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Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2) the Attorney General
2Urgent Question: Junior doctors’ strikes (Secretary Steve Barclay)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statements: (1) Second state pension age review (Secretary Mel Stride)
(2) Powering up Britain (Graham Stuart)
525th anniversary of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement
Resolved, That this House has considered the 25th anniversary of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.—(Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.)
Subject: Care transition for adults with cerebral palsy (Paul Maynard)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joy Morrissey.)
Adjourned at 4.42 pm until Monday 17 April (Order, 21 March).
Other Proceedings
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).
7First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Sir Graham Brady
Select Committees: Reports
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 20 April in the Chamber and Tuesday 18, Thursday 20, and Tuesday 25 April in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
9Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
(1) Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Written evidence, to be published (HC 285);
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State, relating to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Written evidence, to be published
(Simon Hoare).
10Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Court reform programme: progress review: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1002);
(2) Correspondence from HM Revenue and Customs relating to the VAT registration process: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Meg Hillier).
Margaret Ferrier:
(i) Ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1276);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1276)
(Sir Chris Bryant).
Correspondence relating to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Written evidence, to be published (Harriett Baldwin).
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))
Resolved, That this House has considered Christians in society.—(Nick Fletcher.)
2Matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment
Resolved, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.—(Bob Blackman.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Monday 17 April (Order, 21 March).
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Felicity Buchan)
Draft Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Education (Pupil Information and School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 380), dated 28 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nick Gibb)
(2) School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 386), dated 28 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nick Gibb)
Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 397), dated 30 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Other papers
5Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning
Strategic Guidance to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (by Act) (Robert Halfon)
6Cities and Local Government Devolution
Secretary of State's Report on Devolution for 2021–22 (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(1) Annual Statement of Emissions (by Act) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(2) Carbon Budget Delivery Plan and Technical Annex (by Act), to be printed (HC 1269) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(3) Responding to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Annual Progress Report 2022 Recommendations (by Act), to be printed (HC 1270) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
8Constitutional Reform and Governance
Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund: MPs' Pension Scheme for 2023, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1255) (The Speaker)
Guidance for summoning officers when considering deferral and excusal applications (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 392), dated 29 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Alex Burghart)
Report and Accounts of the Government Annuities Investment Fund for 2022, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1192) (Andrew Griffith)
Department of Health and Social Care Minute, dated 30 March 2023, concerning dissolution and reconfiguration of certain NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts and remission of outstanding public dividend capital (by Command) (Will Quince)
Treasury Minutes on the Thirty-second to the Thirty-sixth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts from Session 2022–23 (by Command) (CP 828) (James Cartlidge)
14Infrastructure (Financial Assistance)
(1) Report on Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for 2020–21 (by Act) (James Cartlidge)
(2) Report on Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for 2021–22 (by Act) (James Cartlidge)
Government Response to the Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism (by Command) (CP 827) (The Prime Minister)
16Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report (by Command) (CP 826) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(1) Financial directions to NHS England for 2023–24 (by Act) (Will Quince)
(2) Revised financial directions to NHS England 2022–23 (by Act) (Will Quince)
Report and Accounts of the English Sports Council Grant-in-Aid and National Lottery Distribution Fund for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1168) (Stuart Andrew)
Investigation by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland of the Commission's belief that the Northern Ireland Office may have failed to comply with its Equality Scheme (by Act), to be printed (HC 1265) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
(1) Independent Review of the State Pension Age 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Mel Stride)
(2) Report by the Government Actuary on the periodic review of rules about State Pension age (by Act) (Secretary Mel Stride)
(3) State Pension age Review (by Act) (Secretary Mel Stride)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 29 March 2023
The following item should have appeared after item 9 (Papers Laid):
() Higher Education and Research
Office for Students: Fee information for new entrants in 2023–24 (by Act) (Robert Halfon)