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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 London Development Agency Bill,-The Order of the Day being read, for the Second Reading of the London Development Agency Bill;
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Wednesday 20th March.
2 National Heritage Bill [Lords],-Mr Mike Hancock reported from Standing Committee C, That it had gone through the National Heritage Bill [Lords], and made an Amendment thereunto.
Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered on Friday 19th April.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 697].
3 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Roger Gale reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 90) (House of Commons Paper No. 611).
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr John Cummings reported from the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Royal Mint Trading Fund (Extension and Variation) Order 2002.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5 European Standing Committee A,-Mr Alan Hurst reported from European Standing Committee A the following Resolution:
That the Committee takes note of European Union documents No. 11932/01, Commission White Paper: European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide, and No. 12597/01, draft decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending decision No. 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network; and endorses the Government's approach to discussions on these documents.
Report, together with Resolution, to lie upon the Table.
6 European Standing Committee C,-Mr Joe Benton reported from European Standing Committee C the following Resolution:
That the Committee takes note of the unnumbered explanatory memorandum dated 14th November 2001 from the Department of Trade and Industry on the amended draft Directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending for the seventh time Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of member states relating to cosmetic products; and welcomes it as a positive step towards maintaining the current high levels of protection for human health and safety whilst promoting animal welfare.
Report, together with Resolution, to lie upon the Table.
7 Foreign Exchange Transactions Tax Commission,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a Commission to inquire into the feasibility of a foreign exchange transactions tax; to provide for the Commission's remit and duration; and for connected purposes-(Mr Richard Allan);
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 Richard Allan, Mr Harry Barnes, Peter Bottomley, Dr Jenny Tonge, Mr Simon Thomas, Mr Neil Gerrard, Tony Baldry, Julia Drown, Mr Paul Marsden, Angus Robertson and Andrew George do prepare and bring in the Bill.
8 Foreign Exchange Transactions Tax Commission Bill,-Mr Richard Allan accordingly presented a Bill to establish a Commission to inquire into the feasibility of a foreign exchange transactions tax; to provide for the Commission's remit and duration; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 19th April and to be printed [Bill 111].
9 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] [2nd allotted day],-The House, according to Order, proceeded further to consider the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords], as amended in the Standing Committee.
Another Amendment (No. 73) proposed to the Bill, in page 100, line 6, to leave out sub-paragraph (4).-(Mr William Cash.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Charles Hendry, Mr John Randall: 179.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr Ian Pearson: 295.
Other Amendments (Nos. 33A and 34 to 44) made to the Bill.
Another Amendment (No. 88) proposed to the Bill, in page 68, line 1, at the end, to insert the words-
'(a) after paragraph (a) insert-
"(aa) the tenancy was granted for a term of years not exceeding 80 years".'.-(Mr William Cash.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr David Wilshire, Mr Charles Hendry: 113.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Ainger, Dan Norris: 325.
Other Amendments (Nos. 45, 60 and 46 to 50) made to the Bill.
It being Nine o'clock, the Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Order [31st January and 11th March] put the Questions on new Clauses selected by the Speaker for separate Division.
Another Clause (Abolition of forfeiture)-(Mr Adrian Sanders)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be added to the Bill.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Andrew Stunell, Sue Doughty: 48.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Ainger, Dan Norris: 278.
Another Clause (Leases exceeding 21 years)-(Mr William Cash)-brought up, and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be added to the Bill.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Julian Brazier, Mr David Wilshire: 151.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Ainger, Dan Norris: 286.
The Deputy Speaker then put the Questions necessary to dispose of Amendments moved and Motions made by a Minister of the Crown.
Other Amendments (Nos. 51 to 55, 61 and 56 to 59) made to the Bill.
Another Clause (Failure to pay small amount for short period)-(Ms Sally Keeble)-brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Power to prescribe additional or different requirements)-(Ms Sally Keeble)-brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Notice to accompany demands for service charges)-(Ms Sally Keeble)-brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.
A Motion being made, That the Bill be now read the third time;
Mr John Spellar, by Her Majesty's Command, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, That the House may do therein as it shall think fit.
Mr John Spellar, by Command of the Prince of Wales, acquainted the House, That His Royal Highness, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives his Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales's interest is concerned, That the House may do therein as it shall think fit.
And the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time;
And it being Ten o'clock, the Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order [31st January]:-It was agreed to.
The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
10 Constitutional Law,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 14th February, be approved-(Mr Graham Stringer):-It was agreed to.
11 Immigration,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Asylum Support (Repeal) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 25th February, be approved-(Mr Graham Stringer):-It was agreed to.
12 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. 93) (House of Commons Paper No. 654), on the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 2002-03, which was laid before this House on 27th February, be approved-(Mr Graham Stringer):-It was agreed to.
13 Standing Committee on Regional Affairs,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 117 (Standing Committee on Regional Affairs), That-
(1) the matter of the progress of the Regional Development Agencies against their objectives, being a matter relating to regional affairs in England, be referred to the Standing Committee on Regional Affairs;
(2) the Committee meet at Two o'clock on Thursday 21st March at Westminster to consider the matter referred to it under paragraph (1) above; and
(3) the proceedings at the meeting be brought to a conclusion at half-past Four o'clock-(Mr Graham Stringer):-It was agreed to.
14 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Graham Stringer.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till half-past Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 10.30 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Eleven o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1 Family Law,-Draft Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 Disabled Persons,-(1) Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 657), and
(2) Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 656),
dated 8th March 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
3 Environmental Protection,-Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 674), dated 12th March 2002 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
4 Income Tax,-Income Tax (Employments and Electronic Communications) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 680), dated 13th March 2002 [by Act] [Dawn Primarolo].
5 Social Security,-Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 519), dated 7th March 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Other Papers:
6 Parliamentary Commissioner,-Sixth Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, Session 2001-02: Selected Cases and Summaries of Completed Investigations, April to September 2001 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 665] [Clerk of the House].
7 Public Accounts,-Treasury Minute on the Seventh to the Eighth and the Twelfth to the Thirteenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2001-02 [by Command] [Cm. 5470] [Mr Paul Boateng].
8 Public Petitions,-Observations by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Petition [9th January] from citizens of the United Kingdom calling for an independent public inquiry into the causes, progress and administration of the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House].
9 Treasury,-Paper, entitled Audit and Accountability in Central Government: the Government's Response to Lord Sharman's report "Holding to Account" [by Command] [Cm. 5456] [Mr Andrew Smith].
10 Treaty Series (No. 11, 2002),-Agreement, done at Hanoi on 10th December 2001, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Status and Operations of the British Council in Vietnam [by Command] [Cm. 5467] [Mr Secretary Straw].
11 Treaty Series (No. 12, 2002),-Exchange of Notes, done at Mbabane on 17th October and 21st November 2001, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland extending the Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments done at London on 5th May 1995 to the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey [by Command] [Cm. 5468] [Mr Secretary Straw].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 95) (House of Commons Paper No. 670), on 2001-02 Special Grant for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Report to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Peter Pike Chairman; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Ms Diane Abbott, Angela Eagle, Mike Gapes, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Simon Hughes, Glenda Jackson, Mr Piara S. Khabra, Mr Peter Kilfoyle, Mr John Lyons, Mr Stephen McCabe, Mrs Anne McGuire, Mr Humfrey Malins, Patrick Mercer, Bridget Prentice, Mr Andrew Rosindell and Mr Adrian Sanders.
2 Companies (Competent Authority) (Fees) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 502), draft Companies (Particulars of Usual Residential Address) (Confidentiality Orders) Regulations 2002, Limited Liability Partnership (Competent Authority) (Fees) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 503), draft Limited Liability Partnerships (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Particulars of Usual Residential Address) (Confidentiality Orders) Regulations 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations and draft Regulations to the Second 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: Charlotte Atkins, Mr John Battle, Mr John Burnett, Mr Mark Field, Nigel Griffiths, Mr Charles Hendry, Mr George Howarth, Rob Marris, Mr Eric Martlew, Mr Ian Pearson, Mr David Ruffley, Mark Tami, Mr Nigel Waterson, Tony Worthington, Derek Wyatt and Richard Younger-Ross.
3 Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 4036),-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr George Howarth and Mr Brian Jenkins from the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Order); and nominated in substitution Dr Hywel Francis and Mrs Joan Humble.
Standing Committee on Regional Affairs
4 The Speaker has appointed Mr Edward O'Hara Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regional Affairs in respect of its meeting on Thursday 21st March.
European Standing Committees
5 The Speaker has appointed Mr James Cran Chairman of European Standing Committee A in respect of European Union Documents Nos. 15014/01 and 5119/02, relating to aircraft noise.
6 European Union Document No. 5638/02, relating to agricultural issues related to enlargement, has been referred to European Standing Committee B, together with European Union Documents Nos. 5745/02 and 14117/01 with Addenda 1-13, already referred to the Committee.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Defence,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation Reviews]; to be printed [No. 666-ii] [Mr Bruce George].
2 Education and Skills,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education and Skills Committee [Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools' Annual Report 2000-01]; to be printed [No. 699-i] [Mr Barry Sheerman].
3 Environmental Audit,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [Sustainable Energy]; to be printed [No. 582-iii] [Mr John Horam].
4 European Scrutiny,-Twenty-first Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 152-xxi] [Mr Jimmy Hood].
5 Foreign Affairs,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee [Barcelona European Council]; to be printed [No. 698-i]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Turkey]; to be printed [No. 606-iii]
6 Health,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [Delayed Discharges]; to be printed [No. 617-ii] [Mr David Hinchliffe].
7 Public Accounts,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Public Accounts [The New Deal for Young People]; to be printed [No. 700-i]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Government's Response to the Sharman Report]; to be printed [No. 701-i]
8 Science and Technology,-Memoranda laid before the Science and Technology Committee [Cancer Research-A follow-up; DTI Spring Supplementary Estimate] [Dr Ian Gibson].
9 Scottish Affairs,-(1) Third Report from the Scottish Affairs Committee [Post Devolution News and Current Affairs Broadcasting in Scotland], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 549]; and
(2) First Special Report from the Committee [Response from the Government and the Scottish Executive to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2001-02, on The Drinks Industry in Scotland]; to be printed [No. 696]
10 Trade and Industry,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Trade and Industry Committee [Productivity and Competitiveness of UK Manufacturing Industry]; to be printed [No. 597-vi] [Mr Martin O'Neill].
11 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [The Inland Revenue's Self-Assessment Systems]; to be printed [No. 681-ii] [Mr John McFall].
12 Work and Pensions,-(1) First Report from the Work and Pensions Committee ['ONE' Pilots: Lessons for Jobcentre Plus], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 426]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Pension Credit]; to be printed [No. 638-iii]
[W.H., No. 65]
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 Fraser Kemp);
And it being Two o'clock, the sitting was adjourned without Question put, till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 2 p.m.
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