House of Commons Votes and Proceedings

Thursday 23 October 2014

No.

PRAYERS.

The House met at 9.30 am.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Transport

(2) the Leader of the House and the honourable Member representing the House of

Commons Commission

2 Royal Assent

The Speaker reported that the Queen had signified Royal Assent to the following Measure under the Royal Assent Act 1967:

Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014.

3 Urgent Question: NHS Five Year Forward View (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

4 Business Question (Leader of the House)

5 Backbench Business (10th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14)) (1) Repeal of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011

Motion made and Question put, That this House believes that the Government should bring forward proposals to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.-(Sir Edward Leigh.)

The House divided. Division No. 61.

Ayes: 21 (Tellers: Mr Philip Hollobone, Richard Drax). Noes: 68 (Tellers: Sir Andrew Stunell, Tom Blenkinsop).

Question accordingly negatived. (2) Oral hormone pregnancy tests

Resolved, That this House notes that children were born with serious deformities due to hormone pregnancy test drugs taken by expectant mothers between 1953 and 1975; also notes with concern that as the surviving victims enter their forties and fifties many of them face a host of new problems as their bodies continue to suffer; further notes that no official warnings were issued about these drugs until eight years after the first reports indicated possible dangers; further notes that some doctors continued to prescribe the drugs for pregnant women after official warnings from the Committee on Safety of Medicines; calls on the Secretary of State for Health to fully disclose all documents relating to the use of Hormone Pregnancy Tests held by the Department from the period between 1953 and 1978; and also calls on the Secretary of State to set up an independent panel to examine these documents.-(Yasmin Qureshi.)

6 Adjournment

Subject: Cyberbullying and digital anonymity (Charlie Elphicke).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mel Stride.)

Adjourned at 5.22 pm until tomorrow.

Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

7 Childcare Payments Bill

Mrs Anne Main (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee. Written evidence to be published.

8 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee

John Robertson (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee. Written evidence to be published.

Reports from Select Committees

9 Finance and Services Committee

House of Commons Financial Plan 2015/16–2018/19, including draft Estimates for

2015/16: First Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 757)

(John Thurso).

10 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).

11 House of Commons Governance Committee

House of Commons Governance: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 692) (Mr Jack Straw).

12 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

(1) The future of devolution after the referendum: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 700);

(2) What next on the redrawing of Parliamentary boundaries?: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 600);

(3) Consultation on ‘A New Magna Carta?’:Written evidence, to be published (HC 599) (Mr Graham Allen).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 9.30 am.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

Adjournment

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Debate on select committee report chosen by the Liaison Committee (6th allotted day

(Standing Order No. 10(15)))

Subject: Communicating climate science-Eighth Report from the Science and Technology

Committee, Session 2013–14, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Damian Hinds.)

Adjourned at 3.23 pm until Tuesday 28 October.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Companies

Draft Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2 Local Government

(1) Draft Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker);

(2) draft Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker);

(3) draft Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker);

(4) draft Darlington (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker); and

(5) draft Suffolk Coastal (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory

Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker).

Other Papers:

3 Arrest of a Member

Copy of a letter addressed to the Speaker, dated 21 October 2014, from the Metropolitan

Police, relating to the arrest of Eric Joyce, Member for Falkirk (The Speaker).

4 Business, Innovation and Skills

Government Response to the First Report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Session 2014–15, on Royal Mail Privatisation (by Command) (Cm. 8953) (Secretary Vince Cable).

5 Health

Response to the consultation on draft regulations and guidance for implementation of Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (by Command) (Cm. 8955) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

6 National Lottery

Report and Accounts of sportscotland National Lottery Distribution Fund for 2013–14 (by

Act); to be printed (HC 743) (Secretary Alistair Carmichael).

7 Nursing and Midwifery

(1) Fitness to Practise Report of Nursing and Midwifery Council for 2013–14 (by Statutory

Instrument) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt); and

(2) Report and Accounts of Nursing and Midwifery Council for 2013–14 and Strategic Plan for 2014–17, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 696) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

8 Sea Fisheries (Shellfish)

Report to Parliament under section 6 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 of the applications to, and proceedings of, the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Act in the year ended 31 December 2013 (by Act) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss).

9 UK Borders

(1) Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on A Short- Notice Inspection of Decision-Making Quality in the Paris Visa Section: 10–13 June 2014 (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(2) Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on An inspection of the Intelligence Management System: February–April 2014 (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May); and

(3) Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on An Investigation into the Home Office’s Handling of Asylum Claims Made on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation: March–June 2014 (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May).