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No. 28 1 House of Commons Tuesday 19 July 2016 Votes and Proceedings The House met at 11.30 am. PRAYERS. 1 Speaker’s Statement: Resignation of the Chairs of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and of the Science and Technology Committee 2 Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 3 Urgent Question: Turkey (Sir Alan Duncan) 4 Income Tax (Non-Military Expenditure): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23) Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a bill to require HM Commissioners of Revenue and Customs to record income tax revenues where the payee self-certifies as holding a conscientious objection to public spending on defence purposes and report to Parliament thereon; to place a duty on HM Treasury to take account of the amount and proportion of such self-certified income tax income in preparing the supply estimates; and for connected purposes; That Ruth Cadbury, Mr Virendra Sharma, Mr Roger Godsiff, Alan Brown, Caroline Lucas, Michelle Thomson, Hywel Williams, Martyn Day, Kate Green and Liz Saville Roberts present the Bill. Ruth Cadbury accordingly presented the Bill. Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 2 December, and to be printed (Bill 54). 5 Higher Education and Research Bill: Second Reading Motion made and Question put, That the Higher Education and Research Bill be now read a second time. The House divided. Division No. 47. Ayes: 294 (Tellers: Guy Opperman, Mr Robert Syms). Noes: 258 (Tellers: Sue Hayman, Jeff Smith). Question accordingly agreed to and Bill read a second time. 6 Higher Education and Research Bill (Programme) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Higher Education and Research Bill: Committal (1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. 2 Votes and Proceedings: 19 July 2016 No. 28 Proceedings in Public Bill Committee (2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 13 October 2016. (3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets. Proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading (4) Proceedings on Consideration and proceedings in legislative grand committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on Consideration are commenced. (5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading. Other proceedings (7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. 7 Higher Education and Research Bill (Money) Queen’s Recommendation signified. Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Higher Education and Research Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of: (1) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State; and (2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. 8 Higher Education and Research Bill (Ways and Means) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Higher Education and Research Bill, it is expedient to authorise: (1) the charging of fees payable by registered higher education providers and other institutions under the Act; and (2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. 9 Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval (1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016, which were laid before this House on 13 June, be approved.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. (2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2016, which was laid before this House on 14 June, be approved.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. No. 28 Votes and Proceedings: 19 July 2016 3 (3) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Carbon Budget Order 2016, which was laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.— (Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. (4) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2016, which was laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.—(Christopher Pincher.) The Speaker’s opinion as to the decision of the Question was challenged. Division deferred until tomorrow (Standing Order No. 41A). (5) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016, which were laid before this House on 4 July, be approved.—(Christopher Pincher.) Question agreed to. 10 Adjournment Subject: Cockling in the Dee Estuary (Margaret Greenwood). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Christopher Pincher.) Adjourned at 7.45 pm until tomorrow. _________________ Other proceedings General Committees: Reports 11 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee James Gray (Chair) reported the draft Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016. 12 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee Sir Alan Meale (Chair) reported the draft Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016. 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). 13 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016) Members: Nigel Adams and James Wharton discharged and Mr Alan Mak and Andrew Percy nominated in substitution. 14 Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016) Members: Andrea Leadsom, Mrs Sheryll Murray, Julian Smith and Maggie Throup discharged and James Berry, Mr Nick Hurd, Christopher Pincher and Mary Robinson nominated in substitution. 4 Votes and Proceedings: 19 July 2016 No. 28 15 Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2016 (S.I., 2016, No. 650)) Members: Karen Bradley and Charlie Elphicke discharged and Andrew Griffiths and Sarah Newton nominated in substitution. Reports from Select Committees 16 Backbench Business Committee Determination of business to be taken on 8 September in the Chamber and 8 and 15 September in Westminster Hall, with annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 July, to be published (Ian Mearns). 17 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (1) Working practices at Sports Direct: (i) Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 219); (ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 219); (2) Pubs Code Adjudicator: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 601) (Mr Iain Wright). 18 Culture, Media and Sport Committee BBC White Paper and other issues: Written evidence, to be published (HC 150) (Damian Collins). 19 Defence Committee (1) Warsaw NATO summit and Chilcot Report: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 579); (2) Naval Procurement: Type 26 and Type 45: Written evidence, to be published (HC 221) (Dr Julian Lewis). 20 Education Committee and Work and Pensions Committee Foundation years and the Government’s life chances strategy: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 60) (Neil Carmichael). 21 Foreign Affairs Committee (1) Equipping the Government for Brexit: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 431); (2) Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Estimate 2016–17: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Political Islam: Written evidence, to be published (HC 118); (4) List of informal meetings held by the Committee between 7 September 2015 and 11 May 2016, to be published (Crispin Blunt). 22 Health Committee (1) NHS current issues 2016: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 299); (2) Professional Standards Authority: Written evidence, to be published (HC 301) (Dr Sarah Wollaston). No. 28 Votes and Proceedings: 19 July 2016 5 23 Home Affairs Committee (1) The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q1 2016): (i) Sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 151); (ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 151); (2) Migration crisis: Seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 24); (3) Radicalisation: the counter-narrative and identifying the tipping point: Eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 135) (Keith Vaz). 24 International Development Committee DFID’s programme in Nigeria: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 110) (Stephen