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Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
(1) Public access to nature
Resolved, That this House has considered public access to nature.—(Caroline Lucas.)
(2) Access to psilocybin treatments
Resolved, That this House welcomes the development of treatment options in mental health; further notes there have been no new pharmacological treatments for depression, with the exception of Esketamine, in over 30 years; recognises that psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound, has the potential to revolutionise the treatment of many of the world’s most hard to treat psychiatric conditions such as depression, PTSD, OCD, addiction and anorexia nervosa; recognises that no review of the evidence for psilocybin's current status under UK law has ever been conducted; regrets that psilocybin is currently more controlled than heroin under the most stringent class and schedule under UK law which is significantly stalling research; and calls on the Government to take steps to conduct an urgent review of the evidence for psilocybin's current status as Schedule 1 under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 with a view to rescheduling, initially for research purposes only, in order to facilitate the development of new mental health treatments and enable human brain research for the benefit of researchers, patients and the life sciences sector in the UK, and to deliver His Majesty’s Government’s commitment to be world-leading in its approach, with evidence-led and data-driven interventions, and building the evidence base where necessary.—(Charlotte Nichols.)
Subject: Health services in Wantage and Didcot (David Johnston)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Julie Marson.)
Adjourned at 3.32 pm until Monday 22 May.
Other Proceedings
Private Business
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Monday 22 May 2023
Mr Speaker laid upon the Table a Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pursuant to Order (23 February 2023), That, in the case of the Holocaust Memorial Bill, Standing Orders 4, 4A, 10, 11, 38, 39 are applicable and have not been complied with.
Report referred to the Standing Orders Committee.
General Committees: Reports
6Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
Mr Philip Hollobone (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
7Energy Bill [Lords] Committee
Chairs: James Gray, Dr Rupa Huq, Caroline Nokes and Mr Virendra Sharma
8First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Register of Overseas Entities (Penalties and Northern Ireland Dispositions) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Dame Angela Eagle
Members: Jason McCartney discharged and Mark Eastwood nominated in substitution.
9Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 453), Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 454), Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 464), Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-Through Requirement Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 463) and Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 455))
Chair: Mrs Pauline Latham
Members: Taiwo Owatemi discharged and Lilian Greenwood nominated in substitution.
10Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Graham Stringer
11Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial provisions) Order 2023)
Chair: Mrs Sheryll Murray
Members: Theo Clarke discharged and David Morris nominated in substitution.
12Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Sir Gary Streeter
Members: Alun Cairns discharged and Nigel Mills nominated in substitution.
13Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Peter Dowd
Members: Brendan Clarke-Smith, Colleen Fletcher, Gill Furniss, Peter Gibson, Mr Richard Holden, Dr Neil Hudson, Ian Lavery, Kim Leadbeater, Mr Gagan Mohindra, Dr Kieran Mullan, Kate Osamor, Ms Marie Rimmer, Gary Sambrook, Bob Stewart, Zarah Sultana, Theresa Villiers and Jacob Young
Select Committees: Reports
14Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 25 May in the Chamber and Tuesday 6 June and Thursday 15 June in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
15Environmental Audit Committee
(1) The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 308);
(2) Environmental change and food security: Written evidence, to be published (HC 880);
(3) Progress in implementing UK REACH: Written evidence, to be published (HC 860)
(Philip Dunne).
16Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Alcohol treatment services: Fifty-fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1001);
(2) Child Trust Funds: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1231)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
17Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Civil Service People Survey: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 575) (Mr William Wragg).
HS2: progress update: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 641) (Iain Stewart).
Quantitative tightening: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1116) (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))
1Reducing plastic pollution in the ocean
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of reducing plastic pollution in the ocean.—(Selaine Saxby.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.54 pm and 3.00 pm.
Resolved, That this House has considered National Numeracy Day.—(Bob Blackman.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3.50 pm until Monday 22 May.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Draft Fareham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 554), dated 18 May 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Neil O'Brien)
(1) Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) and Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 545), dated 16 May 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Laura Trott)
(2) Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 549), dated 16 May 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Laura Trott)
Other papers
4Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Government Response to the Report of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee on permitted development rights (by Command) (CP 848) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(1) Central Government: Main Supply Estimates for 2023–24 (by Command), to be printed (HC 1383) (John Glen)
(2) The Electoral Commission: Main Supply Estimate for 2023–24 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1385) (The Speaker)
(3) House of Commons Administration: Main Supply Estimate for 2023–24 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1297) (The Speaker)
(4) Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Main Supply Estimates for 2023–24 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1380) (The Speaker)
(5) Local Government Boundary Commission for England: Main Supply Estimate for 2023–24 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1366) (The Speaker)
(6) Parliamentary Works Grant: Main Supply Estimate for 2023–24 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1371) (Dame Eleanor Laing)
(7) Parliamentary Works Grant: Main Supply Estimate for 2023–24: Comments from the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission and the Treasury (by Act), to be printed (HC 1384) (Dame Eleanor Laing)
Report and Accounts of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust for 2021–22 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Withdrawn papers
7Exiting The European Union (Customs)
Draft International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (laid on 17 December 2020)