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Tuesday 26th October 2004 |
The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock. PRAYERS.1 Civil Partnership Bill [Lords],Frank Cook reported from Standing Committee D, That it had gone through the Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], and made Amendments thereunto. Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 168]. Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 1208].2 Prepared Foods (Provision of Information),Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require manufacturers and retailers of prepared foods to provide information about the content and nutritional quality of the foods: And that Helen Southworth, Mr David Stewart, Rosemary McKenna, David Taylor, Mrs Liz Blackman, Mr Colin Pickthall, Christine Russell, Linda Perham, Mr Khalid Mahmood, Dr Phyllis Starkey, Mr James Plaskitt and Mr George Howarth do prepare and bring it in. 3 Prepared Foods (Provision of Information) Bill,Helen Southworth accordingly presented a Bill to require manufacturers and retailers of prepared foods to provide information about the content and nutritional quality of the foods: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 5th November and to be printed [Bill 167]. 4 Programming of Bills,A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the House takes note of the Fourth Report of the Procedure Committee, on Programming of Legislation, HC 325, and the Government's Response thereto (published as the Committee's Fifth Special Report of the current Session, HC 1169); and makes the following provision: That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, the Orders of the House of 28th June 2001 relating to Programming of Bills be Standing Orders of the House, with the following Amendments: (1) In Order A (Programme Motions), in paragraph (6), leave out 'or where paragraph (8) of Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) applies,'. (2) In Order A, in paragraph (10), leave out 'In an excepted case' and insert 'If any of the exceptions applies'. (3) In Order B (Programming Committees), leave out paragraphs (8) to (10). (4) In Order C (Programming Sub-Committees), in paragraph (1), after 'and', insert 'subject to paragraph (9A) of this order'. (5) In Order C, after paragraph (9), insert
5 Procedures for Debates Etc.,Resolved, That this House takes note of the Fourth Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2002-03, on Procedures for Debates, Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker, HC 333, and the Government's Response thereto (published as the Committee's Second Special Report of the current Session, HC 610); and endorses the proposals for an experiment with shorter back-bench speeches set out in paragraphs 13 to 15 of the Committee's Report.(Mr Phil Woolas.) Ordered, That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament until the end of the next but one Session of Parliament, the following Order be a Standing Order of the House: The Speaker may call Members between certain hours to speak for a specified maximum time (not being less than three minutes) and during this time the reference to eight minutes in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 47 (Short speeches) and the provisions of paragraph (2) of that order shall not apply.(Mr Phil Woolas.)6 Deferred Divisions,A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, the Order of the House of 28th June 2001 relating to Deferred Divisions be a Standing Order of the House(Mr Phil Woolas); The House divided.
7 Carry-over of Bills,A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, the Order of the House of 29th October 2002 relating to Carry-over of Bills be a Standing Order of the House, with the following amendments: (1) After paragraph (4), insert
8 Short Speeches,Ordered, That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, Standing Order No. 47 (Short speeches) be amended by leaving out 'between certain hours' in line 4 of paragraph (1), and inserting 'at certain times'.(Mr Phil Woolas.) 9 Removal of References to Strangers,A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, the following amendments be made to the Standing Orders of the House: No. 89 (Procedure in standing committees): in paragraph (2), leave out 'Strangers' and insert 'The public'; No. 125 (Strangers (select committees)): leave out the title and insert 'Select committees (admission of the public)'; and in paragraph (1), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; No. 149 (Committee on Standards and Privileges): in paragraph (8), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; No. 161 (Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to strangers): in the title, leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; in paragraph (1), leave out 'stranger' in the two places where it appears and insert 'member of the public' in each place, and leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; and in paragraph (2), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'members of the public'. No. 162 (Places to which strangers are not admitted): in the title, leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; and, in the Standing Order, leave out 'stranger' and insert 'member of the public'(Mr Phil Woolas);
10 Adjournment,A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn(Mr John Heppell); And the Motion having been made after Seven o'clock, and Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it being then eighteen minutes to Eight o'clock, till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 7.42 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 Medicines,Medicines (Products for Animal UseFees) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 2750), dated 21st October 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett]. Other Papers: 2 Government Resources and Accounts,Report and Accounts of the Public Guardianship Office for 2003-04, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 754] [Mr David Lammy]. APPENDIX II Reports from Select Committees 1 Constitutional Affairs,(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Constitutional Affairs Committee [Implementation of the Freedom of Information Act]; to be printed [No. 1060-iv]; and
2 Culture, Media and Sport,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [BBC Charter Renewal]; to be printed [No. 598-ix] [Sir Gerald Kaufman]. 3 Foreign Affairs,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee [Western Balkans]; to be printed [No. 1121-iii] [Mr Donald Anderson]. 4 Home Affairs,(1) Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee [Draft Sentencing Guidelines 1 and 2], with Appendices; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 1207]; and
5 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions,(1) Thirteenth Report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee [Gypsy and Traveller Sites], with 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. 633-I]; and
6 Regulatory Reform,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Regulatory Reform Committee [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Registration of Births and Deaths) (England and Wales) Order 2004]; to be printed [No. 1201-i] [Mr Peter Pike]. 7 Statutory Instruments,Thirty-first Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 82-xxxi] [Mr David Tredinnick]. 8 Trade and Industry,(1) Tenth Report from the Trade and Industry Committee [Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 1204];
9 Treasury,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Treasury Committee [Credit card charges and marketing]; to be printed [No. 1177-ii] [Mr John McFall]. [W.H., No. 92] 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(Phil Hope);
[Adjourned at 4.30 p.m. Sir Alan Haselhurst Deputy Speaker
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