House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
26th April 2012

No. 293

Thursday 26 April 2012

The House met at 10.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(2) the honourable Member representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission and the honourable Member representing the Church Commissioners

2 Business Question (Leader of the House)

3 Statement: Future force levels in Afghanistan (Secretary Philip Hammond)

4 Scotland Bill (Programme) (No. 3)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Scotland Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 27 January 2011 (Scotland Bill (Programme)) and 21 June 2011 (Scotland Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1. Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement at today’s sitting.

Subsequent stages

2. Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

3. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.-(Michael Fabricant.)

Question agreed to.

5 Scotland Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

Lords Amendments 1 to 11 agreed to.

Lords Amendment 12

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment 12.-(David Mundell.)

Three hours after the commencement of proceedings, the debate was interrupted (Programme Order, today).

The following Questions were put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83F).

(1) That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment 12 (Question already proposed from the Chair (Standing Order No. 83F(2))).

Question agreed to.

Lords Amendment 12 accordingly agreed to.

(2) That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendments 13 to 26 (single Question to agree with the Lords in all remaining Lords Amendments (Standing Order No. 83F(6))).-(David Mundell.)

Question agreed to.

Lords Amendments 13 to 26 accordingly agreed to.

6 National Planning Policy Framework

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of the National Planning Policy Framework.-(Greg Clark.)

7 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from customers and staff of Greggs plc and other businesses relating to Value Added Tax on savoury products was presented and read by Mrs Mary Glindon.

A Public Petition from residents of the Kingswood constituency relating to M4 link road (Kingswood) was presented and read by Chris Skidmore.

A Public Petition from residents of Leicester relating to Biometric Centre, Leicester was presented and read by Keith Vaz.

8 Adjournment

Subject: VAT on static caravans (Mr Graham Stuart).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Greg Hands.)

House adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 9(7)).

Adjourned at 6.33 pm until Monday 30 April.

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

9 Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords]

The Lords have passed a Bill to suspend restrictions on Sunday trading hours for the period of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games; and for connected purposes; to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills

10 Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 30 April, and to be printed (Bill 335), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 335–EN).

General Committees: Reports

11 Finance (No. 4) Bill (except Clauses 1, 4, 8, 189 and 209, Schedules 1, 23 and 33, and any new Clauses and new Schedules first appearing on the Order Paper not later than Tuesday 17 April 2012 and relating to Value Added Tax) Committee

Mr Peter Bone (Chair) reported:

(1) That the Committee had come to the following Resolution, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication;

(2) That the Committee had gone through the Bill, in respect of Clauses 2, 3, 5 and 6, and pursuant to Standing Order No. 80B and Order of 16 April, had directed him to report the Bill (except Clauses 1, 4, 8, 189 and 209, Schedules 1, 23 and 33, and any new Clauses and new Schedules first appearing on the Order Paper not later than Tuesday 17 April 2012 and relating to Value Added Tax) to the House without amendment.

Bill (except Clauses 1, 4, 8, 189 and 209, Schedules 1, 23 and 33, and any new Clauses and new Schedules first appearing on the Order Paper not later than Tuesday 17 April 2012 and relating to Value Added Tax) to lie upon the Table.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

Reports from Select Committees

12 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

(1) Apprenticeships: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1843-vi);

(2) Trade and Investment: Brazil: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Adrian Bailey).

13 Foreign Affairs Committee

Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (Richard Ottaway).

14 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists:

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

(ii) Written evidence, to be published;

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

(Mr Graham Allen).

15 Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Carrier Strike Report-Government Response: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1946-i);

(2) Olympic costs: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1947-i)

(Margaret Hodge).

16 Scottish Affairs Committee

The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Do you agree that this question is biased?:

(1) Eighth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1942);

(2) Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Ian Davidson).

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Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

Adjournment

Backbench Business (Un-allotted half day)

Subjects:

Work of the Backbench Business Committee in Session 2010–12.

EU working time regulation and the NHS.

Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Brooks Newmark.)

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

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until Tuesday 1 May.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Other Papers:

1 Government Resources and Accounts

Report of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board for 2011–12 (by Act); to be printed (HC 1940) (Danny Alexander).

2 Government Trading Funds

Treasury Minute, dated 26 April 2012, relating to the Government Procurement Service Trading Fund (by Act) (Danny Alexander).

3 Home Affairs

Memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee on Post-Legislative Assessment of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (by Command) (Cm. 8327) (Secretary Theresa May).

4 Insolvency

Account of Insolvency Services for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1950) (Clerk of the House).

5 National Lottery

Report and Accounts of Arts Council England grant-in-aid and Lottery for 2010–11, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 1323) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

6 Parliamentary Privilege

Green Paper on Parliamentary Privilege (by Command) (Cm. 8318) (Sir George Young).

Prepared 3rd February 2015