Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Private Bills: Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill [Lords]: Consideration of the Bill, as amended
Ordered, That the Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill [Lords] be now considered.
No amendments on consideration.
Bill to be read the third time.
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, supported by the Prime Minister, Laura Trott, Nigel Huddleston, Bim Afolami, and Gareth Davies, presented a Bill to make provision for and in connection with reducing the main rates of primary Class 1 national insurance contributions and Class 4 national insurance contributions.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 11 March, and to be printed (Bill 174) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 174–EN).
5Ways and Means: Income tax (charge): Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 6 March
Debate resumed (Order, 6 March).
Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2024–25.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Mr Gagan Mohindra.)
Debate to be resumed on Monday 11 March.
Subject: Pavement parking (Liz Twist)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Gagan Mohindra.)
Adjourned at 5.23 pm until Monday 11 March.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
7Social Energy Tariff (No. 2) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 March, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 June.
General Committees: Reports
8Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] Committee
Judith Cummins (Chair) reported:
(1) That the Committee had come to the following Resolution, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication;
(2) written evidence; and
(3) the Bill, as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered on Monday 11 March; and to be printed (Bill 173).
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).
9High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill Committee
Chair: Sir Charles Walker
10First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024)
Chair: Mark Pritchard
Members: Philip Dunne, Mary Kelly Foy, Rebecca Long Bailey and Naz Shah discharged and Nigel Mills, Alistair Strathern, Sir Stephen Timms and Mohammad Yasin nominated in substitution.
11Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024)
Chair: Dame Caroline Dinenage
12Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Yvonne Fovargue
13Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Sir Graham Brady
14Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Christina Rees
15Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2024)
Chair: Graham Stringer
16Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Dame Maria Miller
Members: Kate Hollern discharged and Ms Marie Rimmer nominated in substitution.
17Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, draft Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024, draft Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2024 and draft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2024)
Chair: Sir Robert Syms
Members: Owen Thompson discharged and Patrick Grady nominated in substitution.
18Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 and draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Valerie Vaz
19Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 218))
Chair: James Gray
Select Committees: Reports
20Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 19 March in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
21National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
Ransomware: Written evidence, to be published (HC 194) (Dame Margaret Beckett).
22Public Accounts (Committee of)
Defence Equipment Plan 2023–2033: Written evidence, to be published (HC 451) (Dame Meg Hillier).
23Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) Cabinet Office Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Statistics Board Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published
(Mr William Wragg).
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 LGBT History Month.—(Elliot Colburn.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3.16 pm until Monday 11 March.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 303), dated 5 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Huddleston)
2Government Resources and Accounts
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 295), dated 5 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Laura Trott)
Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) (Amendment) and Gas Safety (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 322), dated 6 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Paul Maynard)
Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 325), dated 6 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)
Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 309), dated 5 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Laura Trott)
Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 307), dated 5 March 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Huddleston)