Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Speaker’s Statement: Letter to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha following the Balasore train collision
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
3Personal Statement (Matt Hancock)
4Urgent Question: Kosovo (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
The Speaker suspended the sitting until 4.08 pm.
6Statement: Illegal migration (Secretary Suella Braverman)
7Deputy Speaker’s Statement: Waiver of sub judice rule in relation to the COVID-19 inquiry: Judicial review Statement
8Statement: COVID-19 inquiry: Judicial review (Jeremy Quin)
(1) Role of local government in reaching net zero
Resolved, That this House has considered the role of local government in reaching net zero.—(Wera Hobhouse.)
(2) Delivering new housing supply
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of delivering new housing supply.—(Mr David Davis.)
Subject: Healthcare facilities in Royston (Sir Oliver Heald)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
Adjourned at 10.15 pm until tomorrow.
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).
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Members: Alun Cairns, Kevin Foster and Jill Mortimer discharged and Virginia Crosbie, Danny Kruger and Shailesh Vara nominated in substitution.
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Amendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) (No. 2) Order 2023)
Members: Jackie Doyle-Price discharged and Mrs Heather Wheeler nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Friday 26 May
(1) Correspondence from the Minister for Prisons and Probation relating to the urgent notification at HMYOI Cookham Wood: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice: Written evidence, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
14Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to the Renters Reform Bill: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Public engagement on e-petitions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 73) (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 1 June
16Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The work of ITV: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1441) (Clerk of the House).
Friday 2 June
(1) Correspondence with the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries relating to e-petition 624406: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries relating to e-petition 631948: Written evidence, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 5 June
(1) Smoothing the cliff edge: Supporting MPs at their point of departure from elected office: Responses to the First Report from the Committee: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 1454);
(2) Communications and engagement services provided by the House of Commons Administration: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1392);
(3) Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 5 June, to be published
(Sir Charles Walker).
19High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Select Committee on the)
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1136) (Andrew Percy).
20Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Thursday 7 September 2023.
* (1) Long-term funding of adult social care: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 1397);
(2) Financial reporting and audit in local authorities: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1196);
(3) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning relating to the Renters (Reform) Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to South Tees Development Corporation: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Main Estimate Memorandum 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Finances and sustainability of the social housing sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1268)
(Mr Clive Betts).
21Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) AEA Technology pension case: Fifty-seventh Report, to be printed, with formal minutes relating to the report (HC 1005);
(2) Resetting Government programmes: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1233);
(3) Correspondence from the Cabinet Office relating to Virtual Infrastructure Group Ltd and UKCloud Ltd: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury relating to the Government’s shareholding in NatWest Group: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Ministry of Defence relating to Type 31 general purpose frigates: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the Department of Health and Social Care relating to a non-consolidated pay Ministerial Direction: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Meg Hillier).
(1) Hydrogen and carbon capture:
(i) Seventh Special Report, to be printed (HC 1421);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 83);
(2) Defence in Scotland: The North Atlantic and the High North: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 81);
(3) Promoting Scotland internationally: Written evidence, to be published (HC 625)
(Pete Wishart).
Matt Hancock:
(i) Tenth Report, with Appendices, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1417);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1417)
(Sir Chris Bryant).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Statutory duty of care for higher education students
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 622847, relating to a statutory duty of care for higher education students.—(Nick Fletcher.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.19 pm until tomorrow.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Tuesday 30 May
Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 588), dated 30 May 2023 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Competition Act 1998 (Motor Vehicle Agreements Block Exemption) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 586), dated 26 May 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kevin Hollinrake)
Wednesday 31 May
Universal Credit (Childcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 593), dated 30 May 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mims Davies)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 5 June
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Healthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
5International, Immunities and Privileges
Draft International Atomic Energy Agency (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (David Rutley)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Amending Agreement No. 1, done at Chișinău on 25 May 2023, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Moldova to amend the Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Moldova (by Command) (CP 859), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary James Cleverly)
Other papers
Food Law Code of Practice (England) (by Act) (Neil O'Brien)
8Government Resources and Accounts
Report and Accounts of Active Travel England for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1446) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Risk-based exclusion of MPs: consultation response and proposals, to be printed (HC 1396) (The Speaker)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Transport: Active Travel in England (by Act), to be printed (HC 1376) (Clerk of the House)
Explanatory Memorandum to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 515) (by Command) (Will Quince)
Treasury Minutes Progress Report on the Government responses to the Committee of Public Accounts in Sessions 2010–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–19, 2019, 2019–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 (by Command) (CP 855) (Gareth Davies)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 515) (by Command) (laid 9 May)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY
1. Variation of proxy voting arrangement
The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Theo Clarke has given notice that she wishes to vary her proxy vote arrangement. Her period of proxy voting will now end on 30 June.