UK Parliament No. 164)

Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 11.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

(2) the Prime Minister

2Urgent Question: UK-Mauritius Treaty: British Indian Ocean Territory future sovereignty (Stephen Doughty)

3Statement: National Energy System Operator North Hyde Substation Review Report (Michael Shanks)

4Public authority (accountability): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to set a requirement on public institutions, public servants and officials and on those carrying out functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and with candour and frankness; to define the public law duty on them to assist courts, official inquiries and investigations; to enable victims to enforce such duties; to create offences for the breach of certain duties; to provide funding for victims and their relatives in certain proceedings before the courts and at official inquiries and investigations; and for connected purposes;

That Ian Byrne, Kim Johnson, Paula Barker, Peter Dowd, Derek Twigg, Sorcha Eastwood, Siân Berry, Liz Saville Roberts, Jeremy Corbyn, Stephen Flynn, Tom Morrison, and Richard Burgon present the Bill.

Ian Byrne accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 11 July, and to be printed (Bill 280).

5Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Consideration of Lords Message

Lords Amendments 2B and 2C

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House insists on Commons Amendment 2A to which the Lords have disagreed and disagrees with the Lords in Lords Amendments 2B and 2C proposed in lieu of that Amendment.—(Luke Pollard.)

The House divided.

Division No. 251

Ayes: 321 (Tellers: Christian Wakeford, Gen Kitchen)

Noes: 158 (Tellers: Harriet Cross, Rebecca Paul)

Question agreed to.

Commons Amendment 2A accordingly insisted on and Lords Amendments 2B and 2C accordingly disagreed to.

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83H(2)), That a Committee be appointed to draw up a Reason to be assigned to the Lords for insisting on Commons Amendment 2A and disagreeing to Lords Amendments 2B and 2C in lieu of that amendment;

That Luke Akehurst, Lizzi Collinge, Kate Dearden, Graeme Downie, Rachel Hopkins, Tessa Munt and David Reed be members of the Committee;

That Kate Dearden be the Chair of the Committee;

That three be the quorum of the Committee;

That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(Gerald Jones.)

Question agreed to.

6Defence

Motion made and Question proposed, That the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.—(Luke Pollard)

7Deferred Divisions

The Deputy Speaker announced the results of the Divisions which had been deferred to this day (Standing Order No. 41A).

(1) Competition

That the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 15 May, be approved.

Division No. 249

Ayes: 338

Noes: 79

Question agreed to.

(2) Prisons

That the draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Division No. 250

Ayes: 333

Noes: 168

Question agreed to.

8Defence (resumed)

The House resumed the debate.

Resolved, That the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

9Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

Motion made and Question proposed, That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.—(Dan Jarvis)

The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).

Question put.

The House divided.

Division No. 252

Ayes: 385 (Tellers: Gen Kitchen, Christian Wakeford)

Noes: 26 (Tellers: Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Ayoub Khan)

Question agreed to.

Resolved, That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.

10Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 2 June, be approved.—(Keir Mather.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 2 June, be approved.—(Keir Mather.)

Question agreed to.

11Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval

Question agreed to.

12Adjournment

Subject: Regulatory environment of corporate businesses and franchisees (Sir John Hayes)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Keir Mather.)

Adjourned at 6.31 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

Private Business

13Norwich Livestock Market Bill [Lords]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, That it had examined the allegations contained in the Preamble to the Norwich Livestock Market Bill [Lords] and had found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill and made no Amendments.

Bill to be read the third time.