House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
26th January 2012

No. 254

Thursday 26 January 2012

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 Financial Services Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, supported by the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Mr Mark Hoban, Mr David Gauke, Miss Chloe Smith and Mr Edward Davey, presented a Bill to amend the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Banking Act 2009; to make other provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about the exercise of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies and other mutual societies; to amend section 785 of the Companies Act 2006; to make provision enabling the Director of Savings to provide services to other public bodies; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 30 January, and to be printed (Bill 278) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 278–EN).

4 Backbench Business (Un-allotted day)

(1) European Council (Topical debate)

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of the European Council.-(Natascha Engel.)

An hour and a half after the commencement of proceedings, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 24A(2)).

(2) Progress on defence reform and the Strategic Defence and Security Review

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of progress on defence reform and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.-(Mr James Arbuthnot.)

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

5 Adjournment

Subject: Government policy on football governance and the case of AFC Wimbledon (Siobhain McDonagh).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Greg Hands.)

Adjourned at 6.20 pm until Monday 30 January.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

6 Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee on)

The Lords have come to the following Resolution, to which they desire the agreement of this House:

That, notwithstanding the Resolution of this House of 27 June 2011, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions that it should report by 15 March 2012.

General Committees: Reports

7 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Mike Weir (Chair) reported the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) 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).

8 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))

Members: Nigel Mills and Caroline Nokes discharged and Caroline Dinenage and Heather Wheeler nominated in substitution.

9 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))

Members: Stephen Lloyd discharged and Gordon Birtwistle nominated in substitution.

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

Members: Stephen Crabb discharged and Greg Hands nominated in substitution.

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

Members: Steve Rotheram and Justin Tomlinson discharged and Simon Danczuk and Esther McVey nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

12 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) Political party finance: Thirteenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1763);

(2) Recall of MPs:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1758-ii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Allen).

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Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subjects:

Future of the Department for International Development’s Programme in India-Eighth Report from the International Development Committee, and the Government response.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights Work 2010–11-Eighth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Brooks Newmark.)

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until Tuesday 31 January.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Rating and Valuation

Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 148), dated 23 January 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

Other Papers:

2 Climate Change

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment: Government Report (by Act) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

3 Planning

National Policy Statement for Ports (by Act) (Secretary Justine Greening).

4 Public Accounts

Treasury Minutes on Progress on implementing recommendations from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2010–12, and the National Audit Office (by Command) (Cm. 8271) (Chloe Smith).

Prepared 2nd February 2015