Part 1: Business Today
Summary Agenda: Chamber
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11.30am |
Prayers |
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Afterwards |
Urgent Questions, including on: |
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UK military support to Ukraine (Secretary of State for Defence) |
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Jim Fitton (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) |
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No Debate |
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Until 7.00pm |
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No debate |
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Until 7.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Delivery of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in rural areas (Alicia Kearns) |
Business Today: Chamber
11.30am Prayers
Followed by
URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
11.30am
Urgent Questions, including on:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on UK military support to Ukraine (John Healey)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on Jim Fitton (Wera Hobhouse)
PRESENTATION OF BILLS
No debate (Standing Order No. 57)
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Secretary Nadhim Zahawi
Bill to make provision in relation to freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education institutions and in students’ unions; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
A motion to carry over the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill was agreed on 25 April 2022, in the last Session of Parliament.
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
Secretary George Eustice
Bill to make provision about the welfare of certain kept animals that are in, imported into, or exported from Great Britain, and for connected purposes.
Notes:
A motion to carry over the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was agreed on 25 April 2022, in the last Session of Parliament.
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill
Secretary Nadine Dorries
Bill to make provision about the security of internet-connectable products and products capable of connecting to such products; to make provision about electronic communications infrastructure; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
A motion to carry over the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill under Standing Order No. 80A was agreed on 26 January 2022, in the last Session of Parliament.
Secretary Nadine Dorries
Bill to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
A motion to carry over the Online Safety Bill under Standing Order No. 80A was agreed on 19 April 2022, in the last Session of Parliament.
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
Secretary Grant Shapps
Bill to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase 2a of High Speed 2 south of Crewe in Cheshire and Manchester Piccadilly Station; for a railway between Hoo Green in Cheshire and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong, south of Wigan; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
A motion to carry over the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill under Standing Order No. 80A was agreed on 25 April 2022, in the last Session of Parliament.
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Secretary Michael Gove
Bill to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them; about local democracy; about town and country planning; about Community Infrastructure Levy; about the imposition of Infrastructure Levy; about environmental outcome reports for certain consents and plans; about regeneration; about the compulsory purchase of land; about information and records relating to land, the environment or heritage; for the provision for pavement licences to be permanent; about governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; about vagrancy and begging; and for connected purposes.
Secretary Priti Patel
Bill to make provision about threats to national security from espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers; about the extra-territorial application of Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; about the award of damages in proceedings relating to national security and the payment of damages at risk of being used for the purposes of terrorism; about the availability of legal aid to persons connected with terrorism; and for connected purposes.
Secretary Priti Patel
Bill to make provision for new offences relating to public order; to make provision about stop and search powers; to make provision about the delegation of police functions relating to public order; to make provision about serious disruption prevention orders; and for connected purposes.
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Bill to enable the implementation of, and the making of other provision in connection with, the government procurement Chapters of the United Kingdom’s free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
BUSINESS OF THE DAY
1. QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): ADJOURNED DEBATE [10 MAY]
Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Proposed subject for debate: Preventing crime and delivering justice
That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which was addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
Amendment (a)
Caroline Lucas
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech did not deliver the urgent transformative action required in response to the climate and nature emergencies, and if the UK is to do its fair share to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C; note with alarm the UN warning that Government’s plan to produce over twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with the 1.5°C target; further note that one million plant and animal species face extinction and that access to nature is profoundly unequal and that only 8 per cent of land in England is open access; and therefore call on the Government to bring forward a Climate and Ecology Bill to provide an evidence-based statutory framework to meet international climate and nature responsibilities, to enact a Green New Deal to restructure and decarbonise the economy, restore nature and launch a building retrofit revolution, to end any new coal, oil, or gas licences and abolish the duty to Maximise Economic Recovery, to support the international Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and the principle of a just transition, and extend the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to include rivers, woods, more grassland and Green Belt.’
Amendment (b)
Kate Osborne
Mary Kelly Foy
Ian Lavery
Zarah Sultana
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
John McDonnell
Barry GardinerIan MearnsAndy McDonaldIan ByrneClaudia WebbeGrahame MorrisRichard BurgonMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not contain measures to deal with the housing crisis; note record high numbers of families on local authority housing waiting lists, an increase in no-fault evictions, an increase in street homelessness of 38 per cent since 2010 and a net loss of over 22,000 social homes across England; and call on the Government to come forward with plans to tackle the housing crisis, including by bringing forward a bill that will ensure a new generation of good quality social homes, improve private renting conditions and bolster regulation in the social rented sector.’
Amendment (c)
Kate Osborne
Mary Kelly Foy
Ian Lavery
Zarah Sultana
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
John McDonnell
Barry GardinerIan MearnsAndy McDonaldIan ByrneClaudia WebbeGrahame MorrisRichard BurgonMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not contain measures to deal with the crisis in foster care; note the crisis in recruitment and retention of foster carers; further note that the number of children in foster care has increased by 11 per cent yet the number of foster carers in England has increased by only 4 per cent; and call on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals for a national fostering strategy that will provide funding, recognition and wraparound support for local authorities and independent fostering agencies, increase accountability in the foster care system, address the need for a national foster care leadership board and provide foster carers with the workers’ rights and recognition they deserve.’
Amendment (d)
Ian Byrne
Beth Winter
Dan Carden
Ms Diane Abbott
Geraint Davies
Ian Lavery
Grahame MorrisZarah SultanaBell Ribeiro-AddyJohn McDonnellIan MearnsKate OsborneAndy McDonaldBarry GardinerClaudia WebbeRichard BurgonMick WhitleyMs Marie RimmerTony LloydApsana BegumRebecca Long BaileyKate HollernSir George HowarthYvonne FovargueYasmin QureshiPeter DowdSir Mark HendrickRosie DuffieldJeremy Corbyn
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not contain measures to properly address the crisis of food poverty and the rising cost of living; acknowledge the profound and devastating consequences of food poverty on the health, wellbeing and livelihoods of people in our communities; assert that the Government’s duty to ensure nobody in our communities goes hungry should be reflected in legislation; and call on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to enshrine the right to food in UK law.’
Amendment (e)
Richard Burgon
John McDonnell
Apsana Begum
Ian Lavery
Rebecca Long Bailey
Caroline Lucas
Tony LloydZarah SultanaAndy McDonaldIan MearnsMs Diane AbbottBarry GardinerKate OsborneBeth WinterIan ByrneNeale HanveyBell Ribeiro-AddyJeremy CorbynClaudia WebbeKenny MacAskillGrahame MorrisMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not contain measures to properly tax the wealth of the very richest in this country and, noting that there are high levels of public support for a wealth tax, call on the Government to establish a wealth tax commission to examine the best ways of raising taxes from the very wealthiest and to bring forward a bill that fulfils this aim.’
Amendment (f)
Zarah Sultana
Ian Byrne
Andy McDonald
John McDonnell
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Ian Lavery
Richard BurgonKate OsborneGrahame MorrisMick WhitleyRebecca Long BaileyClaudia WebbeApsana Begum
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to include measures to address the cost-of-living crisis; note that energy bills rose by almost £700 in April and are projected to rise by £830 in October; note that inflation is running at 7 per cent and is expected to exceed 10 per cent in the autumn; and therefore call on the Government to revert to the lower pre-April energy price cap and promise no new energy price hike in October, raise the minimum wage to a real living wage, with a path to £15-an-hour, introduce a real-terms public sector pay increase, real-terms rise in pensions and social security payments, restore and extend the £20-a-week Universal Credit uplift to all benefits, enshrine the right to food in law to end food poverty, introduce rent controls and a plan to build at least 100,000 council homes a year, strengthen workers’ rights with a ban on fire-and-rehire and repeal all anti-union laws, bring rail, mail, energy and water into public ownership, raise taxes on the richest 5 per cent of earners and large corporations, introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies and end the non-domiciled residents tax status.’
Amendment (g)
Barry Gardiner
Ian Byrne
Kate Osborne
Dawn Butler
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Mary Kelly FoyMargaret GreenwoodGrahame MorrisJon TrickettMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to provide any legislative solutions to the cost of living crisis and the fact that 7.3 million people are in food insecurity; note that the Bank of England projects inflation of 10 per cent by the end of 2022 at a time when real wages have been falling and energy bills have already risen by £700 with utility companies predicting further rises of £1,000 this autumn; call on the Government to legislate for a right to food in order to address the devastating consequences of food poverty on the nation’s health and well-being; recognise the Government’s own figures estimate that 900,000 individuals, many of whom have disabilities, will become worse off as the result of the transition from legacy benefits to Universal Credit; and call on the Government to restore the £20 uplift to Universal Credit that it decided not to continue and protect the income of those adversely affected.’
Amendment (h)
Barry Gardiner
Ian Byrne
Kate Osborne
Dawn Butler
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Mary Kelly FoyMargaret GreenwoodGrahame MorrisJon TrickettMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to provide any legislative solutions to the energy crisis, the climate crisis, or the housing crisis and the plight of residents trapped in accommodation with fire safety defects; urge the Government to step in to ensure urgent remediation at no cost to the residents who have been the victims of negligence by developers and construction companies; note the spiralling cost of home heating and the risk that energy inefficient homes continue to pose to the UK’s ability to meet its contribution to the 1.5°C Paris target; call for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies’ excess profits to pay for an immediate rollout of retrofitting energy efficiency measures to all homes in the UK and a reduction in the cost of utility bills; further note the high numbers of families on local authority housing waiting lists, the high level of no-fault evictions and a rise in street homelessness of 38 per cent since 2010 with a net loss of over 22,000 social homes across England; and urge the Government to build 100,000 new genuinely affordable homes a year to net zero standards on brownfield sites.’
Amendment (i)
Barry Gardiner
Ian Byrne
Kate Osborne
Dawn Butler
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Mary Kelly FoyMargaret GreenwoodGrahame MorrisJon TrickettMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to introduce the employment bill as had been promised or to provide any legislative solutions to the lack of security in employment; recall the disgraceful treatment of workers by P&O Ferries and the failure of Government to protect workers in many large companies from unfair treatment; and therefore call on the Government to legislate to end the use of fire and rehire as a tactic to reduce workers’ wages and terms and conditions, to strengthen employment rights and to introduce sectoral collective bargaining and a minimum wage of £15 an hour.’
Amendment (j)
Barry Gardiner
Ian Byrne
Kate Osborne
Dawn Butler
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Mary Kelly FoyMargaret GreenwoodGrahame MorrisJon TrickettMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to provide any legislative solutions to the backlog in the NHS; recall that the British Medical Association states that a record 6.1 million people who have been referred to a consultant are still awaiting treatment, two million of them over the 18 week maximum waiting time for non-urgent referrals and 300,000 already waiting over a year; and therefore call on the Government to expand the places available to train secondary care staff and to remedy the underfunding that had led to the waiting lists burgeoning to 4.43 million even before the covid-19 outbreak began.’
Amendment (k)
Barry Gardiner
Ian Byrne
Kate Osborne
Dawn Butler
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Mary Kelly FoyMargaret GreenwoodGrahame MorrisJon TrickettMick Whitley
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to provide any legislative solutions to the serious imbalance in wealth and power entrenched in our society which stems from the appreciation in the value of land and which allows fewer than 6,000 people to own 60 per cent of all the land in the UK; urge the Government to commit to an open and transparent Land Registry without search fees, to reform of the Land Compensation Act 1961, so that councils are able to buy land at closer to existing use value thereby making the building of social housing much more affordable, and to improving regulation in the social and private rental sectors; recognise that it is by taxing labour rather than wealth that Government currently raises the largest part, 60 per cent, of its revenue; and therefore call on the Government to legislate for what Milton Friedman described as the least bad tax and begin to impose a land value tax on landholdings above 1,000 acres, initially to replace business rates and ultimately in order to tax wealth and unearned income so as to reduce the taxation of productive work through income tax and VAT.’
Amendment (l)
Ed Davey
Daisy Cooper
Wendy Chamberlain
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron
Layla Moran
Christine JardineWera HobhouseJamie StoneSarah OlneyMunira WilsonSarah GreenHelen Morgan
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not tackle the pressing issues facing communities up and down the country, fails to implement a windfall tax on oil and gas super profits and to introduce measures that would protect rural areas, such as preventing water companies from pumping sewage into rivers, waterways, and oceans; and further regret that the provisions of the Gracious Speech fail to protect households from the rising cost of heating oil, which is not capped, and to protect farmers who are being undercut by new trade deals, neglect to tackle recruitment in agriculture and fail to uphold animal welfare and environmental standards, do nothing to stop the proliferation of second homes and holiday cottages in rural communities, which results in a shortage of affordable homes, or to tackle the chronic shortage of dentists and GPs which results in patients facing long waits for essential treatment, and fail to address the growing waiting times for ambulances in rural areas and do nothing to reverse the closures of critical ambulance stations where these closures worsen ambulance waiting times.’
Amendment (m)
Ed Davey
Daisy Cooper
Wendy Chamberlain
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron
Layla Moran
Christine JardineWera HobhouseJamie StoneSarah OlneyMunira WilsonSarah GreenHelen Morgan
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to support unpaid carers despite a Bill having been prepared, fails to tackle issues in SEND education provision and does nothing to ensure pupils affected by the pandemic get extra support to catch up missed education, is not sufficiently ambitious in tackling the cost of living crisis and should include provision for an emergency tax cut cutting the top rate of VAT from 20 per cent to 17.5 per cent; further regret that the Gracious Speech fails to tackle violence against women and girls, nor does it tackle fraud and scams, does nothing to provide safe and legal routes to sanctuary for refugees fleeing war and persecution, does nothing to tackle the chronic shortage of dentists and GPs which results in long waiting times for patients requiring essential treatment, ignores the growing waiting times for ambulances, does not reverse the misguided cut to the armed forces of up to 10,000 troops, and fails to restore with immediate effect the 0.7 per cent target of GNI for international development spending.’
Amendment (n)
Tim Farron
At end add ‘but, while welcoming the mental health bill brought forward in the Gracious Speech and the forthcoming scrutiny of its contents, respectfully regret that it did not include a strategy for reducing cancer waiting times as committed by the Government; are concerned by the continued downward trajectory of cancer waiting times since 2017; note that NHS operational standards requiring at least 85 per cent of cancer patients to be seen within 62 days have not been met for over five years; note the commitment to reach an average figure of 80 per cent of patients seen within 62 days by March 2023; and respectfully ask the Government to publish a strategy for how that target will be met.’
No debate (Standing Order No. 150D)
Mark Spencer
That this House:-
(1)takes note of the report of the Independent Expert Panel, The Conduct of Mr Liam Byrne MP, HC 1272 in the last session of Parliament, and the recommendation for sanction of a suspension of two sitting days;
(2)accordingly suspends Liam Byrne from the service of the House for two sitting days, namely Thursday 12 May and Monday 16 May; and
(3)notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 45A, directs that Mr Byrne’s salary shall be withdrawn for two days, from Thursday 12 May till Friday 13 May.
Notes:
This motion can be taken at any hour, though opposed, and deferred divisions do not apply (Standing Order No. 41A(2)(d)(vi)).
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Delivery of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in rural areas: Alicia Kearns
Written Statements
STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1.Employment Update
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
2.Public Works Loan Board lending limit
Secretary of State for Defence
3.Service Complaints Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2021
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
4.Call for Views on App Security and Privacy Interventions
5.Consultation Response: a new pro-competition regime for digital markets
Secretary of State for Education
6.Level 3 Qualifications Review Update
Secretary of State for the Home Department
7.Public Order Bill
8.Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
Secretary of State for International Trade
9.Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme
10.Trade Sanctions Update
Leader of the House
11.The Government’s Legislative Programme 2022
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
12.Northern Ireland Assembly Election
13.The Government’s Legislative Programme (Northern Ireland) 2022-23
Secretary of State for Scotland
14.The Government’s Legislative Programme (Scotland) 2022-23
Secretary of State for Wales
15.The Government’s Legislative Programme (Wales) 2022-23
Notes:
Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/.
Committees Meeting Today
Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
Some committee members and witnesses might now physically attend meetings, however, there is no public access at present.
Select Committees
Subject: Health assessments for benefits
Witnesses: 9.15am: Dr Kieran Sharrock, Acting Chair of the General Practitioners Committee (GPC), British Medical Association; Minesh Patel, Head of Policy, Macmillan Cancer Support; Aaron Dryden, Director of Carer Support, Carers UK; Mark Jackson, Policy Manager, Marie Curie
10.15am: Daphne Hall, Vice Chair, National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA); Hannah Nicholls-Harrison, Policy Co-Chair, Disability Benefits Consortium; Caroline Selman, Research Fellow, Public Law Project
Room 16
9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)
Science and Technology Committee
Subject: The right to privacy: digital data
Witnesses: 9.30am: Mark Snowden, Government Chief Data Steward (GCDS), Government Statistician and Chief Executive, New Zealand Stats
10.15am: Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze, Information Economist and Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
11.00am: Professor Ben Goldacre, Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and Director, Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, University of Oxford
Room 15
9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)
Room 13
9.30am (private)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Subject: Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture
Witness: 9.45am: Professor Lorand Bartels, Chair, Trade and Agriculture Commission
Room 6
9.30am (private), 9.45am (public)
Subject: Migration and asylum
Witnesses: 10.00am: Tom Pursglove MP, Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, and Dan Hobbs, Director, Asylum, Protection and Enforcement, Home Office
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects
Witnesses: 9.30am: Lucy Armstrong, Chair, Port of Tyne
10.00am: Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE, Chief Executive Officer, Mersey Maritime; Mark Simmonds, Director of Policy and External Affairs, British Ports Association; Jos Standerwick, Chief Executive Officer, Maritime London
10.45am: Gavin Simmonds, Policy Director Commercial, UK Chamber of Shipping; David Kennedy Browne, General Manager, Maersk
Room 8
9.30am (public)
Subject: (i) Restoration and renewal of Parliament; (ii) DfE Recall: SEND Review, Schools White Paper and the National Tuition Programme
Witnesses: (i) 1.30pm: Dr John Benger, Clerk of the House of Commons, House of Commons; Simon Burton, Clerk of Parliaments, House of Lords; Sarah Johnson, Chief Executive, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body; David Goldstone CBE, Chief Executive, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority
(ii) 2.30pm: Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Indra Morris, Director General of Families Group, and Stephanie Brivio, Acting Director of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternate Provision, Department for Education
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.00pm (private), 1.30pm (public)
Room 20
1.45pm (private)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Subject: Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Victoria Prentis, Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food, and Chris Heaton, Deputy Director, International Trade Policy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Trade Policy, and James Clarke, Deputy Chief Negotiator, Department for International Trade
Room 6
2.15pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Room 5
2.00pm (private)
Health and Social Care Committee
Subject: Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
Witnesses: 2.15pm: Trevor Wright, lived experience witness; Isaac Samuels, Health and social care community campaigner and social care recipient; Sophie Weaver, Town councillor and social care recipient
2.45pm: Professor Roger Kirby, President, Royal Society of Medicine; Professor Colin Melville, Medical Director and Director of Education and Standards, General Medical Council; Dr Latifa Patel, Interim Chair, BMA (British Medical Association); Professor Malcolm Reed, Lead Co-Chair, Medical Schools Council
3.30pm: Lara Akinnawonu, Medical Student and Co-Chair of the BMA Medical Student Committee, Cardiff University; Professor Hazel Scott, Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Liverpool; Professor Scott Wilkes, Head of School of Medicine and Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Sunderland
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)
Subject: Jobs, growth, and productivity after coronavirus
Witnesses: 2.15pm: Charles Goodhart CBE FBA, Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics; Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Kristin Forbes, Professor of Management and Global Economics, MIT's Sloan School of Management
Room 8
2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)
Women and Equalities Committee
Subject: Pornography and its impact on violence against women and girls
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Professor Clare McGlynn, Professor of Law, Durham University; Vanessa Morse, CEO, CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation); Hannah Ruschen, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, NSPCC; Gabriela De Oliveira, Head of Policy Research Campaigns, Glitch
Room 15
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Room 13
4.30pm (private)
Joint Committees
Subject: Human Rights Act Reform
Witnesses: 3.00pm: The Baroness Falkner of Margravine, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission; Alyson Kilpatrick, Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; Barbara Bolton, Head of Legal and Policy, Scottish Human Rights Commission
3.45pm: Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham Law School, Durham University; Charles Whitmore, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre and Wales Council for Voluntary Action; Brian Gormally, Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice
Room 16
2.45pm (private), 3.00pm (public), 4.30pm (private)
Virtual meeting
3.40pm (private)
Committee Reports Published Today
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
52nd Report: Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2021-31 HC 1164
Time of publication: 00.01am
Announcements
FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES
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Member |
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Thursday 12 May 2022 |
Administration of Safe Hands Funeral Plans |
Margaret Ferrier |
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Monday 16 May 2022 |
Wrexham’s bid to become the UK’s city of culture 2025 |
Sarah Atherton |
Tuesday 17 May to Monday 23 May (deadline 11 May 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office. Members must submit their application from their own email account. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet. The ballot will take place on Thursday 12 May.
FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES
There will be no Westminster Hall debates in the new Session of Parliament until the debate on the Queen’s Speech has concluded (Standing Order No. 10(2)(a)). The new rota for answering departments will be published in the Order Paper as soon as it is available, and Members will be able to submit applications when that rota is published.
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS
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Ballot book entry |
Tuesday 17 May and Wednesday 18 May, No Division lobby, from 11.30am until the rise of the House |
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Ballot draw |
Thursday 19 May, 9.00am, Committee Room 15 (also broadcast live) |
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Presentation of ballot bills |
Wednesday 15 June, immediately after questions and statements (if any) |
Members may enter only one name into the ballot, either their own or that of another Member who has authorised them to do so, and no name may appear more than once. Neither a Bill nor Bill titles are required at this stage.
On the day of the ballot, the Chairman of Ways and Means will draw twenty names in reverse order. At about 9.30am on that day the list of successful Members will be available in the Vote Office and on the internet. Members successful in the ballot will be contacted by the Clerk of Private Members’ Bills.
First notices of ten minute rule motions and presentation of non-ballot bills
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Date and location |
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First notices of ten minute rule motions |
Thursday 16 June, by email from the Member’s parliamentary email address to PBOHoC@parliament.uk, from 10.00am until the rise of the House |
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First notices of presentation bills (to be presented on or after Monday 20 June) |
Thursday 16 June, by email from the Member’s parliamentary email address to PBOHoC@parliament.uk, from 10.00am until the rise of the House |
There will be no physical queue for the first notices of ten minute rule motions or presentation bills.
A single notice (of either a ten minute rule motion OR a presentation bill) will be accepted from each Member from emails received from the Member’s parliamentary email address between 10.00 and 10.30am. After 10.30am, unlimited further notices will be accepted from emails received from the Member’s parliamentary email address at or after 10.00am in the order in which they were received.
Four ten minute rule slots will be available (for speeches on 28 June, 29 June, 5 July and 6 July).
Members interested in giving notice on 16 June should contact the Clerk of Private Members’ Bills in advance to agree bill titles (PBOHoC@parliament.uk, x3254).
Notes:
Arrangements made according to Standing Order No.14(10) and (11) and on the authority
of Mr Speaker.
Further Information
Members’ Guide to Chamber proceedings
The Members’ Guide to Chamber proceedings is available on the Parliamentary website
Business of the Day
Documents and reports relating to the business being held in the Chamber are available on the Commons Business Briefings webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/commons-business-briefings/
Written Statements
Text of today’s Written Statements: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/
Select Committees
Select Committees Webpage: https://committees.parliament.uk/
Standing Orders Relating to Public Business
Text of Standing Orders relating to public business: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-804_02122021.pdf
European Business
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webpage: https://old.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/european-business11/
Chamber Engagement
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Part 2: Future Business
A. CALENDAR OF BUSINESS
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down for
today, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.
B. REMAINING ORDERS AND NOTICES
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.
A. Calendar of Business
Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.
THURSDAY 12 MAY
QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): ADJOURNED DEBATE
Proposed subject for debate: Fairness at work, power in communities
Administration of Safe Hands funeral plans: Margaret Ferrier
MONDAY 16 MAY
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Afterwards
QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): ADJOURNED DEBATE
Proposed subject for debate: Making Britain the best place to grow up and grow old
Wrexham’s bid to become the UK’s city of culture 2025: Sarah Atherton
TUESDAY 17 MAY
11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Afterwards
QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): ADJOURNED DEBATE
Proposed subject for debate: Tackling short-term and long-term cost of living increases
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
Afterwards
QUEEN’S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS): ADJOURNED DEBATE
Proposed subject for debate: Achieving economic growth
THURSDAY 19 MAY
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
MONDAY 23 MAY
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
TUESDAY 24 MAY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
WEDNESDAY 25 MAY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 26 MAY
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
10.10am Questions to the Attorney General
MONDAY 6 JUNE
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
TUESDAY 7 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
11.53am Topical Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 9 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
10.15am Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
MONDAY 13 JUNE
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
TUESDAY 14 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the President of COP26
11.53am Topical Questions to the President of COP26
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 16 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade
10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade
MONDAY 20 JUNE
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
TUESDAY 21 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 23 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
10.10am Questions to Church Commissioners, House of Commons Commission, Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, Public Accounts Commission and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
MONDAY 27 JUNE
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
TUESDAY 28 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 30 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
MONDAY 4 JULY
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
TUESDAY 5 JULY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
WEDNESDAY 6 JULY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 7 JULY
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
10.10am Questions to the Attorney General
MONDAY 11 JULY
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
TUESDAY 12 JULY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
WEDNESDAY 13 JULY
11.30am Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
11.53am Topical Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
THURSDAY 14 JULY
9.30am Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
10.15am Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
B. Remaining Orders and Notices
Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has therefore been set down formally to be taken in the Chamber today but is not expected to be taken today.
Secretary Priti Patel
That the draft Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 25 April in the last Session, be approved.
Notes:
The instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the draft Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 7 March in the last Session, be approved.
Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
That the draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 31 March in the last Session, be approved.
Notes:
The instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
That the draft Internal Markets Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021, which were laid before this House on 20 July 2021 in the last Session, be approved.
Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
That the draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 25 April in the last Session, be approved.
Notes:
The instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
John Glen
That the draft Alternative Finance (Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Corporation Tax) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 28 March in the last Session, be approved.
Notes:
The instrument has not yet been considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments.