House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
18th December 2014

No.83

The House met at 9.30 am.

PRAYERS.

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

2 Urgent Questions: (1) Accident and emergency and ambulance services (Secretary Jeremy

Hunt)

(2) UK anti-corruption plan (Matthew Hancock)

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Statement: Local government finance (Kris Hopkins)

5 Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)

Publication of the Fourth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework (Mr Clive Betts).

6 Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

The Deputy Prime Minister, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary Nicky Morgan, Mr Oliver Letwin, Greg Clark, Mr Sam Gyimah, Jo Swinson and Tom Brake, presented a Bill to make time-limited provision for vacancies among the Lords Spiritual to be filled by bishops who are women.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 5 January 2015, and to be printed (Bill 143) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 143–EN).

7 Backbench Business (17th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14)) Matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment

Resolved, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.-(Mr David Amess.)

8 Adjournment

Subject: Jobseeker’s allowance sanctions (Stephen Timms).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-(Anne Milton.) At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Anne Milton.)

Adjourned at 5.25 pm until Monday 5 January 2015 (Resolution, 2 December 2013, in the last Session of Parliament).

Other proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

9 General Practitioner Surgeries (Rural Areas) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 9 January, read and discharged. Bill to be read a second time on Friday 6 March 2015.

General Committees: Reports

10 Infrastructure Bill [Lords] Committee

Mr Jim Hood (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee. Written evidence to be published.

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).

11 Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill

Chair: Mr Andrew Turner.

12 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential

Amendments) Order 2015)

Members: Mr Jim Murphy discharged and Mr Geoffrey Robinson nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

13 Foreign Affairs Committee

The UK’s relations with Hong Kong: 30 years after the Joint Declaration: Evidence, to be published (HC 649) (Sir Richard Ottaway).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 2.30 pm.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

Adjournment

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Backbench Business (15th allotted day: Second half (Standing Order No. 14)) Subjects:

(1) Business investment in outer city estates. (2) Future of Carnforth station.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mel Stride.)

Adjourned at 3.10 pm until Tuesday 6 December 2015 (Resolution, 2 December 2013, in the last Session of Parliament).

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

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

1 Corporation Tax

Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Exemptions) Order 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3327), dated

17 December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Priti Patel).

2 Council Tax

Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) (No.

2) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3312), dated 16 December 2014 (by Act), with an

Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

3 Criminal Law

Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I.,

2014, No. 3300), dated 15 December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by

Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

4 Family Proceedings

(1) Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3297), dated 15 December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling); and

(2) Family Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3296), dated 15

December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris

Grayling).

5 Fire and Rescue Services

Fire and Rescue Authorities (National Framework) (England) (Revision) Order 2014 (S.I.,

2014, No. 3317), dated 16 December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by

Command) (Secretary Eric Pickles).

6 Judgments

Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Protection Measures) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No.

3298), dated 15 December 2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command)

(Secretary Chris Grayling).

7 Senior Courts of England and Wales

Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3299), dated 16 December

2014 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

8 Terms and Conditions of Employment

Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3322), dated 17

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

Command) (Secretary Vince Cable).

Other Papers:

9 European Union

European Union Finances 2014: Statement on the 2014 EU Budget and measures to counter fraud and financial mismanagement (by Command) (Cm. 8974) (Mr David Gauke).

10 Home Affairs

(1) Memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee on Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (by Command) (Cm. 8984) (Secretary Theresa May); and

(2) Memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee on Post-legislative Scrutiny of the

Policing and Crime Act 2009 (by Command) (Cm. 8987) (Secretary Theresa May).

11 Human Rights

Report to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Government response to human rights judgments for 2013–14 (by Command) (Cm. 8962) (Secretary Chris Grayling).

17 December 2014

CORRIGENDUM

Item 28, Treasury Committee, should read:

(1) Autumn Statement: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 870);

(2) Revisions to the UK’s EU budget contribution: Evidence, to be published (HC 891) (Mr Andrew Tyrie).