House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
27th November 2014

No. 69

The House met at 9.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

(2) the Ministers for Women and Equalities

2 Urgent Question: East Coast Main Line franchise (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin)

3 Statements: (1) Report of the Smith Commission for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament (Secretary Alistair Carmichael)

(2) Business (Leader of the House)

(3) Afghanistan (Secretary Michael Fallon)

4 Backbench Business (14th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

(1) Inequality

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House calls on the Government to set guideline targets for remuneration which over time reduce the ratio between top and bottom incomes in large organisations to no more than 50 to 1.-(Mr Michael Meacher.)

Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

(2) Progress of the historic child sex abuse inquiry

Resolved, That this House has considered progress of the historic child sex abuse inquiry.-(Simon Danczuk.)

5 Adjournment

Subject: Capacity of the West Anglia Rail Line (Sir Alan Haselhurst).

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

At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

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

Adjourned at 5.21 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

General Committees: Reports

6 Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee

Sir Alan Meale (Chair) reported the draft Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Units of Additional Pension) Order 2014 and the draft Social Security Class 3A Contributions (Units of Additional Pension) Regulations 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).

7 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014)

Members: Mr David Heath discharged and John Pugh nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

8 House of Commons Governance Committee

House of Commons Governance: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 692) (Sir Oliver Heald).

9 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

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

(2) 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

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Adjournment

Debate on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee (8th allotted day (Standing Order No. 10(15)))

Subjects:

Food Security-Second Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, and the Government response.

Plastic Bags-Eleventh Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2013–14, and the Government response.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(George Eustice.)

Adjourned at 4.01 pm until Monday 1 December.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Companies

(1) Draft Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable); and

(2) Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3140), dated 26 November 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

2 Criminal Law

Draft Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment of Functions) Order 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Capital Gains Tax

Lloyd’s Underwriters (Conversion of Partnerships to Underwriting through Successor Companies) (Tax) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3133), dated 26 November 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrea Leadsom).

4 Local Government

(1) Draft Erewash (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (The Speaker);

(2) draft High Peak (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (The Speaker); and

(3) draft West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (The Speaker).

5 Miscellaneous No. 10 (2014)

Council of Europe Convention, done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005, on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Cm. 8972) (Secretary Philip Hammond).

6 Statistics of Trade

Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3135), dated 26 November 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Priti Patel).

7 Terms and Conditions of Employment

Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3134), dated 24 November 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

8 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Statute, dated 13 June 2014, made by the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, revising the existing Statutes of the University (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Other Papers:

9 Defence

Explanatory Memorandum to the Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3068) (laid 20 November) (by Command) (Secretary Michael Fallon).

10 Food

Impact Assessment to the Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3001) (laid 13 November) (by Command) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss).

11 Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Report and Accounts of Ministry of Defence for 2013–14, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 764) (Mr David Gauke); and

(2) Report and Accounts of National Crime Agency for 2013–14, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 790) (Mr David Gauke).

12 National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office: Follow-up: grants to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation (by Act); to be printed (HC 840) (Clerk of the House).

13 Protection of Freedoms

(1) Report on Powers of Entry of HM Revenue and Customs (by Act) (Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer);

(2) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of HM Treasury (by Act) (Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer);

(3) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of Ministry of Defence (by Act) (Secretary Michael Fallon);

(4) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of Ministry of Justice (by Act) (Secretary Chris Grayling);

(5) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (by Act) (Secretary Vince Cable);

(6) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (by Act) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss);

(7) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of the Department for Transport (by Act) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin);

(8) Final Report on Powers of Entry Review of the Home Office (by Act) (Secretary Theresa May);

(9) Review of Health and Care Powers of Entry (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt);

(10) Review of powers of entry by the Department for Work and Pensions (by Act) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith);

(11) Review of Powers of Entry Exercised under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (by Act) (Secretary Theresa Villiers);

(12) Review of Powers of Entry of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (by Act) (Secretary Sajid Javid);

(13) Review of Powers of Entry of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (by Act) (Secretary Edward Davey);

(14) Review of Powers of Entry of the Food Standards Agency (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt);

(15) Review of Powers of Entry of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (by Act) (Secretary Philip Hammond); and

(16) Review of public authorities’ powers of entry: the Department for Communities and Local Government’s proposals to rationalise powers of entry and include safeguards (by Act) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

14 Transport

Government Response to the Transport Resilience Review (by Command) (Cm. 8968) (Secretary Patrick McLoughlin).

15 Treaty Series No. 24 (2014)

Bilateral Agreement, done at Bogota on 17 March 2010, for the Promotion and Protection of Investments between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Republic of Colombia (by Command) (Cm. 8973) (Secretary Philip Hammond).

16 Welfare Reform

An Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment-year five by Dr Paul Litchfield (by Act) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

17 Work and Pensions

Government Response to the First Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2014–15, on Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessment (by Command) (Cm. 8967) (Secretary Iain Duncan Smith).

Withdrawn Papers:

18 Defence

Explanatory Memorandum to the Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3068) (by Command) (laid 20 November).

19 Food

Impact Assessment to the Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3001) (by Command) (laid 13 November).