Business without Debate

Delegated Legislation

With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 2 and 3 together.

Constitutional Law

That the draft Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Corporate Joint Committees) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 23 February, be approved.

Income Tax

That the draft Major Sporting Events (Income Tax Exemption) (Women’s Finalissima Football Match) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 6 March, be approved.—(Fay Jones.)

With the leave of the House, we shall now take motions 4, 5, 6 and 7 together.

The Speaker’s Absence

That the Speaker have leave of absence on Wednesday 29 March to attend the funeral of the Right Honourable the Baroness Boothroyd, former Speaker of this House.

Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government Changes)

That, with effect from 26 April, the following amendments and related provisions be made in respect of Standing Orders:

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

(i) leave out items 10 and 14;

(ii) insert, in the appropriate place, the following items:

(iii) in item 1, by leaving out “Energy and Industrial Strategy” in each place it occurs and inserting “and Trade”; and

(iv) in item 3, leave out “Digital, Culture, Media and Sport” in each place it occurs and inserting “Culture, Media and Sport”.

(2) That all proceedings of the House and of its select committees in this Parliament, including for the purposes of calculating any period under Standing Order No. 122A (Term limits for chairs of select committees)—

I can now announce the arrangements for the election of the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. Nominations will close at 5 pm on Monday 24 April. Nomination forms will be available from the Vote Office, Table Office and Public Bill Office, and online. Following the House’s decision today, only Members of the Scottish National party may be candidates.

Nominations must be accompanied by the physical signatures of five Members elected to the House as members of the Scottish National party. Nominations may also be accompanied by the signatures of up to five Members elected to the House as members of any other party or of no party. Nomination forms should be handed in to the Public Bill Office or the Table Office on days when the House is sitting. If there is more than one candidate, the ballot will take place on Wednesday 26 April, from 11 am to 2.30 pm in the Aye Lobby.

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission

That Mr Nicholas Brown be discharged as a member of the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission and Mrs Sharon Hodgson be confirmed as a member under Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019.—(Penny Mordaunt.)