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The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill,-Mr Eric Illsley reported from Standing Committee A, That it had gone through the Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill, and directed him to report the same, without Amendment.
Bill, not amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 569].
2 Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr George Stevenson reported from the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
3 Message from the Lords,-A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:
The Lords have agreed to the Health (Wales) Bill, without Amendment.
Public Services (Disruption) Bill [Lords],-The Lords have passed a Bill to make provision to contain disruption of public services by collective industrial action; and for connected purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
4 Company Directors (Health and Safety),-Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require companies to appoint a director as the health and safety director; and to impose duties on this director and on other directors of companies in relation to health and safety; and for connected purposes: And that Ross Cranston, Mr Richard Allan, Tony Baldry, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Michael Clapham, Mr Andrew Dismore, Mr Frank Doran, Angela Eagle, Linda Gilroy, Mr Tony Lloyd, Shona McIsaac and Lawrie Quinn, do prepare and bring it in.
5 Company Directors (Health and Safety) Bill,-Ross Cranston accordingly presented a Bill to require companies to appoint a director as the health and safety director; and to impose duties on this director and on other directors of companies in relation to health and safety; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 13th June and to be printed [Bill 82].
6 Extradition Bill (Programme) (No. 2),-Ordered, That the Programme Order of 9th December 2002 in relation to the Extradition Bill be amended by the substitution for paragraphs 4 and 5 of the following:
(4) Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on a Programme Motion varying this Order which is moved on the day on which the proceedings on consideration are commenced
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion six and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on such a Programme Motion.-(Mr Bob Ainsworth.)
7 Extradition Bill,-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Extradition Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee.
A Clause (Bail: Scotland)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Passage of time)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Undertaking in relation to person serving sentence)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Extradition following deferral for competing claim)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth )-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Person charged with offence in United Kingdom)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Person serving sentence in United Kingdom)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Service policemen)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Appeal against grant of bail)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Remand to local authority accommodation)-(Mr Bob Ainsworth)-brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Terrorism)-(Mr Nick Hawkins)-brought up and read the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time:-Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Clause (Referral of Part 1 warrant to Secretary of State)-(Mr Nick Hawkins)-brought up and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Mark Hoban, Mr Robert Syms: 180.
Tellers for the Noes, Gillian Merron, Mr Nick Ainger: 302.
So the Question was negatived.
Another Clause (Injustice and oppression)-(Mr John Burnett)-brought up and read the first time.
Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
Tellers for the Ayes, Tom Brake, Annette Brooke: 192.
Tellers for the Noes, Dan Norris, Mr Nick Ainger: 302.
And it being after four and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on a Programme Motion varying the provisions of the Programme Order [9th December], the Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Order [this day], put the Questions on Amendments selected by the Speaker for separate division;
Amendment (No. 20) proposed to the Bill, in page 1, line 17, at the end to insert the words-
'(c) The statement referred to in subsections (3) and (5) shall conform with the provisions of the model warrant annexed to the framework decision.'.-(Mr Nick Hawkins.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Mark Hoban, Mrs Cheryl Gillan: 191.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Ainger, Dan Norris: 297.
So the Question was negatived.
Another Amendment (No. 1) proposed to the Bill in page 30, line 34, to leave out the words 'falls within the European framework list' and insert the words 'constitutes terrorism'.-(Mr Nick Hawkins.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Mark Hoban, Mrs Cheryl Gillan: 140.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Ainger, Dan Norris: 352.
So the Question was negatived.
The Deputy Speaker then put forthwith the Question on the remaining Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown;
Amendments (Nos. 34 to 59, 32, 60 to 62, 33, 63, 65, 66, 14, 67 to 73, 6, 74, 7 to 10, 75 to 77, 11, 12, 78, 13, 79, 80, 88 and 81 to 87) made to the Bill.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Bill be now read the third time;
Tellers for the Ayes, Joan Ryan, Mr Jim Murphy: 303.
Tellers for the Noes, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Mr Mark Hoban: 142.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed.
8 Housing,-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 18 (Consideration of draft regulatory reform orders), That the draft Regulatory Reform (Schemes under Section 129 of the Housing Act 1988) (England) Order 2003, which was laid before this House on 11th March, be approved-(Charlotte Atkins):-It was agreed to.
9 Sittings of the House,-Ordered, That-
(i) at the sittings on Tuesday 1st April, Wednesday 2nd April and Thursday 3rd April, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Messages from the Lords shall have been received;
(ii) at the sittings on Tuesday 1st April, Wednesday 2nd April and Thursday 3rd April, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Committee to draw up Reasons which has been appointed at that sitting has reported; and
(iii) at the sitting on Thursday 3rd April, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until he has notified the Royal Assent to Acts agreed upon by both Houses.-(Charlotte Atkins.)
10 Transport,-Ordered, That Mr Robert Syms be discharged from the Transport Committee and Mr John Randall be added.-(Keith Hill, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
11 Adjournment,-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn-(Charlotte Atkins);
And it being Seven o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.
12 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Charlotte Atkins.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-three minutes past Seven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 7.23 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 Negative Resolution:
1 Agriculture,-Entry Level Agri-Environment Scheme (Pilot) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 838), dated 24th March 2003 [by Act] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
2 Constitutional Law,-Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales (Accounts, Audit and Reports) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 749), dated 24th March 2003 [by Act] [Secretary Peter Hain].
3 Council Tax,-Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 768), dated 18th March 2003 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
4 Legal Services Commission,-Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 851), dated 25th March 2003 [by Act] [Ms Rosie Winterton].
Other Papers:
5 Health Service Commissioner,-Third Report of the Health Service Ombudsman, Session 2002-03: Investigations completed-August to November 2002 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 532] [Clerk of the House].
6 National Audit,-Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on,-(1) Improving Service Delivery: The Food Standards Agency,
(2) Improving Service Delivery: The Forensic Science Service,
(3) Improving Service Delivery: The Role of Executive Agencies, and
(4) Improving Service Delivery: The Veterans Agency,
[by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 524, 523, 525 and 522] [Clerk of the House].
7 National Audit (Northern Ireland),-Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Areas of Special Scientific Interest [by Statutory Instrument]; to be printed [No. 499] [Mr Secretary Murphy].
APPENDIX II
Reports from Select Committees
1 Culture, Media and Sport,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Privacy and Media Intrusion]; to be printed [No. 458-iv] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
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-iv] [Mr John Horam].
3 European Scrutiny,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the European Scrutiny Committee [Report of the Convention's Working Group X on "freedom, security and justice"]; to be printed [No. 554-ii] [Mr Michael Connarty].
4 Foreign Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee [Zimbabwe]; to be printed [No. 339-ii] [Donald Anderson].
5 Health,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Maternity Services Sub-committee of the Health Committee [Provision of Maternity Services]; to be printed [No. 464-iii] [Julia Drown].
6 Home Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Home Affairs Committee [Anti-Social Behaviour]; to be printed [No. 568] [Mr Chris Mullin].
7 Statutory Instruments,-Fifteenth Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 96-xv] [Mr David Tredinnick].
8 Work and Pensions,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Work and Pensions Committee [Childcare for Working Parents]; to be printed [No. 564-i] [Sir Archy Kirkwood].
[W.H., No. 43]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
The sitting commenced at half-past Nine o'clock.
Adjournment,-Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Jim Fitzpatrick.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 4.29 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
CORRIGENDUM
In the Votes and Proceedings for Wednesday 19th March, in Appendix II-
(1) the following item should have appeared at the beginning:
Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill,-The Speaker has appointed Mr Eric Illsley Chairman of Standing Committee A in respect of the Bill, in place of Mr Bill O'Brien.
(2) in item 3, relating to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2003, the words 'and has appointed Miss Anne Begg Chairman' should have appeared at the end of paragraph (1).
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