House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
22nd March 2012

No. 282

Thursday 22 March 2012

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

(2) the Leader of the House

2 Urgent Question: Budget leaks inquiry (Mr David Gauke)

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Ways and Means: Amendment of the Law: Adjourned debate (21 March)

Question again proposed, That-

(1) It is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance.

(2) This Resolution does not extend to the making of any amendment with respect to value added tax so as to provide-

(a) for zero-rating or exempting a supply, acquisition or importation,

(b) for refunding an amount of tax,

(c) for any relief, other than a relief that-

(i) so far as it is applicable to goods, applies to goods of every description, and

(ii) so far as it is applicable to services, applies to services of every description.

At 6.00 pm the debate was adjourned.

Ordered, That the debate be resumed tomorrow.

5 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from residents of Bournemouth relating to Prevention of Development on Green Belt Land was presented and read by Mr Tobias Ellwood.

6 Adjournment

Subject: Electricity transmission in North Somerset (Dr Liam Fox).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Stephen Crabb.)

Adjourned at 6.29 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

7 Financial Services Bill Committee

Mr Edward Leigh (Chair) reported:

(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee;

(2) the Bill with Amendments.

Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow; and to be printed (Bill 323).

8 Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Sandra Osborne (Chair) reported the draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) 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).

9 Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Modification) Order 2012)

Members: Simon Hart discharged and Mr Robin Walker nominated in substitution.

10 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 17394/11 and Addendum, relating to the Commission Work Programme 2012-Delivering European Renewal, which sets out the Commission’s priorities and previews the legislative proposals, initiatives and communications that the Commission is planning to put forward in 2012

Members: Richard Fuller discharged and Peter Aldous nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

11 Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Wildlife Crime:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1740-ii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Protecting the Arctic: Written evidence, to be published

(Joan Walley).

12 Home Affairs Committee

(1) Drugs:

(i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 1774-iii);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

(2) The role of private sector companies in policing: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1899-i)

(Keith Vaz).

13 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1809-iv) (Mr Graham Allen).

14 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

Business Appointment Rules: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1762-iii) (Mr Bernard Jenkin).

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Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Subject: Services for Young People-Third and Sixth Reports from the Education Committee, and the Government response.

Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Tim Loughton.)

Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(11)).

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until Tuesday 27 March.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Social Security

Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 874), dated 20 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

2 Tribunals and Inquiries

Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 897), dated 15 March 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).

3 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Statute, dated 17 January 2012, made by the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, revising the existing Statutes of the University (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Other Papers:

4 Animal Health

Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals for the year 2011 (by Act) (Secretary Caroline Spelman).

5 Enterprise

Plan of Office of Fair Trading for 2012–13 (by Act) (Secretary Vince Cable).

6 Government Annuities

Account of the Government Annuities Investment Fund for 2011 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1873) (Mark Hoban).

7 Law Commissions

Report on the implementation of Law Commission proposals (by Act); to be printed (HC 1900) (Secretary Kenneth Clarke).