House of Commons
Session 2019-21
Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 12 March 2020
No. 39
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Queen’s Speech (Answers to Addresses)
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House:
(1) That Her Majesty, having been attended with its Address of 24 October 2019 in the previous Parliament, was pleased to receive the same very graciously and give the following Answer:
I have received with great satisfaction the dutiful and loyal expression of your thanks for the speech with which I opened the present Session of Parliament.
(2) That Her Majesty, having been attended with its Address of 20 January 2020 in the current Parliament, was pleased to receive the same very graciously and give the following Answer:
I have received with great satisfaction the dutiful and loyal expression of your thanks for the speech with which I opened the present Session of Parliament.
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statements: (1) Planning for the future (Secretary Robert Jenrick)
(2) Veterans' mental health update (Johnny Mercer)
5Gender-based Pricing (Prohibition) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Christine Jardine, supported by Daisy Cooper, Wendy Chamberlain, Layla Moran, Sarah Olney, Wera Hobhouse, Munira Wilson, Jess Phillips, Caroline Nokes, Mrs Maria Miller and Hannah Bardell, presented a Bill to prohibit the differential pricing of products and services that are substantially similar other than being intended for, or marketed to, a particular gender; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 27 November, and to be printed (Bill 105).
Debate resumed (Order, 11 March).
Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2020–21.
And it is declared that it is expedient and in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
At 5.00 pm the Speaker interrupted the debate.
Debate to be resumed on Monday 16 March.
7Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 30 January, be approved.—(Eddie Hughes.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 30 January, be approved.—(Eddie Hughes.)
Question agreed to.
Subject: Support for community housing (Mr Richard Bacon)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Eddie Hughes.)
House adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 9(7)).
Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
9School Toilets (Access During Lessons) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 13 March, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 October.
Printing of Explanatory Notes
10Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) (No. 2) Bill
Explanatory Notes to the Bill to be printed (Bill 23—EN)
General Committees: Reports
Sir George Howarth (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
12Lords] Second Reading CommitteeSentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Bill [
Members: Feryal Clark discharged and Ms Karen Buck nominated in substitution.
13First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020)
Members: Antony Higginbotham and Robert Largan discharged and Miriam Cates and Claire Coutinho nominated in substitution
14Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Licensing Act 2003 (Victory in Europe Day Licensing Hours) Order 2020)
Members: Mr Mark Harper and Stephen Metcalfe discharged and Richard Drax and Mr William Wragg nominated in substitution
15Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2020)
Members: Richard Drax discharged and Stephen Metcalfe nominated in substitution
Reports from Select Committees
16Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 26 March in the Chamber, and Tuesday 24 March, Thursday 26 March and Tuesday 31 March in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
17Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2018–19: TV licences for over 75s: Government and the BBC’s Responses to the Committee’s Sixteenth Report of Session 2017–19: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 98);
(2) The work of the BBC: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 99);
(3) Correspondence relating to listed sporting events: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Online harms and disinformation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 234)
(Julian Knight).
18Science and Technology Committee
(1) Commercial genomics: Written evidence, to be published (HC 140);
(2) Correspondence from the Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation relating to the Research Integrity Committee: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Chief Operating Officer for Innovate UK relating to the Innovate UK Assessors and Monitoring Officers: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the work of the Science Minister: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to crop spraying regulations: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence relating to the previous Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2017–19 on Japanese knotweed and the built environment: follow-up: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence relating to the previous Committee’s work on clinical trials transparency: Written evidence, to be published
(Greg Clark).
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders Nos. 10(7) and 14(4))
1Freedom of religion or belief
Resolved, That this House has considered freedom of religion or belief.—(Jim Shannon.)
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
2Self-defence training in schools.
Resolved, That this House has considered self-defence training in schools.—(James Gray.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3.50 pm until Monday 16 March.
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
1Senior Courts of England and Wales
Draft Court of Appeal (Recording and Broadcasting) (Amendment) Order 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)
Employment Allowance (Increase of Maximum Amount) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 273), dated 11 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jesse Norman)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Child Trust Funds (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 269), dated 10 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (John Glen)
Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 267), dated 10 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jo Churchill)
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 120) (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 261), dated 10 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jesse Norman)
Magistrates’ Courts (Functions of Authorised Persons – Civil Proceedings) Rules 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 284), dated 10 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)
8Miscellaneous Series No. 2 (2020)
Convention, done at Rotterdam on 30 January 2017, on Cinematographic Co-Production (Revised) (CP 234) with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab )
(1) Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 289), dated 12 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mims Davies)
(2) Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (SR (NI), 2020, No. 33), dated 12 March 2020 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
(3) Housing Benefit (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 288), dated 12 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
(4) Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 266), dated 11 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
(5) Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 287), dated 12 March 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mims Davies)
10Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Statute, dated 3 December 2019, made by the Governing Body of the University of Oxford, amending the Statutes of the University (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Gavin Williamson)
Other papers
Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 Post-Implementation Review (by Command) (CP 225) (Secretary Oliver Dowden)
12Financial Guidance and Claims
Report and Accounts of Single Financial Guidance Body for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 113) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: The Scheme of MP's Business Costs and Expenses 2020–21 (twelfth edition) (by Act), to be printed (HC 95) (The Speaker)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
Budget Resolutions
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83U, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following founding motion published on 11 March 2020 and to be moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer relates exclusively to England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83U.
2. Income tax (main rates)
Instruments
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instruments relate exclusively to England and are within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2020
Draft Human Tissue (Permitted Material: Exceptions) (England) Regulations 2020
Draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020
Draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Fire and Rescue Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020
The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instruments relate exclusively to England and Wales and are within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P.
Draft Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2020
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Victory in Europe Day Licensing Hours) Order 2020
CORRECTION
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Item 21 (Other Proceedings) should have read:
Sir William Cash reported:
(1) That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee;
(2) The EU’s mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK: First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 218);
(3) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 229).