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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 Tuesday 9th July at Seven o'clock.
2 Barclays Group Reorganisation Bill [Lords],-The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, That it had examined the allegations contained in the Preamble to the Barclays Group Reorganisation Bill [Lords] and had amended the same so as to make it consistent with the facts as proved by the evidence adduced, and found the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.
Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table.
3 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002 and the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 94) (House of Commons Paper No. 885), on Funding for Enforcement of Vehicle Emission Standards 2002.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Alan Hurst reported from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 103) (House of Commons Paper No. 948), on 2002-03 Special Grant for Gypsy Sites Refurbishment.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5 Indirect Taxes (Disclosure),-Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require retailers to include on receipts the amount of VAT and excise duties paid on goods and services purchased: And that Mr Mark Hoban, Dr Andrew Murrison, Mr Hugo Swire, Mr Mark Field, Mr John Baron, Mr Mark Francois, Mr Mark Simmonds, Mr David Cameron, Chris Grayling, Mr George Osborne, Mr Paul Goodman and Mr Peter Duncan do prepare and bring it in.
6 Indirect Taxes (Disclosure) Bill,-Mr Mark Hoban accordingly presented a Bill to require retailers to include on receipts the amount of VAT and excise duties paid on goods and services purchased: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 19th July and to be printed [Bill 155].
7 Tax Credits Bill (Programme) (No. 2),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [28th June 2001], That the following provisions shall apply to the Tax Credits Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 10th December 2001:
Consideration of Lords Amendments
1. Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments 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 on that day.
2. Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement-(Dawn Primarolo):-It was agreed to.
8 Tax Credits Bill,-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Lords Amendments to the Tax Credits Bill.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment-(Dawn Primarolo);
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Ian Pearson, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 296.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Charles Hendry, Mr David Wilshire: 188.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Lords Amendment was accordingly disagreed to.
An Amendment was made to the Bill in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 1 disagreed to.
Lords Amendments Nos. 2 to 137 were agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of Lords Amendments Nos. 2 to 6, 11, 15 to 17, 19, 22 to 27, 32, 35 to 37, 39, 52, 53, 66, 71, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 85 and 102.
9 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 Immigration (Entry Otherwise than by Sea or Air) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 17th June, be approved-(Derek Twigg):-It was agreed to.
10 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Derek Twigg.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-six minutes to Eight o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 7.34 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 Contracting Out,-Draft Contracting Out (Functions of Local Authorities: Income-Related Benefits) Order 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Smith].
2 Insolvency,-Draft Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
3 Local Government Finance,-(1) Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 92) on Special Grants for Asylum Seekers Support (Adults and Families of Asylum Seekers) for 1999-2000 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 877] [Mr Secretary Blunkett];
(2) Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 104) on Special Grants for Children's Services Quality Protects Adoption and Performance Taskforce Special Grant for 2002-03 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 1005] [Mr Secretary Milburn]; and
(3) Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 99) on Special Grant for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children for 2002-03 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 878] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
4 Northern Ireland,-(1) Draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2002, and
(2) draft Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2002
[by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Mr Secretary Reid].
5 Representation of the People,-(1) Draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Reid], and
(2) draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mrs Secretary Liddell].
6 Social Security,-Draft State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Smith].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
7 Environmental Protection,-Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1649), dated 24th June 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
8 Road Traffic,-M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1651), dated 24th June 2002 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Other Papers:
9 Competition Commission,-Report by the Competition Commission on the proposed merger between H+H Celcon Limited and Marley Building Materials Limited [by Command] [Cm. 5540] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
10 Government Resources and Accounts,-Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Resource Accounts for 2001-02 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 986] [Ruth Kelly].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Draft Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Richard Bacon, Mr Adrian Bailey, Mr Julian Brazier, Mr David Crausby, Dr Jack Cunningham, Mr Parmjit Dhanda, Mr Frank Field, Mr Don Foster, Mr Ivan Henderson, John McDonnell, Mr Tony McNulty, Rob Marris, Mr Eric Pickles, Joan Ryan, Mr Adrian Sanders and Andrew Selous.
2 Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1091):
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Order to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Nick Ainger, Gregory Barker, Mr John Baron, Mr Julian Brazier, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Sue Doughty, Mr Don Foster, Mr Roger Godsiff, Mr Ivan Henderson, Mr David Heyes, Glenda Jackson, Ian Lucas, Mr Tony McNulty, Mr Gerry Steinberg, Ann Taylor and Dr Alan Whitehead.
3 Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 101) (House of Commons Paper No. 942), on Personal Social Services Performance Grant for 2002-03:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Report to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Henry Bellingham, Mr Paul Burstow, Mrs Patsy Calton, Roger Casale, Sir Sydney Chapman, Mr David Clelland, Angela Eagle, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mr Kevin Hughes, Tim Loughton, Mr Andrew Love, Mr Peter Mandelson, Mr Dennis Skinner, Jacqui Smith, Jon Trickett and Mr David Wilshire.
4 Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Code of Practice) Order 2002 and the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance: Code of Practice) Order 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Orders to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Bob Ainsworth, Norman Baker, Sir Paul Beresford, David Burnside, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Mr Nick Hawkins, Mr Mark Hendrick, Mr John Heppell, Mr John Lyons, Ann McKechin, Andrew Mackinlay, Ms Meg Munn, Dr Nick Palmer, Dr Howard Stoate and Mrs Betty Williams.
5 Draft Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Desmond Browne, Mrs Patsy Calton, Denzil Davies, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr David Drew, Mr Bill Etherington, Jane Griffiths, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Mr John Hayes, Gillian Merron, Mr Jim Murphy, Mr Hugo Swire, Paddy Tipping, Mr Andrew Turner and Mr James Wray.
6 Draft Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Trading Fund (Variation) Order 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Julian Brazier, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Brian Cotter, Linda Gilroy, Mr Christopher Leslie, Mr Calum MacDonald, Mr Jim Marshall, Mr Geoffrey Robinson, Chris Ruane, Jim Sheridan, Mr Marsha Singh, Dr Gavin Strang, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe, Angela Watkinson, Mr John Wilkinson and Richard Younger-Ross.
7 Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 103) (House of Commons Paper No. 948), on 2002-03 Special Grant for Gypsy Sites Refurbishment,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Phil Woolas from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Report); and nominated in substitution Mr Jim Murphy.
8 National Care Standards Commission (Children's Rights Director) Regulations (S.I., 2002, No. 1250):
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Virginia Bottomley, Mr Paul Burstow, Ann Clwyd, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mr George Foulkes, Matthew Green, Mr David Kidney, Tim Loughton, Mr Andrew Love, Mr Iain Luke, Patrick Mercer, Mr Kerry Pollard, Jacqui Smith, Keith Vaz, Mr David Wilshire and Mr Mike Wood.
9 Draft Pathogens Access Appeal Commission (Procedure) Rules 2002 and the draft Court of Appeal (Appeals from Pathogens Access Appeal Commission) Rules 2002:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Rules to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Ms Diane Abbott, Mr Harold Best, Mr David Borrow, Kevin Brennan, Mr William Cash, Paul Farrelly, Mr David Heath, Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr David Laws, Mr Gordon Marsden, Anne Picking, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mr Malcolm Savidge, Mr David Tredinnick, Mr Andrew Tyrie and Ms Rosie Winterton.
European Standing Committees
10 European Union document No. 15275/01, relating to major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, has been referred to European Standing Committee A.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Defence,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [The Future of NATO]; to be printed [No. 914-iii]; and
(2) Memorandum laid before the Committee [Royal Marines]
2 Education and Skills,-(1) Fourth Report from the Education and Skills Committee [Appointment of New HMCI], 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. 830];
(2) Fifth Report from the Committee [Library Resources for Higher Education], 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. 804];
(3) Fourth Special Report from the Committee [Responses from Government and OFSTED to the Second Report from the Committee, Standards and Quality in Education: Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools for 2000-01]; to be printed [No. 1003];
(4) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [DfES Departmental Report 2002]; to be printed [No. 1012-i]; and
(5) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Appointment of New HMCI]
3 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee [The Role of DEFRA]; to be printed [No. 991-i] [Mr David Curry].
4 Environmental Audit,-Second Special Report from the Environmental Audit Committee [Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee on Pre-Budget Report 2001: A New Agenda?]; to be printed [No. 1000] [Mr John Horam].
5 European Scrutiny,-Thirty-fourth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 152-xxxiv] [Mr Jimmy Hood].
6 Health,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [Sexual Health]; to be printed [No. 990-i] [Mr David Hinchliffe].
7 Northern Ireland Affairs,-Fourth Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee [The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland], together with parts of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 16th and 23rd January, 13th February, 6th March and 10th April, Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence, and a Memorandum [Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, The Financing of Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Interim Report on the Proceeds of Crime Bill]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 978] [Mr Michael Mates].
8 Public Accounts,-(1) Forty-third Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [The use of funding competitions in PFI projects: The Treasury building]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 398];
(2) Forty-fourth Report from the Committee [The misuse and smuggling of hydrocarbon oils]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 649]; and
(3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Ministry of Defence: Redevelopment of MOD Main Building]; to be printed [No. 1013-i]
9 Science and Technology,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Science and Technology Committee [The Work of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)]; to be printed [No. 1009] [Dr Ian Gibson].
10 Transport, Local Government and the Regions,-(1) Eleventh Report from the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee [Air Transport Industry], with the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport Sub-Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 484-I and -II]; and
(2) Twelfth Report from the Committee [The Need for a New European Regeneration Framework], with the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Urban Affairs Sub-Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 483-I]; and
(3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport Sub-Committee of the Committee [Railways in the North of England]; to be printed [No. 972-ii]
[Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].
11 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [HM Customs and Excise: Spring Report 2002]; to be printed [No. 1011] [Mr John McFall].
12 Work and Pensions,-(1) Second Special Report from the Work and Pensions Committee [Government's Response to the Second Report from the Committee, on Pension Credit]; to be printed [No. 1006]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Government's Employment Strategy]; to be printed [No. 815-iv]
[W.H., No. 96]
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 Fraser Kemp.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 1.59 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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