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The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill,-Miss Ann Widdecombe reported from Standing Committee A, That it had gone through the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill, and made Amendments thereunto.
Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered on Monday 17th December; and to be printed [Bill 71].
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 466].
2 Land Registration Bill [Lords],-Mr Eric Illsley reported from Standing Committee D, That it had gone through the Land Registration Bill [Lords], and had made an Amendment thereunto.
Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered on Monday 17th December.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 467].
3 Message from the Lords,-A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
Christmas Day (Trading) Bill [Lords],-The Lords have passed a Bill to prohibit trading on Christmas Day in certain cases; and for connected purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
Office of Communications Bill [Lords],-The Lords have passed a Bill to establish a body corporate to be known as the Office of Communications; and to confer functions in relation to proposals about the regulation of communications on that body, on certain existing regulators and on the Secretary of State; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
4 Office of Communications Bill [Lords],-The Office of Communications Bill [Lords] was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Monday 17th December and to be printed [Bill 73].
Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Office of Communications Bill [Lords] be printed [Bill 73-EN].
5 Euro and Sterling Choice Bill,-Mr Graham Allen presented a Bill to permit the use of the euro as well as the pound sterling as legal tender in the performance of financial obligations at or above a certain value; to provide for dual pricing of goods and services at or above that value; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 11th January and to be printed [Bill 70].
6 Animal Health Bill,-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Animal Health Bill, not amended in the Standing Committee.
A Clause (Annual report on animal diseases)-(Mrs Ann Winterton)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time;
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mrs Cheryl Gillan: 195.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 318.
Another Clause (Officials: biosecurity)-(Mrs Ann Winterton)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time:-Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Clause (Duty of Ministers to dispose of carcasses)-(Mr Keith Simpson)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time:-Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Clause (Transport of animals destined for slaughter)-(David Taylor)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time:-Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Clause (National Contingency Plan)-(Mr Peter Ainsworth)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time;
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mr Stephen O'Brien:191.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe, Mr Fraser Kemp: 332.
And it being after Six o'clock, the Deputy Speaker brought proceedings on consideration to a conclusion, pursuant to Order [yesterday].
A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time;
And it being Seven o'clock, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order [yesterday].
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr Ian Pearson: 331.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mr Stephen O'Brien: 189.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed.
7 Message from the Lords,-A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
The Lords insist on certain of their Amendments to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill to which this House has disagreed, for which insistence they assign their Reasons; they insist on a Lords Amendment and agree to an Amendment by this House in lieu; they do not insist on certain of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed but propose Amendments in lieu thereof, to which they desire the concurrence of this House; they agree to an Amendment made by this House instead of words left out of the Bill by certain Lords Amendments and to the consequential Amendments made by this House; they agree to an Amendment by this House to a Lords Amendment, with an Amendment, to which they desire the concurrence of this House; and they do not insist on the remaining Amendment to which this House has disagreed.
8 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill,-Lords Amendments in lieu of Amendments to which this House has disagreed, Lords Reasons for insisting on certain of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed, and Lords Amendments to Amendments made by this House to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill to be printed [Bill 72].
9 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill,-The House, pursuant to Order [yesterday], proceeded forthwith to consider the Lords Amendments in lieu of Amendments to which this House has disagreed, Lords Reasons for insisting on certain of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed, and Lords Amendments to Amendments made by this House to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill.
Lords Amendment No. 5B in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 5 was agreed to.
Lords Amendment No. 8B in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 8 was agreed to.
Resolved, That this House does not insist on its disagreement to the Lords Amendment.-(Mr Tony McNulty.)
Lords Amendment No. 38C in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 38 was disagreed to.
Resolved, That this House does not insist on its disagreement to the Lords Amendment.-(Mr Tony McNulty.)
Resolved, That this House does not insist on its disagreement to the Lords Amendment.-(Mr Tony McNulty.)
Lords Amendment No. 48D to the Amendment made by this House to Lords Amendment No. 48 was agreed to.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendment-(Mr Tony McNulty);
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Nick Ainger, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 330.
Tellers for the Noes, John Thurso, Annette Brooke: 64.
So the Question was agreed to.
Resolved, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendment.
And it being more than one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the Lords Message, the Deputy Speaker put the remaining Questions necessary to dispose of those proceedings, pursuant to Order [yesterday].
An Amendment ((a)) in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 66 was made, in page 72, line 17, at the end, by inserting the following new Clause-
(1) A report under section (Review of Act) (4) may specify any provision of this Act as a provision to which this section applies.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), any provision specified under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the report is laid before Parliament under section (Review of Act) (5).
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if before the end of that period a motion has been made in each House of Parliament considering the report.'.-(Mr Tony McNulty.)
A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [28th June], That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their Amendment No. 38C;
That Paul Goggins, Mr Dominic Grieve, Beverley Hughes, Simon Hughes and Mrs Anne McGuire be members of the Committee;
That Beverley Hughes be Chairman of the Committee;
That three be the quorum of the Committee;
That the Committee do withdraw immediately-(Mr Tony McNulty):-It was agreed to.
10 Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill,-Beverley Hughes reported from the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to one of their Amendments to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill, That it had drawn up the following Reason, which it had directed her to report to the House:
The Commons disagree to Amendment No. 38C made by the Lords for the following Reason:-
Because it is not appropriate to limit the powers conferred by this Part of the Bill in the manner proposed by the Amendment.
The Reason was agreed to.
Message to the Lords to communicate the said Reason, with the Bill.
Friday 14th December 2001
11 Message from the Lords,-A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill to which this House has disagreed; and they agree, without Amendment, to the Amendment proposed by this House in lieu of the remaining Lords Amendment.
12 Royal Assent,-The Deputy Speaker notified the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, That Her Majesty had signified her Royal Assent to the following Act, agreed upon by both Houses:
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
13 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till One o'clock on Friday morning, adjourned till Monday 17th December.
[Adjourned at 1 a.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday next.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Other Papers:
1 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Executive Agencies,-Report and Accounts of the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 354] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
2 Immigration and Asylum,-Report by the Independent Monitor of the entry clearance system appointed under section 23 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].
3 Local Government (Scotland),-Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics for 1999-2000 [by Act] [Mrs Secretary Liddell].
4 National Lottery,-Account of the Sports Council for Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution for 2000-01, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 462] [Clerk of the House].
5 Registration Service,-Birth Statistics: Review of the Registrar General on births and patterns of family building in England and Wales for 2000 [by Act] [Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer].
6 Regulatory Reform,-Proposal for a draft Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002, together with a statement by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
7 School Standards and Framework,-Account of the Greenwich Education Action Zone for 1999-2000, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 458] [Clerk of the House].
8 Science and Technology,-Government Response to the Second Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Session 2000-01, on Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis [by Command] [Cm. 5332] [Mr Secretary Milburn].
9 Statutory Instruments (Notification),-Communications declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instruments had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instruments came into operation:
Peak District National Park Authority (Restriction of Agricultural Operations) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3913), and
Registered Designs (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3951)
[by Standing Order] [The Speaker].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Tax Credits Bill,-The Committee of Selection has discharged James Purnell from Standing Committee A (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Mr Paul Boateng.
2 Copyright, Etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Paddy Tipping, Mr Mark Todd, and Mr Andrew Miller from Standing Committee C (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Richard Burden, Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas and Dr Desmond Turner.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
Public Administration,-(1) Third Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration [Special Advisers: Boon or Bane?: The Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2000-01], together with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 463];
(2) Fourth Report from the Committee [Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions: The Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2000-01], together with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 464]; and
(3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Public Service Reform]; to be printed [No. 263-vii]
[W.H., No. 36]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
[pursuant to the Order of 20th November 2000]
The sitting commenced at half-past Two o'clock.
Adjournment (Public Health-Second Report from the Health Committee, Session 2000-01, and the Government's Response thereto),-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned-(Mr Ivor Caplin);
And the sitting having continued for three hours, it was adjourned without Question put, till Tuesday 18th December.
[Adjourned at 5.45 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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