No House of Commons. Tuesday 12 June Votes and Proceedings. The House met at 2.30 pm.

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1 No House of Commons Tuesday 12 June 2012 Votes and Proceedings PRAYERS. The House met at 2.30 pm. 1 Private Bills [Lords]: London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business) Motion made, That the promoters of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords], which was originally introduced in the House of Lords in Session on 22 January 2008, may have leave to proceed with the Bill in the current Session according to the provisions of Standing Order 188B (Revival of bills). (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) Business deferred until Tuesday 19 June. 2 Private Bills: Canterbury City Council Bill: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business) Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the Canterbury City Council Bill be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 3 Private Bills: Leeds City Council Bill: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business) Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the Leeds City Council Bill be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 4 Private Bills: Nottingham City Council Bill: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business) Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the Nottingham City Council Bill be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 5 Private Bills: Reading Borough Council Bill: Revival Motion (Standing Order 188B relating to Private Business) Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the Reading Borough Council Bill be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.)

2 78 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June 2012 No Private Bills [Lords] (Revival): City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords] Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords] be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 7 Private Bills [Lords] (Revival): City of Westminster Bill [Lords] Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the City of W estminster Bill [Lords] be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 8 Private Bills [Lords] (Revival): Transport for London Bill [Lords] Motion made, That so much of the Lords Message (21 May) as relates to the Transport for London Bill [ Lords] be now considered. (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.) 9 Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 10 Defamation Bill: Second Reading Bill read a second time. 11 Defamation Bill (Programme) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Defamation Bill: Committal 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. 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 Tuesday 26 June The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets. Consideration and Third Reading 4. Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings 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 Third Reading. Other proceedings

3 No. 12 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June 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. (Stephen Crabb.) Question agreed to. 12 Proceeds of Crime Resolved, That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 7641/12 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime in the European Union; and supports the Government s intention to not opt-in under Protocol (No. 21) to the European Union Treaties at this stage. (James Brokenshire.) 13 Backbench Business Committee Ordered, That Mr David Amess, Mr David Anderson, Bob Blackman, Jane Ellison, John Hemming, Mr Marcus Jones and Ian Mearns be members of the Backbench Business Committee. (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.) 14 Delegated Legislation Ordered, That the Motion in the name of Sir George Young relating to the Electoral Commission shall be treated as if it related to an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees) in respect of which notice of a motion has been given that the instrument be approved. (Mr Philip Dunne.) 15 Sittings of the House (21 June) Motion made, That, at the sitting on Thursday 21 June (1) the House shall meet at 9.30 am, and will first proceed with any private business, petitions, and motions for unopposed returns; (2) Sta nding Order No. 9 (Sittings of the House) shall apply to the sitting on that day with (a) the omission of paragraph (1) and of the proviso to paragraph (7); and (b) the insertion of references to 2.30 pm as the moment of interruption; (3) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business), no opposed business shall be taken after the moment of interruption; (4) no questions shall be taken, save as provided in paragraph (5) below; (5) at am the Speaker may interrupt the proceedings in order to permit questions to be asked which are in his opinion of an urgent character and relate either to matters of public importance or to the arrangement of business, statements to be made by Ministers, or personal explanations to be made by Members; (6) if the House is in committee at am, and the Speaker s intention to permit such questions, statements or explanations has been made known, the occupant of the chair shall leave the chair without putting any question, and report that the committee has made progress and ask leave to sit again; (7) the proviso to paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of general committees) shall not apply; (8) no general committees shall meet after 2.30 pm; (9) when a substantive motion for the adjournment of the House has been made by a Minister of the Crown, the Speaker shall put the question forthwith; and (10) there shall be no sitting in Westminster Hall. (Mr Philip Dunne.) Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

4 80 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June 2012 No Public Petitions A Public Petition from residents of Brafferton relating to Rural transport (Brafferton, Darlington) was presented and read by Phil Wilson. A Public Petition from Deborah Bowler relating to Dangerous dogs was presented and read by Jacob Rees-Mogg. 17 Adjournment Subject: Future of the Port of Dover (Charlie Elphicke). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn. (Mr Philip Dunne.) Other proceedings General Committees: Reports Adjourned at pm until tomorrow. 18 First Delegated Legislation Committee Martin Caton (Chair) reported the Motion in the name of Mr Peter Lilley relating to the House of Commons Members Fund. 19 Second Delegated Legislation Committee Sandra Osborne (Chair) reported the draft Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order Third Delegated Legislation Committee Mr Lee Scott (Chair) reported the draft Community Right to Challenge (Fire and Rescue Authorities and Rejection of Expressions of Interest) (England) Regulations 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). 21 First Delegated Legislation Committee (Motion in the name of Mr Peter Lilley relating to the House of Commons Members Fund) Members: Mr Brian H. Donohoe and Mr Geoffrey Robinson discharged and Mr Clive Betts and Tristram Hunt nominated in substitution. 22 Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (Draft Infrastructure Planning (Waste Water Transfer and Storage) Order 2012) Members: Dan Rogerson discharged and Mr David Ward nominated in substitution. Reports from Select Committees 23 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (1) Debt Management: Responses to the Committee s 14th Report of Session : First Special Report, to be printed (HC 301); (2) Government reform of Higher Education: Government Response to the Committee s 12th Report of Session : Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 286);

5 No. 12 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June (3) Government reform of Higher Education: Follow-up: Evidence, to be printed (HC 274- i); (4) Post Office Network Transformation: Written evidence, to be published; (5) Apprenticeships: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Adrian Bailey). 24 Culture, Media and Sport Committee Gambling: Written evidence, to be published (Mr John Whittingdale). 25 Education Committee (1) The administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England: Tenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report, and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 23 November 2011 and 29 February 2012, in the previous session of Parliament. and 16 May (HC 141-I and -II); (2) The child protection system in England: Evidence, to be printed (HC 137-iii) (Mr Graham Stuart). 26 Energy and Climate Change Committee (1) Draft Energy Bill: (i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 275-i); (2) Correspondence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the EU Emissions Trading System: Written evidence, to be published; (3) The road to UNFCCC COP 18 and beyond: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Tim Yeo). 27 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (1) Moratorium on Desinewed Meat: (i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 120-ii); (2) Ofwat s Supplementary Estimate : Written evidence, to be published (Miss Anne McIntosh). 28 Environmental Audit Committee (1) The Rio+20 Summit: Evidence, to be printed (HC 172-i); (2) Wildlife Crime: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Sustainable Development follow-up: Written evidence, to be published (Joan Walley) 29 Foreign Affairs Committee (1) The role and future of the Commonwealth: (i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 114-i); (2) The FCO s human rights work in 2011: Written evidence, to be published; (3) The Future of the European Union: UK Government policy: Written evidence, to be published

6 82 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June 2012 No. 12 (Richard Ottaway). 30 Health Committee Government s Alcohol Strategy: (1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 132-ii); (2) Written evidence, to be published (Mr Stephen Dorrell). 31 Home Affairs Committee (1) The work of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre: Evidence, to be printed (HC 182-i); (2) The work of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police: Written evidence, to be published; (3) The work of the UK Border Agency and Border Force: Written evidence, to be published (Keith Vaz). 32 Human Rights (Joint Committee on) Legislative Scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published (Dr Hywel Francis). 33 Public Accounts (Committee of) Management of adult diabetes in the NHS: (1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 288-i); (2) Written evidence, to be published (Margaret Hodge). 34 Pu blic Administration (Select Committee on) (1) Special Advisers: (i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 134-i); (2) Honours System: Written evidence, to be published (Mr Bernard Jenkin). 35 Scottish Affairs Committee Blacklisting in Employment: Evidence, to be printed (HC 156-ii) (Mr Ian Davidson). 36 Transport Committee (1) Low Carbon Vehicles: (i) Evidence, to be printed (HC 239-i); (2) Competition in the local bus market: Written evidence, to be published; (3) Rail 2020: Written evidence, to be published (Mrs Louise Ellman). 37 Treasury Committee Corporate governance and remuneration in the financial services sector: Evidence, to be printed (HC 72-ii) (Mr Andrew Tyrie).

7 No. 12 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June Welsh Affairs Committee Cross-border Road and Rail Connectivity: (1) Evidence, to be printed (HC 95-i); (2) Written evidence, to be published (David T.C. Davies) The Speaker will take the Chair at 2.30 pm. John Bercow Speaker Sitting in Westminster Hall No. 4 The sitting began at 9.30 am. Adjournment Subjects: Interoperability between the emergency services (Mark Pawsey). Homelessness (Ms Karen Buck). Homophobic bullying in schools (Iain Stewart). Food crisis in the Sahel (Tony Cunningham). Rail infrastructure in Merseyside and the surrounding area (Alison McGovern). Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned. (James Brokenshire.) Adjourned at 1.58 pm until tomorrow. Lindsay Hoyle Deputy Speaker Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution: APPENDIX Papers presented or laid upon the Table: 1 Local Government Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Deputy Prime Minister).

8 84 Votes and Proceedings: 12 June 2012 No. 12 Other Papers: 2 Dentists Report and Accounts of the General Dental Council for 2011, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act); to be printed (HC 136) (Mr Secretary Lansley). 3 Local Government Local Government Financial Statistics: England (No. 22) for 2012 (by Act) (Secretary Eric Pickles). 4 Medicines Reports of Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies for 2011 (by Act) (Mr Secretary Lansley). 5 National Audit Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Communities and Local Government: Central government s communication and engagement with local government (by Act); to be printed (HC 187) (Clerk of the House). 6 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Third Report from the Speaker s Committee, 2012, on Re-appointment of Electoral Commissioners (by Act); to be printed (HC 201) (The Speaker).