House of Commons

Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday 29 January 2020

No. 18

The House met at 11.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for International Development

(2) the Prime Minister

2Speaker’s Statement: Letter to the Clerk of the House relating to Speaker's procedural statements

3Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (1st allotted day (Standing Order No. 14))

(1) Policing and crime

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes that since 2010 police officer numbers have been reduced by almost 21,000; further notes that some violent crime, including knife crime, has risen to record levels; notes that youth services, including early intervention, have been decimated by a decade of austerity; notes that prosecution rates have fallen sharply; notes that on current plans many police forces will still be left with fewer officers than in 2010; and therefore calls on the Government to recruit 2,000 more frontline police officers than they plan and re-establish neighbourhood policing.—(Ms Diane Abbott.)

Amendment proposed, in line 1, to leave out from ‘House’ to the end of the Question and add ‘welcomes the Government’s commitment to the people’s priorities to drive down crime in all its forms including serious and violent crime; further welcomes the Government’s commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers and increase police funding to its highest level in over a decade, including over £100m to tackle serious violence; and welcomes the Government’s intention to bring forward the necessary legislation which will provide police officers with the powers and tools they need to bring criminals to justice and give victims a greater voice.’.—(Kit Malthouse.)

Question proposed, That the original words stand part of the Question (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

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

Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question.

The House divided.

Division No. 25

Ayes: 224 (Tellers: Liz Twist, Colleen Fletcher).

Noes: 330 (Tellers: Maggie Throup, Tom Pursglove).

Question accordingly negatived.

Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

Question agreed to.

The Speaker declared the Main Question, as amended, agreed to (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

Resolved, That this House welcomes the Government’s commitment to the people’s priorities to drive down crime in all its forms including serious and violent crime; further welcomes the Government’s commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers and increase police funding to its highest level in over a decade, including over £100m to tackle serious violence; and welcomes the Government’s intention to bring forward the necessary legislation which will provide police officers with the powers and tools they need to bring criminals to justice and give victims a greater voice.

(2) Homelessness

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes with concern that the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of England has more than doubled since 2010 and that the number of homeless children in temporary accommodation has risen to 127,000; further notes that the number of people dying homeless in England and Wales has risen to 726 people a year; recognises that by contrast there was an unprecedented fall in homelessness under a Labour Government by 2010; and calls on the Government to take action to end rough sleeping and tackle the root causes of rising homelessness starting by making 8,000 homes available for those with a history of rough sleeping, restoring funding for local housing allowance, and re-investing in local homelessness services, including £100m a year for emergency accommodation to save lives this winter.—(John Healey.)

Amendment proposed, in line 1, to leave out from ‘House’ to the end of the Question and add ‘notes the Government’s commitment to ending rough-sleeping in this Parliament; further notes that the latest annual figures showed a fall in rough sleeping numbers; notes the steps already taken by the Government including implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and delivering successful programmes like the Rough Sleeping Initiative and Housing First pilots; welcomes the Government’s commitment of £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping; notes the Secretary of State’s announcement this week of an extra £112 million for the Government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative, taking the total sum being invested over the next year to £437 million; notes this House’s concern that more is done to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping so that everyone has access to accommodation when they need it most; and notes the clear steps this Government is taking to achieve this.’.—(Secretary Robert Jenrick.)

Question proposed, That the original words stand part of the Question (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

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

Question again proposed. 

Mr Nicholas Brown claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).

Question put, That the Question be now put.

Question agreed to.

Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

The House divided.

Division No. 26

Ayes: 215 (Tellers: Liz Twist, Colleen Fletcher).

Noes: 311 (Tellers: Michelle Donelan, David Rutley).

Question accordingly negatived.

Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

Question agreed to.

The Speaker declared the Main Question, as amended, agreed to (Standing Order No. 31(2)).

Resolved, That this House notes the Government’s commitment to ending rough-sleeping in this Parliament; further notes that the latest annual figures showed a fall in rough sleeping numbers; notes the steps already taken by the Government including implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and delivering successful programmes like the Rough Sleeping Initiative and Housing First pilots; welcomes the Government’s commitment of £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping; notes the Secretary of State’s announcement this week of an extra £112 million for the Government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative, taking the total sum being invested over the next year to £437 million; notes this House’s concern that more is done to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping so that everyone has access to accommodation when they need it most; and notes the clear steps this Government is taking to achieve this.

4Speaker’s Statement: Election of Chairs of Select Committees

The Speaker announced that the following Members had been elected to be Chairs of Select Committees (Standing Order No. 122B):

Committee:

Member elected:

Defence

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Julian Knight

Environmental Audit

Philip Dunne

Foreign Affairs

Tom Tugendhat

Health and Social Care

Jeremy Hunt

International Development

Sarah Champion

International Trade

Angus Brendan MacNeil

Justice

Sir Robert Neill

Northern Ireland Affairs

Simon Hoare

Petitions

Catherine McKinnell

Procedure

Karen Bradley

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

Mr William Wragg

Science and Technology

Greg Clark

Transport

Huw Merriman

Work and Pensions

Stephen Timms

 

5Adjournment

Subject: Redevelopment of Wards Corner (Mr David Lammy)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(James Morris.) 

Adjourned at 7.47 pm until Thursday 30 January.

Other Proceedings

Lords Messages

6Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill

The Lords agree to the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill without amendment. 

General Committees: Appointments

The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committees, and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.

The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).

7First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019)

(1) Chair: Ian Paisley 

(2) Members: Alan Brown, Bambos Charalambous, Chris Clarkson, Claire Coutinho, David Duguid, Helen Hayes, Sir Oliver Heald, Paul Holmes, Craig Mackinlay, Damien Moore, Dean Russell, Iain Stewart, Wes Streeting, Sam Tarry, Richard Thomson, Dr Alan Whitehead and Nadhim Zahawi

8Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019)

(1) Chair: Mr Virendra Sharma

(2) Members: Alex Davies-Jones, Stephen Flynn, John Glen, Peter Grant, Mr Marcus Jones, Alicia Kearns, Edward Miliband, James Murray, Lia Nici, John Penrose, Jonathan Reynolds, Mary Robinson, Lee Rowley, Gary Sambrook, Jeff Smith, James Sunderland and Mr Shailesh Vara

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))

1Gypsies, Travellers and the planning system

Resolved, That this House has considered Gypsies, Travellers and the planning system.—(Mr Philip Hollobone.)

2Rights of British overseas passport holders in Hong Kong

Resolved, That this House has considered the rights of British overseas passport holders in Hong Kong.—(Stephen Hammond.)

The sitting was suspended between 11.18 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).

3Special educational needs and disability funding

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered special educational needs and disability funding.—(Munira Wilson.)

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)).

Resolved, That this House has considered special educational needs and disability funding.

The sitting was suspended between 4.00 pm and 4.19 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

4Compensation for bovine TB

Resolved, That this House has considered compensation for bovine TB.—(Derek Thomas.)

5UK defence rotary strategy

Resolved, That this House has considered UK defence rotary strategy.—(Robert Courts.)

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

Adjourned at 5.48 pm until tomorrow.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Merchant Shipping

Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 58), dated 23 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

2Miscellaneous Series No. 1 (2020)

Agreement, done at London on 28 January 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the EEA Agreement and other arrangements applicable between the United Kingdom and the EEA EFTA States by virtue of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union (CP 217) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab)

Other papers

3Culture Media and Sport

Government response to the 'Regulatory proposals for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) security' consultation (by Command) (CP 213) (Matt Warman)

4Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of Defence Equipment and Support for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 26) (Secretary Ben Wallace)

5Health and Social Care

Annual Report of Healthwatch England for 2018–19 (by Act) (Ms Nadine Dorries)

6Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Minute, dated 29 January 2020, concerning a contingent liability relating to the ENABLE Build Scheme which will guarantee loan portfolios of new lending to smaller housebuilders (by Command) (Secretary Robert Jenrick)

CORRECTION

Monday 13 January 2020

The following Speaker's Certificate relating to an instrument should have appeared

The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instrument relates exclusively to England and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P:

Draft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Orders 2019

 

Prepared 29 January 2020