House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
19 March 2018
No. 113
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
2Urgent Questions: (1) Money laundering (Mr Ben Wallace)
(2) Leaving the EU: UK ports (Customs) (Mel Stride)
(3) Cambridge Analytica: data privacy (Secretary Matt Hancock)
3Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
4Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [Lords]: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [Lords]:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 27 March.
(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 proceedings in legislative grand committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Paul Maynard.)
Question agreed to.
Resolved, That this House has considered Welsh Affairs.—(Secretary Alun Cairns.)
6Changes to the membership of select committees
(1) Ordered, That Robert Courts be discharged from the Backbench Business Committee and Nigel Mills be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee).
(2) Ordered, That Sir Edward Leigh be a member of the Procedure Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee).
Subject: Island Health Trust (Jim Fitzpatrick)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Kelly Tolhurst.)
Adjourned at 10.17 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
8First Delegated Legislation Committee
Philip Davies (Chair) reported the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Amendment) Order 2018.
9Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Ian Paisley (Chair) reported the draft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
10Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chair) reported the draft Police Powers of Designated Civilian Staff and Volunteers (Excluded Powers and Duties of Constables) Regulations 2018.
11Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir David Crausby (Chair) reported the draft Land Registry Trading Fund (Extension and Amendment) Order 2018.
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).
12First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Amendment) Order 2018)
Members: Henry Smith discharged and Chis Philp nominated in substitution.
13Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2018)
Chair: Ian Paisley in place of Mr Nigel Evans.
Members: Stephen Crabb discharged and James Cleverly nominated in substitution.
14 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Police Powers of Designated Civilian Staff and Volunteers (Excluded Powers and Duties of Constables) Regulations 2018)
Chair: Dame Cheryl Gillan in place of Ian Paisley.
Members: Stephen Kerr discharged and Mr Simon Clarke nominated in substitution.
15Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2018)
Members: Nigel Adams and Chris Elmore discharged and Jeff Smith and Andrew Stephenson nominated in substitution.
16 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Powers of Seizure) Order 2018)
Members: Claire Perry discharged and Mr Sam Gyimah nominated in substitution.
17Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018)
Members: Dr David Drew discharged and Holly Lynch nominated in substitution.
18 Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2018)
Members: Chris Elmore discharged and Jessica Morden nominated in substitution.
Reports from Select Committees
19Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
BBC pay: Written evidence, to be published (HC 732) (Damian Collins).
20Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Brexit and local government: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 493);
(2) Correspondence from the Local Government Association relating to the private rented sector and the draft Tenant Fees Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Housing and Homelessness relating to the private rented sector and the draft Tenant Fees Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Long term funding of adult social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 768);
(5) Private rented sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 440);
(Helen Hayes).
21National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
(1) National Security Capability Review: a changing security environment:
(i) First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 756);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 756);
(2) Cyber security: critical national infrastructure: Part of the oral evidence taken on 12 March, to be published (HC 706)
(Margaret Beckett).
22Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Ministry of Defence: Acquisition and support of defence equipment: Twenty-eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 724);
(2) Modernising the Disclosure and Barring Service: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 695);
(3) Collapse of Carillion: Written evidence, to be published (HC 851);
(4) Correspondence with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the cost of rebranding the Department: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Renewable Heat Incentive in Great Britain: Written evidence, to be published (HC 696);
(6) Sustainability and transformation in the NHS: Written evidence, to be published (HC 793)
(Meg Hillier).
23Science and Technology Committee
Brexit, science and innovation:
(i) Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the report (HC 705);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 705)
(Norman Lamb).
Airports National Policy Statement: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 548) (Lilian Greenwood).
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders Nos. 10(1)(a) and 145A(7))
1Access to the drug Orkambi for people with cystic fibrosis
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 209455 relating to access to the drug Orkambi for people with cystic fibrosis.—(Paul Scully.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 7.30 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers presented or laid upon the Table
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Child Safeguarding Practice Review and Relevant Agency (England) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nadhim Zahawi)
Energy
Draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark)
(1) Draft East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)
(2) draft East Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)
(3) draft Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)
(4) draft West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)
(5) draft West Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)
3Terms and Conditions of Employment
Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (NHS Recruitment – Protected Disclosure) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Caroline Dinenage)
Other papers
Report by the Health Service Commissioner for England on Maintaining momentum: driving improvements in mental health care (by Act), to be printed (HC 906) (Clerk of the House)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Work and Pensions: Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance (by Act), to be printed (HC 837) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (by Command) (Cm. 9591) (Secretary Esther McVey)
(2) Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes: Summary of consultation responses (by Command) (Cm. 9592) (Secretary Esther McVey)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018, Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment (laid 7 February)
CORRECTION
Friday 16 March 2018
Item 22 should have read:
Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Insolvency of Registered Providers of Social Housing Regulations 2018)
Members: Andrew Lewer discharged and Paul Masterton nominated in substitution.