Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
(1) Security in the Western Balkans
Resolved, That this House recognises the acute security situation in the Western Balkans; supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina; condemns the attack by Serb nationalist militants in Banjska, Kosovo on 24 September 2023; further supports the authority of the Constitutional Court in Bosnia and Herzegovina; further condemns Russian interference in the Balkans; notes with concern pro-Russian and pro-Serbian irredentist political rhetoric in Montenegro; and urges the Government to increase its engagement with regional partners and international allies to improve the security landscape of the Western Balkans.—(Alicia Kearns.)
(2) Pension schemes
Resolved, That this House has considered pension schemes.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.)
Subject: Findings of the inquest into the Kingsmill massacre (Jim Shannon)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joy Morrissey.)
Adjourned at 3.56 pm until Tuesday 7 May (Order, 30 January).
Other Proceedings
Select Committees: Reports
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 9 May in the Chamber and Thursday 9 May, Tuesday 14 May, Tuesday 21 May and Tuesday 11 June in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
6Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Football governance follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 471) (Dame Caroline Dinenage).
7Human Rights (Joint Committee on)
Accountability for Daesh crimes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 179) (Joanna Cherry).
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 12.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Pylons and upgrades to the national grid
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered pylons and upgrades to the national grid.—(Matt Warman.)
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 pylons and upgrades to the national grid.
Resolved, That this House has considered the contribution of volunteers.—(Jo Gideon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3.23 pm until Tuesday 7 May Order, 30 January.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Aviation Security (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 590), dated 1 May 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 595), dated 30 April 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Alex Chalk)
Other papers
State of the Estate in 2022–23 (by Act) (Alex Burghart)
The Electoral Commission: Main Supply Estimate for 2024–25 (by Act), to be printed (HC 734) (The Speaker)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 17 April 2024
The following item should have appeared above item 10 (Changes to Notices Given):
Private Business
Holocaust Memorial Bill
John Stevenson (Chair of the Select Committee on the Holocaust Memorial Bill) reported the Bill without amendment.
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a public bill committee.