Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the Attorney General
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill: Second and Third Reading (Standing Order No. 56)
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read a second time.
Question agreed to and Bill accordingly read a second time.
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read the third time.
Question agreed to and Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.
(1) Windrush Day 2021
Resolved, That this House has considered Windrush Day 2021.—(Helen Hayes.)
(2) Pride month
Resolved, That this House has considered Pride month.—(Dame Angela Eagle.)
A public petition from residents of Sevenoaks relating to Orchards Academy, Swanley, was presented and read by Laura Trott.
Subject: Social housing and the effectiveness of the Housing Ombudsman (Siobhain McDonagh)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
Adjourned at 5.21 pm until Monday 5 July.
Other Proceedings
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).
7First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2021)
Chair: Stewart Hosie
8Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021)
Chair: Christina Rees
9Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations 2021)
Chair: Hannah Bardell
10Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (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, grants to businesses to support the development of an electric vehicle supply chain in the UK, up to a limit of £388 million over four years)
Chair: Peter Dowd
11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021)
Chair: Sir Christopher Chope
12Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021)
Chair: Clive Efford
13Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) Regulations 2021)
Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson
14Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2021)
Chair: Rushanara Ali
15Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021)
Chair: Julie Elliott
Reports from Select Committees
16Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 15 July in the Chamber and Thursday 15 July in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
17Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
Correspondence with the Competition and Markets Authority relating to their regulatory powers to investigate takeovers: Written evidence, to be published (Darren Jones).
18Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Overview of the English rail system: Tenth Report, to be printed, with formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 170);
(2) Protecting consumers from unsafe products: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 180);
(3) Correspondence from the Cabinet Office relating to the publication of Government contracts: Written evidence, to be published
(Meg Hillier).
(1) One-off session on issues facing the Welsh University sector: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 468);
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the Subsidy Control Bill: 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))
Resolved, That this House has considered enabling community energy.—(Wera Hobhouse.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.55 pm and 3.15 pm (Orders, 25 February and 16 June).
2Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on retirement communities
Resolved, That this House has considered the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on retirement communities.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.37 pm until Monday 5 July.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Lighting Products) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 781), dated 30 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Steve Barclay)
Competition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Revocations) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 773), dated 24 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)
Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 786), dated 29 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alister Jack)
(1) International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and 1418/2007) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 785), dated 30 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
(2) Trade Remedies (Extension of Tariff Rate Quota) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 783), dated 30 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Ranil Jayawardena)
Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Northern Ireland Private Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 780), dated 30 June 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kemi Badenoch)
Papers laid under paragraphs 3(3) and 17(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Proposal for an instrument titled REACH etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary George Eustice)
Other papers
Report by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 for 2020 (by Act), to be printed (HC 339) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)
9Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 205) (John Glen)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Government Actuary's Department for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 389) (Jesse Norman)
(3) Report and Accounts of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and JNCC Support Co for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 285) (Secretary George Eustice)
(4) Report and Accounts of the Water Services Regulation Authority for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 267) (Jesse Norman)
(5) Report and Class Statements of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 206) (John Glen)
(6) Report and Financial Statements of the Press Recognition Panel for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Command), to be printed (HC 347) (Secretary Robert Buckland)
(7) Report and Accounts of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–21 (by Act) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
(8) Report and Accounts of the Public Works Loan Board for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 262) (John Glen)
10Statutory Instruments (Notification)
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: Trade Remedies (Extension of Tariff Rate Quota) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 783) (by Standing Order) (The Speaker)
Withdrawn papers
Proposal for an instrument titled REACH etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021, with an Explanatory Memorandum (laid 29 June)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.*
*This item was revised as a correction since publication. See the Votes and Proceedings from 12 July 2021 for details confirming the correction.
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 of 25 March and 16 June 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 |
|
Owen Thompson |
5 July |
Richard Thomson |
|
Ben Lake |
5 July |
Liz Saville Roberts |
|
Kenny MacAskill |
5 July |
Neale Hanvey |
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 of 25 March and 16 June 2021, that the following Members have given notice that they wish to amend their proxy voting arrangement:
From 5 July 2021 the nominated proxy for the following Members will be Richard Thomson instead of Owen Thompson:
|
Hannah Bardell |
Stewart Hosie |
|
Mhairi Black |
Chris Law |
|
Ian Blackford |
David Linden |
|
Kirsty Blackman |
Angus MacNeil |
|
Steven Bonnar |
Stewart Malcolm McDonald |
|
Deidre Brock |
Stuart C McDonald |
|
Alan Brown |
Anne McLaughlin |
|
Amy Callaghan |
John McNally |
|
Dr Lisa Cameron |
Carol Monaghan |
|
Douglas Chapman |
Gavin Newlands |
|
Joanna Cherry |
John Nicolson |
|
Ronnie Cowan |
Brendan O'Hara |
|
Angela Crawley |
Kirsten Oswald |
|
Martyn Day |
Anum Qaisar-Javed |
|
Martin Docherty-Hughes |
Tommy Sheppard |
|
Dave Doogan |
Alyn Smith |
|
Stephen Flynn |
Chris Stephens |
|
Patricia Gibson |
Alison Thewliss |
|
Patrick Grady |
Dr Philippa Whitford |
|
Peter Grant |
Pete Wishart |
|
Drew Hendry |
|
From 5 July 2021 the nominated proxy for the following Members will be Liz Saville Roberts instead of Ben Lake:
|
Colum Eastwood |
|
Claire Hanna |
|
Hywel Williams |
Further to the certificate of 17 June 2021, the start date for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown’s proxy vote is now 5 July 2021, rather than 6 July 2021.
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 of 25 March and 16 June 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 |
|
Alistair Carmichael |
5 July |
|
Sarah Olney |
5 July |
|
Ben Everitt |
5 July |
|
Mary Glindon |
5 July |
|
Liz Saville Roberts |
5 July |
|
Mr Jonathan Djanolgly |
5 July |
|
Maggie Throup |
5 July |
|
Jamie Stone |
6 July |
CORRECTION
Wednesday 30 June 2021
This item should have appeared before item 27 (Other Proceedings):
Environmental Audit Committee
Sustainability of the built environment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 76) (Philip Dunne).