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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Income Tax,-The Vice Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House, That its Addresses of yesterday relating to Income Tax had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the same very graciously and to give the following Answer:
I have received your Addresses praying that the Double Taxation Relief (Shipping Transport) (Hong Kong) Order 2000 and the Double Taxation Relief (Taxation on Income) (Norway) Order 2000 be made in the form of the drafts laid before your House.
I will comply with your request.
2 Kent County Council Bill [Lords],-The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 21st November, That the promoters of the Kent County Council Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so is lodged in the Private Bill Office not later than the day before the close of the present Session and that all fees due up to that date have been paid;
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, a declaration signed by the agent shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill brought from the Lords in the present Session;
That the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay upon the Table of the House a certificate, that such a declaration has been deposited;
That in the next Session the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the present Session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages;
That no further fees shall be charged to such stages;
And objection being taken to further proceeding;
Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 12th December.
3 Medway Council Bill [Lords],-The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 21st November, That the promoters of the Medway Council Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so is lodged in the Private Bill Office not later than the day before the close of the present Session and that all fees due up to that date have been paid;
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, a declaration signed by the agent shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill brought from the Lords in the present session;
That the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay upon the Table of the House a certificate, that such a declaration has been deposited;
That in the next Session the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the present Session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages;
That no further fees shall be charged to such stages;
And objection being taken to further proceeding;
Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 12th December.
4 Message from the Lords,-A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
The Lords have agreed to the Disqualifications Bill, with Amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by this House to the Children (Leaving Care) Bill [Lords], without Amendment.
The Lords do not insist on certain of their Amendments to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill to which this House has disagreed; they do not insist on certain other of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed, and agree, without Amendment, to the Amendments made by this House to the words so restored to the Bill; they do not insist on certain other of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed, and agree, without Amendment, to the Amendments made by this House in lieu thereof; they do not insist on the remaining Amendments to which this House has disagreed, but propose Amendments in lieu thereof, to which they desire the concurrence of this House; they agree, without Amendment, to the consequential Amendments made by this House to the Bill; and they agree, without Amendment, to the Amendments made by this House to their remaining Amendments.
5 Disqualifications Bill,-Lords Amendments to the Disqualifications Bill to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 192].
6 Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill,-Lords Amendments in lieu of Lords Amendments to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill to which this House has disagreed to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 193].
7 New Members sworn,-John Robertson, Esquire, Member for the Burgh Constituency of Glasgow Anniesland, was sworn.
Mark Phillip Hendrick, Esquire, Member for the Borough Constituency of Preston, was sworn.
Adrian Edward Bailey, Esquire, Member for the Borough Constituency of West Bromwich West, was sworn.
8 Town and Country Planning (Amendment),-Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend section 31 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 so as to allow local planning authorities to determine themselves in the structure plan the amount of new housing, including figures for housing provision in each district: And that Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Nick St Aubyn, Mr John Butterfill, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Patrick Nicholls and Mr Ian Taylor do prepare and bring it in.
9 Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill,-Mr Tony Baldry accordingly presented a Bill to amend section 31 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 so as to allow local planning authorities to determine themselves in the structure plan the amount of new housing, including figures for housing provision in each district: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 191].
10 Countryside and Rights of Way Bill [allotted day],-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Lords Amendments to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill.
Lords Amendments Nos. 1 to 18 were agreed to.
An Amendment ((b)) was proposed to the Lords Amendment, in line 8, after the word 'to', to insert the words 'and appropriate points of access to,'.-(Mr James Paice.)
Question put, That the Amendment to the Lords Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr James Gray, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 156.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Robert Ainsworth: 327.
So the Question was negatived.
The Lords Amendment was agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges.
Lords Amendments Nos. 20 to 98 were agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of Lords Amendments No. 33.
An Amendment ((a)) was proposed to the Lords Amendment, in line 28, at the end to insert the words-
'(ea) make specific provision in respect of premises constructed before 1906.'.-(Sir George Young.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment to the Lords Amendment be made:-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
The Lords Amendment was agreed to.
Lords Amendments Nos. 100 to 104 were agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of Lords Amendment No. 100.
A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment-(Mr Michael Meacher);
And it being Ten o'clock, the Speaker put the Question proposed from the Chair, pursuant to Order [yesterday].
The Lords Amendment was agreed to.
The Speaker then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.
Lords Amendments Nos. 106 to 281 were agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of Lords Amendments Nos. 124 and 268.
11 Transport Bill,-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider Lords Reasons for insisting on certain Lords Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed and Lords Amendments in lieu of a Lords Amendment to which the Commons have disagreed.
The Lords Reason for insisting on their Amendments Nos. 27 to 29 was read, as follows:
Because the public-private partnership should be delayed until such time as it has a mandate from the electorate at a General Election.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendments-(Mr Secretary Prescott);
Tellers for the Ayes, Mrs Anne McGuire, Mr David Jamieson: 305.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Randall, Mr Peter Atkinson: 217.
So the Question was agreed to.
And it being more than one hour after the commencement of proceedings, the Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings, pursuant to Order [15th November].
An Amendment ((a)) was proposed to the Bill, in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 27, in page 27, line 5, at the end to insert the words-
'( ) No direction may be given under this section before the end of the period of three months starting with the day on which this Act is passed.'.-(Mr Nick Raynsford.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mrs Anne McGuire, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 302.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Keith Simpson, Mr James Gray: 205.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Amendment in lieu of the Lords Amendment was accordingly made.
Other Amendments ((b) and (c)) were made to the Bill, in lieu of Lords Amendments Nos. 28 and 29.
Lords Amendments in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 31 were agreed to.
12 Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording of Interviews) Order 2000, which was laid before this House on 1st November, be approved-(Mr Robert Ainsworth):-It was agreed to.
13 Value Added Tax,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 2954) dated 2nd November, a copy of which was laid before this House on 2nd November, be approved-(Mr Robert Ainsworth):-It was agreed to.
14 Local Government Finance,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 69) on Children's Services (Quality Protects) Special Grants for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 (House of Commons Paper No. 968), which was laid before this House on 13th November, be approved-(Mr Robert Ainsworth):-It was agreed to.
15 Public Petitions,-Public Petitions from-
(1) citizens of the United Kingdom resident in Andorra for parity of pensions provision for citizens at home and abroad, and
(2) residents of Hastings and Rye against National Front marches
were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
16 Adjournment,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn-(Mr Clive Betts);
Wednesday 29th November 2000
And the Question being put;
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till two minutes past Twelve o'clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day.
[Adjourned at 12.02 a.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1 Deregulation,-Draft Deregulation (Sunday Dancing) Order 2000, together with a statement by the Home Office [by Act] [Marjorie Mowlam].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 London Government,-Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 3145), dated 28th November 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
3 Metropolitan and City Police Districts,-Private Hire Vehicles (London) (Operators' Licences) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 3146), dated 28th November 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
4 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,-Statute, dated 4th July 2000, made by the University of Cambridge, amending the Statutes of the University [by Act] [Margaret Beckett].
Other Papers:
5 Environment, Transport and the Regions,-(1) Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, on the Rural White Paper, and
(2) Paper, entitled Our countryside: the future,-A fair deal for rural England
[by Command] [Cm. 4910 and 4909] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
6 Overseas Pensions,-(1) Overseas Public Officers' Pensions (Pension Sharing) Amendment Scheme 2000, and
(2) Overseas Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2000
[by Act] [Secretary Clare Short].
7 Public Petitions,- Observations by-
(1) the Secretary of State for Defence on the Petition [11th May] from citizens of the United Kingdom for the award of a medal to every conscripted National Serviceman and the erection of a national monument to peace, and
(2) the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on the Petition [13th November] from residents of the constituency of Warrington North calling for residents to have a greater say in the siting of telecommunications masts
[by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House].
8 Treaty Series (No. 129, 2000),- Exchange of Notes, done at Hanoi on 8th and 26th September 2000, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam amending the Air Services Agreement done at London on 19th August 1994 [by Command] [Cm. 4927] [Mr Secretary Cook].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
Social Security Amendment (Capital Limits and Earnings Disregards) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 2545),- The Committee of Selection has discharged Dr Norman A. Godman from the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mr Alan W. Williams.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Agriculture,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee [Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-up]; to be printed [No. 761]; and
(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: Follow-up; Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-up; Horticulture Research International; Implementation of IACS in the European Union; Organic Farming ]
2 Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Delivering Sustainable Waste Management]; to be printed [No. 903-vii] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].
3 Statutory Instruments,-Thirty-third Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 47-xxxiii] [Mr David Tredinnick].
4 Trade and Industry,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Trade and Industry Committee [Office of Gas and Electricity Markets]; to be printed [No. 193-ii]; and
(2) Memorandum laid before the Committee [Rail Manufacturing at Corus Rail, Workington]
5 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Treasury Committee on 21st and 28th November [The Bank of England November Inflation Report]; to be printed [Nos. 760-i and -ii] [Mr Giles Radice].
CORRIGENDUM
In the Votes and Proceedings for Thursday 6th July, in Appendix I, item 4 should have read as follows:
Development of Tourism,-Accounts of the Scottish Tourist Board for 1999-2000, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 687] [Clerk of the House].
Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 28th November 2000
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
[pursuant to the Order of 24th May 1999]
The sitting commenced at Ten o'clock.
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Adjournment,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned-(Mr Robert Ainsworth);
And it being One o'clock, the sitting was adjourned without Question put, till to-morrow.
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[Adjourned at 1 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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