House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Friday 15 March 2019

No. 270

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Speaker's statement: Terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand

2Motion to sit in private 

Tim Loughton moved, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

Question negatived.

3Royal Assent

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

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019

Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019

Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019

Stalking Protection Act 2019

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019

Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019

4Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

Question proposed, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment 1.

At 11.00 am the proceedings were interrupted.

5Observation of a period of silence

At 11.00 am the House observed a minute’s silence in remembrance of the victims of the terrorist attacks which have occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand.

6Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments (resumed)

Lords Amendment 1 agreed to.

Lords Amendments 2 to 6 agreed to.

Title accordingly amended as follows: A Bill to make provision about the registration of marriage; to make provision for the extension of civil partnerships to couples not of the same sex; to make provision for a report on the registration of pregnancy loss; to make provision about the investigation of still-births; and for connected purposes.

7Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill (Report Stage): Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee

No Amendments on Consideration.

8Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time, and passed.

9Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (Report Stage): Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

No Amendments on Consideration.

10Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill: Third Reading

Mr Robert Goodwill signified Queen's consent, so far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned.

Bill read the third time, and passed.

11General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill

Motion made and Question proposed, That the General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill be now read a second time.

Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Bill withdrawn.

12Green Belt (Protection) Bill

Motion made, That the Green Belt (Protection) Bill be now read a second time.

At 2.30 pm proceedings were interrupted (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday, 5 April.

13Coastal Path (Definition) Bill

Order read, That the Coastal Path (Definition) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday, 5 April.

14Access to Fertility Services Bill

Order read, That the Access to Fertility Services Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

15Voter Registration (No. 2) Bill

Order read, That the Voter Registration (No. 2) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday, 5 April.

16Hospital (Parking Charges and Business Rates) Bill

Order read, That the Hospital (Parking Charges and Business Rates) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday, 5 April.

17Drone (Regulation) (No. 2) Bill

Order read, That the Drone (Regulation) (No. 2) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

18Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 2) Bill

Order read, That the Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 2) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

19Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [Lords]

Order read, That the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [Lords] be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

20Access to Welfare (Terminal Illness Definition) Bill

Order read, That the Access to Welfare (Terminal Illness Definition) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

21Forensic Science Regulator Bill

Order read, That the Forensic Science Regulator Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

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

22Adjournment

Subject: Funding for the Garden Bridge (Dr Rupa Huq)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.

Adjourned at 3.06 pm until Monday 18 March.

John Bercow

Speaker

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Customs)

Draft Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Liam Fox)

2Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)

Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 554), dated 13 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) and accompanying reports (by Act) (Sir Alan Duncan)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

3Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)

(1) Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 573), dated 14 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) and accompanying reports (by Act) (Sir Alan Duncan)

(2) Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 577), dated 14 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) and accompanying reports (by Act) (John Glen)

4Road Traffic

Transport Act 1985 (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 572), dated 7 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

5Social Security

Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Consequential Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 555), dated 12 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mel Stride)

6Spain No. 1 (2019)

International Agreement, done at London and Madrid on 4 March 2019, on Taxation and the Protection of Financial Interests Between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain regarding Gibraltar, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (CP 72) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

7Spain No. 2 (2019)

Agreement, done at Madrid on 21 January 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of Each Country Resident in the Territory of the Other, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (CP 71) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt)

8Transport

Port Services Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 575), dated 11 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)

Other papers

9Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Minute, dated 15 March 2019, concerning a contingent liability relating to any outstanding British Tourist Authority defined benefit pension scheme deficit (by Command) (Michael Ellis)

10Home Office

Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Home Affairs Select Committee, Session 2017–19, on Policing for the future (by Command) (CP 62) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

 

Prepared 15 March 2019