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Votes and Proceedings
Friday 2 February 2024

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

1The Speaker’s Absence 

Dame Rosie Winterton, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table (Standing Order No. 3(3)).

Prayers

2Deputy Speaker in the Chair

Dame Rosie Winterton, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).

3Motion to sit in private

Jo Gideon moved, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

Question negatived.

4Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee (Standing Order No. 63(1)).

5Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill be read a second time.  

Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Debate to be resumed on Friday 21 June.

6Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee (Standing Order No. 63(1)).

7School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee (Standing Order No. 63(1)).

8Employment Equality (Insurance etc) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Employment Equality (Insurance etc) Bill be now read a second time.

At 2.30 pm proceedings were interrupted (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 15 March.

9Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee (Standing Order No. 63(1)). 

10Whistleblowing Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Whistleblowing Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 1 March.

11Adjournment

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Gagan Mohindra.

Adjourned at 2.31 pm until Monday 5 February.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Other papers

1National Health Service

Report and Accounts of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Victoria Atkins)

SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE

VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)

(Variations to existing proxy voting arrangements appear in bold.)

Member

From

To

Proxy

Lucy Allan

27 September 2023

14 March 2024

Mr Marcus Jones

CORRECTIONS

(1) Wednesday 20 July 2022

The following item should have appeared under item 24 (Select Committee: Reports):

Health and Social Care Committee

Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 115) (Jeremy Hunt).

(2) Tuesday 11 October 2022

Health and Social Care Committee

Item 52 (Select Committee: Reports) should be corrected as follows:

(1) The future of general practice: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 113);

(2) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health regarding Adult Social Care Information Regulations 2022: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments made on digitisation of the NHS: Written evidence, to be published (HC 780);

(4) Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 115)

(Jeremy Hunt).