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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 23rd May 2000

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.

PRAYERS.

1 City of Newcastle upon Tyne Bill [Lords],—The Order of the day being read, for the Third Reading of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne Bill [Lords];

    Ordered, That the Bill be read a third time on Tuesday 6th June.

2 Greenham and Crookham Commons Bill,—The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Greenham and Crookham Commons Bill;

    Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 6th June.

3 Countryside and Rights of Way Bill,—Mr Roger Gale reported from Standing Committee B, That it had gone through the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, and made Amendments thereunto.

    Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 133].

    Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 529].

4 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr John Cummings reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2000, and the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2000.

    Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

5 Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:

    Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision about children and young persons who are being, or have been, looked after by a local authority; to replace section 24 of the Children Act 1989; and for connected purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

6 Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—The Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords] was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 134].

    Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords] be printed [Bill 134-EN].

7 School Admissions (Amendment) Bill,—Ordered, That the School Admissions (Amendment) Bill be read a second time on Friday 21st July.

8 Genetic Testing (Consent and Confidentiality),—Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require that genetic testing and genetic test results and other information derived from such tests may be used only for medical and clinical purposes, after informed consent of the patient has been given; to prohibit the giving of such information to other parties; and to prohibit insurance companies, banks, mortgage providers and employers from requiring genetic tests to be taken or insisting on disclosure of the results or of information derived from such tests: And that Mr Nick Harvey, Dr Peter Brand, Mr John Grogan, Mr Martin Bell, Mr Simon Burns and Dr Evan Harris do prepare and bring it in.

9 Genetic Testing (Consent and Confidentiality) Bill,—Mr Nick Harvey accordingly presented a Bill to require that genetic testing and genetic test results and other information derived from such tests may be used only for medical and clincial purposes, after informed consent of the patient has been given; to prohibit the giving of such information to other parties; and to prohibit insurance companies, banks, mortgage providers and employers from requiring genetic tests to be taken or insisting on disclosure of the results or of information derived from such tests: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 21st July and to be printed [Bill 132].

10 Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords],—The Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] was, according to order, read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee.

11 Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] [Money],—Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] [Money];

    A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

    (1) sums in respect of salary, pension, allowances and compensation for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service; and

    (2) expenditure incurred by the Chief Inspector in the discharge of his functions under the Act—(Jim Dowd):—It was agreed to.

12 Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords],—The Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords] was, according to order, read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee.

13 Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means],—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise—

    (a) the making of provision about the taxation of limited liability partnerships and their members, and

    (b) the imposition by regulations under the Act of fees payable into the Consolidated Fund—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.

14 Defence,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Army, Air Force and Navy Discipline Acts (Continutation) Order 2000, which was laid before this House on 4th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.

15 Terms and Conditions of Employment,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft National Minimum Wage (Increase in Development Rate for Young Workers) Regulations 2000, which were laid before this House on 4th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.

16 Trade Union and Labour Relations,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [11th May] and Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Code of Practice: Access to Workers During Recognition and Derecognition Ballots, which was laid before this House on 8th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.

17 Insurance for Members,—Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House,—

    (1) provision should be made for the insurance of Members of this House in relation to the performance of their duties as Members under arrangements (including financial limits to the cover provided) made from time to time with the approval of the Leader of this House and the Speaker;

    (2) subject to the terms and conditions of any policy effected under the approved arrangements, the insurance for which provision is made under paragraph (1) of this Resolution may cover the following—

    (a) travel;

    (b) personal accident;

    (c) personal accident in respect of employees of Members;

    (d) employers' liability and public liability;

    (e) the cost of defending a civil claim for defamation and of payment in respect of any award made by a court in such a claim, where the act complained of was not covered by parliamentary privilege but arose from a Member's duty as a Member; and

    (3) arrangements made for insurance of the type mentioned under paragraph (2)(a) and (b) above may provide for the spouses of Members to be covered as well as Members themselves.—(Paddy Tipping.)

18 Legal Costs Incurred by the Honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire,—Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, provision should be made to reimburse Mr Peter Luff, honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire, for legal costs incurred in respect of his duties as a Member of this House in defence of an action for libel in the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) which was dismissed and the Plaintiff's statement of claim struck out by Order dated 16th April 1999.—(Paddy Tipping.)

19 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr David Jamieson.)

    And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till one minute to Nine o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 8.59 p.m.

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Civil Aviation,—Air Navigation (Cosmic Radiation) (Keeping of Records) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1380), dated 18th May 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

Other Papers:

2 Customs and Excise,—Paper, comprising the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1396), dated 22nd May 2000 [by Command] [Mr Secretary Byers].

3 Development of Tourism,—Statement of salaries of the Chairman and members of the Board of the English Tourism Council [by Act] [Mr Secretary Smith].

4 House of Commons Members' Fund,—Accounts of the House of Commons Members' Fund for 1st October 1998 to 30th September 1999, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act], to be printed [No. 527] [Clerk of the House].

5 Miscellaneous (No. 12, 2000),—Agreement, done at Seattle on 30th November 1999, establishing the Advisory Centre on WTO Law, with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Cm. 4721] [Mr Secretary Cook].

6 National Audit,—Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Emergency Aid: The Kosovo Crisis [by Act]; to be printed [No. 495] [Clerk of the House].

7 Supreme Court (Northern Ireland),—Land Purchase Account of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland, for 1998-99, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No.526] [Clerk of the House].

8 Trade Union and Labour Relations,—Report of the Certification Officer for 1st January 1999 to 31st March 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].

9 Treaty Series (No. 58, 2000),—Agreement, done at Suva on 4th December 1998, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands concerning Air Services [by Command] [Cm. 4718] [Mr Secretary Cook].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees

The Government's assessment as set out in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 2000-01, and the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 2000-01, for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Vernon Coaker and Mr Howard Flight from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Reports); and nominated in substitution Mr John Healey and Mr Richard Ottaway.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1 Agriculture,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee [Action Plan for Farming]; to be printed [No. 525-i]; and

    (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Food From Britain; Regional Service Centres]

[Mr David Curry].

2 Culture, Media and Sport,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Cultural Property: Return and Illicit Trade]; to be printed [No. 371-vi] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].

3 Defence,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [Annual Major Procurement Projects]; to be printed [No. 528-i] [Mr Bruce George].

4 Education and Employment,—(1) Fourth Special Report from the Education and Employment Committee [Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, on the Draft Part-time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000]; to be printed [No. 522]; and

    (2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [DfEE Funding]; to be printed [No. 502-ii]

[Mr Derek Foster].

5 Environmental Audit,—Memorandum laid before the Environmental Audit Committee [Government Observations on the Fourth Report from the Committee—The Pre-Budget Report 1999: pesticides, aggregates and the Climate Change Levy] [Mr John Horam].

6 Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [UK Biodiversity]; to be printed [No. 441-ii] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].

7 Foreign Affairs,—Fourth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee [Kosovo], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 28] [Mr Donald Anderson].

8 International Development,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the International Development Committee [After Seattle—The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries]; to be printed [No. 227-vii] [Mr Bowen Wells].

9 Standards and Privileges,—Thirteenth Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges [Complaint against Sir Michael Spicer], with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 524] [Mr Robert Sheldon].

10 Statutory Instruments,—Twentieth Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 47-xx] [Mr David Tredinnick].

11 Treasury,—(1) Seventh Report from the Treasury Committee [The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Confirmation Hearings]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 520]; and

    (2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 16th and 23rd May [The Bank of England May Inflation Report]; to be printed [Nos. 523-i & -ii]

[Mr Giles Radice].

Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
[pursuant to the Order of 24th May 1999]

The sitting commenced at Ten o'clock.

Adjournment,—Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Mrs Anne McGuire.)

    And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 12.59 p.m.

Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	City of Newcastle upon Tyne Bill [Lords],—The Order of the day being read, for the Third Reading of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne Bill [Lords];
	Ordered, That the Bill be read a third time on Tuesday 6th June.
2	Greenham and Crookham Commons Bill,—The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Greenham and Crookham Commons Bill;
	Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 6th June.
3	Countryside and Rights of Way Bill,—Mr Roger Gale reported from Standing Committee B, That it had gone through the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, and made Amendments thereunto.
	Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 133].
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 529].
4	First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr John Cummings reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2000, and the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2000.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5	Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
	Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision about children and young persons who are being, or have been, looked after by a local authority; to replace section 24 of the Children Act 1989; and for connected purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
6	Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—The Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords] was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 134].
	Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords] be printed [Bill 134-EN].
7	School Admissions (Amendment) Bill,—Ordered, That the School Admissions (Amendment) Bill be read a second time on Friday 21st July.
8	Genetic Testing (Consent and Confidentiality),—Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require that genetic testing and genetic test results and other information derived from such tests may be used only for medical and clinical purposes, after informed consent of the patient has been given; to prohibit the giving of such information to other parties; and to prohibit insurance companies, banks, mortgage providers and employers from requiring genetic tests to be taken or insisting on disclosure of the results or of information derived from such tests: And that Mr Nick Harvey, Dr Peter Brand, Mr John Grogan, Mr Martin Bell, Mr Simon Burns and Dr Evan Harris do prepare and bring it in.
9	Genetic Testing (Consent and Confidentiality) Bill,—Mr Nick Harvey accordingly presented a Bill to require that genetic testing and genetic test results and other information derived from such tests may be used only for medical and clincial purposes, after informed consent of the patient has been given; to prohibit the giving of such information to other parties; and to prohibit insurance companies, banks, mortgage providers and employers from requiring genetic tests to be taken or insisting on disclosure of the results or of information derived from such tests: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 21st July and to be printed [Bill 132].
10	Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords],—The Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] was, according to order, read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee.
11	Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] [Money],—Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords] [Money];
	A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
	(1) sums in respect of salary, pension, allowances and compensation for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service; and
	(2) expenditure incurred by the Chief Inspector in the discharge of his functions under the Act—(Jim Dowd):—It was agreed to.
12	Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords],—The Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords] was, according to order, read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee.
13	Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means],—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise—
	(a) the making of provision about the taxation of limited liability partnerships and their members, and
	(b) the imposition by regulations under the Act of fees payable into the Consolidated Fund—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.
14	Defence,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Army, Air Force and Navy Discipline Acts (Continutation) Order 2000, which was laid before this House on 4th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.
15	Terms and Conditions of Employment,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft National Minimum Wage (Increase in Development Rate for Young Workers) Regulations 2000, which were laid before this House on 4th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.
16	Trade Union and Labour Relations,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [11th May] and Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Code of Practice: Access to Workers During Recognition and Derecognition Ballots, which was laid before this House on 8th May, be approved—(Mr Greg Pope):—It was agreed to.
17	Insurance for Members,—Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House,—
	(1) provision should be made for the insurance of Members of this House in relation to the performance of their duties as Members under arrangements (including financial limits to the cover provided) made from time to time with the approval of the Leader of this House and the Speaker;
	(2) subject to the terms and conditions of any policy effected under the approved arrangements, the insurance for which provision is made under paragraph (1) of this Resolution may cover the following—
	(a) travel;
	(b) personal accident;
	(c) personal accident in respect of employees of Members;
	(d) employers' liability and public liability;
	(e) the cost of defending a civil claim for defamation and of payment in respect of any award made by a court in such a claim, where the act complained of was not covered by parliamentary privilege but arose from a Member's duty as a Member; and
	(3) arrangements made for insurance of the type mentioned under paragraph (2)(a) and (b) above may provide for the spouses of Members to be covered as well as Members themselves.—(Paddy Tipping.)
18	Legal Costs Incurred by the Honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire,—Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, provision should be made to reimburse Mr Peter Luff, honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire, for legal costs incurred in respect of his duties as a Member of this House in defence of an action for libel in the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) which was dismissed and the Plaintiff's statement of claim struck out by Order dated 16th April 1999.—(Paddy Tipping.)
19	Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr David Jamieson.)
	And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till one minute to Nine o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 8.59 p.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
1	Civil Aviation,—Air Navigation (Cosmic Radiation) (Keeping of Records) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1380), dated 18th May 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
Other Papers:
2	Customs and Excise,—Paper, comprising the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1396), dated 22nd May 2000 [by Command] [Mr Secretary Byers].
3	Development of Tourism,—Statement of salaries of the Chairman and members of the Board of the English Tourism Council [by Act] [Mr Secretary Smith].
4	House of Commons Members' Fund,—Accounts of the House of Commons Members' Fund for 1st October 1998 to 30th September 1999, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act], to be printed [No. 527] [Clerk of the House].
5	Miscellaneous (No. 12, 2000),—Agreement, done at Seattle on 30th November 1999, establishing the Advisory Centre on WTO Law, with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Cm. 4721] [Mr Secretary Cook].
6	National Audit,—Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Emergency Aid: The Kosovo Crisis [by Act]; to be printed [No. 495] [Clerk of the House].
7	Supreme Court (Northern Ireland),—Land Purchase Account of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland, for 1998-99, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No.526] [Clerk of the House].
8	Trade Union and Labour Relations,—Report of the Certification Officer for 1st January 1999 to 31st March 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
9	Treaty Series (No. 58, 2000),—Agreement, done at Suva on 4th December 1998, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands concerning Air Services [by Command] [Cm. 4718] [Mr Secretary Cook].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
	The Government's assessment as set out in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 2000-01, and the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 2000-01, for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Vernon Coaker and Mr Howard Flight from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Reports); and nominated in substitution Mr John Healey and Mr Richard Ottaway.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1	Agriculture,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee [Action Plan for Farming]; to be printed [No. 525-i]; and
	(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Food From Britain; Regional Service Centres]
	[Mr David Curry].
2	Culture, Media and Sport,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Cultural Property: Return and Illicit Trade]; to be printed [No. 371-vi] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
3	Defence,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [Annual Major Procurement Projects]; to be printed [No. 528-i] [Mr Bruce George].
4	Education and Employment,—(1) Fourth Special Report from the Education and Employment Committee [Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, on the Draft Part-time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000]; to be printed [No. 522]; and
	(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [DfEE Funding]; to be printed [No. 502-ii]
	[Mr Derek Foster].
5	Environmental Audit,—Memorandum laid before the Environmental Audit Committee [Government Observations on the Fourth Report from the Committee—The Pre-Budget Report 1999: pesticides, aggregates and the Climate Change Levy] [Mr John Horam].
6	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [UK Biodiversity]; to be printed [No. 441-ii] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].
7	Foreign Affairs,—Fourth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee [Kosovo], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 28] [Mr Donald Anderson].
8	International Development,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the International Development Committee [After Seattle—The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries]; to be printed [No. 227-vii] [Mr Bowen Wells].
9	Standards and Privileges,—Thirteenth Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges [Complaint against Sir Michael Spicer], with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 524] [Mr Robert Sheldon].
10	Statutory Instruments,—Twentieth Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 47-xx] [Mr David Tredinnick].
11	Treasury,—(1) Seventh Report from the Treasury Committee [The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Confirmation Hearings]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 520]; and
	(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 16th and 23rd May [The Bank of England May Inflation Report]; to be printed [Nos. 523-i & -ii]
	[Mr Giles Radice].

Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall [pursuant to the Order of 24th May 1999]

The sitting commenced at Ten o'clock.
	Adjournment,—Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Mrs Anne McGuire.)
	And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 12.59 p.m.
*Sir Alan Haselhurst* *Deputy Speaker*