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Session 2005 - 06
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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Tuesday 7th June 2005

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1    London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill,—Ordered, That the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 14th June.

2    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 24th May, 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;

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Wednesday 15th June.

3    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 24th May, 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;

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Wednesday 15th June.

4    Private Bills [Lords] (Revival),—The Order of the day being read, for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 24th May, 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;

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 14th June.

5    Finance Bill,—The Finance Bill was, according to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That—

(1) Clauses Nos. 11, 18, 40, 43, 44 and 69 and Schedule No. 8 shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House;

(2) the remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee; and

(3) when the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee of the whole House and by the Standing Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if the Bill had been reported as a whole to the House from the Standing Committee.—(Dawn Primarolo.)

Committee to-morrow.

6    Finance Bill,—Ordered, That, during the proceedings on the Finance Bill, the Standing Committee on the Bill shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it shall meet.—(Mr Dave Watts.)

7    Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Dave Watts.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twelve minutes to Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 9.48 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 Affirmative Resolution:

1    Constitutional Law,—(1) Draft Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005;

(2) draft Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2005; and

(3) draft Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005

[by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Mr Secretary Darling].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2    National Health Service,—National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1501), dated 6th June 2005 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].

3    Opticians,—Contact Lens (Specification) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1481), dated 6th June 2005 [by Act] [Ms Secretary Hewitt].

Other Papers:

4    Financial Reporting to Parliament,—Departmental Report 2005: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 2005-2006 to 2007-08 for:—

(1) Department for International Development [by Command] [Cm. 6534] [Secretary Hilary Benn]; and

(2) Foreign and Commonwealth Office [by Command] [Cm. 6533] [Mr Secretary Straw].

5    Health,—Account of the Commission for Health Improvement for 2003-04, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 86] [Clerk of the House].

6    Home Office,—Home Office Minute, dated 6th June 2005, concerning the creation of a non-statutory contingent liability in respect of provision of an indemnity to members of local probation boards [by Command] [Mr Secretary Clarke].

7    Industrial Training Act,—Review and Annual Report and Accounts of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) for 2004, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 33] [Secretary Ruth Kelly].

8    International Development,—Government Response to the Fifth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2004-05, on Darfur, Sudan: The responsibility to protect [by Command] [Cm. 6576] [Secretary Hilary Benn].

MEMORANDUM
Chairmen's Panel,—In pursuance of Standing Order No. 4 (Chairmen's Panel) the Speaker has nominated Mr John Bercow and Ann Winterton to be members of the Chairmen's Panel during this Session.
[W.H., No. 2]

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.—(Joan Ryan.)
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 2 p.m.
Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker