House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 7 January 2020

No. 5

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Speaker’s Statements: (1) Australian wildfires

(2) Ballot for Private Members' Bills

2Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

3Statement: Middle East: Security (Secretary Ben Wallace)

4European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Committee of the Whole House (first day)

The House resolved itself into a Committee (Programme Order, 20 December 2019) 

(In the Committee)

Clauses 1 to 6 agreed to

Clause 7 (Rights related to residence: application deadline and temporary protection)

Amendment 5 proposed.—(Stuart C McDonald.)

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clauses 7 to 14 agreed to

Schedule 1 agreed to.

Clause 15 agreed to.

Schedule 2 agreed to.

Clauses 16 and 17 agreed to.

New Clause NC5—(Paul Blomfield.)—brought up and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The Committee divided.

Division No. 2

Ayes: 252 (Tellers: Jeff Smith, Colleen Fletcher)

Noes: 342 (Tellers: Tom Pursglove, Nigel Huddleston)

Question accordingly negatived.

New Clause NC18—(Stuart C McDonald.)—brought up and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The Committee divided.

Division No. 3

Ayes: 255 (Tellers: Owen Thompson, Marion Fellows)

Noes: 341 (Tellers: Tom Pursglove, Nigel Huddleston)

Question accordingly negatived.

New Clause NC34—(Christine Jardine.)—brought up and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The Committee divided.

Division No. 4

Ayes: 251 (Tellers: Christine Jardine, Mr Alistair Carmichael)

Noes: 343 (Tellers: Tom Pursglove, Nigel Huddleston)

Question accordingly negatived.

The occupant of the Chair left the Chair (Programme Order, 20 December 2019).

The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.

Mike Freer reported that the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and moved, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.

Committee again tomorrow.

5Adjournment

Subject: Role of UK special forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (Stewart Malcolm McDonald)

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Freer.)

At 10.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Leo Docherty.

Adjourned at 10.02 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Papers Laid

Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

Monday 23 December 2019

1Civil Partnership

Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1514), dated 19 December 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Julian Smith)

2Environmental Protection

Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1517), dated 20 December 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa Villiers)

Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 7 January 2019

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

3Capital Gains Tax

Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Gibraltar) Order 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Simon Clarke)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

4Legal Aid and Advice

Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 8), dated 6 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)

5Plant Health

Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 9), dated 6 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Theresa Villiers)

6Social Security

(1) State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 7), dated 6 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)

(2) State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 6), dated 6 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)

Other papers

7National Audit

(1) Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the BBC: BBC Studios (by Act), to be printed (HC 18) (Clerk of the House)

(2) Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on HM Revenue & Customs: Administration of Scottish Income Tax 2018–19 (by Act), to be printed (HC 24) (Clerk of the House)

(3) Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on HM Revenue and Customs: Administration of Welsh Income Tax 2018–19 (by Act), to be printed (HC 25) (Clerk of the House)

 

Prepared 7 January 2020