House of Commons
Business for Thursday 04 June 2020
SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER
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9.30am |
Prayers |
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Afterwards |
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10.10am |
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10.30am |
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Afterwards |
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Until 5.00pm |
Sentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Bill [Lords]: Committee and Remaining Stages |
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Up to 90 minutes |
The EU’s mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK (Motion for approval) |
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No debate after 5.00pm |
Virtual participation in proceedings during the pandemic (Temporary Orders) (Motion) |
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No debate after 5.00pm |
Proxy Voting (Extension) (Motion) |
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No debate after 5.00pm |
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Until 5.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Restoration of Canals (Craig Williams) |
Business Today: Chamber
9.30am Prayers
Followed by
QUESTIONS
1. Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages.
URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
10.30am
Urgent Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will make a statement on the Public Health England review of disparities in risks and outcomes related to the COVID-19 outbreak (Gill Furniss)
Urgent Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Abortion Regulations for Northern Ireland (Jeffrey M Donaldson)
Urgent Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the implementation of the payment scheme for victims of the Troubles (Louise Haigh)
Business Question to the Leader of the House
The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages.
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
1. Sentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Bill [LORDS]: Committee and Third Reading
Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))
Notes:
The Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly have approved Legislative Consent Resolutions relating to this Bill. Copies of the Resolutions are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).
The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages.
2. The EU’s mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK
Up to 90 minutes (Standing Order No. 16(1))
Michael Gove
That this House, having regard to the constitutional and legal functions enshrined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, urges the Government to conduct its negotiations with the European Union with the fullest possible transparency to facilitate essential parliamentary scrutiny; also urges the Government to make regular progress reports on the negotiations, including on stakeholder contributions to the consultation on The Future Relationship with the EU: the UK’s Approach to Negotiations, and to address the issues identified by the European Scrutiny Committee in its Fifth Report of Session 2019–21, HC 333, as matters of vital national interest.
Amendment (a)
Keir Starmer
Paul Blomfield
Rachel Reeves
Emily Thornberry
Lisa Nandy
Mr Nicholas Brown
Line 7, leave out from “Negotiations,” to end and insert —
“commends the European Scrutiny Committee on its Fifth Report of Session 2019–21, HC 333, whose Annex draws upon responses from other select committees identifying matters of vital national interest in the EU negotiating mandate; recalls that during the 2019 general election and the passage of the Withdrawal Agreement Act, Government ministers committed that negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU would be based on the Political Declaration; notes that in Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement the UK agreed to “use their best endeavours, in good faith and in full respect of their respective legal orders, to take the necessary steps to negotiate expeditiously the agreements governing their future relationship referred to in the Political Declaration of 17 October 2019”; therefore calls on the Government to negotiate an “ambitious, broad, deep and flexible partnership”, including an “ambitious, wide-ranging and balanced economic partnership” that entails “no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions across all sectors”, a deal that would safeguard “workers’ rights, consumer and environmental protection”, including “effective implementation domestically, enforcement and dispute settlement” and a “broad, comprehensive and balanced security partnership” underpinned by “long-standing commitments to the fundamental rights of individuals, including continued adherence and giving effect to the ECHR, and adequate protection of personal data”.
Relevant Documents:
First Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, The EU’s mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK, HC 218
Fifth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, The EU’s mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK: Outcome of Select Committee consultation, HC 333
The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages.
3. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION IN PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC (TEMPORARY ORDERS)
No debate after 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
That the following order be made and have effect until 7 July 2020:
(1) Members may participate in proceedings on Questions, Urgent Questions and Statements virtually, by electronic means approved by the Speaker.
(2) Virtual participation in accordance with paragraph (1) may only be permitted by the Speaker in respect of Members who have self-certified that they are unable to attend at Westminster for medical or public health reasons related to the pandemic. The arrangements for self-certification shall be set out by the Speaker.
Amendment (d)
Chris Bryant
Hilary Benn
Simon Hoare
Darren Jones
Yvette Cooper
Ian Mearns
Christine Jardine Catherine McKinnellMeg Hillier Sarah Champion Tonia Antoniazzi Anna McMorrin Ruth JonesAlex Davies-Jones Stella Creasy Dame Diana Johnson Debbie Abrahams Alex Cunningham Ms Karen Buck
Line 4, leave out paragraph (2).
Relevant Documents:
First Report from the Procedure Committee, Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: proposals for remote participation, HC 300;
Second Report from the Procedure Committee, Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: remote voting in divisions, HC 335;
Third Report from the Procedure Committee, Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: the Government’s proposal to discontinue remote participation, HC 392; and Transcript of oral evidence on Procedure under coronavirus restrictions to the Procedure Committee from the Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Journals on 1 June 2020, HC 300.
No debate after 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
That this House agrees that a Member who is unable to attend at Westminster because they themselves are at high risk from coronavirus for reasons that they are either ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘clinically vulnerable’, may arrange for their vote to be cast by proxy; and accordingly directs the Speaker to amend the pilot proxy voting scheme, in accordance with paragraph (5) of the Resolution of the House of 28 January 2019, as amended on 16 January 2020 (Proxy Voting (Implementation)).
Relevant Documents:
First Special Report from the Procedure Committee, Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: the Government’s proposal for proxy voting for shielding Members, HC 429
5. PROXY VOTING (TEMPORARY STANDING ORDER)
No debate after 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
That the temporary Standing Order (Voting by proxy for parental absence) be amended as follows:
In the title delete “for parental absence”.
Delete paragraph (1) and insert:
“(1) A Member may, by reason of absence from the precincts of the House:
(a) for childbirth or care of an infant or newly adopted child, or
(b) because they themselves are at high risk from coronavirus for reasons that they are either ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘clinically vulnerable’,
arrange for their vote to be cast in accordance with this order by another Member acting as a proxy (a proxy vote).”
In paragraph (9) delete “and the Resolution of the House of Monday 28 January 2019” and insert “the Order of 4 June 2020 (Proxy Voting (Temporary Standing Order)), and the Resolutions of the House of 28 January 2019 and 4 June 2020”.
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
Until 5.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Restoration of canals: Craig Williams
Written Statements
STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1.Departmental Contingent Liability Notification (Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2.Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2018-2022: Annual Report 2019
Notes:
Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/.
Committees Meeting Today
Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
Select Committees
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
Subject: The impact of coronavirus on businesses and workers
Witnesses: 9.30am: Stephen Phipson CBE, Chief Executive, Make UK; Mike Hawes, Chief Executive, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; Paul Everitt, Chief Executive, ADS Group; Gareth Stace, Director General, UK Steel
10.30am: Gillian Cooper, Interim Head of Energy Policy, Citizens Advice; Fintan Slye, Executive Director, National Grid ESO; Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive, Ofgem; Audrey Gallacher, Interim CEO and Director of Policy, Energy UK
Virtual meeting
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)
Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Offshore Wind
Witnesses: 9.30am: Andrew Jamieson, CEO, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult; Rebecca Williams, Head of Policy and Regulation, RenewableUK; Benj Sykes, Head of UK Market Development, Consenting and External Affairs, Orsted
Virtual meeting
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)
Virtual meeting
9.30am (private)
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Virtual meeting
2.00pm (private)
International Development Committee
Subject: Humanitarian crises monitoring: impact of coronavirus
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Farah Kabir, Country Director, Action Aid, Bangladesh; Ghassan Abou Chaar, Emergency Director, Yemen, Médecins Sans Frontières; Ndubisi Anyanwu, Country Director for Nigeria, Mercy Corps
Virtual meeting
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
Subject: Online Harms and Disinformation
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Thomas Knowles; Dr Megan Emma Smith
3.15pm: Monika Bickert, Head of Product Policy and Counterterrorism, Facebook; Leslie Miller, Vice-President of Government Affairs and Public Policy, YouTube; Derek Slater, Global Director of Information Policy, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google; Nick Pickles, Director of Public Policy Strategy, Twitter
Virtual meeting
2.30pm (public)
Virtual meeting
3.00pm (private)
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Virtual meeting
4.00pm (private)
Public Bill Committees
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Programming sub-Committee
Room 10
11.00am (private)
To consider the Bill
Witnesses: 11.30am: Nicole Jacobs, Designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner
12.30pm: Pragna Patel, Director, Southall Black Sisters
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
11.30am (public)
To consider the Bill
Room 14
11.30am (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Witnesses: 2.00pm: Gilmara Garcia, Survivor of domestic abuse, Latin American Women’s Rights Service
2.15pm: Somiya Basar; Saliha Rashid
2.45pm: Lucy Hadley, Campaigns and Policy Manager, Women’s Aid Federation of England; Ms Andrea Simon, Head of Public Affairs, End Violence against Women
3.15pm: Ms Ellie Butt, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Refuge; Suzanne Jacob OBE, CEO, SafeLives
3.45pm: Lyndsey Dearlove, Head of UK Says NO MORE, Hestia; Gisela Valle, Director, Latin American Women’s Rights Service
4.15pm: Dame Vera Baird QC, Victims Commissioner
4.30pm: Councillor Simon Blackburn, Leader of Blackpool Council and Chair of the LGA’s Safer and Stronger Communities Board, Local Government Association; Sara Kirkpatrick, CEO, Welsh Women’s Aid
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 14
2.00pm (public)