House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
8th September 2014

No. 34

The House met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Death of a Member

The Speaker made the following communication to the House:

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the sudden death of our colleague Jim Dobbin, Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton, whilst on a Council of Europe trip to Poland.

Before being elected to the House in 1997, Jim worked as a microbiologist for 33 years. He was elected as a councillor to the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale council in 1983, becoming group leader in 1994. Jim was an assiduous, independent-minded and principled parliamentarian who enjoyed respect in all parts of the House. He will be sadly missed. We send our condolences to Jim’s wife of 50 years, Pat, and to their four children, Patrick, Barry, Mary and Kerry.

2 Clacton

Ordered, That the Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the County Constituency of Clacton in the room of John Douglas Wilson Carswell, who since his election to the said County Constituency has been appointed to the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the County of York.-(Michael Gove.)

3 Speaker’s Statement: Division (Numbers incorrectly reported)

The Speaker reported to the House that in the Division on Friday 5 September relating to the committal of the Affordable Homes Bill to a select committee a Member had been unable to vote as the Tellers had left the No Lobby and that accordingly the numbers voting No had been erroneously reported as 264 instead of 265; and that he had directed the Clerk to correct the number in the Journal accordingly: Ayes 236, Noes 265.

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

5 Statement: NATO summit (The Prime Minister)

6 National Insurance Contributions Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time.

7 National Insurance Contributions Bill (Programme)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the National Insurance Contributions Bill:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 28 October 2014.

(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.-(Mark Lancaster.)

Question agreed to.

8 National Insurance Contributions Bill (Ways and Means)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the National Insurance Contributions Bill, it is expedient to authorise:

(1) provision for, and in connection with, the application of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2014 in relation to national insurance contributions;

(2) the payment into the Consolidated Fund of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable into that Fund under any other Act.-(Mark Lancaster.)

Question agreed to.

9 Business of the House (10 September)

Ordered, That, at the sitting on Wednesday 10 September, the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motion in the name of Jesse Norman relating to Select Committee on Governance of the House not later than two hours after their commencement; such Questions shall include the Questions on any amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; proceedings may continue, though opposed, after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.-(Tom Brake.)

10 Backbench Business (unallotted)

Food fraud

Resolved, That this House has considered food fraud.-(Roger Williams.)

11 Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Relevant Care Functions) (England) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 24 June, be approved.-(John Penrose.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014, which were laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.-(John Penrose.)

Question agreed to.

12 EU Industrial Policy

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 119(11)), That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 5489/14 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: For a European Industrial Renaissance, No. 13964/13 and Addenda 1 to 3, a Commission Staff Working Document: Member States’ Competitiveness Performance and Implementation of EU Industrial Policy, and No. 13966/13, a Commission Staff Working Document: European Competitiveness Report 2013: Towards knowledge driven reindustrialisation; and supports the Government in pressing the Commission to develop a roadmap for industrial competitiveness that focuses on open markets, competition, trade, better regulation and innovation.-(John Penrose.)

Question agreed to.

13 Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Ordered, That Mr Robert Buckland be discharged from the Justice Committee and John Howell be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(2) Ordered, That Justin Tomlinson be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Stephen Phillips be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(3) Ordered, That Dame Angela Watkinson be discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee and Paul Maynard be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

14 Adjournment

Subject: Role of the international mining industry in economic development (Eric Joyce).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(John Penrose.)

Adjourned at 8.55 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

15 First Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Peter Bone (Chair) reported the draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

16 Second Delegated Legislation Committee

Hywel Williams (Chair) reported the draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

17 Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Charles Walker (Chair) reported the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) (No. 2) Order 2014.

18 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Nadine Dorries (Chair) reported the draft Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014.

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).

19 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendum (Civil Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014)

Members: Mr James Clappison discharged and James Morris nominated in substitution.

20 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) (No. 2) Order 2014)

Members: John Hemming discharged and Sir Bob Russell nominated in substitution.

21 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014)

Members: Richard Fuller discharged and George Hollingbery nominated in substitution.

22 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014)

Members: Ian Swales discharged and Gordon Birtwistle nominated in substitution.

23 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Local Audit (Auditor Panel Independence) Regulations 2014)

Members: Dr Matthew Offord discharged and Mr Lee Scott nominated in substitution.

24 Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Representation of the People (Supply of Information) Regulations 2014)

Members: Martin Horwood discharged and Roger Williams nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

25 Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 8 September, to be published (Sir Alan Haselhurst).

26 Communities and Local Government Committee

(1) Local government Chief Officers’ remuneration:

(i) Second Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 191);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 191);

(2) Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 190);

(3) Building regulations certification of electrical installation and repairs in dwellings: Written evidence, to be published (HC 544);

(4) Community Rights: Written evidence, to be published (HC 262);

(5) Councillors on the Frontline: Written evidence, to be published;

(6) Further review of the work and performance of the Local Government Ombudsman: Written evidence, to be published;

(7) The work of the Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency: Written evidence, to be published (HC 541)

(Mr Clive Betts).

27 High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 338) (Mr Robert Syms).

28 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

The Administrative Scheme for "on-the-runs": Evidence, to be published (HC 177) (Mr Laurence Robertson).

29 Public Accounts (Committee of)

Contract management across the Ministry of Justice and Home Office: Evidence, to be published (HC 585) (Margaret Hodge).

30 Public Administration (Select Committee on)

(1) More Complaints Please! and Time for a People’s Ombudsman Service: Responses to the Committee’s Twelfth and Fourteenth Reports of Session 2013–14: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 616);

(2) Work of the Cabinet Secretary and the Head of the Civil Service: Evidence, to be published (HC 181);

(3) Accountability of quangos and public bodies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 110);

(4) Civil Service Skills: Written evidence, to be published (HC 112);

(5) Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service: Written evidence, to be published (HC 550)

(Mr Bernard Jenkin).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 11.30 am.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 4.30 pm.

Debate on an e-petition (Standing Order No. 14)

Resolved, That this House has considered the e-petition relating to research funding for awareness of pancreatic cancer.-(Nic Dakin.)

Adjourned at 7.02 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Building and Buildings

Building (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2362), dated 4 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

2 Consumer Protection

Gas and Electricity Regulated Providers (Redress Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2378), dated 1 July 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Edward Davey).

3 Education

Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2374), dated 4 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Nicky Morgan).

4 Financial Services and Markets

Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2371), dated 4 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrea Leadsom).

5 Health and Safety

Control of Explosives Precursors etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. (N.I.), 2014, No. 224), dated 28 August 2014 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Theresa Villiers).

6 Plant Health

Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2385), dated 3 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss).

7 Police

(1) Appointment of Chief Officers of Police (Overseas Police Forces) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2376), dated 1 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May);

(2) Police (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2372), dated 1 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May); and

(3) Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2373), dated 1 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

8 Road Traffic

Vehicle Excise and Registration (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2358), dated 3 September 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin).

Other Papers:

9 Statutory Instruments (Notification)

Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation: Gas and Electricity Regulated Providers (Redress Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2378) (by Standing Order) (The Speaker).