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Chamber business
The House met at 09.30 am.
Prayers
1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2) the right hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the right hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission and the hon. Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2Urgent Question: UK-French Trading Dispute (Secretary George Eustice)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Ways and Means: Income Tax (Charge): Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 27 October
Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2022–23.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Steve Double.)
Debate to be resumed on Monday 1 November.
A public petition from residents of Easington constituency relating to an inquiry into policing at Orgreave Coking Plant was presented and read by Grahame Morris.
Subject: The future of North Tees Hospital (Matt Vickers)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Steve Double.)
Adjourned at 5.24 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
7Nationality and Borders Bill Committee
Sir Roger Gale (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
8Subsidy Control Bill Committee
Caroline Nokes (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
9Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee
Chairs: Geraint Davies and Esther McVey
10Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill Committee
Chair: Hannah Bardell
Members: Nicola Richards discharged and Laura Trott nominated in substitution.
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 2021)
Chair: Peter Dowd
Members: Harriet Baldwin discharged and Nigel Mills nominated in substitution.
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021)
Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson
Reports from Select Committees
13Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 9 November in Westminster Hall and the Chamber and on Tuesday 16 and Thursday 18 November in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
14Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee on)
Draft Online Safety Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 609) (Damian Collins).
15Public Accounts (Committee of)
Underpayments of the State Pension: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 654) (Dame Meg Hillier).
(1) Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Wales: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 282);
(2) The economic and cultural impacts of trade and environmental policy on family farms in Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 607)
(Stephen Crabb).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Liaison Committee business (Standing Order No. 10(7))
Resolved, That this House has considered the First Report of the Justice Committee, The Coroner Service, HC 68, and the Government response, HC 675.—(Sir Robert Neill.)
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and 14(4))
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered Black History Month 2021.—(Bell Ribeiro-Addy.)
At 4.30pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Monday 1 November.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Greg Hands)
Customs Tariff (Establishment and Suspension of Import Duty) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1191), dated 26 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lucy Frazer)
Draft Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (John Glen)
Draft Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1190), dated 26 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
(2) Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1196), dated 26 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Priti Patel)
Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1203), dated 27 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Information-Sharing and Disability Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1188), dated 26 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alister Jack)
Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1192), dated 26 October 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lucy Frazer)
Other papers
Report and Accounts of the Parole Board for England and Wales for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 757) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
10Criminal Justice and Court Services
Report and Accounts of Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 813) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
11Financial Services and Markets
Report and Accounts of the Financial Ombudsman Service for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 750) (John Glen)
Public Health Protection and Health Security Framework Outline Agreement (by Command) (CP 518) (Edward Argar)
Report and Accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 754) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department of Health and Social Care and Crown Commercial Service: Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS (by Act), to be printed (HC 734) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Report and Accounts of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–21 (by Act) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
(2) Report and Accounts of NHS Blood and Transplant for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 500) (Maria Caulfield)
Account of Sports Council for Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution for 2014–15, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 793) (Clerk of the House)
Agreement, done at Manchester and Bonn on 5 October 2021, and at London and Bonn on 8 and 11 October 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement regarding the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the third session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the sessions of the subsidiary bodies (by Command) (CP 551) (Secretary Elizabeth Truss)
Withdrawn papers
Report and Accounts of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2020–21 (laid 9 September)