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The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 London Local Authorities Bill [Lords],-The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed [7th January], That the promoters of the London Local Authorities Bill [Lords] may, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders or practice of this House, proceed with the Bill in the present Session; and the Petition for the Bill shall be deemed to have been deposited and all Standing Orders applicable to it shall be deemed to have been complied with;
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the present Session, a declaration signed by the agent shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill brought from the Lords in the last Session;
That the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay upon the Table of the House a certificate, that such a declaration has been deposited;
That in the present session the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it passed in the last Session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages;
That no further fees shall be charged to such stages;
And the Question being again proposed;
And objection being taken to further proceeding, the Debate stood adjourned.
Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Wednesday 21st January.
2 First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Frank Cook reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Charities (Alexandra Park and Palace) Order 2003.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
3 Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Miss Anne Begg reported from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4 European Standing Committee A,-Mr Bill O'Brien reported from European Standing Committee A the following Resolution:
That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 12179/03, draft Regulation on certain Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases; supports the Government's position on reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and notes that the Regulation is in line with the policy on fluorinated gases as set out in the United Kingdom Climate Change Programme and that the Regulation is designed to achieve emission reductions of HFCs, PFCs and SF6 and will assist the European Community and Member States to meet their targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
Report, together with Resolution, to lie upon the Table.
5 Employment Relations Bill,-The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Employment Relations Bill;
And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, That the Bill be now read a second time;
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John Heppell, Mr Vernon Coaker : 404.
Tellers for the Noes, Gregory Barker, Mr Peter Atkinson: 148.
So the Question was agreed to.
The Bill was accordingly read a second time.
6 Employment Relations Bill (Programme),-A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Orders [28th June 2001 and 6th November 2003 (Programming of Bills)], That the following provisions shall apply to the Employment Relations Bill:
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 26th February 2004.
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 by the House 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-(Gillian Merron)
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John Heppell, Mr Vernon Coaker: 384.
Tellers for the Noes, Gregory Barker, Mr Peter Atkinson: 153.
So the Question was agreed to.
7 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Mr John Heppell.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till Eight o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 8.00 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 Northern Ireland,-Draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Murphy].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 National Health Service,-(1) Family Health Services Appeal Authority Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 21),
(2) Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 17),
(3) Health Development Agency Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 20),
(4) National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 19), and
(5) Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 18)
dated 8th January 2004 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Reid].
Other Papers:
3 Criminal Justice and Court Services,-Accounts of the National Probation Service: Consolidated Accounts of the Local Probation Boards Account for 2002-03, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 20] [Clerk of the House].
4 Government Resources and Accounts,-Resource Accounts of the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England for 2002-03, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 24] [Ruth Kelly].
5 Statutory Instruments (Notification),-Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation:
Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 38).
[by Standing Order] [Clerk of the House].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill:
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee D, and has appointed Mr Eric Illsley and Mr Jonathan Sayeed Chairmen; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Ms Candy Atherton, Mr Richard Caborn, Mr Ben Chapman, Mr Don Foster, Mr John Grogan, Mr Nick Hawkins, Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr Khalid Mahmood, Kali Mountford, Mr Richard Page, Mr James Paice, Mr Andy Reed, Mr Andrew Rosindell, Mr Adrian Sanders, Mark Tami and Brian White.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee E, and has appointed Mr Peter Pike and Mr Derek Conway Chairmen; and
(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated twenty-two Members to serve on the Committee: Vera Baird, Mr Clive Betts, Ms Karen Buck, Sir Sydney Chapman, Paul Clark, Yvette Cooper, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Mark Field, Matthew Green, Mr John Hayes, Keith Hill, Dr Brian Iddon, Ms Sally Keeble, Mr David Kidney, Chris Mole, Mr Terry Rooney, Chris Ruane, Andrew Selous, Geraldine Smith, Mr Robert Syms, Dr Alan Whitehead and Richard Younger-Ross.
3 Draft Charities (Alexandra Park and Palace) Order 2003,-The Committee of Selection has discharged Mrs Ann Cryer from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Order) and nominated in substitution Derek Wyatt.
European Standing Committees
4 Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 7th January 2004, submitted by HM Treasury, relating to the 2002 Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors, has been referred to European Standing Committee B, together with unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 20th October 2003, submitted by HM Treasury, and European Union Documents Nos. 11954/03 and 11993/03, relating to the Activities of OLAF and the fight against fraud, already referred to the Committee on 15th and 29th October 2003.
5 European Union Document No. 15529/03, relating to the Doha Development Agenda, has been referred to European Standing Committee C.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1 Education and Skills,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education and Skills Committee [Higher Education Bill]; to be printed [No. 216] [Mr Barry Sheerman].
2 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,-(1) Second Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee [Annual Report of the Committee 2003], together with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 225]; and
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Implementation of CAP Reform in the UK]; to be printed [No. 226-i]
3 European Scrutiny,-(1) Fifth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 42-v]; and
(2) Sixth Report from the Committee [The European Commission's Annual Work Programme for 2004], together with Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 19th November 2003; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 42-vi]
4 Northern Ireland Affairs,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee [The Parades Commission and Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998]; to be printed [No. 224-i] [Mr Michael Mates].
5 Treasury,-Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [Office of Government Commerce]; to be printed [No. 222-i] [Mr John McFall].
6 Work and Pensions,-(1) First Report from the Work and Pensions Committee [The Committee's Work in 2003], to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 227];
(2) First Special Report from the Committee [Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, on the European Social Fund]; to be printed [No. 228];
(3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 14th January [Child Poverty]; to be printed [No 85-iii]; and
(4) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Child Poverty]; to be printed [No 85]
[W.H., No. 10]
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.-(Joan Ryan.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 4.25 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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