House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
9th June 2015

No. 13

The House met at 11.30 am.

PRAYERS.

1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

2 European Union Referendum Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the European Union Referendum Bill be now read a second time.

Amendment moved, to leave out from ‘That’ to the end of the Question and add ‘this House declines to give a Second Reading to the EU Referendum Bill because it fails to meet the gold standard set by the Scottish independence referendum in terms of inclusivity and democratic participation, in particular because the Bill does not give the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds or most EU nationals living in the UK, the Bill does not include a double majority provision to ensure that no nation or jurisdiction of the UK can be taken out of the EU against its will, and the legislation does not include provision to ensure that the referendum vote cannot be held on the same day as the Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland elections.’.-(Alex Salmond.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 5.

Ayes: 59 (Tellers: Marion Fellows, Owen Thompson).

Noes: 338 (Tellers: Simon Kirby, Sarah Newton).

Question accordingly negatived.

Question, That the Bill be now read a second time, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)).

The House divided.

Division No. 6.

Ayes: 544 (Tellers: Simon Kirby, Sarah Newton).

Noes: 53 (Tellers: Marion Fellows, Owen Thompson).

Question accordingly agreed to and Bill read a second time.

3 European Union Referendum Bill (Programme)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the European Union Referendum Bill:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

(2) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be taken in two days.

(3) The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the following Table and in the order so shown.

(4) The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

Table

Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
First day
Clause 1; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clause 1	Three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the first day.
Clause 3; Schedules 1 to 3; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clause 3 and Schedules 1 to 3	The moment of interruption on the first day.
Second day
Clause 2; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clause 2; Clause 5; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clause 5	Four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the second day.
Clauses 4 and 6 to 11; remaining new Clauses; remaining new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill	The moment of interruption on the second day.

Consideration and Third Reading

(5) Any 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.

(6) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

Programming committee

(7) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(8) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.-(Margot James.)

Question agreed to.

4 European Union Referendum Bill (Money)

Queen’s Recommendation signified.

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the European Union Referendum Bill, it is expedient to authorise:

(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(a) any expenditure incurred under the Act by a Minister of the Crown;

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided; and

(2) the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of charges payable to the Chief Counting Officer, Regional Counting Officers and counting officers in connection with the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union; and

(3) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.-(Margot James.)

Question agreed to.

5 Adjournment

Subject: Proposed closure of Black Country University Technical College, Walsall (Mr David Winnick).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Margot James.)

Adjourned at 8.05 pm until tomorrow.

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Other proceedings

Reports from Select Committees

6 High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill: Evidence and written evidence, to be published (HC 129) (Mr Robert Syms).

John Bercow

Speaker

The Speaker will take the Chair at 11.30 am.

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))

(1) Air pollution in London

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered air pollution in London.-(Ms Diane Abbott).

At 11.00 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

(2) Future of the Dyfed Powys police helicopter

Resolved, That this House has considered the future of the Dyfed Powys police helicopter.-(Jonathan Edwards).

The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).

(3) Annual Vocational Qualifications Day

Resolved, That this House has considered annual Vocational Qualifications Day.-(Neil Carmichael).

(4) Future of libraries in Harrow

Resolved, That this House has considered the future of libraries in Harrow.-(Bob Blackman).

(5) City regions and metro mayors

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered city regions and metro mayors.-(John Pugh).

At 5.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Deputy Speaker

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Constitutional Law

Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 (Consequential Provision) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1353), dated 4 June 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Stephen Crabb).

2 Criminal Law

South Sudan (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1361), dated 8 June 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Harriett Baldwin).

3 Environmental Protection

Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1360), dated 5 June 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss).

4 Town and Country Planning

Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1359), dated 8 June 2015 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark).

Other Papers:

5 Further and Higher Education

Report and Accounts of Higher Education Funding Council for England for 2014–15, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 5) (Secretary Sajid Javid).

6 Government Resources and Accounts (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies)

(1) Report and Accounts of English Sports Development Trust Limited for 2014–15, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 8) (Secretary John Whittingdale); and

(2) Report and Accounts of the Sports Council Trust Company for 2014–15, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument); to be printed (HC 7) (Secretary John Whittingdale).

7 Legal Services

Report and Accounts of Legal Services Board for 2014–15, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 3) (Secretary Michael Gove).

8 National Health Service

(1) Report and Accounts of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2014–15 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt); and

(2) Report and Accounts of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2014–15 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt).

9 National Heritage

Government Indemnity Scheme: Statement to Parliament on the level of outstanding liabilities under the Scheme for the six-month period ending 31 March 2015 (by Act) (Secretary John Whittingdale).