The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,-Mr Nigel Beard reported from the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
2 Adjournment (Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment),-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn-(Bridget Prentice);
The Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.
3 Public Petitions,-Public Petitions from-
(1) supporters of the Regenerate.com lunch club in Roehampton against the proposed withdrawal of support for lunch clubs by Wandsworth Borough Council;
(2) Councillor Enid Isaacs, Councillor Norman Ladzrie and others against the proposed closure of the Post Office in Woodfield Road, Hadleigh, and for policies to enable Post Offices to remain open; and
(3) Mrs Abi Nawaz and others for the release of Maajid Nawaz from jail in Egypt
were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
4 Adjournment,-Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.-(Charlotte Atkins.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-eight minutes to Seven o'clock, adjourned till Monday 7th June, pursuant to Resolution [10th May].
[Adjourned at 6.32 p.m.
Michael J. Martin
Speaker
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday 7th June.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1 Police,-Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2 Agriculture,-Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1445), dated 25th May 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
3 Child Trust Funds,-Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1450), dated 27th May 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Ruth Kelly].
4 National Health Service,-(1) Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Isles of Scilly) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1425), and
(2) Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1427),
dated 24th May 2004 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Reid].
5 Plant Health,-Polish Potatoes (Notification) (England) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1452), dated 27th May 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
6 Road Traffic,-Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1402), dated 19th May 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Darling].
Other Papers:
7 Home Office,-Draft Charities Bill with Explanatory Notes and draft Regulatory Impact Assessment [by Command] [Cm. 6199] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
8 Police and Criminal Evidence,-Draft Codes of Practice-
(1) for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers (Code C),
(2) for the exercise by: police officers of statutory powers of stop and search; police officers and police staff of requirements to record public encounters (Code A),
(3) for the identification of persons by police officers (Code D),
(4) for searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises (Code B),
(5) on tape recording interviews with suspects (Code E), and
(6) on visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects (Code F)
[by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
9 Post Office,-Report and Accounts of Royal Mail Holdings plc for the year ended 28th March 2004 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].
10 Proceeds of Crime,-Report of the Assets Recovery Agency for 2003-04 and Business Plan for 2004-05 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
11 Public Petitions,-Observations from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Petition [25th March] from residents of Pickering, North Yorkshire, calling for an extension to the priority status of, and revised plans for, Pickering's flood alleviation scheme [by Standing Order] [Clerk of the House].
12 Wales,-Draft Transport (Wales) Bill with Explanatory Notes and a draft Regulatory Impact Assessment [by Command] [Cm. 6195] [Mr Peter Hain].
Papers withdrawn:
13 Government Resources and Accounts,-(1) Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Health Service Bodies) Order 2004, and
(2) Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2004
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1 Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill,-The Speaker has appointed Mr Roger Gale Chairman of Standing Committee C in respect of the Bill.
2 Draft Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004,-The Speaker has appointed Mr Nigel Beard Chairman of the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Order.
3 Draft Licensing (Indoor Arenas) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004,-The Speaker has appointed Mr Alan Hurst Chairman of the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Order.
[W.H., No. 59]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall
The sitting commenced at half-past Two o'clock.
Adjournment (Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court (court of final appeal)-First Report from the Constitutional Affairs Committee, Session 2003-04, and the Government's response thereto),-A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned-(Jim Fitzpatrick);
And the sitting having continued for three hours, it was adjourned without Question put, till Tuesday 8th June.
[Adjourned at 5.30 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker
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