No. 35 Thursday 15 July 2021 Votes and Proceedings The House met at 9.30 am. Prayers 1 Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade 2 Urgent Question: Sale of the Newport Wafer Fab semiconductors plant in Duffryn to the Chinese-owned firm Nexperia (Amanda Solloway) 3 Business Question (Leader of the House) 4 Tibet and Xinjiang (Reciprocal Access) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57) Tim Loughton, supported by Sir Peter Bottomley, Chris Law, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Christine Jardine, Ms Nusrat Ghani, Jim Shannon, Henry Smith, Chris Bryant, Wera Hobhouse, Marion Fellows 2 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 and Dame Diana Johnson, presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to report annually on restrictions on access by UK nationals to Tibet and Xinjiang in comparison with other regions of China; to make provision to deny persons involved in imposing such restrictions permission to enter the UK; and for connected purposes. Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 18 March 2022, and to be printed (Bill 148). 5 Children (Access to Treatment) Bill: Presentation (Standing Order No. 57) Bambos Charalambous presented a Bill to make provision about children's access to medical services; and for connected purposes. Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 19 November, and to be printed (Bill 149). No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 3 6 Backbench Business (1) Northern Ireland Protocol Motion made and Question proposed, That this House supports the primary aims of the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which are to uphold the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its dimensions and to respect the integrity of the EU and UK internal markets; recognises that new infrastructure and controls at the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic must be avoided to maintain the peace in Northern Ireland and to encourage stability and trade; notes that the volume of trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland far exceeds the trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; further notes that significant provisions of the Protocol remain subject to grace periods and have not yet been applied to trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and that there is no evidence that this has presented any significant risk to the EU internal market; regards flexibility in the application of the Protocol as being in the mutual interests of the EU and UK, given the unique 4 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 constitutional and political circumstances of Northern Ireland; regrets EU threats of legal action; notes the EU and UK have made a mutual commitment to adopt measures with a view to avoiding controls at the ports and airports of Northern Ireland to the extent possible; is conscious of the need to avoid separating the Unionist community from the rest of the UK, consistent with the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement; and also recognises that Article 13(8) of the Protocol provides for potentially superior arrangements to those currently in place.— (Sir Bernard Jenkin.) The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)). Question put and agreed to. (2) Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government sanctions The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)). No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 5 Resolved, That this House believes that the 2022 Winter Olympic Games should not be hosted in a country whose Government is credibly accused of mass atrocity crimes; and calls on the UK Government to decline invitations for its representatives to attend the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games unless the Government of the People's Republic of China ends the atrocities taking place in the Xinjiang region and lifts the sanctions imposed on UK Parliamentarians, citizens and entities.—(Tim Loughton.) 7 Adjournment Subject: Alternative student finance (Stephen Timms) Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.— (David Duguid.) Adjourned at 5.23 pm until Monday 19 July. 6 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 Other Proceedings Lords Messages 8 Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill The Lords agree to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill without amendment. General Committees: Reports 9 Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee Dr Rupa Huq (Chair) reported the draft Medical Devices (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2021. 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. No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 7 The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees). 10 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee Chairs: Sir Christopher Chope and Judith Cummins 11 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 661) and the Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments and Repeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 714)) Chair: Mr Philip Hollobone 12 Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021) Chair: Sir Edward Leigh 13 Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Major Sporting Events (Income 8 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 Tax Exemption) (2021 UEFA Super Cup) Regulations 2021) Chair: James Gray 14 Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 161)) Chair: Philip Davies 15 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Motion in the name of Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg relating to the Electoral Commission) Chair: Clive Efford 16 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pensions Regulator (Employer Resources Test) Regulations 2021) Chair: Esther McVey 17 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021) Chair: Yvonne Fovargue No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 9 Reports from Select Committees 18 Backbench Business Committee Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 7 September in Westminster Hall (Ian Mearns). 19 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 566) (Darren Jones). 20 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Concussion in sport: (i) Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 46); (ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 46) (Julian Knight). 10 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 21 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 157) (Simon Hoare). 22 Public Accounts (Committee of) School funding: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 183) (Meg Hillier). 23 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (1) The evolution of devolution: English devolution: Oral evidence to be published (HC 534); (2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care relating to the Health and Social Care Bill and PHSO: Written evidence, to be published; (3) COVID-status certification: Written evidence, to be published (HC 42) No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 11 (Mr William Wragg). 24 Welsh Affairs Committee The implications for Wales of the UK/AUS FTA: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 481) (Stephen Crabb). Lindsay Hoyle Speaker Westminster Hall The sitting began at 1.30 pm. Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4)) 1 Future of the planning system and the upcoming Planning Bill Resolved, That this House has considered the future of the planning system and the upcoming Planning Bill.—(Bob Seely.) 12 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 The sitting was suspended between 3.00 pm and 3.15 pm (Orders, 25 February and 16 June). 2 Peace and human rights in Colombia Resolved, That this House has considered peace and human rights in Colombia.—(Kate Osborne.) Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)). Adjourned at 4.42 pm until Monday 19 July. Eleanor Laing Chairman of Ways and Means Papers Laid Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution 1 Public Health (1) Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 35 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 13 No. 851), dated 15 July 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Sajid Javid) (2) Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps etc.) (England) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 848), dated 14 July 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Sajid Javid) Papers subject to Negative Resolution 2 Energy Draft Modifications to the Standard Conditions of Electricity and Gas Supply Licences, the Smart Energy Code, and the Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement (Smart Meters No. 1 of 2021) (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng) 3 Senior Courts of England and Wales Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 849), dated 14 July 2021 (by Act), with an Explanatory 14 Votes and Proceedings: 15 July 2021 No. 35 Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Robert Buckland) Other papers 4 Agricultural Marketing (1) Report on the British Wool Marketing Board Agricultural Marketing Scheme for 2017–18 (by Act) (Secretary George Eustice) (2) Report on the British Wool Marketing Board Agricultural Marketing Schemes for 2019–20 (by Act) (Secretary George Eustice) 5 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain for 2020 (by Act), to be printed (HC 445) (Secretary Priti Patel) 6 Banking Report under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 for the period 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020 (by Act) (John Glen) No.