Points of Order — House of Commons, 2017-07-19
Topic: Immigration
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Friday 19 January is a splendid day—it is my birthday Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Tim Loughton, supported by Mr Graham Brady, Dame Caroline Spelman, Mrs Anne Main, Frank Field, Heidi Allen, Caroline Lucas and Antoinette Sandbach, presented a Bill to provide that opposite sex couples may enter a civil partnership; to make provision about the registration of the names of the mother of each party to a marriage or civil partnership; to make provision about the registration of stillborn deaths; to give coroners the power to investigate stillborn deaths; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 2 February 2018, and to be printed (Bill 11). Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Mr Geoffrey Robinson, supported by Paul Flynn, Sir Vince Cable, Caroline Lucas, Michael Fabricant, Liz Saville Roberts, Dr Philippa Whitford, Kate Green, Sir Oliver Letwin, Jim Shannon, Angela Rayner and Crispin Blunt, presented a Bill to enable persons in England to withhold consent for organ donation and transplantation; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 23 February 2018, and to be printed (Bill 12). Refugees (Family Reunion) (No. 2) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Angus Brendan MacNeil, supported by Stephen Twigg, Robert Neill, Stuart C. McDonald, Tulip Siddiq, Tim Farron, Jim Shannon, Caroline Lucas, Anna Soubry, Ian Blackford, Stella Creasy and Hywel Williams, presented a Bill to make provision for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to be granted to the family members of refugees and of people granted humanitarian protection; to provide for legal aid to be made available for such family reunion cases; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 16 March 2018, and to be printed (Bill 13). Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Kevin Hollinrake, supported by Will Quince, Sir Nicholas Soames, Craig Tracey, Carolyn Harris, Antoinette Sandbach, Jeremy Quin, Huw Merriman, Victoria Prentis, Diana Johnson and Rebecca Pow, presented a Bill to make provision about leave and pay for employees whose children have died Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 20 October, and to be printed (Bill 14). Representation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement and Education) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Vicky Foxcroft, on behalf of Jim McMahon, supported by Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson, Peter Kyle, Diana Johnson, Lucy Powell, Sir Peter Bottomley, Stephen Gethins, Jo Swinson, Jonathan Edwards and Caroline Lucas, presented a Bill to reduce the voting age to 16 in parliamentary and other elections; to make provision about young people’s education in citizenship and the constitution; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 3 November, and to be printed (Bill 15). Overseas Electors Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Glyn Davies presented a Bill to make provision extending the basis on which British citizens outside the UK qualify to participate in parliamentary elections; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 23 February 2018, and to be printed (Bill 16). Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Sir Greg Knight, supported by Kevin Brennan, Pete Wishart, Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg, Daniel Zeichner and Graham Jones, presented a Bill to make provision for and in connection with a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 2 February 2018, and to be printed (Bill 17).