House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 14 February 2019

No. 253

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

2Business Question (Leader of the House)

3Business of the House (Today)

Ordered, That, at this day’s sitting, the Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motion in the name of the Prime Minister relating to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU not later than 5.00pm; such questions shall include the questions on any amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; the questions may be put after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.—(Jo Churchill.)

4UK’s withdrawal from the EU

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement of 12 February 2019; reiterates its support for the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29 January 2019 and notes that discussions between the UK and the EU on the Northern Ireland backstop are ongoing.—(Secretary Stephen Barclay.)

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

Question again proposed. 

At 5.00 pm, the Speaker put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motion relating to the UK's withdrawal from the EU (Order, today).

Amendment (a) moved, in line 1, leave out from “House” to end and add “requires by 27 February 2019 a Minister of the Crown either (a) to move another motion under Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or (b) to make a written statement declaring that there is no longer an agreement in principle in the negotiations with the European Union and to move no later than that date an amendable motion on how the Government proposes to proceed.”.—(Jeremy Corbyn.)

Question put forthwith, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 331

Ayes: 306 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Jeff Smith)

Noes: 322 (Tellers: Jo Churchill, Paul Maynard)

Question accordingly negatived.

Amendment (i) moved, in line 1, leave out from “House” to end and add “requires that a Minister of the Crown immediately begin negotiations with the European Council to extend the period specified under Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union by no fewer than three months from 29 March 2019, and bring forward an appropriate amendment to section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to facilitate this change.”.—(Ian Blackford.)

Question put forthwith, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 332

Ayes: 93 (Tellers: Marion Fellows, David Linden)

Noes: 315 (Tellers: Jo Churchill, Paul Maynard)

Question accordingly negatived.

Main Question put forthwith.

The House divided.

Division No. 333

Ayes: 258 (Tellers: Jo Churchill, Paul Maynard)

Noes: 303 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Jeff Smith)

Question accordingly negatived. 

5Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]

Ordered, That the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords] be referred to a Second Reading Committee as if it had been so referred under the provisions of Standing Order No. 90(2).—(Wendy Morton.)

6Adjournment

Subject: Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (Stephanie Peacock)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Wendy Morton.)

Adjourned at 6.22 pm until Monday 18 February.

Other Proceedings

Explanatory Notes to Bills

7Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [HL]

Explanatory Notes to the Bill to be printed (Bill 294–EN).

General Committees: Reports

8Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee

Sir David Amess (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

9Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee

Ian Austin (Chair) reported the draft Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

10Sixteenth Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Nigel Evans (Chair) reported the draft Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

General Committees: Appointments

11Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Helen Whately discharged and Colin Clark nominated in substitution.

12Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Jonathan Reynolds and Jeff Smith discharged and Anneliese Dodds and Stephanie Peacock nominated in substitution.

13Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Official Listing of Securities Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Jonathan Reynolds and Jeff Smith discharged and Sir Alan Campbell and Anneliese Dodds nominated in substitution.

14Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards etc.) and Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Mrs Kemi Badenoch discharged and Stephen Kerr nominated in substitution.

15Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Mr Bob Seely discharged and Kevin Hollinrake nominated in substitution.

16Sixteenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Chris Philp discharged and Mrs Pauline Latham and Mr Steve Baker nominated in substitution.

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))

1Effect of Santander branch closures on local communities

Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of Santander branch closures on local communities.—(David Linden.)

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

Adjourned at 4.28 pm until Tuesday 19 February.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)

(1) Draft Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No.2) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Draft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

2Exiting the European Union (Animals)

(1) Draft Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Draft Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

3Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)

(1) Draft Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Draft Detergents (Safeguarding) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

4Exiting the European Union (Family Law)

Draft Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Gauke)

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

5Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)

Proposal for an instrument titled Food and Farming (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

6Exiting the European Union (Data Protection)

Proposal for an instrument titled Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Margot James)

Other papers

7Agricultural Marketing

Report on the British Wool Marketing Board Agricultural Marketing Scheme (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

8Banking

Report of the Bank of England's supervision of financial market infrastructures for the period 21 February 2018 to 14 February 2019 (by Act) (John Glen)

9Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Plan of the Competition and Markets Authority for 2019–20 (by Act) (Secretary Greg Clark)

10Exiting the European Union (Mediation)

Impact Assessment for the draft Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)

11Export and Investment Guarantees

Export Credits Guarantee Department (UK Export Finance) Return on Statutory Limits for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary Liam Fox)

12Intelligence and Security

(1) Government Response to the Annual Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee for 2017–18 (by Command) (CP 21) (The Prime Minister)

(2) Government Response to the Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on The 2017 Attacks: What needs to change? (by Command) (CP 22) (The Prime Minister)

CORRECTION

Wednesday 13 February 2019

The following should have appeared after item 33:

Exiting the European Union (Committee on)

(1) The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Oral evidence, to be published (HC372);

(2) Department for Exiting the European Union Supplementary Estimate 2018–19: Written evidence, to be published

(Hilary Benn).

 

Prepared 14 February 2019