No. 23

Thursday 6 February 2020 Votes and Proceedings

The House met at 9.30 am. Prayers

1 Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

2 Urgent Question: BBC licence fee (Nigel Adams)

3 Business Question (Leader of the House)

4 Historical stillbirth burials and cremations Resolved, That this House has considered historical stillbirth burials and cremations.— (Ms .)

5 Persecution of Christians Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of the persecution of Christians.— (Mrs Heather Wheeler.)

6 Adjournment Subject: Children's mental health week (Preet Kaur Gill) Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Iain Stewart.) Adjourned at 5.05 pm until Monday 10 February. 2 Votes and Proceedings: 6 February 2020 No. 23

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).

7 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020) (SI, 2020, No. 36) Members: Jeff Smith discharged and Alex Norris nominated in substitution.

8 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019) Members: discharged and nominated in substitution.

Lindsay Hoyle Speaker

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 1.30 pm.

Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))

1 Acquired brain injury Resolved, That this House has considered acquired brain injury.—(.)

2 Civil Aviation Authority and aviation safety Resolved, That this House has considered the Civil Aviation Authority and aviation safety.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.) Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)). Adjourned at 4.11 pm until Tuesday 11 February.

Eleanor Laing Chairman of Ways and Means No. 23 Votes and Proceedings: 6 February 2020 3

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1 Climate Change Carbon Accounting (Provision for 2018) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 115), dated 4 February 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Andrea Leadsom)

2 Highways Street and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) () Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 122), dated 6 February 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary )

3 Social Security Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI, 2020, No. 102), dated 30 January 2020 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Justin Tomlinson)

Other papers

4 Defence (Votes A), 2020–21 Estimates of the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for service with the Armed Forces for the year ending 31 March 2021 (by Command), to be printed (HC 33) (Secretary Ben Wallace)

5 Local Government Finance (1) Local Government Finance Report (England) for 2020–21, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 68) (Secretary Robert Jenrick) (2) Referendums relating to Council Tax Increases (Alternative Notional Amounts) (England) Report 2020–21 (by Act), to be printed (HC 69) (Secretary Robert Jenrick) (3) Referendums relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2020–21 (by Act), to be printed (HC 70) (Secretary Robert Jenrick)

6 National Audit Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Work and Pensions: Information held by the Department for Work and Pensions on deaths by suicide of benefit claimants (by Act), to be printed (HC 79) (Clerk of the House)

7 UK Borders Report of Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: An inspection of the Home Office's Network Consolidation Programme and the "on-shoring" of visa processing and decision making to the UK for September 2018–August 2019 (by Act) (Secretary )