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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Selection,-Ordered, That Ms Karen Buck be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Joan Ryan be added to the Committee.-(Keith Hill.)
2 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Win Griffiths reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2884), the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2895), the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) (No. 2) Order 2001, (S.I., 2001, No. 3230) and the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3231).
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
3 Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Miss Ann Widdecombe reported from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3390).
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords],-The Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords] was, according to Order, read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee.
5 Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords] [Money],-Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Travel Concessions (Eligibility) 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 Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords], 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-(Jim Fitzpatrick):-It was agreed to.
6 Education,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the draft Special Educational Needs Code of Practice, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved-(Mr Stephen Timms);
And it being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents):-It was agreed to.
Resolved, That the draft Special Educational Needs Code of Practice, which was laid before this House on 23rd October, be approved.
7 Liaison,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That,
(1) With effect for the current Parliament, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), the Chairman for the time being of each of the Select Committees listed in paragraph (2) below shall be a member of the Liaison Committee;
(2) The Committees to which paragraph (1) above applies are:
Accommodation and Works
Administration
Broadcasting
Catering
Culture, Media and Sport
Defence
Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
Education and Skills
Environmental Audit
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Scrutiny
Finance and Services
Foreign Affairs
Health
Home Affairs
Joint Committee on Human Rights (the Chairman being a Member of this House)
Information
International Development
Northern Ireland Affairs
Procedure
Public Accounts
Public Administration
Science and Technology
Scottish Affairs
Selection
Standards and Privileges
Statutory Instruments
Trade and Industry
Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Treasury
Welsh Affairs
Work and Pensions; and
(3) Mr Alan Williams shall also be a member of the Liaison Committee-(Mr Robin Cook);
The Question was amended, in line 38, by leaving out the words 'shall also be a member', and inserting the words 'and Mr Richard Allan shall also be members', instead thereof.-(Mr Paul Tyler.)
And the Main Question, so amended, being put;
(1) With effect for the current Parliament, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), the Chairman for the time being of each of the Select Committees listed in paragraph (2) below shall be a member of the Liaison Committee;
(2) The Committees to which paragraph (1) above applies are:
Accommodation and Works
Administration
Broadcasting
Catering
Culture, Media and Sport
Defence
Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
Education and Skills
Environmental Audit
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Scrutiny
Finance and Services
Foreign Affairs
Health
Home Affairs
Joint Committee on Human Rights (the Chairman being a Member of this House)
Information
International Development
Northern Ireland Affairs
Procedure
Public Accounts
Public Administration
Science and Technology
Scottish Affairs
Selection
Standards and Privileges
Statutory Instruments
Trade and Industry
Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Treasury
Welsh Affairs
Work and Pensions; and
(3) Mr Alan Williams and Mr Richard Allan shall also be members of the Liaison Committee.
8 Administration,-Ordered, That Julie Morgan be discharged from the Administration Committee and Mr Iain Luke be added to the Committee.-(Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
9 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,-Ordered, That Mr Paul Stinchcombe be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Paddy Tipping be added to the Committee.-(Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
10 International Development,-Ordered, That Mr Nigel Jones be discharged from the International Development Committee and Mr Alistair Carmichael be added to the Committee.-(Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
11 Public Accounts,-Ordered, That Mr Nick Gibb be added to the Committee of Public Accounts.-(Mr Fraser Kemp.)
12 Environmental Audit,-Ordered, That Tim Loughton be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Mr Gregory Barker be added to the Committee.-(Mr Fraser Kemp.)
13 Standards and Privileges,-Ordered, That Tony Baldry and Mr David Chidgey be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Privileges and Richard Ottaway and Mr David Heath be added to the Committee.-(Mr Fraser Kemp.)
14 Modernisation of the House of Commons,-Ordered, That Mrs Angela Browning be discharged from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons and Mr John Taylor be added to the Committee.-(Mr Fraser Kemp.)
15 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Fraser Kemp.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till eighteen minutes past Eight o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 8.18 p.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 Negative Resolution:
1 Animals,-Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 11) Regulations 2001 (S.I, 2001, No. 3584), dated 5th November 2001 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
2 Financial Services and Markets,-Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Dissolution of the Board of Banking Supervision) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3582), dated 5th November 2001 [by Act] [Ruth Kelly].
3 Health and Safety,-Carriage of Explosives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. (N.I.), 2001, No. 390), dated 22nd October 2001 [by Statutory Instrument] [Mr Secretary Reid].
4 Housing,-Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3561), dated 4th November 2001 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
5 Ministers of the Crown,-Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3500), dated 31st October 2001 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
6 Road Traffic,-(1) Road Traffic (Designation of Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Cumbria) (City of Carlisle) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3565), dated 4th November 2001; and
(2) Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Cumbria) (City of Carlisle) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3543), dated 23rd October 2001
[by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
Other Papers:
7 Public Petitions,-Observations by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions on the Petition [14th February] from citizens of South Gloucestershire in support of South Gloucestershire's Community Transport Schemes [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr George Osborne from Standing Committee A (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Mr Andrew Lansley.
2 The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2884), the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 2895), the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) (No. 2) Order 2001, (S.I., 2001, No. 3230) and the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3231),-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr John Hayes from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Orders); and nominated in substitution Mr Julian Brazier.
3 Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3390),-The Committee of Selection has discharged Fiona Mactaggart and Paddy Tipping from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Scheme); and nominated in substitution John Mann and Mr Andy Reed.
4 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership Agreement between the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Community and its Member States (The Contonou Agreement)) Order 2001,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Mark Prisk from the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Order); and nominated in substitution Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
Public Accounts,-(1) First Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [Managing Risk in Government Departments]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 336];
(2) Second Report from the Committee [Improving Construction Performance]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 337]; and
(3) part of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (Part 4 of the Report on HM Customs and Excise Appropriation Account 1999-2000]; to be printed [No. 338-i]
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