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Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 17 June 2021

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the 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

2Division: Correction

The Speaker reported an error in Division No. 28 on the Question relating to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 705), announced on 16 June.

On the Question relating to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 705), the correct number of Ayes should read 489 instead of 461.

The Speaker directed the Clerk to correct the Journal accordingly:

Division No. 28

Ayes: 489 (Tellers: Maggie Throup, Maria Caulfield)

Noes: 60 (Tellers: Steve Baker, Jackie Doyle-Price)

3Statements: (1) Update on Australia Free Trade Agreement negotiations (Secretary Elizabeth Truss)

(2) Business (Leader of the House)

4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)

Publication of the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Future of the Planning System in England, HC 38 (Mr Clive Betts)

5Backbench Business

(1) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.—(Jeff Smith.)

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

Question put and agreed to.

(2) UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and the G7

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and the G7.—(Anthony Mangnall.)

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

Question put and agreed to.

6Adjournment

Subject: Findings of The Lancet's 2021 series on miscarriage (Olivia Blake)

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

Adjourned at 5.21 pm until Monday 21 June.

Other Proceedings

General Committees: Reports

7Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee

Steve McCabe (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

8Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee

Mrs Sheryll Murray (Chair) reported the draft Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (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).

9Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill Committee

Chairs: David Mundell and Christina Rees

10National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee

Chairs: Yvonne Fovargue and Caroline Nokes

Members: Neil Coyle discharged and Kate Osborne nominated in substitution.

11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Immigration Rules Appendix EU) (Amendment) Regulations 2021)

Chair: Mr Philip Hollobone

12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Carbon Budget Order 2021)

Chair: Derek Twigg

13Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021)

Chair: James Gray

14Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2021)

Chair: Sir Gary Streeter

15Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Financial Markets and Insolvency (Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021)

Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson

Reports from Select Committees

16Backbench Business Committee   

Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 1 July in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).

17Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

Post-Pandemic Economic Growth: Industrial policy in the UK: First Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 385) (Darren Jones).

18International Trade Committee

Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to the scrutiny of a Free Trade Agreement in Principle with Australia: Written evidence, to be published (Angus Brendan MacNeil).

19Liaison Committee 

Estimates Days: Sir Bernard Jenkin reported, That, following the recommendation of the Backbench Business Committee on applications considered at its meeting of 17 June, the Liaison Committee recommendation for the allocation of time for the consideration of Estimates on the first and second allotted days in the present session (Standing Order No. 145) is as follows:

(1) That a day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2021-22:

Department for Education, in so far as it relates to the spending of the Department for Education on measures to support education recovery (on the application of Robert Halfon); and

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, insofar as it relates to the spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on building safety (on the application of Clive Betts);

(2) That a further day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimate for financial year 2021-22:

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, insofar as it relates to the spending of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Official Development Assistance and the British Council (on the application of Sarah Champion).

 

20Public Accounts (Committee of)

DWP employment support: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 177) (Meg Hillier).

21Scottish Affairs Committee

(1) Welfare policy in Scotland: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 55);

(2) Renewable energy in Scotland: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 51)

(Pete Wishart).

22Welsh Affairs Committee

(1) Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Wales: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 282);

(2) Correspondence with the Minister for Media and Data relating to the implications of the current round of licence fee negotiations for S4C: Written evidence, to be published

(Stephen Crabb).

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))

1Value of vitamin D as a defence against COVID-19 infection

Resolved, That this House has considered the value of vitamin D as a defence against COVID-19 infection.—(Jim Shannon.)

The sitting was suspended between 2.31 pm and 3.15 pm (Orders, 25 February and 25 March).

2Performance of Royal Mail

Resolved, That this House has considered the performance of Royal Mail.—(David Johnston.)

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

Adjourned at 4.20 pm until Monday 21 June.

Eleanor Laing

Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Medical Devices

Draft Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jo Churchill)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

2Local Government

(1) Draft Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)

(2) Draft North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)

3Social Care

Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 717), dated 16 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)

Other papers

4Bank of England

(1) Report and Accounts of the Bank of England for the year ended 28 February 2021 (by Command) (Steve Barclay)

(2) Report and Accounts of Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund Limited for the year ended 28 February 2021 (by Act), to be printed (HC 225) (Steve Barclay)

(3) Report and Accounts of Covid Corporate Financing Facility Limited for the year ended 28 February 2021 (by Act), to be printed (HC 226) (Steve Barclay)

5British Nationality

Explanatory Memorandum to the British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 523) (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)

6Financial Services and Markets

Report of the Prudential Regulation Authority for the year ended 28 February 2021 (by Act) (John Glen)

7Government Resources and Accounts

Report and Accounts of Forest Research for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 219) (Secretary George Eustice)

8Inquiries

Manchester Arena Inquiry Volume 1: Security for the Arena – Report of the Public Inquiry into the Attack on Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017 (by Act), to be printed (HC 279) (Secretary Priti Patel)

9National Health Service

Report and Accounts of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–2021 (by Act) (Secretary Matt Hancock)

Withdrawn papers

10British Nationality

Explanatory Memorandum to the British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 523) (laid 5 May) 

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 22 July 2021, unless the arrangement is ended or the House otherwise orders. 

Member

From

Proxy

Shaun Bailey

21 June

Stuart Andrew

Kenny MacAskill

21 June

Neale Hanvey

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

6 July 

Stuart Andrew

Chris Green

12 July 

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 21 June the nominated proxy for the following members will be Chris Elmore instead of Mark Tami: 

Debbie Abrahams

Barry Gardiner

Jessica Morden

Tahir Ali

Preet Kaur Gill

Stephen Morgan

Rushanara Ali

Kate Green

Grahame Morris

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

Margaret Greenwood

James Murray

Mike Amesbury

Nia Griffith

Ian Murray

Fleur Anderson

Andrew Gwynne

Lisa Nandy

Tonia Antoniazzi

Louise Haigh

Charlotte Nichols

Jonathan Ashworth

Fabian Hamilton

Alex Norris

Paula Barker

Emma Hardy

Chi Onwurah

Margaret Beckett

Ms Harriet Harman

Abena Oppong-Asare

Hilary Benn

Carolyn Harris

Stephanie Peacock

Mr Clive Betts

Helen Hayes

Matthew Pennycook

Olivia Blake

John Healey

Mr Toby Perkins

Paul Blomfield

Sir Mark Hendrick

Jess Phillips

Mr Ben Bradshaw

Dame Margaret Hodge

Bridget Phillipson

Kevin Brennan

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Luke Pollard

Ms Lyn Brown

Kate Hollern

Lucy Powell

Mr Nicholas Brown

Rachel Hopkins

Yasmin Qureshi

Chris Bryant

Sir George Howarth

Angela Rayner

Ms Karen Buck

Dr Rupa Huq

Steve Reed

Liam Byrne

Dan Jarvis

Christina Rees

Ruth Cadbury

Dame Diana Johnson

Ellie Reeves

Sir Alan Campbell

Kim Johnson

Rachel Reeves

Dan Carden

Gerald Jones

Jonathan Reynolds

Sarah Champion

Ruth Jones

Ms Marie Rimmer

Bambos Charalambous

Sarah Jones

Matt Rodda

Feryal Clark

Darren Jones

Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Rosie Cooper

Mr Kevan Jones

Naz Shah

Yvette Cooper

Mike Kane

Mr Virendra Sharma

Neil Coyle

Barbara Keeley

Mr Barry Sheerman

Stella Creasy

Liz Kendall

Tulip Siddiq

Jon Cruddas

Afzal Khan

Andy Slaughter

John Cryer

Stephen Kinnock

Nick Smith

Judith Cummins

Peter Kyle

Cat Smith

Alex Cunningham

David Lammy

Jeff Smith

Janet Daby

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

Karin Smyth

Wayne David

Clive Lewis

Alex Sobel

Geraint Davies

Tony Lloyd

John Spellar

Alex Davies-Jones

Holly Lynch

Keir Starmer

Thangam 

Debbonaire 

Justin Madders

Jo Stevens

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Mr Khalid Mahmood

Wes Streeting

Anneliese Dodds

Shabana Mahmood

Graham Stringer

Stephen Doughty

Seema Malhotra

Sam Tarry

Peter Dowd

Rachael Maskell

Gareth Thomas

Jack Dromey

Christian Matheson

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Rosie Duffield

Steve McCabe

Emily Thornberry

Maria Eagle

Kerry McCarthy

Stephen Timms

Dame Angela Eagle

Siobhain McDonagh

Karl Turner

Clive Efford

Andy McDonald

Derek Twigg

Julie Elliott

Pat McFadden

Catherine West

Florence Eshalomi

Conor McGinn

Matt Western

Bill Esterson

Alison McGovern

Dr Alan Whitehead

Chris Evans

Catherine McKinnell

Mick Whitley

Colleen Fletcher

Jim McMahon

Nadia Whittome

Yvonne Fovargue

Anna McMorrin

Mohammad Yasin

Vicky Foxcroft

Edward Miliband

Daniel Zeichner

Gill Furniss

Navendu Mishra

 

 

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

Richard Thomson

18 June

David Rutley

21 June 

Neale Hanvey

21 June 

James Morris

21 June 

 CORRECTION

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Item 42 (Other Proceedings) should have read:

Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Growing back better: putting nature and net zero at the heart of the economic recovery: Government and Bank of England Responses to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2019–21: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 327);

(2) Technological innovations and climate change: supply chain for battery electric vehicles: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 77);

(3) Technological innovations and climate change: community energy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 421);

(4) Water quality in rivers: Written evidence, to be published (HC 74)

(Philip Dunne).