House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
12th March 2012

No. 275

Monday 12 March 2012

The House met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

2 Urgent Question: Afghanistan (civilian killings) (Nick Harvey)

3 Personal Statement (Eric Joyce)

4 Backbench Business Committee

Motion made and Question proposed, That-

(1) this House endorses the principle that parties should elect members of the Backbench Business Committee each Session and thereafter when a vacancy arises in a secret ballot of all Members of that party by whichever transparent and democratic method they choose.

(2) Standing Order No. 122D (Election of Backbench Business Committee) shall be amended as follows-

(a) line 7, at end, insert-

‘(ba) No Member may be a candidate for the chair of the committee if that Member’s party is represented in Her Majesty’s Government.’;

(b) in line 12, leave out from second ‘of’ to end of line 14 and insert ‘a party represented in Her Majesty’s Government and no fewer than ten shall be members of a party not so represented or of no party’;

(c) line 28, leave out paragraph (2);

(d) line 64, leave out sub-paragraph (b); and

(e) in the Title, after the word ‘of’, insert ‘chair of’.

(3) Standing Order No. 152J (Backbench Business Committee) shall be amended as follows-

(a) line 7, leave out paragraph (3) and insert-

‘(3) The chair of the committee shall continue as chair for the remainder of the Session in which that person is elected as chair unless the chair is declared vacant by the Speaker under the provisions of Standing Order No. 122C (Resignation or removal of chairs of select committees) as applied by paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 122D (Election of Backbench Business Committee).’;

(b) in line 12, leave out ‘and members’;

(c) line 21, at end, insert-

‘(6A) The Committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the Committee and who are of a party not represented on the Committee or of no party to attend its meetings and, at the discretion of the chair, take part in its proceedings, but-

(a) no more than one Member may be so invited to attend in respect of the same meeting;

(b) a Member so invited shall not move any motion or amendment to any motion, vote or be counted in the quorum.’.-(Mr David Heath.)

It being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, the Deputy Speaker put the Questions to be decided at that hour (Order, 7 March).

Amendment (d) proposed.-(Mr Peter Bone.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 485.

Ayes: 105 (Tellers: Mr Peter Bone, Natascha Engel).

Noes: 186 (Tellers: Mark Hunter, Mr Philip Dunne).

Question accordingly negatived.

Amendment (a) proposed.-(Natascha Engel.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 486.

Ayes: 101 (Tellers: Pete Wishart, Dr Eilidh Whiteford).

Noes: 166 (Tellers: Mark Hunter, Greg Hands).

Question accordingly negatived.

Main Question put.

The House divided.

Division No. 487.

Ayes: 203 (Tellers: Greg Hands, Mark Hunter).

Noes: 82 (Tellers: Mr Peter Bone, Natascha Engel).

Question accordingly agreed to.

5 Committee on Standards and Committee of Privileges

Ordered, That-

(1) The following new Standing Order be made, to have effect from the date specified in paragraph (6) of this order-

‘Committee on Standards

(1) There shall be a select committee, called the Committee on Standards-

(a) to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards; to examine the arrangements proposed by the Commissioner for the compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and any other registers of interest established by the House; to review from time to time the form and content of those registers; and to consider any specific complaints made in relation to the registering or declaring of interests referred to it by the Commissioner; and

(b) to consider any matter relating to the conduct of Members, including specific complaints in relation to alleged breaches in any code of conduct to which the House has agreed and which have been drawn to the committee’s attention by the Commissioner; and to recommend any modifications to such code of conduct as may from time to time appear to be necessary.

(2) The committee shall consist of ten Members, and at least two and no more than three lay members.

(3) Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

(4) The committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees consisting of no more than seven Members, and at least two lay members, and to refer to such sub-committees any of the matters referred to the committee.

(5) Lay members may take part in proceedings of the committee and of any sub-committee to which they are appointed and may ask questions of witnesses, but lay members may not move any motion or any amendment to any motion or draft report, and may not vote.

(6) The quorum of the committee shall be five members who are Members of this House, and the quorum of any sub-committee shall be three members who are Members of this House.

(7) The committee and any sub-committee may not proceed to business unless at least one lay member is present.

(8) The committee and any sub-committee shall have power-

(a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House and to adjourn from place to place;

(b) subject to the provisions of paragraph (9) of this order, to report from time to time;

(c) to appoint legal advisers, and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee’s order of reference.

(9) Any lay member present at a meeting at which a report has been agreed shall have the right to submit a paper setting out that lay member’s opinion on the report. The Committee shall not consider a motion that the Chair make a report to the House until it has ascertained whether any lay member present wishes to submit such a paper; and any such paper shall be appended to the report in question before it is made to the House.

(10) The committee shall have power to order the attendance of any Member before the committee or any sub-committee and to require that specific documents or records in the possession of a Member relating to its inquiries, or to the inquiries of a sub-committee or of the Commissioner, be laid before the committee or any sub-committee.

(11) The committee, or any sub-committee, shall have power to refer to unreported evidence of the former Committees on Standards and Privileges and to any documents circulated to any such committee.

(12) The committee shall have power to refuse to allow proceedings to which the public are admitted to be broadcast.

(13) The Attorney General, the Advocate General and the Solicitor General, being Members of the House, may attend the committee or any sub-committee, may take part in deliberations, may receive committee or sub-committee papers and may give such other assistance to the committee or sub-committee as may be appropriate, but shall not vote or make any motion or move any amendment or be counted in the quorum.’

(2) The following new Standing Order be made-

‘Lay members of the Committee on Standards: appointment, etc.

(1) Lay members shall be appointed to the Committee on Standards by a resolution of the House on a motion made under the provisions of this order and shall remain as lay members in accordance with the provisions of this order.

(2) No person may be first appointed as a lay member if that person is or has been a Member of this House or a Member of the House of Lords; and any person so appointed shall cease to be a lay member upon becoming a Member of this House or of the House of Lords.

(3) No person may be appointed as a lay member unless that person has been selected on the basis of a fair and open competition.

(4) A person appointed as a lay member may resign as a lay member by giving notice to the House of Commons Commission.

(5) A person appointed as a lay member shall be dismissed from that position only following a resolution of the House, after the House of Commons Commission has reported that it is satisfied that the person should cease to be a lay member; and any such report shall include a statement of the Commission’s reasons for its conclusion.

(6) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) of this order, a person appointed as a lay member shall continue as a lay member for the remainder of the Parliament in which that person was first appointed.

(7) A person first appointed as a lay member who has been a lay member for the remainder of one Parliament may be re-appointed by a resolution of the House in the subsequent Parliament, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of this order shall not apply to any such re-appointment. The period of re-appointment shall be specified in the resolution of the House for re-appointment and shall not exceed two years from the dissolution of the Parliament in which the person was first appointed as a lay member, and a resolution under this paragraph shall cease to have effect on the dissolution of the Parliament in which the resolution of the House for re-appointment was made.

(8) No person may be re-appointed as a lay member other than in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (7) of this order.

(9) No motion may be made under the provisions of this order unless-

(a) notice of the motion has been given at least two sitting days previously, and

(b) the motion is made on behalf of the House of Commons Commission by a Member of the Commission.

(10) The Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on motions made under the provisions of this order not later than one hour after the commencement of those proceedings.

(11) Business to which this order applies may be proceeded with at any hour, though opposed.’

(3) The following new Standing Order be made, to have effect from the date specified in paragraph (6) of this order-

‘Committee of Privileges

(1) There shall be a select committee, called the Committee of Privileges, to consider specific matters relating to privileges referred to it by the House.

(2) The committee shall consist of ten Members, of whom five shall be a quorum.

(3) Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

(4) The committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees consisting of no more than seven Members, of whom three shall be a quorum, and to refer to such sub-committees any of the matters referred to the committee.

(5) The committee and any sub-committee shall have power-

(a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place and to report from time to time;

(b) to appoint legal advisers, and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee’s order of reference.

(6) The committee shall have power to order the attendance of any Member before the committee and to require that specific documents or records in the possession of a Member relating to its inquiries be laid before the committee or any sub-committee.

(7) The committee shall have power to refer to unreported evidence of the former Committees on Standards and Privileges and to any documents circulated to any such committee.

(8) The committee shall have power to refuse to allow proceedings to which the public are admitted to be broadcast.

(9) The Attorney General, the Advocate General and the Solicitor General, being Members of the House, may attend the committee, may take part in deliberations, may receive committee papers and may give such other assistance to the committee as may be appropriate, but shall not vote or make any motion or move any amendment or be counted in the quorum.’

(4) From the date specified in paragraph (6) of this order-

(a) Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees) shall be amended, in line 12, by leaving out ‘the Committee on Standards and Privileges’ and inserting ‘the Committee of Privileges, the Committee on Standards’;

(b) Standing Order No. 149 (Committee on Standards and Privileges) shall be repealed;

(c) in Standing Order No. 150 (Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards), in each place where the words ‘Committee on Standards and Privileges’ occur, there shall be substituted the words ‘Committee on Standards’.

(5) From the date specified in paragraph (6) of this order, the Order of the House of 19 July 2010 (Liaison Committee (Membership)) shall be amended by leaving out ‘Standards and Privileges’ and inserting, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, ‘Privileges’ and ‘Standards’.

(6) The date specified for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (3) to (5) of this order is the first sitting day of the first month after the month in which the House agrees a resolution under Standing Order (Lay members of the Committee on Standards: appointment, etc.) appointing two or three lay members of the Committee on Standards.-(Sir George Young.)

6 Pay for Chairs of Select Committees

Resolved, That-

(1) This House expresses the opinion that, from the date specified in paragraph (2) of this resolution, the Resolution of the House of 30 October 2003 (Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2)), as amended by the Resolution of the House of 13 July 2005 (Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2)), should be further amended in paragraph (1) by leaving out ‘Committee on Standards and Privileges’ and inserting ‘Committee on Standards’.

(2) The date specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the first sitting day of the first month after the month in which the House agrees a resolution under Standing Order (Lay members of the Committee on Standards: appointment, etc.) appointing two or three lay members of the Committee on Standards.-(Sir George Young.)

7 Pay for Chairs of Select Committees (No. 2) 

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

Resolved, That-

(1) From the date specified in paragraph (2) of this resolution, the Resolution of the House of 30 October 2003 (Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2)), as amended by the Resolution of the House of 13 July 2005 (Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2)), be further amended in paragraph (1) by leaving out ‘Committee on Standards and Privileges’ and inserting ‘Committee on Standards’.

(2) The date specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the first sitting day of the first month after the month in which the House agrees a resolution under Standing Order (Lay members of the Committee on Standards: appointment, etc.) appointing two or three lay members of the Committee on Standards.-(Sir George Young.)

8 Code of Conduct

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House takes note of the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges (HC 1579), and approves the revised Code of Conduct set out in the Annex to the Report.-(Mr Kevin Barron.)

Amendment (a) made.

Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to.

Resolved, That this House takes note of the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges (HC 1579), and approves the revised Code of Conduct set out in the Annex to the Report, subject to the following amendment:

After paragraph 16 of the Code, there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:

"16A. The Commissioner may not investigate a specific matter under paragraph 16 which relates only to the conduct of a Member in their private and personal lives.".

9 All-Party Groups

Resolved, That-

(1) this House agrees with the recommendations in the Twenty-first Report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, on Registration of Staff of All-Party Groups (HC 1689); and

(2) accordingly the Resolution of the House of 17 December 1985, as amended on 10 March 1989, 29 July 1998 and 7 February 2011, relating to the registration of interests be further amended by:

(a) leaving out paragraph 3 (f); and

(b) inserting a new paragraph 4:

"Holders of permanent passes as staff of All-Party Groups be required to register:

i. any paid employment for which they receive more than 0.5 per cent. of the parliamentary salary; and

ii. any gift, benefit or hospitality they receive, if the gift, benefit or hospitality in any way relates to or arises from their work in Parliament and its value is over 0.5 per cent. of the parliamentary salary in the course of a calendar year.".-(Mr Kevin Barron.)

10 Localism Act 2011, etc.

Ordered, That-

(1) The following new Standing Order be made-

‘Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders

(1) The Regulatory Reform Committee shall examine and report on-

(i) every draft order laid before the House under or by virtue of section 7 of the Localism Act 2011 or section 5E of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;

(ii) every draft order laid before the House under section 19 of the Localism Act 2011.

(2) In the case of every draft order referred to in paragraph (1)(i) the committee shall consider the Minister’s recommendation under section 15(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’) as to the procedure which should apply to it and shall report to the House any recommendation under that Act that a different procedure should apply.

(3) In its consideration of a draft order referred to in paragraph (1)(i) the committee shall include, in addition to such other matters as it deems appropriate, whether provision in the draft order-

(a) appears to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

(b) has an effect which is proportionate to the policy objective intended to be secured;

(c) strikes a fair balance between the public interest and the interests of any person adversely affected by it;

(d) does not remove any necessary protection;

(e) does not prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise;

(f) is not of constitutional significance;

(g) has been the subject of, and takes appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

(h) gives rise to an issue under such criteria for consideration of statutory instruments laid down in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) as are relevant.

(4) In its consideration of a draft order referred to in paragraph (1)(ii) the committee shall include, in addition to such other matters as it deems appropriate, whether provision in the draft order-

(a) appears to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

(b) gives rise to an issue under such criteria for consideration of statutory instruments laid down in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) as are relevant.

(5) In relation to every draft order laid under section 7(2) of the Localism Act 2011 or section 5E(2) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 subject to the negative or affirmative procedure under section 16 or 17 of the 2006 Act, the committee shall report its recommendation whether the draft order should be made (in the case of the negative procedure) or approved (in the case of the affirmative procedure), indicating in the case of the latter whether the recommendation was agreed without a division.

(6) In relation to every draft order laid under section 7(2) of the Localism Act 2011 or section 5E(2) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 subject to the super-affirmative procedure under section 18 of the 2006 Act, the committee shall report its recommendation as to whether-

(a) the draft order should be proceeded with unamended under section 18(3) of the 2006 Act; or

(b) a revised draft order should be laid under section 18(7) of the 2006 Act; or

(c) no statement under section 18(3) of the 2006 Act or revised draft order under section 18(7) of the 2006 Act should be laid.

(7) In relation to every draft order or revised draft order referred to in paragraph (1)(i) of this order that is subject to the super-affirmative procedure and is being proceeded with under section 18(3) or 18(7) of the 2006 Act, the committee shall report its recommendation whether the draft order or revised draft order should be approved, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division; and in respect of such draft orders or revised draft orders the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (3) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

(8) It shall be an instruction to the committee considering draft orders referred to in paragraph (1)(i) of this order and being proceeded with under section 18(3) or 18(7) of the 2006 Act that it report not more than fifteen sitting days (in the case of an order under section 18(3) of the 2006 Act) or twenty-five sitting days (in the case of an order under section 18(7) of the 2006 Act) after the relevant statement is laid.

(9) In relation to every draft order or revised draft order referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, the committee shall report any recommendation under section 16(4) of the 2006 Act that the draft order be not made, or under section 17(3), 18(5) or 18(9) of the 2006 Act that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the draft order.

(10) In relation to every draft order laid under section 19 of the Localism Act 2011, the committee shall report its recommendation as to whether-

(a) the draft order should be proceeded with unamended under section 19(3) of that Act; or

(b) a revised draft order should be laid under section 19(7) of that Act; or

(c) no statement under section 19(3) of that Act or revised draft order under section 19(7) of that Act should be laid.

(11) In relation to every draft order or revised draft order being proceeded with under section 19(3) or 19(7) of the Localism Act 2011, the committee shall report its recommendation whether the draft order or revised draft order should be approved, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division; and in respect of such draft orders or revised draft orders the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (4) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

(12) It shall be an instruction to the committee considering draft orders being proceeded with under section 19(3) or 19(7) of the Localism Act 2011 that it report not more than fifteen sitting days (in the case of an order under section 19(3) of that Act) or twenty-five sitting days (in the case of an order under section 19(7) of that Act) after the relevant statement is laid.

(13) In relation to every draft order or revised draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, the committee shall report any recommendation under section 19(5) or 19(9) of the Localism Act 2011 that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the draft order.’.

(2) Standing Order No. 141 (Regulatory Reform Committee) be amended as follows-

(a) in line 5, at end, insert ‘, other than one laid under section 18 of the Act as applied by section 7 of the Localism Act 2011 or by section 5E of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004’;

(b) line 12, at end, insert ‘;

and to carry out its functions under Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders)’;

(c) in line 78, at end, insert ‘referred to in paragraph (1)(i) of this order that is’;

(d) in line 79, after ‘procedure’, insert ‘and is’;

(e) in line 92, after ‘orders’, insert ‘referred to in paragraph (1)(i) of this order and’;

(f) in line 97, after second ‘order’ insert ‘referred to in paragraph (1)(i) of this order’;

(g) in line 134, at end, insert ‘or within paragraph (1) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders)’; and

(h) in line 148, at end, add ‘or under section 19 of the Localism Act 2011’.

(3) Standing Order No. 18 be amended as follows-

(a) leave out from ‘under’ in line 2 to ‘should’ in line 6 and insert ‘paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 141 (Regulatory Reform Committee) or paragraph (5) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders) that a draft order subject to the affirmative procedure should be approved, or has recommended under paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 141 or paragraph (7) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders) that a draft order’;

(b) leave out from ‘under’ in line 14 to ‘be’ in line 16 and insert ‘paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 141 or paragraph (5) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders) that a draft order subject to the affirmative procedure be not approved, or has recommended under paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 141 or paragraph (7) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders) that a draft order’;

(c) in line 25, after ‘141’, insert ‘or paragraph (5) of Standing Order (Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders)’;

(d) in line 28, leave out ‘Act’, and insert ‘Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006’; and

(e) in the title, at end, insert ‘etc.’.

(4) Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) be amended, in line 21, after ‘2006’, by inserting the words ‘any draft order laid before the House under or by virtue of section 7 or 19 of the Localism Act 2011 or section 5E of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004’.-(Mr David Heath.)

11 Adjournment

Subject: Provision of Traveller sites in Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset (Mr Robert Syms).

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

Adjourned at 9.00 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

12 Protection of Freedoms Bill

The Lords agree to the Protection of Freedoms Bill, with Amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

Printing of Lords Amendments

13 Protection of Freedoms Bill

Lords Amendments to the Protection of Freedoms Bill to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 317), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 317–EN).

Changes to Notices Given

14 Eradication of Slavery (UK Company Supply Chains) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 March, read and discharged.

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

General Committees: Reports

15 First Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr David Crausby (Chair) reported the draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2012.

16 Second Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr James Gray (Chair) reported the draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Domestic Violence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

17 Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Jim Sheridan (Chair) reported the draft Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012.

18 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Nadine Dorries (Chair) reported the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2012.

19 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee

Sir Roger Gale (Chair) reported the draft Data-gathering Powers (Relevant Data) Regulations 2012.

20 European Committee C in respect of European Union Document No. 7455/11, relating to a draft Regulation amending certain Regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures

Miss Anne McIntosh (Chair) reported the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 7455/11, relating to a draft Regulation amending certain Regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures; supports the Government’s aim of enabling appropriate application of the new decision-making requirements established by Regulation (EU) 182/2011, as it applies to all Regulations to be amended by the draft Regulation; and further supports the Government’s aim of negotiating a draft regulation which both reflects the need, in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, for effective consultation with Member States and other interested parties and maintains proportionate timelines, minimising uncertainty for business.

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).

21 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2012)

Members: Alun Michael, Valerie Vaz and Mike Weatherley discharged and Mrs Helen Grant, Lindsay Roy and Mr Virendra Sharma nominated in substitution.

22 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Domestic Violence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012)

Members: Lorraine Fullbrook discharged and Jane Ellison nominated in substitution.

23 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012)

Members: Guto Bebb discharged and Glyn Davies nominated in substitution.

24 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Data-gathering Powers (Relevant Data) Regulations 2012)

(1) Chair: Sir Roger Gale in place of Mr Peter Bone

(2) Members: Lyn Brown, John Hemming, Laura Sandys, Paul Uppal and Stephen Williams discharged and Mr David Hamilton, Rebecca Harris, Stephen Metcalfe, Roger Williams and Simon Wright nominated in substitution.

25 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Localism Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 and the draft Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012)

Members: Nic Dakin discharged and Graham Jones nominated in substitution.

26 European Committee B in respect of European Union Documents No. 13284/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a draft Regulation on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms, No. 13285/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a draft Directive on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 2002/87/EC on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate, and No. 5876/12, relating to an opinion of the European Central Bank on a proposal for a Directive on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and a proposal for a Regulation on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms

Members: Lyn Brown discharged and Graham Jones nominated in substitution.

27 European Committee C in respect of European Union Document No. 7455/11, relating to a draft Regulation amending certain Regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures

Members: Stephen Phillips discharged and Jacob Rees-Mogg nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

28 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 12 March, to be published (Sir Alan Haselhurst).

29 Communities and Local Government Committee

Park Homes: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1865-ii) (Clive Betts).

30 Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee on)

(1) First Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1443);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr John Whittingdale).

31 Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Ministry of Justice Financial Management Report 2011: Seventy-fifth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1778);

(2) Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Reducing bureaucracy in further education in England: Seventy-sixth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1803);

(3) Reorganising Central Government Bodies: Seventy-seventh Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1802);

(4) The Care Quality Commission: Regulating the quality and safety of health and adult social care: Seventy-eighth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1779);

(5) The free entitlement to education for 3 and 4 year olds: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1893-i)

(Margaret Hodge).

APPENDIX

Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 9 March under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Charities

Finance Act 2010, Schedule 6, Part 1 (Further Consequential and Incidental Provision etc) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 735), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chloe Smith).

2 Civil Partnership

Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 761), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

3 Corporation Tax

Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 764), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

4 Education

(1) Education (School Teachers) (Qualifications and Appraisal) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 431), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove);

(2) Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 762), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove);

(3) Education Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 765), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove); and

(4) Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications, Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 747), dated 7 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

5 Environmental Protection

Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 698), dated 3 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

6 Fees and Charges

Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 751), dated 7 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

7 Financial Services and Markets

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 763), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Hoban).

8 Legal Services Commission

Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 750), dated 7 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

9 Local Government

Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 711), dated 7 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

10 Marine Pollution

Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 742), dated 5 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Justine Greening).

11 Plant Health

Plant Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 697), dated 3 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

12 Postal Services

(1) Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Accrued Pension Rights) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 687), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable); and

(2) Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Assets) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 688), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

13 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Etc.

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 760), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

14 Taxes

Reporting of Savings Income and Interest Payments (Data-gathering) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 756), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (David Gauke).

Other Papers:

15 Criminal Law

Impact Assessment to the draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012 (laid 5 March) (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

16 Prisons

Closure of Prisons (H.M. Prison Latchmere House) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 681), dated 5 March 2012 (by Act) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

Withdrawn Papers:

17 Criminal Law

Impact Assessment to the draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012 (by Command) (laid 5 March 2012).

Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 12 March:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

18 Housing

Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 734), dated 7 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

19 Pensions

Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 782), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Danny Alexander).

20 Plant Health

Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 745), dated 6 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

21 Social Security

Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 766), dated 8 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

Other Papers:

22 Civil List

List of new and supplementary pensions granted under the Civil List Act 1972 for 2011–12 (by Act) (Chloe Smith).

23 Government Resources and Accounts (Audit of Public Bodies)

Report and Accounts of Community Development Foundation for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 1835) (Clerk of the House).

24 Treaty Series (No. 24, 2012)

Joint Convention, adopted at Vienna on 5 September 1997, on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (by Command) (Cm. 8321) (Secretary William Hague).