Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Report of the Holliday Inquiry
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying That she will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House a Return of the Report, entitled Report of the Holliday Inquiry: inquiry into award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, related litigation and its subsequent termination.—(David Rutley.)
2Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2) the right hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the right hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission, the right hon. Member representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and the hon. Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statement: Counter-Daesh update (Secretary Dominic Raab)
5Ways and Means: Income Tax (Charge): Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 3 March
Debate resumed (Order, 3 March).
Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2021—22.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Tom Pursglove.)
Debate to be resumed on Monday 8 March.
6Business of the House (Private Members’ Bills)
Ordered, That:
(1) the Order of the House of 16 January 2020 (Business of the House (Private Members’ Bills)), as amended by the Orders of the House of 25 March, 22 April, 12 May, 10 June, 1 July, 3 November and 30 December 2020 and 13 January 2021, is further amended as follows: at end, insert “and 12 March 2021”;
(2) the Order for Consideration of the Forensic Science Regulator Bill on Friday 5 March be read and discharged;
(3) the Orders for Second Reading of Bills on Friday 12 March be read and discharged and that no Second Readings of Bills be taken that day;
(4) that the following bills be set down for Friday 12 March, and in the following order:
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill
Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill
Forensic Science Regulator Bill
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill
Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill
Registers of Births and Deaths Bill
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill.—(Tom Pursglove.)
Subject: British Council and the Integrated Review (Mr John Baron)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Tom Pursglove.)
Adjourned at 5.24 pm until Monday 8 March.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
8Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill to which the Commons have disagreed; and they agree without amendment to the Amendments made by the Commons in lieu of a Lords Amendment.
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 26 March, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
Reports from Select Committees
10Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 11 March in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall and Tuesday 16 March in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
11Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
Post-pandemic economic growth: Industrial Strategy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 674) (Darren Jones).
Women in the armed forces: from recruitment to civilian Life: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1047) (Sarah Atherton).
13Environmental Audit Committee
Biodiversity and ecosystems: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 636) (Philip Dunne).
14Health and Social Care Committee
Appointment of the National Data Guardian: Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1311) (Jeremy Hunt).
15Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) COVID-19: Test, track and trace (part 1): Forty-seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 932);
(2) Digital Services at the Border: Forty-eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 936);
(3) The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 941);
(4) Delivering Carrier Strike: Written evidence, to be published (HC 684)
(Meg Hillier).
Scotland and the Shared Prosperity Fund: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1089) (Pete Wishart).
17Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1281) (James Sunderland).
(1) One-off session with the First Minister of Wales: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1255);
(2) Renewable energy in Wales: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1021)
(Stephen Crabb).
19Women and Equalities Committee
Take up of the COVID-19 vaccines in BAME communities and women: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1224) (Caroline Nokes).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 241), dated 3 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jesse Norman)
Housing (Shared Ownership Leases) (Exclusion from Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and Rent Act 1977) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 212), dated 1 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Christopher Pincher)
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act), to be printed (HC 1248) with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 214), dated 1 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Guy Opperman)
Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 240), dated 22 February 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Julia Lopez)
(1) Social Security (Claims and Payments, Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit) (Telephone and Video Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 230), dated 2 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Justin Tomlinson)
(2) Universal Credit (Childcare in Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 228), dated 2 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 236), dated 3 March 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
Other papers
9Budget Responsibility and National Audit
Value for Money Study — Review of the National Audit Office's Finance Function (by Act), to be printed (HC 1277) (Mr Richard Bacon)
10Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Return to an Address to Her Majesty for a Return of the Report, dated 4 March 2021, of the Holliday Inquiry into award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, related litigation, and its subsequent termination (pursuant to Resolution today), to be printed (HC 1280) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)
Report on proposed amendment to the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014 (by Act) (Julia Lopez)
Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2021 (by Act) (Julia Lopez)
Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2021–22 for the Electoral Commission (by Act), to be printed (HC 1214) (The Speaker)
Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: An inspection of the work of Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, and UK Visas and Immigration to identify, investigate, disrupt and prosecute perpetrators of modern slavery and human trafficking: October 2019–April 2020 (by Act) (Secretary Priti Patel)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (laid 4 February 2021)
Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2021–22 for the Electoral Commission (by Act) (HC 1214) (laid 11 February 2021)
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 |
|
Tom Pursglove |
8 March |
Mike Freer |
|
Mark Tami |
8 March |
Chris Elmore |
|
Maggie Throup |
8 March |
Mike Freer |
|
Liz Twist |
8 March |
Chris Elmore |
|
Gill Furniss |
8 March |
Chris Elmore |
2. Variation of existing 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 Member has given notice that they wish to amend their proxy voting arrangement:
From 8 March the nominated proxy for Gregory Campbell, Gavin Robinson, and Paul Girvan will be Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson instead of Sammy Wilson.
3. 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:
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Member |
From |
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Matt Western |
8 March |
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Maria Caulfield |
8 March |