House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
17 April 2018
No. 122
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
2Prisons (Substance Testing): 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 substance testing in prisons and similar institutions;
That Bim Afolami, Gareth Snell, Nicky Morgan, Ben Bradley, Priti Patel, Gillian Keegan, Mr Simon Clarke, Vicky Ford, Sir Henry Bellingham, Lee Rowley, Alex Burghart and Leo Docherty present the Bill.
Bim Afolami accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 6 July, and to be printed (Bill 195).
3Emergency Debate (Standing Order No. 24)
Parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British forces overseas
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered Parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British Forces overseas.—(Jeremy Corbyn.)
The Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question again proposed.
Mr Nicholas Brown claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).
Question put, That the Question be now put.
Question agreed to.
Main Question put.
The House divided.
Division No. 137.
Ayes: 317 (Tellers: Mims Davies, Kelly Tolhurst).
Noes: 256 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Vicky Foxcroft).
Question accordingly agreed to.
Resolved, That this House has considered Parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British Forces overseas.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered anti-semitism.—(Secretary Sajid Javid.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered anti-semitism.
5Joint Committee on the Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill
Resolved, That this House concurs with the Lords Message of 29 March, 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 Thursday 14 September 2017 (Cm. 9497).
Ordered, That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with a committee to be appointed by the Lords for this purpose.
That the Committee should report by Tuesday 24 July.
That the Committee shall have power:
(i) to send for persons, papers and records;
(ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
(iii) to report from time to time;
(iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and
(v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.
That the quorum of the Committee shall be two.
That Mr Bernard Jenkin, Mr David Jones, Diana Johnson, Andrew Selous, Dr Philippa Whitford and Dr Paul Williams be members of the Committee.—(Kelly Tolhurst.)
6Select Committee Chairs (Term Limits)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House approves the Fourth Report of the Procedure Committee, Term limits for select committee chairs in the 2017 Parliament, HC 816; and accordingly that for the remainder of the present Parliament Standing Order No. 122A (Term limits for chairs of select committees) shall be read as if the word ‘ten’ were substituted for the word ‘eight’ in the text of that Order.—(Kelly Tolhurst.)
Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).
A public petition from residents of Scunthorpe and the wider North Lincolnshire area relating to proposal to sell Quibell Fields was presented and read by Nic Dakin.
Subject: Livestock worrying in Sussex (Lloyd Russell-Moyle)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Kelly Tolhurst.)
Adjourned at 7.29 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Reports from Select Committees
Determination of business to be taken on 26 April in the Chamber and 26 April in Westminster Hall with Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 17 April to be published (Ian Mearns).
10Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
(1) Leaving the EU: implications for the processed food and drink industry: Seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 381);
(2) A framework for modern employment: Government Response to the First Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee: Eighth Special Report, to be printed (HC 966);
(3) Corporate governance: delivering on fair pay: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 928);
(4) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the work of the Department: Written evidence, to be published (HC 604);
(5) Leaving the EU: implications for the pharmaceuticals industry: Written evidence, to be published (HC 382)
(Rachel Reeves).
(1) Modernising Defence Programme: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 818);
(2) Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2017: Written evidence, to be published (HC 707);
(3) Correspondence with the Economic Secretary, HM Treasury relating to EN+ listing: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Minister for Defence Procurement relating to the F-35 Lightning Programme: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Defence relating to the rank composition of the Armed Forces: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Departmental Priorities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 814)
(Dr Julian Lewis).
12Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) Fake news: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 363);
(2) Sport governance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 320);
(3) The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written evidence, to be published (HC 361)
(Damian Collins).
(1) Alternative provision: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 342);
(2) The quality of apprenticeships and skills training: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 344);
(3) Accountability hearings: Written evidence, to be published (HC 341)
(Robert Halfon).
(1) Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK: Government Response to the Third Report of the Committee: Sixth Special Report, to be printed (HC 983);
(2) Russian corruption and the UK: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 932);
(3) China and the international rules-based system: Written evidence, to be published (HC 612);
(4) Correspondence from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, relating to Government responsibilities for international crime: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the High Commissioner of Barbados, relating to the situation facing some elderly Commonwealth-born residents in the UK: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Oral evidence from the Foreign Secretary, March 2018: Written evidence, to be published (HC 538)
(Tom Tugendhat).
15Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Private rented sector: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 440);
(2) Business rates retention:
(i) Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 552);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 552);
(3) Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Property in Common Occupation) Bill:
(i) Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 943);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 943);
(4) Correspondence from Len Duvall AM, London Assembly, relating to Brexit and local government: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Housing relating to the Government’s housing priorities: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the Minister for Local Government relating to Approved Document B: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Land Value Capture: Written evidence, to be published (HC 766);
(8) Long term funding of adult social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 768)
(Clive Betts).
Correspondence to the Home Secretary regarding Windrush children: Written evidence, to be published (Yvette Cooper).
(1) HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on HMP Liverpool: Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Committee: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 967);
(2) Transforming rehabilitation: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 482);
(3) Correspondence with Dame Glenys Stacy, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, relating to decision to chair a review into farm inspection: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with David Green, Director, Serious Fraud Office, relating to the Serious Fraud Office’s use of expert witnesses and the process by which they are appointed: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with Dr Helen Phillips, Interim Chair, Legal Services Board, relating to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Justice, relating to the cessation of the National Careers Service in prisons: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, relating to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service new online civil claims pilot: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice, relating to the Civil Liability Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice, relating to the John Worboys Judicial Review: Written evidence, to be published;
(10) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice relating to training and mentoring for registered intermediaries: Written evidence, to be published;
(11) Work of the Ministry of Justice: Written evidence, to be published (HC 418)
(Robert Neill).
(1) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;
(2) List of closed e-petitions presented to the House, to be published;
(3) Online abuse and the experience of disabled people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 759)
(Helen Jones).
19Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) PHSO Annual Scrutiny 2016-17: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 492);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister for the Cabinet Office relating to lessons learned from the Chilcot Report: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Devolution and exiting the EU: Written evidence, to be published (HC 484);
(4) Safeguards for proper Government decision-making: Written evidence, to be published (HC 854)
(Mr Bernard Jenkin).
20Science and Technology Committee
(1) Genomics and genome-editing in the NHS: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 349);
(2) Evidence-based early years intervention: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 506);
(3) Biometrics Strategy and Forensic Services: Written evidence, to be published (HC 800);
(4) Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister of State for Countering Extremism regarding Biometrics Strategy and Forensic Services: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) E-cigarettes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 505);
(6) Energy drinks: Written evidence, to be published (HC 821);
(7) Quantum technologies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 820)
(Norman Lamb).
Digital connectivity in Scotland: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 654) (Pete Wishart).
(1) Tax avoidance and evasion: Oral evidence taken before the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC 934);
(2) Correspondence from the Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility relating to European Commission infraction proceedings: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company relating to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2017-19, Student Loans: Written evidence, to be published (HC 478);
(4) Correspondence with the Chief Executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service relating to the internal investigation into the Financial Ombudsman Service: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) SME Finance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 805);
(6) The UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: Written evidence, to be published (HC 473)
(Nicky Morgan).
(1) Prison provision in Wales: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 742);
(2) The cancellation of rail electrification in South Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 403)
(David T. C. Davies).
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of reducing fly-tipping.—(Neil Parish.)
At 11.00 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
Resolved, That this House has considered health services in Essex.—(Priti Patel.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.26 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Effect of the UK leaving the EU on tourism and the creative industries
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effect of the UK leaving the EU on tourism and the creative industries.—(Christine Jardine.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.55 pm and 4.10 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Question again proposed.
At 4.15 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
4Sale of energy drinks to children
Resolved, That this House has considered the sale of energy drinks to children.—(Anna Turley.)
5Future trade remedies after the UK leaves the EU
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered future trade remedies after the UK leaves the EU.—(Jack Brereton.)
At 5.45 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.45 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Capital Allowances (Designated Assisted Areas and Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 485), dated 16 April 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)
(1) Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 483), dated 16 April 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)
(2) Export (Penalty) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 484), dated 16 April 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)
Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 482), dated 16 April 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark)
4Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Statute, dated 28 November 2017, made by the Governing Body of Christ’s College in the University of Cambridge, amending the existing Statutes of the College (by Act) with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Damien Hinds)
Other papers
Ensuring sufficient skilled military personnel (by Act), to be printed (HC 947) (Clerk of the House)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATE
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 instrument relates exclusively
to England and Wales and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports (Amendment) Regulations 2018
CORRECTION
Monday 16 April 2018
Item 14 should have read:
14 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Fake news: Written evidence, to be published (HC 363) (Order made in the adjournment (Standing Order No. 137)) (Clerk of the House).
After item 14, the following item should have appeared:
15 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Fake news: Written evidence, to be published (HC 363) (Damian Collins).