📜 Business without Debate

• Companies: The House approved the draft Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024. These regulations, presented on 7 October 2024, aim to update how companies report their payment practices.

• Agriculture: The draft Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 were approved. These were introduced on 21 November 2024 and intend to amend standards for marketing free-range eggs in England.

• Banks and Banking: Approval was given to the draft Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024, laid before the House on 6 November 2024. This order relates to a compensation scheme for Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited.

• House of Commons Members’ Fund: Changes were made to the Trustees of the House of Commons Members’ Fund. Sir Marcus Jones and Craig Whittaker were removed, and Sharon Hodgson and Mike Wood were appointed as new Trustees, following the House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 2016.

The transcript provided shows a session where business was conducted without debate, suggesting a high level of agreement or at least no visible disagreement among the members on the topics discussed. The session included several motions and an order, all of which were put forth and agreed upon without any noted dissent or discussion, as per the transcript. Specifically, the motions regarding Companies, Agriculture, and Banks and Banking were all approved through a ‘Question agreed to’ without objection recorded. Similarly, the order concerning the House of Commons Members’ Fund was completed without any recorded opposition. The absence of any recorded debate or disagreement in the transcript leads to the conclusion that the session was characterized by a consensus on the proposed items. This level of agreement is typical in sessions categorized as ‘Business without Debate’, where disagreement, if any, is minimal or managed outside of the plenary session.