Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Speaker's Statement: Events in the Middle East
2Observation of a period of silence
The House observed a minute’s silence for those affected by the events in Israel and Gaza.
Michael Shanks, Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, was sworn.
Ordered, That Lilian Greenwood be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Holly Lynch be added.—(Mr Marcus Jones.)
5Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
6Statements: (1) Israel and Gaza (The Prime Minister)
(2) Prison capacity update (Secretary Alex Chalk)
(3) Zero emissions vehicles, drivers and HS2 (Secretary Mark Harper)
(4) Government policy on reaching net zero by 2050 (Secretary Claire Coutinho)
Support for childcare and the early years
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered support for childcare and the early years.—(Mr Robin Walker.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No.
47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
Resolved, That this House has considered support for childcare and the early years.
Subject: Light pollution and protection of dark skies (Duncan Baker)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
Adjourned at 10.30 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
9Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
The Lords agree to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill with amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
Printing of Lords Amendments
10Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Lords Amendments to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed pursuant to Standing Orders No. 78 and No. 57A (Bill 369) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 369–EN).
Private Business
11Private Bill Petitions: Report from Examiners (Standing Order 74 relating to Private Business)
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords and referred after the first reading, no Standing Order not previously inquired into is applicable:
Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill [Lords]
Bill to be read a second time.
Changes to Notices Given
12British Goods (Public Sector Purchasing Duty) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
14Broadcasting (Listed Sporting Events) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
15Employment (Application Requirements) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
16Puppy Import (Prohibition) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
17Public Sector Website Impersonation Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
18Armenian Genocide (Recognition) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
19House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 20 October.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Wednesday 20 September
20Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Correspondence relating to standards of behaviour in media: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Friday 22 September
21Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Correspondence relating to standards of behaviour in media: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Monday 25 September
22Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
PSNI data breaches: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1791) (Clerk of the House).
Wednesday 27 September
23Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
The Appointment of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and Chair of the Commission for Local Administration in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1819) (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 28 September
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the correction in the Votes and Proceedings relating to Tuesday 17 October 2023.
24*Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Correspondence with the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 12 October
25Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1819) (Clerk of the House).
Friday 13 October
26Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(1) Commercialising quantum technologies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1812);
(2) Coronavirus: lessons learnt: Written evidence, to be published (HC 908);
(3) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, relating to the National Space Strategy: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology relating to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Written evidence, to be published;
Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology relating to Horizon Europe and Copernicus: Written evidence, to be published;
Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology relating to the regional innovation fund: Written evidence, to be published; Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology relating to the satellite industry merger: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Governance of artificial intelligence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 945)
(Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 16 October
Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 16 October, to be published (Sir Charles Walker).
28International Development Committee
Correspondence with the World Food Programme relating to food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Written evidence, to be published (Sarah Champion).
The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1716) (Karen Bradley).
30Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Update on the rollout of smart meters: Seventy-second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1332);
(2) Access to urgent and emergency care: Seventy-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1336);
(3) Bulb Energy: Seventy-fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1232);
(4) Active travel in England: Seventy-fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1335);
(5) AEA Technology pension case: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1005);
(6) Correspondence from Ofwat: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Correspondence with the Department for Transport relating to HS2 Phase 1: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Correspondence with the Natural History Museum relating to the Unlocked Programme: Written evidence, to be published;
(10) Department for Work and Pensions’ Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1339);
(11) Driving licence backlogs at the DVLA: Written evidence, to be published (HC 735);
(12) New Hospital Programme: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1754);
(13) Restoration and Renewal: Recall: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1781);
(14) Supporting vulnerable adolescents: Written evidence, to be published (HC 730);
(15) The condition of school buildings: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1338);
(16) The Government’s resources and waste reforms for England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1755)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
(1) Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report: Ninth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1878);
(2) Scotland's space sector: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1582);
(3) Correspondence relating to the free-to-air broadcasting of Scottish men’s national football team matches: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 982);
(5) Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1738);
(6) Science and Scotland: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1448)
(Pete Wishart).
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Thursday 2 October
Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1061), dated 2 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Wednesday 20 September
Social Security Additional Payments (Second Qualifying Day) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1017), dated 18 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mims Davies)
Thursday 21 September
Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1025), dated 19 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Claire Coutinho)
Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1028), dated 20 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sir John Whittingdale)
Monday 25 September
Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1040), dated 22 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mims Davies)
Friday 29 September
Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1052), dated 19 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)
Sea Fisheries (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1054), dated 28 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Thursday 5 October
Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1048), dated 25 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nigel Huddleston)
National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (Designated Institution in Further Education and Revocations) (Revocation) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1057), dated 29 September 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Robert Halfon)
Monday 9 October
Local Government and Greater London Authority Elections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1066), dated 5 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Lee Rowley)
Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1071), dated 5 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Helen Whately)
Tuesday 10 October
Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1068), dated 5 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Sir John Whittingdale)
Wednesday 11 October
Aviation Statistics Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1074), dated 9 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Friday 13 October
School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1080), dated 11 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Nick Gibb)
Other papers
Thursday 21 September
Children’s Social Care: Stable Homes, Built on Love: Government Consultation Response (by Command) (CP 933) (David Johnston)
Friday 29 September
Legal Aid Fees in the Illegal Migration Act: Government Consultation Response (by Command) (CP 939) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Tuesday 3 October
17Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts
Draft Code of Practice for Diversionary and Community Cautions (by Command) (CP 850) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Wednesday 4 October
A World-Class Education System: The Advanced British Standard (by Command) (CP 945) (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
Stopping the Start: Our new plan to create a smokefree generation (by Command) (CP 949) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Network North: Transforming British Transport (by Command) (CP 946) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 16 October
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Draft Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alister Jack)
Draft Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Claire Coutinho)
Draft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
(1) Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Resolution of Central Counterparties: Partial Property Transfers and Safeguarding of Protected Arrangements) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrew Griffith)
(2) Draft Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Andrew Griffith)
(1) Draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (Port Examination Code of Practice) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(2) Draft National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(3) Draft National Security Act 2023 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2023 (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Draft Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Maria Caulfield)
30Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform)
Draft Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kemi Badenoch)
(1) Draft Aviation (Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
(2) Draft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Paul Scully)
(3) Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Paul Scully)
(4) Draft Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Courts and Tribunals (Fee Remissions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1094), dated 12 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
33Country Series - Republic of Korea No.1 (2023)
Exchange of Notes, done at Seoul and London on 22 September 2023, amending the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Korea (by Command) (CP 951) (Secretary James Cleverly)
Royal Navy (Ratings) and Royal Marines Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1087), dated 11 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dr Andrew Murrison)
Agreement, done at New York on 20 September 2023, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (by Command) (CP 942) (Secretary James Cleverly)
M20 Motorway (Junctions 7 to 11) (Temporary Restriction and Prohibition of Traffic) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1077), dated 9 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Other papers
Report under section 56(7) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 on the renewal of call-out orders for operations with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and operations in relation to NATO's Assurance and Adaptation Measures (by Act) (James Cartlidge)
38Counter-Terrorism and Border Security
Draft Revised Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers under Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
39Country Series Portugal No.1 (2023)
Agreement, done at London on 13 October 2023, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Portuguese Republic on Mutual Recognition for the Purpose of Driving and Exchange of Licenses (by Command) (CP 953) (Secretary James Cleverly)
Fitness to Practise Report of the Health and Care Professions Council for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1783) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Report by the Independent Expert Panel: The Conduct of Mr Peter Bone MP (by Standing Order), to be printed (HC 1904) (Clerk of the House)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities: Investigation into the Homes for Ukraine scheme (by Act), to be printed (HC 1863) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Report and Accounts of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(2) Report and Accounts of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(3) Report and Accounts of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(4) Report and Accounts of Medway NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(5) Report and Accounts of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(6) Report and Accounts of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for 2022–23 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
Draft Code of Practice for the video recording with sound of interviews of persons detained under section 27 of the National Security Act 2023 (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
45Police and Criminal Evidence
(1) Code of Practice in connection with the detention, treatment and questioning by police of persons in detention under section 27 of, and Schedule 6 to, the National Security Act 2023 (Code I) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(2) Revised Code of Practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by Police Officers (Code C) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(3) Revised Code of Practice for the exercise by Police Officers of Statutory Powers of stop and search and Police Officers and Police Staff of requirements to record public encounters (Code A) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(4) Revised Code of Practice for the identification of persons by police officers (Code D) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(5) Revised Code of Practice in connection with searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises (Code B) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
(6) Revised Code of Practice in connection with the detention, treatment and questioning by Police Officers of persons in police detention under section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000, the detention and treatment by Police Officers of persons in police detention under section 43B of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 and the treatment and questioning by Police Officers of detained persons in respect of whom an authorisation to question after charge has been given under section 22 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Code H) (by Act) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (laid 19 July)