Thursday, 31 October 2019
The Secretary of State was asked—
What plans her Department has to tackle wildlife crime.
What steps she is taking to prevent animal cruelty.
What recent steps she has taken to support local authorities in reducing air pollution.
What steps she is taking to tackle plastic pollution.
What recent steps her Department has taken to improve air quality.
What plans she has to ensure the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of the proposed Office for Environmental Protection.
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the timeframe for the passage of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill.
What plans her Department has to tackle waste crime.
What steps she is taking to protect chalk streams.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
The right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, was asked—
How frequently the Commission receives reports from the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress the Commission has made on implementing the independent complaints and...
What recent progress the Commission has made on digitising parliamentary processes.
What progress the Church of England has made on holding the companies in which it invests to account on climate change.
The hon. Member for Gainsborough, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, was asked—
What the timeframe is for the publication of the National Audit Office’s progress review on High Speed Two.
What assessment the National Audit Office has made of the potential effect on its work of the UK leaving the EU.
The right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, was asked—
What assessment has been made of the effect of the workload of the Archbishops of (a) Canterbury and (b) York on their ability to carry out their functions effectively; and if she will make a...
What role the Church of England plays in leading community reconciliation processes.
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the effective use of churches in the telecommunications network.
What recent assessment the Church of England has made of trends in the level of thefts from churches.
What assessment the Church of England has made of the potential merits of ending marriages involving 16 and 17-year-olds.
What assessment the Church of England has made of the effectiveness of the use of digital technologies to reach new congregations.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I want to raise a point of order in relation to the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill, which we expect to receive Royal Assent today. The Intelligence and...
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I do not need patience because proceedings in this House are always interesting. But let us now praise famous men. It was a privilege to propose you as Speaker in the 2015...
I beg to move, That this House— (1) approves the First Report of the Committee on Standards, Keith Vaz, HC 93; (2) endorses the recommendations in paragraphs 99 and 101; and (3) accordingly...
As people will speedily see, we move from one subject to another quite quickly, and we now come to the very happy business of the motion on tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain. I have the...
Ordered, That, at this day’s sitting, (1) the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until— (a) any Message from the Lords has been received and any Committee to draw up Reasons which...
We now come to motion No. 4 on Northern Ireland. It says in the dossier “Minister to move”, but we have an upgrade, as the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, observes from a...
Before I invite the Minister to move the motion to approve these regulations, I should inform the House that the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments considered them at its meeting yesterday...
I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that Her Majesty has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019...
We come now to a series of motions that I think we should take separately, for reasons that will become obvious. Before I invite a Whip to move motion 6, which is the first in the sequence, I...
That the draft Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (Amendments to Chapter 2A of Part 5) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 October, be approved.—(Leo...
That the draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 October, be approved.—(Leo Docherty.)
That the draft Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 22 July 2019, in the last...
That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 22 July 2019, in the last Session of Parliament, be...
That the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1308), dated 7 October 2019, a copy of which was laid...
That the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1313), dated 7 October 2019, a copy of which was laid...
Mr Speaker, may I briefly pay tribute to your diligent stewardship of the House in the nine years or so that I have been here and to all you have done to modernise the procedures of this place,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Leo Docherty.)
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