Delegated Legislation

John Bercow Excerpts

Tuesday 20th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

With the leave of the House, I propose to take motions 6 to 17 together.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),

Legal Services

That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions)(General Council of the Bar) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 19 December 2017, be approved.

That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (General Council of the Bar) (Modification of Functions) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 19 December 2017, be approved.

Representation of the People

That the draft Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 19 December 2017, be approved.

That the draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 19 December 2017, be approved.

That the draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 19 December 2017, be approved.

Social Security

That the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 15 January, be approved.

That the draft Tax Credits and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating etc. Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 15 January, be approved.

Criminal Law

That the draft Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 11 January, be approved.

Soft Drinks Industry Levy

That the draft Soft Drinks Industry Levy (Enforcement) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 15 January, be approved.

Terms and Conditions of Employment

That the draft Seafarers (Insolvency, Collective Redundancies and Information and Consultation Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 15 January, be approved.

Criminal Law

That the draft Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 19 January, be approved.

Digital Economy

That the draft Proposal for Designation of an Age-Verification Regulator, which was laid before this House on 14 December 2017, be approved.—(Wendy Morton.)

Question agreed to.

Standing Orders Etc. (Departmental Nomenclature)

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No.9(6)),

That the following Orders, changes to Standing Orders and amendments to Resolutions of the House be made:

A: Select Committees Related to Government Departments

(1) That Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended in the appropriate places in the Table in paragraph (2) as follows:

(i) by inserting “Housing,” before “Communities and Local Government” in the first column, and by leaving out “Department for” and inserting “Ministry of Housing,” in the second column, and

(ii) by inserting “and Social Care” after “Health” in each place it occurs.

B. European Committees

(2) That the Table in paragraph (7) of Standing Order No. 119 (European Committees) be amended as follows:

(i) in respect of European Committee A, by inserting “Housing,” before “Communities and Local Government”, and

(ii) in respect of European Committee C, by inserting “and Social Care” after “Health”.

C: Planning: National Policy Statements

(3) That paragraph (7)(a)(i) of Standing Order No. 145 (Liaison Committee) be amended by inserting “Housing,” before “Communities and Local Government”

(4) That paragraph (2)(a) of Standing Order No. 152H (Planning: national policy statements) be amended by inserting by inserting “Housing,” before “Communities and Local Government”

D: Liaison Committee

(5) That the Resolution of the House of 6 November 2017 (Liaison Committee: membership) be amended, by inserting “Housing,” before “Communities and Local Government”, and by inserting “and Social Care” after “Health”.

E: Related Provisions

(6) That all proceedings of the House and of its select committees relating to the Communities and Local Government Committee done before the passage of the Order this day (Standing Orders etc. (Departmental Nomenclature) (Select Committees related to Government Departments)) shall be read and have effect as if they had been done in relation to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.

(7) That all proceedings of the House and of its select committees relating to the Health Committee done before the passage of the Order this day (Standing Orders etc. (Departmental Nomenclature) (Select Committees related to Government Departments)) shall be read and have effect as if they had been done in relation to the Health and Social Care Committee.

(8) That all proceedings of the House and of its select committees relating to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee done before the passage of the Order of 12 September 2017 (Standing Orders etc. (Departmental Nomenclature) (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Select Committees related to Government Departments)) shall be read and have effect as if they had been done in relation to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.—(Wendy Morton.)

Question agreed to.

Committees

[Mr Speaker]

With the leave of the House, we will take motions 19 to 24 together.

Ordered,

Foreign Affairs Committee

That Ms Nusrat Ghani and Nadhim Zahawi be discharged from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Priti Patel and Mr Bob Seely be added.

Health and Social Care Committee

That Dr Caroline Johnson and Maggie Throup be discharged from the Health and Social Care Committee and Derek Thomas and Martin Vickers be added.

Home Affairs Committee

That Will Quince be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Kirstene Hair be added.

Committee of Public Accounts

That Heidi Allen and Nigel Mills be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Anne Marie Morris and Lee Rowley be added.

Treasury Committee

That Kit Malthouse be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Mr Simon Clarke be added.

Work and Pensions Committee

That Chris Green be discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee and Nigel Mills be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We will come in a moment to the petition to be presented by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy), so I will repeat the point that I ordinarily make: if, unaccountably, there are Members who do not wish to listen to the presentation of this petition, I hope they will leave the Chamber quickly and quietly, so that the rest of us can enjoy the mellifluous tones of the hon. Lady.