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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Queen's Speech (Answer to Address),-The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House, That Her Majesty, having been attended with its Address of 27th June, was pleased to receive the same very graciously and give the following Answer:
I have received with great satisfaction the dutiful and loyal expression of your thanks for the speech with which I opened the present Session of Parliament.
2 City of London (Ward Elections) Bill,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the promoters of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill which originated in this House in the last Parliament but had not received the Royal Assent may, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders or practice of this House, proceed with the bill in the present session of Parliament; and the petition for the bill shall be deemed to have been deposited and all Standing Orders applicable to it shall be deemed to have been complied with;
That the bill shall be presented to the House by deposit in the Private Bill Office no later than the fifth day on which the House sits after this day;
That a declaration signed by the agent shall be annexed to the bill, stating that it is the same in every respect as the bill presented in this House in the last Parliament;
That on the next sitting day following presentation, the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay the bill on the Table of the House;
That in the present session of Parliament the bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it had passed in the last Parliament, 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-(The Chairman of Ways and Means);
And objection being taken to further proceedings, the Debate stood adjourned.
Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Wednesday 18th July.
3 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Nicholas Winterton reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Immigration (Leave to Enter) Order 2001.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 European Communities (Amendment) Bill (Programme) (No. 2),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That, in accordance with the resolution of the Programming Committee of 10th July and pursuant to the Programme Order of 4th July 2001 (Proceedings in Committee of the whole House, on consideration and on Third Reading of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill),-
(1) proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 p.m. on the third allotted day (or, if that day is a Thursday, 7.00 p.m.);
(2) those proceedings shall be taken on each of the allotted days as shown in the second column of the following Table and shall be taken in the order so shown, and shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at the times specified in the third column of the Table.
Table
| Allotted day | Proceedings | Time for
conclusion of proceedings |
| First day | Amendment No 1 | 8pm (or 5pm if a
Thursday) |
| Remaining proceedings on Clause 1 and proceedings on Clauses 2 to 4
| - |
| Second day | Remaining proceedings on Clauses 1 to 4 (so far as
not previously concluded) | 10pm (or 7pm if a Thursday) |
| Third day | New Clauses 4 to 6 | 7pm (or 4pm if a
Thursday) |
| Remaining New Clauses | 10pm (or 7pm if a
Thursday) |
(3) any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.00 p.m. on the fourth allotted day (or, if that day is a Thursday, 7.00 p.m.)-(Peter Hain);
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Ivor Caplin, Angela Smith: 362.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Peter Luff, Mr James Gray: 141.
So the Question was agreed to.
5 European Communities (Amendment) Bill [1st allotted day],-The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.
(In the Committee)
Clause No. 1 (Incorporation of provisions of the Treaty of Nice).
Amendment (No. 1) proposed, in page 1, line 9, after '10', to insert the words 'other than Article 2, paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 32, 36 subsection (b), 37 sub-section (b) as it relates to qualified majority voting, 41, 42 as it relates to qualified majority voting, and 44.'.-(Mr Richard Spring.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr James Gray, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 149.
Tellers for the Noes, Dan Norris, Mr Ivor Caplin: 349.
6 Deferred Divisions,-The Chairman announced the results of divisions which had been deferred to this day, pursuant to the Order of the House [28th June]:
Education,-That the draft Special Educational Needs Code of Practice, which was laid before this House on 20th June, be approved.
So the Question was agreed to.
Northern Ireland,-That the draft Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001, which was laid before this House on 26th June, be approved.
So the Question was agreed to.
Northern Ireland,-That the draft Life Sentences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2001, which was laid before this House on 26th June, be approved.
So the Question was agreed to.
7 European Communities (Amendment) Bill,-Another Amendment (No. 40) proposed, in page 1, line 9, after '(i)', insert the words 'Article 1 (other than paragraph 1),'.-(Mr John Wilkinson.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
And it being Ten o'clock, the Chairman left the Chair to report progress and ask leave to sit again.
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The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr Ivor Caplin reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and moved, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.
Committee again to-morrow.
8 Estimates,-It being after Ten o'clock, the Deputy Speaker put the Question he was directed to put pursuant to paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 55 (Questions on voting of estimates, &c.).
Supplementary Estimates, 2001-02
Resolved, That further resources not exceeding £1,250,531,000 be authorised for use for civil services for the year ending on 31st March 2002, and that a further sum, not exceeding £2,853,190,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to meet the cost of civil services for the year ending on 31st March 2002, as set out in House of Commons Paper No. 46.
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the foregoing Resolution: And that the Chairman of Ways and Means, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Andrew Smith, Dawn Primarolo, Mr Paul Boateng and Ruth Kelly do prepare and bring it in.
9 Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill,-Mr Paul Boateng accordingly presented a Bill to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2002 and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 7].
10 Sports Grounds and Sporting Events,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Football (Disorder) (Duration of Powers) Order 2001, which was laid before this House on 20th June, be approved-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
11 Business of the House,-The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 28th June, That Private Members' Bills shall have precedence over Government business on 26th October, 2nd, 23rd and 30th November 2001, 11th, 18th and 25th January, 15th March, 12th and 19th April, 10th May, 21st June and 19th July 2002;
Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-morrow.
12 Public Petitions,-A Public Petition from supporters of RoadPeace for more severe penalties in the case of offences which result in road death and injury was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
13 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-eight minutes to Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 10.32 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Eleven o'clock.
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1 Social Security,-Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 Constitutional Law,-Auditor General for Wales (Transfer of Functions) (General Teaching Council for Wales) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2479), dated 10th July 2001 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Murphy].
3 Pesticides,-Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2477), dated 10th July 2001 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
4 Police,-(1) NCS Service Authority (Budget Statement) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2427), dated 5th July 2001,
(2) NCIS Service Authority (Budget Statement) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2428), dated 5th July 2001, and
(3) Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Tape-recording of Interviews) (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2480), dated 6th July 2001
[by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
5 Road Traffic,-Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2486), dated 10th July 2001 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
Other Papers:
6 Broadcasting,-Accounts of-
(1) Independent Television Commission Additional Payments and Financial Penalties by Licensees, and
(2) Radio Authority Additional Payments by Radio Programme Licensees
for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 166 and 162] [Clerk of the House].
7 Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry,-Government response to the Third Report from the Defence Committee, Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Second Report from the International Development Committee and Seventh Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, Session 2000-01, on Annual Report for 1999 and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny on Strategic Export Controls [Cm. 5141] [Mr Secretary Straw].
8 Environmental Protection,-Accounts of English Nature for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 163] [Clerk of the House].
9 Gaming,-Report of the Gaming Board for Great Britain for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 95] [Secretary Tessa Jowell].
10 Opticians,-Accounts of the General Optical Council for 2000-01 [by Act] [Mr Robin Cook].
11 Science and Technology,-Accounts of the-
(1) Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils,
(2) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and
(3) Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 164, 161 and 165] [Clerk of the House]; and
(4) Report of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council for 2000-01 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
12 Telecommunications,-Report of the Office of Telecommunications for 2000 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 79] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
13 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation),-Accounts of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the Certification Officer and the Central Arbitration Committee for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 167] [Clerk of the House].
14 Treaty Series (No. 34, 2001),-New Annex V to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, 1992, adopted at Sintra (Portugal) on 22nd to 23rd July 1998, on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area, and a related Appendix 3 [by Command] [Cm. 5188] [Mr Secretary Straw].
15 Treaty Series (No. 35, 2001),-Protocol, done at Berne on 25th September 1950, relating to the International Commission on Civil Status, and Additional Protocol, done at Luxembourg on 25th September 1952, to the Protocol relating to the International Commission on Civil Status [by Command] [Cm. 5189] [Mr Secretary Straw].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee B, and has appointed Mr Joe Benton and Mr Humfrey Malins Chairmen; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Vera Baird, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr James Gray, Nigel Griffiths, Mr Gerald Howarth, Mr Kevan Jones, Mr Eric Joyce, Mr Bob Laxton, Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Rob Marris, Mr Richard Page, Mr Ian Pearson, Mr Malcolm Savidge, Dr Phyllis Starkey, Dr Jenny Tonge and Mr Bill Tynan.
2 Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee D, and has appointed Mr David Amess and Mr Jimmy Hood Chairmen; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Harry Barnes, Mr Desmond Browne, Mr James Cran, Paul Farrelly, Lady Hermon, Shona McIsaac, Mr Kevin McNamara, Gillian Merron, Ms Meg Munn, Lembit Öpik, James Purnell, Hugh Robertson, Mr Martin Salter, Mr Graham Stringer, Mr John Taylor and Mr Andrew Turner.
3 Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 82) (House of Commons Paper No. 111) on 2001-02 Special Grants in connection with pilot Local Public Service Agreements, the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 83) (House of Commons Paper No. 88) on Maintenance of Roads Grants 2001-02, the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 85) (House of Commons Paper No. 130) on Invest to Save Budget Round 3 projects, and the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 86) (House of Commons Paper No. 147) on 2001-02 Special Grant for Rate Relief in Respect of Hardship caused by Foot and Mouth Disease:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Special Grant Reports to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Roger Gale Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Adrian Bailey, Mr Tony Clarke, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Tom Cox, Jim Dobbin, Mr Don Foster, Linda Gilroy, Mr Peter Kilfoyle, Mr Terry Lewis, Tim Loughton, Siobhain McDonagh, Mr Andrew Mitchell, Mr George Osborne, Dr John Pugh, Dr Alan Whitehead and Mr Phil Woolas.
4 Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 2) Order 2001 and the draft Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Conditions attached to PSV Operator's Licence and Competition Test for Exercise of Bus Functions) Order 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr John Cummings Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Peter Atkinson, John Barrett, Miss Anne Begg, Mr Tom Clarke, Mr Brian H. Donohoe, Mr Peter Duncan, Mr George Foulkes, Mr Dominic Grieve, Mr John MacDougall, Mrs Anne McGuire, Mr Michael Moore, Sandra Osborne, Anne Picking, Mr Mark Prisk, John Robertson and Mr Jimmy Wray.
5 Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2001, and the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Alan Hurst Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr Iain Coleman, Mr Wayne David, Paul Flynn, Mr Roger Godsiff, Mr Nick Hawkins, Mr Iain Luke, Ann McKechin, Mr Tony McNulty, Mr Jim Murphy, Mr Gwyn Prosser, Mr Nick Raynsford, Mr Andrew Rosindell, Mr Andrew Selous, Mr Paul Tyler and Richard Younger-Ross.
6 Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mrs Irene Adams Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Desmond Browne, Mr James Cran, Lady Hermon, Mr Andrew Hunter, Jane Kennedy, Mr Mark Lazarowicz, Shona McIsaac, Mr David Miliband, Lembit Öpik, Diana Organ, Mr Laurence Robertson, Geraldine Smith, Mr Clive Soley, Mr Graham Stringer, Mr John Taylor and David Wright.
7 Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr David Amess Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mrs Helen Brinton, Dr Vincent Cable, Ann Clwyd, Brian Cotter, Mr Alan Duncan, Mr James Gray, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Stephen Hesford, Alan Johnson, Mr Bob Laxton, Dr Doug Naysmith, Mr Ian Pearson, Mr Mark Simmonds, Bob Spink, Ms Dari Taylor and Mr Shaun Woodward.
8 Draft Social Security (Literacy etc. Skills Training Pilot) Regulations 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Win Griffiths Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Peter Atkinson, Mr Bob Blizzard, Mr Tim Boswell, Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas, Denzil Davies, Mr Terry Davis, Sue Doughty, Mrs Louise Ellman, John Healey, Mr David Heath, Alan Howarth, Angela Smith, Mr Gerry Steinberg, Angela Watkinson, Malcolm Wicks and Mr Bill Wiggin.
9 Draft Home Grown Cereals Authority Levy (Variation) Scheme (Approval) Order 2001:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Jimmy Hood Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Nick Ainger, Tony Baldry, Malcolm Bruce, Mrs Ann Cryer, David Drew, Mr Kevin McNamara, Mr Austin Mitchell, Mr Elliot Morley, Mr Stephen O'Brien, Albert Owen, Mr James Paice, James Purnell, Mr John Randall, Mr Andrew Reed, Ms Debra Shipley and Mr Roger Williams.
[W.H., No. 6]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
[pursuant to the Order of 20th November 2000]
The sitting commenced at half-past Nine o'clock.
Adjournment,-Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mr Ian Pearson.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 1.59 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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