huhne).