Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
Ordered, That the Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the County Constituency of Somerton and Frome in the room of David Warburton, who since his election for the said County Constituency has been appointed to the Office of Steward and Bailiff of His Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the county of York.—(Simon Hart.)
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
3Statement: Stop and search (Secretary Suella Braverman)
4Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary Michael Gove, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary Oliver Dowden, Robert Jenrick, Robert Halfon, Stuart Andrew and Felicity Buchan presented a Bill to make provision to prevent public bodies from being influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign states when taking certain economic decisions, subject to certain exceptions; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 325) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 325–EN).
Motion made and Question put, That this House approves the Fifth Report from the Committee of Privileges (HC 564).—(Penny Mordaunt.)
The House divided.
Division No. 258
Ayes: 354 (Tellers: Liz Twist, Colleen Fletcher)
Noes: 7 (Tellers: Sir Alan Campbell, Lilian Greenwood)
Question accordingly agreed to.
Resolved, That this House approves the Fifth Report from the Committee of Privileges (HC 564).
6Changes to membership of select committees
(1) Ordered, That Geraint Davies be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Cat Smith be added.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(2) Ordered, That Mark Pawsey be a member of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Maintenance of Service Family Accommodation (Helen Morgan)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joy Morrissey.)
At 10.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joy Morrissey.)
Adjourned at 10.10 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Disqualification of a Member
Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That the Chancellor of the Exchequer had today appointed David Warburton, Member for Somerton and Frome, to be Steward and Bailiff of His Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the county of York.
Lords Messages
The Lords agree to the Shark Fins Bill without amendment.
10Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill
The Lords agree to the Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill without amendment.
11Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill
The Lords agree to the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill without amendment.
12Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill
The Lords agree to the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill without amendment.
13Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill
The Lords agree to the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill without amendment.
14Ofcom (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [Lords]
The Lords have passed a Bill to require OFCOM to establish a unit to advise the Secretary of State regarding the use of social media platforms to encourage or assist serious self-harm and activities associated with risk of suicide; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
15Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [Lords]
The Lords have passed a Bill to require the coroner or jury at an inquest to record an opinion as to gambling addiction and any other relevant factors in a case of death by suicide; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
16Financial Services and Markets Bill
The Lords agree to the Financial Services and Markets Bill with amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
Printing of Lords Amendments
17Financial Services and Markets Bill
Lords Amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Bill to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 326) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 326–EN).
Changes to Notices Given
18Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 July.
Order for resuming on Friday 23 June the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 28 October 2022, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 14 July.
General Committees: Reports
20Electronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords] Committee
Dame Angela Eagle (Chair) reported the Bill as amended.
Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow; and to be printed (Bill 327).
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).
21Victims and Prisoners Bill (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Tonia Antoniazzi, Edward Argar, Aaron Bell, Fay Jones, Anna McMorrin, Jess Phillips and Maggie Throup
22First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2023)
Members: Anthony Browne, Fiona Bruce, Mark Eastwood and Sir John Hayes discharged and Mrs Natalie Elphicke, Peter Gibson, Ian Levy and Sir Desmond Swayne nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
*This section has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Tuesday 20 June 2023.
23Environmental Audit Committee
(1) Enabling sustainable electrification of the UK economy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1410);
(2) Sustainable timber and deforestation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 637);
(3) The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition: Written evidence, to be published (HC 308)
(Philip Dunne).
24High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Select Committee on the)
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1136) (Andrew Percy).
(1) Government consultation on supporting earlier resolution of private family law arrangements: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1435);
(2) Correspondence from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice regarding the Judicial Appointments (Amendment) Order 2023: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Prisons and Probation regarding pre-sentence Reports pilots and evaluation: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Minister for Victims and Sentencing relating to core uplift grant funding for Police and Crime Commissioners: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice relating to the Online Procedure Rule Committee: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Justice relating to the fixed recoverable costs and legal aid means test review consultation: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice relating to issues with the Ministry of Justice Main Estimate Memorandum 2023–24: Written evidence to be published;
(8) Serious Fraud Office Main Estimate Memorandum 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) The prison operational workforce: Written evidence, to be published (HC 917)
(Sir Bob Neill).
26Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
(1) Finances and sustainability of the social housing sector: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1268);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Department for Education relating to the governmental review of industry training boards: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety relating to Thurrock Council: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the UK Statistics Authority relating to population and migration statistics: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Reforms to national planning policy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1122)
(Mr Clive Betts).
27Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Progress with making tax digital: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1333);
(2) Bulb Energy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1232);
(3) Child trust funds: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1231);
(4) Correspondence from the Department for Health and Social Care relating to an agenda for change non-consolidated pay Ministerial Direction: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities relating to Treasury minute responses: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence from the Ministry of Defence relating to Ajax lessons learned review: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence from the UK Statistics Authority relating to the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales: Written evidence, to be published:
(8) Defra Recall: Environmental protection: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1306);
(9) Digital transformation in government: Addressing barriers to efficiency: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1229);
(10) Tackling fraud and corruption against government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1230)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
28National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
(1) Ransomware: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 850);
(2) Conflict, stability and security fund: Written evidence from the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, to be published (HC 1389);
(3) Correspondence with the Deputy Prime Minister relating to UK resilience: Written evidence, to be published
(Margaret Beckett).
(1) Cost of living: Impact on rural communities in Scotland: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 982);
(2) Coronavirus and Scotland follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1394);
(3) Promoting Scotland internationally: Written evidence, to be published (HC 625)
(Pete Wishart).
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))
1Cost of living and statutory parental pay
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 617155, relating to the cost of living and statutory parental pay.—(Catherine McKinnell.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.15 pm until tomorrow.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 16 June under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Scotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 664), dated 14 June 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Tom Pursglove)
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 666), dated 15 June 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 19 June
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Official Statistics Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Alex Burghart)
Draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matter) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 665), dated 15 June 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
Other papers
Transforming Public Procurement: Part 1 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill (by Command) (CP 862) (Alex Burghart)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 588) (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department of Health & Social Care: Access to unplanned or urgent care (by Act), to be printed (HC 1511) (Clerk of the House)
First Report in 2023 from the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority on Appointment of IPSA Board Member (by Act), to be printed (HC 1443) (The Speaker)
Explanatory Memorandum to the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 576) (by Command) (Will Quince)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 588) (laid 30 May)
Explanatory Memorandum to the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 576) (laid 25 May)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY
The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Lucy Allan is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on her behalf, starting from 19 June and finishing on 30 June. The nominated proxy is Mr Marcus Jones.
CORRECTION
Wednesday 14 June 2023
(1) Item 15 (Other Proceedings) should have read:
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords] Committee
Chairs: Dame Angela Eagle and Mark Pritchard
Members: Kevin Brennan, Paul Bristow, Alex Davies-Jones, Steve Double, Patrick Grady, Jane Hunt, Kim Leadbeater, Damien Moore, Luke Pollard, Tom Randall, Selaine Saxby, Paul Scully, Jeff Smith, Derek Thomas, Christian Wakeford, Matt Warman and Craig Williams
(2) Item 16 (Other Proceedings) should have read:
Victims And Prisoners Bill Committee
Chairs: Julie Elliott, Sir Edward Leigh and Mrs Sheryll Murray
Members: Tonia Antoniazzi, Edward Argar, Siobhan Baillie, Aaron Bell, Rob Butler, Sarah Champion, Elliot Colburn, Janet Daby, Maria Eagle, Sir Oliver Heald, Fay Jones, Mark Logan, Anna McMorrin, Lia Nici, Jess Phillips, Ellie Reeves and Maggie Throup
(3) Item 17 (Other Proceedings) should have read:
First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2023)
Chair: Ian Paisley
Members: Siobhan Baillie, Anthony Browne, Fiona Bruce, Ian Byrne, Robert Courts, Marsha De Cordova, Steve Double, Mark Eastwood, Chris Green, Sir John Hayes, Gerald Jones, Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Dr Andrew Murrison, Luke Pollard, John Spellar, Chris Stephens and Karl Turner