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Votes and Proceedings
Monday 20 May 2024

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Royal Assent

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)

5Ukraine

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.)

7Adjournment

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

11Prison Media Bill Committee

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

16Administration Committee

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).

18European Scrutiny Committee

The UK’s new relationship with the EU: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 167) (Sir William Cash).

19Foreign Affairs Committee

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.

23Scottish Affairs Committee

(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).

24Work and Pensions Committee

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

1Companies

Draft Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kemi Badenoch)

2Defence

Draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dr Andrew Murrison)

3Energy

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

5Merchant Shipping

(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

6Retained EU Law

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)

8Inquiries

Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry (by Act), to be printed (HC 569) (John Glen)

9Medicines

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)

10Reserve Forces

Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 Amendment No. 10 (by Act) (Leo Docherty)

11Scotland

Eighth Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016 (by Command) (CP 1080) (Secretary Alister Jack)

12Treasury

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

13Medicines

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