Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Speaker’s Statement: Threats to hon. Members following decision on risk-based exclusion
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
3Speaker’s Statement: Appointment of the Speaker's Chaplain, The Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas as Bishop of Sodor and Man
4Urgent Question: Government’s response to the humanitarian situation in El Fasher, Sudan (Anne-Marie Trevelyan)
5Business Question (Leader of the House)
6Statement: Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education (Secretary Gillian Keegan)
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on Women’s State Pension age
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on Women’s State Pension age; and calls on the Government to deliver prompt compensation to women born in the 1950s who had their State Pension age raised.—(Patricia Gibson.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
(1) A public petition from residents of the constituency of the City of Chester relating to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry was presented and read by Samantha Dixon.
(2) A public petition from residents of the constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth relating to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry was presented and read by Debbie Abrahams.
Subject: Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (Lee Anderson)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Scott Mann.)
Adjourned at 5.18 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 June.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
12Arm’s-length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
14Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 17 May the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 26 April, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 7 June.
15BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
16Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
17Green Belt (Protection) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
18Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
19Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
20Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
21Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
22Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
23Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
24Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
25NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
26British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
27Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
28Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
29Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
30Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
31Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
32National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
34Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 7 June.
35State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 May, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 21 June.
General Committees: Reports
Sir Christopher Chope (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
Select Committees: Reports
37Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 23 May in the Chamber and Thursday 23 May and Tuesday 4 June in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns).
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))
1Inequalities in dementia services
Resolved, That this House has considered inequalities in dementia services.—(Debbie Abrahams.)
The sitting was suspended between 1.39 pm and 2 pm.
2Mental health and long-term conditions
Resolved, That this House has considered mental health and long-term conditions.—(Peter Dowd.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3 pm until Monday 20 May.
Eleanor Laing
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Mark Harper)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 641), dated 13 May 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kevin Hollinrake)
Other papers
Smarter Regulation: Delivering a regulatory environment for innovation, investment and growth (by Command) (CP 1089) (Secretary Kemi Badenoch)
Post-implementation review: Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Barclay)
(1) Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Cross-government: The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border (by Act), to be printed (HC 730) (Clerk of the House)
(2) Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Implementing statutory biodiversity net gain (by Act), to be printed (HC 729) (Clerk of the House)
Agreement, done at London on 21 January 2019, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Mutual Recognition in relation to Conformity Assessment (by Command) (CP 1082) (David Rutley)
Agreement, done at Washington on 14 February 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America on the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment (by Command) (CP 1083) (David Rutley)
Agreement, done at Sarajevo on 1 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on International Road Transport (by Command) (CP 1084) (David Rutley)
Exchange of Letters, done at Kigali on 10 May 2024, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda on the Interpretation of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants (by Command) (CP 1087) (David Rutley)