House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
8 January 2018
No. 74
Corrected 31 July 2018
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
2Urgent Questions: (1) NHS winter crisis (Mr Philip Dunne)
(2) Office for Students: appointment (Joseph Johnson)
3Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill: Second Reading
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill be now read a second time.
Amendment moved, to leave out from ‘That’ to the end of the Question and add 'this House recognises that the UK will need considered and effective arrangements to ensure a customs and tariff regime, including the potential of a customs union with the European Union, is in place before the UK’s exit, in order to guarantee frictionless movement of goods at UK ports and the ability to levy customs duty and VAT and to protect manufacturing and other key industries through the power to enact protective tariffs, but declines to give a Second Reading to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill because the Government has failed to provide a coherent plan for the operation of the customs and tariff regime after the UK’s exit from the European Union or for the maintenance of frictionless movement of goods at UK ports, because the Bill is not accompanied by proposals to ensure that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are properly resourced and organised to implement a new customs and VAT regime, because the needs of UK manufacturers and producers have not been properly reflected in the design of the proposals and because the Bill proposes to give excessive powers to Ministers without appropriate procedures for parliamentary consultation and scrutiny.'.—(Peter Dowd.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The House divided.
Division No. 87.
Ayes: 265 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft)
Noes: 309 (Tellers: David Rutley, Nigel Adams)
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. 88.
Ayes: 309 (Tellers: Nigel Adams, David Rutley)
Noes: 265 (Tellers: Vicky Foxcroft, Thangam Debbonaire)
Question accordingly agreed to and Bill read a second time.
4Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 1 February 2018.
(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading
(4) Proceedings on Consideration and any proceedings in legislative grand committee 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.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption that day.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (programming sub-committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.—(Andrew Stephenson.)
Question agreed to.
5Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 October 2017, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)
Question agreed to.
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Motion in the name of Andrea Leadsom relating to the Electoral Commission 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.—(Andrew Stephenson.)
Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).
7Changes to the membership of select committees
Ordered, That Stephen Kinnock be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Thelma Walker be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Subject: Insurance and genetic conditions (Gavin Newlands)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.)
Adjourned at 11.14 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
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).
9Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
Members: Andrew Jones discharged and Mr Simon Clarke nominated in substitution.
Reports from Select Committees
10Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Draft Tenant Fees Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 583);
(2) Private rented sector: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 440);
(3) Brexit and local government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 493);
(4) Correspondence with Dame Judith Hackitt relating to the independent review of building regulations and fire safety: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to commissioned research on local authority needs assessment: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the Minister for Housing relating to leasehold reform: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Housing for older people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 370)
(Mr Clive Betts).
Correspondence relating to EU sugar production quotas: Written evidence, to be published (Order made in the adjournment (Standing Order No. 137)) (Clerk of the House)
John Bercow
Speaker
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office
on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment
under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Friday 22 December 2017
(1) Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1320), dated 20 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jackie Doyle-Price)
(2) Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1322), dated 20 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Steve Brine)
Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1321), dated 21 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Marcus Jones)
Friday 29 December 2017
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1328), dated 21 December 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr David Lidington)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 8 January 2018
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites under Section 128) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 4), dated 4 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
Other papers
(1) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017) (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
(2) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017) (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
(3) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017) (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
Report of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner for 2016–17 (by Act) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1261) (laid 14 December 2017) (by Command) (Caroline Nokes)
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and the draft European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (laid 20 November 2017) (by Command) (Chris Skidmore)
(1) Security and Emergency Measures (Water Supply Licensees) Direction 2017 (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(2) Security and Emergency Measures (Water Undertakers) Direction 2017 (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)
Withdrawn papers
(1) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017)
(2) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017)
(3) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018 (laid 18 December 2017)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1261) (laid 14 December 2017)
12Representation of the People
(1) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (laid 20 November 2017)
(2) Explanatory Memorandum to the draft European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (laid 20 November 2017)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES
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 instruments relate exclusively to England and are within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018
Draft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2017
Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
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 instruments relate exclusively to England and Wales and are within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (General Council of the Bar) Order 2018
Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (General Council of the Bar) (Modification of Functions) Order 2018