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Votes and Proceedings
Friday 24 February 2023

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

1The Speaker’s Absence

Dame Rosie Winterton, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table (Standing Order No. 3(3)).

Prayers

2Deputy Speaker in the Chair

Dame Rosie Winterton, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).

3Motion to sit in private

Aaron Bell moved, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

Question negatived.

4Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill: Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

No amendments on consideration.

5Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time and passed.

6Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill: Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee

No amendments on consideration.

7Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill: Third Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, that the Bill be now read the third time.

At 11.00 am the proceedings were interrupted.

8Observation of a period of silence

At 11.00 am the House observed a minute’s silence to mark the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

9

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill: Third Reading (resumed)The House resumed the debate.

Bill read the third time and passed.

10Electricity Transmission (Compensation) Bill: Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

No amendments on consideration.

11Electricity Transmission (Compensation) Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time and passed.

12Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee (Standing Order No. 63(1)).

13Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill be now read a second time.

At 2.30 pm proceedings were interrupted (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Debate to be resumed on Friday 24 March.

14British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.

15Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Order read, That the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [Lords] be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 24 March.

16Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading

Order read, for resuming the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 25 November 2022, That the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill be now read a second time.

17Working Time Regulations (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Working Time Regulations (Amendment) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 March.

18Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading

Order read, for resuming the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 3 February, That the Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Debate to be resumed on Friday 12 May.

19Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 19 May.

20Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 June.

21Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 9 June.

22Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 23 June.

23Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 30 June.

24Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 July.

25Seizure of Russian State Assets and Support for Ukraine Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Seizure of Russian State Assets and Support for Ukraine Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 3 March.

26Adjournment

Subject: New hospital programme (Elliot Colburn)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Adjourned at 3.00 pm until Monday 27 February.

Other Proceedings

*This section has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Wednesday 1 March 2023.

Changes to Notices Given

27Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill

Order for Second Reading on Friday 3 March, read and discharged.

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 July.

Rosie Winterton

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Customs

(1) Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Australia) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 195), dated 23 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Victoria Atkins)

(2) Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (New Zealand) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 194), dated 23 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Victoria Atkins)

2Representation of the People

*This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Wednesday 8 March 2023.

Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 208), dated 23 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)

3Security Industry

Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 193), dated 22 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)