House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
20th December 2011

No. 242

Tuesday 20 December 2011

The House met at 11.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Private Bills [Lords]: London Local Authorities Bill [Lords]: Further consideration of the Bill, as amended

Ordered, That the Bill be further considered on Tuesday 17 January 2012.

2 Private Bills [Lords]: London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 17 January 2012.

3 Private Bills [Lords]: Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 17 January 2012.

4 Questions to (1) the Deputy Prime Minister

(2) the Attorney General

5 Statement: Public service pensions (Danny Alexander)

6 National Health Service (Right to Treatment): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to ensure that medical treatment prescribed as necessary by a doctor or other medical professional must be provided unless the type of treatment is not approved by the Secretary of State or the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; to establish a national register of cases where such prescribed treatment is refused; to introduce a mechanism for appeal against decisions about provision of medical treatments; and for connected purposes;

That Hugh Bayley, Frank Dobson, Mr Kevin Barron, Ms Gisela Stuart, Andrew George, Malcolm Wicks, Barbara Keeley, Mr Virendra Sharma, Valerie Vaz, Bob Russell, Grahame M. Morris and John Healey present the Bill.

Hugh Bayley accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 30 March 2012, and to be printed (Bill 266).

7 Backbench Business (Un-allotted day)

Matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.-(John Hemming.)

At 7.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3) and Order of 1 November).

8 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from residents of Woodside Close, Walsall and others relating to Planning (Woodside Close, Walsall) was presented and read by Valerie Vaz.

9 Adjournment

Subject: Abduction of Lydia Hunt (Stephen Timms).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Bill Wiggin.)

Adjourned at 7.30 pm until Tuesday 10 January 2012 (Order, 19 October).

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Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

10 European Union Act 2011(Amendment) (No. 2) 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.

11 Bail (Amendment) 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.

European Union Documents Referred

12 European Committee A

Addenda 3 to 35 to European Union Document No. 15629/11, relating to a Draft Regulation on Union guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network, together with European Union Documents No. 15813/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a Draft Regulation for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing No 1364/2006/EC, and No. 15629/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a Draft Regulation on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European Transport Network, already referred on 7 December 2011.

13 European Committee C

European Union Document No. 16250/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a Draft Directive on the annual financial statement, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings.

Reports from Select Committees

14 Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Phone-hacking: Written evidence, to be published (Mr John Whittingdale).

15 Energy and Climate Change Committee

(1) Departmental Annual Report and Accounts: Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

16 European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Fiftieth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 428-xlv);

(2) Draft agreement to establish a unified patent court: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr William Cash).

17 Foreign Affairs Committee

Piracy off the coast of Somalia: Tenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 13 July and 11 October (HC 1318) (Richard Ottaway).

18 Home Affairs Committee

(1) Extradition: Evidence, to be printed (HC 644-iii);

(2) Policing Protocol: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1714-i);

(3) Work of the UK Border Agency (August–November 2011): Evidence, to be printed (HC 1722-i)

(Keith Vaz).

19 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

(1) The Government’s Human Rights Policy, and Human Rights Judgments: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1726-i);

(2) Children’s Rights: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Discrimination: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Recording and Reporting of Use of Force in Schools: Written evidence, to be published

(Dr Hywel Francis).

[WH, No. 159]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Adjournment

Subjects:

First Great Western rail franchise (Sarah Newton).

Exemptions to child support payments (Mr Wayne David).

Government policy on rail services from and to Scotland (Mark Lazarowicz).

Testing for firearms residue in criminal cases (Damian Collins).

Stafford Hospital Accident and Emergency Department (Jeremy Lefroy).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Greg Hands.)

Adjourned at 4.55 pm until Tuesday 10 January 2012 (Order, 19 October).

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Consumer Protection

Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 3037), dated 19 December 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

2 Customs

Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 3036), dated 19 December 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chloe Smith).

3 Immigration

Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command); to be printed (HC 1719) (Secretary Theresa May).

4 Road Traffic

Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 3041), dated 20 December 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

Other Papers:

5 Foreign Affairs

Memorandum to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 (by Command) (Cm. 8251) (Secretary William Hague).

6 Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of Service Children’s Education for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1712) (Secretary Philip Hammond).

7 Home Affairs

Government Response to the Fifteenth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2010–12, on the work of the UK Border Agency (April–July 2011) (by Command) (Cm. 8253) (Secretary Theresa May).

8 Justice

Report of the United Kingdom to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation at national level of the Interlaken and Izmir Declarations (by Command) (Cm. 8254) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

9 Public Accounts

Treasury Minutes on the Forty-Sixth to the Fiftieth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2010–12 (by Command) (Cm. 8244) (Chloe Smith).

10 Social Security Administration

Accounts of the National Insurance Fund Investment Account for 2010–11 (by Act) (Chloe Smith).