Llun, 20 Mehefin 2022
The Secretary of State was asked—
What plans she has to tackle knife crime and serious violence.
What steps her Department is taking to support people fleeing war in Ukraine.
What steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.
What steps her Department is taking to ensure national security.
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the points-based immigration system on labour shortages.
What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of processing times for visas applied for by people from countries other than Ukraine.
How many and what proportion of passport applications that were received over 10 weeks ago have not yet been processed.
What steps she is taking to help ensure good morale within her Department.
What progress her Department has made in relocating individuals to Rwanda under the migration and economic development partnership.
What progress her Department has made on tackling domestic abuse.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister to make a statement on the UK’s and NATO’s military commitment to Ukraine.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the rail strikes. We are now less than eight hours away from the biggest railway strike since 1989—a strike orchestrated by...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Ahead of last week’s debate considering these strikes, I sought counsel from the Standards Commissioner about the declaration of Member’s...
As the House will be aware, a great many Bills are to be presented today. To save time and get on with today’s main business, when Members are presenting more than one consecutive Bill I...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Jerome Mayhew presented a Bill to require the whole-life carbon emissions of buildings to be reported; to set limits on embodied carbon...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to make provision about meeting the needs of people providing care and of people receiving care; and for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Tom Hunt presented a Bill to make provision for an offence in relation to the sending of flashing images; and for connected purposes. Bill...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Robin Millar presented a Bill to make provision about veterans advisory and pensions committees; and for connected purposes. Bill read the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mary Robinson presented a Bill to make provision about prohibiting the trustees and managers of pension schemes from being indemnified in...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Shaun Bailey presented a Bill to make provision about the regulation of certain rifle ranges and shooting galleries; to make provision for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Layla Moran presented a Bill to make provision in connection with the recognition of the State of Palestine. Bill read the First time; to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sarah Green presented a Bill to provide for a category of protection for chalk streams for the purpose of providing additional protections...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to amend the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to make provision about the offence of...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Rachael Maskell presented a Bill to give local authorities the power to require licences for the conversion of domestic properties into...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Caroline Lucas supported by Sir Peter Bottomley, Clive Lewis, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Ian Byrne and Wera Hobhouse, presented a Bill to amend the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope supported by Hannah Bardell, Mr Peter Bone, Miriam Cates, Philip Davies, Richard Drax, Esther McVey, Nigel Mills, Jim...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Angela Richardson presented a Bill to prohibit the sale and advertising of activities abroad which involve low standards of welfare for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Maria Eagle, supported by Sir George Howarth, Derek Twigg, Alison McGovern, Dame Angela Eagle, Peter Dowd, Bill Esterson, Conor McGinn, Dan...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Dame Diana Johnson, supported by Karl Turner and Emma Hardy, presented a Bill to make provision about mandatory local consultation in...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mark Jenkinson presented a Bill to make provision for the succession of female heirs to hereditary titles; and for connected purposes. Bill...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sarah Olney presented a Bill to make provision to increase the energy performance of buildings; and for connected purposes. Bill read the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Fleur Anderson presented a Bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic; and for connected purposes. Bill read...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Wendy Chamberlain presented a Bill to require the Government to have regard to the desirability of boards of public bodies including at...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Robbie Moore presented a Bill to make provision to enable parliamentary constituency areas to form new unitary local authority areas if...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Nickie Aiken presented a Bill to require employers to allow employees to take time off from work for appointments for fertility treatment;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Anthony Browne presented a Bill to create an offence of killing, injuring or taking hares at certain times of the year. Bill read the First...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Scott Benton presented a Bill to give workers and agency workers the right to request more predictable terms and conditions of work. Bill...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Laura Farris presented a Bill to amend the Sentencing Code to provide for a minimum sentence for cases of manslaughter which are...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Daisy Cooper presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of reinstating the Access to Elected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Giles Watling presented a Bill to make provision about extended collective licensing in relation to copyright and performers' rights; and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Jim Shannon presented a Bill to require the installation of automated external defibrillators in public buildings, sporting facilities,...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to make provision for an application to the Council of Europe to withdraw from the European Convention on...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to abolish the BBC licence fee and make the BBC a subscription service; and for connected purposes. Bill...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to create a Business of the House Commission to regulate the timetabling of business in the House of...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to abolish the Electoral Commission; and for connected purposes. Bill read the First time; to be read a...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to set up a commission to make arrangements for debates between leaders of political parties during a...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to prohibit charging for car parking at NHS Hospitals for patients and visitors; to make provision for NHS...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to make provision for the creation of secure safe houses for children that have been subject to human...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to make provision about penalties for human trafficking offences. Bill read the First time; to be read a...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to impose duties on the Prime Minister relating to accountability to the House of Commons; to require the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to make provision for the carrying out of the functions of the Prime Minister in the event that a Prime...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr Peter Bone presented a Bill to prohibit persons from being registered to vote in Parliamentary elections at more than one address; and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to make provision about workers’ rights; to amend the definition of worker; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to place a duty on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pursue a policy of full employment; to make...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to grant legislative competence for employment matters to the Scottish...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to make provision for asylum seekers to challenge the proportionality of a proposed eviction from...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that applicants for Disability Benefit are given the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to make provision for warnings to be given to benefit claimants before they are given sanctions; and for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to amend the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to provide that a Universal Credit claimant may not be sanctioned for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to grant powers to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of repealing those provisions of...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months for a...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to make provision for national minimum standards in accommodation offered to refugees and asylum seekers;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish annual calculations of benefit and tax credit rates that would...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Chris Stephens presented a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes. Bill read the First time; to be read...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to amend the provisions about pitch fees in the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes....
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes. Bill...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Caroline Lucas, supported by Clive Lewis, Zarah Sultana, Debbie Abrahams, Wera Hobhouse, Nadia Whittome, Claire Hanna, Stephen Farry and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Robbie Moore presented a Bill to make provision about participating in certain court proceedings through live links; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Rachael Maskell presented a Bill to give the monarch powers to remove titles; to provide that such removals can be done by the monarch on...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Gareth Davies presented a Bill to extend eligibility to paternity leave and pay; to make provision for more flexibility in the timing of,...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Gavin Newlands presented a Bill to make provision for safeguards for workers against dismissal and re-engagement on inferior terms and...
Second Reading
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 High Speed Rail (Crewe -...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That in respect of the Motions in the name of Secretary Grant Shapps relating to (1) the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill; and (2) Positions for which...
The five motions on high-speed rail—motions 4 to 8 on the Order Paper—will be debated together. The debate may therefore range over all five motions. I should inform the House that Mr...
(1) Further proceedings on the Bill shall be suspended from the day on which this Session of Parliament ends (“the current Session”) until the next Session of Parliament...
(8) If proceedings on the Bill are resumed in accordance with paragraph 2 but are not completed before the end of Session 2023–24, further proceedings on the Bill shall be suspended from...
(15) In paragraphs (1) and (8) above, references to further proceedings do not include proceedings under Standing Order 224A(8) (deposit of supplementary environmental information). (16) In...
Ordered, That it be an instruction to the Select Committee to which the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill is committed to deal with the Bill as follows— (1) The Committee...
Ordered, That it be an instruction to the Select Committee to which the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill is committed to deal with the Bill as follows: (1) The Committee shall, before...
Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply in respect of the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill:
(1) Further proceedings on the Bill shall be suspended from the day on which this Session of Parliament ends (“the current Session”) until the next Session of Parliament...
(8) If proceedings on the Bill are resumed in accordance with paragraph 2 but are not completed before the end of Session 2023–24, further proceedings on the Bill shall be suspended from...
(15) In paragraphs (1) and (8) above, references to further proceedings do not include proceedings under Standing Order 224A(8) (deposit of supplementary environmental information). (16) In...
Ordered, That the Order of the House of 19 March 2013 (Positions for which additional salaries are payable for the purposes of section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009) be amended,...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 12 May, be approved.—(Amanda Solloway.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
That the draft National Health Service (Integrated Care Boards: Exceptions to Core Responsibility) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 11 May, be approved.—(Amanda...
That the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554), a copy of which was laid before this House on 19 May, be approved.—(Amanda Solloway.) The Deputy Speaker’s...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Solloway.)
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