Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Speaker's Statement: Security incident
2Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
3Statement: Syria (Mr Hamish Falconer)
4Crime and Policing Bill: Second Reading
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
5Crime and Policing Bill: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Crime and Policing Bill:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 13 May 2025.
(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading
(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Taiwo Owatemi.)
Question agreed to.
6Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That Ms Julie Minns and Gordon McKee be discharged from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and Andrew Pakes and Gareth Snell be added.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
A public petition from residents of Reading and supporters of Reading Football Club relating to Reading Football Club was presented and read by Yuan Yang.
Subject: Closure of Owens in Hastings and Town Deal funding (Helena Dollimore)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Taiwo Owatemi.)
Adjourned at 10.14 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Explanatory Notes to Bills
Explanatory Notes to the Bill to be printed (Bill 17–EN).
Changes to Notices Given
10E-scooters (Review and Awareness) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 14 March, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
11Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 March.
General Committees: Reports
12First Delegated Legislation Committee
Graham Stuart (Chair) reported the draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2025.
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).
13Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2025)
Members: Michelle Scrogham discharged and Jim Dickson nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
The situation in Syria: Written evidence, to be published (HC 668) (Emily Thornberry).
15Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Government cyber resilience: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 643);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice relating to the publication of the Review of Civil Legal Aid reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to the indemnity for a gap in the nuclear insurance market: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the update on clearing the local audit backlog: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) NHS financial sustainability: Written evidence, to be published (HC 350)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
16Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations relating to cancellation of the campaign to appoint a new Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Written evidence, to be published (Simon Hoare).
Statutory Sick Pay: Written evidence, to be published (HC 787) (Debbie Abrahams).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Suspending legal and illegal migration
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 700824 relating to suspending legal and illegal migration.—(Dave Robertson.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.34 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
(1) Food Crime Officers (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 301), dated 7 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Ashley Dalton)
(2) Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to Food Crime Officers) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 300), dated 7 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Ashley Dalton)
REACH Fees and Charges (Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2008) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 299), dated 7 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 312), dated 6 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Modifications to the Smart Meter Communication Licences and the Smart Energy Code (Smart Meters No. 1 of 2025) (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Certification of Fuels and Fireplaces (Charges) (England) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 287), dated 6 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Steve Reed)
(1) Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 278), dated 5 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
(2) Seafarers' Wages (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 289), dated 5 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 310), dated 7 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and Equality Analysis (by Command) (Stephen Kinnock)
Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 284), dated 6 March 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Catherine McKinnell)
Other papers
Consolidated Report and Accounts of the Academy Schools Sector in England for the year ended 31 August 2023 (by Act), to be printed (HC 708) (Catherine McKinnell)
List of new and supplementary pensions granted under the Civil List Act 1972 (by Act) (James Murray)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Minute, dated 10 March 2025, concerning the gifting of the Ceremonial Barge of the Navy Commissioners from the National Maritime Museum Collection (by Command) (Chris Bryant)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Business and Trade: Supporting the UK’s priority industry sectors (by Act), to be printed (HC 744) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the National Citizen Service Trust for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 696) (Stephanie Peacock)
Report on changes to member contribution rates calculations for NHS Pension Scheme members in receipt of reduced pay (by Act) (Karin Smyth)
Treasury Minutes Progress Report on the Government Responses to the Committee of Public Accounts in Sessions 2010–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–19, 2019, 2019–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 (by Command) (CP 1284) (James Murray)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 and Explanatory Memorandum (laid 25 February)
CORRECTION
Thursday 6 March 2025
The following item should have appeared under item 10 (Changes to Notices Given):
Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 7 March, read and discharged.