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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Monday 15th May 2006

The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1    First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mrs Joan Humble reported from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 712).

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

2    Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2),—Ordered, That the Order of 9th February 2006 (Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.

2. Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be concluded in two days.

3. On consideration, proceedings on Government new clauses shall be taken on the first day and shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

4. All other proceedings on consideration shall be taken on the second day and shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on that day.

5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the second day.—(Mr Pat McFadden.)

3    Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill [1st allocated day],—The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee.

A Clause (NC19) (Power to remove or reduce burdens)—(Mr Pat McFadden)—brought up and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.

The House divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Liz Blackman, Steve McCabe: 438.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Christopher Chope, Ann Winterton: 4.

Amendment (a) proposed to the proposed Clause, in line 2, after the word 'he', insert the word 'reasonably'.—(Mr David Heath.)

Question put, That the Amendment to the proposed Clause be made.

The House divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Bob Russell, Mr Roger Williams: 194.

Tellers for the Noes, Liz Blackman, Steve McCabe: 255.

Clause added to the Bill.

Another Clause (NC20) (Power to promote regulatory principles)—(Mr Pat McFadden)—brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (NC21) (Power to implement Law Commission recommendations)—(Bridget Prentice)—brought up and read the first time.

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time.

And it being Ten o'clock, the Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order [this day].

The House divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Liz Blackman, Huw Irranca-Davies: 326.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Evennett, Angela Watkinson: 133.

The Speaker then put the Question on an Amendment to the proposed Clause selected by the Speaker for separate decision.

Amendment (a) proposed to the Clause, in line 4, to leave out the words 'with or without changes'.—(Mr Greg Knight.)

Question put, That the Amendment to the proposed Clause be made.

The House divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Jeremy Browne, Angela Watkinson: 196.

Tellers for the Noes, Liz Blackman, Huw Irranca-Davies: 262.

The Speaker then proceeded to put the remaining Questions on new Clauses moved by a Minister of the Crown to be disposed of at that hour.

Clause added to the Bill.

Other Clauses (NC22) (Northern Ireland) and (NC26) (Excepted enactments)—(Mr Pat McFadden)— brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.

Bill to be further considered to-morrow.

4    Northern Ireland,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, which was laid before this House on 24th April, be approved—(Mr Frank Roy):—It was agreed to.

5    Church of England (General Synod) (Measures),—Ordered, That the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure and Pastoral (Amendment) Measure, which were laid before this House on 16th February, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.—(Mr Frank Roy.)

6    Modernisation of the House,—Ordered, That Mr Geoffrey Hoon and Liz Blackman be discharged from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons and Mr Jack Straw and Paddy Tipping be added.—(Mr Frank Roy.)

7    Administration,—Ordered, That Peter Luff be discharged from the Administration Committee and Mr Greg Knight be added.—(Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

8    Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from residents of the City of Sunderland and others against proposals to change the existing team at the Encompass Healthcare Practice, Washington, Tyne and Wear, was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.

9    Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Frank Roy.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till one minute to Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 10.59 p.m.
Michael J. Martin

Speaker

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

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1    Customs,—Export Control Order 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 1331), dated 9th May 2006 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Darling].

2    Land Registration,—Land Registration Fee Order 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 1332), dated 15th May 2006 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Bridget Prentice].

3    Sea Fisheries,—Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 1327), dated 11th May 2006 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary David Miliband].

Other Papers:

4    Industrial Training,—Report and Accounts of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB—Construction Skills) for 2004, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 1116] [Secretary Alan Johnson].

5    Police (Northern Ireland),—Account of the Office of the Oversight Commissioner for 2004-05, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 1109] [Clerk of the House].

6    Public Expenditure,—Paper, entitled Public Expenditure: Statistical Analyses 2006 [by Command] [Cm. 6811] [Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer].

Papers withdrawn:

7    Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,—Statute, dated 17th March 2006, made by the Governing Body of Churchill College in the University of Cambridge, amending the Statutes of the College [laid 12th May].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 712),—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Adrian Bailey, David Heyes, Ms Sally Keeble and James Purnell from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Regulations) and nominated in substitution Mr Jim Devine, Mr Robert Flello, Fiona Mactaggart and Mr James Plaskitt.
APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Education and Skills,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education and Skills Committee [Citizenship Education]; to be printed [No. 581-iii] [Mr Barry Sheerman].

2    Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,—Minutes of Evidence taken before Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee [The Rural Payments Agency], together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 1071-iii] [Mr Michael Jack].

3    Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee [Is there a future for regional Government?]; to be printed [No. 977-iv] [Dr Phyllis Starkey].

4    Public Administration,—Memoranda laid before the Public Administration Committee [Propriety and Honours] [Dr Tony Wright].

5    Transport,—Fifth Report from the Transport Committee [The Future of the British Transport Police], 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. 1070] [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].