Llun, 21 Hydref 2024
The Secretary of State was asked—
What discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the potential merits of devolving the power to introduce a Scottish visa scheme.
What steps her Department is taking to tackle fraud and economic crime.
What steps her Department is taking to improve neighbourhood policing.
What steps her Department is taking to tackle criminal gangs facilitating small boat crossings.
What steps her Department is taking to increase public trust and confidence in policing.
What steps her Department is taking to help prevent young people from becoming involved in violent crime.
If she will commission an independent review into the adequacy of legislation on the policing of protests.
If she will increase funding for policing in the London borough of Havering.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing Georgia from her Department’s list of safe countries for removals, in the context of the recent passage of legislation on...
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Foreign Secretary if he will make a statement on the new immigration arrangements between the UK Government and St Helena.
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Jim Shannon presented a Bill to require the continued appointment of a special envoy for freedom of religion or belief and make provision...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Clive Jones presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a ten-year cancer strategy for England; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Christine Jardine presented a Bill to require specified organisations and public bodies to inform children and young people of local,...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Anna Sabine presented a Bill to make fire and rescue authorities statutory consultees for planning applications relating to Battery Energy...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Rachael Maskell presented a Bill to provide for a statutory definition of bullying at work; to make provision relating to bullying at work,...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mark Garnier presented a Bill to make provision about consumer protection in relation to domestic building works; and for connected...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) David Reed presented a Bill to make provision prohibiting the import of hunting trophies into Great Britain. Bill read the First time; to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Emma Foody presented a Bill to make provision about the notice period for termination of funding agreements for secure 16 to 19 Academies;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Steve Race presented a Bill to prohibit the use of animals in medical research; to require the use of non-animal methods for conducting...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Paul Holmes presented a Bill to make provision about the maintenance of registers by local authorities of children in their area who are...
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Helen Whately presented a Bill to prohibit the granting of planning permission in respect of Grade 1 agricultural land; to provide for...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Gregory Stafford presented a Bill to make provision about the misuse of litigation to suppress freedom of speech. Bill read the First time;...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Liz Saville Roberts presented a Bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to place a requirement on employers to take...
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Oliver Ryan presented a Bill to allow for certain civil and family court hearings to be conducted remotely. Bill read the First time; to be...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Caroline Voaden presented a Bill to define the term “green spaces” to include urban parks, neighbourhood areas, and significant...
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Olly Glover presented a Bill to require the Government to set targets for the provision of public services and amenities, having regard to...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Carla Denyer presented a Bill to establish an independent body to operate a national oversight mechanism to monitor recommendations arising...
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Sir Christopher Chope presented a Bill to set maximum time limits within which a bailiff’s warrant of possession appointment date...
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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...
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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 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;...
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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...
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Second Reading
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Employment Rights (Programme) Bill:
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 21 January 2025. (3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to...
(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...
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Chris Elmore.) Question agreed to.
King’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 Employment Rights Bill, it is...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 30 July, be approved.—(Kate Dearden.)...
That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024, which was laid before this House on 2 September, be approved.—(Kate Dearden.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
That the draft Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 5 September, be...
Ordered, That Wendy Morton be a member of the Backbench Business Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Antonia Bance, John Cooper, Sarah Edwards, Sonia Kumar, Alison Griffiths, Gregor Poynton, Matt Western and Rosie Wrighting be members of the Business and Trade Committee....
Ordered, That Mr Bayo Alaba, Mims Davies, Mr James Frith, Dr Rupa Huq, Natasha Irons, Jo Platt, Tom Rutland and Paul Waugh be members of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.—(Jessica...
Ordered, That Mr Calvin Bailey, Alex Baker, Lincoln Jopp, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Jesse Norman, Michelle Scrogham, Fred Thomas and Derek Twigg be members of the Defence Committee.—(Jessica...
Ordered, That Jess Asato, Mrs Sureena Brackenridge, Dr Caroline Johnson, Amanda Martin, Darren Paffey, Mark Sewards, Patrick Spencer and Dr Marie Tidball be members of the Education...
Ordered, That Sir Christopher Chope, Torcuil Crichton, Josh MacAlister, Luke Murphy, Ms Polly Billington, Annaliese Midgley, Ms Julie Minns and Bradley Thomas be members of the Energy Security...
Ordered, That Sarah Bool and Charlie Dewhirst be members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Aphra Brandreth, Dan Carden, Blair McDougall, Matthew Patrick, Claire Hazelgrove, Uma Kumaran, Abtisam Mohamed and Sir John Whittingdale be members of the Foreign Affairs...
Ordered, That Danny Beales, Ben Coleman, Dr Beccy Cooper, Deirdre Costigan, Jen Craft, Josh Fenton-Glynn, Paulette Hamilton, Gregory Stafford and Joe Robertson be members of the Health and Social...
Ordered, That Shaun Davies, Robbie Moore, Chris Murray, Mr Connor Rand, Jake Richards, Margaret Mullane, Joani Reid and Bell Ribeiro-Addy be members of the Home Affairs Committee.—(Jessica...
Ordered, That Mike Amesbury, Lewis Cocking, Chris Curtis, Maya Ellis, Naushabah Khan, Mr Gagan Mohindra, Joe Powell and Sarah Smith be members of the Housing, Communities and Local Government...
Ordered, That Noah Law, Gordon McKee, Sam Rushworth, David Taylor, Laura Kyrke-Smith, Alice Macdonald, David Mundell and David Reed be members of the International Development...
Ordered, That Mr Alex Barros-Curtis, Pam Cox, Linsey Farnsworth, Sir Ashley Fox, Warinder Juss, Mrs Sarah Russell, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Mike Tapp be members of the Justice...
Ordered, That Alicia Kearns and Jerome Mayhew be members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Peter Fortune and Rebecca Paul be members of the Committee of Public Accounts.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Emily Darlington, George Freeman, Dr Allison Gardner, Kit Malthouse, Steve Race, Josh Simons, Dr Lauren Sullivan and Adam Thompson be members of the Science, Innovation and...
Ordered, That Harriet Cross and Jack Rankin be members of the Scottish Affairs Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Katie Lam and Rebecca Smith be members of the Transport Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Dame Harriett Baldwin, Rachel Blake, John Glen, Dame Siobhain McDonagh, Lola McEvoy, Lucy Rigby, Dr Jeevun Sandher and Yuan Yang be members of the Treasury Committee.—(Jessica...
Ordered, That Johanna Baxter, Neil Coyle, Damien Egan, Gill German, Amanda Hack and David Pinto-Duschinsky be members of the Work and Pensions Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Kate Dearden.)
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