House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
6 December 2017
No. 64
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Scotland
(2) the Prime Minister
2Sanctions (Human Rights Abuse and Corruption): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable the Secretary of State to refuse entry, or to vary or curtail leave to enter or remain already granted, to a person who is a non-UK or non-EEA national who is known to be, or to have been, involved in gross human rights abuses or in certain acts of corruption; to make provision for financial sanctions against a person who is a non-UK or non-EEA national who is known to be, or to have been, involved in gross human rights abuses or in certain acts of corruption; and for connected purposes;
That Ian Austin, Mr Kenneth Clarke, Mr Andrew Mitchell, Mr John Whittingdale, Mr Ben Bradshaw, Yvette Cooper, Tom Tugendhat, Rachel Reeves, Ian Blackford, Caroline Lucas, Tom Brake and Dame Margaret Hodge present the Bill.
Ian Austin accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on 23 February 2018, and to be printed (Bill 139).
3European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House (fifth day)
The House again resolved itself into a Committee (Programme Order, 11 September).
(In the Committee)
New Clause NC70—(Lady Hermon)—brought up, and read the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time.
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause 10 agreed to.
Schedule 2 (Corresponding powers involving devolved authorities)
Question put, That Amendment 167 be made.—(Stephen Gethins)
The Committee divided.
Division No. 57.
Ayes: 296 (Tellers: David Linden, Kirsty Blackman).
Noes: 316 (Tellers: Mike Freer, Rebecca Harris).
Question accordingly negatived.
Since it was after four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on the fifth day the Chair put the Questions necessary to bring proceedings on new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Clause 10 and Schedule 2, and Clause 10 and Schedule 2, to a conclusion (Programme Order, 11 September).
The following Question was put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83D).
That Schedule 2 be the second Schedule to the Bill (Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded).
Question agreed to.
New Clause NC17—(Mr Chris Leslie)—brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 58.
Ayes: 288 (Tellers: Stephen Doughty, Patrick Grady).
Noes: 316 (Tellers: Mrs Heather Wheeler, Craig Whittaker).
Question accordingly negatived.
New Clause NC80—(Jenny Chapman)—brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 59.
Ayes: 287 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Nick Smith).
Noes: 312 (Tellers: Mrs Heather Wheeler, Craig Whittaker).
Question accordingly negatived.
Clause 12 agreed to.
Schedule 4 (Powers in connection with fees and charges)
Question put, That Amendment 339 be made.—(Jenny Chapman)
The Committee divided.
Division No. 60.
Ayes: 286 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Nick Smith).
Noes: 311 (Tellers: Mrs Heather Wheeler, Craig Whittaker).
Question accordingly negatived.
Schedule 4 agreed to.
The occupant of the Chair left the Chair (Programme Order, 11 September).
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The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Graham Stuart reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and moved, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.
Committee again tomorrow.
4Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Andrea Leadsom relating to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority shall be treated as if it related to an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice has been given that the instrument be approved.—(Michael Ellis.)
5Financial assistance to industry
Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Secretary Greg Clark relating to financial assistance to industry shall be treated as if it related to an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice has been given that the instrument be approved.—(Michael Ellis.)
Subject: Social homes for rent (Wera Hobhouse)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Graham Stuart.)
Adjourned at 9.05 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Public petitions
A public petition from residents of Solihull relating to a planning application for a phone mast was presented by Julian Knight.
General Committees: Reports
Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir Henry Bellingham (Chair) reported the Draft Electronic Communications Code (Jurisdiction) Regulations 2017 and the draft Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Primary Legislation) Regulations 2017.
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).
7First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Devolved Tax) (Wild Fisheries) Order 2017)
Chair: Ms Nadine Dorries
Members: Heidi Alexander, Mr Richard Bacon, Douglas Chapman, Ann Coffey, Alberto Costa, Michael Ellis, Chris Elmore, Lesley Laird, John Lamont, Mr Geoffrey Robinson, Mr Bob Seely, Grant Shapps, Angela Smith, Karin Smyth, Sir Nicholas Soames, Craig Whittaker and Mr William Wragg.
8Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017)
Chair: Ian Paisley
Members: John Cryer, Chris Evans, Suella Fernandes, Simon Hart, Andrew Jones, Sir Greg Knight, Ms Karen Lee, Shabana Mahmood, Jonathan Reynolds, Ms Marie Rimmer, Jeff Smith, John Stevenson, Graham Stuart, Sir Hugo Swire, Derek Thomas, Mr John Whittingdale and Sammy Wilson.
9Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, The draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2017)
Chair: Philip Davies
Members: Bim Afolami, Stuart Andrew, Mr Gregory Campbell, Colleen Fletcher, Mr Mark Harper, Dan Jarvis, Diana Johnson, Liz Kendall, Craig Mackinlay, Seema Malhotra, Mr Mark Prisk, Will Quince, Andrew Selous, Chris Skidmore, Cat Smith, Laura Smith and Bob Stewart.
10Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017)
Chair: Mr Virendra Sharma
Members: Ben Bradley, Chris Elmore, Kevin Foster, Mr David Lammy, Jim McMahon, Christian Matheson, Mark Menzies, Stephen Morgan, Ian Paisley, Teresa Pearce, Christopher Pincher, Lee Rowley, Alok Sharma, Andrew Stephenson, Maggie Throup, Martin Vickers and John Woodcock.
11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Motion in the name of Andrea Leadsom: That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Mr William Lifford to the office of ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for a period of 5 years with effect from 11 January 2018)
Chair: Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Members: Mr Alan Campbell, Bambos Charalambous, Mr Simon Clarke, Robert Courts, Emma Dent Coad, Michael Ellis, Mike Freer, Dr Caroline Johnson, David Linden, Julia Lopez, Sandy Martin, Mark Pawsey, Bridget Phillipson, Lucy Powell, Victoria Prentis, Mary Robinson and Karin Smyth.
Reports from Select Committees
12Communities and Local Government Committee
Brexit and local government: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 493) (Mr Clive Betts).
13Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Sport governance: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 320) (Damian Collins).
14Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) Brexit: Trade in food: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 348);
(2) Correspondence with the 2 Sisters Food Group: Written evidence to be published (HC 490);
(3) Correspondence with the Environment Agency on Flooding in Lancashire and Cumbria: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Fisheries: Written evidence, to be published (HC 489);
(5) Improving Air Quality: Written evidence, to be published (HC 433)
(Neil Parish).
(1) Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301-iv);
(2) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301)
(Sir William Cash).
16Exiting the European Union Committee
Hilary Benn reported that the Committee had come to the following resolution:
That, in view of the statement that no impact assessments have been undertaken, the Committee considers that the Government's response to the resolution of the House of
1 November has complied with the terms of that resolution.
Violence in Rakhine State and the UK's response: First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 435) (Tom Tugendhat).
(1) Freedom of speech in universities: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 589);
(2) Legislative scrutiny: Data Protection Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 567)
(Ms Harriet Harman).
19International Development Committee
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s review on Global Challenges Research Fund and the cross-government Prosperity Fund: Oral evidence taken before the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC636) (Paul Scully).
20International Trade Committee
Continuing application of EU trade agreements: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 520) (Angus Brendan MacNeil).
21Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
(1) Bombardier: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 533);
(2) Correspondence from Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, relating to engagement with border communities: Written evidence, to be published;
(Dr Andrew Murrison).
(1) Written Parliamentary questions: progress report for Session 2016–17, monitoring in the 2017 Parliament, and electronic tabling: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 661);
(2) Exiting the European Union: scrutiny of delegated legislation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 386)
(Mr Charles Walker).
(1) Mental health in prisons: Eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 400)
(2) Thameslink Programme: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 466);
(Meg Hillier).
Dame Margaret Hodge:
(i) First Report, with appendices, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 591);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 591)
(Sir Kevin Barron).
25Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Fifth Report, to be printed (HC 542-v) (Derek Twigg).
(1) Budget: Autumn 2017: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 600);
(2) The UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: Written evidence, to be published (HC 473);
(3) Correspondence from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury relating to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasting of potential future payments to the European Union: Written evidence, to be published
(Nicky Morgan).
27Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Women’s experiences of everyday sexism and sexual harassment: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 592);
(2) Older people and employment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 359);
(3) Race Disparity Audit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 562);
(4) Women in the House of Commons: Written evidence, to be published (HC 507)
(Mrs Maria Miller).
(1) Protecting pensions against scams: priorities for the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC404);
(2) Self-employment and the gig economy: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2016-17: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC644);
(3) Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2016-17: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC652);
(4) PIP and ESA assessments: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 355)
(Frank Field).
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered youth employment.—(Gillian Keegan.)
The sitting was suspended between 9.31 am and 9.37 am.
Resolved, That this House has considered youth employment.
2Traffic congestion in south Middlesbrough
Resolved, That this House has considered traffic congestion in south Middlesbrough.—(Mr Simon Clarke.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Effect of Israeli demolitions on Palestinian communities
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effect of Israeli demolitions on Palestinian communities.—(Stephen Kinnock.)
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)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of Israeli demolitions on Palestinian communities.
4Government financial support for victims of terror attacks
Resolved, That this House has considered Government financial support for victims of terror attacks.—(Neil Coyle.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.18 pm and 4.30 pm.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered unduly lenient sentences.—(Sir Mike Penning.)
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)).
The sitting was suspended between 5.14 pm and 5.26 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
At 5.42 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.42 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Barclay)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1207), dated 5 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark)
Co-ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1209), dated 5 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)
Other papers
4Constitutional Reform and Governance
Accounts of Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund for 2016-17, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 641) (Clerk of the House)
Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients (by Act), to be printed (HC 634) (Clerk of the House)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Education: The higher education market (by Act), to be printed (HC 629) (Clerk of the House)
Rules for officers of the House, parliamentary agents, and representatives of petitioners engaged in proceedings on Private Bills, and related petitions, in the House of Commons (pursuant to Resolution, 18 August 1836), to be printed (HC 660) (The Speaker)
Post Implementation Review of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 (by Command) (Alok Sharma)
Withdrawn Papers
9Draft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (laid 12 September 2017)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES
Finance (No. 2) Bill
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83J, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion clauses 3, 40 and 41 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Finance (No. 2) Bill relate exclusively to England, Wales and Northern Ireland on matters within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83J.
Instruments
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Higher Education (Access and Participation Plans) (England) Regulations 2018