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Votes and Proceedings
Monday 17 May 2021

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 2.30 pm.

Prayers

1Introduction of new Member

Anum Qaisar-Javed, Member for Airdrie and Shotts, made the Affirmation required by law.

2Speaker’s Statement: Seating in the Chamber

3Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

4Urgent Question: Recent anti-Semitic attacks across the UK (Secretary Robert Jenrick)

5Statement: COVID-19 Update (Secretary Matt Hancock)

6Queen’s Speech (Motion for an Address) (fourth day)

Debate resumed (Order, 13 May).

Question again 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.

Subject: Safe streets for all

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

Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(David T C Davies.)

Debate to be resumed tomorrow.

7Adjournment

Subject: Situation in Ukraine (Stewart Malcolm McDonald)

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(David T C Davies.)

At 10.00 pm the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(David T C Davies.) 

Adjourned at 10.24 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

8First Delegated Legislation Committee

Stewart Hosie (Chair) reported the draft Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and the draft Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021.

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).

9Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee

Members: Peter Kyle discharged and Maria Eagle nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137

Friday 14 May

10Treasury Committee

Lessons from Greensill Capital: Written evidence, to be published (HC 151) (Clerk of the House).

11Welsh Affairs Committee

Wales Office Main Estimate 2021–22: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).

Reports from Select Committees made on Monday 17 May

12Administration Committee

Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 17 May, to be published (Sir Charles Walker).

13European Scrutiny Committee

The UK’s new relationship with the EU: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 122) (Sir William Cash).

14Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 

(1) Permitted development rights: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 32);

(2) Correspondence from the Minister for Housing relating to the transition from emergency measures for renters: Written evidence, to be published; 

(3) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to EWS1 forms: Written evidence, to be published; 

(4) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2021-22 Main Estimate memorandum: Written evidence, to be published 

(Mr Clive Betts). 

15Public Accounts (Committee of)

(1) Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England 2020: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 171);

(2) Correspondence from HM Treasury relating to £1.1 billion sale of Government's shareholding of NatWest Group: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence from the Cabinet Office relating to the Nigel Boardman review of Cabinet Office procurement practices: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Correspondence relating to the Committee's previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Correspondence with HM Treasury relating to the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme: Written evidence, to be published;

(6) Correspondence with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department of Health and Social Care relating to COVID-19 vaccine indemnities: Written evidence, to be published;

(7) Correspondence with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport relating to contingent liability arising from activation of a policy to compensate event organisers participating in phase one of the Events Research Programme: Written evidence, to be published;

(8) Correspondence with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport relating to contingent liability for an exhibition staged by the National Gallery: Written evidence, to be published

(Meg Hillier).

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Papers Laid

Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 14 May under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Harbours, Docks, Piers and Ferries

St. Ives (G7 Summit 2021) Harbour Revision Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 572), dated 11 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

2Public Health

Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 582), dated 14 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 17 May 2021

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

3Constitutional Law

(1) Draft Scotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Consequential Provision) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Justin Tomlinson)

(2) Draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alister Jack)

4International Immunities and Privileges

Draft European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Adams)

5Public Health

Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 585), dated 14 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Matt Hancock)

6Sports Grounds and Sporting Events

Draft Birmingham Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Huddleston)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

7Council Tax

Valuation Tribunal for England (Council Tax and Rating Appeals) (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 579), dated 12 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Luke Hall)

8Customs

Export Control (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 586), dated 13 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Ranil Jayawardena)

9Peru No. 1 (2021)

Treaty, done at Iquitos on 19 May 2018, on the Mutual Recognition of Degrees between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Peru (with Exchange of Notes) (CP 431) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab)

Other papers

10Armed Forces

Accounts of Greenwich Hospital and Travers Foundation for 2019–20, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 64) (Secretary Ben Wallace)

11Chiropractors

Report and Accounts of the General Chiropractic Council (by Act) (Secretary Matt Hancock)

12National Audit

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Cross-government: Initial learning from the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic (by Act), to be printed (HC 66) (Clerk of the House)

13Statutory Instruments (Notification)

Draft Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation: Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 585) (by Standing Order) (The Speaker)

14Treasury

Treasury Minutes on the Government responses to the Forty-fifth to the Fifty-first Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2019–21 (by Command) (CP 434) (Kemi Badenoch)

15Treaty Series No. 11 (2021)

Draft Agreement between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Establishment and the Privileges and Immunities of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom (by Command) (CP 436) (Secretary Dominic Raab)

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 Orders of 22 October 2020 and 25 March 2021, 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 21 June 2021, unless the arrangement is ended or the House otherwise orders.

Member

From

Proxy

Steve Brine

18 May

Stuart Andrew

Bambos Charalambous

18 May

Chris Elmore

Ben Lake

18 May

Hywel Williams

Sir Christopher Chope

18 May

Mr William Wragg

Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

19 May

Sammy Wilson

Greg Clark

19 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 18 May:

the nominated proxy for Liz Saville Roberts, Colum Eastwood and Claire Hanna will be Hywel Williams instead of Ben Lake.

the nominated proxy for Carla Lockhart, Gavin Robinson, Mr Gregory Campbell and Ian Paisley will be Sammy Wilson instead of Jim Shannon.

the nominated proxy for Paul Girvan will be Sammy Wilson instead of Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson.

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

Peter Aldous

18 May

Valerie Vaz

18 May

Gill Furniss

18 May

Hywel Williams

18 May

Marion Fellows

18 May

Jason McCartney

18 May

Sammy Wilson

18 May

Shaun Bailey

18 May