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No. 290 Wednesday 24 April 2019 Votes and Proceedings The House met at 11.30 am. Prayers 1 Questions to (1) the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (2) the Prime Minister 2 Urgent Question: Saudi Arabia: mass executions (Sir Alan Duncan) 3 Speaker’s Statement: Recall petition process: Member for Brecon and Radnorshire 4 Gambling (Industry Levy Review and Protections for Vulnerable People): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23) Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a review of the case for a levy on the gross revenues of gambling firms and to require that review to make recommendations on the possible uses of revenue from such a levy in connection with research on gambling addiction, protections for children and other vulnerable people at risk of being harmed by gambling, and gambling addiction clinics; and for connected purposes; That Richard Graham, Mr Iain Duncan Smith, Sir Peter Bottomley, Simon Hart, Andrew Selous, Alex Burghart, Tom Watson, Carolyn Harris, Graham P Jones, Christine Jardine, Ronnie Cowan and Jim Shannon present the Bill. Richard Graham accordingly presented the Bill. Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 10 May, and to be printed (Bill 380). 5 Opposition Day: Leader of the Opposition (unallotted day) Local government and social care funding Resolved, That this House notes that, despite the Prime Minister announcing that austerity is over, local authorities’ spending power per household is on course to fall by an average of 23 per cent by 2020, and nine of the 10 most deprived council areas in this country have seen reductions that are almost three times the average of any other council under this Government; recognises that this has resulted in social care budgets in England losing £7 billion; further notes that at the last General Election Labour committed to a fully costed plan to invest an additional £8 billion in social care over this Parliament; and calls on the Government to ensure that local authorities and social care are properly and sustainably funded.—(Andrew Gwynne.) 2 Votes and Proceedings: 24 April 2019 No. 290 6 Delegated Legislation Ordered, That the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 543) be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Amanda Milling.) 7 Public petitions A public petition from a resident of Glasgow North constituency relating to the revocation of Article 50 was presented and read by Patrick Grady. 8 Adjournment Subject: Closure of GKN Aerospace, Kings Norton (Richard Burden) Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Milling.) Adjourned at 7.27 pm until tomorrow. Other Proceedings Lords Messages 9 Mental Capacity Bill [Lords] The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords] to which the Commons have disagreed; and agree to the Commons Amendments in lieu. 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 Selection Committee nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees). 10 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 543)) (1) Chair: Philip Davies (2) Members: Jack Brereton, Steve Brine, Richard Drax, Colleen Fletcher, Mr Sam Gyimah, Helen Hayes, Kate Hoey, Gillian Keegan, Mr David Lammy, Shabana Mahmood, John Mann, Gordon Marsden, Amanda Milling, Ms Marie Rimmer, Alec Shelbrooke, Chris Skidmore and David Tredinnick 11 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019) (1) Chair: Mr Virendra Sharma (2) Members: Hannah Bardell, Liam Byrne, Ruth Cadbury, Jo Churchill, Vernon Coaker, Alberto Costa, Leo Docherty, Chris Elmore, George Freeman, Margot James, Diana Johnson, Peter Kyle, Rachel Maclean, Johnny Mercer, Lucy Powell, Bob Stewart and Sir Hugo Swire No. 290 Votes and Proceedings: 24 April 2019 3 Reports from Select Committees 12 Administration Committee Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on 24 April to be published (Sir Paul Beresford). 13 Backbench Business Committee Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 7 May in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns). 14 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (1) Energy efficiency: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1730); (2) Future of audit: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1718); (3) Gas storage: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1666); (4) Small businesses and productivity: Written evidence, to be published (HC 807); (5) The future of GKN: Written evidence, to be published (HC 844); (6)The safety of electrical goods in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 503) (Rachel Reeves). 15 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Immersive and addictive technologies: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1846) (Damian Collins). 16 Education Committee (1) Special educational needs and disabilities: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 968); (2) Accountability hearings: Written evidence, to be published (HC 341) (Robert Halfon). 17 Environmental Audit Committee Scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill: Eighteenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1951) (Mary Creagh). 18 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (1) Work of the Food Standards Agency: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2119); (2) Is Defra ready for Brexit?: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1669); (3) Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1893); (4) The work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 321); (5) Water Resources Infrastructure National Policy Statement: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1978) (Neil Parish). 4 Votes and Proceedings: 24 April 2019 No. 290 19 European Scrutiny Committee (1) Sixty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301–lxi); (2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301) (Sir William Cash). 20 European Statutory Instruments Committee (1) Twenty-fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 2061); (2) Ministerial correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (Sir Patrick McLoughlin). 21 Foreign Affairs Committee (1) Finding a diplomatic route: European responses to irregular migration: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1903); (2) Correspondence with the Department for Exiting the European Union relating to the Government’s progress to transition existing international agreements with third countries: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the FCO Supplementary Estimate 2018–19: Written evidence, to be published; (4) Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the introduction of punishments under the Brunei Sharia Penal Code: Written evidence, to be published; (5) Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the recent Royal Visit to Cuba: Written evidence, to be published (Tom Tugendhat). 22 High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Select Committee on) High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 927) (James Duddridge). 23 Home Affairs Committee (1) Hate crime and its violent consequences: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 683); (2) Home Office Supplementary Estimate 2018–19: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Modern slavery: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1460); (4) Serious violence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1016); (5) The Macpherson Report: twenty years on: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1829) (Yvette Cooper). 24 Human Rights (Joint Committee on) (1) Democracy, free speech and freedom of association: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1890); (2) Correspondence relating to the Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Immigration detention: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1484) (Ms Harriet Harman). No. 290 Votes and Proceedings: 24 April 2019 5 25 International Trade Committee (1) Trade and the Commonwealth: developing countries: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report: Seventh Special Report, to be printed (HC 2151); (2) UK trade in services: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1776) (Angus Brendan MacNeil). 26 Justice Committee (1) Correspondence with Lord Keen of Elie QC relating to a Ministry of Justice consultation: Future provision of medical records in road traffic accident related personal injury claims: Written evidence, to be published; (2) Main Estimates 2019–20 Memorandum: Judicial Pensions Scheme: Written evidence, to be published (Robert Neill). 27 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (1) Changes to NI Renewable Heat Incentive payments: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2070); (2) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to Brexit and Northern Ireland: Fisheries: Written evidence, to be published (HC 878); (3) Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to progress of the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry: Written evidence, to be published