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Votes and Proceedings for 18 Jul 2019 No. 333 Thursday 18 July 2019 Votes and Proceedings The House met at 9.30 am. Prayers 1 Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 2 Business Question (Leader of the House) 3 Statement: Detention and rendition of detainees overseas (Mr David Lidington) 4 Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D) Publication of the Eighteenth Report of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Governance of Official Statistics: redefining the dual roles of the UK Statistics Authority; and re-evaluating the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Sir Bernard Jenkin) 5 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments Lords Amendment 1 Question proposed, That Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 1 be made.—(Hilary Benn.) As it was one hour after the commencement of proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments, the Chair put the Questions necessary to bring proceedings on Lords Amendments 1 to 18 to a conclusion (Programme Order, 8 July). The following Questions were put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83F). (1) That Amendment (a) be made to Lords Amendment 1 (Question already proposed from the Chair). The House divided. Division No. 436 Ayes: 315 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Nic Dakin) Noes: 274 (Tellers: Mark Spencer, Jeremy Quin) Question accordingly agreed to. 2 Votes and Proceedings: 18 July 2019 No. 333 (2) That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 1 (as amended) (Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded).—(John Penrose.) The House divided. Division No. 437 Ayes: 273 (Tellers: Mark Spencer, Jeremy Quin) Noes: 315 (Tellers: Thangam Debbonaire, Nic Dakin) Question accordingly negatived. Lords Amendment 1 (as amended) agreed to. (3) That this House agrees with Lords in their Amendments 2 to 18 (Question to agree with the Lords in all the remaining Lords proposals).—(John Penrose.) The House divided. Division No. 438 Ayes: 328 (Tellers: Mike Freer, Matt Warman) Noes: 65 (Tellers: Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson, Gavin Robinson) Question accordingly agreed to. Lords Amendments 2 to 18 agreed to. 6 Backbench Business (1) Bishop of Truro’s report on the persecution of Christians overseas Motion made and Question proposed, That this House deplores the persecution of Christians overseas; supports freedom of religion or belief in all countries throughout the world; welcomes the work undertaken by the Bishop of Truro in this area; and calls on the Government to do more with the diplomatic and other tools at its disposal to prevail on the governments of countries in which persecution of Christians is tolerated or encouraged to end that persecution and to protect the right to freedom of religion or belief.—(Chris Philp.) The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)). Resolved, That this House deplores the persecution of Christians overseas; supports freedom of religion or belief in all countries throughout the world; welcomes the work undertaken by the Bishop of Truro in this area; and calls on the Government to do more with the diplomatic and other tools at its disposal to prevail on the governments of countries in which persecution of Christians is tolerated or encouraged to end that persecution and to protect the right to freedom of religion or belief. (2) Non-invasive precision therapies for cancer Resolved, That this House recognises the vital role that radiotherapy plays in cancer treatment across the UK with an estimated one in four people needing that treatment at some stage of their life; notes that there is a significant body of expert opinion that up to 24,000 people may be missing out on the radiotherapy they need, resulting in many hundreds of unnecessary or premature deaths; further notes that the UK spend on radiotherapy as a percentage of the overall cancer budget is approximately five per cent which compares badly with most other advanced economies where the percentage varies from nine per cent to 11 per cent; notes that the current commissioning system for radiotherapy is sub-optimal as exemplified by a tariff regime which discourages NHS Trusts from implementing advanced modern effective radiotherapy; calls on the Government to provide an immediate up-front £250 million investment in the service, an ongoing extra £100 million per annum investment in personnel and skills and IT, and to introduce a sustainably, centrally and fully funded rolling programme for Linac machine replacements; and further calls on the Government to appoint a single person to oversee the commissioning and implementation of radiotherapy services.—(Grahame Morris.) No. 333 Votes and Proceedings: 18 July 2019 3 7 Adjournment Subject: Sanctuary Housing Group (Mr Mark Francois) Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Milling.) Adjourned at 5.27 pm until Monday 22 July. Other Proceedings Lords Messages 8 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill The Lords have passed the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill with Amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons. Printing of Lords Amendments 9 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill, to be considered today, and to be printed pursuant to Standing Order Nos. 78 and 57A (Bill 425) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 425–EN). Reports from Select Committees 10 Backbench Business Committee Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 3 September, Thursday 5 September and Thursday 12 September in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns). 11 Foreign Affairs Committee (1) FCO secure communications and handling of classified information: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 2541); (2) Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to the International Monetary Fund: Written evidence, to be published (Tom Tugendhat). 12 Home Affairs Committee (1) Serious youth violence: Sixteenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the report (HC 1016); (2) Islamophobia: Written evidence (HC 1828); (3) The Macpherson Report: twenty years on: Part of the written evidence, to be published (HC 1829) (Yvette Cooper). John Bercow Speaker 4 Votes and Proceedings: 18 July 2019 No. 333 Westminster Hall The commencement of the sitting was suspended until 2.12 pm for divisions in the House (Standing Order No. 10(3)). The sitting began at 2.12 pm. Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders Nos. 10(7) and 14(4)) 1 Human rights in Saudi Arabia and the detention of opponents of the regime Resolved, That this House has considered human rights in Saudi Arabia and the detention of opponents of the regime.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.) Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)). Adjourned at 4.40 pm until Monday 22 July. Lindsay Hoyle Chairman of Ways and Means Papers Laid Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution 1 Road Traffic Draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum by Command (Secretary Chris Grayling) Papers subject to Negative Resolution 2 Civil Aviation Air Traffic Services (Exemption) Order 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1130), dated 15 July 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling) 3 Communications Draft statement of Strategic Priorities for telecommunications, the management of radio spectrum, and postal services (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Wright) 4 Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection) REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1144), dated 18 July 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Michael Gove) 5 Miscellaneous Series No. 28 (2019) International Agreement, adopted at London on 28 September 2007, on Coffee (by Command) (CP 155), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt) No. 333 Votes and Proceedings: 18 July 2019 5 6 Miscellaneous Series No. 29 (2019) Agreement, done at Paris on 3 April 2001, establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (by Command) (CP 156), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt) 7 Miscellaneous Series No. 30 (2019) International Agreement, adopted at Geneva on 20 March 1992, on Sugar (by Command) (CP 157), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt) 8 Miscellaneous Series No. 31 (2019) Convention, done at London on 7 December 1994, on Grains Trade (by Command) (CP 159), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt) 9 National Health Service National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1137), dated 17 July 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Seema Kennedy) 10 Senior Courts of England and Wales Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1118), dated 11 July 2019 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Gauke) 11 Switzerland No.6 (2019) Agreement, done at London on 10 July 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on Admission to the Labour Market for a Temporary Transitional Period following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the Free Movement of Persons Agreement (by Command) (CP152) with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Jeremy Hunt) Papers laid under paragraphs 3(3) and 17(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 12 Exiting the European Union (Constitutional Law) Proposal for an instrument titled Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Michael Gove) Other papers 13 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain for 2018 (by Act), to be printed (HC 2475) (Secretary Sajid Javid) 14 Atomic Energy Report and Accounts of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for 2018–19, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 2544) (Secretary Greg Clark) 6 Votes and Proceedings: 18 July 2019 No.
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