House of Commons
Session 2017-19
Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday 4 September 2019
No. 339
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Wales
(2) the Prime Minister
2Statement: Spending Round 2019 (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)
3Compulsory Purchase and Planning: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to grant local authorities increased powers of compulsory purchase; to amend the law relating to land valuation and compensation; to make provision requiring landowners to fulfil conditions relating to planning permission; and for connected purposes;
That Emma Hardy, Mike Amesbury, Siobhain McDonagh, Bambos Charalambous, John Spellar, Steve Pound, Rosie Duffield, Vernon Coaker, Mrs Madeleine Moon, Debbie Abrahams and Catherine West present the Bill.
Emma Hardy accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 434).
4European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57 and Order, 3 September)
Hilary Benn, supported by Alistair Burt, Mr Philip Hammond, Mr David Gauke, Tom Brake, Stephen Gethins, Jonathan Edwards, Joan Ryan, Caroline Lucas, Chris Bryant, Stephen Doughty and Nick Boles, presented a Bill to make further 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 today, and to be printed (Bill 433) (Order, 3 September).
5European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill: Second Reading (Order, 3 September)
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time.
The Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
As it was 5.00 pm, the Speaker put the Question on Second Reading (Order, 3 September).
The House divided.
Division No. 440
Ayes: 329 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Nick Smith)
Noes: 300 (Tellers: Stuart Andrew, Iain Stewart)
Question accordingly agreed to.
Bill read a second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House (Order, 3 September).
6European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill: Committee of the whole House (Order, 3 September)
The House resolved itself into a Committee.
(In the Committee)
Clause 1 (Duties in connection with the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union)
Amendment 19 proposed.—(Richard Graham.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 441
Ayes: 65 (Tellers: Mark Garnier, George Hollingbery)
Noes: 495 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Nick Smith)
Question accordingly negatived.
As it was after 7.00 pm, the following Questions were put forthwith (Order, 3 September).
(1) That Amendment 6 be made (Question on an amendment selected by the Chair for separate decision).—(Stephen Kinnock.)
Question agreed to.
(2) That Clause 1, as amended, stand part of the Bill (Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded).
Question agreed to.
(3) That Clauses 2 to 5 stand part of the Bill (Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded).
Questions agreed to.
(4) That the Schedule be added to the Bill (Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded).
Question agreed to.
The occupant of the Chair left the Chair to report the Bill (Order, 3 September).
7European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill (Report Stage): Consideration of the Bill, as amended in Committee
No amendments on consideration.
8European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill: Third Reading
As it was after 7.00 pm, the Speaker put the Question on Third Reading (Order, 3 September).
The House divided.
Division No. 442
Ayes: 327 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Nick Smith)
Noes: 299 (Tellers: Stuart Andrew, Iain Stewart)
Question accordingly agreed to and Bill passed.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order 41A(3)), That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the motion in the name of the Prime Minister relating to an early parliamentary general election.—(Jeremy Quin.)
Question agreed to.
10Early parliamentary general election (Section 2, Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011)
Motion made and Question proposed, That there shall be an early parliamentary general election.—(The Prime Minister.)
As it was ninety minutes after the commencement of proceedings on the motion, the Speaker put the Question necessary to bring proceedings to conclusion (Standing Order No. 16(1)).
Question put.
The House divided.
Division No. 443
Ayes: 298 (Tellers: Stuart Andrew, Iain Stewart)
Noes: 56 (Tellers: Tom Brake, Jonathan Edwards)
Question accordingly agreed to, the number of Members voting in favour of the motion being fewer than two thirds of the number of seats in the House (including vacant seats).
11Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill: Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee
Order for Consideration read.
Consideration tomorrow.
12Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That Christopher Pincher, Mark Spencer and Craig Whittaker be discharged from the Selection Committee and Rebecca Harris, Amanda Milling and Iain Stewart be nominated.—(Jeremy Quin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
(1) A public petition from parents, carers, staff and pupils of Hollingwood Primary School relating to funding for Hollingwood Primary School was presented and read by Judith Cummins.
(2) A public petition from residents of the City of Glasgow relating to the dispute in Kashmir was presented and read by Alison Thewliss.
(3) A public petition from residents of Airdrie and its surrounding area relating to the dispute in Kashmir was presented and read by Neil Gray.
(4) A public petition from residents of the Sevenoaks constituency relating to GCSEs and dyslexia was presented and read by Sir Michael Fallon.
(5) A public petition from parents, carers, staff and pupils of St John's CE Primary School relating to funding for St John's CE Primary School was presented and read by Judith Cummins.
Subject: Treasury funding for the Department of Health and Social Care (Robert Halfon)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Nigel Huddleston.)
Adjourned at 10.18 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
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).
15First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)
Chair: Mr Virendra Sharma
16Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019)
Chair: Sir Edward Leigh
17Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Waste and Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)
Chair: David Hanson
18Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2019)
Chair: Ian Paisley
19Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Gas Tariffs Code (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)
Chair: Sir David Crausby
20Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2019)
Chair: Siobhain McDonagh
Reports from Select Committees
21Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) Reality TV: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2203);
(2) BBC Annual Report 2018–19 and TV licences for over-75s: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2432);
(3) Disinformation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2204);
(4) The future of the National Lottery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2598);
(5) The work of the Charity Commission: Written evidence, to be published (HC 839)
(Damian Collins).
22Environmental Audit Committee
Net zero government: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2156) (Mary Creagh).
(1) Seventy-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301-lxxi);
(2) Post-Brexit Scrutiny of EU Law and Policy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 2493);
(3) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301)
(Sir William Cash).
24Exiting the European Union (Committee on) Committee
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 372) (Hilary Benn).
(1) Global Britain and South America:
(i) Twentieth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1617);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1617);
(2) Media freedom is under attack: the FCO’s defence of an endangered liberty: Twenty-first Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1920);
(3) Fragmented and incoherent: the UK’s sanctions policy: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventeenth Report: Twenty-third Special Report, to be printed (HC 2642)
(Tom Tugendhat).
(1) Immigration detention: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report: Fifteenth Special Report, to be printed (HC 2602);
(2) Home Office preparations for Brexit: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 2612);
(3) Islamophobia: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1828);
(4) The Macpherson Report: twenty years on: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1829)
(Yvette Cooper).
27International Trade Committee
(1) Free ports: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2629);
(2) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to a trade continuity agreement with the Republic of Korea: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to guidance for businesses on trade with non-EU countries in a no-deal scenario: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to information on roll-over agreements: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to trade in services: Written evidence, to be published
(Angus Brendan MacNeil).
(1) Correspondence with the Legal Services Board relating to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice relating to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid for Separated Children) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Court and tribunal reforms: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1886);
(4) Prison governance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2128)
(Robert Neill).
29Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
(1) Changes to the Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme payments: Government Response to the Committee’s Eight Report: Ninth Special Report, to be printed (HC 2070);
(2) Consultation on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1095);
(3) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to historical institutional abuse legislation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2496)
(Simon Hoare).
30Science and Technology Committee
(1) Japanese knotweed in the built environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventeenth Report: Thirteenth Special Report, to be printed (HC 2600);
(2) Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1453);
(3) Clinical Trials Transparency: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1480);
(4) Commercial and recreational drone use in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2021);
(5) Commercial Genomics: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2020);
(6) Correspondence with the Chief Executive of Public Health England relating to the health effects of 5G: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Japanese knotweed in the built environment: Written evidence (HC 1702);
(8) Work of the Biometrics Commissioner and the Forensic Science Regulator: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1970);
(9) Work of the Chief Medical Officer: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2121)
(Norman Lamb).
Problem drug use in Scotland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1997) (Pete Wishart).
32Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Sixty-eighth Report, to be printed (HC 542-lxviii) (Jessica Morden).
33Statutory Instruments (Select Committee on)
Sixteenth Report, to be printed (HC 543-xvi) (Jessica Morden).
(1) Correspondence with the Chief Executive, Rail Delivery Group, relating to Eurail and Interrail pass schemes: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Minister of State relating to the cancellation of the South Eastern franchise competition: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary relating to the follow-up on the session with the Secretary of State and the Main Estimate 2019-20: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to the Department's preparations for leaving the EU: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Pavement parking: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1982);
(6) Road safety: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1980);
(7) Road safety: young and novice drivers: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2548);
(8) Trains fit for the future?: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1981)
(Lilian Greenwood).
(1) UK’s economic relationship with the European Union: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 473);
(2) Correspondence from the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority relating to measuring inflation: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the Retail Prices Index: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Lord Forsyth relating to the Retail Prices Index: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Decarbonisation and Green Finance—the economic opportunity: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2233)
(John Mann).
36Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Mental health of men and boys: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1721);
(2) Gender Sensitive Parliament Audit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2267);
(3) Health and social care in LGBT communities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1492);
(4) Tackling inequalities faced by the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 360)
(Mrs Maria Miller).
(1) School holiday poverty: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 2459);
(2) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to preparations for a potential future recession or economic shock: Written evidence to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence relating to the sale of the Wonga loan book: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence relating to the Tailored Review of the Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) and interim Chair of TPO: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the General Secretary, First Division Association, relating to the Chair’s letter to the DWP Permanent Secretary on remuneration of senior DWP officials: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence with the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work relating to Work and Health Programme data: Written evidence to be published;
(8) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to use of Kofax Capture software: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Defined benefit pension schemes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 579);
(10) Executive pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2268);
(11) Motability: Written evidence, to be published (HC 847);
(12) Spending review: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2169);
(13) Support for the bereaved: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2023);
(14) The work of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1790);
(15) Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 336);
(16) Universal Credit: In-work progression: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2024);
(17) Welfare policy in Northern Ireland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 2100)
(Frank Field).
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))
Resolved, That this House has considered artist visas.—(Deidre Brock.)
The sitting was suspended between 10.31 am and 11.00 am.
2Emissions from vessels on the River Thames
Resolved, That this House has considered emissions from vessels on the River Thames.—(Matthew Pennycook.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.28 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Teaching on LGBT community and acceptance in schools
Resolved, That this House has considered teaching on LGBT community and acceptance in schools.—(Daniel Kawczynski.)
4Use of suicide risk assessment tools in the NHS
Resolved, That this House has considered the use of suicide risk assessment tools in the NHS.—(Kevin Hollinrake.)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered policing in Staffordshire.—(Ruth Smeeth.)
The sitting was suspended between 5.00 pm and 5.15 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Resolved, That this House has considered policing in Staffordshire.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.42 pm until tomorrow.
Lindsay Hoyle
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
(1) Draft Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(2) Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) Order 2019, dated 3 September 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1210), dated 3 September 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Amendment) and Units of Measurement Regulations 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1211), dated 3 September 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
Other papers
Promoting Innovation and Growth: The Intellectual Property Office at Work 2018–19 (by Act) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts of the General Medical Council 2018 (by Act) (Secretary Matt Hancock)
Report on Northern Ireland Office Outcomes Delivery Plan for 2018–19 (by Command) (CP 165) (Secretary Julian Smith)
7Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc)
(1) Report Pursuant to Sections 3(1), 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 3(9) and 3(10) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(2) Report Pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(3) Report Pursuant to Section 3(12) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(4) Report Pursuant to Section 3(13) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(5) Report Pursuant to Section 3(14) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(6) Report Pursuant to Section 3(15) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
(7) Report Pursuant to Section 3(16) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Julian Smith)
Spending Round 2019 (by Command) (CP 170) (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
Proxy Voting for Parental Absence (Suspension of Proxy Vote)
The Speaker has certified, further to the certificate of 25 April 2019, that Chloe Smith has given notice that she wishes to suspend her proxy vote and vote in person in any division on the motion for an early general election under section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 on Thursday 5 September 2019.
The Speaker has certified, further to the certificate of 18 June 2019, that Suella Braverman has given notice that she wishes to suspend her proxy vote and vote in person in any division on the motion for an early general election under section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 on Thursday 5 September 2019.