House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
12 October 2017

No. 32

The House met at 9.30 am

Prayers

1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for International Trade

(2) the Minister for Women and Equalities

2Urgent Question: Prisons policy and disturbance at HMP Long Lartin (Mr Sam Gyimah)

3Business Question (Leader of the House)

4Statements: (1) Retail energy (Secretary Greg Clark)

(2) Clean growth strategy (Claire Perry)

5Exiting the European Union and data protection

Resolved, That this House has considered Exiting the European Union and Data Protection.—(Matt Hancock.

6Adjournment

Subject: Upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Deidre Brock).

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

At 5.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(7)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.

 

Adjourned at 5.20 pm until Monday 16 October.

Other Proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

7Business of the House Commission Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 3 November, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 15 June.

Explanatory Notes to Bills

8Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill

Explanatory Notes to the Bill to be printed (Bill 7–EN).

9Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill

Explanatory Notes to the Bill to be printed (Bill 14–EN).

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 Selection Committee nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).

10Finance Bill Committee

Members: Jack Brereton discharged and Eddie Hughes nominated in substitution.

11Finance Bill Programming Sub-Committee

Members: Bim Afolami, Peter Dowd, Suella Fernandes, Ms Karen Lee, Jeff Smith, Mel Stride and Graham Stuart.

12First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2017)

Members: Rachel Reeves and Rebecca Harris discharged and Ann Coffey and Mark Spencer nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

13Public Accounts Committee

Department for Education Accounts: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 395)

(Meg Hillier).

John Bercow

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 1.30 pm

1Unauthorised encampments

Resolved, That this House has considered unauthorised encampments.—(Wendy Morton.)

2The effects of 30 hours free childcare

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effects of 30 hours free childcare.—(Ruth George.)

The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).

At 4.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

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

Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Tuesday 17 October.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Financial Services and Markets

(1) Draft Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Stephen Barclay)

(2) Draft Risk Transformation (Tax) Regulations 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

2Telecommunications

Draft Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

3Children and Young Persons

Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 978), dated 11 October 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Robert Goodwill)

4Criminal Law

(1) Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Order  (S.I., , No. 985), dated 9 October 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Lidington)

(2) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 986), dated 12 October 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Barclay)

5Landlord and Tenant, England

Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 977), dated 10 October 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

Other papers

6Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

(1) Clean Growth Strategy: Leading the way to a low carbon future (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

(2) Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill (by Command) (Cm. 9516) (Secretary Greg Clark)

(3) Government Response to the report from the Committe on Climate Change: Meeting Carbon Budgets (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

(4) Government Response to the report from the Committee on Climate Change: Progress in Preparing for Climate Change (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

7College of Policing

Vetting Code of Practice (by Act) (Secretary Amber Rudd)

8Railways

Railways Act 2005 Statement: Statement of Funds Available (by Act), to be printed (HC 448) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

9Treasury

(1) Treasury Minute, dated 12th October 2017, concerning the Government responses to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty Second to the Forty Fourth and the Forty Sixth to the Sixty Fourth reports from Session 2016–17 (by Command) (Cm. 9505) (Andrew Jones)

(2) Treasury Minute, dated 12th October 2017, concerning the Government responses to the Committee of Public Accounts Sessions: 2010–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 (by Command) (Cm. 9506) (Andrew Jones)

10Treaty Series No.16 (2017)

Instruments, adopted at Minneapolis on 6 November 1998, Amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) (Amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998)) (by Command) (Cm. 9512) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

11Treaty Series No.17 (2017)

Instruments, adopted at Marrakesh on 18 October 2002, Amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) (Amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002)) (by Command) (Cm. 9513) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

12Treaty Series No.18 (2017)

Instruments, adopted at Antalya on 24 November 2006, Amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) (Amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006)) (by Command) (Cm. 9514) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

13Treaty Series No.19 (2017)

Instruments, adopted at Guadalajara on 22 October 2010, Amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006) (Amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010)) (by Command) (Cm. 9515) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

 

Prepared 12 October 2017