House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 28 January 2020

No. 17

The House met at 11.30 am.

Prayers

1Private Bills: Monken Hadley Common Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and committed.

2Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

3Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill: Committee of the whole House

The House resolved itself into a Committee (Order, 21 January).

(In the Committee)

Clauses 1 to 9 agreed to.

Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to.

The occupant of the Chair left the Chair to report the Bill (Order, 21 January).

The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.

Mr Marcus Jones reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made no amendment.

4Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time, and passed.

5Statement: UK Telecommunications (Secretary Dominic Raab)

6Criminal Law

(1) Motion made and Question proposed, That the draft Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 14 October 2019, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.—(Chris Philp.)

The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).

Question put and agreed to.

(2) Resolved, That the draft Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 October 2019, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.—(Tom Pursglove.)

7Public petitions

A public petition from residents of Glasgow East relating to over-75s free TV licences was presented and read by David Linden.

8Adjournment

Subject: Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Sir Paul Beresford)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Tom Pursglove.) 

Adjourned at 5.52 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

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

1Fire risk in flats and shared housing

Resolved, That this House has considered the fire risk in flats and shared housing.—(Matt Rodda.)

2UKAEA Public Service Pension Scheme survivor's pension

Resolved, That this House has considered the UKAEA Public Service Pension Scheme survivor's pension.—(Cat Smith.)

The sitting was suspended between 11.19 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).

3Antarctica science and diplomacy

Resolved, That this House has considered Antarctica science and diplomacy.—(James Gray.)

The sitting was suspended between 3.27 pm and 4.00 pm.

4London suburbs and local service provision

Resolved, That this House has considered London suburbs and local service provision.—(Dr Rupa Huq.)

5Incineration of industrial and commercial waste

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the incineration of industrial and commercial waste.—(Stephen Doughty.)

The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).

At 5.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

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

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Financial Services and Markets)

Financial Services (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 56), dated 27 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (John Glen)

2National Health Service

National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 59), dated 27 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Edward Argar)

Other papers

3National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Ofgem and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Electricity networks (by Act), to be printed (HC 42) (Clerk of the House)

SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES

Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill

The Speaker has certified that the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.

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 Sarah Owen is is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on her behalf, starting from 29 January 2020 and finishing on 29 July 2020.  The nominated proxy is Kate Osamor.

 

Prepared 28 January 2020