House of Commons

House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday
26 November 2018

No. 212

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

2Statement: Leaving the EU (The Prime Minister)

3100 Year Anniversary of the Royal Air Force

Resolved, That this House has considered the 100 year anniversary of the Royal Air Force.—(Secretary Gavin Williamson.)

4Delegated Legislation (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority)

Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Andrea Leadsom relating to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority shall be treated as if it related to an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice has been given that the instrument be approved.—(Paul Maynard.)

5Joint Committee on the draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

Resolved, That this House concurs with the Lords Message of Tuesday 23 October, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill presented to both Houses on Thursday 18 October 2018 (Cm 9710).

Ordered, That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with a committee to be appointed by the Lords for this purpose;

That the Committee should report on the draft Bill by Thursday 28 March 2019;

That the Committee shall have power:
(i) to send for persons, papers and records;
(ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
(iii) to report from time to time;
(iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and
(v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That the quorum of the Committee shall be three; and

That Neil Gray, Meg Hillier, Mr David Jones, Sir Edward Leigh, Dame Caroline Spelman and Mark Tami be members of the Committee.—(Andrea Leadsom.)

6Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Ordered, That Kirstene Hair be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Chris Green be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

(2) Ordered, That Simon Hoare be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Jack Lopresti be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

(3) Ordered, That Kirstene Hair be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Anna Soubry be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

(4) Ordered, That Justin Tomlinson be discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee and Derek Thomas be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

7Adjournment

Subject: Government report on the College of West Anglia Football Academy at Worksop (John Mann)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Spencer.

Adjourned at 10.29 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

8Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 25 January 2019, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 1 February 2019.

General Committees: Reports

9First Delegated Legislation Committee

Ian Austin (Chair) reported the draft Deposit Guarantee Scheme and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 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).

10Finance (No. 3) Bill Programming Sub-Committee

Members: Anneliese Dodds, Peter Dowd, Vicky Ford, Gillian Keegan, Jeff Smith, Mel Stride and Craig Whittaker.

11Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Programming Sub-Committee

Members: Julie Cooper, Thangam Debbonaire, Stephen Hammond, Eddie Hughes, Justin Madders, Wendy Morton and Maggie Throup.

12First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Deposit Guarantee Scheme and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018)

Members: Huw Merriman discharged and Gillian Keegan nominated in substitution.

13Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Trade Barriers (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018)

Members: Sir David Evennett discharged and Damien Moore nominated in substitution.

14Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Government of Wales Act 2006 (Variation of Borrowing Power) Order 2018)

Members: Chris Davies, Mr John Hayes and Ian C Lucas discharged and Steve Double, Stephen Kerr and Stephen Kinnock nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

15Health and Social Care Committee

Impact of the Brexit withdrawal agreement on health and social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1757) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).

16Home Affairs Committee

(1) Asylum accommodation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1758);

(2) Government preparations for Brexit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1674)

(Yvette Cooper).

17Public Accounts (Committee of) 

(1) Local government spending: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1775);

(2) Care Quality Commission: regulating health and social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 465);

(3) Exiting the European Union: the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for International Trade: Written evidence, to be published, (HC 699);

(4) Government contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 897);

(5) Mental health services for children and young people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1593)

(Meg Hillier).

18Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

(1) Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2017-19: Pre-Appointment Hearings: Promoting Best Practice, and to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2017-19: Appointment of Lord Evans of Weardale as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life: Tenth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1773);

(2) The Government’s management of major projects: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1631)

(Sir Bernard Jenkin).

19Transport Committee

(1) Health of the bus market: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1425);

(2) Active travel: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1487);

(3) Local roads funding and governance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1486)

(Lilian Greenwood).

John Bercow

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 4:30 pm.

Debate on an e-petition (Standing Order No. 10(1)(a))

1Sale of fireworks to the public

Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 231147 relating to the sale of fireworks to the public.—(Helen Jones.)

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

Adjourned at 7.22 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Civil Aviation)

Draft Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

2Exiting the European Union (Customs)

(1) Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Guernsey) (EU Exit) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

(2) Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Isle of Man) (EU Exit) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

(3) Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Jersey) (EU Exit) Order 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

3Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 1227 ), dated 22 November 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

4Pensions

Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 1218), dated 22 November 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)

5Social Security

(1) State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 1219), dated 22 November 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)

(2) State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 1217), dated 22 November 2018 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)

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

6Exiting the European Union (Electronic Communications)

Proposal for an instrument titled Radio Spectrum (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Margot James)

7Exiting the European Union (European Union)

Proposal for an instrument titled European Institutions and Consular Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Chris Heaton-Harris)

8Exiting the European Union (Food)

Proposal for an instrument titled Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

9Exiting the European Union (Scientific Research)

Proposal for an instrument titled Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

Other papers

10Environmental Protection

Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

11European Union (Withdrawal)

(1) Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (by Act) (The Prime Minister)

(2) Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom (by Act) (The Prime Minister)

(3) Statement that political agreement has been reached between the European Union and the United Kingdom (by Act) (The Prime Minister)

12Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Report and Accounts of Located Property Limited for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1605) (Nick Gibb)

(2) Report and Accounts of BPDTS Ltd. for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1714) (Secretary Amber Rudd)

13Isle of Man

Commissioners of HM Revenue and Customs in Account with the Government of the Isle of Man for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1710) (Mel Stride)

14National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General HM Treasury and Cabinet Office: Improving government's planning and spending framework (by Act), to be printed (HC 1679) (Clerk of the House)

15Parliamentary Standards

First Report in 2018 from the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Appointment of an IPSA Board Member for 2018, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1706) (The Speaker)

CORRECTION

Wednesday 24 October 2018

Item 58(2) should have read:

(2) HMRC’s performance in 2017–18: Sixty-sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1526);

 

Prepared 26 November 2018