House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
29th October 2014

No. 52

The House met at 11.30.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

(2) the Prime Minister

2 Railways (Public Sector Operators): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Motion made, and Question proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Railways Act 1993 to permit public sector railway operators; and for connected purposes.-(Andy Sawford.)

Motion opposed (Standing Order No. 23(1)).

Question put.

The House divided.

Division No. 65.

Ayes: 196 (Tellers: Sheila Gilmore, Andy McDonald).

Noes: 38 (Tellers: Mr Peter Bone, Andrew Percy).

Question accordingly agreed to.

Ordered, That Andy Sawford, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Andy McDonald, Roberta Blackman-Woods, Fiona O’Donnell, Ian Murray, Sheila Gilmore, Alex Cunningham, Ian Mearns, Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Julie Elliott present the Bill.

Andy Sawford accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 16 January 2015, and to be printed (Bill 111).

3 Appointment of the Chair of the National Audit Office

Agreement of the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts signified, pursuant to paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 2 to the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Lord Bichard KCB to the Office of Chair of the National Audit Office.-(The Prime Minister.)

Address to be presented to Her Majesty by Members of this House who are Privy Counsellors or Members of Her Majesty’s Household.

4 Taxation of Pensions Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time

5 Taxation of Pensions Bill (Programme)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Taxation of Pensions 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 Thursday 20 November 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 any message from the Lords) may be programmed.-(Mr David Gauke.)

Question agreed to.

6 Taxation of Pensions Bill (Ways and Means)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Taxation of Pensions Bill, it is expedient to authorise the making of provision in connection with the taxation of pensions.-(Gavin Barwell.)

Question agreed to.

7 Public Petitions

A Public Petition from residents of the UK relating to NHS health services in Guisborough, Skelton, Brotton, Park End and Hemlington was presented and read by Tom Blenkinsop.

8 Adjournment

Subject: Callum Wark and sentencing of foreign drivers (Alec Shelbrooke).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Gavin Barwell.)

Adjourned at 4.30 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Private Business: Special Procedure Orders

9 Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014

Craig Whittaker, on behalf of the Joint Committee, reported from the Joint Committee to which the petitions against the Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order stood referred, pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945:

(1) That it had considered the petitions;

(2) The Order, without amendment;

(3) A Special Report to be published (HC 763);

(4) Evidence, to be published.

Changes to Notices Given

10 Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 November.

11 Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Regulation) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 November

12 Protective Headgear for Cyclists Aged Fourteen Years and Under (Research) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 23 January 2015.

13 Amenity Land (Adoption by Local Authorities) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill withdrawn.

14 Mobile Phones and Other Devices Capable of Connection to the Internet (Distribution of Sexually Explicit Images and Manufacturers’ Anti-Pornography Default Setting) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 November.

15 Mental Health Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 November.

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).

16 International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill Committee

Chair: Mr David Crausby.

17 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee

Members: Nicola Blackwood discharged and Robert Jenrick nominated in substitution.

18 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Broadcasting (Independent Productions) (Amendment) Order 2014)

Members: Mr Mark Prisk discharged and Mr Jonathan Djanogly nominated in substitution.

19 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance and Property Interference: Code of Practice) Order 2014 and the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Code of Practice) Order 2014)

Chair: Mr Dai Havard.

20 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014, the draft Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014 and the draft Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014)

Chair: Mr Andrew Turner.

21 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Exceptions Relating to Supplies Not Made to Relevant Business Person) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2726))

Chair: Annette Brooke.

22 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Compensation (Claims Management Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2014)

Chair: Mr Mike Weir.

23 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) Regulations 2014, the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Prohibition on Opening Current Accounts for Disqualified Persons) Order 2014 and the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2014)

Chair: Sandra Osborne.

24 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014)

Chair: Sir Edward Leigh.

25 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (18–21 Work Skills Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2014)

Chair: Mr Adrian Sanders.

26 European Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 17709/13, a Commission Staff Working Document: ‘Paving the way for an EU Development and Cooperation Results Framework’

Chair: Miss Anne McIntosh.

Reports from Select Committees

27 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

(1) Business–University collaboration: Evidence, to be published (HC 249);

(2) Competition in the postal services sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 769)

(Mr Adrian Bailey).

28 Defence Committee

The situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 692) (Rory Stewart).

29 Education Committee

(1) Academies and free schools: Written evidence, to be published (HC 258);

(2) Extremism in schools: Written evidence, to be published (HC 473)

(Mr Graham Stuart).

30 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

(1) Food security: demand, consumption and waste: Evidence, to be published (HC 703);

(2) Ministerial correspondence relating to dairy prices: Written evidence, to be published

(Miss Anne McIntosh).

31 Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 452);

(2) Action on air quality: Written evidence, to be published (HC 212)

(Joan Walley).

32 European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Sixteenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 219-xvi);

(2) The UK’s 2014 block opt-out decision: summary and update report: Seventeenth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 762);

(3) UK’s Commissioner-elect: Evidence, to be published (HC 752);

(4) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published

(Sir William Cash).

33 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

(1) Violence against women and girls: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 594);

(2) Counter Terrorism and human rights: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Legislative Scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Protocol 15 ECHR: Written evidence, to be published

(Dr Hywel Francis).

34 Justice Committee

Older Prisoners: follow-up: Evidence, to be published (HC 659) (Sir Alan Beith).

35 Procedure Committee

Written Parliamentary question answering performance in 2013–14: Written evidence, to be published (HC 655) (Mr Charles Walker).

36 Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Out-of-hours GP services in England: Twenty-second Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 583);

(2) Fraud and Error in Housing Benefit: Evidence, to be published (HC 706);

(3) Managing and replacing the Aspire contract: Evidence, to be published (HC 705);

(4) Contract management within central government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 586);

(5) Private Infrastructure Development Group: Written evidence, to be published (HC 675);

(6) Tamiflu recall: Written evidence, to be published (HC 677)

(Margaret Hodge).

37 Science and Technology Committee

(1) GM foods and the precautionary principle: Evidence, to be published (HC 328);

(2) Correspondence with Greg Clark MP, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities relating to science in the Met Office: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Current and future uses of biometric data and technologies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 734);

(4) Mitochondrial donation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 730);

(5) The Legacy Report-Parliament 2010–15: Written evidence, to be published (HC 758)

(Andrew Miller).

38 Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)

Tenth Report, to be printed (HC 332-x) (Mr George Mudie).

39 Treasury Committee

Debt Management Office Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14: Evidence, to be published (HC 761) (Mr Andrew Tyrie).

40 Work and Pensions Committee

Employment support for disabled people: Access to Work: Evidence, to be published (HC 481) (Dame Anne Begg).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 9.30 am.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Adjournment

Subjects:

Costs of the Chilcot Inquiry (Mr Keith Simpson).

Tunnel under Morecambe Bay (David Morris).

Domestic violence (David Simpson).

Cavity wall insulation and problems of damp (Hywel Williams).

Value for money on South West Trains (Mr Dominic Raab).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Harriett Baldwin.)

Adjourned at 4.59 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Contracting Out

Draft Contracting Out (Vehicle Certification and Related Functions) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin).

2 Public Procurement

Draft Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Fallon).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Electricity

Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2865), dated 27 October 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Edward Davey).

4 Energy

Draft Modifications to the Standard Conditions of Electricity Supply Licences 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Edward Davey).

5 Justices of the Peace

Local Justice Areas (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2867), dated 25 October 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

Other Papers:

6 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Education: Academies and maintained schools: Oversight and intervention (by Act); to be printed (HC 721) (Clerk of the House).