Liaison Committee (Membership)
Ordered,
That—
(1) With effect for the current Parliament, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), the Members elected by the House or otherwise chosen to be chairs of each of the select committees listed in paragraph (2) shall each be a member of the Liaison Committee;
(2) The committees to which paragraph (1) applies are:
Administration;
Backbench Business;
Business and Trade;
Culture, Media and Sport;
Defence;
Education;
Energy Security and Net Zero;
Environmental Audit;
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
Finance;
Foreign Affairs;
Health and Social Care;
Home Affairs;
Housing, Communities and Local Government;
Human Rights (Joint Committee) (the chair being a Member of this House);
International Development;
Justice;
Northern Ireland Affairs;
Petitions;
Privileges (the chair not being the chair of the Committee on Standards);
Procedure;
Public Accounts;
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs;
Science, Innovation and Technology;
Scottish Affairs;
Selection;
Standards;
Statutory Instruments;
Transport;
Treasury;
Welsh Affairs;
Women and Equalities; and
Work and Pensions.—(Chris Elmore.)
House of Commons Commission
Resolved,
That—
(1) in pursuance of section 1(2)(d) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, Steve Barclay be appointed to the House of Commons Commission in place of Sharon Hodgson, and
(2) in pursuance of section 1(2B) of that Act, the appointment of Catherine Ward as an external member of the Commission be extended to 31 December 2025.—(Chris Elmore.)
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Companies
That the draft Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 31 October, be approved.—(Gerald Jones.)
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Electricity
That the draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 28 October, be approved.—(Gerald Jones.)
Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Trade
That the draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 28 October, be approved.—(Gerald Jones.)
The Deputy Speaker’s opinion as to the decision of the Question being challenged, the Division was deferred until Wednesday 11 December (Standing Order No. 41A).
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),
Environmental Protection
That the draft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 8 October, be approved.—(Gerald Jones.)
Question agreed to.