House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
6th November 2014

No.57

The House met at 9.30 am.

PRAYERS.

The House met at 9.30 am.

1 Speaker’s Statement: Captain the Hon. Arthur O’Neill

2 Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Statement: Annual Energy Statement (Secretary Edward Davey)

5 Backbench Business (12th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14)) (1) UK foreign policy towards Iran

Resolved, That this House has considered UK foreign policy towards Iran.-(Mr Jack

Straw.)

(2) Promotion of the living wage

Resolved, That this House has considered promotion of the living wage.-(Chris White.)

6 Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)

Resolved, That this House concurs with the Lords Message of 28 October 2014, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider the draft Protection of Charities Bill presented to both Houses on 22 October 2014 (Cm 8954), and that the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 28 February 2015.

Ordered, That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords;

That the Committee shall have power-

(i) to send for persons, papers and records;

(ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; (iii) to report from time to time;

(iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and

(v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That Mr Nick Hurd, Mr Bernard Jenkin, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Mark Menzies, Sarah

Teather and Chris Williamson be members of the Committee.-(Gavin Barwell.)

7 Adjournment

Subject: Sainsbury’s roadworks in Belgrave, Leicester (Keith Vaz).

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

Adjourned at 5.29 pm until tomorrow.

Other proceedings

Lords Messages

8 Serious Crime Bill [Lords]

The Lords have passed a Bill to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Terrorism Act 2006; to make provision about involvement in organised crime groups and about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents; to make it an offence to possess an item that contains advice or guidance about committing sexual offences against children; to make it an offence to possess a knife or offensive weapon inside a prison; to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relating to serious crime; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills

9 Serious Crime Bill [Lords]

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 116), with

Explanatory Notes (Bill 116–EN).

General Committees: Reports

10 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee

Mr Graham Brady (Chair) reported:

(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee, and

(2) the Bill, as amended.

Written evidence to be published.

Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow; and to be printed (Bill 117).

11 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Adrian Sanders (Chair) reported the draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (18–21 Work Skills

Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2014.

12 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

Miss Anne McIntosh (Chair) reported the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 17709/13, a Commission Staff Working Document-Paving the way for an EU Development and Cooperation Results Framework; and welcomes the document as an important step towards putting in place a results framework which will help drive improvements in the impact of the European Commission’s development programmes by reporting results achieved and providing performance information for the Commission and others to act on.

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).

13 Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (Programming Sub-Committee)

Members: Gavin Barwell, Nic Dakin, Chris Evans, Mr David Gauke, Margot James, Cathy

Jamieson and Ian Swales.

14 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014, the draft Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 and the draft Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law (No. 2) Order 2014)

Members: Graham Jones discharged and Bridget Philipson nominated in substitution.

15 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (18–21 Work Skills

Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2014)

Members: Jessica Lee discharged and Andrew Bingham nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

16 House of Commons Governance Committee

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

17 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

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

(2) Consultation on ‘A New Magna Carta?’: Written evidence, to be published (HC 599); (3) Voter engagement in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 232)

(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.

Backbench Business (7th allotted day: Second half (Standing Order No. 14)) Subject: US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Gavin Barwell.)

Adjourned at 3.14 pm until Tuesday 11 November.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

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

1 Government Trading Funds

Draft Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Trading Fund Order 2015 (by Act), with an

Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin).

2 Proceeds of Crime, Northern Ireland

Draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa May).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Electronic Communications

Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2916), dated 4 November

2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command)

(Secretary Sajid Javid).

4 Excise

General Betting, Pool Betting and Remote Gaming Duties (Returns, Payments, Information and Records) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 2912), dated 4 November 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Priti Patel).

Other Papers:

5 Energy

Electricity Market Reform Annual Update for 2014 (by Act) (Secretary Edward Davey).

6 Energy and Climate Change

Annual Energy Statement for 2014 (by Command) (Cm. 8945) (Secretary Edward Davey).

7 Government Resources and Accounts

Accounts of Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation for 2013–14, with the Report of the

Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 43) (Mr David Gauke).

8 National Lottery

Account of Arts Council of Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution for 2013–14, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 788) (Clerk of the House).