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Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
Ordered, That there be laid before this House Returns for Session 2021–22 of information and statistics relating to:
1. Business of the House
2. Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question, Allocation of Time and Programming of Bills
3. Sittings of the House
4. Private Bills and Private Business
5. Public Bills
6. Delegated Legislation and Legislative Reform Orders
7. European Legislation, etc
8. Grand Committees and the Regional Affairs Committee
9. Panel of Chairs
10. Select Committees.—(Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.)
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
3Urgent Question: Food price inflation (Secretary George Eustice)
4Business Question (Leader of the House)
Resolved, That this House has considered transport.—(Andrew Stephenson.)
6NATO and international security
Resolved, That this House has considered NATO and international security.—(Secretary Ben Wallace.)
A public petition from residents of the constituency of Rother Valley relating to Waverley Junior Academy was presented and read by Alexander Stafford.
Subject: East Suffolk and Wherry railway lines (Peter Aldous)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
Adjourned at 5.28 pm until Monday 23 May.
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).
Chairs: Peter Dowd and David Mundell
10Online Safety Bill (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Kirsty Blackman, Alex Davies-Jones, Steve Double, Mr Richard Holden, Navendu Mishra, Chris Philp and Dean Russell
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022)
Chair: Steve McCabe
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022)
Chair: Hannah Bardell
Members: Mark Fletcher discharged and Paul Scully nominated in substitution.
13Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Public Procurement (International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022)
Chair: Stewart Hosie
14Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022)
Chair: Judith Cummins
Members: Stephen Kinnock discharged and Sarah Jones nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
15Defence Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee and International Trade Committee
(1) Correspondence with HMRC relating to compound settlements: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for International Trade relating to the Strategic Export Licensing update: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) UK arms exports in 2019: Written evidence, to be published (HC 282)
(Mark Garnier).
16Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 158) (Julian Knight).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
1Reforms to the Child Maintenance Service
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of reforms to the Child Maintenance Service.—(Marion Fellows.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.41 pm and 3.00 pm.
Resolved, That this House has considered dialysis care outcomes.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.06 pm until Monday 23 May.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
2Health and Personal Social Services
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554), dated 18 May 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Brandon Lewis)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Draft Derbyshire Dales (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(2) Draft Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(3) Draft Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
Tax Credits and Child Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 555), dated 18 May 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Simon Clarke)
Other papers
Government Response to Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney (by Command) (CP 677) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System (by Command) (CP 679) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)