House of Commons
Session 2017-19
Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 16 October 2018
No. 189
Corrected 12 November 2018
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2Urgent Questions: (1) Universal Credit (Alok Sharma)
(2) Clinical waste incineration (Stephen Barclay)
(3) Bullying and harassment in the House of Commons: Cox report (Leader of the House)
3Cold Weather Payments: 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 Secretary of State to report annually on the representativeness in respect of relevant postcode districts of weather stations designated for the purpose of calculating cold weather payments and to conduct a study of alternative methods of calculating cold weather in each postcode district; and for connected purposes;
That Hywel Williams, Debbie Abrahams, Neil Gray, Mr Alistair Carmichael, Jim Shannon, Caroline Lucas, Dr David Drew, Albert Owen, Douglas Chapman, Liz Saville Roberts, Jonathan Edwards and Ben Lake present the Bill.
Hywel Williams accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 23 November, and to be printed (Bill 273).
4Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill: Programme (No. 2)
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 23 April 2018 (Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill (Programme)):
Consideration of Lords Amendments
(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement at today’s sitting.
Subsequent stages
(2) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.
(3) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.—(Wendy Morton.)
Question agreed to.
5Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendment
Lords Amendment 1 agreed to.
6Overseas Electors Bill: Money
Motion made and Question proposed, That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Overseas Electors Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.—(Chloe Smith.)
Amendment proposed, in line 2, to leave out 'any increase' and insert 'an increase not exceeding £10,000 in any financial year prior to the financial year after the financial year in which a Minister of the Crown lays before the House of Commons a report on the expected increases arising from the Act and any increase thereafter'.—(Jo Platt.)
Three-quarters of an hour after the commencement of proceedings on the motion, the debate was interrupted (Standing Order No. 52(1)(b)).
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The House divided.
Division No. 241.
Ayes: 259 (Tellers: Stephanie Peacock, Nick Smith)
Noes: 296 (Tellers: Wendy Morton, Mims Davies)
Question accordingly negatived.
Main Question put.
The House divided.
Division No. 242.
Ayes: 308 (Tellers: Wendy Morton, Mims Davies)
Noes: 260 (Tellers: Nick Smith, Stephanie Peacock)
Question accordingly agreed to.
The House proceeded to consider Private Business set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Orders of 9, 10 and 11 October).
(1) University of London Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time and committed.
(2) Middle Level Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments
Lords Amendments 1 to 20 agreed to.
8Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendment of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 28 June, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 28 June, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 10 July, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
(4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 16 July, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
(5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 July, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
(6) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 23 July, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.)
Question agreed to.
Subject: Childhood obesity (Ms Nadine Dorries)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Milling.)
Adjourned at 7.31 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 26 October, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 23 November.
General Committees: Reports
11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
David Hanson (Chair) reported the draft Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 and the draft Tees Valley Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) 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).
12Overseas Electors Bill Committee
Chair: Siobhain McDonagh
13Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018)
Members: Sir Greg Knight discharged and Mr Ranil Jayawardena nominated in substitution.
14Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendments Relating to Flexible Working) Regulations 2018)
Members: Chris Elmore discharged and Jeff Smith nominated in substitution.
Reports from Select Committees
15Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on 25 October and 1 November in Westminster Hall with Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 16 October, to be published (Ian Mearns).
16Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
(1) Electric vehicles: driving the transition: Fourteenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 383);
(2) Corporate Governance: delivering on fair pay: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 928)
(Rachel Reeves).
17Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The social impact of participation in culture and sport: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 734) (Damian Collins).
(1) Fourth industrial revolution: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1007);
(2) Nursing apprenticeships: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1017);
(3) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 968)
(Robert Halfon).
19Environmental Audit Committee
(1) Sustainable seas: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1543);
(2) Sustainable Development Goals in the UK follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1491);
(3) Sustainable fashion: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1148)
(Mary Creagh).
20European Statutory Instruments Committee
Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1607) (Sir Patrick McLoughlin).
(1)The future of the UK’s Overseas Territories: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1464);
(2) Global Britain: FCO skills: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1254);
(3) Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to human rights in Egypt: Written evidence, to be published
(Tom Tugendhat).
22Health and Social Care Committee
(1) Patient safety and gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1582);
(2) Antimicrobial resistance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 962);
(3) Correspondence with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regarding metal-on-metal implants: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State regarding standards in private care: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Prison health: Written evidence, to be published (HC 963);
(6) Work of the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published (HC 523)
(Dr Sarah Wollaston).
(1) Serious violence: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1016);
(2) Domestic abuse: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1015);
(3) Modern slavery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1460);
(4) Policing for the future: Written evidence, to be published (HC 515)
(Yvette Cooper).
24International Development Committee
UK aid for combating climate change: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1432) (Stephen Twigg).
25Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Brexit and Northern Ireland: Agriculture: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 939) (Dr Andrew Murrison)
(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
(Helen Jones).
27Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) Strategic leadership in the Civil Service: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1536);
(2) The role of Parliament in the UK Constitution: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1472)
(Sir Bernard Jenkin).
28Science and Technology Committee
(1) Flu vaccination programme in England: Ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 853);
(2) An immigration system that works for science and innovation: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2017–19: Ninth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1661);
(3) Impact of social media and screen-use on young people’s health: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 822);
(4) Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1453);
(5) Digital government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1455);
(6) Energy drinks: Written evidence, to be published (HC 821)
(Norman Lamb).
(1) Consumers’ access to financial services: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1642);
(2) Independent review of the Financial Ombudsman Service: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1400);
(3) RBS’ Global Restructuring Group and its treatment of SMEs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 737)
(Nicky Morgan).
(1) Brexit: priorities for Welsh agriculture: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2017–19: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 1602);
(2) Brexit, trade and customs: implications for Wales: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1444);
(3) Renewable energy in Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1445);
(4) Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 680)
(David T. C. Davies).
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
1Reducing stigma around eating disorders
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered reducing stigma around eating disorders.—(Wera Hobhouse.)
At 11.00 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
2Step-free access at stations in Battersea
Resolved, That this House has considered step-free access at stations in Battersea.—(Marsha De Cordova.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.24 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
Resolved, That this House has considered road safety.—(Jack Brereton.)
Resolved, That this House has considered housing and home ownership.—(Neil O'Brien.)
5Closures of RAF Scampton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the closures of RAF Scampton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse.—(Karen Lee.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.59 pm and 5.25 pm for divisions in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the closures of RAF Scampton and RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.47 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers presented or laid upon the Table
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Draft Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(2) draft Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(3) draft Leeds (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(4) draft South Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(5) draft Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
Proposed alterations to Highway Code Rules 149, 150, 160 and 239 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)
Other papers
Report of Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations Exemption Orders for 2017 (by Act) (Secretary Chris Grayling)
Report and Accounts of the Security Industry Authority for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1643) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
5Social Security Administration
National Insurance Fund Account for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1603) (Clerk of the House)
6Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland)
Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund Account for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1604) (Clerk of the House)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Proposed Amended Text to Highway Code Rules 149, 150, 160 and 239 (laid 9 October)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83O, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion and in accordance with Standing Order No. 83O(2), the Lords Amendment to the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83J.