House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
2nd February 2012

No. 258

Thursday 2 February 2012

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

2 Urgent Question: Tax avoidance (public servants) (Danny Alexander)

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 50)

Secretary Caroline Spelman, supported by the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Vince Cable and Richard Benyon, presented a Bill to make provision for the giving of financial assistance for the purpose of securing the reduction of charges for the supply of water and the provision of sewerage services and in connection with the construction of, and the carrying out of works in respect of, water and sewerage infrastructure.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 6 February, and to be printed (Bill 299) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 299–EN).

5 Transparency and consistency of sentencing

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the work of the Sentencing Council and the transparency and consistency of sentencing.-(Secretary Kenneth Clarke.)

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

6 Adjournment

Subject: Carers and online banking (Stuart Andrew).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Shailesh Vara.)

Adjourned at 6.18 pm until Monday 6 February.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

7 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Graham Brady (Chair) reported the draft Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 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 Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft City of Wakefield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012)

Members: Sir Alan Meale discharged and Lindsay Roy nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

9 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Director of the Office for Fair Access: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1811-i) (Mr Adrian Bailey).

10 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1809-i);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Recall of MPs: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Graham Allen).

11 Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee on)

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

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Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Backbench Business (Un-allotted half day)

Subject: Network Rail.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Michael Fabricant.)

Adjourned at 5.29 pm until Tuesday 7 February.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Local Government

Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 213), dated 30 January 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

Other Papers:

2 European Union

Statement made pursuant to section 5 of the European Union Act 2011 relating to the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (by Act) (Secretary William Hague).

3 Government Resources and Accounts

Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2012 (laid 1 February) (by Command) (Chloe Smith).

Withdrawn Papers:

4 Government Resources and Accounts

Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2012 (by Command) (laid 1 February 2012).

5 Pensions

(1) Draft Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (laid 1 February 2012); and

(2) draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (laid 1 February 2012).

Prepared 2nd February 2015