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Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 12 May 2022

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Contents

Chamber business

The House met at 9.30 am.

Prayers

1Urgent Questions: (1) HM Passport Office backlogs (Tom Pursglove)

(2) Hong Kong arrests under national security law (James Cleverly)

2Business Question (Leader of the House)

3Queen’s Speech (Motion for an Address) (third day)

Debate resumed (Order, 11 May).

Question again proposed, 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.

Subject: Fairness at work, power in communities

Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Miss Sarah Dines.)

Debate to be resumed Monday 16 May.

4Adjournment

Subject: Administration of Safe Hands funeral plans (Margaret Ferrier)

Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Miss Sarah Dines.) 

At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Miss Sarah Dines.) 

Adjourned at 5.15 pm until Monday 16 May.

Other Proceedings

Select Committees: Reports

5Education Committee

Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills relating to the Government’s reforms to post-16 qualifications: Written evidence, to be published (Robert Halfon).

6Petitions Committee

Public engagement on e-petitions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 73) (Catherine McKinnell).

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1Electricity

Draft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)

2Hovercraft

Draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Amendment Order 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

3Regulatory Reform

Draft Legislative Reform (Provision of Information etc. Relating to Disabilities) Order 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

4Constitutional Law

Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 530), dated 10 May 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chloe Smith)

5Protection of Wrecks

Protection of Wrecks (Designation and Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 535), dated 10 May 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Huddleston)

Other papers

6Cabinet Office

Return to an Address to Her Majesty for a Return of the Report, dated 29 March 2022, relating to House of Lords Appointments (pursuant to Resolution), to be printed (HC 204) (Michael Ellis)

7Energy

Five Year Review of the Energy Act 2013 (by Act) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)

8Health and Social Care

Government Response to the Ninth Report of the Health and Social Care Committee, Session 2020–21, on Clearing the Backlog Caused by the Pandemic (by Command) (CP 661) (Secretary Sajid Javid)

9HM Treasury

HM Treasury Minute, dated 12 May 2022, concerning a contingent liability arising from the Asset Purchase Facility (by Command) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

10Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Government response to the First Report of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee, Session 2020–21, on The future of the planning system in England (by Command) (CP 673) (Secretary Michael Gove)

11Postal Services

Report and Consolidated Financial Statements of Post Office Limited (by Act) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng)

12Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism)

Retrocession Agreement between Pool Reinsurance Company Limited and the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury (by Act) (John Glen)

13Statutory Instruments (Notification)

(1) Notification to Parliament of a published draft instrument pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022 (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

(2) Notification to Parliament of a published draft instrument pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (by Command) (Secretary Grant Shapps)

14Supply Estimates 2022–23

(1) Central Government Supply Estimates: Main Supply Estimates for 2022–23 (by Command), to be printed (HC 53) (Mr Simon Clarke)

(2) House of Commons Administration: Main Supply Estimate for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 52) (The Speaker)

(3) Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Main Supply Estimate for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 174) (The Speaker)

(4) Local Government Boundary Commission for England: Main Supply Estimate for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 176) (The Speaker)

(5) National Audit Office: Main Supply Estimate for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 116) (Mr Richard Bacon)

15UK Borders

Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation: May–November 2021 (by Act) (Secretary Priti Patel)

CORRECTION

Wednesday 11 May 2022

This item should have appeared after item 19 (Papers Laid):

Environment

Taking stock: protecting, restoring and improving the environment in England (by Act) (Clerk of the House)