Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Statements: (1) Economic update (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)
(2) COVID-19: Purchasing effort (Edward Argar)
(3) Northern Ireland update (Secretary George Eustice)
(1) Effectiveness of the Government's education catch-up and mental health recovery programmes
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the effectiveness of the Government's education catch-up and mental health recovery programmes.—(Robert Halfon.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
(2) Committee on Standards' Review of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament
Resolved, That this House has considered the Committee on Standards' Review of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.—(Chris Bryant.)
Subject: Anti-corruption sanctions and Kazakhstan (Dame Margaret Hodge)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
6Prime Minister (Accountability to House of Commons) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
7Homeless People (Current Accounts) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
8Electoral Candidates (Age) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
9Leader of the House of Commons (Election) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
10Business of the House Commission Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 4 February the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 28 January, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 25 February.
11Human Trafficking (Child Protection) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
12Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 4 February the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 14 January, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 25 February.
13BBC License Fee (Abolition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
14Electoral Commission (Abolition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
15General Election (Leaders' Debates) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
16Hospitals (Parking Charges and Business Rates) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
17Asylum Seekers (Return to Safe Countries) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 25 February.
18Registers of Births and Deaths Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 4 February the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 26 November 2021, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 25 February.
General Committees: Reports
19Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Clive Efford (Chair) reported the draft Microchipping of Dogs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
General Committees: Appointments
20Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022)
Members: Robert Largan discharged and Angela Richardson nominated in substitution.
21Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Microchipping of Dogs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022)
Members: Fay Jones and Chris Skidmore discharged and Selaine Saxby and James Sunderland nominated in substitution.
Reports from Select Committees
22Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 10 February in the Chamber and Tuesday 22 February in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
23European Statutory Instruments Committee
Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (Andrew Jones).
24Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) The Appointment of Right Hon the Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston as the First Civil Service Commissioner:
(i) Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 984);
(ii) Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 984);
(2) Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster relating to the work of the Cabinet Office: Written evidence to be published (HC 41);
(3) Correspondence with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman relating to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2020–21: Written evidence to be published (HC 721);
(4) The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House: Written evidence to be published (HC 505)
(Jackie Doyle-Price).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Implementation of the recommendations of the Cumberlege Report
Resolved, That this House has considered the implementation of the recommendations of the Cumberlege Report.—(Alec Shelbrooke.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.11 pm until Monday 7 February.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
2Senior Courts of England and Wales
Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 101), dated 31 January 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 94), dated 1 February 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary George Eustice)
Government's Strategic Priorities for Ofwat (by Act) (Secretary George Eustice)
Other papers
Cabinet Office Minute, dated February 2022, concerning notification of a contingent liability arising from the wind-up of the Commission for Racial Equality Pension and Life Assurance Scheme (by Command) (Steve Barclay)
Report by the Minister of State for Universities on the use of powers under Section 70 of the Charities Act 2006 (by Act) (Alex Burghart)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(1) Agricultural Support Common Framework: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 613) (Secretary George Eustice)
(2) Air Quality Common Framework: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 593) (Secretary George Eustice)
(3) Animal Health and Welfare Common Framework: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 590) (Secretary George Eustice)
(4) Chemicals and Pesticides Provisional Common Framework: Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 614) (Secretary George Eustice)
(5) Fertilisers Common Framework: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 595) (Secretary George Eustice)
(6) Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control - The Developing and Setting of Best Available Techniques: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 611) (Secretary George Eustice)
(7) Organic Production Common Framework: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 596) (Secretary George Eustice)
(8) Provisional UK Common Framework on Plant Health: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 612) (Secretary George Eustice)
(9) Provisional UK Common Framework on Plant Varieties and Seeds: Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 591) (Secretary George Eustice)
Health and Social Care
(1) Report of Healthwatch England (by Act) (Maria Caulfield)
(2) Return to an Address to Her Majesty for a Return of the Report, dated 3 February 2022, of specified minutes, notes and correspondence relating to Government contracts awarded to Randox Laboratories Ltd. (pursuant to Resolution), to be printed (HC 1072) (Secretary Sajid Javid)
7Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minute, dated 3 February 2022, concerning notification of a contingent liability in respect of financial loss incurred by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation following work at the Ebbsfleet central site, which is not covered by their insurance (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove)
8Social Security Administration
Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund (by Act) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Withdrawn papers
Government's Strategic Priorities for Ofwat (laid 2 February)