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 Solicitor General
2Urgent Question: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Anneliese Dodds)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statement: UK-EU relations (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
(1) Government support for coalfield communities
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered Government support for coalfield communities.—(Adam Jogee.)
(2) Financial education
Resolved, That this House has considered financial education.—(Jerome Mayhew.)
Subject: Government support for the manufacturing and engineering industry in Northern Ireland (Jim Shannon)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Adjourned at 5.25 pm until Monday 10 February.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
7Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]
*This item has been corrected since publication. See the Votes and Proceedings with Monday 10 February 2025.
The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about the recording and sharing, and keeping of registers, of information relating to apparatus in streets; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to make provision about the grant of smart meter communication licences; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision about the retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with investigations into child deaths; to make provision about providing information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters; to make provision about the retention of biometric data; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; and for connected purposes, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
8Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]
The Lords disagree to an Amendment proposed by the Commons to the Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords] and propose an Amendment to the words so restored to the Bill to which they desire the agreement of the Commons; they disagree with the Commons in another Amendment; and they agree with the Commons in their other Amendments.
First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills
9Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Monday 10 February, and to be printed (Bill 179) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 179–EN).
Printing of Lords Amendments
10Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]
Lords Amendments to be considered on Monday 10 February, and to be printed (Bill 181).
Changes to Notices Given
11Off-road Bikes (Police Powers) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 March, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
General Committees: Reports
12Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee
Sir Christopher Chope (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
13Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Committee
David Mundell (Chair) reported:
(1) That the Committee had come to the following Resolution, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication;
(2) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(3) the Bill, as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered on Monday 10 February; and to be printed (Bill 176).
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).
14Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Chairs: Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Sir Desmond Swayne, Matt Western and Sir Jeremy Wright
15First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Carolyn Harris
Members: John Lamont discharged and Simon Hoare nominated in substitution.
16Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
17Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024)
Chair: Graham Stringer
18Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025) and (draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Jeremy Wright
Members: Rebecca Smith discharged and Harriet Cross nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
19Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 27 February and Thursday 6 March in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
20Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The work of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written evidence, to be published (HC 330) (Dame Caroline Dinenage).
21National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
The work of the National Security Adviser: Written evidence, to be published (HC 679) (Matt Western).
22Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Energy bills support: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 511);
(2) HMRC Customer Service and Accounts 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published (HC 347)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir 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))
1Open access operators for rail services
Resolved, That this House has considered open access operators for rail services.—(Martin Vickers.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.33 pm and 3 pm.
2Debt cancellation for low-income countries
Resolved, That this House has considered debt cancellation for low-income countries.—(Bambos Charalambous.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.15 pm until Monday 10 February.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jim McMahon)
2Senior Courts of England and Wales
Draft Civil Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agreement, done at London on 16 September 2024, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on the Free Pursuit of Gainful Occupation by Dependants of Members of Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices (by Command) (CP 1271), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
4Terms and Conditions of Employment
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Transfer of Staff to the Civil Nuclear Police Authority) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 114), dated 4 February 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Valuation Tribunal for England (Membership and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 112), dated 4 February 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Jim McMahon)
Other papers
Report and Accounts of the Regulator of Social Housing for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 629) (Secretary Angela Rayner)
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities: Conduct and Operations Report for 2018–2022 (by Act) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on HM Revenue & Customs: The administrative cost of the tax system (by Act), to be printed (HC 675) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the English Sports Council Grant-in-Aid and National Lottery Distribution Fund for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 654) (Stephanie Peacock)
Initial proposal for a National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation (EN-7) (by Act) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
11Representation of the People
Explanatory Memorandum to the Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1273) (by Command) (Rushanara Ali)
Supplementary Estimate for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for 2024–25 (by Act), to be printed (HC 613) (The Speaker)
Estimates for which a Vote on Account is required for 2025–26 for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (by Act), to be printed (HC 614) (The Speaker)
Withdrawn papers
14Representation of the People
Explanatory Memorandum to the Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 1273) (laid 4 December 2024)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Item 31 (Select Committee: Reports) should have read:
Welsh Affairs Committee
(1) The impact of the closure of Holyhead port: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 658);
(2) Correspondence from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers relating to the proposed reductions in agricultural property relief and business property relief: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to the Spending Review: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) The work of the Secretary of State for Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 597)
(Ruth Jones).