Part 1: Business Today
Summary Agenda: Chamber
11.30am |
Prayers |
Afterwards |
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12.30pm |
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Up to 20 minutes |
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Schools (gender and parental rights) (Andrew Bridgen) |
Until 7.00pm |
Opposition Day (19th Allotted Day) |
No debate |
Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) |
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Air quality on Luton Road, Dunstable (Andrew Selous) |
Westminster Hall
9.30am |
Import and sale of fur |
11.00am |
Asylum applications and asylum seekers’ mental health and wellbeing |
(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm) |
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2.30pm |
Implementation of ECO4 and ECO+ |
4.00pm |
Protection of seals |
4.30pm |
Impact of immigration on population growth |
Business Today: Chamber
11.30am Prayers
Followed by
Questions
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
1Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Whether he plans to meet the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to discuss overcrowding in prisons. (905631)
2Paul Holmes (Eastleigh)
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the legal aid means test review on access to legal aid for victims of domestic abuse. (905632)
3Christian Wakeford (Bury South)
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of rape charge rates. (905633)
4Giles Watling (Clacton)
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of arrangements on prisoner transfers agreed with Albania. (905634)
5Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
What assessment he has made of the impact of imprisonment for public protection sentences on the criminal justice system. (905635)
6Simon Baynes (Clwyd South)
What steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases. (905636)
7Marco Longhi (Dudley North)
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of arrangements on prisoner transfers agreed with Albania. (905637)
8Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
What steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate number of prison officers. (905638)
9Selaine Saxby (North Devon)
What steps his Department is taking to support victims of sexual assault and rape in the court process. (905639)
10Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green)
What steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls. (905641)
11Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
What recent assessment he has made of trends in average waiting times for employment tribunals. (905642)
12Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd)
What steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls. (905643)
13Ruth Jones (Newport West)
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of rape charge rates. (905644)
14Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
If he will take steps to negotiate prisoner transfer arrangements similar to those agreed with Albania with other countries. (905645)
15Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby)
If he will bring forward legislative proposals to require offenders to be present for their sentencing hearing. (905646)
16Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
What steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases. (905647)
17Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw)
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on access to justice for asylum seekers. (905648)
18Anna Firth (Southend West)
What steps his Department is taking through the criminal justice system to tackle knife crime. (905649)
19Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington)
Whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the use of restorative justice. (905651)
20Liz Twist (Blaydon)
What steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls. (905652)
21Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What steps he is taking to support victims in the criminal justice system. (905653)
22Rob Butler (Aylesbury)
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of arrangements on prisoner transfers agreed with Albania. (905654)
23Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham)
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the treatment of victims in the criminal justice system. (905655)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
T1Anna Firth (Southend West)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905656)
T2David Linden (Glasgow East) (905658)
T3Henry Smith (Crawley) (905659)
T4Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree) (905660)
T5Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (905661)
T6Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (905662)
T7Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (905663)
T8Angela Richardson (Guildford) (905665)
Urgent Questions and Statements
12.30pm
Ministerial Statements (if any)
Business of the Day
1. Schools (Gender and Parental Rights): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Andrew Bridgen
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the promotion of social transition practices in schools; to require schools to inform parents if their child has indicated an intention to pursue, or has commenced, social transition; to provide for a right for parents to access information about lessons in schools; to make provision about the teaching of the concept of gender identity in schools; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
2. OPPOSITION DAY (19th ALLOTTED DAY)
Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner
Rachel Reeves
Pat McFadden
Thangam Debbonaire
Sir Alan Campbell
That this House is extremely concerned that, under this Conservative Government, average mortgage costs will be increasing by £2,900 per year, with a typical household in the UK paying over £2,000 more per year than in France and over £1,000 more than in Ireland and Belgium, and that renters face huge increases in rent payments; condemns the Government for its slowness in acting to support millions of homeowners and renters and so alleviate the impact of its policies; calls on the Government to bring in mandatory measures, as the current voluntary measures could lead to around one million homeowners missing out on support, and to immediately adopt measures to ease the mortgage crisis and halt repossessions by guaranteeing support from lenders for struggling mortgage borrowers and strengthening the rights of renters; in particular calls on the Government to require lenders to allow borrowers to switch to interest-only mortgage payments for a temporary period, to lengthen the term of their mortgage period, to reverse any support measures when requested and to make mandatory repossession restrictions; and further calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to instruct the Financial Conduct Authority to urgently issue guidance that the credit score of borrowers should be unaffected by any temporary switches to interest-only mortgage payments or lengthening of their mortgage period and to introduce a renters’ charter that would end no-fault evictions immediately.
Amendment (a)
The Prime Minister
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Glen
Andrew Griffith
Gareth Davies
Simon Hart
Leave out from “House” to end and add:
“welcomes the Government’s drive to halve inflation, grow the economy and reduce debt; particularly welcomes the Government’s new Mortgage Charter which has been agreed by 85 per cent of the residential mortgage market and will provide support to mortgage holders through new commitments and flexibilities to help borrowers who are anxious about rising interest rates; notes the extensive package of cost of living support to help families with rising prices, worth an average of £3,300 per household including direct cash payments to the eight million most vulnerable households; and further believes that Labour’s policies to manage the economy would be inflationary, lead to higher interest rates and put more pressure on mortgage holders and renters.”
Repurposing Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner
Mr David Lammy
Stephen Doughty
Emily Thornberry
Sir Alan Campbell
That this House condemns Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine; stands in solidarity with Ukrainians in their resistance to Russia’s invasion of their sovereign state; recognises the enormous damage that Russia’s invasion has caused to Ukraine’s infrastructure, economy and institutions; commends the recent commitments made by the Government to support Ukraine’s recovery during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023; and calls on the Government to present a Bill before this House within 90 days to allow frozen Russian state assets held in the UK to be repurposed for Ukraine’s recovery.
Notes:
The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Lee Rowley
That the draft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has drawn the special attention of both Houses to the Instrument in its 39th Report of 2022-23 (HC xxxix). If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
David Rutley
That the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 616), dated 6 June 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris
That the Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 602), dated 5 June 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 6 June, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
Adjournment Debate
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Air quality on Luton Road, Dunstable: Andrew Selous
Business Today: Westminster Hall
Order of Business
The first part of the sitting will last for two hours. The second part of the sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)).
9.30am
That this House has considered the import and sale of fur: Giles Watling
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
Relevant Documents:
e-petition 630751, Retain bans on cat, dog, seal fur imports, and extend to ban all fur imports
11.00am
That this House has considered asylum applications and asylum seekers’ mental health and wellbeing: Gareth Bacon
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm
That this House has considered the implementation of ECO4 and ECO+: Ben Lake
4.00pm
That this House has considered the protection of seals: Sarah Olney
4.30pm
That this House has considered the impact of immigration on population growth: Sir John Hayes
Notes:
The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.
The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Written Statements
Statements to be Made Today
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
1.Review of Wilton Park
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
2.Learning Disability and Autism Update
3.National Institute for Health and Care Research Capital Call Update
Notes:
Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/.
Committees Meeting Today
Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
Select Committees
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Subject: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Media Bill
Witnesses: 10.00am: Anna Hatfield, Public Policy Manager, Amazon; Benjamin King, Senior Director of Public Policy UK and Ireland, Netflix; Alistair Law, Director of Policy, Sky
11.00am: Rosie Johnston-Luff, Public Policy Manager, Google; Richard Stern, Chief Executive, and Kevin Straley, Chief Content Officer, TuneIn; Lewis Walmesley-Browne, Head of Programme: Market Access and Consumer Tech, techUK
Room 5
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Witnesses: 10.00am: Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools, and Graham Archer, Interim Director General for Families Group, Department for Education
Room 15
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Health and Social Care Committee
Subject: Assisted dying/assisted suicide
Witnesses: 10.00am: Dr Georg Bosshard, Practicing geriatrician and nursing home physician, reader for clinical ethics, University of Zürich; Dr Yvonne Gilli, President, Swiss Medical Association (FMH); Professor Samia Hurst-Majno, Professor of Biomedical Ethics, University of Geneva, and member of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics
10.45am: Silvan Luley, Team member, DIGNITAS - To live with dignity - To die with dignity; Bernhard Sutter, Director, EXIT (Deutsche Schweiz)
Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Room 6
9.30am (private)
Subject: Food and fuel price inflation: will prices come down this year?
Witnesses: 10.10am: Rhian Bartlett, Food Commercial Director, Sainsbury's; Kris Comerford, Chief Commercial Officer, Asda; David Potts, CEO, Morrisons; Gordon Gafa, Commercial Director, Tesco
11.15am: Mark White, Groceries Code Adjudicator, Groceries Code Adjudicator
Room 8
9.45am (private), 10.10am (public)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private), 11.30am (private)
Subject: The work of the Payment Systems Regulator
Witnesses: 10.15am: Aidene Walsh, Chair, and Chris Hemsley, Managing Director, Payment Systems Regulator
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)
Room 13
1.00pm (private)
Subject: The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Khalida Azhigulova, Independent Research Consultant; Maisy Weicherding, Researcher, Amnesty International
3.30pm: Erica Marat, Professor, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University; Noah Tucker, Senior Researcher, The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, Senior Research Consultant, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews; Luca Anceschi, Professor of Eurasian Studies (Central & East European Studies), School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Subject: Tenant Farmers
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Baroness Kate Rock, Chair, The Rock Review
Room 6
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
3.00pm (private)
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: 4.15pm: Members of Parliament, House of Commons
Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)
Public Bill Committees
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Further to consider the Bill
Room 10
9.25am (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 14
9.25am (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 9
9.25am (public)
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Further to consider the Bill
Room 10
2.00pm (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 14
2.00pm (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 9
2.00pm (public)
Delegated Legislation Committees
Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Brazil) Order 2023, and the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (San Marino) Order 2023
Room 11
2.30pm (public)
Other
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee
Subject: Petitioning against the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
Witnesses: 2.00pm: David Germain; Mark Armor; Brett Bernard, Representative, Harbour Healthcare, Representative, Sherborne Court Neurological Centre Limited; Delisser Bernard, Representative, Harbour Healthcare, Representative, Sherborne Court Neurological Centre Limited; Tim Mould KC, Counsel, and James Strachan KC, Counsel, Department for Transport
Room 8
2.00pm (public), 4.45pm (private)
Committee Reports Published Today
WOMEN AND EQUALITIES
4th Report: Equality and the UK asylum process HC 93
Time of publication: 00.01am
EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
20th Report: Documents considered by the Committee 21 June 2023 HC 119-xxviii
Time of publication: 11.00am
Announcements
Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates
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Tuesday 19 September (deadline Monday 11 September 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
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Written Statements
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Select Committees
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Part 2: Future Business
A. CALENDAR OF BUSINESS
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down for
today, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.
B. REMAINING ORDERS AND NOTICES
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.
A. Calendar of Business
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
Afterwards
Global Climate and Development Finance: Ten Minute Rule Motion
Liam Byrne
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for increasing the on-lending of UK Special Drawing Rights via the IMF, for transferring the capital returned to the UK by the European Investment Bank to the World Bank, and for increasing the UK’s support for the African Development Bank,for the purpose of reducing debt burdens and the cost of capital and contributing to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Second Reading
Sir Peter Bottomley
That this House, while accepting the value of a national holocaust memorial, declines to give a Second Reading to the Holocaust Memorial Bill because no adequate reason has been given for seeking to build the memorial and learning centre in a long-established small public park, thereby contradicting the Government’s own policies on environmental and green space protection; because the Government has not implemented its 2015 promise to establish an endowment fund for Holocaust education, which would have spread the benefits of the learning centre around the country; because the proposed site is opposed by many in the Jewish community, including many Holocaust survivors; because there was no public consultation on the choice of site; and because there has been no consideration of alternatives to Victoria Tower Gardens since the criteria declared in September 2015 were set aside.
Notes:
The Bill has been referred to the Standing Orders Committee.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BILL: MONEY
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Holocaust Memorial Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State.
Notes:
King’s Recommendation signified.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BILL: COMMITTAL
Secretary Michael Gove
(1) That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee of five members, all of whom are to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.
(2) That in determining the composition of the Select Committee the Committee of Selection shall nominate three members from the Government and two members from opposition parties.
(3) That there shall stand referred to the Select Committee—
(a) any petition against the Bill submitted to the Private Bill Office during the period beginning at 10.00 am on 28 June 2023 and ending at 5.00 pm on 24 July 2023, and
(b) any petition which has been submitted to the Private Bill Office and in which the petitioners complain of—
(i) any amendment as proposed in the filled-up Bill,
(ii) any amendment as proposed by the member in charge of the Bill which, if the Bill were a private bill, could not be made except upon petition for additional provision, or
(iii) any matter which has arisen during the progress of the Bill before the Select Committee,
(and references in this paragraph to the submission of a petition are to its submission electronically, by post or in person).
(4) That if no such petition as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a) above is presented, or if all such petitions are withdrawn before the meeting of the Committee, the order for the committal of the Bill to a Select Committee shall be discharged and the Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
(5) That, notwithstanding the practice of the House that appearances on petitions against an opposed private bill be required to be entered at the first meeting of the Select Committee on the Bill, in the case of any such petitions as are mentioned in paragraph 3(a) above on which appearances are not entered at that meeting, the Select Committee shall appoint a later day or days on which it will require appearances on those petitions to be entered.
(6) That any petitioner whose petition stands referred to the Select Committee shall, subject to the rules and orders of the House and to the prayer of that person’s petition, be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel or agents upon that person’s petition provided that it is prepared and signed in conformity with the rules and orders of the House, and the member in charge of the Bill shall be entitled to be heard through counsel or agents in favour of the Bill against that petition.
(7) That the Select Committee shall require any hearing in relation to a petition mentioned in paragraph 6 above to take place in person, unless exceptional circumstances apply.
(8) That in applying the rules of the House in relation to parliamentary agents, any reference to a petitioner in person shall be treated as including a reference to a duly authorised member or officer of an organisation, group or body.
(9) That the Select Committee have power to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House and to report from day to day the minutes of evidence taken before it.
(10) That three be the quorum of the Select Committee.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BILL: INSTRUCTION
Secretary Michael Gove
That it be an instruction to the Select Committee to which the Holocaust Memorial Bill is committed to deal with the Bill as follows:
(1) That the Committee treats the principle of the Bill, as determined by the House on the Bill’s Second Reading, as comprising the matters mentioned in paragraph 2; and those matters shall accordingly not be at issue during proceedings of the Committee.
(2) The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) the Secretary of State may incur expenditure for or in connection with (i) a memorial commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, and (ii) a centre for learning relating to the memorial; and
(b) section 8(1) and (8) of the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900 are not to prevent, restrict or otherwise affect the construction, use, operation, maintenance or improvement of such a memorial and centre for learning at Victoria Tower Gardens in the City of Westminster.
(3) Given paragraph (2) and as the Bill does not remove the need for planning permission and all other necessary consents being obtained in the usual way for the construction, use, operation, maintenance and improvement of the memorial and centre for learning, the Committee shall not hear any petition against the Bill to the extent that the petition relates to—
(a) the question of whether or not there should be a memorial commemorating the victims of the Holocaust or a centre for learning relating to the memorial, whether at Victoria Tower Gardens or elsewhere; or
(b) whether or not planning permission and all other necessary consents should be given for the memorial and centre for learning, or the terms and conditions on which they should be given.
(4) The Committee shall have power to consider any amendments proposed by the member in charge of the Bill which, if the Bill were a private bill, could not be made except upon petition for additional provision.
(5) Paragraph (4) applies only so far as the amendments proposed by the member in charge of the Bill fall within the principle of the Bill as provided for by paragraphs (1) and (2) above.
That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BILL: CARRY-OVER
Secretary Michael Gove
That the following provisions shall apply in respect of the Holocaust Memorial Bill:
Suspension at end of current Session
(1) Further proceedings on the Bill shall be suspended from the day on which this Session of Parliament ends (“the current Session”) until the next Session of Parliament (“Session 2023–24”).
(2) If a Bill is presented in Session 2023–24 in the same terms as those in which the Bill stood when proceedings on it were suspended in the current Session—
(a) the Bill so presented shall be ordered to be printed and shall be deemed to have been read the first and second time;
(b) the Standing Orders and practice of the House applicable to the Bill, so far as complied with or dispensed with in the current Session, shall be deemed to have been complied with or (as the case may be) dispensed with in Session 2023–24;
(c) the Bill shall be dealt with in accordance with—
(i) paragraph 3, if proceedings in Select Committee were not completed when proceedings on the Bill were suspended,
(ii) paragraph 4, if proceedings in Public Bill Committee were begun but not completed when proceedings on the Bill were suspended,
(iii) paragraph 5, if the Bill was waiting to be considered when proceedings on it were suspended,
(iv) paragraph 6, if the Bill was waiting for third reading when proceedings on it were suspended, or
(v) paragraph 7, if the Bill has been read the third time and sent to the House of Lords.
(3) If this paragraph applies—
(a) the Bill shall stand committed to a Select Committee of such Members as were members of the Committee when proceedings on the Bill were suspended in the current Session;
(b) any instruction of the House to the Committee in the current Session shall be an instruction to the Committee on the Bill in Session 2023–24;
(c) all petitions submitted in the current Session which stand referred to the Committee and which have not been withdrawn, and any petition submitted between the day on which the current Session ends and the day on which proceedings on the Bill are resumed in Session 2023–24 in accordance with this Order, shall stand referred to the Committee in Session 2023–24;
(d) any minutes of evidence taken and any papers laid before the Committee in the current Session shall stand referred to the Committee in Session 2023–24;
(e) only those petitions mentioned in sub-paragraph (c), and any petition which may be submitted to the Private Bill Office and in which the petitioners complain of any amendment proposed by the member in charge of the Bill which, if the Bill were a private bill, could not be made except upon petition for additional provision or of any matter which has arisen during the progress of the Bill before the Committee in Session 2023–24, shall stand referred to the Committee;
(f) any petitioners whose petitions stand referred to the Committee in Session 2023–24 shall, subject to the rules and orders of the House, and to the prayer of that person’s petition, be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel or agents upon that person’s petition provided that it is prepared and signed in conformity with the rules and orders of the House, and the member in charge of the Bill shall be entitled to be heard through counsel or agents in favour of the Bill against that petition;
(g) the Committee shall require any hearing in relation to a petition mentioned in sub-paragraph (f) above to take place in person, unless exceptional circumstances apply;
(h) in applying the rules of the House in relation to parliamentary agents, any reference to a petitioner in person shall be treated as including a reference to a duly authorised member or officer of an organisation, group or body;
(i) the Committee shall have power to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House and to report from day to day minutes of evidence taken before it;
(j) three shall be the quorum of the Committee.
(4) If this paragraph applies, the Bill shall be deemed to have been reported from the Select Committee and to have been re-committed to a Public Bill Committee.
(5) If this paragraph applies—
(a) the Bill shall be deemed to have been reported from the Select Committee and from the Public Bill Committee, and
(b) the Bill shall be set down as an order of the day for consideration.
(6) If this paragraph applies—
(a) the Bill shall be deemed to have been reported from the Select Committee and from the Public Bill Committee and to have been considered, and
(b) the Bill shall be set down as an order of the day for third reading.
(7) If this paragraph applies, the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through all its stages in this House.
Other
(8) In paragraph 3 above, references to the submission of a petition are to its submission electronically, by post or in person.
That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House.
POSITIONS FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL SALARIES ARE PAYABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 4A(2) OF THE PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS ACT 2009
Secretary Michael Gove
That the Order of the House of 19 March 2013 (Positions for which additional salaries are payable for the purposes of section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009) be amended, in paragraph (1)(a), by inserting, in the appropriate place, “the Select Committee on the Holocaust Memorial Bill”.
Government preparedness for new covid-19 variants: Neale Hanvey
9.30am That this House has considered mortgage prisoners: Martin Docherty-Hughes
11.00am That this House has considered the environmental impacts of Rosebank oilfield: Caroline Lucas
Relevant Documents:
Fourth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies, HC 109, and the Government response, HC 1221.
2.30pm That this House has considered the anniversary of the Hong Kong National Security Law: Sir Iain Duncan Smith
4.00pm That this House has considered Great British Nuclear: Virginia Crosbie
Relevant Documents:
Third Report of the Welsh Affairs Committee, Nuclear energy in Wales, HC 240
4.30pm That this House has considered in-work poverty: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Notes:
The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.
The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
THURSDAY 29 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Afterwards
Mr Alistair Carmichael
That this House has considered the fishing industry.
Matt Warman
That this House has considered artificial intelligence.
Notes:
The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
Lawfare and its impact on open and democratic freedoms: Mr David Davis
1.30pm That this House has considered electronic cigarette use: Dr Caroline Johnson
3.00pm That this House has considered bladder and bowel continence care: Andrew Selous
Notes:
The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
MONDAY 3 JULY
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Second Reading
Notes:
King's Consent to be signified on Third Reading.
Crime and anti-social behaviour in west London: Ruth Cadbury
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 600966, relating to the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rate: Elliot Colburn, on behalf of the Petitions Committee
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Tuesday 4 July
Republic of Somaliland (Recognition): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Sir Gavin Williamson
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require His Majesty’s Government to recognise formally the Republic of Somaliland; to make provision in connection with the establishing of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Somaliland; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
ESTIMATES DAY (4th ALLOTTED DAY)
Notes:
Subjects to be confirmed.
9.30am That this House has considered Srebrenica Memorial Week: Yasmin Qureshi
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
Wednesday 5 July
Safety cameras: Ten Minute Rule Motion
Mark Eastwood
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish revised guidance on the deployment, visibility and signing of speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement; to require that guidance to include amended site selection criteria for safety cameras, including a lower threshold for the number of collisions in which a person is killed or seriously injured; to require that guidance to provide for a process by which local communities can express support for the installation of safety cameras in areas of concern; and for connected purposes..
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
ESTIMATES DAY (5th ALLOTTED DAY)
Notes:
Subjects to be confirmed. At 7.00pm the House will be asked to agree all outstanding estimates.
THURSDAY 6 JULY
PROCEEDINGS ON THE SUPPLY AND APPROPRIATION (MAIN ESTIMATES) (NO. 2) BILL
General debate on building safety and social housing, to mark six years since the grenfell tower tragedy
Notes:
The subject for this debate will be determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
1.30pm That this House has considered bishops in the House of Lords: Tommy Sheppard
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
MONDAY 10 JULY
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 626737, relating to the use of swift bricks in new housing: Matt Vickers, on behalf of the Petitions Committee
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
TUESDAY 11 JULY
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) (No. 2) Bill
Jim McMahon
Bill to make provision about the welfare of certain kept animals that are in, imported into, or exported from Great Britain.
Rachael Maskell
That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
WEDNESDAY 12 JULY
Mr Alistair Carmichael
That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
MONDAY 17 JULY
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 620264, relating to pay for teaching assistants: Tonia Antoniazzi, on behalf of the Petitions Committee
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
B. Remaining Orders and Notices
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has therefore been set down formally to be taken in the Chamber today but is not expected to be taken today.
1. Bill of Rights Bill: Second Reading
Caroline Lucas
This House declines to give a Second Reading to the Bill of Rights Bill, because the Bill attacks the freedoms and liberties protected by the Human Rights Act in an ideologically motivated way, is of supreme constitutional significance and will impact on the rights of individuals for many years to come but has not undergone pre-legislative scrutiny in line with the recommendations of the chairs of relevant cross-party committees, ignores the results of two consultations into the Act, vastly exceeds the manifesto commitment to update the Act, does not come with publication of relevant and robust impact assessments, ignores the fundamental principle that human rights are not earned or contingent on a person’s conduct or character but are attached to a person by virtue of their humanity, undermines migrants’ rights at a time of unprecedented international turmoil, threatens the Good Friday Agreement, risks severing the ties between domestic rights and Strasbourg jurisprudence leading to a divergence in rights protection leaving the UK out of step with other members of the Council of Europe at a time of war in Europe, fails to improve citizens’ rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, to access nature and to live in a safe climate, fails to improve the rights of children, disabled people and future generations, undermines efforts to tackle violence against women and girls, and distorts and undermines this country’s democracy by increasing the power of the executive over citizens by removing and weakening rights instead of enshrining and improving them.
Relevant Documents:
Ninth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill, HC 611, and the Government response, CP 819
Oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 5 July 2022, on Bill of Rights Bill, HC 562
Written evidence to the Justice Committee, on the Bill of Rights and victims of John Worboys, reported to the House on 28 July 2022, HC 304
e-petition 607712, Do not reform the Human Rights Act
e-petition 619334, Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights
2. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Second Reading
3. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Money
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
(1)any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State;
(2)any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.
Felicity Buchan
That the draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 30 March, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.
6. Renters (Reform) Bill: Second Reading
Notes:
King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.
7. RENTERS (REFORM) BILL: MONEY
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Renters (Reform) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:
(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State; and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.
Notes:
King’s Recommendation signified.
8. RENTERS (REFORM) BILL: WAYS AND MEANS
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Renters (Reform) Bill, it is expedient to authorise:
(1) the charging of fees under or by virtue of the Act; and
(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.
Mr Andrew Mitchell
That the draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Victoria Atkins
That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Brazil) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Victoria Atkins
That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (San Marino) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
12. Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill: Remaining Stages
As amended in public bill committee, to be considered (Order of 17 April).
Notes:
Proceedings on Consideration will (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
Proceedings on Third Reading will (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (Order of 17 April).
Mr Andrew Mitchell
That the draft African Development Bank (Sixteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 23 May, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 May, be approved.
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 24 May, be approved.
16. Exiting the European Union
Will Quince
That the draft Healthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 5 June, be approved.
17. International, Immunities and Privileges
David Rutley
That the draft International Atomic Energy Agency (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 5 June, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 6 June, be approved.
Mr Andrew Mitchell
That the draft Commonwealth Development Corporation (Limit on Government Assistance) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 6 June, be approved.
20. Exiting the European Union (Northern Ireland)
Secretary Kemi Badenoch
That the draft Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 6 June, be approved.
Secretary Suella Braverman
That the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 6 June, be approved.
Dehenna Davison
That the draft Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 7 June, be approved.
Robert Halfon
That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 7 June, be approved.
Laura Trott
That the draft Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 8 June, be approved.
Lee Rowley
That the draft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 12 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Gareth Davies
That the draft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 12 June, be approved.
Gareth Davies
That the draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 12 June, be approved.
Neil O’Brien
That the draft Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 12 June, be approved.
29. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION (EXTERNAL MEMBER)
Penny Mordaunt
That, in pursuance of section 1(2B) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, as amended, Catherine Ward be appointed to the House of Commons Commission for a period of eighteen months with immediate effect.
Notes:
An explanatory memorandum is available in the vote office.
Relevant Documents:
House of Commons Commission, External members of the House of Commons Commission: nomination of candidate, HC 1377
Alex Burghart
That the draft Official Statistics Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 19 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Secretary Suella Braverman
That the draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matter) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 19 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Mr Andrew Mitchell
That the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 665), dated 15 June 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 19 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
33. Electronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages
As amended in public bill committee, to be considered.
34. SITTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL
Penny Mordaunt
That the following amendment to Standing Order No. 10 (Sittings in Westminster Hall) be made: in paragraph (2)(b), leave out “be between 9.30 am and 2.30 pm” and insert “begin at 11.30 am, be suspended from 1.30pm till 4.30pm and may then continue for up to a further three hours”.
35. Standing Orders etc. (Independent Expert Panel)
Penny Mordaunt
That—
(1)Standing Order No. 150A (Independent Expert Panel) be amended as follows:
(a) In paragraph (1), insert “and Chair” after “members”;
(b) in paragraph (2), leave out “eight” and insert “its Chair and seven other”; and
(c) in paragraph (4), leave out “The Panel may elect its own Chair.” and insert “If the position of Chair of the Panel becomes vacant, the Panel may elect an interim Chair for the period of vacancy, who shall be entitled to exercise all powers vested in a Chair appointed in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Order.”;
(2)Standing Order No. 150C (Appointment of Independent Expert Panel Members) be amended as follows:
(a) In the title, leave out “Members” and insert “Chair and members”;
(b) in paragraph (1), leave out “Members of the Independent Expert Panel shall be appointed by a resolution of the House on a motion” and insert “The members of the Independent Expert Panel shall be appointed by resolutions of the House on motions”;
(c) at the end of paragraph (5), insert “A member of the panel may apply to be appointed to the position of Chair for the remainder of their original period of appointment.”; and
(d) after paragraph (7), insert new paragraph as follows:
“() In this Order, the term “member” includes the Chair of the Panel, and provisions relating to period of appointment apply to the total length of service on the Panel in any capacity.”.
Notes:
An explanatory memorandum is available in the Vote Office.
Penny Mordaunt
That
(1)this House
(a) notes the Third Report from the Procedure Committee, on Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot (HC 807), and, subject to paragraph (2) of this motion, approves the recommendations relating to extending the scheme on an ongoing basis and absences from the parliamentary estate in paragraphs 6, 7, 18 and 19 of that Report.
(b) endorses the proposals relating to the evidence required to obtain a proxy vote and the duration of such a vote set out in the letter dated 8 June from the Procedure Committee to the Leader of the House relating to arrangements for proxy voting for Members with a serious long-term illness or injury, and directs the Speaker to amend the scheme governing the operation of proxy voting in accordance with those proposals with effect from 11 September.
(2)the amendment to Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy) made by the Orders of 12 October 2022 (Voting by proxy (amendment and extension)) and 26 April 2023 (Voting by proxy (extension of pilot arrangements)) shall have effect for the duration of the present Parliament.
Notes:
An explanatory memorandum is available in the Vote Office.
Relevant Documents:
Third Report of the Procedure Committee, Proxy voting: Review of illness and injury pilot, HC 807, and the Government response, HC 1325
Correspondence from the Procedure Committee to the Leader of the House, on the proxy voting: review of illness and injury pilot, reported to the House on 7 June 2023
37. INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS AUTHORITY
Penny Mordaunt
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that His Majesty will appoint Dame Laura Cox to the office of ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority with effect from 1 August 2023 for the period ending on 31 July 2028.
Andrew Griffith
That the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 704), dated 26 June 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 26 June, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.