Contents
Chamber business
No. 190
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Statements: (1) NATO summit (The Prime Minister)
(2) Business Statement (Leader of the House)
(3) Economic update (John Glen)
(4) Hong Kong update (Anne-Marie Trevelyan)
3Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Twelfth Report of the Business and Trade Committee, Scrutiny of free trade agreements, HC 1719 (Darren Jones)
(1) Government action on the war in Ukraine and the Second Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine, HC 168, and the Government response, HC 688
Resolved, That this Houses notes the Second Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine, HC 168, and the other work by Committees of this House on the war in Ukraine; affirms UK support for the Government and armed forces of Ukraine in the defence of their country against the illegal and unprovoked invasion by President Putin’s military forces; is deeply concerned at the suppression of democratic freedoms to the detriment of the Russian people and utterly condemns President Putin’s war of aggression; reaffirms the UK’s steadfast support for NATO and the security of our allies and supports Sweden’s swift accession to the alliance; and therefore, urges the Government to continue and accelerate its support for the Ukrainian armed forces through the provision of weaponry and training, and through rallying international opinion and action in support of Ukraine, until the Russian armed forces have been expelled from all Ukrainian sovereign territory as recognised in international law.—(Sir Bernard Jenkin.)
(2) Third Report of the Health and Social Care Committee, Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care, HC 115, and the Government response, HC 1289
Resolved, That this House has considered the Third Report of the Health and Social Care Committee, Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care, HC 115, published on 25 July 2022, and the Government response, HC 1289, published on 24 April 2023.—(Steve Brine.)
Subject: Water safety and drowning prevention (Rob Butler)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jo Churchill.)
Adjourned at 4.39 pm until Monday 17 July.
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill to which the Commons have disagreed, they propose Amendments in lieu to which they desire the agreement of the Commons, they agree with the Commons in certain of their Amendments in lieu, they disagree with the Commons in other of their Amendments in lieu and propose Amendments in lieu to which they desire the agreement of the Commons, and they agree to the Commons Amendments to the words restored to the Bill and propose Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill.
Printing of Lords Amendments
Lords Amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 353).
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 14 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 8 September.
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).
9First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Members: Dr Jamie Wallis discharged and David Johnston nominated in substitution.
10Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Members: David Duguid discharged and Stephen Metcalfe nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
11Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 5 September in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
12Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) PPE Medpro: awarding of contracts during the pandemic: Sixty-sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1590);
(2) The condition of school buildings: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1338)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
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))
1Management culture at Post Office Ltd
Resolved, That this House has considered the management culture at Post Office Ltd.—(Marion Fellows.)
2Freehold estate management fees
Resolved, That this House has considered freehold estate management fees.—(Helen Morgan.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.07 pm until Monday 17 July.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Validating Alternative Methods for Salmonella Typing (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 793), dated 12 July 2023 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Draft statutory guidance on digital imprints (by Act) (Dehenna Davison)
Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 786), dated 11 July 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Other papers
4Animals (Scientific Procedures)
Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain for 2022 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1540) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Fifty-second Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (by Command) (CP 894) (Secretary Ben Wallace)
Financial Stability Report by the Financial Policy Committee: July 2023 (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
7Budget Responsibility and National Audit
National Audit Office: Financial Management of Financial Audit Work for 2023 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1564) (Mr Richard Bacon)
8Care Quality Commission (Reviews and Performance Assessments)
Post-implementation review of regulations relating to the Care Quality Commission (by Statutory Instrument) (Maria Caulfield)
Report and Accounts of the Civil Aviation Authority for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Report and Accounts of the Coal Authority for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1593) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Report and Financial Statements of the Information Commissioner for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1440) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the Single Source Regulations Office for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1573) (Secretary Ben Wallace)
13Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
Fifty-first Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (by Command) (CP 861) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
14Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall (Accounts)
Report and Accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster for 2022–23 (by Act) (Gareth Davies)
Thirty-third Report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (by Command) (CP 881) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
(1) Office for Nuclear Regulation: Report to Parliament on the exercise of powers under Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (by Act) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1559) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
17Exchange Equalisation Account
Report and Accounts of the Exchange Equalisation Account for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1678) (Andrew Griffith)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (Fixed Net Sum) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 758) (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
(1) Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority's response to the Complaints Commissioner's Annual Report for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
(2) Financial Conduct Authority's response to the Complaints Commissioner's Annual Report for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
(3) Report of the Office of the Complaints Commissioner for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
20Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Report on Human Rights and Democracy for 2022 (by Command) (CP 886) (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
21Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General for Scotland for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1634) (Gareth Davies)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Architects Registration Board for 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove)
(3) Report and Accounts of the Crown Prosecution Service for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1461) (Victoria Atkins)
(4) Report and Accounts of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1471) (Victoria Atkins)
(5) Report and Accounts of the Standards and Testing Agency for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1484) (Nick Gibb)
(6) Report and Accounts of the Teaching Regulation Agency for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1485) (Nick Gibb)
(7) Report and Accounts of the UK Space Agency for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1547) (Secretary Chloe Smith)
(8) Report and Accounts of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Limited for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1534) (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
(9) Report and Accounts of the Patent Office for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1358) (Secretary Chloe Smith)
22Higher Education and Research
Report and Accounts of UK Research and Innovation for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1504) (Secretary Chloe Smith)
Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on China (by Act), to be printed (HC 1605) (Clerk of the House)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Criminal and Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 745) (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Report and Accounts of the National Maritime Museum for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1521) (Sir John Whittingdale)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Health and Social Care: Progress with the New Hospital Programme for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1662) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Report and Accounts of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(2) Report and Accounts of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(3) Report and Accounts of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(4) Report and Accounts of Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(5) Report and Accounts of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(6) Report and Accounts of NHS Resolution for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1560) (Maria Caulfield)
(7) Report and Accounts of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(8) Report and Accounts of the NHS Business Services Authority for 2021–22 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1597) (Will Quince)
(9) Report and Accounts of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority for 2022–23 (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 1311) (Will Quince)
(10) Thirty-sixth Report of the NHS Pay Review Body (by Command) (CP 866) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
28Northern Ireland (Sentences)
Report of the Sentence Review Commissioners for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1553) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
(1) Report and Accounts of the Pension Protection Fund for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1639) (Secretary Mel Stride)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Pensions Regulator for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1423) (Secretary Mel Stride)
Ninth Report of the Police Remuneration Review Body for England and Wales (by Command) (CP 883) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Twenty-second Report of the Prison Service Pay Review Body for England and Wales (by Act) (CP 887) (The Prime Minister)
32Public Libraries and Museums
Report under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 for 2022–23 (by Act) (Sir John Whittingdale)
Forty-fifth Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries: Report No. 96 (by Command) (CP 888) (Jeremy Quin)
34Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation)
Reports and Accounts of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1600) (Secretary Kemi Badenoch)
Office for Budget Responsibility: Fiscal risks and sustainability (by Command) (CP 870) (Gareth Davies)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (Fixed Net Sum) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 758) (laid 5 July)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Criminal and Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 745) (laid 4 July)