House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
22 January 2018
83
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
2Urgent Question: Private sector pensions (Secretary Esther McVey)
3Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
4Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]:
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 Tuesday 6 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.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(David Rutley.)
Question agreed to.
5Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]: 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 Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:
(a) any expenditure incurred in consequence of the Act by the Secretary of State or the Treasury; and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.—(David Rutley.)
Question agreed to.
6Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]: Ways and Means
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise:
(1) the levying of charges under the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 for the purpose of meeting expenditure relating to the single financial guidance body’s pensions guidance function;
(2) the levying of charges under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 for the purpose of meeting expenditure—
(a) incurred (or expected to be incurred) by the Secretary of State or the Treasury in connection with the single financial guidance body;
(b) incurred (or expected to be incurred) by the Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers or the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland in connection with the provision of information and advice on debt to members of the public in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and
(3) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.—(David Rutley).
Question agreed to.
7Changes to membership of select committees
(1) Ordered, That Mr Robert Goodwill and Mr Philip Dunne be members of the Environmental Audit Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
(2) Ordered, That David Evennett be a member of the Procedure Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
(3) Ordered, That Adam Holloway be discharged from the Science and Technology Committee and Damien Moore be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Subject: North West Ambulance Service (Tony Lloyd)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(David Rutley.)
Adjourned at 8.47 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 Programming Sub-Committee
Members: Alex Chalk, Peter Dowd, Ms Karen Lee, Chris Philp, Jeff Smith, Mel Stride and Graham Stuart.
10Space Industries Bill [Lords] Programming Sub-Committee
Members: Jo Churchill, Stephen Doughty, Vicky Foxcroft, Chris Green, Jo Johnson, David Morris and Karl Turner.
11Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Programming Sub-Committee
Members: Nic Dakin, Peter Dowd, Emma Hardy, Kwasi Kwarteng, Mark Menzies, David Rutley and Mel Stride.
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018)
Members: Chris Bryant and Stephanie Peacock discharged and Hugh Gaffney and Ged Killen nominated in substitution.
General Committees: Reports
13First Delegated Legislation Committee
Ian Austin (Chair) reported the draft Help-to-Save Accounts Regulations 2018.
14Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Steve McCabe (Chair) reported the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
Reports from Select Committees
15Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Private rented sector: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 440);
(2) Draft Tenant Fees Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 583);
(3) Correspondence with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in relation to business rates in multi-occupied premises: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in relation to Brexit and local government: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Housing for older people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 370)
(Mr Clive Betts).
16Health and Home Affairs Committees
Alcohol minimum unit pricing: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 678) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).
Work of the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published (HC 523) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).
18Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Government borrowing and the Whole of Government Accounts: Sixteenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 463);
(2) Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 410);
(3) Correspondence with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the Committee’s Thirty-ninth Report of Session 2016-17 on Consumer-funded energy policies: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Decline in National Lottery Funding: Written evidence, to be published (HC 631);
(5) NHS continuing healthcare funding: Written evidence, to be published (HC 455);
(6) The monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect Ltd.: Written evidence, to be published (HC 646)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
(1) Rail electrification: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 702);
(2) Correspondence with Network Rail and Virgin Trains East Coast relating to East Coast Mainline infrastructure works: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Rt Hon Peter Riddell CBE, Commissioner for public appointments and the Secretary of State for Transport, relating to the appointment of the Chair of the Office for Rail and Road: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Rail infrastructure investment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 582)
(Lilian Greenwood).
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Order No. 10(1)(a) and 145A(7))
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 200165 relating to leaving the European Union.—(Paul Scully.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 7.08 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) (Custodial Premises) Subordinate Provisions Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Reviewed Case Referral) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 67), dated 19 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)
Magistrates’ Courts (Immigration Act 2014) (Freezing Orders) Rules 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 66), dated 19 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)
(1) Care Quality Commission (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 54), dated 18 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Caroline Dinenage)
(2) National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 59), dated 18 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Caroline Dinenage)
(1) Social Fund Funeral Expenses Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 61), dated 18 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kit Malthouse)
(2) Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 65), dated 22 January 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) and reports by the Social Security Advisory Committee (by Act) (Alok Sharma)
Other papers
Ministry of Defence Minute, dated 22 January 2018, concerning the gifting of the Devonport Collection to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (by Command) (Mark Lancaster)