Sessional Returns: Session 2016–17 Contents

4Private Bills and Private Business

Information and statistics relating to Private Bills, Private Business and Special Procedure Orders.3

A Private Bills, Private Business and Special Procedure Orders: General

Number of Private Bills:

    introduced into the House of Commons (including suspended and revived Bills)

2

    brought from the House of Lords (including suspended and revived Bills)

3

Number of Bills:

    confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons

0

    confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Lords

0

    for the confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 introduced into the House of Commons

0

    for the confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 brought from the House of Lords

0

Number of Hybrid Bills:

    introduced into the House of Commons (including suspended Bills)

0

    brought from the House of Lords (including suspended Bills)

13

Number of Special Procedure Orders:

    laid

0

    withdrawn

0

    annulled

0

    against which Petitions or copies of Petitions were deposited

0

Private Bills

Hybrid Bills

Bills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936

Total

Number of Bills which received the Royal Assent

2

1

0

3

Number of Bills passed in the Commons but not in the House of Lords

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills rejected in the House of Commons

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills rejected in Committee in the House of Commons

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills withdrawn or not proceeded with by parties in the House of Commons

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills suspended in the House of Commons

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills not passed by the Standing Orders Committee

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

2

1

0

3

Private Bills

Hybrid Bills

Bills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936

Total

Number of Bills reported by Committees on Opposed Bills

1

0

0

1

Number of Bills reported by other Committees

0

0

0

0

Number of Bills reported by Committees on Unopposed Bills

3

0

0

3

TOTAL

4

0

0

4

B Opposed Bill Committees

Title of Bill

Members of Committee

Days on which Committee sat

Days on which each Member served

First and Last sitting

Preamble proved or not proved (where applicable)

City of London Corporation (Open Spaces) Bill

Melanie Onn (Chair), Kevin Hollinrake, Julian Knight and Marie Rimmer

15 November 2016 and 22 February 2017

15 November 2016 (all Members)

22 February 2017 (Melanie Onn, Kevin Hollinrake and Julian Knight)

15 November 2016 and 22 February 2017

Proved

C Committee on Unopposed Bills

Number of Meetings: 3

1. The Members serving on the Committee on Unopposed Bills while it considered each Bill were as follows:

Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Bill [Lords]

Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)

Stephen Hammond

Imran Hussain

Claire Perry

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Charity Bill [Lords]

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mrs

Eleanor Laing)

Damian Collins

Stephen Hammond

Kelvin Hopkins

Imran Hussain

New Southgate Cemetery Bill [Lords]

Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)

Damian Collins

Stephen Hammond

Imran Hussain

Mike Wood

2. Total Attendances of Members of Unopposed Bill Committees

Names of Members

Total number of days on which each Member attended a meeting of an Unopposed Bill Committee

Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mrs Eleanor Laing)

Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Natascha Engel)

Damian Collins

Stephen Hammond

Kelvin Hopkins

Imran Hussain

Claire Perry

Mike Wood

2

1

0

2

3

0

3

1

0

Clerk: Joanna Dodd (until 13.11.2016), Georgina Holmes-Skelton (from 14.11.2016)

The Committee has the assistance of Speaker’s Counsel

D Court of Referees

Number of meetings: NIL

Names of Members

Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mrs Eleanor Laing)

Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Natascha Engel)

The remaining Members of the Court were not nominated in this Session.

Clerk: Matthew Hamlyn (until 31.10.2016), Colin Lee (from 01.11.2016)

Speaker’s Counsel (Mr Michael Carpenter (until 30.09.2016), Saira Salimi (from 10.10.2016))

E Standing Orders Committee

Number of meetings: NIL

Names of Members

Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mrs Eleanor Laing)

Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Natascha Engel)

Mr Steve Baker

Tom Blenkinsop

Geraint Davies

Marcus Fysh

Jessica Morden

Paul Scully

Julian Sturdy

Helen Whately

Clerk: Joanna Dodd (until 13.11.2016), Georgina Holmes-Skelton (from 14.11.2016)

The Committee has the assistance of Speaker’s Counsel

F Joint Committees

There were no Joint Committees


3 The High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill was brought back from the House of Lords on 1 February 2017 with Amendments for consideration by the House of Commons.




11 July 2017