House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
29 March 2018

No. 120

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Speaker’s Statement: Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Archer Clive

2Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for International Trade

(2) the Minister for Women and Equalities

3Urgent Question: Infected Blood Inquiry: consultation and funding (Chloe Smith)

4Business Question (Leader of the House)

5Statement: Counter-Daesh update (Secretary Penny Mordaunt)

6Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)

Publication of the Second Report of the Education Committee, The future of the Social Mobility Commission (Robert Halfon)

7Backbench Business

(1) Autism

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes that World Autism Awareness Week 2018 runs from 26 March to 2 April; believes that there is a lack of understanding of the needs of autistic people and their families; and calls on the Government to improve the support provided to autistic children in school and to autistic adults in or seeking employment, to reduce waiting times for autism diagnosis, and to promote a public awareness campaign so people can make the changes necessary for the UK to become autism-friendly.—(Dame Cheryl Gillan.)

The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved, That this House notes that World Autism Awareness Week 2018 runs from 26 March to 2 April; believes that there is a lack of understanding of the needs of autistic people and their families; and calls on the Government to improve the support provided to autistic children in school and to autistic adults in or seeking employment, to reduce waiting times for autism diagnosis, and to promote a public awareness campaign so people can make the changes necessary for the UK to become autism-friendly.

(2) Matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.—(Ian Mearns.)

The Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).

Question put and agreed to.

8Electoral Commission

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order of 20 March), That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Sarah Chambers as an Electoral Commissioner with effect from 31 March 2018 for the period ending 30 March 2022.—(Mims Davies.)

Question agreed to.

9Public petitions

(1) A public petition from residents of Argyll and Bute relating to Royal Bank of Scotland closure in Inveraray was presented and read by Brendan O'Hara.

(2) A public petition from residents of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey relating to Royal Bank of Scotland closure in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was presented and read by Drew Hendry.

10Adjournment

Subject: Air quality and shore-to-ship charging (Dr Alan Whitehead)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mims Davies.)

Adjourned at 5.29 pm until Monday 16 April 

(Resolution, 10 October 2017).

Other Proceedings

Lords Messages

11Joint Committee on the draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill

The Lords communicate that they have come to the following resolution to which they desire the agreement of the Commons—

That it is expedient that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill presented to both Houses on 14 September 2017 (Cm. 9497), and that the committee should report on the draft Bill by 24 July.

General Committees: Reports

12Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Virendra Sharma (Chair) reported the Draft Companies (Disclosure of Address) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

Reports from Select Committees

13Exiting the European Union (Committee on)

The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 935) (Hilary Benn).

14Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) HMRC’s performance 2016–17: Written evidence, to be published (HC 456);

(2) Modernising the Disclosure and Barring Service: Written evidence, to be published (HC 695);

(3) Renewable Heat Incentive in Great Britain: Written evidence, to be published (HC 696)

(Meg Hillier).

John Bercow

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Liaison Committee business (Standing Order No 10(7))

1Implications of Brexit for the justice system

Resolved, That this House has considered the Ninth Report of the Justice Committee, Session 2016-17, Implications of Brexit for the justice system, HC 750, and the Government response, HC 651.—(Robert Neill.)

2DfID's work on education: Leaving no-one behind?

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the First Report of the International Development Committee, DfID's work on education: Leaving no-one behind?, HC 367, and the Government response, HC 914.—(Stephen Twigg.)

At 4.30 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Monday 16 April

(Resolution, 10 October 2017).

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Environmental Protection

Draft Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark)

2International Immunities and Privileges

Draft European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere and the European Space Agency (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

3Local Government

(1) Draft Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

(2) draft Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

(3) draft Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

(4) draft Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

4Criminal Law

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 447), dated 28 March 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Amber Rudd)

5Rating and Valuation

Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 425), dated 27 March 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

Other papers

6Armed Forces

Inspection of the Royal Military Police's investigations into overseas deaths (by Act) (Secretary Gavin Williamson)

7Constitutional Reform and Governance

Report by the Government Actuary on the Valuation of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund as at 1 April 2017 (by Act), to be printed (HC 889) (Clerk of the House)

8Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

(1) Report, entitled Building an S4C for the future (by Command) (Cm. 9589) (Secretary Matt Hancock)

(2) Government Response to the S4C independent review ‘Building an S4C for the future’ (by Command) (Cm. 9590) (Secretary Matt Hancock)

9Energy

Business Plan of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, April 2018-March 2021 (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

10Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Competition and Markets Authority Annual Plan 2018–19 (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

11Higher Education and Research

(1) Regulatory Notice 2: regulation up to 31 July 2019 of providers that were previously funded by HEFCE (by Act) (Sam Gyimah)

(2) Regulatory Notice 3: regulation up to 31 July 2019 of providers currently designated for student support by the Secretary of State (by Act) (Sam Gyimah)

(3) Regulatory Notice 4: regulation of newly registered providers of student support up to 31 July 2019 (by Act) (Sam Gyimah)

Withdrawn papers

12International Immunities and Privileges

Draft European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2017 (laid 28 February)

CORRECTIONS

Tuesday 12 December 2017

The following should have appeared after item 12:

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Fake news: Part of written evidence, to be published (HC 363) (Damian Collins).

 

Tuesday 27 March 2018

Item 17(1) (Defence Committee) should have read as follows:

Rash or Rational? North Korea and the threat it poses: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 327)

In item 24 (Justice Committee), item 24(6) should not have appeared.