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Part 1: Business Today

Summary Agenda: Chamber

Westminster Hall

Business Today: Chamber

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

QUESTIONS

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1David Duguid (Banff and Buchan)
What steps his Department is taking to help businesses in Northern Ireland trade with the rest of the UK. (902742)

2Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley)
What steps his Department is taking to support the establishment of a Northern Ireland Executive. (902743)

3Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough)
What recent discussions he has had with representatives of political parties in Northern Ireland on the progress of negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol. (902744)

4Claire Hanna (Belfast South)
What discussions he has had with organisations and businesses in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation on travel on the island of Ireland. (902745)

5Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help Northern Ireland become self-sufficient in energy supplies. (902746)

6James Sunderland (Bracknell)
What steps his Department is taking to engage with stakeholders on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. (902747)

7Owen Thompson (Midlothian)
What recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) EU member states and (b) political parties in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election. (902749)

8John McNally (Falkirk)
What recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) EU member states and (b) political parties in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election. (902750)

9Jerome Mayhew (Broadland)
What steps his Department is taking to support the establishment of a Northern Ireland Executive. (902751)

10Sarah Atherton (Wrexham)
What steps his Department is taking to engage with stakeholders on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. (902752)

11Dr Neil Hudson (Penrith and The Border)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure adequate (a) access to and (b) supplies of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland. (902753)

12Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran)
What recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) EU member states and (b) political parties in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election. (902754)

13Ruth Jones (Newport West)
If he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide increased financial support to people living in Northern Ireland represented by the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign in the context of the rising cost of living. (902755)

14Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central)
What recent discussions he has had with (a) victims of Troubles-related offences and (b) community leaders on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. (902756)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1 John Stevenson (Carlisle)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 14 December. (902827)

Q2 Angela Richardson (Guildford) (902828)

Q3 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (902829)

Q4 Mary Robinson (Cheadle) (902830)

Q5 Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (902831)

Q6 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (902832)

Q7 Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (902833)

Q8 Feryal Clark (Enfield North) (902834)

Q9 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (902835)

Q10 Dame Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (902836)

Q11 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (902837)

Q12 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
What recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of the West Midlands on the economy of that region. (902838)

Q13 Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (902839)

Q14 Chris Evans (Islwyn) (902840)

Q15 Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) (902841)

URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

12.30pm

Ministerial Statements, including on:

Small boats incident in the Channel (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

Green Jobs (Definition and Promotion) Bill

Tim Farron

Bill to define the term “green jobs”; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for their creation, including setting targets relating to green jobs, skills, and training; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on performance in implementing that strategy; to require the Secretary of State to publish a plan to increase take-up of National Vocational Qualification courses related to low-carbon services; to establish a Commission to advise the Government and local authorities on increasing the availability of jobs in the low-carbon economy, including in areas with high levels of deprivation, and on ensuring access to good quality green jobs across the United Kingdom; to require the Commission to consult workers, communities, non-governmental organisations, businesses, and industry representatives; to require local authorities to report to the Commission on the availability in green jobs in their areas; and for connected purposes.

BUSINESS OF THE DAY

1. Asylum seekers (removal to safe countries): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Jonathan Gullis

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that certain provisions of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to the removal of asylum seekers to safe countries shall have effect notwithstanding inconsistency or incompatibility with international or other domestic law; to require the Secretary of State to proceed with such removals regardless of any decision or judgment of any international court or body; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

2. GENERAL DEBATE ON UKRAINE

Up to two hours or until 2.50pm, whichever is the earlier (Order of 13 December)

The Prime Minister

That this House has considered the situation in Ukraine.

3. OPPOSITION HALF DAY (10th ALLOTTED DAY, FIRST PART)

At 4.00pm or as soon as may be possible thereafter and for up to three hours (Order of 13 December)

Scotland’s Future

Stephen Flynn

Mhairi Black

Tommy Sheppard

Kirsty Blackman

Deidre Brock

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Pete WishartStewart HosieAngus Brendan MacNeilHannah BardellIan BlackfordSteven BonnarAlan BrownAmy CallaghanDr Lisa CameronDouglas ChapmanJoanna CherryRonnie CowanAngela CrawleyMartyn DayDave DooganAllan DoransMarion FellowsPatricia GibsonPeter GrantDrew HendryChris LawDavid LindenStewart Malcolm McDonald Stuart C McDonaldAnne McLaughlinJohn McNallyCarol MonaghanGavin NewlandsJohn NicolsonMs Anum QaisarBrendan O’HaraKirsten OswaldAlyn SmithChris StephensAlison ThewlissRichard ThomsonOwen ThompsonDr Philippa WhitfordPatrick Grady

That this House believes it should be for the Scottish people to determine the future constitutional status of Scotland; and accordingly makes provision as set out in this Order:

(1)On Tuesday 10 January 2023:

(a) Standing Order No. 14(1) (which provides that government business shall have precedence at every sitting save as provided in that Order) shall not apply;

(b) any proceedings governed by this Order may be proceeded with until any hour, though opposed, and shall not be interrupted;

(c) the Speaker may not propose the question on the previous question, and may not put any question under Standing Order No. 36 (Closure of debate) or Standing Order No. 163 (Motion to sit in private);

(d) at 3.00 pm, the Speaker shall interrupt any business prior to the business governed by this Order and call the Leader of the Scottish National Party Westminster Group or another Member on his behalf to present a Bill concerning a modification of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 of which notice of presentation has been given and immediately thereafter (notwithstanding the practice of the House) call a Member to move the motion that the Bill be now read a second time as if it were an order of the House;

(e) in respect of that Bill, notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time;

(f) any proceedings interrupted or superseded by this Order may be resumed or (as the case may be) entered upon and proceeded with after the moment of interruption.

(2)The provisions of paragraphs (3) to (18) of this Order shall apply to and in connection with the proceedings on the Bill in the present Session of Parliament.

Timetable for the Bill on Tuesday 10 January 2023

(3)(a) Proceedings on Second Reading and in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be taken at the sitting on Tuesday 10 January 2023 in accordance with this Order.

(b) Proceedings on Second Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at 5.00 pm.

(c) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at 7.00 pm.

Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put on Tuesday 10 January 2023

(4)When the Bill has been read a second time:

(a) it shall, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills not subject to a programme Order), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put;

(b) the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given.

(5)(a) On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee of the whole House, the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question.

(b) If the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.

(6)For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (3), the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions in the same order as they would fall to be put if this Order did not apply—

(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;

(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;

(c) the Question on any amendment, new clause or new schedule selected by the Chairman or Speaker for separate decision;

(d) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a designated Member;

(e) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded;

and shall not put any other Questions, other than the Question on any motion described in paragraph (15) of this Order.

(7)On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.

Consideration of Lords Amendments and Messages on a subsequent day

(8)If on any future sitting day any message on the Bill (other than a message that the House of Lords agrees with the Bill without amendment or agrees with any message from this House) is expected from the House of Lords, this House shall not adjourn until that message has been received and any proceedings under paragraph (9) have been concluded.

(9)On any day on which such a message is received, if a designated Member indicates to the Speaker an intention to proceed to consider that message—

(a) notwithstanding Standing Order No. 14(1) any Lords Amendments to the Bill or any further Message from the Lords on the Bill may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly;

(b) proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement; and any proceedings suspended under subparagraph (a) shall thereupon be resumed;

(c) the Speaker may not propose the question on the previous question, and may not put any question under Standing Order No. 36 (Closure of debate) or Standing Order No. 163 (Motion to sit in private) in the course of those proceedings.

(10)Paragraphs (2) to (7) of Standing Order No. 83F (Programme Orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments to a conclusion as if:

(a) any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member;

(b) after paragraph (4)(a) there is inserted—

“(aa) the question on any amendment or motion selected by the Speaker for separate decision;”.

(11)Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Standing Order No. 83G (Programme Orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Lords) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings on consideration of a Lords Message to a conclusion as if any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member.

Reasons Committee

(12)(a) Paragraphs (2) to (6) of Standing Order No. 83H (Programme Orders: reasons committee) apply in relation to any committee to be appointed to draw up reasons after proceedings have been brought to a conclusion in accordance with this Order as if any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member.

(b) The composition of the committee shall (notwithstanding the practice of the House) be three members from the government party, three members from the largest opposition party and one member from the second largest opposition party.

Miscellaneous

(13)Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings on the Bill to which this Order applies.

(14)(a) No Motion shall be made, except by a designated Member, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken, to recommit the Bill or to vary or supplement the provisions of this Order.

(b) No notice shall be required of such a Motion.

(c) Such a Motion may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.

(d) The Question on such a Motion shall be put forthwith; and any proceedings suspended under sub-paragraph (c) shall thereupon be resumed.

(e) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on such a Motion.

(15)(a) No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings on the Bill to which this Order applies except by a designated Member.

(b) The Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.

(16)Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.

(17)No private business may be considered at any sitting to which the provisions of this Order apply.

(18)(a) The start of any debate under Standing Order No. 24 (Emergency debates) to be held on a day on which proceedings to which this Order applies are to take place shall be postponed until the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies.

(b) Standing Order 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply in respect of any such debate.

(19)In this Order, “a designated Member” means—

(a) the Leader of the Scottish National Party in this House; and

(b) any other Member acting on behalf of the Leader of the Scottish National Party in this House.

(20)This Order shall be a Standing Order of the House.

Notes:

The selection of the matter to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Scottish National Party. (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Cyber attack on South Staffs Water: Marco Longhi [R]

Business Today: Westminster Hall

ORDER OF BUSINESS

The first part of the sitting will last for two hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)). The second part of the sitting will last for one and a half hours (Order of 13 December).

9.30am

That this House has considered asylum seeker employment and the cost of living: Christian Wakeford

11.00am

That this House has considered the integrity of the voting process: Paul Bristow

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 4.15pm.

4.15pm

That this House has considered visa processing times: Wendy Chamberlain

4.45pm

That this House has considered the cost of food: Ian Byrne

Notes:

The debate at 4.45pm will last for up to an hour.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

Deferred Divisions

Deferred Divisions to be Held Today

Deferred Divisions will take place in the ‘No’ Lobby between 11.30am and 2.00pm

Architects

Lee Rowley

That the draft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 14 November, be approved.

Notes:

The division on this Question was deferred from Monday 12 December 2022 (Standing Order No. 41A).

Written Statements

STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY

The Chancellor of the Exchequer

1.Treasury Update

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

2.China

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

3.Correction to HL2636

Secretary of State for the Home Department

4.Provisional Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2023–24

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

5.Homes for Ukraine Scheme: 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

Select Committees

Science and Technology Committee

Subject: Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses: 9.30am: Dr Robin Taylor, Senior Research Fellow, National Nuclear Laboratory; Professor Claire Corkhill, Member, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; Professor Katherine Morris, Lead for Nuclear Environment and Waste Theme, Dalton Nuclear Institute

10.30am: Claes Thegerström, Former President, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co; Janne Mokka, President and CEO, Posiva Oy

11.00am: Clive Nixon, Group Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Corhyn Parr, Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Waste Services

Room 6
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions Committee

Subject: Defined benefit pensions with liability driven investments

Witnesses: 9.15am: Oliver Morley, Chief Executive, and Evan Guppy, Head of LDI and Credit, Pension Protection Fund; Charles Counsell, Chief Executive, and David Fairs, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice, The Pensions Regulator

10.15am: Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive, and Simon Walls, Wholesale Director, Sell Side, Financial Conduct Authority

Room 5
9.00am (private), 9.15am (public)

Home Affairs Committee

Subject: Policing priorities

Witnesses: 9.45am: Sir Mark Rowley QPM, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

Transport Committee

Subject: Rail services disruption

Witnesses: 9.15am: Jennifer Williams, Northern Correspondent, Financial Times; Rt Hon. the Lord McLoughlin CH, Chair, and Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, Transport for the North; Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Transport Focus

10.15am: Matthew Golton, Managing Director, First TransPennine Express; Richard Scott, Director of Corporate Affairs, The West Coast Partnership; Nick Donovan, Managing Director, Northern Trains

Room 8
9.15am (public)

International Trade Committee

Subject: UK-EU trading relationship

Witnesses: 10.00am: Sam Lowe, Partner, Flint Global; Iana Dreyer, Founder and Director, Borderlex; Raoul Ruparel, Director, Centre for UK Growth, Boston Consulting Group; Dr Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University

Room 15
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Treasury Committee

Subject: Appointment of Ashley Alder as Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority

Witnesses: 9.35am: Ashley Alder

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
9.30am (private), 9.35am (public)

Welsh Affairs Committee

Subject: Nuclear energy in Wales

Witnesses: 10.00am: Professor Bill Lee, Director of Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University; Jasbir Sidhu, President, Nuclear Institute; Daniel Maney, Negotiations Officer, Prospect; Beccy Pleasant, Head of Nuclear Skills, Nuclear Skills Strategy Group

Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Environmental Audit Committee

Subject: The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition

Witnesses: 1.30pm: Sam Alvis, Head of economy, Green Alliance; Mark Campanale, Founder and Director, Carbon Tracker Initiative; Ryan Jude, Programme Director for Green Taxonomy, Green Finance Institute; Dr Anastasiya Ostrovnaya, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College Business School

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.15pm (private), 1.30pm (public)

Statutory Instruments

Room 7
2.45pm (private)

Committee of Selection

Room 13
4.30pm (private)

Joint Committees

Statutory Instruments

Virtual meeting
3.40pm (private)

Human Rights

Witnesses: 4.15pm: Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice

Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public), 6.00pm (private)

Public Bill Committees

Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill

To consider the Bill

Room 14
9.25am (public)

Other

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Mr Speaker's study
3.00pm (private)

Committee Reports Published Today

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

30th Report: Developing workforce skills for a strong economy HC 685
Time of publication: 00.01am

TREASURY

8th Report: Autumn Statement 2022 - Cost of living payments HC 740
Time of publication: 00.01am

Announcements

FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Monday 9 January to Monday 16 January (deadline today at 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet. The ballot will take place on Thursday 15 December.

Tuesday 17 January to Monday 23 January (deadline Wednesday 11 January 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet. The ballot will take place on Thursday 12 January.

Tuesday 24 January to Monday 30 January (deadline Wednesday 18 January 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet. The ballot will take place on Thursday 19 January.

Tuesday 31 January to Monday 6 February (deadline Wednesday 25 January 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet. The ballot will take place on Thursday 26 January.

FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members will be informed of the outcome by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 January (deadline Monday 19 December 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Cabinet Office; Defence; Education; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Home Office; Transport; Treasury; Wales

Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 January (deadline Monday 9 January 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health and Social Care; International Trade; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 January (deadline Monday 16 January 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Cabinet Office; Defence; Education; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Home Office; Transport; Treasury; Wales

Tuesday 31 January and Wednesday 1 February (deadline Monday 23 January 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health and Social Care; International Trade; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

CHRISTMAS ADJOURNMENT - TABLING OF PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

The following arrangements will apply for the tabling of Questions during the Christmas Adjournment.

Questions for oral answer

Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns. The list also includes future tabling arrangements up to Thursday 12 January 2022.

Last date of tabling*

Date for answer

Departments etc.**

Tuesday 20 December

Monday 9 January 2023

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (T)

Tuesday 20 December

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Justice (T)

Tuesday 20 December

Wednesday 11 January 2023

Scotland; Prime Minister

Tuesday 20 December

Thursday 12 January 2023

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (T)

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Monday 16 January 2023

Education (T)

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Wales

Wednesday 11 January 2023

Tuesday 17 January 2023

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (T)

Thursday 12 January 2023

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Prime Minister

Thursday 12 January 2023

Thursday 19 January 2023

Transport (T)

The results of the shuffles on 20 December will be published on 21 December.

For further details of last tabling days for other Departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet at https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/61199/Html?subType=Standard

Notes:

* The latest time for tabling is 12.30pm on each of these days.

** (T) indicates that there are also Topical questions for that Department.

Questions for written answer on a named day

The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Christmas Adjournment is Thursday 15 December, for answer on Tuesday 20 December.

Time of tabling

Earliest date for named day answer

Thursday 15 December

Tuesday 20 December

Friday 16 December to Monday 19 December

Monday 9 January 2023

Tuesday 20 December

Tuesday 10 January 2023

From 7.30pm or rise of the House, whichever is earlier, on Tuesday 20 December to 2.30pm on Friday 6 January 2023

Wednesday 11 January 2023

Please note that each Member may table five named day questions during the Christmas Adjournment.

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_02122021v2.pdf

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

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 15 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade

Afterwards

BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Debate on a motion on self-disconnection of pre-payment meters

That this House recognises that prepayment meter customers, who pay for their usage in advance, are not afforded the same rights when in energy debt as customers who pay in arrears, such as those who pay in direct debit; understands that a prepayment meter customer is automatically disconnected when they exceed just £10 of debt; acknowledges that, in contrast, those who pay in arrears are afforded time and support to resolve their debts before action is taken to disconnect; is deeply concerned that so called self-disconnection of prepayment meter customers will see the most vulnerable in our society left without heat, light and facilities to cook and wash over the coming winter; and strongly urges the Government to outlaw self-disconnection to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable customers are not left without basic energy provision.

General debate on rail transport services to the communities served by the West Coast Main Line

That this House has considered rail transport services to the communities served by the West Coast Main Line.

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Government support for leisure centres: Charlotte Nichols [R]

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered a blueprint for eye health in England and the devolved nations: Jim Shannon

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

MONDAY 19 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

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

Afterwards

SEAFARERS’ WAGES BILL [LORDS]: SECOND READING

SEAFARERS’ WAGES BILL [LORDS]: MONEY

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(1) any expenditure incurred by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State, and

(2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

NHS dentistry provision in Salford and Eccles: Rebecca Long Bailey

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 604509, relating to child bed poverty: Catherine McKinnell, on behalf of the Petitions Committee

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. The sitting will last for up to 90 minutes. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Afterwards

Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Darren Henry

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about shared parental leave and pay in certain cases where one or both of a child’s parents has died; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

DEBATE ON MATTERS TO BE RAISED BEFORE THE FORTHCOMING ADJOURNMENT

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Local consultation on bus route decisions: Dean Russell

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered the contribution of family businesses to local communities in the UK: John Stevenson

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

11.00am That this House has considered future of rail services: Stephen Hammond

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered the expansion of the ultra low emission zone: Gareth Johnson

4.00pm That this House has considered the Energy Charter Treaty: Mick Whitley

4.30pm That this House has considered the affordability and availability of childcare: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Notes:

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour.

The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

MONDAY 9 JANUARY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 607317, relating to requirements to stop and report road traffic collisions involving cats: Tonia Antoniazzi, on behalf of the Petitions Committee

6.00pm That this House has considered e-petition 600593, relating to the use of snares: Nick Fletcher, on behalf of the Petitions Committee

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Petitions 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)).

TUESDAY 10 JANUARY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

Afterwards

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Debbie Abrahams

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Ten Minute Rule Motion

George Eustice

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

THURSDAY 12 JANUARY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

TUESDAY 17 JANUARY

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Simon Baynes

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Alex Davies-Jones

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2023

CHAMBER

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Stuart C McDonald

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Virginia Crosbie

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Mary Robinson

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Shark Fins Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Christina Rees

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Online Sale of Goods (Safety) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Ian Mearns

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Harriett Baldwin in place of Mark Jenkinson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Full Employment Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Disability Benefit Assessments (Recording) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Plastics (Wet Wipes) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Fleur Anderson

Pets (Microchips) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: James Daly

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Referendums (Supermajority) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Ian Paisley

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Teenagers (Safety and Wellbeing) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Alex Norris

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Disposable Barbecues Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Selaine Saxby

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Internet Access (Children Eligible for Free School Meals) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Siobhain McDonagh

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

British Goods (Public Sector Purchasing Duty) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Consumer Pricing Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Broadcasting (Listed Sporting Events) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Employment (Application Requirements) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Puppy Import (Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Public Sector Website Impersonation Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

Armenian Genocide (Recognition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Energy Costs (Domestic Customers and Small Business) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Ed Davey

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Cat Smith

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

War Pension Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (Public Inquiry) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Owen Thompson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Ministerial Code (Enforcement) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Owen Thompson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Ministerial Interests (Public Appointments) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Owen Thompson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Roadworks (Regulation) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Mark Francois

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Fertility Treatment (Employment Rights) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [25 November]

Member in Charge: Nickie Aiken

Working Time Regulations (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Peter Dowd

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Corporate Homicide Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Housing Standards (Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests (Appointment by Parliament) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Christine Jardine

Pre-Payment Meters (Self-Disconnection) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Anne McLaughlin

Free School Meals (Primary Schools) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Zarah Sultana

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

FRIDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2023

CHAMBER

Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Dan Jarvis

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Carer’s Leave Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Wendy Chamberlain

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Wera Hobhouse

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Flashing Images Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Tom Hunt

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Angela Richardson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Scott Benton

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Health and Safety at Work Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

House of Lords (Elected Senate) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Paul Maynard

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Parliamentary Elections (Optional Preferential Vote) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Paul Maynard

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Ministerial Competence (External Review) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Paul Maynard

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Marine Activities (Licensing) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Giles Watling

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Paternity (Leave and Pay) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Gareth Davies

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

NHS Prescriptions (Drug Tariff Labelling) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Craig Mackinlay

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Microplastic Filters (Washing Machines) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Alberto Costa

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Employee Share Ownership (Reform) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir George Howarth

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Firearms and Hate Crime Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Luke Pollard

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Plastics (Recycling, Sustainability and Pollution Reduction) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Geraint Davies

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Employment Bill: Second Reading:

Member in Charge: Steven Bonnar

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Pre-Payment Meters (Temporary Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Wera Hobhouse

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Public Advocate (No. 2) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [15 July]

Member in Charge: Maria Eagle

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2023

CHAMBER

Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Sir Mark Hendrick

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill: Remaining Stages

Member in Charge: Yasmin Qureshi

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Robin Millar

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Robbie Moore

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Bob Blackman

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [25 November]

Member in Charge: Jerome Mayhew

FRIDAY 3 MARCH 2023

CHAMBER

Firearms Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Shaun Bailey

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

National Eye Health Strategy Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Marsha De Cordova

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Dyslexia Screening and Teacher Training Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [2 December]

Member in Charge: Matt Hancock

National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Anonymity of Suspects Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [28 October]

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Green Belt (Protection) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [21 October]

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2023

CHAMBER

Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Layla Moran

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sarah Green

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Access to Elected Office Fund (Report) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Daisy Cooper

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Stephens

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Caravan Sites Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Non-Disclosure Agreements Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Layla Moran

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Kinship Care Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Munira Wilson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Bowel Conditions (Assessment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chi Onwurah

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Jonathan Gullis in place of Richard Holden

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Trade (Australia and New Zealand) (Parliamentary Approval) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sarah Green

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

FRIDAY 24 MARCH 2023

CHAMBER

Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sarah Olney

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Public Bodies (Representation from Devolved Nations) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Wendy Chamberlain

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Christopher Chope

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Participation in Court Proceedings (Live Links) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Robbie Moore

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Employment (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Gavin Newlands

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Recognition of Armenian Genocide Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Tim Loughton

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Lithium-Ion Battery Storage (Fire Safety and Environmental Permits) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Dame Maria Miller

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Jim Shannon

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

Sale of Property (Sealed Bids) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sir Bill Wiggin

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Financial Investment and Deforestation Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Grayling

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Energy Equity Commission Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Clive Lewis

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Bus Services Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Helen Morgan

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Benefit Cap (Report on Abolition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: David Linden

Elected Representatives (Prohibition of Deception) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Liz Saville Roberts

Countryside and Rights of Way Act (Amendment) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [28 October]

Member in Charge: Caroline Lucas

Notes:

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Caroline Lucas

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Consultation) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Dame Diana Johnson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Motor Vehicle Tests (Diesel Particulate Filters) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Barry Sheerman

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Tax Reform Commission Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Liz Saville Roberts

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Planning Application Fees Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Daisy Cooper

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Fashion Supply Chain (Code and Adjudicator) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Liz Twist

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: David Linden

Sexually-motivated Manslaughter (Sentencing) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Laura Farris

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Carol Monaghan

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Miscarriage Leave Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Angela Crawley

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Local Authority Boundaries Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Robbie Moore

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Terminal Illness (Support and Rights) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [18 November]

Member in Charge: Alex Cunningham

Short-term and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Licensing) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [9 December]

Member in Charge: Rachael Maskell

Notes:

A money resolution is required for this Bill to be proceeded with in Committee.

Removal of Titles Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Rachael Maskell

Notes:

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

Former Ministers and Prime Ministers (Abolition of Payments) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Rachael Maskell

Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Barry Sheerman

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Coal Extraction and Use Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Tim Farron

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

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 Thérèse Coffey

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

2. Agriculture

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 30 March in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

3. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Second Reading

4. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Money

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State, the Treasury or a government department, and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

5. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Ways and Means

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, it is expedient to authorise:

(1) the charging of fees or levies under or by virtue of the Act; and

(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.

6. Bill of Rights Bill: Second Reading

Caroline Lucas

This House declines to give a Second Reading to the Bill of Rights Bill, because the Bill attacks the freedoms and liberties protected by the Human Rights Act in an ideologically motivated way, is of supreme constitutional significance and will impact on the rights of individuals for many years to come but has not undergone pre-legislative scrutiny in line with the recommendations of the chairs of relevant cross-party committees, ignores the results of two consultations into the Act, vastly exceeds the manifesto commitment to ‘update’ the Act, does not come with publication of relevant and robust impact assessments, ignores the fundamental principle that human rights are not earned or contingent on a person’s conduct or character but are attached to a person by virtue of their humanity, undermines migrants’ rights at a time of unprecedented international turmoil, threatens the Good Friday Agreement, risks severing the ties between domestic rights and Strasbourg jurisprudence leading to a divergence in rights protection leaving the UK out of step with other members of the Council of Europe at a time of war in Europe, fails to improve citizens’ rights to access nature and to live in a safe climate, fails to improve the rights of children, disabled people and future generations, undermines efforts to tackle violence against women and girls, and distorts and undermines this country’s democracy by increasing the power of the executive over citizens by removing and weakening rights instead of enshrining and improving them.

Relevant Documents:

Thirteenth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2021-22, Human Rights Act Reform, HC 1033, and the Government’s response, HC 608

Oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 5 July 2022, on Bill of Rights Bill, HC 562

Written evidence to the Justice Committee, on the Bill of Rights and victims of John Worboys, reported to the House on 28 July 2022, HC 304

Correspondence from the Acting Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, relating to the Bill of Rights Bill Human Rights Memorandum, reported to the House on 29 June

Correspondence from the Acting Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, relating to the introduction of the Bill of Rights, reported to the House on 29 June

Correspondence from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Acting Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, relating to the introduction of the Bill of Rights and Bill of Rights Bill Human Rights Memorandum, reported to the House on 20 July

e-petition 607712, Do not reform the Human Rights Act

e-petition 619334, Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights

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

To be considered (Order of 25 October 2021).

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

King’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)

8. Social Security

Claire Coutinho

That the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 11 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

9. Legal Aid and Advice

Brandon Lewis

That the draft Civil Legal Aid (Housing and Asylum Accommodation) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 17 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

10. Immigration

Secretary Suella Braverman

That the draft Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 17 October, be approved.

11. Legal Aid and Advice

Brandon Lewis

That the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 17 October, be approved.

12. Climate Change

Secretary Grant Shapps

That the draft Climate Change (Targeted Greenhouse Gases) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 19 October, be approved.

13. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Second Reading

14. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Money

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(1)any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State;

(2)any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

15. STAMP DUTY LAND TAX (REDUCTION) BILL: COMMITTEE

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

Remaining stages may also be taken (Order, 24 October).

It is expected that this Bill will be certified as a Money Bill.

16. Local Government

Secretary Mark Harper

That the draft South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 8 November, be approved.

17. National Health Service

Will Quince

That the draft National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme – Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 16 November, be approved.

18. Pensions

Dr Andrew Murrison

That the draft Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 17 November, be approved.

19. Environmental Protection

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 22 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

20. Constitutional Law

Secretary Alister Jack

That the draft Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 22 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

21. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

22. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered

23. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

24. Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]: Remaining stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

25. Legal Aid and Advice

Secretary Dominic Raab

That the draft Civil Legal Aid (Housing and Asylum Accommodation) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 30 November, be approved.

26. SPEAKER’S COMMITTEE FOR THE INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS AUTHORITY

Penny Mordaunt

That Mrs Heather Wheeler be appointed to the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, until the end of the present Parliament, in pursuance of paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, as amended.

27. Civil Contingencies

Oliver Dowden

That the draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 6 December, be approved.

28. Energy

Secretary Grant Shapps

That the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I., 2022, No. 1280), dated 5 December 2022, a copy of which was laid before this House on 6 December, be approved.

29. Immigration

Secretary Suella Braverman

That the draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 7 December 2022, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

30. Legal Aid and Advice

Secretary Dominic Raab

That the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 9 December 2022, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

31. Social Security

Mims Davies

That the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 13 October, be approved.

Notes:

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

32. Rating and Valuation

Victoria Atkins

That the draft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 12 December, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

33. Police

Secretary Suella Braverman

That the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code H) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 12 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

34. Local Government

Lee Rowley

That the draft Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 12 December, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.