Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 11 June 2020

No. 68

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for the Cabinet Office

2Urgent Question: Public confidence in the probity of the planning process (Christopher Pincher) 

3Business Question (Leader of the House)

4Statement: Reforms to probation services in England and Wales (Secretary Robert Buckland) 

5Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]: Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

New Clause NC1—Payment of a living wage (Alison McGovern)—brought up, and read the first time. 

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

Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

New Clause NC2—Local Commonwealth Games levy (Alison McGovern)—brought up, and read the first time. 

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

Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

6Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]: Third Reading

Bill read the third time, and passed with an Amendment.

7Adjournment

Subject: Reopening of zoos, aquariums and wildlife sanctuaries (Andrew Rosindell)

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

Adjourned at 5.00 pm until Monday 15 June.

Other Proceedings

Lords Messages

8Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]

The Lords agree without amendment to the Amendment made by this House to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords].

General Committees: Reports

9Domestic Abuse Bill Committee

Ms Karen Buck (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

10Finance Bill Committee

Siobhain McDonagh (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

 

11Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee

Sir Edward Leigh (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

Reports from Select Committees

12Backbench Business Committee 

Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 18 June in the Chamber (Ian Mearns).

13Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The COVID-19 crisis and charities: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 438) (Julian Knight).

14Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Our Planet, Our Health: Government Response to the Twenty-First Report of the Committee, Session 2017–19: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 467);

(2) Electronic waste and the Circular Economy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 220);

(3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on preparations for COP 26: Written evidence to be published (HC 222);

(4) Energy efficiency of existing homes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 346);

(5) Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Hydrogen: Written evidence, to be published (HC 348);

(6) Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Offshore Wind: Written evidence, to be published (HC 287)

(Philip Dunne)..

15European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Eleventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 229-viii);

(2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 229)

(Sir William Cash).

16Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past: The UK Government’s New Proposals: Written evidence, to be published (HC 329) (Simon Hoare).

17Welsh Affairs Committee

(1) The Welsh economy and COVID-19: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 324);

(2) Wales and the Shared Prosperity Fund: Written evidence, to be published (HC 90)

(Stephen Crabb). 

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1National Health Service

Draft NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

2Data Protection

Draft Code of Practice on Age Appropriate Design: a code of practice for online services (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Oliver Dowden)

Other papers

3Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction

Report and Accounts of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 391) (The Speaker)

4Prisons

Impact Assessment to the Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 400) (laid 6 April) (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)

5Probation

Impact Assessment to the Offender Management Act 2007 (Coronavirus) (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 401) (laid 6 April) (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)

6Statutory Instruments (Notification)

Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 576) (by Standing Order) (The Speaker)

SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES

Proxy Voting (Variation of Proxy Vote)

The Speaker has certified, further to his certificate of 13 May, that Siobhan Baillie has given notice that she wishes to amend her proxy voting arrangement. Her nominated proxy will be Stuart Andrew with effect from Monday 15 June to Saturday 31 October.

Proxy Voting (Medical or public health reasons related to the pandemic)

The Speaker has certified, under the terms of the temporary Standing Order on voting by proxy and the Resolutions of the House of 28 January 2019, 16 January, and 4 and 10 June 2020, that the Members listed in the table below are eligible to have a proxy vote cast on their behalf by the nominated proxies listed in the table below, starting on Monday 15 June and finishing on Tuesday 28 July.

Name of Member	Name of nominated proxy
Ms Diane Abbott	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Debbie Abrahams	Jim McMahon
Imran Ahmad Khan	Stuart Andrew
Nickie Aiken	Stuart Andrew
Tahir Ali	Chris Elmore
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan	Chris Elmore
Victoria Atkins	Stuart Andrew
Mr Richard Bacon	Stuart Andrew
Paula Barker	Kim Johnson
Mr John Baron	Stuart Andrew
Margaret Beckett	Clive Efford
Sir Paul Beresford	Stuart Andrew
Mr Clive Betts	Chris Elmore
Mhairi Black	Patrick Grady
Ian Blackford	Patrick Grady
Kirsty Blackman	Patrick Grady
Bob Blackman	Stuart Andrew
Steven Bonnar	Patrick Grady
James Brokenshire	Stuart Andrew
Ms Lyn Brown	Chris Elmore
Richard Burgon	Zarah Sultana
Ian Byrne	Chris Elmore
Dr Lisa Cameron	Owen Thompson
Dan Carden	Alex Norris
Sir William Cash	Leo Docherty
Douglas Chapman	Patrick Grady
Damian Collins	Stuart Andrew
Rosie Cooper	Chris Elmore
Ronnie Cowan	Patrick Grady
Mr Geoffrey Cox	Dr Alex Burghart
Angela Crawley	Patrick Grady
Stella Creasy	Chris Elmore
Janet Daby	Chris Elmore
Geraint Davies	Chris Evans
Mr David Davis	Stuart Andrew
Martyn Day	Patrick Grady
Ms Nadine Dorries	Stuart Andrew
Jack Dromey	Chris Elmore
James Duddridge	Stuart Andrew
Philip Dunne	Jeremy Hunt
Julie Elliott	Chris Elmore
Dr Luke Evans	Stuart Andrew
Sir David Evennett	Stuart Andrew
Michael Fabricant	Stuart Andrew
Marion Fellows	Patrick Grady
Margaret Ferrier	Patrick Grady
Stephen Flynn	Patrick Grady
Yvonne Fovargue	Chris Elmore
Vicky Foxcroft	Chris Elmore
Gill Furniss	Chris Elmore
Mr Marcus Fysh	Stuart Andrew
Sir Roger Gale	Tracey Crouch
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Stuart Andrew
Mary Glindon	Chris Elmore
Mrs Helen Grant	Stuart Andrew
Peter Grant	Patrick Grady
Neil Gray	Patrick Grady
Margaret Greenwood	Chris Elmore
Kate Griffiths	Aaron Bell
Andrew Gwynne	Chris Elmore
Robert Halfon	Julie Marson
Fabian Hamilton	Chris Elmore
Claire Hanna	Liz Saville Roberts
Neale Hanvey	Patrick Grady
Sir Mark Hendrick	Chris Elmore
Simon Hoare	Fay Jones
Dame Margaret Hodge	Wes Streeting
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Chris Elmore
Adam Holloway	Stuart Andrew
Sir George Howarth	Chris Elmore
Dr Neil Hudson	Stuart Andrew
Mr Ranil Jayawardena	Stuart Andrew
Andrea Jenkyns	Stuart Andrew
Dr Caroline Johnson	Stuart Andrew
Alicia Kearns	Ruth Edwards
Barbara Keeley	Chris Elmore
Afzal Khan	Chris Elmore
Mrs Pauline Latham	Mr William Wragg
Ian Lavery	Kate Osborne
Chris Law	Patrick Grady
Clive Lewis	Rosie Duffield
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	Stuart Andrew
Tony Lloyd	Chris Elmore
Mark Logan	Stuart Andrew
Julia Lopez	Lee Rowley
Mr Jonathan Lord	Stuart Andrew
Kenny MacAskill	Patrick Grady
Shabana Mahmood	Chris Elmore
Seema Malhotra	Chris Elmore
Rachael Maskell	Chris Elmore
John McDonnell	Cat Smith
John McNally	Patrick Grady
Stephen McPartland	Stuart Andrew
Mark Menzies	Sir David Amess
Johnny Mercer	Stuart Andrew
Stephen Metcalfe	Stuart Andrew
Nigel Mills	Stuart Andrew
Navendu Mishra	Kim Johnson
Andrew Mitchell	Stuart Andrew
Jessica Morden	Chris Elmore
David Morris	Stuart Andrew
Grahame Morris	Chris Elmore
James Murray	Chris Elmore
Dr Matthew Offord	Rebecca Harris
Guy Opperman	Stuart Andrew
Kate Osamor	Florence Eshalomi
Dr Dan Poulter	Peter Aldous
Lucy Powell	Chris Elmore
Yasmin Qureshi	Chris Elmore
Christina Rees	Chris Elmore
Ms Marie Rimmer	Chris Elmore
Rob Roberts	Stuart Andrew
Douglas Ross	Stuart Andrew
Bob Seely	Stuart Andrew
Mr Barry Sheerman	Chris Elmore
Tommy Sheppard	Patrick Grady
Royston Smith	Robert Courts
Alex Sobel	Chris Elmore
Jo Stevens	Chris Elmore
Sir Gary Streeter	Stuart Andrew
Mel Stride	Stuart Andrew
Mark Tami	Chris Elmore
Richard Thomson	Patrick Grady
Jon Trickett	Olivia Blake
Karl Turner	Chris Elmore
Derek Twigg	Chris Elmore
David Warburton	Stuart Andrew
Helen Whately	Stuart Andrew
Mrs Heather Wheeler	Stuart Andrew
Dr Philippa Whitford	Patrick Grady
Mick Whitley	Chris Elmore
Hywel Williams	Ben Lake
Beth Winter	Rachel Hopkins
Mohammad Yasin	Chris Elmore
Nadhim Zahawi	Stuart Andrew

 

CORRECTIONS

Wednesday 10 June 2020

Item 23 should have read:

Home Affairs Committee 

(1) Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): immigration and visas: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 362)

(2) Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 232);

(3) Correspondence from the Home Office: Written evidence, to be published (HC 166);

(4) Police ethnic diversity and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners: Written evidence, to be published 

(Yvette Cooper).

Items 28 and 29 should have read:

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)

Fourteenth Report, to be printed (HC 75-xiv) (Jessica Morden).

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee on)

Thirteenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 73-xiii) (Jessica Morden).