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Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 2 March 2023

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

2Business Question (Leader of the House)

3Backbench Business

(1) Change of name by registered sex offenders

Resolved, That this House has considered change of name by registered sex offenders.—(Sarah Champion.)

(2) Welsh affairs

Resolved, That this House has considered Welsh affairs.—(Carolyn Harris.)

4Adjournment

Subject: Autonomous administration of north and east Syria (Lloyd Russell-Moyle)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Adjourned at 4.24 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

Changes to Notices Given

5Pets (Microchips) Bill

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

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

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).

6Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee

Members: Jane Stevenson discharged and Theo Clarke nominated in substitution.

Select Committees: Reports

7Backbench Business Committee 

Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 9 March in the Chamber and Thursday 9 and Tuesday 13 March in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).

8European Scrutiny Committee

(1) Correspondence with the Prime Minister relating to an invitation to appear before the Committee: Written evidence, to be published;

(2) Correspondence with the Prime Minister relating to EU law and the Windsor Framework: Written evidence, to be published

(Sir William Cash).

9Public Accounts (Committee of)

Alcohol treatment services: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1001)

(Dame Meg Hillier).

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))

1Fiscal support to the hospice sector and increases in the cost of living

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of fiscal support to the hospice sector and increases in the cost of living.—(Patricia Gibson.)

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

Adjourned at 2.27 pm until Monday 6 March.

Rosie Winterton

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

* This section has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Monday 13 March 2023.

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Agriculture

Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Authorisations and Modifications of Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 235), dated 28 February 2023 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Neil O'Brien)

2National Health Service

Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 239), dated 28 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Will Quince)

3Rating and Valuation

(1) Rating Lists (Valuation Date) (England) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 231), dated 27 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)

(2) Valuation for Rating (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 240), dated 27 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)

4Social Care

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Care Functions) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 238), dated 1 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)

Other papers

5Education

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan (by Command) (CP 800) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)

6Inquiries

Manchester Arena Inquiry Volume 3: Radicalisation and Preventability, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1137) (Secretary Suella Braverman)

7Treasure

Draft Treasure Act 1996: Code of Practice (3rd Revision) Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Julia Lopez)