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Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 12 November 2020

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

2Urgent Question: Disqualification of pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong (Nigel Adams)

3Business Question (Leader of the House)

4Speaker’s Statement: Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

5Statement: Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (Secretary Oliver Dowden)

6Backbench Business

(1) Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee communities

Resolved, That this House is deeply concerned by the ongoing humanitarian crisis facing refugees across the globe; has considered the secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and displaced persons in fragile or low-income states; and calls on the Government to provide urgent support to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities as they deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.—(Rushanara Ali.)

(2) Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak and the abolition of Public Health England on achieving a smoke-free England by 2030

Resolved, That this House welcomes the Government’s ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030; notes the increasing disparities in smoking rates between the richest and poorest in society; further notes the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak and the opportunities and risks provided by the reorganisation of public health on the UK's ability to achieve this ambition; and calls on the Government to set out the further steps it plans to take to deliver a smoke-free England by 2030.—(Mary Kelly Foy.)

7Adjournment

Subject: Public attendance at Peterborough Utd FC home matches during the COVID-19 outbreak (Mr Shailesh Vara)

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.) 

Adjourned at 5.26 pm until Monday 16 November.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

8Environment Bill Committee

Sir George Howarth (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

9Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee

Christina Rees (Chair) reported the draft Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, the draft New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the draft Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

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).

10First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK (NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020)

Members: Peter Aldous discharged and Nicola Richards nominated in substitution.

11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Law Enforcement and Security (Separation Issues etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020)

Members: Andrew Lewer discharged and Lucy Allan nominated in substitution.

12Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Coronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020)

Members: Aaron Bell, Kevin Hollinrake and Jane Hunt discharged and Nickie Aiken, Gareth Bacon and Mrs Flick Drummond nominated in substitution.

13Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, the draft Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations, the draft Financial Holding Companies (Approval etc.) and Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the draft Bearer Certificates (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations 2020)

Members: Craig Whittaker discharged and Matt Vickers nominated in substitution.

14Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020)

Members: Andrea Jenkyns discharged and Nickie Aiken nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

15Backbench Business Committee  

Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 19 November in the Chamber and Tuesday 24 November and Thursday 26 November in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).

16Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

(1) RIIO 2: Energy network price controls: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 983);

(2) UK Emissions Trading System Common Framework: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 890);

(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets relating to the first statutory review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the National Security and Investment Bill: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Forced labour in UK value chains: Written evidence, to be published (HC 810);

(6) Post-pandemic economic growth: Industrial Strategy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 674);

(7) Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up - local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth: Written evidence, to be published (HC 675)

(Darren Jones).

17Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Biodiversity and ecosystems: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 636);

(2) Electronic waste and the circular economy:

(i) Oral evidence taken on 28 April 2020, to be published (HC 220);

(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 220);

(3) Energy efficiency of existing homes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 346);

(4) Fixing fashion: follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 874);

(5) Greening the post-Covid recovery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 347);

(6) Technological innovations and climate change: heat pumps: Written evidence, to be published (HC 896)

(Philip Dunne).

18Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

The Spending Review and Local Government Finance: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 924) (Mr Clive Betts).

19Public Accounts (Committee of)

COVID-19: Support for jobs: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 920) (Meg Hillier).

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 14(4))

1Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on breast cancer diagnosis and the future of breast cancer services

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on breast cancer diagnosis and the future of breast cancer services.—(Craig Tracey.)

At 3.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

2Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on people affected by dementia

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on people affected by dementia.—(Debbie Abrahams.)

At 4.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).

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

Adjourned at 4.31 pm until Monday 16 November.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Agriculture

(1) Draft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)

(2) Draft Direct Payments to Farmers (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)

(3) Draft World Trade Organisation Agreement on Agriculture (Domestic Support) Regulations 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)

2Excise

Tobacco Products Duty (Alteration of Rates) Order 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 1256), dated 12 November 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jesse Norman)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

3Exiting the European Union (Antarctica)

Antarctic Act 1994 (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 1251), dated 6 November 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Wendy Morton)

Other papers

4Exiting the European Union (Customs)

Explanatory Memorandum to the Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (laid 15 October) (by Command) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss)

5Gambling

Report and Accounts of the Gambling Commission for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 489) (Nigel Huddleston)

6Government Resources and Accounts

(1) Report and Accounts of BPDTS Ltd for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 912) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)

(2) Report and Accounts of the National Infrastructure Commission for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 873) (Jesse Norman)

7Housing and Regeneration

Report and Accounts of the Regulator of Social Housing for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 892) (Secretary Robert Jenrick)

8Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering

Report under Section 30 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 in relation to Annual Reviews of Sanctions Regulations (by Act) (Nigel Adams)

Withdrawn papers

9Exiting the European Union (Customs)

Explanatory Memorandum to the Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (laid 2 November)

SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATES

Voting by proxy

1. New pandemic proxy voting arrangements

The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), as amended by the temporary Orders of 23 September 2020 (Proxy voting during the pandemic) and 3 November 2020 (Proxy voting during the pandemic (No. 2)) and extended by the Order of 22 October 2020, that the Members listed in the table below are eligible to have a proxy vote cast on their behalf by the nominated proxies listed in the table below, starting on the dates specified below and ending on Tuesday 30 March 2021, unless the arrangement is ended or the House otherwise orders. 

Member

From

Proxy

Lee Anderson

16 November 2020

Mark Spencer

Mark Jenkinson

16 November 2020

Stuart Andrew

Amanda Milling

16 November 2020

Stuart Andrew

2. Ending pandemic proxy voting arrangements

The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), as amended by the temporary Orders of 23 September 2020 (Proxy voting during the pandemic) and 3 November 2020 (Proxy voting during the pandemic (No. 2)) and extended by the Order of 22 October 2020, that the following Members have given notice that they wish to end their proxy voting arrangement with effect from when the Speaker takes the Chair on the dates specified below:

Member

From

Rehman Chishti

16 November 2020

Jonathan Gullis

16 November 2020

Mike Wood

16 November 2020