Thursday 17 December 2020 Order Paper No.151: Part 1 SUMMARY AGENDA: CHAMBER 9.30am Prayers Afterwards Oral Questions: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office † 10.30am Business Question † Afterwards Ministerial Statements, including on: Covid-19 update (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) † Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) † No debate Adjournment (Christmas) (Motion) No debate Telecommunications (Security) Bill: Programme (No.2) (Motion) 2 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 Until any Business of the House (Today) hour* (Motion) (*if the 5.00pm Business of the House motion is agreed to) Until General Debate: Matters to be 5.00pm raised before the forthcoming adjournment No debate Presentation of Public Petitions Until Adjournment Debate: Distribution 5.30pm or of free sanitary products to schools for half an (Ruth Cadbury) hour † Virtual participation in proceedings WESTMINSTER HALL 1.30pm Future of fairs and showgrounds 3.00pm UK hydrogen economy Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS PART 1: BUSINESS TODAY 5 Chamber 10 Westminster Hall 11 Written Statements 15 Committees Meeting Today 20 Committee Reports Published Today 21 Announcements 25 Further Information PART 2: FUTURE BUSINESS 30 A. Calendar of Business Notes: Item marked [R] indicates that a member has declared a relevant interest. Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 5 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER BUSINESS TODAY: CHAMBER Virtual participation in proceedings will commence after Prayers. 9.30am Prayers Followed by QUESTIONS 1. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. STATEMENTS Business Question to the Leader of the House Ministerial Statements, including Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on covid-19 update and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 6 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. Virtual participation in proceedings will conclude after Ministerial Statements. BUSINESS OF THE DAY 1. ADJOURNMENT (CHRISTMAS) No debate (Standing Order No. 25) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn until Tuesday 5 January 2021. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS (SECURITY) BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 2) No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7)) Matt Warman That the Order of 30 November 2020 (Telecommunications (Security) Bill: Programme) be varied as follows: Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 7 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER In paragraph (2) of the Order (conclusion of proceedings in Public Bill Committee), for “Tuesday 19 January” substitute “Thursday 28 January”. 3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (TODAY) Until any hour (if the 5.00pm Business of the House motion is agreed to) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg That, at this day’s sitting, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until he has notified the Royal Assent to any Act agreed upon by both Houses. BUSINESS TO BE TAKEN AT 5.00PM BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE No debate (Standing Order No.15) The Prime Minister That, at this day’s sitting, proceedings on the motion in the name of Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg relating to Business of the House (Today) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour, 8 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply. BUSINESS OF THE DAY 4. MATTERS TO BE RAISED BEFORE THE FORTHCOMING ADJOURNMENT Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3)) The Prime Minister That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153) Preserving Piles Coppice Wood: Zarah Sultana Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 9 BUSINESS TOday: CHAMBER ADJOURNMENT DEBATE Until 5.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7)) Distribution of free sanitary products to schools: Ruth Cadbury 10 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 BUSINESS TOday: WESTMINSTER HALL BUSINESS TODAY: WESTMINSTER HALL ORDER OF BUSINESS The sitting will last for up to three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)) The call list for Members participating is available on the House of Commons business papers pages. 1.30pm That this House has considered the future of fairs and showgrounds: David Linden 3.00pm That this House has considered the UK hydrogen economy: Alexander Stafford Notes: The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sittings will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)). Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 11 WRITTEN Statements WRITTEN STATEMENTS STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY Attorney General 1. Update: Publication of the Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure and the Criminal Procedure Investigations Act 1996 Code of Practice Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office 2. Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee 3. State of the Estate in 2019-20 4. The 2025 UK Border Strategy The Chancellor of the Exchequer 5. Bilateral loan to Ireland under the Loans to Ireland Act 2010 6. Contingencies Fund advance 7. Economy update 12 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 WRITTEN Statements 8. Financial Services Update 9. National Risk Assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing in the UK 10. Tax exemptions: Employer-reimbursed coronavirus antigen tests, and easement for employer-provided cycles exemption 11. Treasury Update 12. Updating the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 13. Update on the UK Internal Market (UKIM) Bill Secretary of State for Defence 14. Future Nuclear Deterrent Annual Update 2020 Secretary of State for Education 15. Education Updates Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 16. Covid-19 Update Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 13 WRITTEN Statements 17. DHSC Contingencies Fund Advance 18. Update on Reciprocal Healthcare Arrangements Secretary of State for the Home Department 19. Provisional Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2021/22 Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government 20. Building Safety Update 21. Local government update Secretary of State for Justice 22. Government response to independent review of terrorist supervision 23. Judicial Conduct Investigations Office Annual Report 2019–2020 Secretary of State for Transport 24. Contingencies Fund Advance Prime Minister 14 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 WRITTEN Statements 25. Machinery of Government Change Notes: Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at https:// questions-statements.parliament.uk/ . Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 15 COMMITTEES MEETING TOday COMMITTEES MEETING TODAY Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https:// www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons Some committee members and witnesses might now physically attend meetings, however, there is no public access at present. SELECT COMMITTEES Home Affairs Committee Room 7 8.45am (private) Home Affairs Committee Subject: UK-EU security co-operation Witnesses: 9.30am: Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Martin, Lead for Brexit, National Police Chiefs Council; Steve Rodhouse, Director General Operations, National Crime Agency 16 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 COMMITTEES MEETING TOday Room 5 9.00am (private), 9.30am (public), 11.00am (private) Public Accounts Committee Subject: Covid-19: the free schools meals voucher scheme Witnesses: 10.00am: Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education; Johann Vaucanson, CEO, Edenred UK; Sarah Lewis, Director for Early Years and Schools Strategy, Department for Education The Wilson Room, Portcullis House 9.15am (private), 10.00am (public) Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union Subject: Progress of the negotiations on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU Virtual meeting 10.30am (private) Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 17 COMMITTEES MEETING TOday Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Virtual meeting 11.00am (private) Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union Subject: Progress of the negotiations on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU Witnesses: 2.00pm: Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House 2.00pm (public) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee The Wilson Room, Portcullis House 2.00pm (private) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation 18 Thursday 17 December 2020 OP No.151: Part 1 COMMITTEES MEETING TOday Subject: Anti-vaccination disinformation Witnesses: 2.30pm: Iain Bundred, Head of UK & Ireland Public Policy YouTube; Theo Bertram, Director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa Government Relations and Public Policy, TikTok; Rebecca Stimson, UK Head of Public Policy, Facebook 3.30pm: Sarah Connolly, Director, Security and Online Harms, and Thomas Rodden, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture,