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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday 8th December 2004

The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1    Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Mike Hancock reported from the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 2004.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

2    Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Eric Illsley reported from the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Building Societies Act 1986 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Order 2004.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

3    Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Win Griffiths reported from the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Decisions and Appeals) Amendment Regulations 2004, and the draft Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2004.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

4    European Standing Committee A,—Mr John Cummings reported from European Standing Committee A the following Resolution:

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 11422/04, Commission Communication on Flood risk management—Flood prevention, protection and mitigation; and supports the Government's view that cooperation and sharing of good practice with other EU Member States on the issue of flood risk management will be of benefit to the United Kingdom.

Resolution to lie upon the Table.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

5    Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill,—The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill was, according to Order, read a second time.

6    Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme),—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 83A (Programme motions), That the following provisions shall apply to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill:

Committal

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 13th January 2005.

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. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments or on any further message from the Lords) may be programmed—(Mr John Heppell);

The House divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Tom Watson, Bridget Prentice: 332.

Tellers for the Noes, Andrew Selous, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 147.

So the Question was agreed to.

7    Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill [Money],—Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified to the proposed Motion relating to Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill [Money];

A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill it is expedient to authorise—

(1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(a) expenditure of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,

(b) payments to or in respect of the Commissioners or their staff,

(c) rewards,

(d) expenditure of the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions,

(e) payments to or in respect of the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions,

(f) payments to or in respect of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary,

(g) payments to or in respect of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and

(h) any increase attributable to the Act in sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under any other enactment,

(2) payments out of the Consolidated Fund to enable the Commissioners to make payments or disbursements, and

(3) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund—(Mr John Heppell):—It was agreed to.

8    Income Tax,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Georgia) Order 2004 be made in the form of the draft laid before this House on 17th November, in the last Session of Parliament—(Mr John Heppell):—It was agreed to.

Address to be presented to Her Majesty by such Members of the House as are of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council or of Her Majesty's Household.

9    Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from residents of Mexborough for a review of Cambian Healthcare's proposed conversion of former care homes to a hospital for people with mental illnesses was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.

10    Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joan Ryan.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-six minutes past Six o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 6.26 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    Terms and Conditions of Employment,—Draft Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2    Children and Young Persons,—Child Minding and Day Care (Disclosure Functions) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3136), dated 25th November 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Clarke].

3    Insurance,—Insurance Accounts Directive (Lloyd's Syndicate and Aggregate Accounts) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3219), dated 8th December 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Stephen Timms].

4    Plant Health,—Plant Health (Forestry) (Phytophthora ramorum) (Great Britain) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3213), dated 6th December 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

5    Rating and Valuation,—(1) Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3152);

(2) Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3153);

(3) Non-Domestic Rating (Stud Farms) (England) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3151); and

(4) Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3146),

dated 29th November 2004 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

6    Sea Fisheries,—(1) Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Amendment (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3227); and

(2) Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3226),

dated 7th December 2004 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

7    Taxes,—Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 3218), dated 8th December 2004 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Stephen Timms].

Other Papers:

8    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,—Paper, entitled Delivering the Essentials of Life: Defra's Five Year Strategy [by Command] [Cm. 6411] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

9    European Communities (No. 8, 2004),—Treaty, done at Rome on 29th October 2004 establishing a Constitution for Europe including the Protocols and Annexes, and Final Act with Declarations, with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Cm. 6429] [Mr Secretary Straw].

Papers withdrawn:

10    Terms and Conditions of Employment,—Draft Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 [laid 24th November].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees

1    Railways Bill:

(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee A; and

(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated twenty-one Members to serve on the Committee: Charlotte Atkins, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr David Clelland, Mr Mark Field, Mr Tom Harris, Mr George Howarth, Andy King, Mr Greg Knight, Mrs Eleanor Laing, Mr John MacDougall, Mrs Anne McGuire, Rosemary McKenna, Mr Tony McNulty, Mr Khalid Mahmood, Gillian Merron, Albert Owen, Dr John Pugh, Mr Graham Stringer, Mr Simon Thomas, John Thurso and Mr David Wilshire.

2    Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Bill,—The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Second Reading Committee on the Bill: Mr Nicholas Brown, Mr John Burnett, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Healey, Alan Keen, Mr David Laws, Mr John Lyons, Alice Mahon, Mr George Mudie, Mr George Osborne, Mr David Ruffley, Ms Debra Shipley, Clare Short, Ian Stewart, Sir Teddy Taylor and Mr Andrew Tyrie.

3    Draft Agency for International Trade Information and Co-operation (Legal Capacities) Order 2004:

(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and

(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Douglas Alexander, Mr James Arbuthnot, Virginia Bottomley, Tom Cox, Mrs Ann Cryer, Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons, Barbara Follett, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Kate Hoey, Mr Paul Marsden, Mr Jim Murphy, Mr Archie Norman, Mr Gordon Prentice, Mr Mark Prisk, Lawrie Quinn and Sir Robert Smith.

4    Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2004:

(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and

(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Peter Atkinson, Peter Bottomley, Mrs Anne Campbell, Paul Clark, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Jim Dobbin, Linda Gilroy, Phil Hope, Mr Robert Jackson, Mr Andy Reed, Mrs Barbara Roche, Mr Ernie Ross, Mr Adrian Sanders, Geraldine Smith and Mr Gerry Steinberg.

5    Government's Assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993:

(1) The Speaker has allocated the Assessment to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and

(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Norman Baker, Mr Stephen Byers, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr James Clappison, Mr Frank Doran, Clive Efford, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mr George Foulkes, Beverley Hughes, Mr George Osborne, Mr David Ruffley, Ian Stewart, Mr Ian Taylor, Mr Stephen Timms, Jon Trickett and Mr Bill Tynan.

6    Draft Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004:

(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation; and

(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Graham Allen, Gregory Barker, Mr Henry Bellingham, Malcolm Bruce, Brian Cotter, Mr Douglas Hogg, Mr Andrew Love, Mr Alan Meale, Diana Organ, Mr Greg Pope, Christine Russell, Mr Malcolm Savidge, Mr Paul Stinchcombe, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe, Mr Tom Watson and Mr John Wilkinson.

7    Draft Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 2004,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Andy Reed from the Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Order) and nominated in substitution Jonathan Shaw.

8    Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 2737),—The Committee of Selection has discharged Jim Fitzpatrick from the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Order) and nominated in substitution Joan Ryan.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Culture, Media and Sport,—First Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [A Public BBC], together 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. 82] [Sir Gerald Kaufman].

2    Draft Mental Health Bill,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill; to be printed [No. 95-iii]; and

(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 95-iv]

[Mr George Howarth].

3    Education and Skills,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education and Skills Committee [Teaching Children to Read; Education Outside the Classroom]; to be printed [Nos. 121-i and 120-i] [Mr Barry Sheerman].

4    Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee [Climate Change: Looking Forward]; to be printed [No. 130-i]; and

(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee on The Future for UK Fishing of the Committee [The Future for UK Fishing]; to be printed [No. 122-ii]

[Mr Michael Jack].

5    Environmental Audit,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [The International Challenge of Climate Change: UK Leadership in the G8 & EU]; to be printed [No. 105-ii] [Mr Peter Ainsworth].

6    European Scrutiny,—(1) Second Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 38-ii]; and

(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The EU's constitutional treaty]; to be printed [No. 132-i]

[Mr Jimmy Hood].

7    Health,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [Public Expenditure 2004]; to be printed [No. 98] [Mr David Hinchliffe].

8    Human Rights,—Third Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights [Deaths in Custody], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report [No. 137] [Jean Corston].

9    Northern Ireland Affairs,—(1) First Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee [Electoral Registration in Northern Ireland], together 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. 131]; and

(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [The Functions of the Northern Ireland Policing Board]; to be printed [No. 108-i]

[Mr Michael Mates].

10    Procedure,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Procedure Committee [Sub Judice Rule of the House of Commons]; to be printed [No. 125-i] [Sir Nicholas Winterton].

11    Public Accounts,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Public Accounts [Tackling congestion by making better use of England's motorways and trunk roads]; to be printed [No. 134-i] [Mr Edward Leigh].

12    Regulatory Reform,—Memoranda laid before the Regulatory Reform Committee [Proposals for the Regulatory Reform (Registration of Births and Deaths) (England and Wales) Order 2004] [Mr Peter Pike].

13    Science and Technology,—(1) First Report from the Science and Technology Committee [The Work of the Economic and Social Research Council], together 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. 13]; and

(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Human reproductive technologies and the law]; to be printed [No. 7-ii]

[Dr Ian Gibson].

14    Trade and Industry,—(1) Second Report from the Trade and Industry Committee [Pub Companies], together with Appendices to the Report; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 128]; and

(2) First Special Report from the Committee [Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2003-04, on The UK Automotive Industry]; to be printed [No.   129]

[Mr Martin O'Neill].

15    Transport,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport Committee [Performance of London Underground]; to be printed [No. 94-i] [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].

16    Treasury,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [Excise Duty Fraud]; to be printed [No. 126-i] [Mr John McFall].

17    Work and Pensions,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Work and Pensions Committee [Pension Credit]; to be printed [No. 43-iii] [Sir Archy Kirkwood].

[W.H., No. 3]

Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at half-past Nine o'clock.
Adjournment,—Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Gillian Merron.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 4.28 p.m.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker



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