House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
20 March 2018
No. 114
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
2Urgent Question: Leaving the EU: fisheries management (Secretary Michael Gove)
3Statements: (1) Business (Leader of the House)
(2) Corporate Governance (Andrew Griffiths)
4Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary Karen Bradley, supported by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Attorney General and Mr Shailesh Vara, presented a Bill to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31 March 2018 and 2019; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for those years; to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2018; and to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the sum appropriated for the year ending 31 March 2019.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time today and to be printed (Bill 186) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 186–EN).
5Fire Safety Information: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the requirements for fire safety information for occupants of certain buildings, including high-rise residential buildings;
That Mrs Maria Miller, Mr Iain Duncan Smith, Stephen Hammond, Eddie Hughes, Sir Mike Penning, Theresa Villiers, Sarah Champion, Ms Harriet Harman, Mr David Lammy, Jess Phillips and Lucy Powell present the Bill.
Mrs Maria Miller accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 26 October, and to be printed (Bill 185).
6Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Business of the House
Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to the proceedings on the Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill:
Timetable
(1) (a) Proceedings on Second Reading and in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be taken at today’s sitting in accordance with this Order.
(b) Notices of Amendments, new Clauses or new Schedules to be moved in Committee of the whole House may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time.
(c) Proceedings on Second Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.
(d) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.
Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put
(2) When the Bill has been read a second time:
(a) it shall, despite Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills not subject to a programme order), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put;
(b) the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given.
(3)(a) On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee of the whole House, the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question.
(b) If the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.
(4) If, following proceedings in Committee of the whole House and any proceedings on Consideration of the Bill, a legislative grand committee withholds consent to the Bill or any Clause or Schedule of the Bill or any amendment made to the Bill, the House shall proceed to Reconsideration of the Bill without any Question being put.
(5) If, following Reconsideration of the Bill - (a) a legislative grand committee withholds consent to any Clause or Schedule of the Bill or any amendment made to the Bill (but does not withhold consent to the whole Bill), and (b) a Minister of the Crown indicates his or her intention to move a minor of technical amendment to the Bill, the House shall proceed to consequential Consideration of the Bill without any Question being put.
(6) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (1), the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions in the same order as they would fall to be put if this Order did not apply-
(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
(c) any Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded; and shall not put any other questions, other than the question on any motion described in paragraph (17)(a) of this Order.
(7) On a Motion so made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
(8) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under paragraph (6)(c) on successive amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, the Chairman or Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those amendments or Motions.
(9) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under paragraph (6)(d) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chairman shall instead put a single Question in relation to those provisions, except that the Question shall be put separately on any Clause of or Schedule to the Bill which a Minister of the Crown has signified an intention to leave out.
(10) (a) Any Lords Amendments to the Bill may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.
(b) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement; and any proceedings suspended under sub-paragraph (a) shall thereupon be resumed.
(11) Paragraphs (2) to (11) of Standing Order No. 83F (Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (10) of this Order.
Subsequent stages
(12) (a) Any further Message from the Lords on the Bill may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.
(b) Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement; and any proceedings suspended under sub-paragraph (a) shall thereupon be resumed.
(13) Paragraphs (2) to (9) of Standing Order No. 83G (Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Lords) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (12) of this Order.
Reasons Committee
(14) Paragraphs (2) to (6) of Standing Order No. 83H (Programme Orders: reasons committee) apply in relation to any committee to be appointed to draw up reasons after proceedings have been brought to a conclusion in accordance with this Order.
(15) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply so far as necessary for the purposes of this Order.
(16) Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings to which this Order applies.
(17) (a) No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken, to recommit the Bill or to vary or supplement the provisions of this Order.
(b) No notice shall be required of such a Motion.
(c) Such a Motion may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.
(18) (a) No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings to which this Order applies except by a Minister of the Crown.
(b) The Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
(19) No debate shall be held in accordance with Standing Order No. 24 (Emergency debates) at today’s sitting after this Order has been agreed.
(20) Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
(21) (a) Any private business which has been set down for consideration at a time falling after the commencement of proceedings on this Order or on the Bill on a day on which the Bill has been set down as taken as an Order of the Day shall, instead of being considered as provided by Standing Orders or by any Order of the House, be considered at the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bill on that day.
(b) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the private business so far as necessary for the purpose of securing that the business may be considered for a period of three hours.—(Secretary Karen Bradley.)
7Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Second Reading (Order, today)
Bill read a second time and committed to a committee of the whole House (Order, today).
8Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Committee of the whole House
The House resolved itself into a Committee (Order, today).
(In the Committee)
Clauses 1 to 9 agreed to.
Schedules 1 to 4 agreed to.
The occupant of the Chair left the Chair to report the Bill (Order, today).
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The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Wendy Morton reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made no Amendment.
9Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Third Reading (Order, today)
Bill read the third time, and passed.
10Statute Law (Repeals) Measure
Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Statute Law (Repeals) Measure (HC 781), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)
11Pensions (Pre-Consolidation) Measure
Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Pensions (Pre-Consolidation) Measure (HC 782), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)
12Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure
Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure (HC 783), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)
13Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure
Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure (HC 784), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)
Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Legislative Reform Measure (HC 785), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)
15Delegated Legislation (Electoral Commission)
Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Andrea Leadsom relating to the Electoral Commissioner 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.—(Wendy Morton.)
16Adjournment (Summer, Conference, November, and Christmas)
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 25), That this House, at its rising on Tuesday 24 July 2018, do adjourn until Tuesday 4 September 2018; at its rising on Thursday 13 September 2018, do adjourn until Tuesday 9 October 2018; at its rising on Tuesday 6 November 2018, do adjourn until Monday 12 November 2018; and at its rising on Thursday 20 December 2018, do adjourn until Monday 7 January 2019.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
17Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Carrying on Regulated Activities by Way of Business) (Amendment) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 21 December 2017, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Enhanced Partnership Plans and Schemes (Objections) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 17 January, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft International Tax Enforcement (Bermuda) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 3 November 2017, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Kyrgyzstan) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 3 November 2017, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 21 December 2017, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(6) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Amendment) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 5 February, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(7) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Police Powers of Designated Civilian Staff and Volunteers (Excluded Powers and Duties of Constables) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 7 February, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(8) Terms and Conditions of Employment
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 8 February, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
18Information Commissioner (Remuneration)
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order of 27 February), That, from 1 April 2018-
(1) the Information Commissioner shall be paid a salary of £160,000 per annum and pension benefits in accordance with the standard award for the civil service pension scheme;
(2) this salary shall be increased by 1% each year on 1 April;
(3) the Information Commissioner in post on 1 April 2018 shall also be paid, as part of their salary, a non-consolidated, non-pensionable annual allowance of £20,000 for the duration of the single-term appointment; and
(4) all previous resolutions relating to the salary and pension of the Information Commissioner shall cease to have effect.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
19Statutory instruments: motions for approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Land Registry Trading Fund (Extension and Amendment) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 26 February, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 5 February, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
A public petition from residents of Aberfeldy and Pitlochry relating to closure of local RBS branches in and around Aberfeldy was presented and read by Pete Wishart.
Subject: Expanding Metrolink in Greater Manchester (Jim McMahon)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Wendy Morton.)
Adjourned at 5.57 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).
22Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018)
Members: Justin Tomlinson discharged and Mark Menzies nominated in substitution.
23Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 10))
Members: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and David Warburton discharged and Alex Chalk and Simon Hoare nominated in substitution.
24Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2018)
Members: Priti Patel discharged and John Howell nominated in substitution.
General Committees: Reports
25Data Protection Bill [Lords] Committee
Mr Gary Streeter (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
26Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Philip Davies (Chair) reported the draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
27Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Mr Laurence Robertson (Chair) reported the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2018.
28Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
Joan Ryan (Chair) reported the draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Powers of Seizure) Order 2018.
29Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee
Albert Owen (Chair) reported the draft Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
30Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee
Stewart Hosie (Chair) reported the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
Reports from Select Committees
31Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on 29 March in the Chamber with Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 20 March, to be published (Ian Mearns).
Armed forces’ and veterans’ mental health: Written evidence, to be published (HC 813) (Dr Julian Lewis).
33Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) BBC pay: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 732);
(2) Correspondence with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: Written evidence, to be published (HC 363)
(Damian Collins).
(1) The future of the Social Mobility Commission: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 866);
(2) The quality of apprenticeships and skills training: Written evidence, to be published (HC 344);
(3) Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: Written evidence, to be published (HC 642)
(Robert Halfon).
35Environmental Audit Committee
(1) 25-Year Environment Plan: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 803);
(2) Correspondence with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Department’s EU exit work streams: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Green finance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 617);
(4) Heatwaves: adapting to climate change: Written evidence, to be published (HC 826)
(Mary Creagh).
36Exiting the European Union (Committee on)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 372) (Hilary Benn).
37Health and Social Care Committee
Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 650) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).
Immigration detention: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 913) (Yvette Cooper).
39International Development Committee
(1) DFID’s work on education: Leaving no one behind? Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2017-19: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 914);
(2) Bangladesh and Burma: the Rohingya crisis: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2017-19: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 919);
(3) DFID’s work on Bangladesh, Burma and the Rohingya crisis: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 504);
(4) Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 840)
(Stephen Twigg).
(1) Transforming rehabilitation: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 482);
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice relating to the Post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012: Written evidence, to be published
(Robert Neill).
(1) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;
(2) Make offering gay conversion therapy a criminal offence: Written evidence, to be published
(Helen Jones).
42Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Devolution and exiting the EU: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 484) (Mr Bernard Jenkin).
43Science and Technology Committee
(1) Evidence-based early years intervention: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 506);
(2) E-cigarettes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 505)
(Norman Lamb).
(1) Immigration and Scotland: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 488);
(2) Digital connectivity in Scotland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 654)
(Pete Wishart).
(1) Autumn Budget 2017: Government and Office for Budget Responsibility responses to the Treasury Committee’s Fifth Report: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 912);
(2) Spring Statement 2018: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 885);
(3) Correspondence from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury relating to the Tax Consultation Tracker: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Household finances: income, saving and debt: Written evidence, to be published (HC 565)
(Nicky Morgan).
(1) Brexit: agriculture, trade and the repatriation of powers: Written evidence, to be published (HC 402)
(2) Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster relating to the EU Withdrawal Bill: Written evidence, to be published
(David T.C. Davies)
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.32 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
1Investment in local infrastructure to secure new homes in the East Midlands
Resolved, That this House has considered investment in local infrastructure to secure new homes in the East Midlands.—(Lee Rowley.)
2Establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission in Sri Lanka
Resolved, That this House has considered the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission in Sri Lanka.—(Paul Scully.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3National Audit Office report on the financial sustainability of local authorities, HC 834
Resolved, That this House has considered the National Audit Office report on the financial sustainability of local authorities, HC 834.—(Mike Amesbury.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.49 pm and 4.00 pm.
4Future of the Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port
Resolved, That this House has considered the future of the Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port.—(Justin Madders.)
Resolved, That this House has considered Scottish welfare powers.—(Bill Grant.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Health Service Medicines (Price Control Penalties and Price Control Appeals Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 384), dated 19 March 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Steve Brine)
Other papers
Impact Assessment relating to the draft Insolvency of Registered Providers of Social Housing Regulations 2018 (laid 7 February 2018) (by Command) (Dominic Raab)
Personal Injury Discount Rate: Response to the Report of the Justice Select Committee: Draft Clause (by Command) (Cm. 9567) (Secretary David Gauke)
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2018 (laid 12 March 2018) (by Command) (Jake Berry)
(1) The Government's revised mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)
(2) The Government's mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)
Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2017–18 (by Command) (Cm. 9573) (Secretary Karen Bradley)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2018 (laid 12 March 2018)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.
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 Child Safeguarding Practice Review and Relevant Agency (England) Regulations 2018
Draft East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018
Draft East Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018
Draft Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Mandatory Conditions of Licences) (England) Regulations 2018
Draft Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Draft West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018
Draft West Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) 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 instrument relates exclusively to England and Wales and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 18) Order 2018