House of Commons
Session 2019-20
Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 5 November 2019
No. 15
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2Urgent Question: Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia (Christopher Pincher)
3Statement: Thomas Cook customers (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
4Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 63(2), That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.—(Maggie Throup.)
Question agreed to.
Committee today.
5Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Committee of the whole House
The House resolved itself into a Committee (Order, today).
(In the Committee)
Clauses 1 to 34 agreed to.
Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to.
Bill to be reported, without Amendment.
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The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Maggie Throup reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made no Amendment.
6Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading
Bill read the third time and passed, without Amendment.
7Business of the House (Today)
Ordered, That, at this day’s sitting, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until he has reported the Royal Assent to any Act agreed upon by both Houses.—(Maggie Throup.)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming Dissolution.—(Maggie Throup.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question again proposed.
The Deputy Speaker reported that the Queen had signified Royal Assent to the following Act under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019
10Valedictory debate (resumed)
Resolved, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming Dissolution.
(1) A public petition from residents of the United Kingdom relating to human rights in Kashmir was presented and read by Holly Lynch.
(2) A public petition from residents of Congleton relating to works outstanding to the Loachbrook estate, Congleton was presented and read by Fiona Bruce.
(3) A public petition from residents of Truro and Falmouth relating to the naming of a Type 31e frigate as HMS Cornwall was presented and read by Sarah Newton.
(4) A public petition from residents of York relating to climate change was presented and read by Rachael Maskell.
(5) A public petition from residents of Walthamstow relating to the dispute in Kashmir was presented and read by Stella Creasy.
Subject: Provision for special educational needs and disabilities in Suffolk (Sandy Martin)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Leo Docherty.)
Adjourned at 7.35 pm.
Other Proceedings
Public petitions
(1) A public petition from residents of Erewash relating to Hillcrest Care Home was presented by Maggie Throup.
(2) A public petition from Kath Jones and Gwen Kingsley relating to the George Bryan Centre, Tamworth was presented.
Standing Orders (Public Business)
14Standing Orders (Public Business)
Ordered, That the Standing Orders relating to Public Business be printed (HC 314).
Reports from Select Committees
15Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
Thomas Cook: Written evidence, to be published (HC 39) (Rachel Reeves).
16Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) The future of English cricket: Written evidence, to be published (HC 73);
(2) The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written evidence, to be published (HC 71)
(Damian Collins).
17Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) Beef prices: Written evidence, to be published (HC 53);
(2) Environment Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 172);
(3) Puppy smuggling: Written evidence, to be published (HC 54)
(Neil Parish).
18Environmental Audit Committee
Net zero government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 89) (Mary Creagh).
19European Statutory Instruments Committee
Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (Sir Patrick McLoughlin).
(1) Freedom of religion and belief, and human rights defenders: Written evidence, to be published (HC 176);
(2) The UK and Iran’s regional role: Written evidence, to be published (HC 177)
(Tom Tugendhat).
(1) Correspondence from the Home Secretary: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Serious youth violence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 265)
(Yvette Cooper).
22Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
(1) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State relating to vulnerable British children in internally displaced persons camps in Syria and Iraq: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Democracy, freedom of expression and freedom of association: threats to MPs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 37);
(3) Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial Order) – Second Report: Written evidence, to be published (HC 211);
(Ms Harriet Harman).
23International Trade Committee
(1) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to EU border inspection posts: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Trade Policy relating to UK trade in services: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Memorandum to the International Trade Committee to be appointed in the next Parliament: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) UK trade with China: Written evidence, to be published (HC 125)
(Angus Brendan MacNeil).
24National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
Biosecurity and human health: preparing for emerging infectious diseases and bioweapons: Written evidence, to be published (HC 18) (Margaret Beckett).
(1) Allocation of business in long sessions: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Exiting the European Union: scrutiny of delegated legislation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 195);
(3) Proxy voting: review of pilot arrangements: Written evidence, to be published (HC 134);
(4) Should there be a Commons Budget Committee?: Written evidence, to be published (HC 315);
(5) The work of the Procedure Committee in the 2017 Parliament: Written evidence, to be published
(Sir Charles Walker).
26Public Accounts (Committee of)
Correspondence from the Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office relating to the Accounting Officer Memorandum on the Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation full business case: Written evidence, to be published (Meg Hillier).
27Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) Government financial report review: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 252);
(2) Correspondence from the Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Population and Public Policy, Office for National Statistics relating to the 2021 Census: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Cabinet Secretary relating to contracts for special advisers: Written evidence, to be published
(Sir Bernard Jenkin).
28Science and Technology Committee
(1) Clinical trials transparency: follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 139);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation relating to the Sir Adrian Smith Review: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence relating to digital government: Written evidence, to be published
(Norman Lamb).
Correspondence with the Chair of the Procedure Committee relating to the use of the Welsh language in House of Commons proceedings: Written evidence, to be published (David T C Davies).
(1) Correspondence with Benefit Advice Centre Ltd relating to benefit application advice services: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work relating to Royal National Institute of Blind People and Jobcentre Plus: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Work and Pensions) relating to Kofax software: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to support for former employees of Thomas Cook: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Defined benefit pension schemes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 78);
(6) Pension Schemes Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 256);
(7) Two-child limit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 51);
(8) Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 81);
(9) Welfare policy in Northern Ireland: Written evidence, to be published
(Frank Field).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 2 and No. 10(6))
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of the prevention of retail crime.—(David Hanson.)
2Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Resolved, That this House has considered the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.—(Lucy Allan.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.26 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
Resolved, That this House has considered school uniform costs.—(Emma Hardy.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.28 pm and 4.00 pm.
4Recommendations of the Renaissance of East Anglian Fisheries study
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the recommendations of the Renaissance of East Anglian Fisheries study.—(Peter Aldous.)
At 4.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.30 pm.
Eleanor Laing
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1453), dated 4 November 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa Villiers)
2Miscellaneous Series No. 34 (2019)
Economic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 9 October 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Southern African Customs Union Member States and Mozambique, of the other part (by Command) (CP 193), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) and an accompanying report (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1449), dated 4 November 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Luke Hall)
Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1455), dated 5 November 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa Villiers)
Other papers
Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals in England (by Act) (Secretary Theresa Villiers)
Report by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 for 2018, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 264) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
Lord Chief Justice's Report for 2019 (by Act) (Clerk of the House)
8Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of BPDTS Ltd for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 239) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(2) Report and Accounts of The Geffrye Museum Trust for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 241) (Secretary Nicky Morgan)
9Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Code of Practice: Ninth Edition, revised November 2019 (by Act) (Caroline Dinenage)
Government Response to the Twenty-second Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2017–19, on The right to family life: children whose mothers are in prison (by Command) (CP 197) (Secretary Robert Buckland)
(1) Report and Accounts of Creative Scotland National Lottery Distribution Fund for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 304) (Secretary Alister Jack)
(2) Report and Accounts of sportscotland National Lottery Distribution Fund for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 106) (Secretary Alister Jack)
12Small Business, Enterprise and Employment
Business Impact Target – Interim Final Report for the 2017–19 Parliament (by Act), to be printed (HC 105) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
13Small Business, Enterprise and Employment
Report on Better Regulation: Government's Annual Report for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 36) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)
Department for Transport Minute, dated 5 November, concerning a contingent liability relating to the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Under sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, as amended by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, and section 1 of the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019, the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is dissolved at the beginning of Wednesday 6 November 2019.
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, that Stella Creasy is is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on her behalf, starting from 6 December 2019 and finishing on 6 June 2020. The nominated proxy is Martin Whitfield.
CORRECTION
Monday 4 November 2019
The following items should have appeared after item 7:
First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills
Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow; and to be printed pursuant to Standing Order No. 57A (Bill 11) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 11–EN).
Public petitions
Public petitions
A public petition from residents of Burnley relating to the actions of India in the Jammu and Kashmir region was presented by Julie Cooper.