Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
2Urgent Questions: (1) OBR forecast: Agricultural and Business Property Relief (James Murray)
(2) Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of interest (Solicitor General)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statement: Energy Company Obligation 4 and insulation schemes (Miatta Fahnbulleh)
Resolved, That this House has considered Holocaust Memorial Day.—(Matthew Pennycook.)
A public petition from residents of the United Kingdom relating to county council elections in West Sussex was presented and read by Jess Brown-Fuller.
Subject: Impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on high street businesses (Victoria Collins)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Adjourned at 5.24 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
8Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 24 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 4 July.
9Children's Hospices (Funding) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 24 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 May.
10Poly and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (Guidance) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 24 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 April.
General Committees: Reports
11Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee
Peter Dowd (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
12Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee
Sir Christopher Chope (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
13Finance Bill (except Clauses 7 to 12, Schedules 1 and 2, Clauses 15 to 18, Schedule 3 and Clauses 47 to 53) Committee
Chairs: David Mundell and Valerie Vaz
14First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025)
Chair: Carolyn Harris
15Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Esther McVey
16Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024)
(1) Chair: Clive Efford
(2) Members: Dr Simon Opher discharged and Mr Paul Foster nominated in substitution.
17Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024) and (draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025)
Chair: Derek Twigg
18Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
(1) Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
(2) Members: Alison Griffiths discharged and Aphra Brandreth nominated in substitution.
19Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025)
(1) Chair: Gill Furniss
(2) Members: Charlie Maynard discharged and Rachel Gilmour nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
20Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 30 January in the Chamber and Thursday 6 February and Tuesday 11 February in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to child sexual abuse: Written evidence, to be published (Dame Karen Bradley).
22Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Housing associations: Development and finances: Written evidence, to be published (HC 599);
(2) Rough sleeping: Written evidence, to be published (HC 339)
(Florence Eshalomi).
23Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) DWP Customer Service and Accounts 2023–24: Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 354);
(2) Whole of Government Accounts 2022–23: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 367)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1International Day of Education
Resolved, That this House has considered the International Day of Education.—(Bambos Charalambous.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.42 pm and 3 pm.
2Innovation in the field of rare retinal disease
Resolved, That this House has considered innovation in the field of rare retinal disease.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4 pm until Monday 27 January.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
MPs’, Senedd and Assembly Pension Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 52), dated 21 January 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Emma Reynolds)
2Senior Courts of England and Wales
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 60), dated 20 January 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Other papers
Report on Notices to deal with terrorism content and/or CSEA content for the year ending 31 December 2024 (by Act) (Chris Bryant)
4Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform)
Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report June to December 2024 (by Act) (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)
Appendix: Decision 1/2024 of the UK-ESA States EPA Committee, done at Port Louis on 14 October 2024, amending certain provisions of Protocol I concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" (by Command) (CP 1257) (Secretary David Lammy)
CORRECTION
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Item 18 should have read:
Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee
Peter Dowd (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.