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Session 2005 - 06
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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 24th May 2005

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1    Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

Marsha Singh
for Bradford West

Charlotte Jean Atkins
Staffordshire Moorlands

Michael David Wills
North Swindon

2    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—A Motion was made and the Question being proposed, That so much of the Lords Message [19th May] as relates to the Liverpool City Council (Prohibition of Smoking in Places of Work) Bill [Lords] be now considered;

That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution—(The Chairman of Ways and Means);

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 7th June.

3    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—A Motion was made and the Question being proposed, That so much of the Lords Message [19th May] as relates to the London Local Authorities (Prohibition of Smoking in Places of Work) Bill [Lords] be now considered;

That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution—(The Chairman of Ways and Means);

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 7th June.

4    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—A Motion was made and the Question being proposed, That so much of the Lords Message [19th May] as relates to the London Local Authorities Bill [Lords] be now considered;

That this House concurs with the Lords in their Resolution—(The Chairman of Ways and Means);

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 7th June.

5    Sessional Returns,—Ordered, That there be laid before this House Returns for Session 2004-05 of information and statistics relating to—

(1) Business of the House;

(2) Closure of Debate, Proposal of Question and Allocation of Time (including Programme Motions);

(3) Sittings of the House;

(4) Private Bills and Private Business;

(5) Public Bills;

(6) Delegated Legislation and Regulatory Reform Orders;

(7) European Legislation, etc;

(8) Grand Committees;

(9) Chairmen's Panel; and

(10) Select Committees.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

6    Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—The following Member made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

Patsy Calton
for Cheadle

7    Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:

The Lords concur with the Order made by this House concerning the HBOS Group Reorganisation Bill set out in their message of 19th May; and they concur with the Order made by this House concerning the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill set out in their message of 19th May.

8    European Union Bill,—Mr Secretary Straw, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr Secretary Prescott, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Margaret Beckett, Secretary John Reid, Secretary Alan Johnson, Mr Secretary Clarke, Mr Geoffrey Hoon, the Solicitor General, and Ms Harriet Harman, presented a Bill to make provision in connection with the Treaty signed at Rome on 29th October 2004 establishing a Constitution for Europe; and to require a referendum to be held about it: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 5].

Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the European Union Bill be printed [Bill 5-EN].

9    National Lottery Bill,—Secretary Tessa Jowell, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr Secretary Prescott, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Margaret Beckett, Mr Secretary Darling, Ms Secretary Hewitt, Mr Secretary Clarke, Mr Secretary Hain, Secretary Ruth Kelly and Mr Richard Caborn, presented a Bill to make provision about the National Lottery: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 6].

Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the National Lottery Bill be printed [Bill 6-EN].

10    Queen's Speech (Motion for an Address),—The Order of the Day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 17th May, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:

Most Gracious Sovereign,

We, Your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament;

And the Question being again proposed:—The House resumed the adjourned Debate.

An Amendment was proposed to the Question, at the end, to add the words 'but regret the absence of measures in the Gracious Speech to reduce the burden of political targets and bureaucracy in the public services and of measures which would deliver high standards throughout the public services by promoting autonomy for professionals, creating genuine choice and removing over-burdensome regulation so that new and existing providers can expand capacity and develop innovative approaches to service delivery; deplore the absence of measures adequately to support the NHS in delivering cleaner hospitals rather than just imposing sanctions on them, or to introduce a reformed legislative and organisational framework for public health; further regret the absence of measures which would take account of the proposals by the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill in the last Parliament for substantial amendments to proposed mental health legislation; further deplore the absence of measures which would recognise the need to achieve the basic requirements in education of discipline, rigorous examinations, choice for parents and the freedom for staff to do what they do best; and further regret the absence of measures which would deliver the real improvements needed in the public services.'.—(Mr Andrew Lansley).

And the Question being proposed, That the Amendment be made;

David Maclean rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put;

And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was agreed to.

And the Question being accordingly put;
The House divided.
Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Henry Bellingham: 241.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Vernon Coaker, Mr Ian Cawsey: 336.
So the Question was negatived.
And it being after Ten o'clock, the Debate stood adjourned.

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-morrow.

11    Income Tax,—Resolved, That the draft Tax Information Exchange Agreement (Taxes on Income) (Aruba) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 17th May, be approved.—(John Healey.)

12    Income Tax,—Resolved, That the draft Tax Information Exchange Agreement (Taxes on Income) (Netherlands Antilles) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 17th May, be approved.—(John Healey.)

13    Income Tax,—Resolved, That the draft Tax Information Exchange Agreement (Taxes on Income) (Virgin Islands) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 17th May, be approved.—(John Healey.)

14    Income Tax,—Resolved, That the draft Tax Information Exchange Agreement (Taxes on Income) (Montserrat) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 17th May, be approved.—(John Healey.)

15    Regulatory Reform,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 18 (Consideration of draft regulatory reform orders), That the draft Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 17th March, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.—(Mr Alan Campbell):—It was agreed to.

16    Adjournment (Whitsun),—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 25 (Periodic adjournments), That this House, at its rising on Thursday 26th May, do adjourn till Monday 6th June 2005—(Mr Alan Campbell):—It was agreed to.

17    Business of the House,—Ordered, That Private Members' Bills shall have precedence over Government business on 14th, 21st and 28th October; 11th November; 2nd December 2005; 20th January; 24th February; 10th and 17th March; 12th May; 16th June; 14th July and 20th October 2006.—(Mr Alan Campbell.)

18    Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Alan Campbell.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till seven minutes past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 11.07 p.m.
Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Eleven o'clock.

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1    Agriculture,—Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1380), dated 20th May 2005 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

2    Environmental Protection,—Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Approved National Allocation Plan) Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1387), dated 24th May 2005 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

3    Immigration,—Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1379), dated 18th May 2005 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Clarke].

Other Papers:

4    Constitutional Affairs,—Paper, entitled Criminal Defence Service Bill Framework Document [by Command] [Cm. 6572] [Bridget Prentice].

5    Foreign and Commonwealth Office,—Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2004-05, on Human Rights Annual Report 2004 [by Command] [Cm. 6571] [Mr Secretary Straw].

6    Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.),—Fifth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission [by Statutory Instrument]; to be printed [No. 46] [Mr Secretary Hain].

CHAIRMEN'S PANEL
In pursuance of Standing Order No. 4 (Chairmen's Panel) the Speaker has nominated Mr David Amess, Janet Anderson, Miss Anne Begg, Mr Joe Benton, Sir John Butterfill, Mr Martin Caton, Mr Christopher Chope, Derek Conway, Frank Cook, Mr John Cummings, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Roger Gale, Mr Mike Hancock, Mr Jimmy Hood, Mr Eric Illsley, Mr David Marshall, Mr Edward O'Hara, Mr Bill Olner, David Taylor, Miss Ann Widdecombe, Mr David Wilshire and Sir Nicholas Winterton to be members of the Chairmen's Panel during this Session.
POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000
The Speaker has, by virtue of the provisions of section 2(4) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, appointed the following Members to serve on the committee, known as the Speaker's Committee, established by section 2(1) of the Act: Mrs Angela Browning, Lady Hermon, Sir Gerald Kaufman, Mr Humfrey Malins and Mr Peter Viggers.