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Votes and Proceedings
Monday 18 November 2024

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Selection

Ordered, That Rebecca Harris be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Mike Wood be added.—(Mark Tami.)

2Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

3Statements: (1) Children's social care (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)

(2) Bus funding (Secretary Louise Haigh)

4Deputy Speaker's Statement: Absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

5Statement: Financial services (Mansion House speech) (Tulip Siddiq)

6Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Second Reading

Bill read a second time.

7Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Programme

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill:

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 Tuesday 17 December 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.—(Jeff Smith.)

Question agreed to.

8Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: 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 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State, and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under or by virtue of any other Act out of money so provided.—(Jeff Smith.)

Question agreed to.

9Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Criminal Finances Act 2017 and Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 16 October, be approved.—(Jeff Smith.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2024, which was laid before this House on 9 October, be approved.—(Jeff Smith.)

Question agreed to.

10Changes to membership of select committees

Ordered, That Chris Philp be discharged from the Modernisation Committee and Jesse Norman be added.—(Lucy Powell.)

11Restoration and Renewal Programme Board

Resolved, That this House:

(1) appoints Judith Cummins as a member of the Restoration and Renewal Programme Board, and appoints Marie Goldman as a member in place of Wera Hobhouse; and

(2) appoints Judith Cummins as Chair of the Board.—(Lucy Powell.)

Message to the Lords to acquaint them therewith.

12Changes to membership of select committees

Ordered, That Matt Bishop, Phil Brickell, Irene Campbell, Ms Nusrat Ghani, Lillian Jones, Kate Osborne and Sean Woodcock be members of the Finance Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

13Adjournment

Subject: Rollout of free breakfast clubs in primary schools (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jeff Smith.)

Adjourned at 9.49 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

Lords Messages

14Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [Lords] 

The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision for and in connection with the making available of information about support available for infants, parents and carers of infants, and prospective parents and carers, including reporting requirements relating to such support; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

15Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [Lords] 

The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision about statements related to values of British citizenship in education in England and Wales; and for connected purposes, 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).

16First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Collective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and draft Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024)

Chair: Clive Efford

17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for Northern Ireland) Order 2024)

Chair: Graham Stringer

18Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2024)

Chair: Derek Twigg

Members: Sir Chris Bryant discharged and Feryal Clark nominated in substitution.

19Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024)

Chair: Carolyn Harris

Members: Charlotte Nichols discharged and Sarah Hall nominated in substitution.

20Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2024)

Chair: Mr Clive Betts 

Members: Linsey Farnsworth discharged and Lee Pitcher nominated in substitution.

21Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024)

Chair: David Mundell

Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137

Friday 15 November

22Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Correspondence with the Minister of State for Housing and Planning relating to the Chair of Homes England: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).

23Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Correspondence from the Road Haulage Association: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).

Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 18 November

24Foreign Affairs Committee

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 385) (Emily Thornberry).

25Public Accounts Committee 

(1) Support for children and young people with special educational needs: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 353);

(2) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy relating to the Supported Housing Review 2023: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Local roads in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 349)

(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).

26Treasury Committee

Budget 2024: Written evidence, to be published (HC 320) (Dame Meg Hillier).

Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 4.30 pm.

Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))

1Indefinite leave to remain for healthcare workers

Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 631412 relating to indefinite leave to remain for healthcare workers.—(Tony Vaughan.)

Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 15 November under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159

Other papers

1Animals

Explanatory Memorandum to the Animal Health (Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1140) (by Command) (Secretary Steve Reed)

2Justice

Annual Report of HM Prison and Probation Service on the IPP Sentence for 2023–24 (by Command) (CP 1179) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)

Withdrawn papers

3Animals

Explanatory Memorandum to the Animal Health (Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1140) (laid 11 November)

Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 18 November

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

4Retained EU Law Reform

Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

5Agriculture

Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1169), dated 14 November 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Karin Smyth)

6Government Trading Funds

Meteorological Office Trading Fund (Maximum Borrowing) (Amendment) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1170), dated 14 November 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Feryal Clark)

Other papers

7Bank of England

(1) Recommendations for the Prudential Regulation Committee: Mansion House 2024 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

(2) Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee: Mansion House 2024 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

(3) Remit for the Monetary Policy Committee: Mansion House 2024 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

8Education

Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive: Breaking down barriers to opportunity (by Command) (CP 1200) (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)

9Energy

Direction to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of the management of certain hazardous material (by Act) (Secretary Ed Miliband)

10Financial Services and Markets

(1) Recommendations for the Financial Conduct Authority and Payments Systems Regulator on payments regulation: Mansion House 2024 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

(2) Recommendations for the Financial Conduct Authority: Mansion House 2024 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

11Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 235) (James Murray)

12Insolvency

Accounts of Insolvency Services and the Insolvency Services Investment for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 310) (Clerk of the House)

13Local Government

Report and Accounts of the Valuation Tribunal Service for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 298) (Clerk of the House)

14National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on BBC Studios (by Act), to be printed (HC 306) (Clerk of the House)

15Friday 15 November

MEMORANDUM

POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000

The Speaker has appointed Stephen Gethins, Simon Hoare, Rachel Hopkins, Lisa Smart and Sir Jeremy Wright to serve on the committee known as the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, established by section 2(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

CORRECTION

Tuesday 5 November 2024

The following item should have appeared after item 26 (Select Committees: Reports):

Privileges (Committee of)

Alberto Costa reported, That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee.