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The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Mersey Tunnels Bill,-The Order of the day being read, for further consideration of the Mersey Tunnels Bill, as amended in the Committee;
Ordered, That the Bill be further considered on Tuesday 1st July.
2 London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill [Lords],-David Hamilton reported from the Committee on the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill [Lords], That it had examined the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill and found the same 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 Sustainable Energy Bill,-Mr Eric Illsley reported from Standing Committee C, That it had gone through the Sustainable Energy Bill, and made Amendments thereunto.
Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered on Friday 4th July; and to be printed [Bill 133].
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 858].
4 Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Alan Hurst reported from the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5 Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Miss Anne Begg reported from the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Tobacco Products (Description of Products) Order 2003 (S.I., No. 2003, No. 1471).
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
6 Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Roger Gale reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2003, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 1) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1475), the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1476) and the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
7 Welsh Grand Committee,-Mr Win Griffiths reported from the Welsh Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the Economy in Wales, referred to it on 19th May.
8 Road Safety,-Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide local traffic authorities with powers to develop urban safety hierarchies; to identify 20 mph zones and Home Zones; to require the Secretary of State to issue guidance on the setting of speed limits; and for connected purposes: And that Mr Mark Lazarowicz, Helen Jackson, Julia Drown, Peter Bottomley, Joan Walley, Mr David Kidney, Mr Andrew Dismore, Mr Brian H. Donohoe, Mr Don Foster, Tom Brake, Rob Marris and David Wright do prepare and bring it in.
9 Road Safety Bill,-Mr Mark Lazarowicz accordingly presented a Bill to provide local traffic authorities with powers to develop urban safety hierarchies; to identify 20 mph zones and Home Zones; to require the Secretary of State to issue guidance on the setting of speed limits; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 11th July and to be printed [Bill 132].
10 Anti-social Behaviour Bill (Programme) (No. 2),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Programme Order of 8th April 2003 in relation to the Anti-social Behaviour Bill be varied as follows-
Consideration and Third Reading
1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.
2. Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table.
3. The proceedings shown in the first column of the Table shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.
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| Amendments to Part 1, new Clauses relating to Part 1, new Schedules relating to Part 1, Amendments to Clauses Nos. 12 to 14, Schedule No. 1 and Clauses Nos. 15 to 17, new Clauses relating to Part 2, new Schedules relating to Part 2, Amendments to Part 3, new Clauses relating to Part 3, new Schedules relating to Part 3. | An hour and three quarters after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order. |
| Amendments to Part 4, new Clauses relating to Part 4, new Schedules relating to Part 4, Amendments to Clauses Nos. 36 to 39, Schedule No. 2 and Clauses Nos. 40 and 41, new Clauses relating to Part 5, new Schedules relating to Part 5. |
Three and a quarter hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order. | | Amendments to Part 6, new Clauses relating to Part 6, new Schedules relating to Part 6, Amendments to Part 7, new Clauses relating to Part 7, new Schedules relating to Part 7, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules, Amendments to Clause 56, Schedule No. 3 and Clauses Nos. 57 to 61, remaining proceedings on the Bill. |
Five hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order. |
4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order-(Ms Hazel Blears);
Tellers for the Ayes, Derek Twigg, Mr Vernon Coaker: 282.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mark Hoban, Mr Mark Francois: 175.
So the Question was agreed to.
11 Anti-social Behaviour Bill,-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Anti-social Behaviour Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee.
Amendment (No. 62) proposed to the Bill, in page 1, line 8, after 'A', to insert the words 'B or C'.-(Mr Nick Hawkins.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendments (Nos. 30 and 10 to 12) made to the Bill.
It being an hour and three quarters after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion relating to Anti-social Behaviour Bill (Programme) (No. 2), the Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Order [this day], put the Questions on the Amendments and new Clause moved by a Minister of the Crown to be disposed of at that hour.
Other Amendments (Nos. 13 to 23, 1, 41 to 45, 35, 46 to 49, 36 and 37) made to the Bill.
A Clause (Parenting orders under the 1998 Act)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Amendment (No. 82) proposed to the Bill, in page 24, line 28, to leave out Clause No. 29.-(Simon Hughes.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Alan Reid, Tom Brake: 48.
Tellers for the Noes, Joan Ryan, Mr Fraser Kemp: 415.
It being more than three and a quarter hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion relating to Anti-social Behaviour Bill (Programme) (No. 2), the Deputy Speaker put the Question on the Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to be disposed of at that hour.
Other Amendments (Nos. 38 to 40, 31 and 33) made to the Bill.
Other Amendments (Nos. 3 to 8) made to the Bill.
Another Amendment (No. 24) proposed to the Bill, in page 38, line 18, at the end, to insert the words-
'(2A)In the case of a relevant offence falling within section 49(1)(f), an authorised officer may not give a notice to a person under subsection (1) in relation to the display of an advertisement unless he has reason to believe that that person personally affixed or placed the advertisement to, against or upon the land or object on which the advertisement is or was displayed.'.-(Ms Hazel Blears.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
And it being five hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion relating to Anti-social Behaviour Bill (Programme) (No. 2), the Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair:-It was agreed to.
The Deputy Speaker then put the Questions on the Amendments and new Clauses moved by a Minister of the Crown to be disposed of at that hour.
Other Amendments (Nos. 25 and 26) made to the Bill.
Another Clause (Graffiti removal notices)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Exemption from liability in relation to graffiti removal notices)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Power to remove trespassers: alternative site available)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Failure to comply with direction: offences)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Failure to comply with direction: seizure)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Common land: modifications)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Interpretation)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Aggravated trespass)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Public assemblies)-(Mr John Heppell)-brought up and added to the Bill.
Other Amendments (Nos. 9, 79, 34, 32 and 78) 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, Bridget Prentice, Margaret Moran: 419.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Andrew Stunell, Annette Brooke: 43.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed.
12 Licensing Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 3),-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 Licensing Bill [Lords] for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 24th March 2003 and 16th June 2003-
Consideration of Lords Message
1. Proceedings on consideration of the Lords Message shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
2. Those proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely, the Lords Amendment in lieu of Commons Amendment No. 62, the Lords Reasons for disagreeing to Commons Amendments Nos. 6, 15, 16, 20 and 21 and the Lords Amendment in lieu of words left out of the Bill by Commons Amendment No. 50.
3. Any further message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question put.
4. 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-(Mr Jim Murphy);
Tellers for the Ayes, Bridget Prentice, Margaret Moran: 274.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mark Hoban, Angela Watkinson: 158.
So the Question was agreed to.
13 Licensing Bill [Lords],-The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Lords Amendments and Reasons relating to the Licensing Bill [Lords].
Commons Amendment No. 62.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That this House insists on its Amendment No. 62 to which the Lords have disagreed and disagrees to the Amendment (No. 62A) proposed by the Lords instead of that Amendment-(Mr Richard Caborn);
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Jim Murphy, Paul Clark: 268.
Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mark Hoban, Mr Mark Francois: 159.
So the Question was agreed to.
It being more than one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the Lords Amendments and Reasons, the Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Order [this day], put the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour.
An Amendment ((a)) was made to the Bill in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 62A disagreed to.
Commons Amendment No. 21.
Resolved, That this House does not insist on its Amendment No. 21, to which the Lords have disagreed.-(Mr Nick Ainger.)
Amendments ((a) to (h)) were made to the Bill in lieu of Commons Amendment No. 21.
Resolved, That this House does not insist on its Amendments Nos. 6, 15, 16 and 20, to which the Lords have disagreed, and agrees to Lords Amendment No. 50A, in lieu of Commons Amendment No. 50.-(Mr Nick Ainger.)
14 Public Petitions,-A Public Petition from residents of Pudsey Constituency and others against the unrestricted opening of pharmacies able to dispense NHS prescriptions was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
15 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Joan Ryan.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till one minute past Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 10.01 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 Constitutional Law,-Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 2) Order 2003 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 Food,-Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1596), dated 17th June 2003 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Reid].
3 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,-(1) Statute, dated 1st December 2001, made by the Governing Body of All Souls College, Oxford, amending the Statutes of the College, and
(2) Statute, dated 15th May 2002, made by the Governing Body of Wadham College, Oxford, amending the Statutes of the College
[by Act] [Mr Christopher Leslie].
Other Papers:
4 Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories,-Cayman Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 1515), dated 12th June 2003 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].
5 Government Trading Funds,-Report and Accounts of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for 2002-03, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 731] [Clerk of the House].
6 Health,-Paper, entitled Our Inheritance, Our Future-Realising the potential of genetics in the NHS [by Command] [Cms. 5791-I and -II] [Mr Secretary Reid].
7 Health Service Commissioner,-Fourth Report of the Health Service Commissioner, Session 2002-03: Annual Report for 2002-03; and
(2) Fifth Report of the Health Service Commissioner, Session 2002-03: Investigations Completed-December 2002-March 2003
[by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 760 and 787] [Clerk of the House].
8 Proceeds of Crime,-Report of the Appointed Person for England and Wales and Northern Ireland under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for 2002-03 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
9 Public Petitions,-Observations from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the Petition [11th June] from the residents of the Martins Wood ward of the town of Stevenage against the sale for development of a play area between Martins Wood and Vardons Road [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House].
10 Trade and Industry,-Draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill, with explanatory notes [by Command] [Cm. 5858] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
Papers withdrawn:
11 Constitutional Law,-Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 2) Order 2003 [laid 19th June].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Courts Bill [Lords],-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Fraser Kemp from Standing Committee D (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Bridget Prentice.
2 Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) (Establishment) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 505) and the Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 506),-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Nigel Evans from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Orders); and nominated in substitution Chris Grayling.
3 Draft Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr John Baron, Jim Dobbin and Diana Organ from the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mr Paul Goodman, Valerie Davey and Mr James Plaskitt.
4 Draft Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2003 and the draft Armed Forces (Review of Search and Seizure) Order 2003,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr James Plaskitt and Roger Berry from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Orders); and nominated in substitution Mr Anthony D. Wright.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Culture, Media and Sport,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [British Film Industry]; to be printed [No. 667-vii] [Mr Gerald Kaufman].
2 Foreign Affairs,-(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee [FCO Annual Report 2003]; to be printed [No. 859-i]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Decision to go to War in Iraq]; to be printed [No. 813-vii and -viii]
3 Health,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Maternity Services Sub-Committee of the Health Committee [Choice in Maternity Services]; to be printed [No. 796-ii] [Julia Drown].
4 Home Affairs,-Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee [Sexual Offences Bill], with the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report [No. 639] [David Winnick].
5 International Development,-Memoranda laid before the International Development Committee [Trade and Development: Aspects of the Doha Agenda] [Tony Baldry].
6 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions,-(1) Ninth Report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee [Reducing Regional Disparities in Prosperity]; with the 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. 492-I]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Draft Housing Bill]; to be printed [No. 751-iv]
7 Statutory Instruments,-Twenty-third Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 96-xxiii] [Mr David Tredinnick].
8 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Treasury Committee [Bank of England May 2003 Inflation Report]; to be printed [No. 817-ii] [Mr John McFall].
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
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 the sitting having continued for two and a half hours after Two o'clock, it was adjourned without Question put, till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 4.40 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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