Votes and Proceedings
Monday 11 March 2019

No. 266

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

2Urgent Questions: (1) EU Withdrawal Agreement: legal changes and timetable for approval (Mr Robin Walker)

(2) Shamima Begum and other cases (Secretary Sajid Javid)

3Statements: (1) Syria (Alistair Burt)

(2) Commonwealth Day (Harriett Baldwin)

4Online News Platforms (Regulation) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)

Damien Moore, supported by Eddie Hughes, Douglas Ross, Mrs Kemi Badenoch, Paul Masterton, Vicky Ford, Bill Grant, Ben Bradley, Esther McVey, Gillian Keegan, Luke Graham and Stephen Kerr, presented a Bill to regulate online news platforms; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 22 March, and to be printed (Bill 355).

5Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords] (Report Stage): Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee

No amendments on consideration.

6Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading

Bill read the third time and passed, without amendment.

7Statement: Brexit (Mr David Lidington)

8Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 22 January, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Gibraltar (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 7 February, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 23 January, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

(4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 24 January, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

(5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

(6) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 18 February, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

The Speaker’s opinion as to the decision of the Question was challenged.

Division deferred until Wednesday 13 March (Standing Order No. 41A).

9Changes to the membership of select committees

(1) Motion made and Question put, That Ian Austin and Mike Gapes be discharged from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Conor McGinn and Catherine West be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

(2) Motion made and Question put, That Dan Carden be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Gareth Snell be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

(3) Ordered, That Liz Saville Roberts be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Jonathan Edwards be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

10Adjournment

Subject: Location of national grid substations for offshore wind energy in the east of England (George Freeman)

Tuesday 12 March 2019

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Adjourned at 12.14 am until today.

Other Proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

11Immigration (Time Limit on Detention) Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

12Child Cruelty (Sentences) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

13Marriage and Civil Partnership (Consent) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

14Defibrillators (Availability) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

15House of Peers Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

16Gypsy and Traveller Communities (Housing, Planning and Education) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill withdrawn.

17Tyres (Buses and Coaches) Bill 

Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 22 March.

General Committees: Reports

18Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee

Mr Adrian Bailey (Chair) reported the Bill as amended.

Bill, as amended, to be considered on Friday 15 March; and to be printed (Bill 354).

19Second Delegated Legislation Committee

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Chair) reported the draft Mortgage Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the draft Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

20Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Ian Austin (Chair) reported the draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019.

21Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

David Hanson (Chair) reported the draft Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

22Eighteenth Delegated Legislation Committee

Philip Davies (Chair) reported the draft Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Central Securities Depositories (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

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).

23Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Mortgage Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the draft Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)

Members: Mr Steve Baker discharged and Chris Philp nominated in substitution.

24Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019)

Members: George Eustice and Chris Law discharged and Michael Fabricant and Alison Thewliss nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

25Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 11 March to be published (Sir Paul Beresford).

26Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill (Joint Committee on)

Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2009) (Peter Aldous).

27Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

(1) Leasehold Reform:

(i) Twelfth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1468);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1468);

(2) Funding of Local Authorities’ Children’s Services: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1638);

(3) Correspondence relating to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2016–17, Public parks: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Written evidence, to be published (HC 555);

(5) Modern methods of construction: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1831)

(Mr Clive Betts).

28Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Brexit and the UK border: further progress review:

(i) Eighty-sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1942);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1942);

(2) Disclosure and Barring Service: progress review: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2006);

(3) NAO Estimate 2019–20: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2034);

(4) Adult health screening: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1746);

(5) BBC and personal service companies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1522);

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

(Meg Hillier).

29Work and Pensions Committee

(1) Benefit freeze: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1983);

(2) Defined benefit pension schemes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 579);

(3) Introductory session with the new Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1790);   

(4) Pension auto-enrolment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1874);

(5) Pension costs and transparency: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1476);

(6) Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 336);

(7) Universal Credit: natural migration: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1884)

(Frank Field).

John Bercow

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 2.30 pm.

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

1Leaving the European Union

Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 239706 relating to leaving the European Union.—(Daniel Zeichner.)

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

Adjourned at 6.17 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 8 March under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Agriculture

(1) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 526), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

(2) Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 524), dated 7 March 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

2Exiting the European Union

Creative Europe Programme and Europe for Citizens Programme (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 447), dated 4 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jeremy Wright)

3Exiting the European Union (Customs)

(1) Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 514), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

(2) Taxation (Cross-border Trade) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 486), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

4Exiting the European Union (Family Proceedings)

Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 517), dated 7 March 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Gauke)

5Exiting the European Union (Local Government)

Local Audit (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 504), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)

6Exiting the European Union (Merchant Shipping)

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 509), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chris Grayling)

7Exiting the European Union (National Health Service)

National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 516), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment (by Command) (Stephen Hammond)

8Exiting the European Union (Public Service Pensions)

Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 502), dated 6 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nick Gibb)

9Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 411), dated 5 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sir Alan Duncan)

10Exiting the European Union (Sea Fisheries)

Sea Fish Licensing (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 523), dated 5 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

11Exiting the European Union (Senior Courts of England and Wales)

Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 521), dated 7 March 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Gauke)

12Exiting the European Union (Stamp Duty)

Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 515), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (John Glen)

13Exiting the European Union (Trade)

Bilateral Investment Agreements (Transitional Arrangements and Framework for Managing Financial Responsibility) (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 506), dated 7 March 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (George Hollingbery)

14Exiting the European Union (Transport)

Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 518), dated 7 March 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

15Exiting the European Union (Value Added Tax)

Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 513), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

16Income Tax

(1) Capital Allowances (Energy-saving Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 501), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Robert Jenrick)

(2) Capital Allowances (Environmentally Beneficial Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 499), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Robert Jenrick)

17Pensions

(1) Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 440), dated 4 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Tobias Ellwood)

(2) Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 420), dated 28 February 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Tobias Ellwood)

18Exiting the European Union (Wildlife)

Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 527), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

Other papers

19Exiting the European Union (Criminal Law)

Impact Assessment to the Draft Criminal Justice (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (laid 11 February) (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)

Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 11 March

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

20Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)

Draft Food and Farming (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

21Exiting the European Union (Animals)

Draft Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

22Exiting the European Union (Competition)

Draft State Aid (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

23Climate Change

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 528), dated 8 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Greg Clark)

24Criminal Law

Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 508), dated 6 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)

25National Health Service

National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 522), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Steve Brine)

26Public Service Pensions

Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 520), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Oliver Dowden)

27Social Security

Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 525), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Elizabeth Truss)

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

28Exiting the European Union (Public Passenger Transport)

Proposal for an instrument titled International Road Passenger Transport (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

Other papers

29Agriculture

Explanatory Memorandum to the Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 524) (laid 8 March) (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)

30Armed Forces

Report and Accounts of Greenwich Hospital and Travers Foundation for 2017–18, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1993) (Secretary Gavin Williamson )

31Exiting the European Union

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

(2) A paper entitled Statement that political agreement has been reached, including an Instrument relating to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Authority, a Declaration by Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the Northern Ireland Protocol and a Joint Statement supplementing the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (by Act) (The Prime Minister)

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

32Exiting the European Union (Legal Profession)

Impact Assessment on the draft Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (laid 12 February) (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke)

33Public Service Pensions

Report on proposed amendment to the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014 (by Act) (Oliver Dowden)

34Superannuation

Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2019 (by Act) (Oliver Dowden)

Withdrawn papers

35Agriculture

Explanatory Memorandum to the Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 524) (laid 8 March)

36Exiting the European Union (Competition)

Draft State Aid (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (laid 12 February)