House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
25th January 2012

No. 253

Wednesday 25 January 2012

The House met at 11.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

(2) the Prime Minister

2 Statements of Taxation: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Motion made and Question proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to issue annually to each payer of Income Tax and National Insurance a statement detailing the payments made in the most recent tax year, the estimated payments to be made in the following tax year and a breakdown of the areas of government spending on which the payments are to be spent; and for connected purposes.-(Ben Gummer.)

Motion opposed (Standing Order No. 23(1)).

Question put, and agreed to.

Ordered, That Ben Gummer, Nicholas Soames, Mr Richard Shepherd, Mr Graham Brady, Justin Tomlinson, Mr Robert Buckland, Karen Bradley, Mr Andrew Tyrie, Steve Baker, Margot James, Tracey Crouch and Kwasi Kwarteng present the Bill.

Ben Gummer accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 30 March, and to be printed (Bill 277).

3 EU Criminal Policy

Resolved, That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 14613/11, relating to a Commission Communication, Towards an EU Criminal Policy: Ensuring the effective implementation of EU policies through criminal law; agrees that the primary focus of EU criminal law should be tackling serious crime with a cross-border dimension; and further agrees that the general principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and necessity based on clear evidence must be respected when deciding whether to propose criminal sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of EU policies.-(Mr Crispin Blunt.)

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

Amendment 15 proposed.-(Philip Davies.)

5 Deferred Divisions

The Deputy Speaker announced the results of the Divisions which had been deferred to this day (Standing Order No. 41A).

Local Government,-That the draft City of Birmingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.

Division No. 441.

Ayes: 303.

Noes: 203.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Local Government,-That the draft City of Bradford (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.

Division No. 442.

Ayes: 304.

Noes: 202.

Question accordingly agreed to.

6 Private Bills [Lords]: London Local Authorities Bill [Lords]: Further consideration of the Bill, as amended (resumed)

Question again proposed, That Amendment 15 be made.

Mike Freer claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).

Question put, That the Question be now put.

The House divided.

Division No. 443.

Ayes: 276 (Tellers: Mr Shailesh Vara, Jeremy Wright).

Noes: 10 (Tellers: Mr David Nuttall, Jacob Rees-Mogg).

Question accordingly agreed to.

Question accordingly put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 444.

Ayes: 16 (Tellers: Mrs Anne Main, Mr David Nuttall).

Noes: 159 (Tellers: Heidi Alexander, Charlie Elphicke).

Question accordingly negatived.

It being three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the business (Order, 19 January).

Ordered, That the Bill be further considered on Tuesday 31 January.

7 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from parents, staff and students at The Heath School and others in their community relating to School Buildings (Runcorn) was presented and read by Derek Twigg.

8 Adjournment

Subject: North Sea oil and gas taxation regime (Nicholas Soames).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Michael Fabricant.)

Adjourned at 5.46 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

9 Building Regulations (Review) Bill [Lords]

Order for Second Reading on Monday 30 January, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 April.

General Committees: Reports

10 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr David Crausby (Chair) reported the draft City of Manchester (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012.

11 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr David Amess (Chair) reported the draft City of Leeds (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012.

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).

12 Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill [Lords] Second Reading Committee

(1) Chair: Mr David Amess

(2) Members: Harriett Baldwin, Stephen Barclay, Gordon Birtwistle, Karen Bradley, Lyn Brown, Tracey Crouch, Jon Cruddas, Greg Hands, Richard Harrington, John Hemming, Mr Mark Hoban, Eric Joyce, Chris Leslie, Iain McKenzie, Mr Michael Meacher, Paul Murphy, Alok Sharma and Sammy Wilson.

13 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2012 and the Value Added Tax (Land Exemption) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 58))

(1) Chair: Mr Christopher Chope

(2) Members: Lyn Brown, Alun Cairns, Paul Flynn, Mr David Gauke, Greg Hands, John Hemming, Mr Adam Holloway, Mr Pat McFadden, Nigel Mills, Caroline Nokes, Mark Pawsey, Amber Rudd, Dame Joan Ruddock, Mr Virendra Sharma, Mr Dennis Skinner, Owen Smith, Stephen Williams and Sammy Wilson.

14 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Inspections etc.) Regulations 2011)

(1) Chair: Mr George Howarth

(2) Members: Tom Blenkinsop, Mr Ben Bradshaw, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr Brian H. Donohoe, Lorraine Fullbrook, Tom Greatrex, Charles Hendry, Glenda Jackson, John McDonnell, Mark Menzies, Jesse Norman, Dr Daniel Poulter, John Pugh, Bob Stewart, Julian Sturdy, Bill Wiggin, David Wright and Simon Wright.

15 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2012 and the draft Local Digital Television Programme Services Order 2012)

(1) Chair: Mr Andrew Turner

(2) Members: Steve Brine, Mike Crockart, Jim Dowd, Mr Don Foster, John Glen, Helen Goodman, Mr Sam Gyimah, Kate Hoey, Graham Jones, Mr David Lammy, Jack Lopresti, Stephen McPartland, Ian Paisley, Mr Nick Raynsford, Mr Barry Sheerman, Mr Edward Vaizey, Mr Shailesh Vara and Mr Rob Wilson.

16 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 4) 2011 (S.R. (N.I.), 2011, No. 422) and the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 2970)).

(1) Chair: Dr William McCrea

(2) Members: Tom Brake, James Brokenshire, Mr Robert Buckland, Rehman Chishti, Mr Tom Clarke, Ann Clwyd, Mr Nigel Dodds, James Duddridge, Paul Farrelly, Robert Halfon, Mrs Siân C. James, Diana Johnson, Brandon Lewis, Stephen Lloyd, Alun Michael, Sheryll Murray, Phil Wilson and Nadhim Zahawi.

17 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft City of Leeds (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012)

Members: Chris Williamson discharged and Roberta Blackman-Woods nominated in substitution.

18 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012)

(1) Chair: Mr Graham Brady

(2) Members: Gavin Barwell, Richard Burden, Stephen Crabb, Nic Dakin, Tim Farron, Mark Garnier, Stephen Gilbert, David Heyes, Meg Hillier, Margot James, Mr Marcus Jones, Simon Kirby, Robert Neill, Lindsay Roy, David Simpson, Justin Tomlinson, Valerie Vaz and Chris Williamson.

19 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012)

Members: Nick de Bois and David Morris discharged and Mike Freer and James Wharton nominated in substitution.

20 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft City of Nottingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012.

Chair: Mr Lee Scott.

21 Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the Motion in the name of Sir George Young relating to the Electoral Commission.

Chair: Katy Clark.

22 Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft City of Liverpool (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012)

(1) Chair: Philip Davies

(2) Members: Nic Dakin discharged and Mark Tami nominated in substitution.

23 Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft City of Sheffield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012.

Chair: Mr Philip Hollobone.

24 Thirteenth Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012.

Chair: Sandra Osborne.

25 Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft City of Wakefield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012)

Members: Nic Dakin discharged and Chris Ruane nominated in substitution.

26 European Committee A in respect of European Union Document No. 12046/11, relating to a draft Directive on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC

Chair: Mr Mike Hancock.

27 European Committee A in respect of European Union Documents No. 15396/11, relating to a draft Regulation establishing rules for direct payments for farmers under support schemes within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy, No. 15425/11, relating to a draft Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and No. 15688/11, relating to a Commission Staff Working Paper: Executive Summary of the Impact Assessment-Common Agricultural Policy Towards 2020

Chair: Martin Caton.

28 European Committee C in respect of European Union Document No. 16250/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a draft Directive on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings

Members: Mr David Anderson, Katy Clark, Mr Edward Davey, Rebecca Harris, Kelvin Hopkins, Mrs Eleanor Laing, Ian Murray, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Simon Reevell, Chris Ruane, David Simpson, Mr Robin Walker and Jeremy Wright.

European Union Documents Referred

29 European Committee A

European Union Documents No. 18007/11, relating to a Commission Communication on Airport policy in the EU: addressing capacity and quality to promote growth, connectivity and sustainable mobility, No. 18008/11 and Addenda 1 to 3, relating to a draft Regulation on groundhandling services at Union airports and repealing Council directive 96/67/EC, No. 18009/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a draft Regulation on common rules for allocation of slots at EU airports (recast), and No. 18010/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a draft Regulation on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a balanced approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC.

30 European Committee B

European Union Document No. 18288/11, relating to a Commission Communication on the future of VAT: Towards a simpler, more robust and efficient VAT system tailored to the single market.

Reports from Select Committees

31 Defence Committee

Operations in Libya: Ninth 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 12 and 26 October and 15 November 2011 (HC 950) (Mr James Arbuthnot).

32 Education Committee

Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1515-iv) (Mr Graham Stuart).

33 Energy and Climate Change Committee

(1) Electricity Market Reform Technical Update: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1781-ii);

(2) Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts 2010–11: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

34 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Natural Environment White Paper: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1357-iv) (Miss Anne McIntosh).

35 European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Fifty-third Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 428-xlviii);

(2) Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1799-i);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Possibilities for reinforcing the eurozone following the December European Council: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr William Cash).

36 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Fuel laundering and smuggling: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1504-viii) (Mr Laurence Robertson).

37 Public Accounts (Committee of)

Care Quality Commission: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1779-i) (Margaret Hodge).

38 Science and Technology Committee

(1) Malware and cyber crime: Twelfth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1537);

(2) Risk perception and energy infrastructure: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1742-ii)

(Andrew Miller).

39 Scottish Affairs Committee

(1) A Robust Grid for 21st Century Scotland:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1752-i);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) The Crown Estate in Scotland: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Alan Reid).

40 Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)

Thirty-eighth Report, to be printed (HC 354-xxxviii) (Mr George Mudie).

41 Treasury Committee

Global Imbalances: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1474-ii) (Mr Andrew Tyrie).

42 Work and Pensions Committee

Automatic enrolment in workplace pensions and the National Employment Savings Trust: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1494-vi) (Dame Anne Begg).

[WH, No. 167]

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Adjournment

Subjects:

UK-India trade (Stephen Hammond).

Postgraduate education (Mr Barry Sheerman).

Sponsored nurses and off-script tendering in stoma care (Jonathan Evans).

Government policy on micro-businesses (Ms Anne-Marie Morris).

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

Adjourned at 5.20 pm until tomorrow.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Criminal Law

Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Prosecuting Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 146), dated 22 January 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

2 Security Industry

Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Olympics Security) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 145), dated 19 January 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

Other Papers:

3 Climate Change

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012: Evidence Report, with Annex A and Annex B (by Act) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

4 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Home Office and National Policing Improvement Agency: Mobile Technology in Policing (by Act); to be printed (HC 1765) (Clerk of the House).

5 Treaty Series (No. 8, 2012)

Protocol, done at Paris on 27 May 2010, amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (by Command) (Cm. 8275) (Secretary William Hague).

6 Treaty Series (No. 9, 2012)

Agreement, done at Abu Dhabi on 25 November 2010, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United Arab Emirates for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (by Command) (Cm. 8276) (Secretary William Hague).

7 Welsh Affairs

Memorandum to the Welsh Affairs Committee on Post-Legislative Assessment of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (by Command) (Cm. 8256) (Secretary Cheryl Gillan).

Prepared 2nd February 2015