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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 13th July 2000

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

PRAYERS.

1 Mersey Tunnels Bill,—The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Mersey Tunnels Bill;

    Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 20th July.

2 Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—Mr Bill Olner reported from Standing Committee A, That it had gone through the Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords], and made an Amendment thereunto.

    Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow.

    Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 733].

3 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Jimmy Hood reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers.

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

4 Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Bowen Wells reported from the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 64) on the Special Grant for activities undertaken by Beacon Councils (House of Commons Paper No. 564).

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

5 Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Jim Cunningham reported from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Legal Aid (Functions) Order 2000, and the draft Legal Aid (Prescribed Panels) (Amendment) Regulations 2000.

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

6 Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Edward O'Hara reported from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance Special Grant Report (No. 67) on Heads', Deputies' and Advanced Skills Teachers' Performance Pay Progression and Deputies' Assimilation (House of Commons Paper No. 569), and the Local Government Finance Special Grant Report (No. 66) on Threshold and Leadership Group Payments (House of Commons Paper No. 568).

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

7 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mrs Irene Adams reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Insider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) (Amendment) Order 2000.

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

8 Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Barry Jones reported from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1403).

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

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

    The Lords have agreed to the Royal Parks (Trading) Bill, without Amendment.

10 Football (Disorder) Bill,—Mr Secretary Straw, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr Secretary Prescott, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Secretary Cook and Mr Charles Clarke presented a Bill to make further provision for the purpose of preventing violence or disorder at or in connection with association football matches; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time and to be printed [Bill 160].

    Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Football (Disorder) Bill be printed [Bill 160-EN].

11 Opposition Day [17th allotted day],—It being an allotted day at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition in pursuance of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business), the House proceeded to consider Opposition business.

    Relationship between Parliament and the Executive,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House believes that Parliament is the essential and definitive link between citizen and government and should remain the institution at the heart of the nation's democratic system; regrets the accelerated loss of power and influence from Parliament to the Executive since 1997, rendering Parliament less able to hold government to account; and calls for the urgent introduction of the reforms necessary to reassert the authority of the House and to reverse the bypassing and undermining of Parliament in recent years—(Mr William Hague);

    An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word 'House' to the end of the Question and add the words 'congratulates the Government on carrying out in three years the biggest programme of constitutional reform for a century, including devolution to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, bringing government closer to the people; and welcomes the fundamental reform of the House of Lords and the establishment of the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons which has doubled the number of backbench debates and quadrupled the opportunities to debate Select Committee reports as part of the 48 recommendations implemented so far', instead thereof.—(The Prime Minister.)

    And the Question being proposed, That the original words stand part of the Question;

    Mr James Arbuthnot rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put.

    And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was agreed to.

    And the Question being accordingly put;

    The House divided.

    Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John Randall, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 165.

    Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 304.

    So the Question was negatived.

    And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments);

    The House divided.

    Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 323.

    Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Randall, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 137.

    So the Question was agreed to.

    The Deputy Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to.

    Resolved, That this House congratulates the Government on carrying out in three years the biggest programme of constitutional reform for a century, including devolution to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, bringing government closer to the people; and welcomes the fundamental reform of the House of Lords and the establishment of the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons which has doubled the number of backbench debates and quadrupled the opportunities to debate Select Committee reports as part of the 48 recommendations implemented so far.

12 Business of the House,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 15 and Order of 25th October 1999, That, at this day's sitting, the Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett relating to Business of the House (Football (Disorder) Bill) and the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour—(Mr Robert Ainsworth):—It was agreed to.

13 Business of the House (Football (Disorder) Bill),—Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, as soon as the proceedings on this Motion have been concluded, the Order for the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill shall be read.—(Mr Robert Ainsworth.)

14 Football (Disorder) Bill,—The Order being read, pursuant to Order [this day] for the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill;

    And a Motion being made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time;

Friday 15th July 2000

    Question put.

    The House divided.

    Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Don Touhig, Jim Dowd: 206.

    Tellers for the Noes, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Christopher Chope: 6.

    So the Question was agreed to.

    The Bill was accordingly read a second time.

    A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills), That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House—(Mr Charles Clarke):—It was agreed to.

    Committee on Monday 17th July.

15 Football (Disorder) Bill [Money],—Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Football (Disorder) Bill [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 Football (Disorder) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment—(Mr Mike Hall):—It was agreed to.

16 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Mike Hall.)

    And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till sixteen minutes to Two o'clock, adjourned till Monday 17th July.

[Adjourned at 1.44 a.m.

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday 17th July.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Education,—Education (School Government) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1848), dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].

2 Social Security,—Relevant Functions (Payments to Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1810), dated 10th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].

Other Papers:

3 Government Report,—Paper, entitled the Government's Annual Report for 1999-2000 [by Command] [The Prime Minister].

4 Housing,—Report and Accounts of the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust for 1999-2000, together with a CD-ROM [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

5 Judicial Statistics,—Judicial Statistics for England and Wales for 1999 [by Command] [Cm. 4786] [Mr David Lock].

6 Legal Aid and Advice,—Report and Accounts of the Legal Aid Board for 1999-2000 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 664] [Mr David Lock].

7 Macedonia (No. 2, 2000),—Agreement, done at Skopje on 10th March 2000, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on Co-operation in the Fields of Education, Science and Culture, with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Cm. 4788] [Mr Secretary Cook].

8 Scottish Executive Agencies,—Report and Accounts of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency for 1999-2000, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 638] [Mr Secretary Reid].

9 United Nations,—(1) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1818),

    (2) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1819),

    (3) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1820),

    (4) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1821), and

    (5) Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1822),

dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Cook]; and

    (6) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1837),

    (7) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1836),

    (8) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1839),

    (9) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1838), and

    (10) Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1840),

dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees

Draft Patents Regulations 2000,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Nick Gibb from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mrs Angela Browning.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1 Culture, Media and Sport,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Reports and Accounts of the BBC for 1999-2000]; to be printed [No. 719-i] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].

2 Defence,—(1) Ninth Special Report from the Defence Committee [Government Observations on the Sixth Report of the Committee: The Appointment of the MoD's New Chief Scientific Adviser]; to be printed [No. 731]; and

    (2) Tenth Special Report from the Committee [Government Observations on the Eighth Report of the Committee: European Security and Defence]; to be printed [No. 732]

[Mr Bruce George].

3 Environmental Audit,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [Costing the Environment: Setting Water Prices for 2000-2005]; to be printed [No. 597-iv] [Mr John Horam].

4 Health,—(1) Fourth Report from the Health Committee [Provision of NHS Mental Health Services], 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. 373]; and

    (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Provision of NHS Mental Health Services]

[Mr David Hinchcliffe].

5 Procedure,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Procedure Committee [Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties]; to be printed [No. 210] [Mr Nicholas Winterton].

Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings Thursday 13th July 2000 Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
[pursuant to the Order of 24th May 1999]

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
	Adjournment (EC Development Assistance),—Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Mr Mike Hall.)
	And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 18th July.
[Adjourned at 4.59 p.m.
*Sir Alan Haselhurst* *Deputy Speaker*

The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	Mersey Tunnels Bill,—The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Mersey Tunnels Bill;
	Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 20th July.
2	Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords],—Mr Bill Olner reported from Standing Committee A, That it had gone through the Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords], and made an Amendment thereunto.
	Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 733].
3	First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Jimmy Hood reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4	Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Bowen Wells reported from the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 64) on the Special Grant for activities undertaken by Beacon Councils (House of Commons Paper No. 564).
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5	Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Jim Cunningham reported from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Legal Aid (Functions) Order 2000, and the draft Legal Aid (Prescribed Panels) (Amendment) Regulations 2000.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
6	Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Edward O'Hara reported from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance Special Grant Report (No. 67) on Heads', Deputies' and Advanced Skills Teachers' Performance Pay Progression and Deputies' Assimilation (House of Commons Paper No. 569), and the Local Government Finance Special Grant Report (No. 66) on Threshold and Leadership Group Payments (House of Commons Paper No. 568).
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
7	Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mrs Irene Adams reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Insider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) (Amendment) Order 2000.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
8	Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Barry Jones reported from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1403).
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
9	Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
	The Lords have agreed to the Royal Parks (Trading) Bill, without Amendment.
10	Football (Disorder) Bill,—Mr Secretary Straw, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr Secretary Prescott, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Secretary Cook and Mr Charles Clarke presented a Bill to make further provision for the purpose of preventing violence or disorder at or in connection with association football matches; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time and to be printed [Bill 160].
	Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Football (Disorder) Bill be printed [Bill 160-EN].
11	Opposition Day [17th allotted day],—It being an allotted day at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition in pursuance of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business), the House proceeded to consider Opposition business.
	Relationship between Parliament and the Executive,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House believes that Parliament is the essential and definitive link between citizen and government and should remain the institution at the heart of the nation's democratic system; regrets the accelerated loss of power and influence from Parliament to the Executive since 1997, rendering Parliament less able to hold government to account; and calls for the urgent introduction of the reforms necessary to reassert the authority of the House and to reverse the bypassing and undermining of Parliament in recent years—(Mr William Hague);
	An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word 'House' to the end of the Question and add the words 'congratulates the Government on carrying out in three years the biggest programme of constitutional reform for a century, including devolution to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, bringing government closer to the people; and welcomes the fundamental reform of the House of Lords and the establishment of the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons which has doubled the number of backbench debates and quadrupled the opportunities to debate Select Committee reports as part of the 48 recommendations implemented so far', instead thereof.—(The Prime Minister.)
	And the Question being proposed, That the original words stand part of the Question;
	Mr James Arbuthnot rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put.
	And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was agreed to.
	And the Question being accordingly put;
	The House divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John Randall, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 165.
	Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 304.
	So the Question was negatived.
	And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments);
	The House divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 323.
	Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Randall, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 137.
	So the Question was agreed to.
	The Deputy Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to.
	Resolved, That this House congratulates the Government on carrying out in three years the biggest programme of constitutional reform for a century, including devolution to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, bringing government closer to the people; and welcomes the fundamental reform of the House of Lords and the establishment of the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons which has doubled the number of backbench debates and quadrupled the opportunities to debate Select Committee reports as part of the 48 recommendations implemented so far.
12	Business of the House,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 15 and Order of 25th October 1999, That, at this day's sitting, the Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett relating to Business of the House (Football (Disorder) Bill) and the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour—(Mr Robert Ainsworth):—It was agreed to.
13	Business of the House (Football (Disorder) Bill),—Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, as soon as the proceedings on this Motion have been concluded, the Order for the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill shall be read.—(Mr Robert Ainsworth.)
14	Football (Disorder) Bill,—The Order being read, pursuant to Order [this day] for the Second Reading of the Football (Disorder) Bill;
	And a Motion being made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time;
Friday 15th July 2000
	Question put.
	The House divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Don Touhig, Jim Dowd: 206.
	Tellers for the Noes, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Christopher Chope: 6.
	So the Question was agreed to.
	The Bill was accordingly read a second time.
	A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills), That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House—(Mr Charles Clarke):—It was agreed to.
	Committee on Monday 17th July.
15	Football (Disorder) Bill [Money],—Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Football (Disorder) Bill [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 Football (Disorder) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment—(Mr Mike Hall):—It was agreed to.
16	Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Mike Hall.)
	And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till sixteen minutes to Two o'clock, adjourned till Monday 17th July.
[Adjourned at 1.44 a.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday 17th July.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
1	Education,—Education (School Government) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1848), dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
2	Social Security,—Relevant Functions (Payments to Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1810), dated 10th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Other Papers:
3	Government Report,—Paper, entitled the Government's Annual Report for 1999-2000 [by Command] [The Prime Minister].
4	Housing,—Report and Accounts of the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust for 1999-2000, together with a CD-ROM [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
5	Judicial Statistics,—Judicial Statistics for England and Wales for 1999 [by Command] [Cm. 4786] [Mr David Lock].
6	Legal Aid and Advice,—Report and Accounts of the Legal Aid Board for 1999-2000 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 664] [Mr David Lock].
7	Macedonia (No. 2, 2000),—Agreement, done at Skopje on 10th March 2000, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on Co-operation in the Fields of Education, Science and Culture, with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Cm. 4788] [Mr Secretary Cook].
8	Scottish Executive Agencies,—Report and Accounts of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency for 1999-2000, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 638] [Mr Secretary Reid].
9	United Nations,—(1) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1818),
	(2) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1819),
	(3) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1820),
	(4) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1821), and
	(5) Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1822),
	dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Cook]; and
	(6) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1837),
	(7) Angola (United Nations Sanctions) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1836),
	(8) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1839),
	(9) Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1838), and
	(10) Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 1840),
	dated 12th July 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
	Draft Patents Regulations 2000,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Nick Gibb from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mrs Angela Browning.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1	Culture, Media and Sport,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Reports and Accounts of the BBC for 1999-2000]; to be printed [No. 719-i] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
2	Defence,—(1) Ninth Special Report from the Defence Committee [Government Observations on the Sixth Report of the Committee: The Appointment of the MoD's New Chief Scientific Adviser]; to be printed [No. 731]; and
	(2) Tenth Special Report from the Committee [Government Observations on the Eighth Report of the Committee: European Security and Defence]; to be printed [No. 732]
	[Mr Bruce George].
3	Environmental Audit,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [Costing the Environment: Setting Water Prices for 2000-2005]; to be printed [No. 597-iv] [Mr John Horam].
4	Health,—(1) Fourth Report from the Health Committee [Provision of NHS Mental Health Services], 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. 373]; and
	(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Provision of NHS Mental Health Services]
	[Mr David Hinchcliffe].
5	Procedure,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Procedure Committee [Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties]; to be printed [No. 210] [Mr Nicholas Winterton].



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