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Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 25 May 2021

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 11.30 am.

Prayers

1Selection

Ordered, That Sir Alan Campbell and Owen Thompson be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Chris Elmore and Richard Thomson be added.—(Stuart Andrew.)

2Sessional Returns

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Returns for Session 2019–21 of information and statistics relating to:

1. Business of the House

2. Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question and Allocation of Time (including Programme Motions)

3. Sittings of the House

4. Private Bills and Private Business

5. Public Bills

6. Delegated Legislation and Legislative Reform Orders

7. European Legislation, etc

8. Grand Committees

9. Panel of Chairs

10. Select Committees.—(Chairman of Ways and Means.)

3Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

4Urgent Questions: (1) COVID-19 (Nadhim Zahawi)

(2) Publication of end-to-end review of the criminal justice system response to rape (Kit Malthouse)

5Telecommunications (Security) Bill (Report Stage): Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

New Clause NC1—(Chi Onwurah)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The House divided.

Division No. 12

Ayes: 263 (Tellers: Jessica Morden, Liz Twist)

Noes: 365 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, James Morris)

Question accordingly negatived.

New Clause NC2—(Chi Onwurah)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The House divided.

Division No. 13

Ayes: 263 (Tellers: Jessica Morden, Liz Twist)

Noes: 363 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, James Morris)

Question accordingly negatived.

New Clause NC3—(Chi Onwurah)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The House divided.

Division No. 14

Ayes: 271 (Tellers: Liz Twist, Jessica Morden)

Noes: 357 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, James Morris)

Question accordingly negatived.

6Telecommunications (Security) Bill: Third Reading

Bill read the third time and passed.

7Delegated Legislation (Information Commissioner (Remuneration))

Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Mr John Whittingdale relating to Information Commissioner (Remuneration) shall be treated as if it related to an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice has been given that the instrument be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)

8Financial Assistance to Industry

(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order, 18 May), That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay by way of financial assistance under Section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, compensation to Business Schools in respect of a proportion of the indirect costs of funding the Help to Grow Management programme up to a limit of £220 million over three years.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Question agreed to.

(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order, 18 May), That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, sums exceeding £30 million with an estimated total sum of £44 million, to be made available, through the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced in the 2021 Budget, to eligible commercial airports and ground operators to compensate for the damage caused by COVID-19, on the basis of business rates liabilities or COVID-19 losses – whichever is lower – from April-September 2021, subject to certain conditions and a cap of £4 million per eligible company.—(Rebecca Harris.)

Question agreed to.

9Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Ordered, That Imran Ahmad Khan, Gareth Bacon, Bob Blackman, Patricia Gibson, David Johnston, Nigel Mills and Kate Osborne be members of the Backbench Business Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(2) Ordered, That Owen Thompson be discharged from the European Statutory Instruments Committee and Richard Thomson be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(3) Ordered, That Lilian Greenwood be discharged from the Finance Committee and Nick Brown be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(4) Ordered, That Neale Hanvey be discharged from the Health and Social Care Committee and Anum Qaisar-Javed be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(5) Ordered, That Owen Thompson be discharged from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and Richard Thomson be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(6) Ordered, That Kenny MacAskill be discharged from the Justice Committee and Angela Crawley be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(7) Ordered, That Douglas Ross be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Gary Sambrook be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(8) Ordered, That Sir Bernard Jenkin be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Mr Mark Francois and Antony Higginbotham be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

(9) Ordered, That Angela Crawley be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Anne McLaughlin be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

10Adjournment

Subject: NHS dentistry in Waveney (Peter Aldous)

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

Adjourned at 5.57 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

11Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee

Sir Charles Walker (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

12Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Yvonne Fovargue (Chair) reported the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 488).

Reports from Select Committees

13Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

(1) Liberty Steel and the future of the UK steel industry: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 118);

(2) Competition and Markets Authority Main Estimate 2021–22: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence from Ofgem relating to the proposed Ofgem Trust Statement on the Fossil Fuel Levy scheme: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Forced labour in UK value chains: Written evidence, to be published (HC 112);

(5) Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Written evidence, to be published (HC 116);

(6) Post Office and Horizon: Written evidence, to be published (HC 106)

(Darren Jones).

14Defence Committee

(1) Defending Global Britain in a competitive age: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 166);

(2) UK-French naval co-operation: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 265);

(3) Correspondence with the Minister for Defence Procurement relating to Fleet Solid Support Ships and Ajax armoured fighting vehicles: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tobias Ellwood).

15Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

(1) Concussion in sport: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 46);

(2) Sport in our communities: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 45)

(Julian Knight).

16Education Committee

(1) Prison education: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 86);

(2) Home education: Written evidence, to be published (HC 84);

(3) The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services: Written evidence, to be published (HC 87)

(Robert Halfon).

17Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

(1) Environmental land management and the agricultural transition: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 78);

(2) Moving animals across borders: Written evidence, to be published (HC 79)

(Neil Parish).

18European Statutory Instruments Committee

First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 60) (Andrew Jones).

19Foreign Affairs Committee

(1) The Myanmar crisis: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 203);

(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to British Council closures: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for BEIS relating to the Investment Security Unit’s handling of voluntary ‘notifications’: Written evidence, to be published

(Tom Tugendhat).

20Health and Social Care Committee

(1) Supporting those with dementia and their carers: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 96)

(2) Children and young people’s mental health: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 17);

(3) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Care: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Government’s White Paper proposals for the reform of health and social care: Written evidence, to be published (HC 20);

(5) Safety of maternity services in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 19);

(6) Treatment of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities: Written evidence, to be published (HC 21)

(Jeremy Hunt).

21International Development Committee

(1) The philosophy and culture of aid: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 101);

(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to Rwanda – governance and UK aid: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) UK aid to Pakistan: Written evidence, to be published (HC 102)

(Sarah Champion).

22Justice Committee

(1) Private prosecutions: Safeguards: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 248);

(2) Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary: Written evidence, to be published

(Sir Robert Neill).

23Petitions Committee

(1) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;

(2) List of closed e-petitions presented to the House, to be published

(Catherine McKinnell).

24Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

(1) The work of the Electoral Commission: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 43);

(2) Correspondence with the Prime Minister relating to parliamentary scrutiny of the Government’s handling of COVID-19: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr William Wragg).

25Science and Technology Committee

(1) Correspondence from 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;

(2) Correspondence from the Ministers of State, Home Office, relating to the Government Response to the previous Committee’s Report on biometrics and forensics: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero: Written evidence, to be published (HC 97)

(Greg Clark).

26Standards (Committee on)

Code of Conduct: Written evidence, to be published (HC 270) (Chris Bryant).

27Transport Committee

(1) Trains fit for the future?: Government Response to Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21: Third Special Report, to be published (HC 249);

(2) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, dated 20 May 2021: Written evidence, to be published

(Huw Merriman).

28Women and Equalities Committee

(1) The role of the Government Equalities Office: embedding equalities across Government: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 133);

(2) Correspondence from the Equality and Human Rights Commission relating to: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families relating to the Committee’s report ‘Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: full Report’: Written evidence, to be published;

(4) Correspondence from the Minister for Equalities relating to her invitation to give evidence on the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act: Written evidence, to be published;

(5) Gender Sensitive Parliament (House of Commons): Written evidence, to be published (HC 131)

(Caroline Nokes).

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.25 am (Orders, 25 February and 25 March).

Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))

1Oral health and dentistry in England

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered oral health and dentistry in England.—(Mohammad Yasin.)

At 10.55 am, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

2Asylum dispersal scheme in Stoke-on-Trent

Resolved, That this House has considered the asylum dispersal scheme in Stoke-on-Trent.—(Jonathan Gullis.)

The sitting was suspended between 11.28 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)). 

3Unduly lenient sentencing scheme

Resolved, That this House has considered the scope of the unduly lenient sentencing scheme.—(Gareth Johnson.)

The sitting was suspended between 3.28 pm and 4.05 pm.

4Encouraging more disabled officials, referees and umpires into sport

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of encouraging more disabled officials, referees and umpires into sport.—(Lucy Allan.)

The sitting was suspended between 4.24 pm and 5.01 pm for divisions in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

5Cyber fraud in the UK

Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of cyber fraud in the UK.—(Chris Elmore.)

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

Adjourned at 5.51 pm until tomorrow.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1Exiting the European Union (Civil Aviation)

Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 614), dated 20 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

2Food

Food (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 616), dated 24 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)

3Immigration

Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 600), dated 20 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)

4Investigatory Powers

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Criminal Conduct Authorisations) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 601), dated 19 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)

5Landlord and Tenant

Agricultural Holdings (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms and the Suitability Test) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 619), dated 24 May 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)

Papers laid under paragraphs 3(3) and 17(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

6Social Security

Proposal for an instrument titled Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Justin Tomlinson)

Other papers

7Independent Expert Panel

Report by the Independent Expert Panel: The Conduct of Mr Rob Roberts MP (by Standing Order), to be printed (HC 245) (Clerk of the House)

SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES

Voting by proxy

1. New parental absence proxy voting arrangement

The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Feryal Clark is eligible to have a proxy vote cast on her behalf, starting from 26 May and finishing on 5 November. The nominated proxy is 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 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 27 May 2021 the nominated proxy for Gavin Robinson, Paul Girvan and Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson will be Jim Shannon 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 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

Chris Loder

26 May

Mr Alistair Carmichael

26 May

Feryal Clark

26 May