Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
2Speaker's Statement: Sub judice (Southport attacks)
3Questions to the Prime Minister
4Chairman of Ways and Means' Statement: Budget policy announcements
5Financial Statement (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Ordered, That there be laid before this House a copy of the Autumn Budget 2024.—(Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
7Ways and Means: Provisional collection of taxes
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 51(2)), That, pursuant to section 5 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, provisional statutory effect shall be given to the following motions:—
(a) Value added tax (private school fees) (motion no. 34);
(b) Stamp duty land tax (additional dwellings: purchases before 1 April 2025) (motion no. 35);
(c) Stamp duty land tax (purchases by companies) (motion no. 37);
(d) Rates of tobacco products duty (motion no. 46).—(Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
Question agreed to.
8Ways and Means: Income Tax (Charge)
Motion made and Question proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2025–26.
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.—(Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Debate to be resumed tomorrow.
9Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 16 May 2024, in the last Parliament, be approved.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024, which was laid before this House on 9 September, be approved.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Question agreed to.
A public petition from residents of the Bradford District relating to Bradford District parking charges was presented and read by Robbie Moore.
Subject: Government policy on Western Sahara (Dr Andrew Murrison)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Adjourned at 7.28 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
12Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Mr Clive Betts (Chair) reported the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024.
13Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Dr Rupa Huq (Chair) reported the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Devolved Tax) (Building Safety) Order 2024.
14Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Carolyn Harris (Chair) reported the draft Merchant Shipping (General Lighthouse Authorities) (Increase of Borrowing Limit) Order 2024.
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).
15First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Enforcement Regulations 2024)
Members: Dr Scott Arthur, Mr Jonathan Brash, Lizzi Collinge, Ms Stella Creasy, Steve Darling, Rebecca Harris, Katie Lam, Jerome Mayhew, Abtisam Mohamed, Robbie Moore, Kanishka Narayan, Jeff Smith, Derek Twigg, Michelle Welsh, Jo White, Max Wilkinson and Daniel Zeichner
16Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No. 3) Regulations 2024)
Members: Jas Athwal, Bambos Charalambous, Mr Luke Charters, Ben Coleman, Steve Darling, Sir Ashley Fox, Clive Jones, Chris Kane, Alan Mak, Jessica Morden, Neil O’Brien, Andrew Pakes, Tulip Siddiq, Alistair Strathern, Christian Wakeford, Mike Wood and Steve Yemm
17Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Members: Callum Anderson, Saqib Bhatti, Chris Bryant, Victoria Collins, Chris Curtis, Patricia Ferguson, Anna Gelderd, Alison Griffiths, Paul Holmes, Alicia Kearns, Taiwo Owatemi, Sarah Smith, Graham Stringer, Peter Swallow, Valerie Vaz, Caroline Voaden and Yuan Yang
18Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Franchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024)
Members: Dan Carden, Liam Conlon, Kate Dearden, Tracy Gilbert, Olly Glover, Marie Goldman, Carolyn Harris, Rebecca Harris, Afzal Khan, Simon Lightwood, Frank McNally, David Pinto-Duschinsky, Yasmin Qureshi, Shivani Raja, Greg Smith, Alex Sobel and Helen Whately
19Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Merchant Shipping (General Lighthouse Authorities) (Increase of Borrowing Limit) Order 2024)
Members: Joy Morrissey and Mark Pritchard discharged and Charlie Dewhirst and David Simmonds nominated in substitution.
20Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Retail Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, draft Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024, draft Securitisation (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 and draft Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions (Meaning of CRR Rules and Recognised Exchange) (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Members: Alex Ballinger, Juliet Campbell, Tom Collins, Daisy Cooper, Deirdre Costigan, Gareth Davies, Sarah Gibson, Leigh Ingham, Alicia Kearns, Ian Lavery, Rachael Maskell, Tulip Siddiq, Greg Smith, Nick Smith, Nick Timothy, Christian Wakeford and Imogen Walker
21Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Barnsley and Sheffield (Boundary Change) Order 2024)
Members: Stuart Anderson, Steve Darling, Charlie Dewhirst, Chris Evans, Barry Gardiner, Tom Gordon, Jodie Gosling, Kim Johnson, Gen Kitchen, Gordon McKee, Jim McMahon, David Simmonds, Kenneth Stevenson, Matt Turmaine, Laurence Turner, Harpreet Uppal and Martin Vickers
22Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024)
Members: Sadik Al-Hassan, Steff Aquarone, Antonia Bance, Steve Barclay, Aphra Brandreth, Victoria Collins, Harriet Cross, Peter Dowd, Sir Mark Hendrick, Alex McIntyre, Jerome Mayhew, Anneliese Midgley, Kanishka Narayan, Jeff Smith, Euan Stainbank, Chris Webb and Daniel Zeichner
Select Committees: Reports
23Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Correspondence from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Written evidence, to be published (Bill Esterson).
(1) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;
(2) List of closed e-petitions presented to the House, to be published
(Jamie Stone).
25Public Accounts (Committee of)
Correspondence with all Permanent Secretaries relating to witness diversity and follow-up of recommendations: Written evidence, to be published (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
26Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(1) Correspondence from Ofcom: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the UK Health Security Agency: Written evidence, to be published
(Chi Onwurah).
27Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 291-iii) (Sir Bernard Jenkin).
28Statutory Instruments (Select Committee on)
First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 294-i) (Sir Bernard Jenkin).
(1) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability relating to the review of the Disability Confident Scheme: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence from the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published
(Debbie Abrahams).
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))
1Funding for children's hospices
Resolved, That this House has considered funding for children's hospices.—(Ian Byrne.)
2Quality and availability of childcare in the Black Country
Resolved, That this House has considered the quality and availability of childcare in the Black Country.—(Sonia Kumar.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.11 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3NHS readiness for winter 2024–25
Resolved, That this House has considered NHS readiness for winter 2024–25.—(Helen Morgan.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.41 pm and 4 pm.
4COP29 and international climate finance
Resolved, That this House has considered COP29 and international climate finance.—(Ellie Chowns.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.26 pm and 4.30 pm.
5Impact of roadworks on journey times
Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of roadworks on journey times.—(Lewis Cocking.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.19 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1073), dated 28 October 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Matthew Pennycook)
Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1074), dated 28 October 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Other papers
(1) Autumn Budget 2024: Fixing the Foundations to Deliver Change (pursuant to Order, today), to be printed (HC 295) (James Murray)
(2) Government response to the OBR review of the March 2024 forecast for departmental expenditure limits (DEL) (by Command) (CP 1187) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)
(3) Office for Budget Responsibility: Economic and fiscal outlook (by Command) (CP 1169) (James Murray)
Report on the Use of Closed Material Procedure (from 25 June 2022 to 24 June 2023) (by Act) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 Amendment No. 11 (by Act) (Luke Pollard)
Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Tirana on 5 February 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania (by Command) (CP 1183) (Secretary David Lammy)
Exchange of Letters, done at Tirana on 12 January and 12 June 2023, to amend the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania (by Command) (CP 1184) (Secretary David Lammy)
International Convention, done at London on 13 February 2004, for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (as amended) (by Command) (CP 1186) (Secretary David Lammy)