House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
2 May 2018
No. 132
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Wales
(2) the Prime Minister
2Statement: Breast cancer screening (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)
3Tenant Fees Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary James Brokenshire, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr David Lidington, Secretary Sajid Javid, Secretary David Gauke, Secretary Greg Clark and Mrs Heather Wheeler presented a Bill to make provision prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken; to make provision about the payment of holding deposits; to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority; to amend the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents and the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 about client money protection schemes; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 203) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 203–EN).
4Victims of Terrorism (Pensions and Other Support): 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 support for victims who have been severely injured or bereaved as a result of acts of terrorism by an unconnected person or organisation in the United Kingdom; to establish a review of pension support for such victims; to require that review to make proposals for additional support taking account of the effects on occupational pension provision for such victims; and for connected purposes;
That Emma Little Pengelly, Kate Hoey, Andrew Bowie, Andrew Bridgen, Colin Clark, Faisal Rashid, Andrew Rosindell, Mr Laurence Robertson, Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Nigel Dodds, Ian Paisley and Gavin Robinson present the Bill.
Emma Little Pengelly accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 26 October, and to be printed (Bill 204).
5Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (10th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))
Windrush Generation
Motion made and Question proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that the following papers be provided to the Home Affairs Committee: all papers, correspondence and advice including emails and text messages, from 11 May 2010 up to and including 1 May 2018, to and between Ministers, senior officials and Special Advisers relating to policy decisions including on the Immigration Acts 2014 and 2016 with regard the Windrush generation cases, including deportations, detentions and refusal of re-entry, the setting of deportation and removal targets and their effect on the Windrush generation, and action taken within Government following the concerns raised by Caribbean Governments with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office including the original decision by the Prime Minister not to meet Caribbean Heads of Government and officials, and all copies of minutes and papers relating to the Cabinet’s Immigration Implementation Taskforce.—(Ms Diane Abbott.)
The Deputy Speaker announced the results of the Division which had been deferred to this day (Standing Order No. 41A).
That the draft First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) (Amendment) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 22nd February be approved.
Division No. 147
Aye: 315
Noes: 202
Question accordingly agreed to.
7Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (10th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14)) (resumed)
Question again proposed.
The Deputy 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. 148.
Ayes: 221 (Tellers: Nic Dakin, Thangam Debbonaire).
Noes: 316 (Tellers: Amanda Milling, Nigel Adams).
Question accordingly negatived.
8Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Landfill Tax (Disposals of Material) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 442) which was laid before this House on 28 March, be approved.—(Mark Spencer.)
Question agreed to.
(1) A public petition from residents of Ross, Skye and Lochaber relating to the Royal Bank of Scotland closure in Beauly was presented and read by Ian Blackford.
(2) A public petition from residents of Hyndburn relating to the proposed closure of Accrington Victoria NHS walk-in centre was presented and read by Graham P Jones.
Subject: Mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk (Dr Dan Poulter)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jo Churchill.)
Adjourned at 7.51 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
11Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]
The Lords agree without amendment to the amendments made by this House to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords].
General Committees: Reports
12Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Mark Pritchard (Chair) reported the draft West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 and the draft West Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018.
13Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Ian Austin (Chair) reported the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply Test) (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).
14Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee
Members: Lucy Allan, Mr Peter Bone, Bambos Charalambous, Colleen Fletcher, Kevin Foster, Mr Mark Harper, Afzal Khan, Ms Karen Lee, David Linden, Nigel Mills, Alex Norris, Ian Paisley, Cat Smith, Chloe Smith, Bob Stewart and Bill Wiggin.
15Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee
Members: Maria Caulfield, Rosie Duffield, Kevin Foster, Trudy Harrison, Eddie Hughes, Imran Hussain, Gillian Keegan, Julian Knight, Ms Karen Lee, Stephen Lloyd, Teresa Pearce, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Paul Scully, Andrew Selous, Karin Smyth, Rory Stewart and Mohammad Yasin.
16First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Child Safeguarding Practice Review and Relevant Agency (England) Regulations 2018)
(1) Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson
(2) Members: Jack Brereton, Alex Chalk, Colin Clark, Alex Cunningham, Colleen Fletcher, Mary Glindon, Mr Alister Jack, Mr David Jones, Stephen Kerr, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Amanda Milling, Damien Moore, Lisa Nandy, Jo Platt, Lucy Powell, Chuka Umunna and Nadhim Zahawi.
17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018)
(1) Chair: Sir Christopher Chope
(2) Members: Stuart Andrew, Tonia Antoniazzi, Ann Clwyd, Stephen Crabb, Glyn Davies, Leo Docherty, Chris Evans, Justine Greening, Simon Hart, Susan Elan Jones, Stephen Kinnock, Ben Lake, Nigel Mills, Jessica Morden, Chris Ruane, Andrew Stephenson and Mr John Whittingdale.
18Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Double Taxation Relief (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Order 2018, the draft Double Taxation Relief (Switzerland) Order 2018 and the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Uzbekistan) Order 2018)
(1) Chair: Stewart Hosie
(2) Members: Peter Aldous, Kirsty Blackman, Rosie Cooper, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Anneliese Dodds, Vicky Ford, Jeremy Lefroy, Alison McGovern, Craig Mackinlay, Scott Mann, Mr Mark Prisk, David Rutley, Angela Smith, Jeff Smith, Mel Stride, Thelma Walker and Matt Western.
19Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 and the draft East Suffolk (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018)
(1) Chair: Geraint Davies
(2) Members: Alex Burghart, Mr Simon Clarke, Chris Elmore, Jim Fitzpatrick, Caroline Flint, Jim McMahon, Stephen Morgan, Teresa Pearce, Andrew Percy, Jess Phillips, Chris Philp, Alec Shelbrooke, Chris Skidmore, Rishi Sunak, Sir Hugo Swire, Kelly Tolhurst and Dr Paul Williams.
20Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2018)
(1) Chair: Philip Davies
(2) Members: Joanna Cherry, Mr Philip Dunne, Clive Efford, Lucy Frazer, Bill Grant, Kirstene Hair, Mr Marcus Jones, Julian Knight, John Lamont, Conor McGinn, Amanda Milling, Fiona Onasanya, Yasmin Qureshi, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Andy Slaughter, Derek Twigg and Mr William Wragg.
Reports from Select Committees
21Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Fake news: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 363) (Damian Collins).
Education in the north: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 819) (Robert Halfon).
23Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) Performance of the Rural Payments Agency: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 887);
(2) Brexit: trade in food: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2017-19: Eighth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1021);
(3) The work and role of the Groceries Code Adjudicator: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 902);
(4) Work of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Health and Harmony: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 870);
(5) Fur trade in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 823);
(6) Main Estimates 2018-19: Water Services Regulation Authority; Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written evidence, to be published
(Neil Parish).
(1) Twenty-Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301-xxv);
(2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301)
(Sir William Cash).
25Exiting the European Union (Committee on)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 372) (Hilary Benn).
26Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
(1) Human Rights: attitudes to enforcement: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 669);
(2) Proposal for a draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2018: Written evidence, to be published (HC 926)
(Ms Harriet Harman).
27International Development Committee
(1)The Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s review on DFID’s approach to value for money in programme and portfolio management: Oral evidence taken before the Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, to be published (HC 951) (Paul Scully);
(2) Definition and administration of ODA: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 547);
(3) Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 840)
(Stephen Twigg).
28International Trade Committee
(1) UK Trade Remedies Authority:
(i) Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 743);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 743);
(2) Trade and the Commonwealth: developing countries: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 667);
(3) Department for International Trade Supplementary Estimate 2017-18: Written evidence, to be published
(Angus Brendan MacNeil).
29Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
(1) Brexit and Northern Ireland: fisheries: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 878);
(2) Brexit and Northern Ireland: agriculture: Written evidence, to be published (HC 939)
(Dr Andrew Murrison).
Exiting the European Union: scrutiny of delegated legislation: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 386) (Mr Charles Walker).
31Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Twenty-first Report, to be printed (HC 542-xxi) (Sir Robert Syms).
Service disruption at TSB: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1009) (Nicky Morgan).
33Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Sexual harassment of women and girls in public places: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 701);
(2) Older people and employment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 359);
(3) Sexual harassment in the workplace: Written evidence, to be published (HC 725);
(4) Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 360)
(Mrs Maria Miller).
(1) Universal Credit: supporting self-employment: Eleventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 997);
(2) Defined benefit pensions white paper: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 956);
(3) Carillion: Written evidence, to be published (HC 769);
(4) Defined benefit pension schemes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 579);
(5) Universal Credit rollout: Written evidence, to be published (HC 336)
(Frank Field).
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))
1Case for HPV vaccination for boys
Resolved, That this House has considered the case for HPV vaccination for boys.—(Sir Roger Gale.)
The sitting was suspended between 10.30 am and 11.00 am.
2Working conditions of prison officers
Resolved, That this House has considered the working conditions of prison officers.—(Gordon Henderson.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.28 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Government policy on reducing plastic waste in the marine environment
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered Government policy on reducing plastic waste in the marine environment.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered Government policy on reducing plastic waste in the marine environment.
4Ticket touting and musical events
Resolved, That this House has considered ticket touting and musical events.—(Pete Wishart.)
5Grandchildren's access right to their grandparents
Resolved, That this House has considered grandchildren's access right to their grandparents.—(Nigel Huddleston.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.26 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Other papers
Ministry of Defence Minute, dated 2 May 2018, concerning a contingent liability relating to Defence Equipment and Support contracts (by Command) (Secretary Gavin Williamson)
2Housing, Communities and Local Government
Government Response to the Third Report from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2017–19, on Pre-Legislative scrutiny of the draft Tenant Fees Bill (by Command) (Cm. 9610) (Secretary James Brokenshire)