House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday
13 September 2018

No. 184

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Speaker's Statement: Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne

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

(2) the Minister for Women and Equalities

3Royal Assent

The Speaker reported that the Queen had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:

Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018

Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018

Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018

4Urgent Question: Bedford prison (Rory Stewart) 

5Statement: Scallop fishing in the Bay of Seine (George Eustice)

6Business Statement (Leader of the House)

7Proxy voting in the House of Commons

Resolved, That this House has considered proxy voting in the House of Commons.—(Andrea Leadsom.)

8Adjournment

Subject: Humanitarian situation in Burma (Catherine West)

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Freer.)

At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No.9(3)). 

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Freer.

Adjourned at 5.05 pm until Tuesday 9 October

(Resolution, 20 March 2018).

Other Proceedings

Reports from Select Committees

9Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

(1) Appointment of Mr Harry Rich as Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists:

(i) Eleventh Report, with appendices, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1249);

(ii) Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1249);

(2) Devolution and Exiting the EU: reconciling differences and building strong relationships: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session
2017-19
: Eighth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1574)

(Sir Bernard Jenkin).

10Welsh Affairs Committee

Renewable energy in Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1445) (David T. C. Davies).

11Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Independent review of building regulations: Written evidence, to be published (HC 555) (Clive Betts).

John Bercow

Speaker

 

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders Nos. 10(7) and 14(4))

1Deaf children's services

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered deaf children's services.—(Jim Fitzpatrick.

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 deaf children's services.

The sitting was suspended between 2.59 pm and 3.02 pm.

Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))

2Road safety around schools

Resolved, That this House has considered road safety around schools.—(Stephen Twigg.)

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

Adjourned at 4.20 pm until Tuesday 9 October

(Resolution, 20 March 2018).

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Road Traffic)

Draft International Road Transport Permits (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

2Exiting the European Union (Immigration)

Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 999), dated 12 September 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

3Public Service Pensions

Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 997), dated 10 September 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

4Road Traffic

Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 984), dated 5 September 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

Papers laid under paragraphs 3(3) and 17(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

5Exiting the European Union (Private International Law)

Proposal for an instrument titled Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) and an Impact Assessment (by command) (Lucy Frazer)

6Exiting the European Union (Private International Law)

Proposal for an instrument titled International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance 2007) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Lucy Frazer)

Other papers

7Energy

Statement of the Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Account 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1533) (Secretary Greg Clark)

8Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of English Sports Development Trust Limited for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 1046) (Tracey Crouch)

9Home Office

(1) Government Response to the Annual Report on the Operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2016 by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (by Command) (Cm. 9704) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

(2) Government Response to the report on the use of terrorism legislation following the Westminster Bridge Terrorist Attack by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (by Command) (Cm. 9705) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

10Intellectual Property

Promoting Innovation and Growth: The Intellectual Property Office at Work 2017–18 (by Act) (Mr Sam Gyimah)

11Intelligence and Security

Government Response to the Report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, on Diversity and Inclusion in the Intelligence Community (by Command) (Cm. 9696) (The Prime Minister)

12Justice

Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2017–19, on Enforcing Human Rights (by Command) (Cm. 9703) (Secretary David Gauke)

13National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd: Investigation into land and property acquisition for Phase One (London – West Midlands) of the High Speed 2 programme (by Act), to be printed (HC 1531) (Clerk of the House)

14Postal Services

Report and Financial Statements of Post Office Limited (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

15Water Industry

(1) Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Consumer Council for Water (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Memorandum of Understanding between the Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

CORRECTION

12 September 2018

(1) Item 28(1) should have read:

(1) Devolution and democracy in Northern Ireland – dealing with the deficit: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2017-19, Fifth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1589);

(2) Item 33(1) and (2) should have read:

(1) Appointment of Jill May to the Prudential Regulation Committee:

(i) Twentieth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1511);

(ii) Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1511);

(2) Appointment of Professor Julia Black to the Prudential Regulation Committee:

(i) Twenty-first Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1512);

(ii) Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1512);

 

Prepared 13 September 2018