Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
2Statements: (1) Ukraine (Secretary John Healey)
(2) Sentencing review and prison capacity (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
3Trade Agreements (Exclusion of National Health Services) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Seamus Logan, supported by Stephen Flynn, Pete Wishart, Kirsty Blackman, Dave Doogan, Stephen Gethins, Chris Law, Graham Leadbitter, Brendan O'Hara, Claire Hanna and Ben Lake, presented a Bill to exclude requirements relating to National Health Services procurement, delivery or commissioning from international trade agreements; to require the consent of the House of Commons and the devolved legislatures to international trade agreements insofar as they relate to the National Health Services of England, Scotland and Wales and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025, and to be printed (Bill 109).
4Vehicle Registration Documents (Sale of Vehicle) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Mr Richard Holden presented a Bill to require a seller of a vehicle to record their home address or specified information about a company that owns the vehicle in the vehicle’s registration document; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 28 March 2025, and to be printed (Bill 107).
5Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57)
Joe Morris presented a Bill to make provision changing the law about the offence of livestock worrying, including changes to what constitutes an offence and increased powers for investigation of suspected offences; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 25 April 2025, and to be printed (Bill 52).
6Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
7Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Wednesday 13 November 2024.
(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Question agreed to.
8Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]: Money
King’s Recommendation signified.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any amount refunded in respect of any tax or duty in accordance with arrangements made under the Act.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Question agreed to.
9Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 900), dated 4 September 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 5 September, be approved.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 30 July, be approved.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Question agreed to.
(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024, which was laid before this House on 20 May 2024, in the last Parliament, be approved.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Question agreed to.
Subject: Postal voting at general elections (Simon Hoare)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Adjourned at 5.13 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
11Renters’ Rights Bill Committee
Mr Clive Betts (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; and
(2) written evidence.
Written evidence to be published.
12First Delegated Legislation Committee
David Mundell (Chair) reported the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
1Support for pubs and the hospitality sector
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered support for pubs and the hospitality sector.—(Mr Peter Bedford.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered support for pubs and the hospitality sector.
2Development of renewable energy in Cornwall
Resolved, That this House has considered the development of renewable energy in Cornwall.—(Jayne Kirkham.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.28 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Protections for whistleblowing
Resolved, That this House has considered protections for whistleblowing.—(Gareth Snell.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.45 pm and 4 pm.
4Potential merits of providing traditional speciality guaranteed status to pie and mash
Resolved, That this House has considered the potential merits of providing traditional speciality guaranteed status to pie and mash.—(Mr Richard Holden.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.19 pm and 4.30 pm.
5Large scale energy projects and food security
Resolved, That this House has considered large-scale energy projects and food security.—(Llinos Medi.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.29 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1049), dated 17 October 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Feryal Clark)
2Financial Services and Markets
Critical Benchmarks Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1051), dated 21 October 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Tulip Siddiq)
Other papers
Government Response to the Report of the Animal Sentience Committee on the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act (by Act) (Secretary Steve Reed)
4Government Resources and Accounts
Report and Accounts of the Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 256) (James Murray)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Education: Support for children and young people with special educational needs (by Act), to be printed (HC 299) (Clerk of the House)
6Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for Northern Ireland) Order 2024 (by Command) (Secretary Hilary Benn)
Withdrawn papers
7Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for Northern Ireland) Order 2024 (laid 15 October)
CORRECTION
Monday 21 October 2024
The following item should have appeared after item 98 (Other Proceedings):
Renters' Rights Bill (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Mr Gideon Amos, Rachel Blake, Gen Kitchen, Connor Naismith, Matthew Pennycook, David Simmonds and Harpreet Uppal