Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Speaker suspended the sitting until 10.30 am.
2Urgent Question: British Steel: negotiations (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statements: (1) Reform of children's social care (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
(2) Inquiry into the Omagh bombing (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
LGBT history month
Resolved, That this House has considered LGBT history month.—(Dame Angela Eagle.)
Subject: Wild deer management and sustainable food (Sir Charles Walker)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
Adjourned at 3.58 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
7Domestic Premises (Electrical Safety Certificate) Bill [Lords]
The Lords have passed a Bill to require an electrical safety certificate to be provided to a prospective purchaser of domestic premises in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
8Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
The Lords agree to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, with Amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
Printing of Lords Amendments
9Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
Lords amendments to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed pursuant to Standing Orders No. 78 and No. 57A (Bill 242), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 242–EN).
General Committees: Reports
10Procurement Bill [Lords] Committee
Clive Efford (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
Mr Virendra Sharma (Chair) reported the draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023.
General Committees: Appointments
The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committees, and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.
The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).
12Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee
Chair: Martin Vickers
13First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Threshold Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2023 and draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023)
Chair: Judith Cummins
Members: James Murray discharged and Abena Oppong-Asare nominated in substitution.
14Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Dame Caroline Dinenage
15Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Authority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023)
Chair: Sir Robert Syms
16Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023)
Members: Andy Carter and Ben Everitt discharged and Dr Kieran Mullan and Greg Smith nominated in substitution.
17Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: James Gray
Members: Navendu Mishra discharged and Lilian Greenwood nominated in substitution.
18Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Mrs Sheryll Murray
19Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023)
Chair: Martin Vickers
Select Committees: Reports
20Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 9 February in the Chamber and Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 February in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
21Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England: Thirty-eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 729);
(2) Restoration and Renewal Recall: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1021)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Impact of cystic fibrosis on living costs
Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of cystic fibrosis on living costs.—(Jim Shannon.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.50 pm and 3.00 pm.
2High Income Child Benefit Charge
Resolved, That this House has considered the High Income Child Benefit Charge.—(Martyn Day.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.02 pm until Monday 6 February.
Rosie Winterton
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 105), dated 30 January 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 106), dated 1 February 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Other papers
Children's Social Care Reform 2023: Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy and Consultation (by Command) (CP 780) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
Government Response to the Second Report from the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee on the impact of body image on mental and physical health (by Command) (CP 782) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Report and Accounts of the Medical Research Council for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1042) (Secretary Grant Shapps)