Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Urgent Questions: (1) Levelling Up Fund Round 2 (Lucy Frazer)
(2) Afghanistan: ban on women aid workers (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Government Response to the International Development Committee’s Third Report, From Srebrenica to a safer tomorrow: Preventing future mass atrocities around the world, HC 992 (Sarah Champion)
1) Imprisonment of Jagtar Singh Johal
Resolved, That this House has considered the imprisonment of Jagtar Singh Johal.—(Martin Docherty-Hughes.)
2) Russia's grand strategy
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of Russia's grand strategy.—(Sir Bernard Jenkin.)
Ordered, That notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee in respect of the Northern Ireland Budget Bill may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before it has been read a second time.—(Steve Double.)
Subject: Support for teachers in tackling misogyny in schools (Alex Davies-Jones)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Steve Double.)
Adjourned at 5.21 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
8Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Bill
The Lords agree to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Bill, without amendment.
Changes to Notices Given
9Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 24 March.
10Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
11Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
12Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
13Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
14Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
15Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.
General Committees: Reports
16Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir George Howarth (Chair) reported the draft South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023.
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).
17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Environmental Targets (Biodiversity) (England) Regulations 2022, draft Environmental Targets (Woodland and Trees Outside Woodland) (England) Regulations 2022, draft Environmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022, draft Environmental Targets (Marine Protected Areas) Regulations 2022, draft Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2022 and draft Environmental Targets (Residual Waste) (England) Regulations 2022)
Members: Alex Sobel discharged and Daniel Zeichner nominated in substitution.
18Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023)
Members: Afzal Khan discharged and Ellie Reeves nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
19Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 26 January in the Chamber and Thursday 26 January and Tuesday 31 January in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
20Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Safety at major sporting events: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 596) (Damian Green).
21Public Accounts (Committee of)
Tackling Defra’s ageing digital services: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 737) (Dame Meg Hillier).
Floating offshore wind in Wales: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 827) (Stephen Crabb).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme: Pathway Three
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme: Pathway Three.—(Jim Shannon.)
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 the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme: Pathway Three.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 2.59 pm until Tuesday 24 January.
Rosie Winterton
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 45), dated 18 January 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 44), dated 18 January 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Other papers
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Monday 30 January 2023.
(1) Report under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 for the period 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021 (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
(2) Report under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
(3) Report under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 for the period 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
4Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report (by Command) (CP 758) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Report and Accounts of the Office of the Small Business Commissioner for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 973) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
6Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of English Sports Development Trust Limited for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1039) (Stuart Andrew)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Food Standards Agency Westminster for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 987) (Victoria Atkins)
(3) Report and Accounts of the Sports Council Trust Company for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1038) (Stuart Andrew)
(4) Report and Accounts of the Submarine Delivery Agency for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1047) (Secretary Ben Wallace)
(5) Report and Consolidated Accounts of the Food Standards Agency for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 986) (Victoria Atkins)
HMG Counter-Terrorism: Disruptive Powers Report (by Command) (CP 779) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Report and Accounts of the Science Museum Group for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 951) (Stuart Andrew)
Treasury Minutes on the Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-Third to the Twenty-Sixth Reports from Session 2022–23 (by Command) (CP 781) (James Cartlidge)
Agreement, done at Valletta on 25 and 29 March 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Malta regarding Termination of the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Malta for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (by Command) (CP 783) (Secretary James Cleverly)
Agreement, done at London on 14 and 17 November 2022, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Swiss Confederation on the Extension of the Temporary Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on Services Mobility (by Command) (CP 784) (Secretary James Cleverly)