House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
22 February 2018
No. 98
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: Air quality: High Court judgment (Dr Thérèse Coffey)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Select Committee Statements (Standing Order No. 22D)
(1) Publication of the Third Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK (Tom Tugendhat)
(2) Publication of the Fifth Report of the Justice Committee, HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report on HMP Liverpool (Robert Neill)
5Estimates (Liaison Committee Recommendation)
Resolved, That this House agrees with the Report of the Liaison Committee of 21 February:
(1) That a day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2017–18: Ministry of Defence, and Department for Exiting the European Union;
(2) That a further day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2017–18: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government so far as it relates to homelessness, and Department for Transport.—(David Rutley.)
(1) Role of disabled people in economic growth
Resolved, That this House recognises the potential talent pool within the disabled community; notes that there will be an employment gap after the UK leaves the EU and that there is ample opportunity to include disabled workers in economic growth; calls on the Government to act immediately on its commitment to get one million more disabled people into employment by 2027; and further calls on the Government to increase awareness within the business community of the benefits of employing an inclusive workforce.—(Dr Lisa Cameron.)
(2) Cancer Strategy
Resolved, That this House has considered the Cancer Strategy.—(Dr Lisa Cameron.)
Subject: City of London Corporation and its pension schemes obligations (Kate Hoey)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Wendy Morton.)
Adjourned at 5.28 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
The Lords are pleased to return the Space Industry Bill [Lords] to the Commons because the privilege amendment made to the Bill in the Lords was not removed in the Commons.
Corrections to Public Bills
9Space Industry Bill [Lords]: privilege amendment
Bill further amended, in Clause 72, by leaving out subsection (2) (Order, 21 February).
Bill passed, with Amendments (6 February and Order, 21 February).
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 March.
11Terms of Withdrawal from EU (Referendum) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 March.
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).
12Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018))
Members: Rushanara Ali, Mr Ben Bradshaw, Lucy Powell and Martin Whitfield discharged and John Grogan, Darren Jones, Kerry McCarthy and Liz Twist nominated in substitution.
General Committees: Reports
13Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Philip Davies (Chair) reported the draft Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2018.
Reports from Select Committees
EU Withdrawal: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 763) (Sir William Cash).
15Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committees
Carillion: Oral and Written evidence, to be published (HC 769) (Frank Field).
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders Nos. 10(7) and 14(4))
1Reunion for refugee children with family in the UK
Resolved, That this House has considered reunion for refugee children with family in the UK.—(Hugh Gaffney.)
Resolved, That this House has considered child poverty in London.—(Siobhain McDonagh.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Monday 26 February.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Companies (Disclosure of Address) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrew Griffiths)
Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Work in Fishing Convention) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)
Draft First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) (Amendment) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Research and Development (Qualifying Bodies) (Tax) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 217), dated 21 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)
(1) Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement) (Prescription of Arrangement for Monitoring) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 210), dated 20 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)
(2) Electronic Monitoring (Responsible Persons) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 212), dated 20 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)
(1) Homelessness (Review Procedure etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 223), dated 21 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mrs Heather Wheeler)
(2) Housing (Management Orders and Financial Penalties) (Amounts Recovered) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 209), dated 20 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mrs Heather Wheeler)
Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 199), dated 9 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Jackie Doyle-Price)
National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 201), dated 20 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Barclay)
Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 213), dated 21 February 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jake Berry)
Other papers
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Low-carbon heating of homes and businesses and the Renewable Heat Incentive (by Act), to be printed (HC 779) (Clerk of the House)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Item 26 (2) should have read:
(2) Unclear for take-off? F-35 Procurement: Responses to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2017–19: Fifth Special Report, to be printed (HC 845);