Contents
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)
3Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, supported by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Michael Gove, Secretary Alister Jack, Secretary David T C Davies, John Glen and Mr Steve Baker, presented a Bill to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the year ending 31 March 2024 (including income); to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of that year; to authorise the use of those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of those sums; and to repeal a spent provision.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 3 July, and to be printed (Bill 338) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 338–EN).
4Thames Water (Public Benefit Corporation) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Tim Farron, supported by Sarah Olney and Munira Wilson, presented a Bill to establish a new model of company structure for Thames Water, to be called a public benefit corporation; to require that public benefit corporation to consider public policy benefits, including reducing leaks and sewage dumping, as well as returns for shareholders; to limit the payment of dividends until a plan is in place to cut the corporation’s debt; and to require membership of the corporation’s board to include representatives of local environment groups.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 24 November, and to be printed (Bill 339).
The Deputy Speaker announced that the King had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts and measure under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Shark Fins Act 2023
Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Act 2023
Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023
Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023
Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023
British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Financial Services and Markets Act 2023
Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure 2023
(1) Fishing industry
Resolved, That this House has considered the fishing industry.—(David Duguid.)
(2) Artificial intelligence
Resolved, That this House has considered artificial intelligence.—(Matt Warman.)
7Statement: Court of Appeal judgement on the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Subject: Lawfare and its impact on open and democratic freedoms (Mr David Davis)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joy Morrissey.)
Adjourned at 5.30 pm until Monday 3 July.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
9Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 30 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 July.
10NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 30 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 July.
11Free School Meals (Primary Schools) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 30 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 15 September.
General Committees: Reports
12Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee
Dame Maria Miller (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
13Energy Bill [Lords] Committee
Mr Virendra Sharma (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(2) the Bill as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered on Monday 3 July; and to be printed (Bill 340).
14Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee
Julie Elliott (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).
15Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee
Chair: Steve McCabe in place of Geraint Davies.
16First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson
Members: Nicola Richards discharged and Siobhan Baillie nominated in substitution.
17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023)
Chair: Peter Dowd
Members: Kate Kniveton discharged and Dr Neil Hudson nominated in substitution.
18Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2023 and draft African Development Bank (Sixteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2023)
Chair: Mrs Pauline Latham
Members: Suzanne Webb discharged and Mark Jenkinson nominated in substitution.
19Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Stewart Hosie
Members: Jane Hunt discharged and Dr Jamie Wallis nominated in substitution.
20Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Carolyn Harris
21Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023)
Chair: Esther McVey
Members: Royston Smith and Bob Stewart discharged and Alun Cairns and Sir Greg Knight nominated in substitution.
22Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Commonwealth Development Corporation (Limit on Government Assistance) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Graham Stringer
Members: Matt Vickers discharged and Jill Mortimer nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
23Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 6 July in the Chamber and Thursday 6 July, Tuesday 11 July and Thursday 13 July in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
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 the matter of electronic cigarette use.—(Dr Caroline Johnson.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.23 pm and 3.00 pm.
2Bladder and bowel continence care
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of bladder and bowel continence care.—(Andrew Selous.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.00 pm until Monday 3 July.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Victoria Atkins)
Draft Human Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Maria Caulfield)
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 713), dated 27 June 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (David Rutley)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agreement, done at Leipzig on 18 May 2022, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Canada concerning Air Services (CP 867), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary James Cleverly)
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 729), dated 29 June 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Other papers
King's Regulations for the Royal Air Force (Seventh Edition) (Amendment List 1) (by Act) (James Heappey)
7Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning
Report and Accounts of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1453) (Robert Halfon)
8Budget Responsibility and National Audit
Report and Accounts of the Office for Budget Responsibility for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1407) (Gareth Davies)
9European Union (Withdrawal Agreement)
Report for 2022 of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights established under the Withdrawal Agreement and the Joint Committee established under the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement (by Act) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Report by the Home Secretary on Fire and Rescue Authorities’ Compliance with the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
11Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1406) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Planning Inspectorate for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1543) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(3) Report and Accounts of Wilton Park for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1418) (David Rutley)
(4) Report, Accounts and Product Accounts of National Savings and Investments for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1352) (Andrew Griffith)
Care Quality Commission: The state of health care and adult social care in England for 2021–22 (by Act), to be printed (HC 724) (Maria Caulfield)
Report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Broken trust: making patient safety more than just a promise (by Act), to be printed (HC 1444) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board for 2022, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1416) (Robert Halfon)
Tranche 1 Interim Report of the Undercover Policing Inquiry (by Act), to be printed (HC 1539) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
16Justice and Security (Northern Ireland)
Fifteenth Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 for the year ended 31 July 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
Report of the Care Quality Commission: Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2021–22 (by Act) (Maria Caulfield)
Department of Education Teachers’ Pension Annual Scheme Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1491) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
(1) Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: An inspection of the Home Office’s operations to effect the removal of Foreign National Offenders: October 2022–February 2023 (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(2) Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma): January 2023 (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Withdrawn papers
Report of the Care Quality Commission: Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2021–22 (laid 21 February 2022)
Care Quality Commission: The state of health care and adult social care in England for 2021–22 (laid 20 October 2022)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY
1Variation of proxy voting arrangement
(1) The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Amy Callaghan has given notice that she wishes to vary her proxy vote arrangement. Her period of proxy voting will now end on 10 September.
(2) The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Mark Logan has given notice that he wishes to vary his proxy vote arrangement. His period of proxy voting will now end on 10 September.
(3) The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Mr Peter Bone has given notice that he wishes to vary his proxy vote arrangement. His period of proxy voting will now end on 20 July.
(4) The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Lucy Allan has given notice that she wishes to vary her proxy vote arrangement. Her period of proxy voting will now end on 20 July.
CORRECTION
22 March 2023
Item 61 (Other Proceedings) should have read:
Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Menopause and the workplace: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 91);
(2) Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings: Written evidence, to be published (HC 331);
(3) Correspondence with Lord Bellamy relating to the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) National Disability Strategy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 241);
(5) So-called honour-based abuse: Written evidence, to be published (HC 831)
(Caroline Nokes).