Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2) the Solicitor General
2Urgent Question: Hospice funding (Karin Smyth)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statements: (1) Harland and Wolff (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)
(2) Ukraine (Luke Pollard)
(3) Syria (Anneliese Dodds)
5Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the First Report from the Defence Committee, Service Accommodation, HC 406 (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi)
Matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.—(Bob Blackman.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
Subject: Safety of MV Ruby in Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jeff Smith.)
Adjourned at 5.23 pm until Monday 6 January 2025 (Order, 9 October).
Other Proceedings
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).
8Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords] Committee
Members: Aphra Brandreth discharged and David Reed nominated in substitution.
9Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) and East Midlands Combined County Authority (Borrowing and Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Paulette Hamilton and Alison McGovern discharged and Alison Hume and Tom Rutland nominated in substitution.
10Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2025 and draft Police Act 1997 (Authorisations to Interfere with Property: Relevant Offence) Regulations 2025)
Members: Louise Haigh discharged and David Smith nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
11Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Monday 6 January and Monday 13 January in the Chamber and Thursday 9 January, Tuesday 14 January, Thursday 16 January, Tuesday 21 January and Thursday 23 January in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
12Environmental Audit Committee
Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to enabling sustainable electrification of the economy: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Toby Perkins).
13Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Correspondence from the Secretary of State: Written evidence, to be published (Bill Esterson).
14Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution: Written evidence, to be published (Florence Eshalomi).
(1) The work of the Prime Minister: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 530);
(2) Correspondence relating to strategic scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Meg Hillier).
16Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) HS2: Update following the northern leg cancellation: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 357);
(2) Carbon capture, usage and storage: Written evidence, to be published (HC 351);
(3) DWP Customer Service and Accounts 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published (HC 354)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Correspondence from the Pension Protection Fund relating to Pension Protection Fund compensation levels: Written evidence, to be published (Debbie Abrahams).
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1369), dated 19 December 2024 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Other papers
Statutory Security of Supply Report for 2024 (by Act), to be printed (HC 435) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Convention, done at Tokyo on 14 December 2023, on the Establishment of the "Global Combat Air Programme – GCAP International Government Organisation" (by Command) (CP 1232) (Secretary David Lammy)
Agreement, done at Copenhagen on 8 February, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of Each Country Resident in the Territory of the Other (by Command) (CP 1233) (Secretary David Lammy)
Amending Agreement No. 1, done at Pristina on 19 September 2023, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Kosovo, to amend the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Kosovo (by Command) (CP 1234) (Secretary David Lammy)
CORRECTION
Thursday 12 December 2024
Item 13 should have read:
Public Accounts (Committee of)
Carbon capture, usage and storage:
(i) Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 351);
(ii) Written evidence
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).