Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Speaker’s statement: Ministerial Code (compliance)
3Urgent Question: Recalled offenders: Limit on sentences (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
The Speaker reported that the King had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025
Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025
Great British Energy Act 2025
5Business Question (Leader of the House)
6Statement: Cross-government review of sanctions implementation and enforcement (Stephen Doughty)
7Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No.22D): Publication of the First Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Safeguarding vulnerable claimants, HC 402 (Debbie Abrahams)
(1) Solar farms
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered solar farms.—(Dr Caroline Johnson.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
(2) Long-term funding of youth services
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the long-term funding of youth services.—(Natasha Irons.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
Subject: Goverment support for coroner services in the West Midlands (Ayoub Khan)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gerald Jones.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gerald Jones.)
Adjourned at 5.29 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
10Quantitative Easing (Prohibition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 4 July.
11Transport (Duty to Cooperate) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
12Meat (Information About Method of Killing) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
13Exemption from Value Added Tax (Listed Places of Worship) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
14Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
15Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
16Arm’s-Length Bodies (Review) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
17Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
18Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
19Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
20Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
21BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
22Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
24Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
25Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
26British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
27Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
28Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
29NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
30Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
31Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
32Arm's-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 June.
33Maternity Units (Requirement for Bereavement Suite) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
34Parliamentary Scrutiny of Trade Agreements Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 May, read and discharged.
General Committees: Reports
35Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee
Wera Hobhouse (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
36Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Committee
Valerie Vaz (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(2) the Bill as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow; and to be printed (Bill 245).
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).
37Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Commitee
Chair: Matt Western
38First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Dr Andrew Murrison
Members: Frank McNally discharged and Kenneth Stevenson nominated in substitution.
39Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025)
Chair: Clive Efford
Select Committees: Reports
40Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 22 May in the Chamber and Thursday 5 June, Tuesday 10 June and Thursday 12 June in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
41Business and Trade Committee
(1) Correspondence relating to the cyber-attacks against UK businesses: Written evidence, to be published
(2) Export led growth: Written evidence, to be published (HC 649);
(3) UK arms exports to Israel: Written evidence, to be published (HC 548)
Liam Byrne.
42Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 586) (Tonia Antoniazzi).
43Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Decommissioning Sellafield: Twenty-Eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 363);
(2) Condition of government property: Twenty-Ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 641);
(3) Jobcentres: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 823);
(4) Condition and maintenance of local roads in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 349)
(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 Nos. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)
Publication of the Second Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Accountability for Daesh Crimes, HC 612 (Tom Gordon)
The sitting was suspended between 1.40pm and 1.50pm.
2Funding for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of funding for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund.—(Emily Darlington.)
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 the matter of funding for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund.
Resolved, That this House has considered World Asthma Day.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.19 pm until Monday 19 May.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Stephanie Peacock)
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (UEFA Women’s European Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
3Financial Services and Markets
Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 583), dated 14 May 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Emma Reynolds)
(1) Draft South Tyneside (Electoral Changes) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(2) Draft Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
Other papers
(1) Report of the Law Commission for 2024–25 (by Act), to be printed (HC 860) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
(2) Report of the Law Commission on Modernising Wills Law: Report and Draft Bill (by Act), to be printed (HC 861) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
(1) Central Government Supply Estimates: Main Supply Estimates for 2025–26 (by Command), to be printed (HC 871) (Darren Jones)
(2) House of Commons Administration: Main Supply Estimate for 2025–26 (by Act), to be printed (HC 858) (The Speaker)
(3) Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Main Supply Estimate for 2025–26 (by Act), to be printed (HC 909) (The Speaker)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on HM Revenue & Customs: Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals (by Act), to be printed (HC 876) (Clerk of the House)
8Science, Innovation and Technology
Government Response to the consultation on the UK's future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime (by Command) (CP 1313) (Feryal Clark)
Treasury Minutes on Government Responses to the Fifth and the Tenth to the Seventeenth Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2024–25 (by Command) (CP 1328) (James Murray)
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATE[S]
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Patrick Spencer |
15 May |
16 June |
Danny Kruger (16 May),Joy Morrissey (thereafter) |
|
Satvir Kaur |
11 December 2024 |
11 July |
Darren Paffey (16 May),Chris Elmore (thereafter) |
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Kate Osborne |
25 April |
19 May |
Tom Rutland (16 May), Kim Johnson (thereafter) |
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Dan Norris |
16 May |
16 December |
Chris Elmore |