Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners and the hon. Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
The Speaker suspended the sitting.
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Second and Third Reading (Standing Order No. 56)
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read a second time.
Question agreed to and Bill accordingly read a second time.
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read the third time.
Question agreed to and Bill accordingly read the third time and passed.
(1) International Women's Day
Resolved, That this House has considered International Women's Day.—(Dame Maria Miller.)
(2) Brain tumour research funding
Resolved, That this House has considered brain tumour research funding.—(Derek Thomas.)
Subject: Safety of the new Clevedon seafront road scheme (Dr Liam Fox)
Motion made and Question proposed, that this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
At 5.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
Adjourned at 5.14 pm until Monday 13 March.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
7Sexually-motivated Manslaughter (Sentencing) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 24 March, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
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).
Chair: Sir Gary Streeter
9Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee
Chair: Sir Christopher Chope
10Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee
Chair: James Gray
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Dame Angela Eagle
Members: Nick Fletcher discharged and Andrew Jones nominated in substitution.
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023 and draft Treasure Act 1996: Code of Practice (3rd Revision))
Chair: Stewart Hosie
Select Committees: Reports
13Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 14 March in the Chamber and Thursday 16 and Tuesday 21 March in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
14Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) The Restart Scheme for long-term unemployed people: Forty-second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 733);
(2) Progress combatting fraud: Forty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 40);
(3) Education recovery in schools: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 998)
(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))
Resolved, That this House has considered national no smoking day.—(Bob Blackman.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.53 pm and 3.00 pm.
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of patients with rare diseases.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.19 pm until Monday 13 March.
Rosie Winterton
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 287), dated 8 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Childcare and Inspection of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 276), dated 7 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Claire Coutinho)
Sentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 298), dated 9 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Dominic Raab)
Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 284), dated 7 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Mims Davies)
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act), to be printed (HC 1160), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(1) National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 300), dated 9 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Neil O'Brien)
(2) National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 288), dated 8 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)
Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 279), dated 7 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)
8Sport Grounds and Sporting Events
Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) (England) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 272), dated 6 March 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stuart Andrew)
Other papers
9Government Resources and Accounts
Report and Accounts of Public Health England for 2021–22, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1164) (Neil O'Brien)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
MONEY BILL
1Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.
VOTING BY PROXY
2Variation of proxy voting arrangement
The Speaker has certified, under the terms of Standing Order No. 39A (Voting by proxy), that Anne McLaughlin has given notice that she wishes to vary her proxy vote arrangement. Her period of proxy voting will now end on 30 April.
CORRECTION
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Item 9 (Chamber) should be corrected as follows:
In line (11) replace "Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 266), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 266–EN)." with "Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 266)."