Points of Order — House of Commons, 2022-06-20
Topic: Environment
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): 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 will accept private notice of the dates of Second Reading for those Bills; those dates will be minuted accordingly in Hansard and in Votes and Proceedings. I will ask Members presenting individual Bills to name the date for Second Reading in the usual way The first Bill was to be presented by the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), but he is unable, for very good reasons, to be present today, so we will move to the next Bill on the Order Paper Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill 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 emissions in the construction of buildings; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 25 November, and to be printed (Bill 34). Care Bill 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 connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 9 September, and to be printed (Bill 35). Flashing Images Bill 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 read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 3 February 2023, and to be printed (Bill 36). Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees 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 First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February 2023, and to be printed (Bill 37). Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill 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 respect of penalties imposed under pensions dashboards regulations Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 15 July, and to be printed (Bill 38). Firearms Bill 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 an offence in relation to the possession of component parts of ammunition; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 3 March 2023, and to be printed (Bill 39). Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill 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 be read a Second time on Friday 17 March 2023, and to be printed (Bill 40). Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill 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 from pollution, abstraction and other forms of environmental damage; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 17 March 2023, and to be printed (Bill 41). Corporate Homicide Bill 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 corporate homicide; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 18 November, and to be printed (Bill 42). Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) Bill 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 short-term and holiday-let accommodation; to give local authorities the power to issue fines and to remove such licences when safety, noise and nuisance conditions have not been met; to make provision about banning the licensing of such properties in defined geographical areas; to give local authorities the power to vary the rates of local taxes in relation to such properties; to give local authorities the power to restrict the number of days per year for which such properties can be let; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 9 December, and to be printed (Bill 43). Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Amendment) Bill 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 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to extend the right of public access to the countryside, including to woodlands, the Green Belt, waters and more grasslands; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 28 October, and to be printed (Bill 44). Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill 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 Shannon, Sir Desmond Swayne, Mr William Wragg and Sir Jeremy Wright, presented a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 16 September, and to be printed (Bill 45). Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill 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 animals Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 3 February 2023, and to be printed (Bill 46). Public Advocate (No. 2) Bill 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 Carden, Ian Byrne, Paula Barker and Kim Johnson, presented a Bill to establish a public advocate to provide advice to, and act as data controller for, representatives of the deceased after major incidents Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 15 July, and to be printed (Bill 47). Telecommunications Infrastructure (Consultation) Bill 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 relation to the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 18 November, and to be printed (Bill 48). Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill 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 read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 20 January 2023, and to be printed (Bill 49). Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings 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 First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 24 March 2023, and to be printed (Bill 50).