Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
The Speaker reported that the King had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Automated Vehicles Act 2024
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
3Urgent Question: South West Water and Brixham contamination (Secretary Steve Barclay)
4Statements: (1) Israel and Gaza (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
(2) Publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry Report (Prime Minister)
Resolved, That this House has considered the situation in Ukraine.—(Mr Andrew Mitchell.)
6Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That Steve Double be added to the Petitions Committee.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Families living in temporary accommodation (Dame Siobhain McDonagh)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
Adjourned at 9.16 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
8Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill
The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision about prevention of and response to genocide and other atrocity crimes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
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).
9Finance (No. 2) Bill (except Clauses 1 to 4, 12, 13 and 19) Committee
Chairs: Mrs Pauline Latham and Christina Rees
10Finance (No. 2) Bill (except Clauses 1 to 4, 12, 13 and 19) (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Tonia Antoniazzi, Gareth Davies, Drew Hendry, Paul Howell, Nigel Huddleston, Robert Largan and James Murray
Chair: Sir Robert Syms
12Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee
Chair: Carolyn Harris
13First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Christina Rees
14Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Mr Philip Hollobone
15Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Mark Pritchard
Select Committees: Reports
Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 20 May, to be published (Sir Charles Walker).
17Environmental Audit Committee
The role of natural capital in the green economy: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 280) (Philip Dunne).
The UK’s new relationship with the EU: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 167) (Sir William Cash).
The UK Government’s support of education for Overseas Territories students: Oral and written evidence taken before the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC 773) (Alicia Kearns).
20Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention in health and social care: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 141) (Steve Brine).
21Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
(1) Disabled People in the Housing Sector: Seventh Report to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 63);
(2) The Committee's Past Recommendations and the Work of Successive UK Governments: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 797);
(3) Children, young people and the built environment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 94);
(4) Correspondence from the Chief Executive of the Regulator for Social Housing relating to the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Improving the home buying and selling process: Written evidence, to be published (HC 678)
(7) The Office for Local Government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 64)
(Mr Clive Betts).
22Public Accounts (Committee of)*
(1) Value for money from legal aid:
(i) Thirty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 481);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 481);
(2) Asylum accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership: Written evidence, to be published (HC 639);
(3) Correspondence from the Ministry of Justice relating to the Local Area Networks Full business case: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Home Office relating to the four-year direct award of the Jewish Community Protective Security (JCPS): Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 657);
(7) Progress in implementing Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 458);
(8) Rail reform: the rail transformation programme: Written evidence, to be published (HC 652);
(9) Whole of Government Accounts 2021–22: Written evidence, to be published (HC 656)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
*This item has been corrected since publication. See the Votes and Proceedings relating to Tuesday 21 May 2024.
(1) Intergovernmental relations: The Civil Service: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 600);
(2) Science and Scotland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 151);
(3) Scotland’s space sector: Written evidence, to be published (HC 150)
(Pete Wishart).
Correspondence with the Minister for Employment relating to income-related ESA Claimants and Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published (Sir Stephen Timms).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on e-petitions (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and accessibility
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petitions 632748 and 651094 relating to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and accessibility.—(Marsha De Cordova.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.06 pm until tomorrow.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kemi Badenoch)
Draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dr Andrew Murrison)
Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
4Financial Services and Markets
(1) Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ombudsman Scheme) (Fees) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Bim Afolami)
(2) Draft Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Bim Afolami)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 637), dated 15 May 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
(2) Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 636), dated 15 May 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Papers laid under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Proposal for an instrument titled Companies Act 2006 (Recognition of Third Country Qualifications and Practical Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Kevin Hollinrake)
Other papers
7Housing, Communities and Local Government
Promoter's Response to the First Report of the Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (by Command) (CP 1086) (Secretary Michael Gove)
Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry (by Act), to be printed (HC 569) (John Glen)
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024 (by Command) (Andrea Leadsom)
Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 Amendment No. 10 (by Act) (Leo Docherty)
Eighth Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016 (by Command) (CP 1080) (Secretary Alister Jack)
Treasury Minutes on Government Responses to the Nineteenth to the Twenty-fourth Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2023–24 (by Command) (CP 1085) (Gareth Davies)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024 (laid 29 April)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing proxy voting arrangements appear in bold)
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
David Duguid |
22 April |
14 June |
Dame Amanda Milling |
Helen Grant |
22 April |
22 May |
Dame Amanda Milling |
John Howell |
11 December 2023 |
10 July |
Dame Amanda Milling |
Stuart Anderson |
10 April |
22 May |
Dame Amanda Milling |