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Votes and Proceedings
Friday 6 December 2024

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

1The Speaker’s Absence

Judith Cummins, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table (Standing Order No. 3).

Prayers

2Deputy Speaker in the Chair

Judith Cummins, the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).

3Motion to sit in private

Alex McIntyre moved, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

The House divided.

Division No. 57

Ayes: 1 (Tellers: Deirdre Costigan, Andrew Lewin)

Noes: 49 (Tellers: Keir Mather, Martin McCluskey)

Question negatived.

4European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill be now read a second time.

At 2.30 pm proceedings were interrupted (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Debate to be resumed on Friday 11 July 2025.

5Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 March 2025.

6Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

7Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

8Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

9NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

10Terminal Illness (Relief of Pain) Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Terminal Illness (Relief of Pain) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

11Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill: Second Reading

Order read, That the Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 January 2025.

12Adjournment

Subject: Impact of spray foam insulation on property values and mortgages (Tom Gordon)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Christian Wakeford.)

Adjourned at 2.49 pm until Monday 9 December.

Judith Cummins

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Companies

Draft Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

2Employment Tribunals

(1) Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1155), dated 2 December 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)

(2) Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1156), dated 2 December 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)

3Tribunals and Inquiries

Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1283), dated 2 December 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)

Other papers

4Bank of England

Financial Stability Report by the Financial Policy Committee: November 2024 (by Act) (Tulip Siddiq)

5Treaty Series No. 91 (2024)

Decision No. 1/2024 of the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination, done at Brussels and London on 8 November 2024, established by Article 8(1)(p) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, of 8 November 2024 as regards the amendment of certain Annexes to the Protocol on Social Security Coordination (by Command) (CP 1221) (Secretary David Lammy)

6Treaty Series No. 92 (2024)

Agreement, done at Canberra on 22 November 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Australia, and the Government of the United States of America for the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (by Command) (CP 1222) (Secretary David Lammy)

7Treaty Series No. 93 (2024)

Second Protocol, done at The Hague on 26 March 1999, to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1999 (by Command) (CP 1223) (Secretary David Lammy)