House of Commons
Session 2017-19
Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 2 April 2019
No. 282
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Yvette Cooper, supported by Sir Oliver Letwin, Hilary Benn, Dame Caroline Spelman, Jack Dromey, Alison McGovern, Mr Dominic Grieve, Clive Efford, Stephen Doughty, Norman Lamb, Ben Lake and Stewart Hosie, presented a Bill to make provision in connection with the period for negotiations for withdrawing from the European Union.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 371).
3Banknote Diversity: 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 Bank of England to meet standards for the representation of ethnic minority persons on banknotes; and for connected purposes;
That Mrs Helen Grant, Mrs Maria Miller, Janet Daby, Dame Caroline Spelman, Caroline Lucas, Eddie Hughes, Kate Green, Clive Lewis, Jeremy Lefroy, Preet Kaur Gill, Helen Whately and Rachel Maclean present the Bill.
Mrs Helen Grant accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 5 April, and to be printed (Bill 372).
Resolved, That this House
(i) approves the First Report from the Committee of Privileges (HC 1490); and
(ii) endorses the conclusions of the Committee in respect of the conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings that the evidence sought by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee from Mr Cummings was relevant to its inquiry and that his refusal to attend constituted a significant interference with the work of that Committee; concludes that Mr Cummings committed a contempt both by his refusal to obey the Committee's order to attend it and by his subsequent refusal to obey the House's Order of 7 June 2018; and therefore formally admonishes him for his conduct.—(Paul Maynard.)
5Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme (No. 2)
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 18 December 2018 (Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Programme):
Consideration of Lords Message
(1) Proceedings on the Lords Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement.
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.—(Jo Churchill.)
Question agreed to.
6Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]: Consideration of Lords Message
Resolved, That this House does not insist on Commons Amendment No. 1 to which the Lords have disagreed, disagrees to Lords Amendment No. 1B proposed instead of Commons Amendment No. 1 but proposes Amendment (a) to insert new Clause (Deprivation of liberty: code of practice) in lieu of the Lords Amendment.—(Caroline Dinenage.)
Resolved, That this House disagrees to Lords Amendment No. 25A proposed to Commons Amendment No. 25 but proposes Amendments (a) and (b) to Commons Amendment No. 25 in lieu of the Lords Amendment.—(Jo Churchill.)
7Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)
Motion made and Question put, That the draft Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 March, be approved.—(Kelly Tolhurst.)
The House divided.
Division No. 401.
Ayes: 277 (Tellers: Wendy Morton, Iain Stewart)
Noes: 41 (Tellers: Marion Fellows, Patrick Grady)
Question accordingly agreed to.
8Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Protecting against the Effects of Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 7 March, be approved.—(Iain Stewart.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 25 February, be approved.—(Iain Stewart.)
Question agreed to.
(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Heavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 26 February, be approved.—(Iain Stewart.)
Question agreed to.
(4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 4 March, be approved.—(Iain Stewart.)
Question agreed to.
(5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved.—(Iain Stewart.)
Question agreed to.
Subject: Reform of business rates (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Iain Stewart.)
Adjourned at 5.31 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
10Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill
The Lords agree to the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill without amendment.
General Committees: Reports
11Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Mr Laurence Robertson (Chair) reported the draft Electricity Capacity (No. 1) Regulations 2019.
Reports from Select Committees
(1) Global Islamist Terrorism: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 735);
(2) Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2018: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1899);
(3) Correspondence with the Minister for Defence Procurement relating to the replacement of the RAF’s Sentry aircraft: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Minister of State for the Armed Forces relating to the closure of Welbeck Defence College: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Mental Health and the Armed Forces, Part 2: The Provision of Care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1481);
(6) UK Response to Hybrid Threats: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1816)
(Dr Julian Lewis).
13Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) Immersive and addictive technologies: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1846);
(2) The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written evidence, to be published (HC 361)
(Damian Collins).
14Draft Domestic Abuse Bill Committee
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2075) (Mrs Maria Miller).
(1) Fourth industrial revolution: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1007);
(2) Knife crime: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2081)
(Robert Halfon).
16Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Environmental Audit Committee
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of Natural England: Government Response to the Twelfth Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Seventeenth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee: First Joint Special Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Environmental Audit Committee, being the Sixteenth Special Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Sixteenth Special Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, to be printed (HC 2096) (Neil Parish).
17Environmental Audit Committee
(1) Planetary health: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1803);
(2) Chemicals regulation after the UK has left the EU: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1769);
(3) Toxic chemicals: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1805);
(4) UK export finance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1804)
(Mary Creagh).
Global Britain: the future of UK sanctions policy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1703) (Tom Tugendhat).
19Health and Social Care Committee
(1) NHS Long-Term-Plan: legislative proposals: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 2000);
(2) Availability of Orkambi on the NHS: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1808);
(3) Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to NHS pensions: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to fracking: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1821);
(6) Food Standards Agency Supplementary Estimates 2018–19: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Sexual health: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1419)
(Dr Sarah Wollaston).
(1) Serious violence: Part of the oral evidence, to be published (HC 1016);
(2) Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to French sea marshals: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Modern slavery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1460)
(Yvette Cooper).
21International Development Committee
(1) Humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2093);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister of State relating to trade with CARIFORUM States: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published
(Stephen Twigg).
(1) Bailiffs: Enforcement of debt: Seventeenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1836);
(2) The work of the Solicitor General: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1837);
(3) Correspondence with Lord Keen of Elie QC relating to extending fixed recoverable costs in civil cases: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State relating to coronial investigation of still births: Written evidence, to be published
(Robert Neill).
The effectiveness and influence of the select committee system: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1860) (Dr Sarah Wollaston).
(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;
(3) Fireworks: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1929)
(Helen Jones).
25Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) Governance of statistics: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1820);
(2) The role of Parliament in the UK Constitution: Authorisation of military force: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1891);
(3) Work of the Cabinet Secretary: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1250)
(Sir Bernard Jenkin).
26Science and Technology Committee
(1) Technologies for meeting clean growth emissions reduction targets: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1454);
(2) Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1453);
(3) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to pre-appointment hearings: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) My Science Inquiry: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1716);
(5) Work of the Biometrics Commissioner and Forensic Science Regulator: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1970)
(Norman Lamb).
(1) Access to financial services: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1996);
(2) The future of Scottish agriculture post-Brexit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1637);
(3) The relationship between the UK and Scottish Governments: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1586);
(4) Use and misuse of drugs in Scotland: Part of written evidence, to be published (HC 1997)
(Pete Wishart).
(1) Economic crime: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 940);
(2) Correspondence from Economic Secretary to Treasury relating to the Co-Operative Bank: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Failure of London Capital & Finance: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Impact of business rates on business: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1944);
(5) National Savings and Investments Supplementary Estimates 2018–2019: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Government Actuary’s Department Supplementary Estimates 2018–2019: Written evidence, to be published
(Nicky Morgan).
John Bercow
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered further education funding.—(Richard Graham.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
At 11.00 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6))
2Effect of the tapered annual allowance on NHS pension scheme members
Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of the tapered annual allowance on NHS pension scheme members.—(Paul Masterton.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Youth inmates in solitary confinement
Resolved, That this House has considered youth inmates in solitary confinement.—(Emma Hardy.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.47 pm and 4.04 pm.
4Treatment for pancreatic cancer
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of treatment for pancreatic cancer.—(Nic Dakin.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.26 pm and 4.34 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of puppy smuggling.—(Nigel Huddleston.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of puppy smuggling.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.38 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
1Community Infrastructure Levy
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling)
Draft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rishi Sunak)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 769), dated 28 March 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)
Other papers
Government Response to the Seventh and Tweflth Reports from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2017–19, on The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill (by Command) (CP 80) (Secretary Matt Hancock)
HM Treasury Minute, dated 2 April 2019, concerning a contingent liability relating to the sale of NRAM Loans (by Command) (John Glen)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
Proxy Voting for Parental Absence
The Speaker has certified, under the terms of the temporary Standing Order on voting by proxy for parental absence and the Resolution of the House of 28 January 2019, that Darren Jones is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on his behalf, starting fromWednesday 3 April 2019 and finishing on Tuesday 16 April 2019. The nominated proxy is Kerry McCarthy.
CORRECTION
20 June 2018
Item 38 should have included:
( ) Pension freedoms: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth Report: Tenth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1231);