House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday
19 June 2018

No. 156

Corrected 31 July 2018

The House met at 11.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

2Observation of a period of silence

At 12 noon the House observed a minute’s silence to remember those who died or were affected by the attack outside the Finsbury Park Mosque one year ago.

3Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (resumed)

4Urgent Question: Glasgow School of Art (Secretary David Mundell)

5Statement: Cannabis-based medicines (Secretary Sajid Javid)

6House of Lords (Abolition and Replacement) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

Frank Field presented a Bill to abolish the House of Lords and make provision for its replacement by a Senate.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 26 October, and to be printed (Bill 230).

7Representation of the People (Gibraltar): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the representation of Gibraltar by a Member of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes;

That Craig Mackinlay, Sir Graham Brady, Maria Caulfield, Sir David Crausby, Tim Farron, Daniel Kawczynski, Priti Patel, Andrew Rosindell, Sammy Wilson and Nigel Dodds present the Bill.

Craig Mackinlay accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 26 October, and to be printed (Bill 231).

8Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (14th allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

(1) Confidence in the Secretary of State for Transport

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has no confidence in the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Member for Epsom and Ewell; notes the failed implementation of the May rail timetables which has left thousands of commuters without services and has drastically affected their everyday lives; believes Northern and Govia Thameslink Railway should have their franchises terminated; and regrets that the Secretary of State for Transport has failed to strategically manage and oversee the UK railway and take responsibility for his role in the crisis on England’s railways, whilst officials at other organisations have resigned and forgone bonuses.—(Andy McDonald.)

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

Question put.

The House divided.

Division No. 189.

Ayes: 285 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Vicky Foxcroft)

Noes: 305 (Tellers: Mims Davies, Kelly Tolhurst)

Question accordingly negatived.

(2) Committee stage of the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Motion made and Question proposed, That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 48 and the practice of the House relating to the authorisation of charges upon the public revenue, the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee has leave to consider the Clauses of the Bill and any new Clauses that may be proposed to it; but the Bill may not be reported from the Committee before this House has passed a Money Resolution, for which the Queen’s Recommendation has been signified, in relation to the Bill.—(Valerie Vaz.)

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. 190.

Ayes: 284 (Tellers: Vicky Foxcroft, Jeff Smith)

Noes: 299 (Tellers: Mims Davies, Kelly Tolhurst)

Question accordingly negatived.

9Delegated Legislation

Ordered, That the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Cooperation and Information Sharing) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 607), laid before this House on 23 May, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Rebecca Harris.)

10Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Double Taxation Relief (Mauritius) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 April, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Cyprus) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 30 April, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Question agreed to.

(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes C, E, F, and H) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 21 May, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Question agreed to.

11Adjournment

Subject: Complex regional pain syndrome (Ruth George)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.

Adjourned at 7.39 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

12Ivory Bill Committee

Mark Pritchard (Chair) reported:

(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and

(2) the Bill without Amendment.

Written evidence to be published.

Bill, not amended, to be considered tomorrow.

13Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Ian Paisley (Chair) reported the draft Official Statistics 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).

14Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee

Members: Melanie Onn discharged and John Healey nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

15Backbench Business Committee

Determination of business to be taken on 28 June in Westminster Hall with Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 June, to be published (Ian Mearns).

16Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

(1) Small businesses and productivity: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 807);

(2) Update on the Pubs Code Adjudicator: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1082)

(Mark Pawsey).

17Defence Committee

(1) Indispensable allies: US, NATO and UK Defence relations: Eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 387);

(2) Armed forces' and veterans' mental health: Written evidence, to be published (HC 813);

(3) Correspondence with the Minister for Defence Procurement relating to the Defence Fulfilment Centre in Donnington: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Correspondence with the Ministry of Defence relating to the Defence Fire and Rescue Project: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Statute of limitations – veterans' protection: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1224)

(Dr Julian Lewis).

18Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The social impact of participation in culture and sport: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 734) (Damian Collins).

19Education Committee

(1) School and college funding: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 969);

(2) Nursing apprenticeships: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1017);

(3) Value for money in higher education: Written evidence, to be published (HC 343)

(Robert Halfon).

20Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Environmental principles and governance consultation: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1062);

(2) Hand car washes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 981);

(3) Heatwaves: adapting to climate change: Written evidence, to be published (HC 826);

(4) The changing Arctic: Written evidence, to be published (HC 842) 

(Mary Creagh).

21Foreign Affairs Committee

(1) The FCO’s human rights work: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 874);

(2) Correspondence from the Permanent Under-Secretary of State relating to files loaned from the National Archives: Written evidence, to be published

(Tom Tugendhat).

22Health and Social Care Committee and Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Long term funding of adult social care:

(i) First Joint Report from the Health and Social Care and Housing, Communities and Local Government Committees, being the Ninth Report of the Health and Social Care Committee and the Seventh Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 768);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 768)

(Clive Betts).

23High 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).

24Home Affairs Committee

(1) Policing for the future: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 515);

(2) Hate crime and its violent consequences: Written evidence, to be published (HC 683) 

(Yvette Cooper).

25Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to Grenfell Tower: Written evidence, to be published (Clive Betts).

26International Development Committee

(1) Humanitarian situation in Gaza: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 953);

(2) Correspondence from the Department for International Development regarding conscription in Eritrea: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 840)

(Stephen Twigg).

27Justice Committee

(1) Transforming rehabilitation:

(i) Ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 482);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 482);

(2) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State relating to changes to the Lord Chancellor’s exceptional funding guidance for inquests: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Disclosure of evidence in criminal cases: Part of the written evidence, to be published (HC 859);

(4) Prison population 2022: planning for the future: Written evidence, to be published (HC 483)

(Robert Neill).

28Petitions Committee

(1) Online abuse and the experience of disabled people: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 759);

(2) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;

(3) List of closed e-petitions presented to the House, to be published

(Helen Jones). 

29Science and Technology Committee

(1) An immigration system that works for science and innovation: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1061);

(2) Evidence-based early years intervention: Written evidence, to be published (HC 506);

(3) Quantum technologies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 820)

(Norman Lamb).

30Transport Committee

Rail infrastructure investment: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 582) (Lilian Greenwood).

31Treasury Committee

(1) Economic crime: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 940);

(2) Bank of England inflation reports: Written evidence, to be published (HC 596);

(3) Correspondence from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury relating to the sale of RBS shares: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Correspondence from the Chief Executive of HMRC relating to the tax gap: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Digital currencies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 910);

(6) Securing the tax base: Written evidence, to be published (HC 911);

(7) Service disruption at TSB: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1009);

(8) SME finance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 805)

(Nicky Morgan).

32Welsh Affairs Committee

Prison provision in Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 742) (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))

1UK-Romanian relations

Resolved, That this House has considered UK-Romanian relations.—(Bob Blackman.)

2Rail services in Hassocks

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered rail services in Hassocks.—(Nick Herbert.)

At 11.30 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

The sitting was suspended between 11.30 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).

3The potential for geothermal energy resources in the UK

Resolved, That this House has considered the potential for geothermal energy resources in the UK.—(Helen Goodman.)

The sitting was suspended between 3.50 pm and 3.54 pm.

4Support for mortgage interest

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered support for mortgage interest.—(Angela Crawley.)

The sitting was suspended between 4.04 pm and 4.15 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

Resolved, That this House has considered support for mortgage interest.

5Proposal to dual the A120

Resolved, That this House has considered the proposal to dual the A120.—(James Cleverly.)

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

Adjourned at 5.27 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Banks and Banking

Banking Act 2009 (Fees) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 734), dated 18 June 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (John Glen)

Other papers

2Police

State of Policing: Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2017 by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary (by Act) (Clerk of the House)

3National Health Service

(1) Report and Accounts of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(2) Report and Accounts of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(3) Report and Accounts of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(4) Report and Accounts of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(5) Report, Quality Report and Accounts of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(6) Report, Quality Report and Accounts of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

(7) Report and Accounts of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

4Work and Pensions

Diseases with multiple known causes, occupational injuries, and medical assessment (by Command) (Cm. 9632) (Secretary Esther McVey)

Withdrawn papers

5Police

State of Policing: Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2017 by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary (laid 12 June)

SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES

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 is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.

Draft Higher Education (Transparency Condition and Financial Support) (England) Regulations 2018

 

Prepared 19 June 2018