Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.25 am.
Prayers
1Message to attend Her Majesty
Message from Her Majesty delivered by the Lady Usher of the Black Rod:
Mr Speaker, The Queen commands this Honourable House to attend Her Majesty immediately, in the House of Peers.
The Speaker, with the House, went up to attend Her Majesty. When the Speaker and the House returned, the House was suspended.
The Speaker resumed the Chair at 2.30 pm.
Jillian Wendy Mortimer, Member for Hartlepool, was sworn.
3Speaker’s Statement: Conduct and practice
A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandestine Outlawries was read the first time and ordered to be read a second time.
The Speaker reported Her Majesty’s Speech and directed that it be entered in the Journal, as follows:
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons
My Government’s priority is to deliver a national recovery from the pandemic that makes the United Kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before.
To achieve this, my Government will level up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth and addressing the impact of the pandemic on public services.
My Government will protect the health of the nation, continuing the vaccination programme and providing additional funding to support the NHS. My Ministers will bring forward legislation to empower the NHS to innovate and embrace technology. Patients will receive more tailored and preventative care, closer to home. Measures will be brought forward to support the health and wellbeing of the nation, including to tackle obesity and improve mental health. Proposals on social care reform will be brought forward.
My Government will build on the success of the vaccination programme to lead the world in life sciences, pioneering new treatments against diseases like cancer and securing jobs and investment across the country.
My Ministers will oversee the fastest ever increase in public funding for research and development and pass legislation to establish an advanced research agency.
Following the unprecedented support provided to businesses during the pandemic, proposals will be brought forward to create and support jobs and improve regulation.
My Government will strengthen the economic ties across the union, investing in and improving national infrastructure. Proposals will be taken forward to transform connectivity by rail and bus and to extend 5G mobile coverage and gigabit capable broadband.
Legislation will support a lifetime skills guarantee to enable flexible access to high quality education and training throughout people’s lives.
Measures will be introduced to ensure that support for businesses reflects the United Kingdom’s strategic interests and drives economic growth. Laws will simplify procurement in the public sector. Eight new freeports will create hubs for trade and help regenerate communities.
My Government will ensure that the public finances are returned to a sustainable path once the economic recovery is secure.
Measures will be brought forward to ensure that children have the best start in life, prioritising their early years. My Ministers will address lost learning during the pandemic and ensure every child has a high quality education and is able to fulfil their potential.
My Government will help more people to own their own home whilst enhancing the rights of those who rent. Laws to modernise the planning system, so that more homes can be built, will be brought forward, along with measures to end the practice of ground rents for new leasehold properties. My Ministers will establish in law a new Building Safety Regulator to ensure that the tragedies of the past are never repeated.
Measures will be brought forward to address racial and ethnic disparities and ban conversion therapy.
Legislation will support the voluntary sector by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and releasing additional funds for good causes.
My Government will invest in new green industries to create jobs, while protecting the environment. The United Kingdom is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and will continue to lead the way internationally by hosting the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. Legislation will set binding environmental targets. Legislation will also be brought forward to ensure the United Kingdom has, and promotes, the highest standards of animal welfare.
My Government will strengthen and renew democracy and the constitution. Legislation will be introduced to ensure the integrity of elections, protect freedom of speech and restore the balance of power between the executive, legislature and the courts. My Ministers will promote the strength and integrity of the union. Measures will be brought forward to strengthen devolved Government in Northern Ireland and address the legacy of the past.
My Government will introduce measures to increase the safety and security of its citizens.
Legislation will increase sentences for the most serious and violent offenders and ensure the timely administration of justice. Proposals will be brought forward to address violence, including against women and girls, and to support victims. Measures will be brought forward to establish a fairer immigration system that strengthens the United Kingdom’s borders and deters criminals who facilitate dangerous and illegal journeys.
My Government will lead the way in ensuring internet safety for all, especially for children, whilst harnessing the benefits of a free, open and secure internet.
My Ministers will provide our gallant Armed Forces with the biggest spending increase in thirty years, taking forward their programme of modernisation and reinforcing the United Kingdom’s commitment to NATO. My Ministers will honour and strengthen the Armed Forces Covenant, placing it in law. Measures will be introduced to provide National Insurance contribution relief for employers of veterans.
Legislation will be introduced to counter hostile activity by foreign states. My Ministers will implement the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
The United Kingdom will host the G7 Summit and lead the global effort to secure a robust economic recovery from the pandemic. My Ministers will deepen trade ties in the Gulf, Africa and the Indo-Pacific.
My Government will continue to provide aid where it has the greatest impact on reducing poverty and alleviating human suffering. My Government will uphold human rights and democracy across the world. It will take forward a global effort to get 40 million girls across the world into school.
Members of the House of Commons
Estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons
Other measures will be laid before you.
I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
6Queen’s Speech (Motion for an Address)
Motion made and Question proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.—(Shailesh Vara.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Debate to be resumed tomorrow.
Subject: The case for a national memorial for Dame Vera Lynn (Sir David Amess).
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
At 10.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Adjourned at 10.06 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Disqualification of a Member
Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That on 10 May 2021 the Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Tracy Lynn Brabin, Member for Batley and Spen, to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.
Select Committees: formal minutes
9Select Committees (publication of formal minutes)
Ordered, That, in this Session of Parliament, the formal minutes of any select committee, together with the formal minutes of any sub-committee which they may appoint, may be published from time to time.
Reports from Select Committees
(1) Responsibilities of the Minister for Defence People and Veterans: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 153);
(2) Women in the Armed Forces: From recruitment to civilian life: Written evidence, to be published (HC 154)
(Mr Tobias Ellwood).
11Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) The UK’s new immigration policy and the food supply chain: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2019-21: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 30);
(2) Environmental land management and the agricultural transition: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 78);
(3) Moving animals across borders: Written evidence, to be published (HC 79)
(Neil Parish).
12Health and Social Care Committee
(1) The Government’s White Paper proposals for the reform of Health and Social Care: First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 20);
(2) Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 22)
(Jeremy Hunt).
The work of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 23) (Yvette Cooper).
14Science and Technology Committee
(1) Correspondence with Ministers of State, Home Office, relating to the Government Response to the Committee’s previous Report on biometrics and forensics: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, relating to the Government Response to the Committee’s Report, A new UK research funding agency: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) The role of technology, research and innovation in the COVID-19 recovery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 95);
(4) UK science, research and technology capability and influence in global disease outbreaks: Written evidence, to be published (HC 93)
(Order of 24 March 2020) (Greg Clark).
(1) The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation sector: Interim report: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2019–21: First Special Report, to be published (HC 28);
(2) Road safety: young and novice drivers: Government Response to Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2019–21: Second Special Report, to be published (HC 29);
(3) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary relating to Department for Transport’s Supplementary Estimate 2020-21, dated 29 April 2021: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Reforming public transport after the pandemic: Written evidence, to be published (HC 25);
(5) Zero emission vehicles and road pricing: Written evidence, to be published (HC 27)
(Huw Merriman).
(1) Lessons from Greensill Capital: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 151);
(2) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary relating to the Green Book review: Written evidence, to be published
(Mel Stride).
17Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Unequal impact? Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2019-21, First Special Report, to be printed (HC 134);
(2) Reform of the Gender Recognition Act: Written evidence, to be published (HC 129);
(3) Correspondence from the Equality and Human Rights Commission relating to the Committee’s report Unequal Impact? Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Equality Hub relating to the Committee’s inquiry into the role of the GEO: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Minister for Equalities in lieu of oral evidence to the Committee’s inquiry into the role of the GEO: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence from the Social Mobility Commission relating to the Committee’s inquiry into the role of the GEO: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence from the Minister for Vaccine Deployment relating to the Committee’s inquiry into take up of the COVID-19 vaccines in BAME communities and women: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Correspondence with the Minister for Women in lieu of oral evidence to the Committee’s inquiry into the role of the GEO: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Correspondence with the Minister for Women and Equalities relating to the relationship between the Committee and the Government Equalities Office: Written evidence, to be published;
(10) Correspondence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: Written evidence, to be published
(Caroline Nokes).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the Prorogation of Parliament under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:
Friday 30 April 2021:
Other papers
Agreement, done at Brussels and London on 30 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the one part, and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the other part (by Command) (CP 426) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Agreement, done at Brussels and London on 30 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union concerning Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information (by Command) (CP 427) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Agreement, done at Brussels and London on 30 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Atomic Energy Community for Cooperation on the Safe and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (by Command) (CP 428) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Tuesday 4 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 541), dated 29 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nick Gibb)
5Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)
Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 543), dated 29 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rebecca Pow)
British Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 499), dated 20 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Caroline Dinenage)
Other papers
Report on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation for 2019 (by Command) (CP 406) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Wednesday 5 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 523), dated 28 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
(1) Air Navigation (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 534), dated 28 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(2) Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 524), dated 28 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 548), dated 5 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
Thursday 6 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
11Exiting the European Union (Highways)
Road Tunnel Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 552), dated 6 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 547), dated 4 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
13Senior Courts of England and Wales
Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 553), dated 4 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland)
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Care Leavers and Homeless) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 546), dated 30 April 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
Friday 7 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 555), dated 7 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Monday 10 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
16Financial Services and Markets
Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 558), dated 7 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (John Glen)
Papers laid under paragraphs 3(3) and 17(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Proposal for an instrument titled Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Transitional Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary George Eustice)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Tuesday 11 May 2021:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 561), dated 10 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kemi Badenoch)
Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Belgrade on 16 April 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Serbia (CP 433) with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) and an accompanying report (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
EXAMINER OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS
In pursuance of Standing Order 69 relating to Private Business (Appointment of Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills) the Speaker has appointed Ché Kieron Diamond as an Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills in place of James Joseph Cooper.
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 Orders of 22 October 2020 and 25 March 2021, that the Member listed in the table below is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on their behalf by the nominated proxy listed in the table below, starting on the date specified below and ending on 21 June 2021, unless the arrangement is ended or the House otherwise orders.
Member |
From |
Proxy |
Jill Mortimer |
12 May |
Stuart Andrew |
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 Orders of 22 October 2020 and 25 March 2021, that the following Members have given notice that they wish to amend their proxy voting arrangement:
From 11 May 2021:
the nominated proxy for Dehenna Davison will be Ben Everitt instead of Stuart Andrew.
the nominated proxy for Paul Girvan will be Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson instead of Jim Shannon.
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 Orders of 22 October 2020 and 25 March 2021, 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 |
Greg Clark |
11 May |
Mr Steve Baker |
11 May |
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson |
11 May |
Chris Loder |
11 May |
Michael Tomlinson |
12 May |
Liz Twist |
12 May |