Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission and the hon. Member representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
2Urgent Question: School Teachers’ Review Body recommendations (Catherine McKinnell)
3Statement: Independent Sentencing Review (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
4Business Statement (Leader of the House)
5Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]: Consideration of Lords Message
Lords Amendment 49D
The Deputy Speaker announced that Lords Amendment 49D engaged Commons financial privilege.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 49D.—(Secretary Peter Kyle.)
The House divided.
Ayes: 195 (Tellers: Keir Mather, Christian Wakeford)
Noes: 124 (Tellers: Charlie Maynard, Mr Will Forster)
Question agreed to.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83H(2)), That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their Amendment 49D.
That Victoria Collins, Peter Kyle, Katrina Murray, Matthew Patrick, Dr Ben Spencer, Anna Turley and Steve Yemm be members of the Committee.
That Peter Kyle be the Chair of the Committee.
That three be the quorum of the Committee.
That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(Anna McMorrin.)
Question agreed to.
6Business of the House (Today)
Ordered, That, at this day’s sitting, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Standing Order No. 22D relating to the scheduling of select committee statements, select committee statements on the Sixth Report of the Business and Trade Committee and the Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights may be made after the conclusion of proceedings on the Motion for this Order.—(Anna McMorrin.)
7Select Committee Statements (Standing Order No. 22D)
(1) Publication of the Sixth Report from the Business and Trade Committee, How to strengthen UK-EU relations: Policy Priorities for the Summit, HC 908 (Liam Byrne)
(2) Publication of the Third Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill, HC 601 (Peter Swallow)
8Backbench Business (Unallotted day)
Access to NHS dentistry
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered access to NHS dentistry.—(Melanie Onn.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
9Statement: Diego Garcia Military Base (Secretary John Healey)
A public petition from residents of the United Kingdom relating to the location of the Torbay and South Devon NHS out-of-hours Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services was presented and read by Caroline Voaden.
Subject: A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project (Markus Campbell-Savours)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Vicky Foxcroft.)
Adjourned at 6.16 pm until Monday 2 June (Order, 3 February).
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
12Dentists (Indemnity Arrangements) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 13 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
13A34 Slip Road Safety (East Ilsley and Beedon) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 13 June, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
Reasons Committees: Reports
14Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]: Reasons Committee
Peter Kyle (Chair) reported that the Committee had agreed the following Reason:
Lords Amendment 49D
Because the Amendment would involve charges on public funds, and the Commons do not offer any further Reason, trusting that this Reason may be deemed sufficient.
General Committees: Reports
15Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee
Wera Hobhouse (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee;
(2) the Bill, as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered on Monday 2 June; and to be printed (Bill 250).
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).
16Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee
Chair: Sir John Hayes
Members: Dame Diana Johnson discharged and Seema Malhotra nominated in substitution.
17Mental Health Bill [Lords] Committee
Chairs: Gill Furniss, Carolyn Harris, Sir Desmond Swayne and Martin Vickers
18First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Graham Stuart
Members: Torcuil Crichton discharged and Chris Murray nominated in substitution.
19Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Wera Hobhouse
Members: Rebecca Smith discharged and Rebecca Paul nominated in substitution.
20Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice, Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Esther McVey
21Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Termination) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Chair: David Mundell
Select Committees: Reports
22Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 3 June and Thursday 5 June in the Chamber and Tuesday 17 June and Thursday 19 June in Westminster Hall (Martin Vickers).
23Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Government Chief Scientific Adviser and departmental Chief Scientific Advisers: Written evidence, to be published (HC 670) (Chi Onwurah).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Order No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the EU-UK summit.—(Ms Stella Creasy.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.54 pm and 3.05 pm for a division in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the EU-UK Summit.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.44 pm until Monday 2 June (Order, 3 February).
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (by Command) (CP 1334), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Other papers
Fifty-fourth Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (by Command) (CP 1330) (Secretary John Healey)
State of the Estate in 2023–24 (by Act) (Georgia Gould)
4Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
Fifty-third Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (by Command) (CP 1321) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
Thirty-fifth Report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (by Command) (CP 1327) (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)
Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner for 2023 (by Act), to be printed (HC 603) (The Prime Minister)
Twenty-fourth Report of the Prison Service Pay Review Body on England and Wales (by Command) (CP 1331) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Report of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Thirty-eighth Report of the NHS Pay Review Body (by Command) (CP 1322) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(1) Initial proposal for a National Policy Statement for Electricity Networks Infrastructure (EN-5) (by Act) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
(2) Initial proposal for a National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN–3) (by Act) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
(3) Initial proposal for an Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN–1) (by Act) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
11Political Parties, Elections and Referendums
Third Report in 2025 from the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission on the Re-appointment of an Electoral Commissioner (by Act), to be printed (HC 934) (The Speaker)
Forty-seventh Report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries 2025: Report No. 98 (by Command) (CP 1329) (Georgia Gould)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Apsana Begum |
23 April |
4 July |
Zarah Sultana |
CORRECTION
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Item 28 should have read:
Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Equality at work: Miscarriage and bereavement leave: Government Response: First Special Report, to be printed (HC 803);
(2) Community cohesion: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 340);
(3) Equality at work: Paternity and shared parental leave: Written evidence, to be published (HC 502);
(4) Female genital mutilation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 714);
(5) Gendered Islamophobia: Written evidence, to be published (HC 571);
(6) The rights of older people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 414)
(Sarah Owen).