division_name: Business of the House (Today) &#8212; European Statutory Instruments Committee
motion: <p class="indent" pid="a184.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That the following Standing Order shall have effect for the remainder of this Parliament:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a185.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">That the Order of the House of <phrase class="date" code="2018-11-06">6 November</phrase> 2017 (Liaison Committee: Membership) be amended, in the second paragraph, by inserting, in the appropriate place, &#8220;European Statutory Instruments&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a185.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">That the Order of the House of <phrase class="date" code="2018-03-19">19 March</phrase> 2013 (Positions for which additional salaries are payable for the purposes of section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009) be amended, in paragraph (1)(a), by inserting, in the appropriate place, &#8220;the European Statutory Instruments Committee&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a185.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">That where, under Paragraph 3(3)(b) or 17(3)(b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, any document is to be laid before this House, the delivery of a copy of the document to the Votes and Proceedings Office on any day during the existence of a Parliament shall be deemed to be for all purposes the laying of it before the House; and the proviso to <phrase class="standing-order" code="159">Standing Order No. 159</phrase> shall not apply to any document laid in accordance with this Order.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a185.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;will not lay negative statutory instruments requiring sifting until the necessary procedures for establishing the new Committee in the Commons and the expansion of the remit of the House of Lords&#8217; Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee are concluded. However, the Government is starting to publish final drafts of the negative statutory instruments that require sifting (&#8216;proposed negatives&#8217;) on Gov.uk as they are ready. This is to increase transparency and to allow Parliament and the public to have early sight of the forthcoming legislation.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a188.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;at least seven shall be women&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a189.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;of whom at least seven shall be women and at least seven shall be men.&#8217;.&#8212;(Mrs Miller.)</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a189.5/5" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a189.5/6" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 57, Noes 53.</p>