House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 3 October 2019

No. 347

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

(2) the Attorney General

2Business Question (Leader of the House)

3Statement: Brexit negotiations (The Prime Minister)

4Backbench Business

(1) Women's mental health

Resolved, That this House notes with concern the rise in mental ill health among women, with one in five now experiencing common mental disorders and young women the most at-risk group; recognises that women’s mental health problems are often rooted in experiences of violence and abuse; believes that mental health services often fail to respond to women’s specific needs, including their experiences of trauma; calls on the Government to ensure that the gender- and trauma-informed principles of the Women’s Mental Health Taskforce are adopted by mental health services and that women’s mental health needs, including their experience of violence and abuse, are prioritised and taken seriously in all mental health policy, strategy and delivery.—(Wera Hobhouse.)

(2) The spending of the Ministry of Justice

Resolved, That this House has considered the spending of the Ministry of Justice.—(Robert Neill.)

5Public petitions

A public petition from residents of the United Kingdom relating to the rail link to Fleetwood was presented and read by Cat Smith.

6Adjournment

Subject: Taxi and private hire licensing reform (Wes Streeting)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Iain Stewart.

Adjourned at 5.29 pm until Monday 7 October.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

7First Delegated Legislation Committee

James Gray reported the draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 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).

8First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2019)

Members: Julian Knight and Lee Rowley discharged and Vicky Ford and Rachel Maclean nominated in substitution.

9Fifteenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019)

Members: Gareth Johnson discharged and Mr Shailesh Vara nominated in substitution.

10Twenty-third Delegated Legislation Committee (Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) Order 2019)

Members: Maria Caufield and John Mann discharged and Chris Green and Wes Streeting nominated in substitution.

11Twenty-fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019)

Members: Thangam Debbonaire discharged and Liz Twist 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))

1Sanctions policy and implementation

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of sanctions policy and implementation.—(Tom Tugendhat.)

The sitting was suspended between 2.31 pm and 3.00 pm.

Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))

2Regulating the internet of things

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of regulating the internet of things.—(Chi Onwurah.)

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

Adjourned at 4.29 pm until Monday 7 October.

Lindsay Hoyle

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Health Services)

Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1293), dated 2 October 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Edward Argar)

Other papers

2Government Trading Funds

Report and Accounts of The Patent Office for  2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 2630) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)

3Loans to Ireland

Report under section 2 of the Loans to Ireland Act 2010: 1 April 2019 – 30 September 2019 (by Act) (John Glen)

 

Prepared 3 October 2019