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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Northern Ireland,-The Order made on 15th October, That the Annual Report of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for 1999-2000, and Financial Statements of the Commission for 1st October 1999 to 31st March 2000, be printed, was read and discharged.
2 Police (Northern Ireland),-The Order made on 16th October, That the Report of the Office of the Oversight Commissioner for 2001 be printed, was read and discharged.
3 Control of Fireworks,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision with respect to the sale and use of fireworks; and for connected purposes-(Mr Barry Gardiner);
And the Motion being opposed, after a brief explanatory statement from the Member who made the Motion and from a Member who opposed it, the Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business):-It was agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr Barry Gardiner, Linda Gilroy, Linda Perham, Mr Harry Barnes, Sir Teddy Taylor, Shona McIsaac, Siobhain McDonagh, Dr Nick Palmer, Joan Ryan, Ross Cranston, Mr Martin Salter and John Barrett do prepare and bring in the Bill.
4 Control of Fireworks Bill,-Mr Barry Gardiner accordingly presented a Bill to make provision with respect to the sale and use of fireworks; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 15th March and to be printed [Bill 78].
5 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords],-The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] was, according to Order, read a second time.
6 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [28th June], That the following provisions shall apply to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords]:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Programming of proceedings
(2) All proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) shall be programmed.
Proceedings in Standing Committee
(3) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 31st January 2002.
(4) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
(5) Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Nine o'clock on the day on which those proceedings are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Six o'clock on that day.
(6) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Seven o'clock on that day.
(7) Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading-(Mr Ivor Caplin);
Tellers for the Ayes, Angela Smith, Dan Norris: 324.
Tellers for the Noes, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Dr Julian Lewis: 172.
So the Question was agreed to.
7 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] [Money],-Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Commonhold and Leasehold Reform 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 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise-
(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-
(a) financial assistance given by the Lord Chancellor in relation to the provision of advice, and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money provided by Parliament, and
(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
8 Deregulation and Regulatory Reform,-Ordered, That Dr Ashok Kumar be discharged from the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee and Mr Mark Lazarowicz be added.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
9 Housing,-Ordered, That the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3561), dated 4th November 2001, a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th November, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
10 Procedure,-Ordered, That Standing Order No. 147 (Procedure Committee) be amended as follows:
Line 10, at end insert, 'and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available, or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference.'.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
11 Human Rights (Joint Committee),-Ordered, That Standing Order No. 152B (Human rights (joint committee)) be amended as follows:
Line 47, leave out from second 'place' to 'and' in line 50.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
12 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till thirteen minutes till Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 10.47 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.
Papers presented by Her Majesty's Command and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order No. 158 (Presentation of command papers):
Friday 21st December 2001
1 Competition Commission,-Report by the Competition Commission on the proposed merger of Eastman Kodak Company and ColourCare Limited [Cm. 5339] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
Friday 28th December 2001
2 Treaty Series (No. 57, 2001),-International Convention, adopted at New York on 15th December 1997, for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings [Cm. 5347] [Mr Secretary Straw].
Papers delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order No. 159 (Presentation of statutory instruments):
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Thursday 20th December 2001
3 Aggregates Levy,-Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4027), dated 19th December 2001 [Mr Paul Boateng].
4 Customs and Excise,-(1) Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Medium-prize Machines) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4028), and
(2) Lottery Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4021),
dated 17th December 2001 [Mr Paul Boateng].
5 Education,-Coventry Technical College (Dissolution) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4037), dated 18th December 2001 [Secretary Estelle Morris].
6 Housing,-Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4036), dated 19th December 2001 [Mr Secretary Byers].
7 Insolvency (Scotland),-Insurers (Winding Up) (Scotland) Rules 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4040), dated 20th December 2001 [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
8 Supreme Court of England and Wales,-Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4015), dated 13th December 2001 [Ms Rosie Winterton].
9 Transport,-Transport Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4041), dated 18th December 2001 [Ms Rosie Winterton].
Friday 21st December 2001
10 Animals,-Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 14) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4046), dated 20th December 2001 [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
11 National Health Service,-(1) The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) (No. 3) Regulations (S.I., 2001, No. 4045),
(2) National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4043), and
(3) National Treatment Agency (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4044),
dated 19th December 2001 [Mr Secretary Milburn].
Thursday 27th December 2001
12 Public Records,-Public Records Act 1958 (Admissibility of Electronic Copies of Public Records) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4058), dated 19th December 2001 [Ms Rosie Winterton].
Thursday 3rd January 2002
13 Constitutional Law,-Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3917), dated 11th December 2001 [Mrs Secretary Liddell].
14 European Communities,-European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3919), dated 11th December 2001 [Mr Secretary Straw].
15 Judgments,-(1) Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Authentic Instruments and Court Settlements) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3928), and
(2) Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3929),
dated 11th December 2001 [Mr Michael Wills].
Friday 4th January 2002
16 Animals,-Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 2), dated 4th January 2002 [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
Monday 7th January 2002
17 Landfill Tax,-Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1), dated 3rd January 2002 [Mr Paul Boateng].
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Tuesday 8th January 2002:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
18 Industrial Development,-Draft Financial Assistance For Industry (Increase of Limit) Order 2002 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
19 Ministers of the Crown,-Draft Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
20 Immigration,-Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Relevant Employers) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 9), dated 7th January 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
21 Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions,-(1) Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions (Non-Effective Benefits and Family Pensions) (Amendment) Order 2001, and
(2) Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions (Second Pensions Increase) Order 2001,
dated 11th December 2001 [by Act] [Mr Robin Cook].
22 Social Security,-Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 14), dated 8th January 2002 [by Act] [Dawn Primarolo].
23 Terms and Conditions of Employment,-Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 10), dated 7th January 2002 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
Other Papers:
24 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums,-Five Year Plan of the Electoral Commission for 2001-02 to 2005-06 [by Act] [The Speaker].
APPENDIX II
Programming Committees
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill,-The Speaker has nominated Mrs Cheryl Gillan as a member of the Programming Committee in respect of the Bill, in place of Mr John Hayes.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
Culture, Media and Sport,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 8th January [Arts Development]; to be printed [No. 489-i] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
[W.H., No. 40]
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,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned-(Mr Ian Pearson);
And it being Two o'clock, the sitting was adjourned without Question put, till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 2 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
CORRIGENDA
In the Votes and Proceedings of 18th December, item 1 in Appendix I, relating to Civil Aviation, should read Draft Air Navigation (Environmental Standards) Order 2002.
In the Votes and Proceedings of 19th December, item 12 in Appendix I, relating to the Accounts of the Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund for 2000-01, should have House of Commons Paper number 380.
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