Order Paper - 28 April 2022

Part 1: Business Today

Summary Agenda: Chamber

9.30am

Prayers

No debate

Private Business

Afterwards

Oral Questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.10am

Oral Questions: Church Commissioners and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

10.30am

Urgent Questions, including on:

The operation of Visa Applications Centres in relation to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

A Royal Commission is expected

The Speaker will not adjourn the House until a Message has been received from the Lords Commissioners (Order of 26 April).

Westminster Hall

1.30pm

World Press Freedom Day 2022

In the event that a Royal Commission is received, this debate will not take place.

Business Today: Chamber

9.30am Prayers

Followed by

PRIVATE BUSINESS

Monken Hadley Common Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

No debate, and may not be proceeded with if opposed (Standing Order No. 20)

QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham)
What recent assessment his Department has made of the level of pollution in the river Wear. (906639)

2Jessica Morden (Newport East)
What assessment his Department has made of the impact of food price rises on household budgets. (906640)

3Robert Largan (High Peak)
What steps he is taking to strengthen flood defences. (906641)

4Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
What steps his Department is taking to tackle the recent increase in fly tipping. (906643)

5Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)
What steps he is taking to reduce plastic waste. (906645)

6Fay Jones (Brecon and Radnorshire)
What steps he is taking to support farmers with rising fertiliser costs. (906646)

7Richard Thomson (Gordon)
What recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food security in the UK. (906647)

8Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
What recent discussions he has had with his Faroese counterpart on access for Russian fishing vessels to shared UK-Faroese fishing grounds. (906648)

9Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
What estimate he has made of the level of food that will be produced by UK farmers in each of the next three years. (906649)

10Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton)
What steps he is taking to tackle food insecurity in the context of increases in the cost of living. (906650)

11Chris Clarkson (Heywood and Middleton)
What steps he is taking to tackle fly tipping. (906651)

12Wera Hobhouse (Bath)
What recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of the water industry on tackling the illegal discharge of untreated sewage into rivers across the UK. (906652)

13Robin Millar (Aberconwy)
What steps he is taking to increase tree planting. (906653)

14Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon)
What steps his Department is taking to help protect shellfish waters around the UK. (906654)

15Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
What steps he is taking to tackle food insecurity in the context of increases in the cost of living. (906655)

16Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
What steps he taking to tackle soil degradation. (906656)

At 10.00am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

T1Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (906657)

T2Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (906658)

T3Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (906659)

T4Anna Firth (Southend West) (906661)

T5Jim Shannon (Strangford) (906662)

T6Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (906663)

T7Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (906664)

At 10.10am

Oral Questions to the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission and the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

1Robin Millar (Aberconwy)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to strengthen its parish ministry. (906628)

2Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to promote the freedom of religion and belief globally. (906629)

3Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham)
To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential merits of transitioning all councils to single member wards. (906630)

4Selaine Saxby (North Devon)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help create affordable and sustainable housing on its lands. (906632)

5Chris Loder (West Dorset)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Archbishop of Canterbury has had with his French counterparts on illegal migrant crossings in the Channel. (906633)

6Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support family relationships, parenting and marriage. (906634)

7Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to increase the number of candidates entering Holy Orders. (906635)

8Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the impact of digital political advertising on free and fair elections. (906636)

9Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw)
To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the effectiveness of public consultation on measures in the Elections Bill. (906637)

10Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to support arts and culture; and if he will make a statement. (906638)

URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

10.30am

Urgent Questions, including on:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the operation of Visa Applications Centres in relation to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme (Wendy Chamberlain)

BUSINESS OF THE DAY

A Royal Commission is expected.

The Speaker will not adjourn the House until a Message has been received from the Lords Commissioners (Order of 26 April).

Business Today: Westminster Hall

ORDER OF BUSINESS

The sitting will last for up to three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1))

1.30pm

That this House has considered World Press Freedom Day 2022: Damian Collins [R]

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
In the event that a Royal Commission is received, this debate will not take place.

Written Statements

STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

1.Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

2.Provisional Statistics on International Development 2021

Minister for the Cabinet Office

3.Brexit Opportunities

4.GOV.UK Verify Sign up contract extension

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5.Broadcasting Update

6.Evaluation of the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise Covid-19 Emergency Funding Package

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

7.Correction to PQ113125

8.Correction to PQ53263 and PQ53380

9.Covid-19 Update

Secretary of State for the Home Department

10.Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation in 2020 of the Terrorism Acts

Secretary of State for International Trade

11.Switzerland Trade Policy Update

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

European Scrutiny Committee

Subject: The UK’s new relationship with the EU

Witnesses: 10.45am: Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Minister for Europe and North America, and Julian Braithwaite, Director General, Europe, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Room 15
10.00am (private), 10.45am (public)

Committee Reports Published Today

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

13th Report: NHS litigation reform HC 740
Time of publication: 00.01am

TREASURY

8th Special Report: Economic Crime: responses to the Committee’s Eleventh Report HC 1261
Time of publication: 00.01am

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

6th Special Report: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report: Sovereignty for sale: follow-up to the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab HC 1273
Time of publication: 11.00am

HOME AFFAIRS

4th Special Report: Police conduct and complaints: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report HC 1264
Time of publication: 11.00am

Announcements

PROROGATION AND PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND EARLY DAY MOTIONS

Effect of Prorogation on Questions and Motions

Prorogation is expected today. Parliamentary Questions are not carried over into the new Session. Questions which have not been answered by the time that Parliament is prorogued will not be answered. No further Questions may be tabled in the present Session.

All Motions fall at Prorogation. No new Motions (including Early Day Motions) may be tabled on the day of Prorogation nor may any names be added to existing Motions on that day.

TABLING QUESTIONS AND MOTIONS IN THE NEW SESSION

After Parliament has prorogued, MemberHub will be offline to prepare for the new Session. MemberHub will be back online on the day after Parliament prorogues and Questions submitted from that date will be treated as having been tabled on Tuesday 10 May. The earliest date for which a Named Day Question may be set down for answer will be Monday 16 May. The earliest day for which an Ordinary Question may be set down for answer will be Thursday 12 May.

There will be no Question Time on the first three sitting days of the new Session. The rota of Departments answering oral questions from Monday 16 May will be published in due course.

New Motions may be tabled from Tuesday 10 May (the day of the State Opening). Early Day Motions can be tabled on MemberHub from the day after Parliament prorogues but will be treated as being tabled on 10 May. Early Day Motions tabled in hard copy between 10am and 3pm on 10 May will be assigned the first EDM numbers in the new Session.

FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 10 May to Monday 16 May (ballot closed)

The ballot for Tuesday 10 May to Monday 16 May is closed and will take place today.

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.

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/

European Business

European Business Referrals and Motion documents for consideration by European Committees or on the Floor of the House are available on the European Business
webpage: https://old.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/european-business11/

Chamber Engagement

Information about engaging the public with debates is available on the parliamentary website: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say-on-laws/chamber-engagement/.

All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices

Part 2: Future Business

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.

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.

1. Exiting the European Union (Customs)

Secretary George Eustice

That the draft International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, which were laid before this House on 17 December 2020, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

2. Electronic Information

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, be approved.

3. Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on Consideration are commenced.

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be broughtto a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day (Order of 12 July 2021).

4. Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Queen’s consent to be signified on Third Reading. Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (Order of 25 October 2021).

The Scottish Parliament has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution relating to this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

5. High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Second Reading

6. Road Traffic

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, be approved.

7. Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought

to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those

proceedings are commenced. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (Order of 26 January 2022)

8. Income Tax

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, be approved.

Notes:

The instrument has not yet been considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments.

9. Agriculture

Secretary George Eustice

That the draft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.

Notes