No. 55

Wednesday 22 November 2017 Votes and Proceedings

The House met at 11.30 am. Prayers

1 Questions to (1) the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2) the Prime Minister

2 Clean Air Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57) Geraint Davies, supported by Hilary Benn, Eleanor Smith, Tim Farron, Derek Thomas, Wera Hobhouse, John McNally, Mr David Lammy, Sir Edward Davey, Rosie Duffield, Chris Evans and Preet Kaur Gill, presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to set, measure, enforce and report on air quality targets; to make provision about mitigating air pollution, including through the use of clean air zones; to make provision about vehicle emissions testing; to restrict the approval and sale of vehicles with certain engine types; and for connected purposes. Bill read the first time; to be read a second time Friday 1 December, and to be printed (Bill 130).

3 Financial Statement (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

4 Budget Report Ordered, That there be laid before this House a copy of the Autumn Budget 2017.—(The Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

5 Ways and Means: Provisional collection of taxes Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 51(2)), That, pursuant to section 5 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, provisional statutory effect shall be given to the following motions:— (a) stamp duty land tax (higher rates for additional dwellings) (motion No. 35) (b) stamp duty land tax (relief for first time buyers) (motion No. 36) (c) tobacco products duty (rates) (motion No. 40).—(The Chancellor of the Exchequer.) Question agreed to. 2 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 No. 55

6 Ways and Means: Income Tax (Charge) Motion made and Question proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2018-19. And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.—(The Chancellor of the Exchequer.) The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)). Question again proposed. Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Debate to be resumed tomorrow.

7 Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval (1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Asian Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to. (2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to. (3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft African Development Bank (Fourteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to. (4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft International Development Association (Eighteenth Replenishment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to. (5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Caribbean Development Bank (Ninth Replenishment of the Unified Special Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to. (6) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Question agreed to.

8 Public petition A public petition from users of the No. 32 bus service in Torbay relating to changes to local bus services in Torbay was presented and read by Kevin Foster. No. 55 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 3

9 Adjournment Subject: Future of guards on Merseyrail trains (Dan Carden) Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Andrew Stephenson.) Adjourned at 7.29 pm until tomorrow.

Other Proceedings

Lords Messages

10 Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords] The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision establishing a new financial guidance body (including provision about cold-calling and a debt respite scheme); to make provision about the funding of debt advice in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and to make provision about the regulation of claims management services, to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.

First Reading and Printing of Lords Bills

11 Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords] Bill read the first time; to be read a second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 131), with Explanatory Notes (Bill 131–EN).

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).

12 Parental Breavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee Members: Edward Argar, Jack Dromey, Patricia Gibson, Margaret Greenwood, Carolyn Harris, Kevin Hollinrake, Margot James, Diana Johnson, David Linden, Paul Masterton, Gavin Newlands, Victoria Prentis, Will Quince, Joan Ryan, Antoinette Sandbach, Sir Nicholas Soames and Rishi Sunak.

13 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Community Drivers’ Hours Offences (Enforcement) Regulations 2017) (1) Chair: Mark Pritchard (2) Members: Sir Paul Beresford, James Cleverly, Ann Clwyd, Marsha De Cordova, Vicky Foxcroft, Mr Mark Francois, Mr John Hayes, James Heappey, Mr Jonathan Lord, Stuart C. McDonald, Alison McGovern, Neil O’Brien, Matt Rodda, Andrew Stephenson, Bob Stewart, Karl Turner and Daniel Zeichner. 4 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 No. 55

14 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Selection of the President of Welsh Tribunals Regulations 2017) (1) Chair: Sir Henry Bellingham (2) Members: Lucy Allan, Bob Blackman, Stephen Crabb, Chris Davies, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Julie Elliott, Lucy Frazer, Gordon Henderson, Mr Mark Hendrick, Diana Johnson, Ben Lake, Shabana Mahmood, Yasmin Qureshi, Dominic Raab, Mr Gavin Shuker, Nick Smith and Mrs Heather Wheeler.

15 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Scotland Act 2016 (Onshore Petroleum) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017) (1) Chair: Mrs Madeleine Moon (2) Members: Alan Brown, Colin Clark, Mr Jim Cunningham, Thangam Debbonaire, David Duguid, Michael Fabricant, Kirstene Hair, Rebecca Harris, Mr Alister Jack, Dan Jarvis, Stephen Kinnock, Mr Ivan Lewis, Paul Masterton, Ian Murray, Chi Onwurah, Claire Perry and Rishi Sunak.

16 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Transitional Provisions and Appropriate Independent Advice) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017) (1) Chair: Graham Stringer (2) Members: Peter Aldous, Andrew Bridgen, Sarah Champion, Alex Cunningham, Vicky Foxcroft, Richard Graham, Mr Ranil Jayawardena, Darren Jones, Julian Knight, Peter Kyle, Mrs Pauline Latham, Mr Chris Leslie, Conor McGinn, Huw Merriman, Guy Opperman, David Rutley and Chris Stephens.

17 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 and the draft Risk Transformation (Tax) Regulations 2017) (1) Chair: Philip Davies (2) Members: Stephen Barclay, Rehman Chishti, Richard Drax, James Frith, Dame Margaret Hodge, Liz Kendall, Mr David Lammy, Ms Karen Lee, Julia Lopez, Johnny Mercer, Nigel Mills, Chris Philp, Jonathan Reynolds, Mr Keith Simpson, Jeff Smith, Graham Stuart and Alison Thewliss.

18 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2017) (1) Chair: Mr Adrian Bailey (2) Members: Richard Benyon, Luciana Berger, Jack Brereton, Mr Ronnie Campbell, Dan Carden, Alex Chalk, Thangam Debbonaire, Ms Angela Eagle, Bill Esterson, Zac Goldsmith, Rebecca Harris, Joseph Johnson, Chris Law, Seema Malhotra, Mary Robinson, Rishi Sunak and Craig Tracey.

19 Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017) Members: Jack Brereton and Simon Hart discharged and Mr Simon Clarke and Sir Desmond Swayne nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

20 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (1) Clean Growth Strategy: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 596); No. 55 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 5

(2) Outcomes of Bonn COP23: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 597); (3) Correspondence with the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry relating to the Green Investment Bank: Written evidence, to be published; (4) The safety of electrical goods in UK and the UK’s product safety and product recall regimes: Written evidence, to be published (HC 503) (Rachel Reeves).

21 European Scrutiny Committee (1) Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 301-ii); (2) Ministerial Correspondence: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301) (Sir William Cash).

22 International Development Committee DFID’s work in Bangladesh, Burma and on the Rohingya crisis: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 504) (Stephen Twigg).

23 International Trade Committee UK-US trade relations: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 481) (Angus Brendan MacNeil).

24 Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on) Third Report, to be printed (HC 542-iii) (Derek Twigg).

25 Women and Equalities Committee (1) Fathers and the workplace: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 358); (2) Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission: Written evidence, to be published (HC 357) (Mrs Maria Miller).

26 Work and Pensions Committee PIP and ESA assessments: Oral and written evidence to be published (HC 355) (Frank Field).

John Bercow Speaker 6 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 No. 55

Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

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

27 Roll-out of broadband to rural communities in Scotland Resolved, That this House has considered the roll-out of broadband to rural communities in Scotland.—(John Lamont.)

28 Future of Durham Tees Valley airport Resolved, That this House has considered the future of Durham Tees Valley airport.—(Phil Wilson.) The sitting was suspended between 11.30 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).

29 Human and financial costs of drug addiction Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the human and financial costs of drug addiction.—(Craig Mackinlay.) At 4.00 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

30 Potential effect of hydraulic fracturing in North East Derbyshire Resolved, That this House has considered the potential effect of hydraulic fracturing in North East Derbyshire .—(Lee Rowley.) The sitting was suspended between 4.28 pm and 4.30 pm.

31 Public country-by-country reporting Resolved, That this House has considered public country-by-country reporting.—(Nigel Mills.) Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)). Adjourned at 5.29 pm until tomorrow.

Lindsay Hoyle Chairman of Ways and Means

Papers Laid

Papers subject to Negative Resolution

1 Civil Aviation Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1112), dated 15 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Chris Grayling) No. 55 Votes and Proceedings: 22 November 2017 7

2 Rating and Valuation Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1132), dated 21 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mr Marcus Jones)

3 Universities and Colleges Marshall Scholarships Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1109), dated 15 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Boris Johnson)

Other papers

4 Bank of England Monetary Policy Remit: Autumn Budget 2017 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

5 Low Pay Commission National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report 2017 (by Command) (Cm. 9536) (Margot James)

6 National Audit Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Transport: Update on the Thameslink Programme (by Act), to be printed (HC 413) (Clerk of the House)

7 Overseas Territories (1) The Mali (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1107), dated 15 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Rory Stewart) (2) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1108), dated 15 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Field)

8 Sovereign Grant Sovereign Grant Act 2011: Report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant 2018–19 (by Act) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)

9 Treasury (1) Autumn Budget 2017 (pursuant to Order today), to be printed (HC 587) (Mel Stride) (2) Office for Budget Responsibility: Economic and fiscal outlook (by Command) (Cm. 9530) (Andrew Jones)

10 United Nations North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 1110), dated 15 November 2017 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mark Field).

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SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES

Instruments The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instruments relate exclusively to England and are within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P. Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2017 Draft Sub-National Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2017 The Speaker has certified, for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P, and on the basis of material put before him, that, in his opinion, the following instrument relates exclusively to England and Wales and is within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83P. Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017