Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Speaker’s Statement: Resignation of the Chair of the Defence Committee
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
3Urgent Questions: (1) Floods in Libya (David Rutley)
(2) Voter identification scheme (Rachel Maclean)
4Business Question (Leader of the House)
(1) Football and dementia
Resolved, That this House asks the Government to investigate the links between football and sport-related neurodegenerative disease.—(Ian Blackford.)
(2) Support for bereaved children
Resolved, That this House calls on the Government to develop a protocol for ensuring that bereaved children are made aware of and have access to practical and emotional support through public and third sector agencies.—(Christine Jardine.)
Subject: UK-Chile relations and the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile (Jon Trickett)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Julie Marson.)
Adjourned at 3.51 pm until Monday 18 September.
Other Proceedings
Printing of Lords Amendments
7Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill
Lords Amendments to the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill to be considered on Friday 20 October, and to be printed (Bill 367) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 367–EN).
Changes to Notices Given
8Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
9Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 15 September the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 3 February, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 20 October.
10Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
11Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 15 September the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 3 March, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 20 October.
12Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill: Second Reading
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
13BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 15 September the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 21 October 2022, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 20 October.
14Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
16British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
17Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
18National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
19Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
Order for resuming on Friday 15 September the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 28 October 2022, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 20 October.
21Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
22NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
23Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
24Green Belt (Protection) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 15 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
General Committees: Reports
25Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Committee
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(2) the Bill without amendment.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, not amended, to be considered on Monday 18 September.
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).
26First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Revocation and Sunset Disapplication) Regulations 2023)
Members: Vicky Ford discharged and Dr Ben Spencer nominated in substitution.
27Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Courts (Prescribed Recordings) Order 2023)
Members: Brendan Clarke-Smith and Sir Greg Knight discharged and Sir Christopher Chope and Greg Smith nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
28Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 19 September, Monday 16 October and Thursday 19 October in the Chamber and Tuesday 17 October and Tuesday 24 October in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
29Health and Social Care Committee
(1) Future cancer: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1712);
(2) Correspondence from the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary: Written evidence, to be published
(Steve Brine).
Rishi Sunak:
(i) Fourteenth Report, with Appendices, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1810);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1810)
(Sir Bernard Jenkin).
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 the matter of support for kinship carers.—(Munira Wilson.)
Resolved, That this House has considered community pharmacies.—(Peter Aldous.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.29 pm until Tuesday 19 September.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Extension and Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 999), dated 13 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrew Griffith)
3Healthcare and Associated Professions
Health and Care Professions Council (Miscellaneous Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 995), dated 12 September 2023 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 984), dated 12 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Other papers
Report and Accounts of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1786) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
6Government Resources and Accounts
Report and Accounts of NHS Pension Scheme for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1470) (Victoria Atkins)
Government Response to the Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on China (by Command) (CP 929) (The Prime Minister)
Report of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (by Command) (CP 928) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: Approaches to achieving net zero across the UK (by Act), to be printed (HC 1785) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Report and Accounts of The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(2) Report and Accounts of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Accounts of the Sports Council for Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution for 2015–16, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1834) (Clerk of the House)
12Self Regulation of the Press
Report and Financial Statements of the Press Recognition Panel for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1779) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Promoter's Response to the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill Select Committee's First Special Report of Session 2022–23 (by Command) (CP 934) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Treasury Minutes on Government Responses to the Sixty-first to the Sixty-seventh Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2022-23 (by Command) (CP 941) (Gareth Davies)