House of Commons
Session 2017-19
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday
23 May 2018
No. 144
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Electoral Commission (Answer to Address)
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House, That the Address of 29 March, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Sarah Chambers as an Electoral Commissioner with effect from 31 March 2018 to 30 March 2022, was presented to Her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to comply with the request.
2Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for International Development
(2) the Prime Minister
3Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary James Brokenshire, supported by The Prime Minister, Mr David Lidington, Secretary Greg Clark, Secretary Michael Gove, Mel Stride, and Rishi Sunak presented a Bill to make provision for buildings used as nursery grounds to be exempt from non-domestic rates in England and Wales.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 214) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 214–EN).
4Ivory Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary Michael Gove, supported by The Prime Minister, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Boris Johnson, Secretary Penny Mordaunt, Secretary Matt Hancock, Andrea Leadsom and Dr Thérèse Coffey presented a Bill to prohibit dealing in ivory, and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 215) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 215–EN).
5Terminal Illness (Provision of Palliative Care and Support for Carers): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the provision of comprehensive palliative care to those with terminal illnesses, including adults over the age of 60; to require certain public bodies to co-operate with hospices in the provision of palliative care; to make provision for support for those caring for individuals with a terminal illness; and for connected purposes;
That Bambos Charalambous, Jo Platt, Emma Hardy, Tonia Antoniazzi, James Frith, Eleanor Smith, Laura Smith, Layla Moran, Dr Philippa Whitford, Dr Lisa Cameron, Jim Shannon and Will Quince present the Bill.
Bambos Charalambous accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 23 November, and to be printed (Bill 216).
6Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (12th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))
(1) Secretary of State for Transport's handling of the East Coast franchise
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House censures the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt hon Member for Epsom and Ewell, for his handling of the East Coast franchise and his proposal to re-privatise the route rather than operate it as a public sector operation; and calls on the Government to reduce his ministerial salary by £2,400 per year.—(Andy McDonald.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put.
The House divided.
Division No. 163.
Ayes: 271 (Tellers: Nic Dakin, Nick Smith)
Noes: 304 (Tellers: Amanda Milling, Paul Maynard)
Question accordingly negatived.
The Deputy Speaker reported that the Queen has signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Data Protection Act 2018
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
Smart Meters Act 2018
The Deputy Speaker announced the results of the Divisions which had been deferred to this day (Standing Order No. 41A).
(1) That the draft Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.
Division No. 159.
Members of the House (Standing Order No. 83Q(2))
Ayes: 298
Noes: 17
Members representing qualifying constituencies (England, Standing Order No. 83P(3)(b))
Ayes: 270
Noes: 14
Question accordingly agreed to.
(2) That the draft Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.
Division No. 160.
Members of the House (Standing Order No. 83Q(2))
Ayes: 298
Noes: 17
Members representing qualifying constituencies (England, Standing Order No. 83P(3)(b))
Ayes: 270
Noes: 14
Question accordingly agreed to.
(3) That the draft Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.
Division No. 161.
Members of the House (Standing Order No. 83Q(2))
Ayes: 293
Noes: 19
Members representing qualifying constituencies (England, Standing Order No. 83P(3)(b))
Ayes: 265
Noes: 16
Question accordingly agreed to.
(4) That the draft Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.
Division No. 162.
Members of the House (Standing Order No. 83Q(2))
Ayes: 294
Noes: 19
Members representing qualifying constituencies (England, Standing Order No. 83P(3)(b))
Ayes: 266
Noes: 16
Question accordingly agreed to.
9Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (12th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14)) (resumed)
(2) Outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS
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 Health and Social Care Committee: written submissions received by Ministers since 8 June 2017 on proposals for reform of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, on the creation of accountable care organisations in the NHS, and on the effect of outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS including the creation of wholly-owned subsidiary companies; and minutes of all discussions on those subjects between Ministers, civil servants and special advisers at the Department of Health and Social Care, HM Treasury and the Prime Minister’s Office.—(Jonathan Ashworth.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
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. 164.
Ayes: 230 (Tellers: Nic Dakin, Nick Smith)
Noes: 295 (Tellers: Amanda Milling, Paul Maynard)
Question accordingly negatived.
10Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 24 April, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
A public petition from residents of the constituency of Redditch relating to Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, Urgent Care Centre was presented and read by Rachel Maclean.
Subject: Closure of walk-in services at Accrington Victoria Hospital (Graham P Jones)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Milling.)
Adjourned at 7.37 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Private Business
13Private Bills Petitions: Report from Examiners (Standing Order 74 relating to Private Business)
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills laid upon the table by the Speaker, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords and referred after the First Reading, no Standing Order not previously inquired into is applicable:
University of London Bill [Lords].
Bill to be read a second time.
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).
14Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill Committee
Members: Mr Peter Bone, Chris Bryant, Sir Christopher Chope, Rosie Cooper, Philip Davies, Martyn Day, Jackie Doyle-Price, Kevin Foster, Kate Hoey, Justin Madders, Seema Malhotra, Tom Pursglove, Will Quince, Jim Shannon, Maggie Throup and Stephen Twigg.
(1) Chairs: Mr Peter Bone and Mr Virendra Sharma
(2) Members: Bim Afolami, Bob Blackman, Maria Caulfield, Chris Elmore, James Frith, Richard Graham, Helen Hayes, Sarah Jones, Andrew Lewer, Neil O’Brien, Melanie Onn, Chris Philp, Jo Stevens, Rishi Sunak, Kelly Tolhurst, Dr Paul Williams and Daniel Zeichner.
16First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) Order 2018 and the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Ukraine) Order 2018)
(1) Chair: Stewart Hosie
(2) Members: Adam Afriyie, Crispin Blunt, Chris Bryant, Anneliese Dodds, Richard Graham, Mr David Lammy, John Lamont, Shabana Mahmood, Scott Mann, Anne Marie Morris, Mr Barry Sheerman, Jeff Smith, Mel Stride, Alison Thewliss, Martin Vickers, Thelma Walker and Craig Whittaker.
17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 2016 and Wales Act 2017 (Onshore Petroleum) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018)
(1) Chair: Sir Henry Bellingham
(2) Members: Lucy Allan, Bob Blackman, Alan Brown, Bambos Charalambous, Colin Clark, Ann Clwyd, Stephen Crabb, Stephen Doughty, Hugh Gaffney, Rebecca Harris, Mr Alister Jack, Ian C. Lucas, Claire Perry, Mary Robinson, Nick Smith, Derek Thomas and Dr Alan Whitehead.
18Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations (S.I., 2018, No. 410) and the Detention Centre (Amendment) Rules 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 411))
(1) Chair: Mrs Madeleine Moon
(2) Members: Edward Argar, John Cryer, Nic Dakin, Kirstene Hair, Mr David Jones, Afzal Khan, Stuart C. McDonald, Craig Mackinlay, Seema Malhotra, Paul Maynard, James Morris, Caroline Nokes, Ms Marie Rimmer, Joan Ryan, Alec Shelbrooke, Chris Skidmore and Eleanor Smith.
Reports from Select Committees
19Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) The future for food, farming and the environment: Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 870);
(2) 2 Sisters and Standards in Poultry Processing: Food Standards Agency Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2017–19: Ninth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1070);
(3) Correspondence from the Competition and Markets Authority on the merger of Sainsburys and Asda: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Dangerous dogs: breed specific legislation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1040);
(5) Fur trade in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 823)
(Neil Parish).
20Environmental Audit Committee
(1) Greening Finance: embedding sustainability in financial decision making:
(i) Seventh Report, with an Appendix, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1063);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1063);
(2) Heatwaves: adapting to climate change: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 826);
(3) 25 Year Environment Plan: Written evidence, to be published (HC 803);
(4) Correspondence with the English Football Leagues on single use plastics: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Hand car washes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 981);
(6) Sustainable seas: Written evidence, to be published (HC 980);
(7) The changing Arctic: Written evidence, to be published (HC 842)
(Mary Creagh).
(1) Twenty-ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301-xxviii);
(2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301);
(3) Correspondence from Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom, relating to the BBC coverage of a European Scrutiny Committee Report: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from Olly Robbins relating to providing oral evidence: Written evidence, to be published
(Sir William Cash).
22Exiting 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).
23Health and Social Care Committee
(1) Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems:
(i) Seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 650);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 650);
(2) Childhood obesity: Eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 882);
(3) Nursing workforce: Written evidence, to be published (HC 353)
(Dr Sarah Wollaston).
24High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Select Committee on)
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 927) (James Duddridge).
25Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
(1) Proposal for a draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2018: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 926);
(2) Human rights: attitudes to enforcement: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 669)
(Ms Harriet Harman).
26International Development Committee
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s review on building resilience to natural disasters: Oral evidence taken before the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC 952) (Paul Scully).
27International Trade Committee
(1) Trade and the Commonwealth: Australia and New Zealand: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 521);
(2) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Trade Policy relating to the UK National Contact Point: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) The economic effects of trade policy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 931);
(4) Trade and the Commonwealth: developing countries: Written evidence, to be published (HC 667);
(5) UK Trade Remedies Authority: Written evidence, to be published (HC 743)
(Angus Brendan MacNeil).
Witness Gender Diversity: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1033) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).
29Science and Technology Committee
(1) Biometrics strategy and forensic services: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 800);
(2) Impact of social media and screen use on young people’s health: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 822)
(Norman Lamb).
30Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Twenty-fourth Report, to be printed (HC 542-xxiv) (Derek Twigg).
(1) The UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 473);
(2) SME finance: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 805);
(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Small Business and the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury relating to the Business Productivity Review: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the Small Business Research Initiative: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Household finances: income, saving and debt: Written evidence, to be published (HC 565);
(6) RBS’s Global Restructuring Group and its treatment of SMEs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 737)
(Nicky Morgan).
32Women and Equalities Committee
(1) The role of Minister for Women and Equalities and the place of the Government Equalities Office in government: Second Report, to be printed, with formal minutes relating to the report (HC 356);
(2) Race Disparity Audit: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the report (HC 562);
(3) Sexual harassment in the workplace: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 725);
(4) Correspondence from Director of the Government Equalities Office relating to workplace dress codes guidance: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Sexual harassment of women and girls in public places: Written evidence, to be published (HC 701)
(Mrs Maria Miller).
(1) Universal Credit rollout: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 336);
(2) Benefit sanctions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 955);
(3) Defined benefit pensions white paper: Written evidence, to be published (HC 956)
(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))
1Effect of police stop and search powers on BAME communities
Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of police stop and search powers on BAME communities.—(Naz Shah.)
2Role of local communities in the planning system
Resolved, That this House has considered the role of local communities in the planning system.—(Nicky Morgan.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
Resolved, That this House has considered UK relations with Qatar.—(Sir David Amess.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.00 pm and 4.15 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
4Effect of leaving the EU on the higher education sector in Wales
Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of leaving the EU on the higher education sector in Wales.—(Hywel Williams.)
5Government policy on new psychoactive substances
Resolved, That this House has considered Government policy on new psychoactive substances.—(David Hanson.)
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
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Cooperation and Information Sharing) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 607), dated 21 May 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Sam Gyimah)
Other papers
Government Response to the Second Report from the Education Select Committee, Session 2017–19, on the future of the Social Mobility Commission (by Command) (Cm. 9619) (Secretary Damian Hinds)
Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Health and Social Care Committee, Session 2017–19, on Brexit: medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin (by Command) (Cm. 9620) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)
Treasury Minutes on the Government response to the Twentieth to Thirtieth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2017–19 (by Command) (Cm. 9618) (Robert Jenrick)
Corrections
(1) Monday 21 May 2018
The following item should have appeared after item 16, in General Committees: Appointments:
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords] Committee (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Jo Churchill, Ruth George, Mr Robert Goodwill, Chris Green, Rachael Maskell, Jesse Norman and Stephanie Peacock.
(2) Tuesday 22 May 2018
In item 10, Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords], reference to Bill 199 should have read Bill 217.