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The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Mersey Tunnels Bill,-The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Mersey Tunnels Bill;
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Wednesday 1st May.
2 Welsh Grand Committee,-Mr Win Griffiths reported from the Welsh Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the Budget Statement and its implications for Wales, referred to it on 25th March.
3 European Standing Committee C,-Mr David Chidgey reported from European Standing Committee C the following Resolution:
That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 10427/00, four draft Council Regulations and a draft Council Directive relating to food hygiene, and No. 15475/01, Commission Communication withdrawing one of the draft Council Regulations relating to food hygiene, and supports the Government's aim of securing effective, proportionate legislation throughout the food chain to protect public health in relation to food.
Report, together with Resolution, to lie upon the Table.
4 Patents Act 1977 (Amendment) (No. 2),-Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Patents Act 1977 to enable a court to award additional damages in an action for infringement of patent: And that Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Mr Keith Simpson, Mr Oliver Letwin, Hugh Robertson, Mr Michael Jack, Mr Mark Prisk, Mr David Heath, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Dr Andrew Murrison, Mr Paul Goodman, Mr Hugo Swire and Mr Andrew Turner do prepare and bring it in.
5 Patents Act 1977 (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill,-Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger accordingly presented a Bill to amend the Patents Act 1977 to enable a court to award additional damages in an action for infringement of patent: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 10th May and to be printed [Bill 126].
6 Address to Her Majesty (Golden Jubilee),-Resolved, nemine contradicente, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Her Accession to the Throne.
That the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the whole House.-(The Prime Minister.)
7 Sittings of the House,-Resolved, That on Tuesday 30th April the House do meet at Ten o'clock, no Standing Committees shall sit earlier than half-past Three o'clock, and there shall be no sitting in Westminster Hall.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
8 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill,-The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill was, according to Order, read a second time.
9 Business of the House,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business), That at this day's sitting, consideration of a Lords consequential Amendment to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour-(Jim Fitzpatrick):-It was agreed to.
10 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (Programme),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [28th June], That the following provisions shall apply to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill:
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) may 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 16th May.
(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.
(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 those proceedings are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Seven o'clock.
Programming Committee
(7) Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading-(Jim Fitzpatrick);
Tellers for the Ayes, Angela Smith, Dan Norris: 284.
Tellers for the Noes, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Mr David Wilshire: 176.
So the Question was agreed to.
11 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill [Money],-Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill [Money];
A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill, it is expedient to authorise-
(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-
(a) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown in connection with the Act, and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money so provided, and
(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
12 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords],-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Lords consequential Amendment to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords].
Lords Amendment No. 50B was agreed to.
13 Supreme Court of England and Wales,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Court of Appeal (Appeals from Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission) Rules 2002, which were laid before this House on 14th March, be approved-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
14 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. 97) (House of Commons Paper No. 721), on Local Government On-Line Funding to Local Authorities, which was laid before this House on 26th March, be approved-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
15 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. 98) (House of Commons Paper No. 727) on Maintenance of Roads Grant 2002-03, which was laid before this House on 10th April, be approved-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
16 Family 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 Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002, which were laid before this House on 13th March, be approved-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
17 Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2002,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119 (European Standing Committees), That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 14130/01, draft Council Regulation fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required, No. 15238/01, draft Council Regulation fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities for deep-sea fish stocks, and No. 6918/02, draft Council Regulation establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks; recognises that a number of fish stocks have fallen to particularly low levels; notes the Government's success in negotiating TACs which take full account of scientific advice while securing the best possible fishing opportunities for UK fishermen; recognises that action is required to constrain fishing effort in relation to deep-sea species; and supports the Government's attempts to secure a European agreement that will return these species to long-term viability-(Mr Ivor Caplin):-It was agreed to.
18 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr Ivor Caplin.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till nineteen minutes to Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 10.41 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Eleven o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
1 Immigration,-Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1147), dated 23rd April 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
2 Social Security,-Social Security (Claims and Information) (Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1132), dated 17th April 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
3 Sports Grounds and Sporting Events,-Football Spectators (World Cup Control Period) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1143), dated 22nd April 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
4 Value Added Tax,-Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1142), dated 24th April 2002 [by Act] [Mr Paul Boateng].
Other Papers:
5 Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances,-Atomic Energy Authority (Special Constables) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1151), dated 18th April 2002 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
6 Civil Aviation,-Statement of Guarantee given by HM Treasury on 24th April 2002, in respect of temporary borrowing by the Civil Aviation Authority from National Westminster Bank plc [by Act] [Mr Paul Boateng].
7 Financial Reporting to Parliament,-Departmental Report 2002: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 2002-03 to 2003-04 for the Department of International Development [by Command] [Cm. 5414] [Secretary Clare Short].
8 Local Government Finance,-Accounts of the Pooling of Non-Domestic Rates and Redistribution to Local Authorities in England for-
with the Reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 786 and 787] [Clerk of the House].
9 Public Accounts,-Treasury Minute on the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2001-02 [by Command] [Cm. 5487] [Mr Paul Boateng].
10 Public Petitions,-Observations by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health on the Petition [4th March] from Mrs Samantha Duffield, Mrs Nicola Dowsett, residents of Canvey Island and others against the siting of a mobile telephone mast at Prout Holdings, Canvey Island [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House].
11 Treaty Series (No. 18, 2002),-Agreement, done at Hong Kong on 23rd January 1998, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China concerning Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters [by Command] [Cm. 5502] [Mr Secretary Straw].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Draft Criminal Defence Service (Representation Order Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2002,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Mark Lazarowicz and Mr Gordon Marsden from the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Regulations); and nominated in substitution Jeremy Corbyn and Laura Moffatt.
European Standing Committees
2 European Union Documents Nos. 11596/00 and 12488/01, relating to rabies: restrictions on the non-commercial movement of pet animals, have been referred to European Standing Committee A.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Culture, Media and Sport,-Fourth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Communications], 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. 539] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
2 Defence,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [Defence and Security in the United Kingdom]; to be printed [No. 518-ix] [Mr Bruce George].
3 Education and Skills,-(1) Third Report from the Education and Skills Committee [Individual Learning Accounts], 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. 561];
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Post-16 student support]; to be printed [No. 445-ii]; and
(3) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Individual Learning Accounts]
4 Environmental Audit,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [Sustainable Energy]; to be printed [Nos. 582-iv and -v] [Mr John Horam].
5 European Scrutiny,-(1) Twenty-sixth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 152-xxvi]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Barcelona European Council]; to be printed [No. 790]
6 Health,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [Delayed Discharges]; to be printed [No. 617-iv] [Mr David Hinchliffe].
7 Northern Ireland Affairs,-Third Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee [Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: The Government's Response], 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. 713] [Mr Michael Mates].
8 Procedure,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Procedure Committee [Parliamentary Questions and Electronic Tabling of Questions and Motions]; to be printed [No. 622-v] [Mr Nicholas Winterton].
9 Public Accounts,-(1) Thirty-second Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [The Implementation of the National Probation Service Information Systems Strategy]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 357];
(2) Thirty-third Report from the Committee [Income Tax Self Assessment];to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 296]; and
(3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Performance Management-Helping to Reduce World Poverty]; to be printed [No. 793-i]
10 Science and Technology,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Science and Technology Committee [Human Genetics and Embryology]; to be printed [No. 791] [Dr Ian Gibson].
11 Transport, Local Government and the Regions,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee [Planning Green Paper]; to be printed [No. 476-iv] [Andrew Bennett]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport Sub-Committee of the Committee [Ports]; to be printed [No. 788-i] [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].
12 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Treasury Committee [Budget 2002]; to be printed [No. 780-iii] [Mr John McFall].
[W.H., No. 76]
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 John Hutton.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 1.59 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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