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Backbench Business Committee: Formal Minutes 2017–19

House of Commons

Backbench Business Committee

Formal Minutes of the Committee

Session 2017-19


The Backbench Business Committee

The Backbench Business Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to determine the backbench business to be taken

in the House and Westminster Hall on days, or parts of days, allotted for backbench business.

Current membership

Ian Mearns (Labour, Gateshead) (Chair)

Bob Blackman (Conservative, Harrow East)

Colin Clark (Conservative, Gordon)

Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party, North Ayrshire and Arran)

Nigel Mills (Conservative, Amber Valley)

Jess Phillips (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley)

Alex Sobel (Labour Co-op, Leeds North West)

William Wragg (Conservative, Hazel Grove)

The following Members were members of the Committee during the Parliament:

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire, Conservative)

Rehman Chishti (Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham)

Robert Courts (Conservative, Witney)

Powers

The Committee is established under Standing Order No 152J to determine the backbench business to be taken in the House

and in Westminster Hall on days, or parts of days, allotted for backbench business. The powers of select committees are set out

in House of Commons Standing Orders, which are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk.

Publications

All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/bbcom.

Committee staff

The current staff of the Committee are Gini Griffin (Second Clerk), Sarah Hartwell-Naguib (Clerk), Catherine Meredith (Second

Clerk), Lorcan O’Donoghue (Senior Media Officer) and Amira Shariif Ali (Committee Assistant).

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Backbench Business Committee, Table Office, House of Commons,

London SW1 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1881; the Committee’s email address is

[email protected].

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Formal Minutes of the Backbench Business Committee

TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2017

Members present:

Ian Mearns, in the Chair

Bob Blackman Rehman Chishti

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel

1. Declaration of interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. General discussion on the Committee’s working practices The Committee considered this matter. Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the Committee orders otherwise.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 10 October at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017

Members present:


Bob Blackman Alex Sobel

Jess Phillips

William Wragg

1. Declaration of interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Rt hon Sir Kevin Barron: Tobacco control plan • Steve McCabe: Childhood oral health • Simon Clarke: Carbon capture and storage • Stuart McDonald: HMRC office closures • Marcus Fysh: The Government’s review of defence capability • Norman Lamb: Valproate and Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome • Rushanara Ali and Anne Main: The persecution of the Rohingya by the Myanmar

Government 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 17 and 19 October in the Chamber and 24 October in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 10 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Robert Courts

Jess Phillips

William Wragg

Alex Sobel

Patricia Gibson

1. Declaration of interests Robert Courts declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Sheryll Murray and Alistair Carmichael: UK fishing industry • Richard Courts: 100th Anniversary of the Air Force Constitution Act 1917 • Jim Shannon and Alistair Carmichael: International Freedom of Religion or Belief

Day • Vernon Coaker, Dame Caroline Spelman, Jim Shannon and Jeremy Lefroy:

Implementation of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 • Tim Farron and Andy Slaughter: Calais and unaccompanied child refugees in Europe • Diana Johnson and Andrew Percy: Transport in the North • Nick Herbert and Crispin Blunt: Global LGBT rights • Caroline Lucas and Ronnie Cowan: United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of

Nuclear Weapons 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 26 October in the Chamber and 26, 29 and 31 October in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 17 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Chris Davies

William Wragg

Alex Sobel

1. Declaration of interests Chris Davies declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Maria Miller: Sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools • Stephen Kinnock, Anna Soubry and Heidi Alexander: British membership of the

European Economic Area • Heidi Allen, Wera Hobhouse and Kevan Jones: Mental health and suicide within the

autism community • Siobhain McDonagh: Temporary Accommodation • Christian Matheson: Tolls on the Mersey crossing

3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 2 November in the Chamber and 2 November in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 24 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Chris Davies

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel

Jess Phillips

1. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Ruth Smeeth and Robert Courts: Defence aerospace industrial strategy • Julian Sturdy and Jeremy LeFroy: World antibiotics awareness week • Kelly Tolhurst: Role of DWP in support of care leavers • Gavin Newlands: Anti-bullying week • Jeremy Lefroy, Philip Davies and Julian Sturdy: International Men’s Day • Clive Lewis and Norman Lamb: Treatment of SMEs by RBS global Recovery Group • Frank Field and Heidi Allen: The rollout of Universal Credit

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 6, 7 and 16 November in the Chamber and 16 November in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 31 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 14 November at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2017

Members present:



Chris Davies


• Jim Fitzpatrick: Deafness and hearing loss • Ian Murray: The centenary of the death of Dr Elsie Inglis and the contribution of

women to world war one • David Hanson and Robert Neill: Prisons Policy • Grahame Morris, Mhairi Black, Hugh Gaffney, Laura Pidcock and Sammy Wilson:

Women Against State Pension Inequality 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 23 and 30 November in the Chamber and 30 November in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 14 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Jess Phillips

Chris Davies

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Stephen Lloyd, Peter Aldous, Sammy Wilson and Laura Pidcock: The effect of universal credit on the private rented sector

• Sir Peter Bottomley and Jim Fitzpatrick: Leasehold and commonhold reform, and leasehold abuses

• Tom Brake, Sir Peter Bottomley, Jo Swinson and Stephen Kinnock: Russian interference in UK politics and society

• Stephen Kinnock and Sarah Champion: Steel sector deal • Mike Penning, Yasmin Qureshi, Louise Ellman and Seema Malhotra: Hormone

pregnancy tests • Jess Phillips: Funding for domestic violence refuges

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 7 December in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 21 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 5 December at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER 2017

Members present:



Robert Courts

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel

William Wragg


• Harriet Harman: Baby Leave for MPs 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 21 December in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 21 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Chris Davies

Robert Courts

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Cheryl Gillan: Autism Day • Fiona Bruce, Maria Caulfield, Sir Roger Gale, Mrs Cheryl Gillan and Steve Double:

Strengthening Families • Andrew Percy, Peter Kyle, Stephen Lloyd and Martin Docherty-Hughes: Holocaust

Memorial Day • Martin Whitfield and Stephen Kerr: Role of banks and their responsibility to the

communities they serve • Lucy Powell and Andrew Mitchell: Joint enterprise

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 14 December in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 12 December, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman William Wragg

Robert Courts

Patricia Gibson


• Thelma Walker and Robert Halfon: Exclusion of fostered children from 30 hours of funded childcare

• Vernon Coaker and Jim Shannon: Defence • Siobhain McDonagh and Jim Shannon: Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim

Community • Maggie Throup and Jim Shannon: Effect of junk food advertising on children’s

obesity • Joan Ryan, Louise Ellman and Jim Shannon: Proscription of Hezbollah • Derek Thomas and Jim Shannon: Marriage in Government policy

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 11 and 18 January in the Chamber and 11 and 16 January in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 December, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 9 January at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

Members present:



Robert Courts

Jess Phillips

Alex Sobel

Chris Davies


• Dr Lisa Cameron: The role of disabled people in growing our economy. • Edward Leigh, Shailesh Vara and Stephen Pound: Restoration and Renewal of the

Palace of Westminster • Catherine West: Skills devolution

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 25 January in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 9 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Chris Davies

Jess Phillips

Patricia Gibson


• Teresa Pearce: The importance of statutory, high quality PSHE • Robert Halfon, Emma Hardy, Martin Vickers and Lucy Allan: Hospital car park

charges • Alistair Carmichael and Jamie Stone: Policy framework for agriculture after the UK

leaves the EU 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 1 February in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 16 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson

Jess Phillips


• Ruth Smeeth: Community bank closures • Laurence Robertson: Housing, planning and the green belt • John Baron: Cancer Strategy

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 1 February in the Chamber and 8 February in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 23 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson


• Albert Owen, Liz Saville Roberts and David T. C. Davies: St David’s Day debate on Welsh Affairs

• Douglas Ross and Martin Whitfield: The merger of the British Transport Police Scottish Division with Police Scotland

• Alex Sobel: Future of Basketball in the UK 2. Determination of business Ordered, That a transcript of representations made on 30 January be reported to the House for publication on the internet

[Adjourned until Tuesday 6 February at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2018

Members present:



Patricia Gibson

Jess Phillips


• Kirstene Hair: Seasonal migrant workers • Hugh Gaffney: Family Reunion for Refugee Children with Family in the UK • Normal Lamb: Access and waiting time standards for Early Intervention in Psychosis • Siobhain McDonagh: Child poverty in London

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 6 February and 22 February in the Chamber and 22 February in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 6 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

1. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations on subjects for debates on Estimates Days:

• Sir Edward Leigh and Dr Julian Lewis: Ministry of Defence • Sir Hugo Swire: Foreign and Commonwealth Office • Layla Moran: Housing, Communities and Local Government • Andy Slaughter and Gareth Thomas: Department of Trasport • Stephen Gethins: Department for exiting the EU • Sir Edward Davey: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The following Members made oral representations:

• Jim Shannon and Mary Glindon: Freedom of religion or belief • Adrian Bailey: Proposed takeover of GKN by Melrose

2. Recommendation to the Liaison Committee Ordered, That the Chair do make the following recommendation to the Liaison Committee: (i) That a day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2017-18 Ministry of Defence (on the application of Sir Edward Leigh) Department for Exiting the European Union (on the application of Stephen Gethins) (ii) That a further day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2017-18 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government so far as it relates to homelessness (on the application of Layla Moran) Department for Transport (on the application of Diana Johnson)


3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 1 March in the Chamber and 1 and 15 March in Westminster Hall and recommendation to the Liaison Committee on subjects for Estimates Day debates with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 20 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Jess Phillips


• Lee Rowley: Investment in local infrastructure to secure new homes in the East Midlands

• Emma Hardy and Paul Masterton: Surgical Mesh • Laurence Robertson and James Cartlidge: Compensation for Libyan-sponsored IRA

terrorism • Antoinette Sandbach and Steve McCabe: Energy efficiency and the Clean Growth

Strategy 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 1, 13 and 15 March in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 27 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 13 March at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 13 MARCH 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman Patricia Gibson

William Wragg


• Ben Bradshaw, Dr Lisa Cameron and Caroline Lucas: Effect on the NHS of the UK leaving the EU

• Martin Whitfield: Redress for victims of banking misconduct and the FCA • John Penrose and Helen Hayes: Housebuilding • Sarah Jones: Cancer treatment

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 20 March in Westminster Hall, with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 13 March, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson William Wragg

Jess Phillips

1. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 29 March in the Chamber, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



William Wragg

Nigel Mills

Alex Sobel

1. Declaration of interests Nigel Mills declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Colin Clark, Peter Aldous, and Andrew Bowie: Oil and Gas Industry 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 17 and 19 April in the Chamber and 19 April in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 20 March, reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 17 April at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 17 APRIL 2018

Members present:



William Wragg

Nigel Mills

Jess Phillips


• Bambos Charalambous: Safeguarding of children and young people participating in sport

• Vicky Ford: Financial Services • Chris Leslie and Jack Brereton: Kashmir

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 26 April in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 17 April, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Colin Clark

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

1. Declaration of interests Colin Clark declared interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations:

• Angus McNeil, Kate Green and Alistair Carmichael: The importance of refugee family reunion

• Jim Shannon: Raising standards of infection prevention and control in the NHS 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 3 May in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 24 April, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 1 May at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 1 MAY 2018

Members present:



William Wragg

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Stewart Malcolm McDonald: Relocation of Channel 4 • Helen Hayes: 70th Anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury

Docks • Matt Western: Job Losses in the UK Automotive Industry • Peter Kyle and Angela Eagle: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia

and Biphobia 2018 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 10 and 17 May in the Chamber and 10 and 15 May in Westminster Hall an with Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 1 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 8 MAY 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Nigel Mills

Colin Clark

Jess Phillips

Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

1. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 17 May in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 8 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 15 MAY 2018

Members present:



William Wragg

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Kirstene Hair: Coastal erosion • Jim Shannon: The role of Universal Health Coverage in tackling preventable and

treatable diseases • Alex Sobel, Andrew Percy and Jim Shannon: Polish anti-defamation law • Liz Twist: Access to treatment, support and innovative new medicines by

Phenylketonuria patients • Joan Ryan, Tommy Sheppard and Jim Shannon: Early elections, human rights and

political situation in Turkey • Lloyd Russell-Moyle: The Future of the Erasmus Plus Scheme after 2020

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 24 May in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 15 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 22 MAY 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Jess Phillips

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Frank Field and Heidi Allen: PIP and ESA assessments Bob Seely Russian Federation activity in the UK and globally

• Emma Dent Coad: Response to the Grenfell Tower fire • Normal Lamb and Helen Hayes: The future of the Transforming Care programme • Nick Herbert and Virendra Sharma: Ending Tuberculosis

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 7 June in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 22 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 5 June at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 5 JUNE 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel

William Wragg


• Carol Monaghan, Alex Chalk, Ben Lake, Kerry McCarthy, Nicky Morgan and Stephen Pound: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis treatment and Research

• Bob Seely: Russian Federation activity in the UK and globally • Joan Ryan: Immigration detention of victims of torture and other vulnerable people

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 14 June in the Chamber and 14, 21 and 28 June in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 5 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 12 JUNE 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Jess Phillips

William Wragg


• Alex Cunningham: Tobacco Control Plan for England 2017 • Debbie Abrahams and Kate Green: Cumulative impact assessment of changes to

disability support • Alison McGovern and Stephen Twigg: The practice of forced adoption in the UK

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 21 June in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 12 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson


• David Hanson: The spending of the Ministry of Justice • Dr Sarah Wollaston and Clive Betts: Spending of the Departments for Health and

Social Care and Housing, Communities and Local Government • Robert Halfon and Thelma Walker: The spending of the Department for Education • Meg Hillier and Mark Francois: The `spending of the Ministry of Defence • Stewart Malcolm McDonald: The spending of HM Treasury, and its consequences for

grants to the devolved institutions The following Member made oral representations:

• Rachel Reeves: Lessons from the collapse of Carillion 2. Recommendation to the Liaison Committee Ordered, That the Chair do make the following recommendation to the Liaison Committee: (i) That a day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2018–19 Ministry of Justice (on the application of Robert Neill) Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (on the application of Dr Sarah Wollaston and Mr Clive Betts) (ii) That a further day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2018–19 Department for Education (on the application of Robert Halfon) Her Majesty’s Treasury, so far as it relates to spending decisions and their consequences for grants to the devolved institutions (on the application of Stewart Malcolm McDonald).


3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 28 June in Westminster Hall and recommendation to the Liaison Committee on subjects for Estimates Day debates with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 June, reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson


• Stephen Kerr: Failures in the Banking sector • Rosie Duffield: 90th anniversary of the Equal Franchise Act 1928

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 28 June and 5 July in the Chamber and 5 July in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 26 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 3 July at 2.15pm]


TUESDAY 3 JULY 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Jess Phillips

Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel


• Jim Shannon: Armed violence against farming communities in Nigeria • Paul Williams and Andrew Selous: Perinatal mental illness • Luke Graham: The remit of the Office of Budget Responsibility • Douglas Ross: Labour shortages on inshore fishing vessels

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 12 July in the Chamber and 19 July in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 3 July, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 10 JULY 2018

Members present:


Bob Blackman

Alex Sobel

William Wragg

Patricia Gibson


• Andy Slaughter: Ensuring UK assistance to Bahrain does not enable human rights abuses

• Stuart McDonald: Fees for registration of children as British Citizens • Tim Loughton: Children’s Social Care in England • Steve McCabe: Supporting children in need into adulthood

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 19 July and 24 July in the Chamber and 4 September, 6 September and 11 September in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 10 July, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

Alex Sobel

William Wragg

Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills


• Harriett Harman and Maria Miller: The operation of proxy voting for baby leave • Jim Fitzpatrick and Peter Aldous: Deaf Children’s Services

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 13 September in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 17 July, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 4 September at 4.00pm]



Members present:


Bob Blackman

Alex Sobel

William Wragg

Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills


• Simon Clarke and Frank Field: Freeports • Martin Whitfield and Hugh Gaffney: World Menopause Day 2018 • Kerry McCarthy, Vernon Coaker, Alex Cunningham and Martin Whitfield: Ending

exploitation in supermarket supply chains 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the revised Determination of business to be taken on 13 September in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 4 September, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Nigel Mills Alex Sobel

William Wragg

Jess Phillips


• Lee Rowley and Peter Bone: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment • Antoinette Sandbach: Baby loss awareness week 2018

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 9 October in the Chamber and 11 October in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 11 September, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark

Alex Sobel


• Jim Shannon and Marie Rimmer: International day for Freedom of Religion or Belief • Karen Lee: The Future of Breast Cancer • Owen Smith: Fortified Flour

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 18 October in the Chamber, with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 9 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

Alex Sobel


• Bob Blackman: Settling the debt owed to victims of the Equitable Life scandal • Lucy Powell, Robert Halfon and William Wragg: Sustainability of maintained

nursery schools. • Mike Wood and Ruth Smeeth: Beer taxation and pubs • Andy Slaughter: The future of legal aid

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 25 October and 1 November in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 16 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson

Jess Phillips

Alex Sobel


• Patricia Gibson: State pension equalisation for women born in the 1950s • Ruth Cadbury and John Lamont: Road justice and the legal framework • Ben Bradley: The reclassification of synthetic cannabinoids • Daniel Zeichner: Anti-bulling week • Ged Killen: The impact of ATM closures on the UK’s towns, high streets and rural

communities 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 30 October, 6, 15, 20, 22, 27 November and 4 December in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 23 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson


• Kate Green: Protection for homebuyers • Darren Jones: Extreme weather events related to climate change • Carol Monaghan, Nicky Morgan, Steve Pound and Kelvin Hopkins: Appropriate ME

Treatment • Anne Main and Rushanara Ali: UN report on the Rohingya refugee crisis • Philip Davies and Anne Main: International Men’s Day

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 13 November in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 30 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:

Bob Blackman, in the Chair

Nigel Mills

William Wragg

Jess Philips

Alex Sobel


• Chris Bryant: House of Commons Financial Plan 2019/20 – 2022/23 and draft Estimates for 2019/20

• Karen Buck: The use of Section 21 evictions in the private rented sector • Rosie Duffield: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and

Girls 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 6 December in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 13 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Nigel Mills

Alex Sobel


• Liz Twist and Stephen Timms: Tradecraft and the future of fair trade • Diana Johnson, Frank Field and Emma Hardy: Antisocial Behaviour

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 11 December in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 20 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark


• Gareth Thomas: The future of the water industry in England and Wales • Luciana Berger, Norman Lamb and Johnny Mercer: Mental Health First Aid in the

Workplace

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the revised Determination of business to be taken on 6 December in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 27 November, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman Jess Philips

Nigel Mills

Colin Clark


• Ian Murray: Early diagnosis and the cancer workforce in the NHS long-term plan • Peter Aldous: Social Mobility in County Areas • Toby Perkins: Fibromyalgia • Wera Hobhouse, Clive Betts, Matt Western and Kerry McCarthy: Use of permitted

development and the nationally significant infrastructure project regime for shale gas exploration and production

4. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 8 and 15 January in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 4 December, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

Patricia Gibson

Nigel Mills

Colin Clark

William Wragg

Jess Philips


• Jim Shannon and Dr Lisa Cameron: Support for children with life-limiting and life -threatening conditions and their families

• Lisa Nandy: Recent Post office announcement of franchising of further Crown Post Offices and of the impact of this on our high streets and local communities

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 20 December and 10 January in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 11 December, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Nigel Mills

Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark

Jess Philips

Alex Sobel


• Ian Austin, Theresa Villers, Stephen Crabb and Dr Lisa Cameron: Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

• Robert Court, Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Ruth Smeeth: Carrier Strike - Strategy and Contribution to UK Plc

• Robert Court, Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Ruth Smeeth: Combat Air Strategy - Progress and Next Steps

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 22 and 29 January in Westminster Hall and with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 8 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

Patricia Gibson

Nigel Mills

William Wragg

Alex Sobel


• Stephen Doughty: Great Western Rail (GWR) delays and performance across the network

• John Cryer, Vernon Coaker, Stella Creasy and Iain Duncan Smith: Spending of home office on police involved in tackling knife crime

• Bambos Charalambous: Missing Persons Guardianship 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 17 January in the Chamber and with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 15 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Bob Blackman

Jess Philips

Alex Sobel

Nigel Mills


• Maria Miller and Janet Daby: International Women’s Day • Neil Coyle: Rough Sleeping

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 31 January in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 29 January, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Patricia Gibson

Jess Philips

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills

Bob Blackman

William Wragg


• Cheryl Gillan and Jim Shannon: The progress of services for people with Autism and their families and what more needs to be done

• Tonia Antoniazzi: St David’s Day Debate • Jim Shannon: The cost of unhealthy housing to the NHS • Jim Shannon: Banning the consumption of dog meat in the UK • Anne Main, Tim Loughton, Lucy Powell and Will Quince: School Funding • Alex Norris: The twentieth anniversary of publication of the Macpherson Report on

the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry • David Linden and Mary Glindon: Forthcoming Santander branch closures

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 7 February in the Chamber and 14 February in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 5 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:

Bob Blackman, in the Chair

Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

Alex Sobel

Nigel Mills


• Gareth Thomas: The Future of Catholic Sixth Form Colleges • William Wragg: The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 21 February and 5 March in the Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 12 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Colin Clark

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

1. Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations on subjects for Estimates Day Debates:

• Meg Hillier, Robert Halfon and Layla Moran: The Department for Education’s Budget • Ruth George: The Department of Work and Pensions’ Budget • Ian Murray Spending of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the National Citizen

Service • Ellie Reeves: “The cost of sentences under 12 months to the MoJ, their effectiveness

and the consequences for the size of the prison population.” The following Members made oral representations:

• Layla Moran and Caroline Lucas: The UK’s progress towards net-zero carbon emissions

2. Recommendation to the Liaison Committee Ordered, That the Chair do make the following recommendation to the Liaison Committee: That a day not later than 18 March be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2017-18: Department for Education (on the application of Meg Hillier); and Department of Work and Pensions (on the application of Ruth George). 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 28 February in Westminster Hall and recommendation to the Liaison Committee on subjects for Estimates Day debates with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 February be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

Bob Blackman


• Jim Shannon: The issue of forced live organ extraction • Liz Twist and Mary Glindon: NICE appraisal processes for treatments for rare

diseases • Brendan O’Hara: The effect of leaving the European Union on the UK’s Health &

Social Care sector • James Duddridge and David Hanson: Opportunities and challenges facing the

modern Commonwealth in its 70th year • Jim Fitzpatrick and David Amess: Fire safety and sprinkler system • Matt Western, Andrew Lewer and David Amess: Social Housing • Kirstene Hair and Gillian Keegan: National Apprenticeship

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 26 March in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 26 February, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:


Patricia Gibson

Colin Clark

Nigel Mills

Bob Blackman

Alex Sobel


• Bambos Charalambous: Court Closures and the effect on access to justice • Richard Graham and Nic Dakin: Further Education Funding

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 2 April in the Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 5 March, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson

Alex Sobel

Nigel Mills


• Ged Killen: IR35 Tax Reforms • John Lamont: Devolution of Welfare • Norman Lamb and Helen Hayes: Reducing Restrictive Intervention of Children and

Young People 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the transcript of representations made on 12 March to be published, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Nigel Mills

Alex Sobel


• Catherine West: Celebrating the work of Women Human Rights Defenders Globally (International Women’s Day)

• John Woodcock, Anne-Marie Trevelyan and John Spellar: Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Continuous at Sea Deterrent

• Wes Streeting: Definition of Islamophobia • Seema Malhotra, Marion Fellow, Bim Afolami, Gareth Thomas and Nicky Morgan:

Financial exclusion and future of access to cash

2. Reporting Committee Determinations to the House Resolved, That the Chair have leave to report from time to time Determinations of business to be taken in the Chamber and Westminster Hall. 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 21 and 28 March in the Chamber and 4 April in Westminster Hall Determination of business with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 19 March, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Nigel Mills

Alex Sobel

Jess Phillips


• David Hanson, Steve McCabe and John Hayes: Prevention of retail crime • Gareth Thomas [Relevant Interest] and Steve Baker: Co-ops and Mutuals • Marion Fellows, Alistair Carmichael and Gavin Newlands: Sustainability of the Post

Office Network

• Chris Bryant and John Hayes: Acquired Brain injury in the UK • Alison Thewliss: Preventing Serious Injury and Fatalities while Working at Height • Ian Murray: The 25th anniversary of the death of former • Ross Thomson, Ruth Cadbury, Tommy Sheppard, Adrian Bailey: 2019 Loan Charge

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 4 April in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 26 March, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Colin Clark

William Wragg

Nigel Mills

1. Determination of business Ordered, Determination of business to be taken on 9 April in Westminster Hall and Monday 8 April, 11 April and 25 April in the Chamber, be reported to the House.




Members present:



Colin Clark

Nigel Mills

William Wragg


• Grahame Morris: Mineworkers Pensions Scheme • Matt Western: One Public Estate • Matt Western: Local Bus Drivers’ Working Hours • Matt Western: Public Libraries • Ruth Smeeth and Emma Lewell-Buck: The report of the Children’s Future Food

Inquiry • Charlie Elphicke: Mortgage Prisoners and Vulture Funds • Nick Herbert: International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia • Patricia Gibson: Pre-Eclampsia

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 9 May in the Chamber and Westminster Hall, 14 May in Westminster Hall and 21 May in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 30 April, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 7 MAY 2019

Members present:



Colin Clark

William Wragg


• Ann Clwyd and Tom Brake: Continued Importance of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Protecting Civilians in Conflict

• Chris Green: Supporting clinical trials and the UK’s future clinical research capability • Fiona Bruce: National Marriage Week and Mental Health Awareness Week

2. Determination of business Ordered, Determination of business to be taken on 16 May in the Chamber and Westminster Hall and 23 May in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 7 May, reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019

Members present:



Colin Clark

Jess Philips


• Mike Penning: Medical Cannabis under Prescription • Keith Vaz (R): The Yemen Peace Process • Robert Courts (R): Government support for active travel and local walking and

cycling infrastructure plans • Martine Whitfield and Ruth Jones: Invisible disabilities and accessibility challenges • Johnny Mercer: Women’s Mental Health

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 20 May and 23 May in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 14 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 21 MAY 2019

Members present:



Colin Clark

William Wragg


• Debbie Abrahams: Improving the lives of people living with dementia • Angus MacNeil and Bob Neill: Refugee family reunion • Ellie Reeves and John Cryer: Making Parliament a more modern, family friendly and

accessible workplace

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 4, 5 and 6 June in the Chamber and on 6, 18, 25 June and 11 July in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 21 May, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 4 JUNE 2019

Members present:



Patricia Gibson

William Wragg


• Nick Boles and Norman Lamb: Assisted Dying • Norman Lamb: Whistleblowing • Peter Kyle, Antoinette Sandbach, Lillian Greenwood and Mark Pawsey: Ending the

sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 10 June and 13 June in the Chamber, and 27 June in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 4 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Colin Clark


• Maria Miller: Cox Report: status of implementation of recommendations 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken in the 18 June and 14 June in the Chamber and 9 July in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing transcript of representations made on 11 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Colin Clark

Jess Phillips

Patricia Gibson

William Wragg

Alex Sobel


• Robert Halfon, Lucy Powell, Lucy Allan and Ben Bradley: The spending of the Department for Education

• Laurence Robertson: International Development budget • Matt Western: The spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local

Government on Housing and Planning • Bob Neill [Relevant Interest]: The spending of the Ministry of Justice • Anne-Marie Trevelyan: Defence spending • Anna Turley: The spending of the Department for Education and Ministry of

Housing, Communities and Local Government on children’s services • Frank Field: The spending of the Department for Work and Pensions on support for

claimants in hardship, including through the Flexible Support Fund • Layla Moran, Meg Hillier and Clive Betts: The spending of the Ministry of Housing,

Communities and Local Government • Alison McGovern: The consequences of the spending of the Department of Work and

Pensions on child poverty • Tim Farron: The spending of the department of health on non-invasive precision

therapies • Tom Tugendhat: The spending of the FCO and other Departments on sanctions

policy and implementation

The following Members made oral representations: • Alistair Carmichael [Relevant Interest]: Human Rights in Saudi Arabia and the

detention of opponents of the regime there • David Linden and Paul Masterton: Changes to Tier 5 Religious Worker Visas • Drew Hendry: That this house should consider the specific and urgent matter of the

publication of details of the future UK Shared Prosperity Fund


• Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Ben Bradley: Role and Sufficiency of Youth Work 2. Recommendation to the Liaison Committee Ordered, That the Chair do make the following recommendation to the Liaison Committee: (i) That a day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2019–20: Department for Work and Pensions (on the application of Alison McGovern); Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (on the application of Layla Moran); (ii) That a further day not later than 5 August be allotted for the consideration of the following Estimates for financial year 2019–20: Department for International Development (on the application of Mr Laurence Robertson); Department for Education (on the application of Robert Halfon). 3. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 27 June in the Chamber and 4 July in Westminster Hall and recommendation to the Liaison Committee on subjects for Estimates Day debates with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on Tuesday 18 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Colin Clark

William Wragg

Patricia Gibson


• Neil Coyle: Reform of the Mental Health Act • Jim Shannon: Hernia mesh in men • Jim Shannon: Diabetes – The importance of tailored prevention messaging

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken 3 and 4 July in the Chamber and 16 and 25 July in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on Tuesday 25 June, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 2 JULY 2019

Members present:



Alex Sobel

Patricia Gibson


• Jim Shannon, Chris Philp, Fiona Bruce and David Linden: Persecution of Christians Overseas - Bishop of Truro Review

• Kevan Jones and Frank Field: The National Shipbuilding Strategy • Siobhain McDonagh: State of the British Housebuilding Industry • Andrea Leadsom, Lucy Powell and Norman Lamb: Inter-Ministerial Group on Early

Years Family Support • Henry Smith: Involvement of patients in the use of artificial intelligence in

healthcare • Ian Mearns: 50th Anniversary of the Open University

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken 16 July and 18 July in the Chamber with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 2 July, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



William Wragg

Alex Sobel


• Steve McCabe: EU Settlement Scheme and Looked-After Children and Care Leavers • John Howell: A National Memorial to the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit • Fiona Bruce, Rosie Duffield and Wera Hobhouse: Impact of diagnosis and treatment

of parental mental illness on children’s outcomes 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken on 3 September, 5 September and 12 September in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 16 July, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson


• Helen Hayes: Capturing land value for the public benefit. 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taken in the Chamber on 5 September and on 10 September in Westminster Hall with an Annex containing a transcript of representations made on 23 July be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

Members present:



Nigel Mills

1. Memorandum to the Procedure Committee on Estimates Days The Committee considered this matter and agreed the text of the memorandum. 2. Determination of business Ordered, That the Determination of business to be taking on 3 October in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall, be reported to the House.




Members present:



Patricia Gibson Alex Sobel

Jess Phillips


• Fiona Bruce and Kelvin Hopkins: Tackling alcohol harm • Gavin Newlands: The collapse of Thomas Cook and the future of the travel industry • Ed Vaizey [Relevant Interest]: The value of arts and creative industries • Tan Dhesi: Commemorating 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the

founder of the Sikh faith • Jim Shannon and Fiona Bruce: International day for Freedom of Religion or Belief • Philip Davies: International Men’s Day • Bob Blackman: Errors in payments made to victims of the Equitable Life scandal

2. Determination of business Ordered, That the transcript of representations made on Tuesday 8 October, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[The Committee adjourned]


Appendix

Backbench Business Committee The Register of Members' Financial Interests

as at 1 November 2019

September 2017

1) Mearns, Ian (Gateshead)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly

via a central party organisation

Name of donor: RMT Union

Address of donor: 39 Charlton Street, London NW1 1JD

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 Donor status:

trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)

Name of donor: Unite the Union

Address of donor: 128 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8TN Amount of

donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 Donor status: trade union

(Registered 07 July 2017)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union

Address of donor: Stanborough House, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8

7TA

Amount or nature and value of donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the

Bakers' Union Parliamentary Group, which I co-chair, provided by Union Services

Parliamentary Consultancy, at a value of £15,624 from 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017

Date received: 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017

Date accepted: 1 September 2016 Donor status:

Trade Union (Registered 20 October 2016)

Name of donor: Rail, Maritime and Transport Union

Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD

Amount or nature and value of donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the RMT

Parliamentary Group, which I co-chair, provided by Union Services Parliamentary

Consultancy, at a value of £4,032 from 1 September 2016 to 30 November 2016

Date received: 1 September 2016 to 30 November 2016

Date accepted: 1 September 2016 Donor status:

Trade Union (Registered 20 October 2016)

Name of donor: Rail, Maritime and Transport Union

Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination

of the RMT Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Union Services Parliamentary

Consultancy, at a value of £16,800 from 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017

Date received: 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017

Date accepted: 1 December 2016 Donor status:

Trade Union


(Registered 15 December 2016)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: Unite the Union Address of donor: 128 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8TN Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Four nights' accommodation in Brighton at the Grand Hotel with a value of £1,380 Date received: 24-27 September 2017 Date accepted: 24 September 2017 Donor status: trade union (Registered 27 September 2017)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income

of over £10,000 a year

Part share in two houses in Gateshead: (i) (Registered 19 April 2013; updated 20 October 2016)

2) Blackman, Bob (Harrow East) 1. Employment and earnings Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:

12 October 2016, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 04 November

2016)

25 October 2016, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 04 November

2016)

9 December 2016, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 21 December

2016)

21 December 2016, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 January

2017)

23 February 2017, payment of £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 21 September 2017)

12 June 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 21 September 2017)

10 July 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 21 September 2017)

14 September 2017, payment of £150. Hours: 90 mins. (Registered 21 September 2017)

Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC17 8RT, for opinion surveys:

25 November 2016, received £60. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 December

2016)

14 December 2016, payment of £60. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 21 December

2016)

28 December 2016, payment of £25. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 10 January

2017)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for opinion surveys:

25 January 2017, payment of £200. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 August 2017)

1 August 2017, payment of £200. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 August 2017)


Payments from Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for

opinion surveys:

12 January 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 July 2017)

16 February 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 July

2017)

27 February 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 July

2017)

3 April 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 July 2017)

24 April 2017, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 July 2017)

29 June 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 06 July 2017)



2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Golden Tours

Address of donor: 156 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4ES

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500

Date received: 20 October 2016

Date accepted: 20 October 2016

Donor status: company, registration 02608886 (Registered 24 October 2016) Name of donor: Golden Tours

Address of donor: 156 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4ES


Date received: 19 January 2017

Date accepted: 19 January 2017

Donor status: company, registration 02608886 (Registered 02 February 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Indian High Commission

Address of donor: India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights costing £2,500;

accommodation and hospitality valued at £1,500; £4,000 in total

Destination of visit: New Delhi Dates of visit: 12-18 February 2017

Purpose of visit: Indo-British APPG familiarisation visit to India. To develop understanding of

Indian policy aims and meet key decision makers in the Indian government and business.

(Registered 03 March 2017)

Name of donor: Welle Association for Human Rights and Freedom Address of donor:

Verein Welle, Postfach 1764, 8048 Zürich

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Eurostar costs and joint

accommodation, for myself and a staff member, with an approx. value of £435

Destination of visit: Paris, France Dates of visit: 30 June - 2 July 2017

Purpose of visit: To attend the annual Free Iran Rally organized by the National Council of

Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in my role as a supportive British MP. (Registered 02 August 2017)




Six buy-to-let properties in Welwyn Garden City owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii).

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Nicola Blackman, as Office Manager.

3) Chishti, Rehman (Gillingham and Rainham) 1. Employment and earnings From 1 March 2016, Adviser to the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic

Studies, a think tank/NGO. Address: P.O. Box 51049, Riyadh 11543, Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia. The role will involve providing advice to the centre on its work on international

relations covering Europe and the Middle East, for which I will be paid £2,000 per month

until further notice. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 24 February 2016)


via a central party organisation Name of donor: Bestway Wholesale Ltd

Address of donor: 2 Abbey Road, Park Royal, London NW10 7BW Amount of

donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company,

registration 01207120 (Registered 05 July 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Government of Pakistan

Address of donor: c/o High Commission of Pakistan, 36 Lowdnes Square, London SW1X 9JN

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals

and internal travel with an approx. value of £3,598 Destination of visit: Lahore, Islamabad, Muzaffarad, Karachi Dates of visit: 1-9 April 2017 Purpose of visit: Parliamentary delegation, as part of 70th anniversary of

independence, to look at strengthening democratic institutions, security, trade, religious

freedom and the work of DFID in Pakistan. (Registered 24 April 2017)

3. Miscellaneous

Councillor, Rainham Central Medway Council. Since my election to Parliament I draw no

allowances.

Non-practising barrister.

4. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my sister, Nusrat Ahmed, as Office Manager.

4) Gibson, Patricia (North Ayrshire and Arran) 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income

of over £10,000 a year Flat in Edinburgh: (i). (Registered 20 May 2015)


5) Sobel, Alex (Leeds North West)

1. Employment and earnings 12 June 2017, received £1,265.13 as General Manager of SEYH Ltd, Ebor Court,

Skinner St, Leeds LS1 4ND. Hours: 52.5 hrs. (Registered 30 June 2017)

16 June 2017, received £1,368.02 as a Councillor, Leeds City Council, Civic Hall, Calverley

St, Leeds LS1 1UR, for the period 1-30 June 2017. Hours: 52.5 hrs. (Registered 30 June 2017)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via

a central party organisation Name of donor: GMB Trade Union

Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD


Donor status: trade union (Registered 30 June 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

Councillor, Leeds City Council. Since 1 July 2017, I draw no allowances. (Registered 03 July 2017)

October 2017

6) Phillips, Jess (Birmingham, Yardley)

1. Employment and earnings Payments from the BBC, New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A

1AA:

26 January 2017, received £350 for appearing on 'This Week'. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered

20 February 2017) Payments from Hat Trick Productions, 33 Oval Road, London, NW1 7EA, for appearing on 'Have I Got News For You':

16 December 2016, received £1,500. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 04 January 2017)

Payments from Hutchinson, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2SA, via Tibor Jones

& Associates, 2-6 Atlantic Road, London SW9 8HY:

6 September 2016, received £25,625 advance payment for a book. Hours: approx. 80

hrs (10 hrs per week during July and August 2016). (Registered 28 October 2016)

10 November 2016, received £25,625 advance for a book. Hours: no additional hours.

(Registered 07 December 2016)

10 April 2017, received £25,625 advance payment for a book. Hours: no additional

hours. (Registered 14 June 2017)

10 February 2017, received £250 from the New Statesman, 7 Carmelite Street,

Blackfriars, London EC4Y 0BS, for an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 February

2017)


22 February 2017, received £500 from News UK & Ireland Ltd, 1 London Bridge

Street, London SE1 9GF, for writing an article. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 16 March

2017)

7 September 2017, received £400 from the Observer, Kings Place, 90 York Way,

London N1 9GU, for writing an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2017)

Payments received from Dods, 11th floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London

SE1 9SG, as Deputy Editor of the House Magazine:

8 September 2017, received £615. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 19 October 2017)

Until further notice I will receive a quarterly payment of £2,000. Hours: 2 hrs per

month. (Registered 19 October 2017)



Name of donor: Henry Tinsley Address of

donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status:

individual (Registered 07 July 2017)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my husband, Tom Phillips, as Constituency Support Manager. (Registered 07 June 2015)

7) Wragg, William (Hazel Grove)

1. Employment and earnings Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing opinion surveys:

9 March 2016, received £50. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 29

November 2016)

24 March 2016, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 29

November 2016)

16 May 2016, received £100. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 29

November 2016)

18 July 2016, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 29

November 2016)

4 November 2016, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 29

November 2016)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for completing

surveys:

27 February 2017, payment of £200. Hours: 1 hr. Fee donated directly to my local party

organisation. (Registered 07 March 2017)

1 August 2017, payment of £200. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 15 August 2017)


2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via

a central party organisation

Name of donor: Hazel Grove Conservative Ladies Supper Club Address of donor:

1 Pinfold Lane, Romiley, Stockport SK6 4NP Amount of donation or nature and

value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: unincorporated association

(Registered 20 June 2017)

Name of donor: Midland Food Group Ltd Address of donor: Stinges Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 1LX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: company, registration 01104045


Name of donor: Midland Food Group Ltd

Address of donor: Stinges Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 1LX Amount of

donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: company,

registration 01104045



Name of donor: HM Government of Gibraltar Address of donor:

150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation with a value of

£476

Destination of visit: Gibraltar

Dates of visit: 7-10 September 2017

Purpose of visit: Gibraltar National Day Celebrations, visit undertaken as part of the APPG for

Gibraltar.

(Registered 26 September 2017)

8) Courts, Robert (Witney) 1. Employment and earnings Payments received for my work at the bar of England and Wales, all done before

my election:

24 October 2016, received £1,070 plus VAT from Slater Gordon Solutions Legal,

Dempster Building, Atlantic Way, Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool L3 4UU.

(Registered 18 November 2016)

7 November 2016, received £3,600 plus VAT from Oxford County Council, County

Hall, Oxford. (Registered 18 November 2016)

24 November 2016, received £750 plus VAT from Blake Morgan LLP, New Kings

Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford SO53 3LG. (Registered 15 December 2016)

25 November 2016, received £480 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill,

Coleshill B46 3AD. (Registered 15 December 2016)

30 November 2016, received £750 plus VAT from Oxford County Council, County

Hall, Oxford. (Registered 15 December 2016)


30 November 2016, received £975 plus VAT from Oxford County Council, County

Hall, Oxford. (Registered 15 December 2016)

6 December 2016, received £6,200 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP,44/46 Parkstone

Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 15 December 2016)

21 December 2016, received £1,625 plus VAT from Blackburns Solicitors, Wessex

Chambers, 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester DT1 1TT. (Registered 20 January 2017)

5 January 2017, received £250 plus VAT from Dalgarno Solicitors, 59 Wilson Patten

Street, Warrington WA1 1NF. (Registered 20 January 2017)

11 January 2017, received £1,250 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, 9a Bridge

Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 20 January 2017)

7 February 2017, £2,750 plus VAT from Collins Solicitors, 20 Station Rd, Watford

WD1 1AP. (Registered 09 February 2017)

27 January 2017, received £1,577.20 plus VAT from Dorset County Council, County

Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester DT1 1XJ. (Registered 14 February 2017)

29 March 2017, received £6,187.50 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone

Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 30 March 2017)

6 April 2017, received £2,119.17 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill

B46 3AD. (Registered 11 April 2017)

21 April 2017, received £1,000 plus VAT from Henmans Freeth, 5000 Oxford Business Pk South, Oxford OX4 2BH. (Registered 25 April 2017)

28 April 2017, received £600 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, 9a Bridge Street

Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 02 May 2017)

10 May 2017, received £675 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill,

Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 20 June 2017)

23 May 2017, received £7,362.50 plus VAT from Mills & Bann, 8 Cheap Street,

Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5DD. (Registered 20 June 2017)

26 May 2017, received £1,600 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, 9a Bridge Street

Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 20 June 2017)

2 June 2017, received £1,662.50 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill,

Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 20 June 2017)

14 June 2017, received £472.50 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, 9a Bridge

Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 20 June 2017)

13 July 2017, received £2,450 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill

B46 3AD. (Registered 24 July 2017)

24 July 2017, received £1,500 plus VAT from Dalgarno Solicitors, 59 Wilson Patten

Street, Warrington WA1 1NF. (Registered 24 July 2017)


24 July 2017, received £710 plus VAT from Slater Gordon Solutions Legal,

Dempster Building, Atlantic Way, Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool L3 4UU.

(Registered 24 July 2017)

1 August 2017, received £1,650 plus VAT from True Personal Injury Solicitors,

Percy Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4PW. (Registered 02 August 2017)

3 August 2017, received £400 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle ,

Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 03 August 2017)

8 August 2017, received £200 plus VAT from True Personal Injury Solicitors LLP,

Percy House, Percy Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4PW. (Registered 09 August

2017)

9 August 2017, received £1,625 plus VAT from Blackburn & Co,Wessex Chambers,

33 Trinity Street, Dorchester DT1 1TT. (Registered 09 August 2017)

17 August 2017, received £5,000 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP - Poole, 44/6

Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 17 August 2017)

22 August 2017, received £2,200 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill,

Coleshill B46 3AD. (Registered 04 September 2017)

2 October 2017, received £1,500 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone

Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 03 October 2017)

4 October 2017, received £1,968.75 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill,

Coleshill B46 3AD. (Registered 05 October 2017)

11 October 2017, received £4,000 plus VAT from Boyes Turner, Abbots House, Abbey

Street, Reading RG1 3BD. (Registered 11 October 2017)

Until March 2017, allowance of £375 a month received from West Oxfordshire District

Council, Elmfield, New Yatt Road, Witney OX28 1PB, for my role as a district

councillor. Hours: up to 8 hours a month. This allowance was paid direct to charity.

(Registered 18 November 2016; updated 04 August 2017)

20 October 2016, received £794.84 for duties carried out before my election.

(Registered 18 November 2016)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Boeing Defence UK

Address of donor: Building 630, Bristol Business Park, The Crescent, Coldharbour Lane,

Bristol BS16 1EJ?

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: For myself and a staff member,

tickets for hospitality area and refreshments at the Royal International Air Tattoo with a total

value of £340 plus VAT (£170 plus VAT each)

Date received: 14 July 2017

Date accepted: 14 July 2017

Donor status: company, registration no 01290439 (Registered 16

August 2017)


Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces

Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: eleven dinners value

£40 each; four breakfasts value £14.25 each; total £ 497.00 Date

received: 1 January 2017 to 31 July 2017

Date accepted: 1 January 2017 to 31 July 2017 Donor status:

other

(Registered 16 August 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Bar of England and Wales, not currently practising. (Registered 18 November

2016)

I received passes for myself and a staff member to enter the hospitality area at the Royal

International Air Tattoo on 14 July 2017. These are not available to buy but I estimate that

their total value, for two people, was £110 (two entry passes from Royal Airforce Charitable

Enterprises; Douglas Bader House; Horcott Hill, Fairford GL7 4RB) and £136 (two entry

passes, and incidental refreshments, from Airbus, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1

2AS.). I also received passes from Boeing which are registered under Category 3.

(Registered 16 August 2017)

9) Davies, Chris (Brecon and Radnorshire)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company Address of donor:

Heartsease, Knighton, Powys LD7 1LU


Donor status: company, registration 03258542 (Registered 29 June 2017) Name of donor: Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company

Address of donor: Heartsease, Knighton, Powys LD7 1LU


Donor status: company, registration 03258542 (Registered 29 June 2017)


Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) Address of donor:

c/o Taipei Representative Office in the UK, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £3,800; accommodation

£900; meals £250; local transport £60; total value £5,010 Destination of visit: Taiwan

Dates of visit: 17 - 22 April 2017

Purpose of visit: Part of a parliamentary delegation at the invitation of the Government of the

Republic of China (Taipei) to gain a better understanding of economic and political issues

concerning the country. (Registered 16 June 2017)

March 2018

10) Mills, Nigel (Amber Valley)




Name of donor: Mr Robert Kirkland Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 09 June 2017)

Name of donor: J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited, Address of

donor: Rocester, Staffordshire ST14 5JP

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 Donor status:

company, registration 00561597 (Registered 13 June 2017)

Name of donor: United and Cecil Club

Address of donor: New Penderel House 283-287, High Holborn, London WC1V 7HF

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status:

members' association (Registered 13 June 2017)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: Sky plc

Address of donor: Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to test match at Trent

Bridge including hospitality, value £400

Date received: 14 July 2017

Date accepted: 14 July 2017

Donor status: company, registration 2247735 (Registered 04 August

2017)

Name of donor: William Hill plc

Address of donor: Greenside House, 50 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22 7TP

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: As a member of the APPG on

Darts, two tickets to watch the William Hill Professional Darts Championship at Alexandra

Palace, total value £524 (£262 each). At the same event, as a tournament prize, William Hill

plc pledged a donation of £500 to my nominated local charity.

Date received: 21 December 2017

Date accepted: 21 December 2017

Donor status: company, registration 04212563 (Registered 18

January 2018)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of

over £10,000 a year Residential property in Nottingham: (i). (Updated 4 June 2015)

April 2018

11) Clarke, Colin (Gordon) 1. Employment and earnings Payments received as a Councillor, Aberdeenshire Council, Woodhill House,

Aberdeen AB16 5GB. I resigned from this role on 14 July 2017. (Registered 28 June 2017;

updated 24 July 2017)


29 June 2017, received £2,050.51. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 29 June 2017)

28 July 2017, received final payment of £836.13. Hours: 16 hrs. (Registered 26 July

2017)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Glenfarclas Distillery Address of donor: Ballindalloch AB 37 9BD

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to

Cheltenham Festival, with a total value of £500

Date received: 14 March 2018 Date accepted: 14 March 2018

Donor status: company, registration SC025459 (Registered 25 April 2018)



House in Inverurie, co-owned with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Registered 28 June 2017)

Farm and agricultural land in Aberdeenshire, including three cottages which are rented out:

(i) and (ii). (Registered 28 June 2017)

7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

Nessgro Ltd; a produce marketing company. (Registered 28 June 2017)

Partner in Thomastown Farm and Cottages (trading as R&M Clark). (Registered 28 June 2017)

Sciemus Ltd; technology and insurance. (Registered 28 June 2017)

Maven Capital (Llandudno) LLP; property investment. (Partner) (Registered 28 June 2017)

Maven Capital (Marlow) LLP; property investment. (Partner) (Registered 28 June 2017)

Maven Capital (Telfer House) LLP; property investment. (Partner) (Registered 28 June 2017)

Maven Co-invest Flexlife; subsea technology. (Registered 28 June 2017) Maven Co-

invest R&M; fabrication. (Registered 28 June 2017)

Maven Co-invest RMEC; well services, oil and gas. (Registered 28 June 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

Director (unpaid) of Nessgro Ltd, a produce marketing company. (Registered 28 June 2017)

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