Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Answer to Address)
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House, That the Address of 28 November, praying that His Majesty will re-appoint Mr William Lifford to the office of ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority with effect from 11 January 2023 for the period ending on 10 January 2026, was presented to His Majesty, who was graciously pleased to comply with the request.
Andrew Howard Western, Member for Stretford and Urmston, made the Affirmation required by law.
3Questions to the Home Secretary
4Urgent Question: Supply of Group A Streptococcus treatment (Maria Caulfield)
5Statements: (1) Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(2) Convention on Biodiversity COP15 outcomes (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(3) Alcohol Duty (James Cartlidge)
Ordered, That, for the period up to and including 31 January,
(1) in the absence of Dame Eleanor Laing, the functions reserved to the Chairman of Ways and Means by Standing Orders or the practice of the House shall be exercised by Dame Rosie Winterton, or, if she is unable to perform them, Mr Nigel Evans; and
(2) Sir Roger Gale shall act as Deputy Speaker and shall exercise all the powers vested in the Chairman of Ways and Means as Deputy Speaker. —(Penny Mordaunt.)
7Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
8Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords]: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords]:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 17 January 2023.
(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Proceedings on consideration and on Third Reading
(4) 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.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Mike Wood.)
Question agreed to.
9Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords]: Money
King’s Recommendation signified.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), 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.—(Mike Wood.)
Question agreed to.
Subject: NHS dentistry provision in Salford and Eccles constituency (Rebecca Long Bailey)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Wood.)
Adjourned at 8.57 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Private Business
11Private Bill Petitions: Report from Examiners (Standing Order 70 relating to Private Business)
Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That, in the case of the Petitions for the following Bills, the Standing Orders have been complied with:
Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill
Royal Albert Hall Bill.
12Private Bill Petitions: Report from Examiners (Standing Order not complied with)
Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That, in the case of the Petition for the City of London (Markets) Bill, Standing Order 19 has not been complied with.
Report referred to the Standing Orders Committee.
13Private Bills (Standing Order 81 relating to Private Business)
Report from the Counsel to the Speaker laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That the following Bills should originate in the House of Lords:
Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill
Royal Albert Hall Bill
and that, subject to the decision of the Standing Orders Committees, the following Bill should originate in the House of Commons:
City of London (Markets) Bill.
Changes to Notices Given
14Energy Costs (Domestic Customers and Small Business) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 20 January 2023, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 March 2023.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the
adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Friday 16 December
15Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Cost of Living in Northern Ireland (non-inquiry): Written evidence, to be published (HC 716) (Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 19 December
16Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee on)
Draft Mental Health Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 696) (Sir Charles Walker).
Correspondence with the Minister of State for Immigration relating to the dispersal of people from Manston processing centre: Written evidence, to be published (Dame Diana Johnson).
Public engagement on e-petitions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 73) (Catherine McKinnell).
19Public Accounts (Committee of)
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Tuesday 20 December 2022.
(1) Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity: Thirty-second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 46);
(2) HMRC performance in 2021–22:
(i) Thirty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 686);
(ii) Written evidence, to be printed (HC 686);
(3) Investigation into the UK Passport Office: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 738);
(4) Correspondence from the Department of Health and Social Care relating to Government Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contracts: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to Accounting Officer Assessments: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times: Written evidence, to be published (HC 729);
(8) Progress combatting fraud: Written evidence, to be published (HC 40)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland:
(i) Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 710);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 710)
(Pete Wishart).
Code of Conduct consultation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 993) (Chris Bryant).
(1) The work of the Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations: Tenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 952);
(2) Tax reliefs: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 723)
(Harriett Baldwin).
Correspondence with the Minister of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to Nexperia Newport Ltd: Written evidence, to be published (Stephen Crabb).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 604509, relating to child bed poverty.—(Catherine McKinnell.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.30 pm until tomorrow.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
* This section has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Tuesday 20 December 2022.
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 16 December 2022.
Orders No. 158 and No. 159:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Apprenticeships (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 1341), dated 14 December 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Robert Halfon)
(1) Draft Derby (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(2) Draft Havant (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(3) Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 1328), dated 13 December 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrew Stephenson)
(4) Draft Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(5) Draft Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 19 December
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Environmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Plant Health and Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 1367), dated 19 December 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)
(1) Draft Environmental Targets (Biodiversity) (England) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(2) Draft Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(3) Draft Environmental Targets (Marine Protected Areas) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(4) Draft Environmental Targets (Residual Waste) (England) Regulations 2022 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
7Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
(1) Statute, dated 22 August 2022, made by the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge amending the existing Statutes of the University (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
(2) Statute, dated 23 September 2022, made by the Governing Body of St Catharine’s College in the University of Cambridge amending the existing Statutes of the College (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
(3) Statute, dated 25 July 2022, made by the Governing Body of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge, revising the Statutes of the College (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
Other papers
Report on the Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Ben Wallace)
Report of the Bank of England's supervision of financial market infrastructures for 15 December 2021 to 16 December 2022 (by Act) (Andrew Griffith)
10Budget Responsibility and National Audit
National Audit Office - 2022 Value for Money Study: Human Resources (by Act), to be printed (HC 990) (Mr Richard Bacon)
Report and Financial Statements of the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Command), to be printed (HC 911) (Stuart Andrew)
12Criminal Justice and Court Services
Report and Accounts of Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 753) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
13Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Financial Statements of Historic Royal Palaces 2021–22 (by Command) (Stuart Andrew)
(1) Contracts for Difference and Capacity Market Scheme Update 2022 (by Act), to be printed (HC 975) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
(2) Statutory Security of Supply Report for 2022 (by Act), to be printed (HC 974) (Secretary Grant Shapps)
15Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Resources and Waste Provisional Common Framework: Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (by Command) (CP 770) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
16Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Consolidated Report and Accounts of Department for Education for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 918) (Victoria Atkins)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Geffrye Museum Trust for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 845) (Stuart Andrew)
Report and Accounts of the Marine Management Organisation for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 752) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Report and Accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 877) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Report and Accounts of the National Citizen Service Trust for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 892) (Stuart Andrew)
Guidance on decision-making for Northern Ireland Departments until an Executive is formed (by Command) (CP 766) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
Accounts of the Crown's Nominee 2021–2022, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 920) (Andrew Griffith)
Report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector: May–August 2022 (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Report and Accounts of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust for 2021–22 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Withdrawn papers
24Budget Responsibility and National Audit
National Audit Office - 2022 Value for Money Study: Strategy Investment (laid 12 December)
CORRECTION
Thursday 15 December 2022
The following item should have appeared after item 11 (Select Committees: Reports)
() Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Written evidence, to be published (HC 285) (Simon Hoare).