Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2) the Attorney General
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
(1) Birth trauma
Resolved, That this House notes that many women across the UK experience birth trauma; and calls on the Government to take steps to support women experiencing birth trauma.—(Theo Clarke.)
(2) Baby Loss Awareness Week
Resolved, That this House has considered Baby Loss Awareness Week.—(Helen Morgan.)
Subject: Black History Month (Abena Oppong-Asare)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
Adjourned at 3.22 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
5Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
The Lords insist on their disagreement to certain Commons Amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill; they do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed; and they propose Amendments in lieu to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
Printing of Lords Messages
6Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Lords Message in relation to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 370).
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).
7First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Mrs Pauline Latham
8Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Sir Robert Syms
9Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Public Charge Point Regulations 2023)
Chair: James Gray
Members: Liam Byrne and Ruth Edwards discharged and Mary Kelly Foy and Fay Jones nominated in substitution.
10Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Mr Laurence Robertson
11Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Services Exclusions) Regulations 2023)
Chair: Julie Elliott
Select Committees: Reports
12Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 26 October in the Chamber and Thursday 26 October in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
Matter referred on 29 November 2022: conduct of John Nicolson MP:
(i) Sixth Report, with Appendices, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 940);
(ii) Written and oral evidence, to be published (HC 940)
(Ms Harriet Harman).
14Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Asylum Transformation Programme: Seventy-sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1334);
(2) Supported housing: Seventy-seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1330);
(3) Improving resettlement support for prison leavers: Seventy-eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1329);
(4) Support for innovation to deliver net zero: Seventy-ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1331);
(5) Restoration and Renewal: Recall: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1781)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
Ms Harriet Harman reported, That:
(1) The Independent Expert Panel has published a report The Conduct of Mr Peter Bone MP (HC 1904) which contains a determination for a sanction that would, if made by the Committee on Standards, engage the provisions of the Recall of MPs Act 2015;
(2) Under Standing Order No. 150E, the Committee on Standards recommends that Mr Peter Bone is suspended from the service of the House for six weeks. This sanction should run concurrently with any sanction imposed as a result of the sub-panel's determination.
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))
1UN Sustainable Development Goals
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the UN Sustainable Development Goals.—(Vicky Ford.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
2Contracts for Difference scheme
Resolved, That this House has considered the Contracts for Difference scheme.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.23 pm until Monday 23 October.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Will Quince)
Draft Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Suella Braverman)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI, 2023, No. 1105), dated 17 October 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Will Quince)
Other papers
4Budget Responsibility and National Audit
Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecast evaluation report (by Act) (Gareth Davies)
Office for Environmental Protection: A Review of the Implementation of Environmental Assessment Regimes in England (by Act) (Clerk of the House)
6Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of Revenue and Customs Digital Technology Services Limited for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1874) (Victoria Atkins)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1796) (Victoria Atkins)
(3) Report and Accounts of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1843) (Secretary Thérèse Coffey)
Care Quality Commission: The state of health care and adult social care in England for 2022–23 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1871) (Maria Caulfield)
8House of Commons (Administration)
Report and Accounts of House of Commons Administration for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1920) (The Speaker)
Statement under section 6E(9) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (by Statutory Instrument) (Will Quince)
Report and Accounts of the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation for 2022–23, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1889) (Secretary Mel Stride)
Withdrawn papers
11House of Commons (Administration)
Report and Accounts of the House of Commons Administration for 2022–23 (laid 19 July)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 18 October 2023
The following item should have appeared after item 26 (Other Proceedings):
Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
(1) Daesh Inquiry: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1922);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1342)
(Ms Harriet Harman).