Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Highgate Cemetery Bill [Lords]: Third Reading
Bill read the third time, and passed with Amendments.
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
3Statement: COVID-19 update (Secretary Sajid Javid)
4Non-Disclosure Agreements: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements; and for connected purposes;
That Mrs Maria Miller, Mrs Flick Drummond, Mary Robinson, Sarah Champion, Angela Crawley, Kevin Hollinrake, Jo Gideon, Andrea Leadsom, Tulip Siddiq, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck and Philip Davies present the Bill.
Mrs Maria Miller accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 18 March 2022, and to be printed (Bill 162).
5Health and Social Care Levy: Business of the House
Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to the proceedings on the Health and Social Care Levy Bill:
Timetable
(1) (a) Proceedings on Second Reading and in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be taken at today’s sitting in accordance with this Order.
(b) Proceedings on Second Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.
(c) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House and any proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.
(d) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion seven hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.
(e) This paragraph shall have effect notwithstanding the practice of the House as to the intervals between stages of a Bill brought in upon Ways and Means Resolutions.
Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put
(2) When the Bill has been read a second time:
(a) it shall, despite Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills not subject to a programme order), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put;
(b) proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed while the Question is put, in accordance with Standing Order No. 52(1)(a) (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), on any financial resolution relating to the Bill;
(c) on the conclusion of proceedings on any financial resolution relating to the Bill, proceedings on the Bill shall be resumed and the Speaker shall leave the chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given.
(3) (a) On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee of the whole House, the Chair shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question.
(b) If the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.
(4) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (1), the Chair or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions in the same order as they would fall to be put if this Order did not apply:
(a) any Question already proposed from the chair;
(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
(c) the Question on any amendment, new Clause or new Schedule selected by the Chair or Speaker for separate decision;
(d) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;
(e) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded; and shall not put any other questions, other than the question on any motion described in paragraph (9)(a) of this Order.
(5) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chair or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
(6) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under paragraph (4)(d) on successive amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, the Chair or Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those amendments or Motions.
(7) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under paragraph (4)(e) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chair shall instead put a single Question in relation to those provisions, except that the Question shall be put separately on any Clause of or Schedule to the Bill which a Minister of the Crown has signified an intention to leave out.
Miscellaneous
(8) Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings to which this Order applies.
(9) (a) No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken, to recommit the Bill or to vary or supplement the provisions of this Order.
(b) No notice shall be required of such a Motion.
(c) Such a motion may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.
(d) The Question on such a Motion shall be put forthwith; and any proceedings suspended under sub-paragraph (c) shall thereupon be resumed.
(e) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on such a Motion.
(10) (a) No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings to which this Order applies except by a Minister of the Crown.
(b) The Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
(11) The start of any debate under Standing Order No. 24 (Emergency debates) to be held at today’s sitting shall be postponed until the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies.
(12) Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
(13) (a) Any private business which has been set down for consideration at a time falling after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order shall, instead of being considered as provided by Standing Orders or by any Order of the House, be considered at the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies.
(b) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the private business so far as necessary for the purpose of securing that the business may be considered for a period of three hours.—(David Rutley.)
6Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Health and Social Care Levy Bill be now read a second time.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Amendment moved, to leave out from "That" to the end of the Question and add "this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Health and Social Care Levy Bill because, notwithstanding the need to increase funding for health and social care, the Bill raises money for an approach announced by the Government that fails to set out a plan to fix the crisis in social care, improve pay and conditions for social care workers, or clear the NHS waiting list backlog by the end of this Parliament, while breaking the Prime Minister’s promise that no one will have to sell their home to pay for care; because it lacks a guarantee that Parliament will vote on a social care plan before spending the money it raises; and because it breaks the Government’s promise not to increase National Insurance, raising taxes on employment that will disproportionately hit working families, young people, those on low and middle incomes and businesses trying to create more jobs in the wider economy, whilst leaving income from other sources untouched.".—(James Murray.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The House divided.
Division No. 68
Ayes: 249 (Tellers: Colleen Fletcher, Jessica Morden)
Noes: 327 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, David Rutley)
Question accordingly negatived.
Question, That the Bill be now read a second time, put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)).
The House divided.
Division No. 69
Ayes: 317 (Tellers: David Rutley, Maria Caulfield)
Noes: 256 (Tellers: Colleen Fletcher, Jessica Morden)
Question accordingly agreed to, and Bill read a second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House (Order, today).
7Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Committee of the whole House
The House resolved itself into a Committee without any Question being put (Order, today).
(In the Committee)
Clause 1 agreed to.
Clause 2 (Destination of proceeds of health and social care levy)
Amendment 4 proposed.—(Alison Thewliss.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 70
Ayes: 56 (Tellers: Marion Fellows, Chris Law)
Noes: 324 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, David Rutley)
Question accordingly negatived.
Clause 2 agreed to.
Clauses 3 to 7 agreed to.
New Clause NC3—(James Murray)—brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 71
Ayes: 236 (Tellers: Mary Glindon, Colleen Fletcher)
Noes: 320 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, David Rutley)
Question accordingly negatived.
New Clause NC5—(James Murray)—brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 72
Ayes: 240 (Tellers: Mary Glindon, Colleen Fletcher)
Noes: 320 (Tellers: Michael Tomlinson, Tom Pursglove)
Question accordingly negatived.
The occupant of the Chair left the Chair to report the Bill (Order, today).
The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mike Freer reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made no amendment.
8Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading
Motion made and Question put, That the Bill be now read the third time.
The House divided.
Division No. 73
Ayes: 307 (Tellers: Maria Caulfield, David Rutley)
Noes: 251 (Tellers: Mary Glindon, Colleen Fletcher)
Question accordingly agreed to, and Bill passed.
9Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps etc.) (England) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 848), dated 14 July 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on 15 July, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 851), dated 15 July 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on 15 July, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 864), dated 17 July 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021, which was laid before this House on 8 July, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 827), dated 12 July 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on 12 July, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(6) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, which were laid before this House on 8 June, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Question agreed to.
(1) A public petition from residents of the United Kingdom relating to the AQUIND Interconnector Project was presented and read by Stephen Morgan.
(2) A public petition from residents of the constituency of Keighley and Ilkley relating to Haworth post office was presented and read by Robbie Moore.
Subject: Driving theory test centre in Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Adjourned at 8.49 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
12Building Safety Bill Committee
Philip Davies (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
13Health and Care Bill Committee
Julie Elliott (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
14Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Stewart Hosie (Chair) reported the draft Introduction and the Import of Cultural Goods (Revocation) Regulations 2021.
Reports from Select Committees
15Backbench Business Committee
Transcript of representations made on Tuesday 14 September, to be published (Ian Mearns).
16Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
(1) Pre-legislative scrutiny: Downstream Oil Resilience Bill: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 384);
(2) Liberty Steel and the future of the UK steel industry: Written evidence, to be published (HC 118);
(3) Net Zero and UN climate summits: Written evidence, to be published (HC 107)
(Darren Jones).
17Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Influencer culture: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 258) (Julian Knight).
(1) Accountability hearings: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 82);
(2) The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services: Written evidence, to be published (HC 87)
(Robert Halfon).
19Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) Tree planting and woodlands: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 356);
(2) Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to labour shortages in the food and farming sector: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Trade and Agriculture Commission: Written evidence, to be published (HC 81)
(Neil Parish).
20European Statutory Instruments Committee
(1) Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 63);
(2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published
(Andrew Jones).
21Health and Social Care Committee
(1) Cancer services: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 551);
(2) Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic: Written evidence, to be published (HC 599);
(3) Coronavirus: lessons learnt: Written evidence, to be published (HC 92)
(Jeremy Hunt).
(1) Afghanistan: safe routes and resettlement: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 706);
(2) Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to document requirements for those travelling from the CTA: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to the Windrush Compensation Scheme: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary relating to the Home Office Estimates: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Violence against women and girls: Written evidence, to be published (HC 138)
(Yvette Cooper).
23International Development Committee
(1) ICAI’s performance 2020–21 and Follow-up Review of 2019–2020 reports: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 687);
(2) Climate change, Development and COP26: Written evidence, to be published (HC 99)
(Sarah Champion).
(1) Women in prison: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 73);
(2) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published
(Sir Robert Neill).
(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;
(3) Correspondence with the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets relating to mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice and the Home Secretary relating to e-petition 580647: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Justice relating to e-petition 577443: Written evidence, to be published
(Catherine McKinnell).
26Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
The Elections Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 597) (Mr William Wragg).
All-Party Parliamentary Groups: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 717) (Chris Bryant).
Correspondence from the Minister for Roads, Buses and Places relating to the roll-out and safety of smart motorways: Written evidence, to be published (Huw Merriman).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Resolved, That this House has considered Black Maternal Health Week.—(Bell Ribeiro-Addy.)
The sitting was suspended between 10.36 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
2Reducing fire risk in high-rise social housing
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of reducing fire risk in high-rise social housing.—(Andy Slaughter.)
3Role of shipping emissions in decarbonising the UK
Resolved, That this House has considered the role of shipping emissions in decarbonising the UK.—(Alexander Stafford.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.17 pm and 4.30 pm.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of real fur sales in the UK.—(Christian Wakeford.)
The sitting was suspended between 5.04 pm and 5.28 pm for divisions in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of real fur sales in the UK.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.52 pm until tomorrow.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agreement, done at Tirana on 8 July 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania on the Readmission of Persons (by Command) (CP 521), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Agreement, done at Lisbon on 24 June 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Portuguese Republic regarding the Employment of Members of the Family Forming Part of the Household of Members of Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts (by Command) (CP 522), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
(1) Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1039), dated 14 September 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Steve Barclay)
(2) Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1034), dated 13 September 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
Other papers
5Government Resources and Accounts
Report and Accounts of the Department for Transport for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 627) (Jesse Norman)
(1) Department of Health and Social Care Minute, dated 14 September 2021, concerning a contingent liability in respect of a COVID-19 booster vaccine programme for winter 2021–22 (by Command) (Nadhim Zahawi)
(2) Department of Health and Social Care Minute, dated 14 September 2021, concerning a contingent liability in respect of COVID-19 vaccine for children and young people (by Command) (Nadhim Zahawi)
(1) Report and Accounts of Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–21 (by Act) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
(2) Report and Accounts of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–21 (by Act) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
Health and Social Care Levy Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Health and Social Care Levy Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.