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The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Miss Ann Widdecombe reported from the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Medicines for Human Use (Kava-kava) (Prohibition) Order 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 3170).
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
2 Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Peter Pike reported from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 114) (House of Commons Paper No. 477) on the Social Services (High Performers) Grant for 2003-04.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
3 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Bill O'Brien reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Alan Hurst reported from the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5 Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Bill Olner reported from the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Climate Change Levy (Combined Heat and Power Stations) Prescribed Conditions and Efficiency Percentages (Amendment) Regulations 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
6 Fourteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Joe Benton reported from the Fourteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Powers of Seizure) Order 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
7 Fifteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Mike Hancock reported from the Fifteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 115) (House of Commons Paper No. 449) on Special Grants for Local Authorities.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
8 Royal Assent,-The Speaker notified the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, That Her Majesty had signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts, agreed upon by both Houses:
Consolidated Fund Act 2003
Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Act 2003.
9 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords],-The Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] was, according to Order, read a second time.
10 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] (Programme),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Orders [28th June 2001 and 29th October 2002], That the following provisions shall apply to the Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]-
1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Proceedings in Standing Committee
2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 29th April 2003.
3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced.
6. Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed-(Charlotte Atkins):-It was agreed to.
11 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] [Money],-Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Waste and Emissions Bill [Lords] [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 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of-
(a) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of the Act, and
(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided-(Charlotte Atkins):-It was agreed to.
12 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means],-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 Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the levying of fees and charges under regulations made under the Act-(Charlotte Atkins):-It was agreed to.
13 Adjournment,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn-(Charlotte Atkins);
And the Motion having been made at Six o'clock, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 6.30 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Nine o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1 Local Government Finance,-Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 117) on 2003-04 Special Grant for Driving Local Authority Planning Performance [by Act]; to be printed [No. 537] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 Education,-(1) Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 769), dated 20th March 2003, and
(2) Grinling Gibbons Primary School (Change to School Session Times) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 716), dated 12th March 2003
[by Act] [Mr Secretary Clarke].
3 Immigration,-Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 801), dated 20th March 2003 [by Act] [Mr Rosie Winterton].
4 Merchant Shipping,-Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 771), dated 18th March 2003 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
5 Sea Fisheries,-Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures) (England) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 772), dated 17th March 2003 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee C; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Henry Bellingham, Mr Richard Caborn, Mr Parmjit Dhanda, Dr Ian Gibson, Mr Tom Harris, Dr Brian Iddon, Norman Lamb, Martin Linton, Mr Malcolm Moss, Diana Organ, Bob Russell, Mrs Gillian Shephard, Mr Keith Simpson, David Taylor, Dr Desmond Turner and Tony Wright.
2 Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill,-The Speaker has appointed Mr Roger Gale Chairman of Standing Committee C in respect of the Bill.
3 Sea Fisheries (Restrictions on Days at Sea) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 229),-The Speaker has appointed Miss Ann Widdecombe Chairman of the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the Order.
4 Draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Powers of Seizure) Order 2003,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Andy Burnham and Ms Gisela Stuart from the Fourteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Order); and nominated in substitution Mr John Lyons and Ian Stewart.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Defence,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [Defence and Security in the United Kingdom]; to be printed [No. 557-i] [Mr Bruce George].
2 Environmental Audit,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education for Sustainable Development Sub-Committee of the Environmental Audit Committee [Learning the Sustainability Lesson]; to be printed [No. 472-iii] [Mr John Horam].
3 Home Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Home Affairs Committee [Follow-up to Inquiry into 'The Government's Drugs Policy: Is It Working?']; to be printed [No. 559] [Mr Chris Mullin].
4 Northern Ireland Affairs,-Second Special Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee [Government's Response to the Third Report from the Committee, on the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill]; to be printed [No. 555] [Mr Michael Mates].
5 Liaison,-First Report from the Liaison Committee [Annual Report for 2002]; together with Appendices; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 558] [Mr Alan Williams].
6 Trade and Industry,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Trade and Industry Committee [Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Electricity (Trading and Transmission) Bill]; to be printed [No. 468-v] [Mr Martin O'Neill].
[W.H., No. 42]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
The sitting commenced at half-past Two o'clock.
Adjournment (Convention on the Future of Europe),-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned-(Gillian Merron);
And the sitting having continued for three hours, it was adjourned without Question put, till Tuesday 25th March.
[Adjourned at 5.30 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
CORRIGENDUM
In the Votes and Proceedings for Wednesday 19th March, in Appendix III, Item 5 (Science and Technology Committee), the printing number should have been No. 55-iii.
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