Decisions in House of Commons (2007)
263 decisions from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2007
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Decisions includes:
- 🟡 Divisions – where representatives record differences of opinion.
- 🟣 Agreements – when a decision is made without a vote.
December
- 17 Dec – Orders of the Day — National Insurance Contributions Bill ✅
- 13 Dec – Orders of the Day — Clause 23 — Overriding duty of Office of Rail Regulation before Crossrail operational ❌
- 13 Dec – Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Financial provisions (disclosure of information) ❌
- 12 Dec – Adjournment Debate: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION SERVICES ✅
- 12 Dec – European Community Documents — Funding of European political parties ✅
- 12 Dec – Northern Rock ✅
- 12 Dec – Northern Rock ❌
- 12 Dec – Disapply Standing Order 41A ✅
- 12 Dec – Opposition Day— [4th Allotted Day]: Northern Rock ✅
- 12 Dec – Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day] — Military Covenant ❌
- 11 Dec – Justice — European Affairs ✅
- 10 Dec – Orders of the Day — Planning BILL (PROGRAMME) ✅
- 10 Dec – Orders of the Day — Planning Bill ✅
- 10 Dec – Orders of the Day — Planning Bill ❌
- 4 Dec – Opposition Day — [3rd allotted day] — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ✅
- 4 Dec – Opposition Day — [3rd allotted day] — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ❌
- 4 Dec – Opposition Day — [3rd allotted day] — Political Parties (Funding) ✅
- 4 Dec – Opposition Day — [3rd allotted day] — Political Parties (Funding) ❌
- 3 Dec – Orders of the Day — Clause 15 — Repeal of sections 6 and 46 ❌
- 3 Dec – Orders of the Day — New Clause 7 — Approval of Operational Plan ❌
- 3 Dec – Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Responsibilities of non-resident parent ❌
- 3 Dec – Orders of the Day — New Clause 3 — Objectives of the Commission ❌
November
- 29 Nov – European Union — Asylum policy should remain under control of the British government — rejected ❌
- 28 Nov – Deferred Division — Global navigation satellite system and the european institute of technology ✅
- 28 Nov – Deferred Division — Prisons ✅
- 28 Nov – Deferred Division — Prisons ❌
- 28 Nov – Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — HM Revenue and Customs ❌
- 27 Nov – Orders of the Day — Housing and Regeneration Bill ❌
- 21 Nov – Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] — Health Care-Associated Infections ✅
- 21 Nov – Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] — Health Care-Associated Infections ❌
- 21 Nov – Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] — Schools Reform ❌
- 19 Nov – Adjournment Debate: SOUTHAMPTON AND BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORTS ✅
- 19 Nov – EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FINANCE) BILL [MONEY] ✅
- 19 Nov – EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FINANCE) BILL (PROGRAMME) ✅
- 19 Nov – European Communities (Finance) Bill — Second Reading ✅
- 14 Nov – Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions ✅
- 14 Nov – Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions ❌
- 14 Nov – Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions ❌
- 13 Nov – Orders of the Day — Health and Education ❌
October
- 29 Oct – Orders of the Day — Children ❌
- 25 Oct – Points of Order — Modernisation of the House of Commons ❌
- 24 Oct – Delegated Legislation — Transport ✅
- 24 Oct – Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 60 — Election dates ❌
- 24 Oct – Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 49 — The Board's policy statements ✅
- 24 Oct – Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 15 — Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc ✅
- 22 Oct – Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Sharing of communications data ❌
- 22 Oct – Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Compliance with orders: authorised monitors ✅
- 22 Oct – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Serious crime prevention orders ❌
- 19 Oct – Prayers ❌
- 17 Oct – Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part] — Foot and Mouth/Bluetongue ❌
- 15 Oct – Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board ✅
- 15 Oct – Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board ❌
- 11 Oct – Orders of the Day — Greater London Authority Bill ✅
- 10 Oct – Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty ✅
- 10 Oct – Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty ❌
- 10 Oct – Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families ❌
- 8 Oct – Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Carry-over) ✅
- 8 Oct – Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Programme) ✅
July
- 25 Jul – Machinery of Government ✅
- 25 Jul – Home Affairs ✅
- 25 Jul – STATISTICS BOARD ✅
- 25 Jul – FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY ✅
- 25 Jul – Leave for Bill: MILK (PRICING) ✅
- 25 Jul – Deferred Divisions — Children and young persons ✅
- 25 Jul – The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007 ✅
- 25 Jul – Adjournment Debate: LONDON POPULATION (ONS) ✅
- 24 Jul – Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Global Poverty ❌
- 24 Jul – Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Penal System ✅
- 24 Jul – Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Penal System ❌
- 18 Jul – Deferred Division — Political Parties ✅
- 18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Meaning of "the probation purposes" ✅
- 18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 12 — Power to repeal section 4 ✅
- 18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Power to make arrangements for the provision of probation services ✅
- 18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill ✅
- 18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Statistics and Registration Service Bill ✅
- 17 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — State pension ✅
- 17 Jul – Orders of the Day — After Clause 18 ✅
- 17 Jul – Orders of the Day — After Clause 18 ❌
- 16 Jul – Opposition Day — [17th allotted day] — Alleged Overseas Corruption ✅
- 16 Jul – Opposition Day — [17th allotted day] — Alleged Overseas Corruption ❌
- 16 Jul – Opposition Day — [17th allotted day] — Fair Taxation of the Wealthy ✅
- 16 Jul – Opposition Day — [17th allotted day] — Fair Taxation of the Wealthy ❌
- 12 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 19 — power to award foundation degrees ❌
- 12 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 19 — power to award foundation degrees ❌
- 12 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 17 — Intervention: England ❌
- 11 Jul – Orders of the Day — Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill ✅
- 11 Jul – Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — Social Policy and the Relief of Poverty ❌
- 11 Jul – Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — Stroke Services ❌
- 5 Jul – Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Standards of competence ❌
- 5 Jul – Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Amendment of definition of 'estate agency work' ❌
- 4 Jul – Deferred Division — European global navigation satellite system ✅
- 3 Jul – Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Pensions Policy ✅
- 3 Jul – Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Pensions Policy ❌
- 3 Jul – Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Access to NHS Services ❌
- 2 Jul – Orders of the Day — Clause 8 — Monitoring and reporting of official statistics ✅
June
- 29 Jun – Orders of the Day — Government Spending (Website) Bill [Lords] ✅
- 29 Jun – Orders of the Day — Historic Counties, Towns and Villages (Traffic Signs and Mapping) Bill ✅
- 29 Jun – Prayers ❌
- 28 Jun – Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The London Free Travel Scheme ❌
- 28 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — The national concession ❌
- 28 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 3 — Review of reimbursement arrangements ❌
- 28 Jun – Orders of the Day — Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill ✅
- 27 Jun – Orders of the Day — Schedule 6 — Tribunals for the purposes of sections 30 to 36 ❌
- 27 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 57 — enforcement by taking control of goods ❌
- 27 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 22 — Miscellaneous ❌
- 27 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 6 — Independent regulatory authority for bailiffs and enforcement agents ❌
- 27 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 4 — Uniforms ❌
- 26 Jun – Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money] ✅
- 26 Jun – Deferred Divisions — Schedule 27 — Repeals ✅
- 26 Jun – Deferred Divisions — Schedule 19 — Alternatively secured pensions and transfer lump sum death benefit etc ❌
- 26 Jun – Orders of the Day — Schedule 3 — Managed service companies ❌
- 26 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 20 — Income tax exemption for domestic microgeneration ❌
- 25 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 8 — Rural Fuel Discount Scheme ❌
- 25 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Principles of good practice for retrospective taxation legislation ❌
- 25 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Small companies' rates and fractions for financial year 2007 ❌
- 25 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 14 — Assessment of effects of taxation changes on different earnings groups ❌
- 20 Jun – Deferred Division — Road traffic ✅
- 19 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 51 — Commencement ✅
- 19 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Changes to exclusions from operation of 1983 Act ❌
- 19 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 12 — Impaired decision making ❌
- 18 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 29 — Community treatment orders, etc ❌
- 18 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 13 — Authority to treat community patients ❌
- 18 Jun – Orders of the Day — New Clause 15 — Treatment requiring consent (period of time since administration of treatment) ❌
- 15 Jun – Prayers ❌
- 14 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Unoccupied hereditaments: chargeable amount ❌
- 14 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Unoccupied hereditaments: chargeable amount ❌
- 14 Jun – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Unoccupied hereditaments: chargeable amount ❌
- 11 Jun – Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day] — Carers ❌
- 11 Jun – Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry ✅
- 11 Jun – Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry ❌
- 6 Jun – Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] — Department of Trade and Industry ❌
- 6 Jun – Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] — NHS IT Programme ❌
- 5 Jun – Bill Presented — Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill ✅
- 5 Jun – Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions) ❌
May
- 23 May – Opposition Day — [12th allotted day] — Secretary of State for Health ✅
- 23 May – Opposition Day — [12th allotted day] — Secretary of State for Health ❌
- 23 May – Opposition Day — [12th allotted day] — Scottish Parliamentary Elections ❌
- 22 May – Orders of the Day — 'Part 13A — Entities controlled etc by local authorities ✅
- 22 May – Orders of the Day — New Clause 64 — Abolition of Standards Board for England, repeal of provisions relating to investigations etc. (Wales) and abolition of Adjudication Panels etc. ❌
- 22 May – Orders of the Day — New Clause 34 — Executive arrangements: move to alternative arrangements ❌
- 21 May – Orders of the Day — Further Education and Training Bill [L ords] ❌
- 18 May – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading ✅
- 18 May – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading — Closure ✅
- 18 May – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected ❌
- 18 May – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected ❌
- 18 May – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — That the Question now be proposed ✅
- 18 May – Motion to sit in private ❌
- 17 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 182 — Duty to consult users of health services ❌
- 17 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 179 — Abolition of functions of Patients' Forums ❌
- 17 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 81 — "Local improvement targets": interpretation ❌
- 17 May – Orders of the Day — New Clause 29 — Reduction of regulatory burdens ❌
- 16 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 2 — Meaning of "relevant duty of care" ✅
- 16 May – Points of Order — Housing ❌
- 15 May – Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) ❌
- 9 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 31 — Automatic Deportation ❌
- 9 May – Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Immigration service: welfare of children ❌
- 8 May – Climate Change — new sense of urgency — rejected ❌
- 8 May – Adjournment Debate: DELEGATED LEGISLATION ✅
- 8 May – EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS: Limiting Global Climate Change ✅
- 8 May – Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day] — Mental Health Services ❌
- 1 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 81 — Criminal investigations: powers of Revenue and Customs ❌
- 1 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 12 — Rates of air passenger duty ❌
- 1 May – Orders of the Day — Clause 67 — Abolition of contributions relief for life assurance premium contributions ✅
April
- 30 Apr – Orders of the Day — Clause 25 — Managed service companies ❌
- 30 Apr – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Small companies' rates and fractions for financial year 2007 ✅
- 27 Apr – Orders of the Day — Streetscape and Highways Design Bill ❌
- 27 Apr – Orders of the Day — Health and Safety (Offences) Bill ✅
- 24 Apr – Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day] — Local Government ✅
- 24 Apr – Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day] — Local Government ❌
- 24 Apr – Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day] — Modernising Medical Careers ❌
- 23 Apr – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill ❌
- 20 Apr – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt only correspondence — rejected ❌
- 20 Apr – Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Keep disclosure for MPs' expenses — rejected ❌
- 20 Apr – Prayers ❌
- 18 Apr – Orders of the Day — New Clause 7 — Performance of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority ❌
- 18 Apr – Orders of the Day — New Clause 41 — Pensions Protection Lifeboat Fund ❌
- 17 Apr – Opposition Day — Occupational Pensions ✅
- 17 Apr – Opposition Day — [8th allotted day] — Occupational Pensions ❌
March
- 28 Mar – Deferred Divisions — Immigration ✅
- 28 Mar – Deferred Divisions — Immigration ✅
- 28 Mar – Adjournment Debate: PETITIONS ✅
- 28 Mar – Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Casino Premises Licences) Order 2007 — 28 Mar 2007 — Division No. 88 ✅
- 28 Mar – Bill Presented — Communications Allowance ✅
- 28 Mar – Leave for Bill: BILL PRESENTED ✅
- 27 Mar – Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
- 27 Mar – Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
- 27 Mar – Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
- 27 Mar – Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
- 23 Mar – Hunting Act 2004 — The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order. ❌
- 19 Mar – Adjournment Debate: PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS ✅
- 19 Mar – Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations ✅
- 19 Mar – DELEGATED LEGISLATION: Northern Ireland ✅
- 19 Mar – CONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS BILL [ LORDS] [WAYS AND MEANS]: UK Borders Bill ✅
- 19 Mar – CONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS BILL [ LORDS] [WAYS AND MEANS] ✅
- 19 Mar – CONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS BILL [ LORDS] [MONEY] ✅
- 19 Mar – CONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS BILL [ LORDS] (PROGRAMME) ✅
- 19 Mar – Second Reading: Orders of the Day ✅
- 14 Mar – Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System ✅
- 14 Mar – Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System ❌
- 14 Mar – Contraception and Abortion (Parental Information) ❌
- 13 Mar – Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — New Clause 5 — Pre-release access to official statistics ❌
- 13 Mar – Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — New Clause 4 — Legal obligation to obey the code of practice ❌
- 9 Mar – Prayers ❌
- 7 Mar – Adjournment Debate: ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL ✅
- 7 Mar – EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS ✅
- 7 Mar – Approve: Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 ✅
- 7 Mar – DELEGATED LEGISLATION ✅
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places ✅
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place — rejected ❌
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) ✅
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) ✅
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected ❌
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected ❌
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected ❌
- 7 Mar – House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament ✅
- 7 Mar – Leave for Bill: BILL PRESENTED ✅
- 2 Mar – Orders of the Day — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill ✅
- 2 Mar – Fire Precautions (Schools) — The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order. ❌
February
- 28 Feb – Orders of the Day — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2) ❌
- 28 Feb – Orders of the Day — Schedule 5 — Repeals ✅
- 27 Feb – Orders of the Day — Schedule 2 — Repeals ✅
- 27 Feb – Orders of the Day — New Clause 9 — Planning: access to information etc. ❌
- 27 Feb – Orders of the Day — New Clause 8 — Approval of Mayor's final draft budget by Assembly ❌
- 26 Feb – Opposition Day — Electoral System ✅
- 26 Feb – Opposition Day — Electoral System ❌
- 26 Feb – Opposition Day — [7th Alloted Day] — Royal Navy ❌
- 23 Feb – Hospitals (West Kent) — The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order. ❌
- 22 Feb – Control Orders — Annual renewal 2007 ✅
- 21 Feb – Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day] — Acute Hospital Services ❌
- 20 Feb – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Preparatory expenditure ✅
- 20 Feb – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Preparatory expenditure ❌
- 7 Feb – Delegated Legislation — Government's Crime Record ✅
- 7 Feb – Delegated Legislation — Government's Crime Record ❌
- 7 Feb – Delegated Legislation — merchant shipping ❌
- 7 Feb – Opposition Day — [5th allotted day] — Al-Yamamah Arms Agreement ❌
- 6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions ✅
- 6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Clause 19 — Timing ❌
- 6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Clause 7 — Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate ❌
- 5 Feb – Uk Borders Bill (Programme) ✅
- 2 Feb – Prayers ❌
January
- 30 Jan – Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day] — Sale of Radar System (Tanzania) ❌
- 30 Jan – Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day] — Special Educational Needs ❌
- 26 Jan – Orders of the Day — Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill ✅
- 26 Jan – Prayers ❌
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: Northern Ireland ✅
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: Northern Ireland ✅
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Commencement of section 43 of the criminal justice act 2003 ❌
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — New Clause 13 — Application by defendants for certain fraud cases to be conducted without a jury (no. 2) ❌
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — New Clause 11 — Safeguards ❌
- 25 Jan – Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Conditions to be satisfied (No. 2) ❌
- 23 Jan – Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Disabled Children ❌
- 23 Jan – Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Health Care-acquired Infections ❌
- 22 Jan – Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Programme) ✅
- 22 Jan – Orders of the Day — Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill ✅
- 22 Jan – Orders of the Day — Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill ❌
- 19 Jan – Train Services (Maidenhead and Twyford) — Sustainable Communities Bill ✅
- 15 Jan – Orders of the Day — Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill ✅
- 10 Jan – Opposition Day — Sub Post-Offices ✅
- 10 Jan – Opposition Day — Sub Post-Offices ❌
- 10 Jan – Opposition Day — Community Maternity Services ❌
- 9 Jan – Orders of the Day — Clause 29 — Local housing allowance ❌
- 9 Jan – Orders of the Day — New Clause 7 — Participation in work-focused interviews ❌
- 9 Jan – Orders of the Day — New Clause 3 — Assessment of limited capability for work ❌