Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Scotland
(2) the Prime Minister
2Statement: Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report (Prime Minister)
3Budget Responsibility Bill: Committee of the whole House
The House resolved itself into a Committee (Programme Order, 30 July).
(In the Committee)
Clause 1 (Announcement of fiscally significant measures)
Amendment 9 proposed.—(Nigel Huddleston.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 10
Ayes: 109 (Tellers: Paul Holmes, Stuart Anderson)
Noes: 366 (Tellers: Gerald Jones, Keir Mather)
Question negatived.
Amendment 2 proposed.—(Sarah Olney.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 11
Ayes: 73 (Tellers: Wera Hobhouse, Sarah Green)
Noes: 375 (Tellers: Gerald Jones, Keir Mather)
Question negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause 2 agreed to.
Bill to be reported, without amendment.
The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Vicky Foxcroft reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made no amendment.
4Budget Responsibility Bill: Third Reading
Bill read the third time and passed.
Resolved, That —
(1) in pursuance of section 1(2)(d) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, Rachel Blake be appointed to the House of Commons Commission, and
(2) in pursuance of section 1(2B) of that Act, the appointment of Shrinivas Honap as an external member of the Commission be extended to 30 September 2026.—(Lucy Powell.)
Subject: Closure of the police station in Royal Sutton Coldfield (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Adjourned at 6.03 pm until tomorrow.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Resolved, That this House has considered preventable baby deaths.—(Lee Anderson.)
2Government support for the space sector
Resolved, That this House has considered Government support for the space sector.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.28 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the future of sheep farming.—(Joe Morris.)
The sitting was suspended between 3.56 pm and 4 pm.
4SEND provision in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered SEND provision in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire.—(Alistair Strathern.)
At 4.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
5Security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The sitting was suspended between 4.53 pm and 5.24 pm for divisions in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.—(Jeremy Corbyn.)
At 6.01 pm, the Motion lapsed.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.01 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Seed Marketing (CMS Wheat Hybrids) (Temporary Experiment) (England) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 899), dated 3 September 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Other papers
Report of the Public Inquiry into the Fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017: Phase 2 Report (by Act), to be printed (HC 19) (The Prime Minister)
(1) Report and Accounts of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(2) Report and Accounts of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(3) Report and Accounts of South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(4) Report and Accounts of South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(5) Report and Accounts of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
Report and Accounts of the General Osteopathic Council (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
MONEY BILL
Budget Responsibility Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Budget Responsibility Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.