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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Wednesday 17th June 1998

The House met at half-past Nine o'clock.

PRAYERS.

1 Adjournment,--A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn--(Mr Kevin Hughes);

    And it being Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.

2 Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,--Mr Barry Jones reported from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1342).

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

3 Disposal and Re-use of White Goods,--Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to mitigate the environmental problems of disposal of white goods by means of a point-of-sale deposit system to encourage re-use or responsible disposal; and for connected purposes: And that Dr Alan Whitehead, Mr Martin Linton, Ms Margaret Moran, Miss Melanie Johnson, Dr Phyllis Starkey, Mr Andrew Reed, Mr Martin Salter, Mr Tom Brake, Mrs Louise Ellman, Mr Mark Oaten and Mr Stephen Hesford do prepare and bring it in.

4 Disposal and Re-use of White Goods Bill,--Dr Alan Whitehead accordingly presented a Bill to mitigate the environmental problems of disposal of white goods by means of a point-of-sale deposit system to encourage re-use or responsible disposal; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 3rd July and to be printed [Bill 205].

5 Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Committee) [2nd allotted day],--The House, according to Order, again resolved itself into a Committee on the Human Rights Bill [Lords].

(In the Committee)

    Clause No. 5 (Right of Crown to intervene).

    Amendments (Nos. 120 to 124) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause No. 6 (Acts of public authorities).

    Amendment (No. 106) proposed, in page 4, line 7, at the beginning, to insert the words--

    '( ) A public authority is any person or body which--

    (a) is established and regulated by statute; or

    (b) has ministerial appointments on its governing body;

    and for the purposes of this Act such a person or body under paragraph (a) above is only a public body when acting in the discharge of its statutory functions.'.--(Sir Norman Fowler.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Amendments (Nos. 41 and 138) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Ordered, That the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again.--(Mr Graham Allen.)

    The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr Graham Allen reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.

    Committee again to-morrow.

6 Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill (Committee) [2nd allotted day],--The House, according to Order, again resolved itself into a Committee on the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill.

(In the Committee)

    Clause No. 8 (Application to revoke declaration).

    Amendment (No. 22) proposed, in page 4, line 27, at the end, to insert the words 'and the Secretary of State shall make such an application if the condition in section 3(8)(b) is not satisfied'.--(Mr Andrew Hunter.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Clause disagreed to.

    Clause No. 9 (Licences: conditions).

    Amendment (No. 12) proposed, in page 4, line 37, after the word 'Ireland', to insert the words--

    '( ) that he is not involved in directing, assisting or promoting acts of violence committed or planned by other people,'.--(Mr Andrew MacKay.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Another Amendment (No. 44) proposed, in page 4, line 39, at the end, to insert the words--

    '(d) that any organisation which at the time of his release under this Act he supported, but which was not then specified as a terrorist organisation under section 3(8), has not subsequently been specified as such an organisation under that section.'.--(The Reverend Ian Paisley.)

    Question put, That the Amendment be made.

    The Committee divided.

    Tellers for the Ayes, Mr William Thompson, Mr Peter Robinson: 9.

    Tellers for the Noes, Janet Anderson, Mr Jon Owen Jones: 280.

    Amendment (No. 82) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause (No. 10) (Accelerated release).

    Amendment (No. 83) made.

    Amendment (No. 6) proposed, in page 5, line 43, at the end, to add the words 'and in particular shall ensure that the accelerated release date for any prisoner is not before the decommissioning of all illegal arms by any organisation of which he is a member or supporter has been verified by any Commission of the kind referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Decommissioning Act 1997.'.--(Mr Malcolm Moss.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Another Amendment (No. 84) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause No. 11 (Notice of decisions).

    Amendment (No. 24) proposed, in page 6, line 17, at the end, to add the words--

    '(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Commissioners shall not have to give reasons where the decision to refuse is based on information received from the Royal Ulster Constabulary or Security Services and where these organisations warrant that revealing the information would be prejudicial to national security or put at risk the lives of individuals.'.--(Mr David Maclean.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Clause agreed to.

    Clause No. 12 agreed to.

    Clause No. 13 (Inadmissibility).

    Amendments (Nos. 85 to 87) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause No. 14 agreed to.

    Clause No. 15 (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland).

    Amendment (No. 91) proposed, in page 8, to leave out lines 6 and 7.--(Mr Jeremy Corbyn.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

    Clause disagreed to.

    Clause No. 16 agreed to.

    Clause No. 17 (Orders and rules).

    Amendments (Nos. 14 to 17) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause No. 18 agreed to.

    Clause No. 19 (Extent).

    Amendment (No. 89) made.

    Clause, as amended, agreed to.

    Clauses Nos. 20 and 21 agreed to.

    And it being three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill this day, the Chairman, pursuant to Order [11th June], put the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour.

    Clauses (Information for victims), (Revocation of declaration) and (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland)--(Mr Adam Ingram)--added.

    Schedule No. 1 agreed to.

    Schedule No. 2 (Commissioners' Procedure).

    Amendment (No. 90) made.

    Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

    A Schedule (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland)--(Mr Adam Ingram)--added.

    Bill, as amended, to be reported.

    The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr Jim Dowd reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

    Bill, as amended in the Committee, to be considered to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 206].

7 Northern Ireland Grand Committee,--Ordered, That--

    (1) the draft Appropriation (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 1998 be referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee;

    (2) the Order of the House of 6th November relating to sittings of the Northern Ireland Grand Committee shall be varied by substituting for the words 'and Thursday 2nd July at half past Ten o'clock' the words 'at half past Ten o'clock, and on Thursday 2nd July at Ten o'clock.'

    (3) at the sitting on Thursday 2nd July, the Committee shall take questions for oral answer and shall then consider the draft instrument referred to it under paragraph (1) above; and

    (4) in respect of the sitting on Thursday 2nd July--

    (i) Standing Order No. 115 (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (delegated legislation)) shall have effect with the substitution in paragraph (2) of the Order, for the words 'two and a half', of the word 'three'; and

    (ii) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees) and Standing Order No. 116 (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (sittings)), the Chairman shall interrupt proceedings at half past One o'clock.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)

8 Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2),--Ordered, That the Order [1st June] relating to Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Programme) be amended as follows:

    (i) in sub-paragraph 1(1), by leaving out from 'completed' to the end of the sub-paragraph and inserting 'at four sittings and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill at the fourth of those sittings';

    (ii) in sub-paragraph 1(2), by leaving out 'On each such allotted day' and inserting 'At each of those sittings except the fourth';

    (iii) by inserting after sub-paragraph 1(2)--

    '(3) At the fourth of those sittings, paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill for any part of the period of three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill which falls after Ten o'clock'; and

    (iv) by leaving out paragraph 7.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)

9 Adjournment,--Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)

    And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till seventeen minutes past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 11.17 p.m.

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

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

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Local Government Finance,--Special Grant Report (No. 36) [by Act]; to be printed [No. 823] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2 Local Government,--Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1434), dated 9th June 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

3 Town and Country Planning,--Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Qualifying Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1445), dated 10th June 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

Other Papers:

4 Electricity,--Report of the Director General for Electricity Supply: Office of Electricity Regulation (Offer) for 1997 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 788] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].

5 Treaty Series (No. 24, 1998),--Protocol, done at Peking on 2nd September 1996, amending the agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Reciprocal Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains [by Command] [Cm. 3982] [Mr Secretary Cook].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees

1 Registration of Political Parties Bill,--The Committee of Selection has discharged from Standing Committee A Mrs Linda Gilroy and Lynne Jones (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Mr John Cummings and Jim Fitzpatrick.

2 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Bill:

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

    (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Tom Brake, Mr Roger Casale, Sir Sydney Chapman, Mr Andrew Dismore, Mr Clive Efford, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Barry Gardiner, Mrs Eileen Gordon, Mr Keith Hill, Ms Margaret Hodge, Glenda Jackson, Ms Margaret Moran, Mr Richard Ottaway, Ms Linda Perham, Dr Jenny Tonge and Sir George Young.

3 Draft Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998:

    (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, viz.: Mr Joe Ashton, Ms Karen Buck, Mr Ross Cranston, Valerie Davey, Mr John Denham, Mr Alan Duncan, Mr Paul Goggins, Mr John Horam, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Mark Oaten, Mr David Rendel, Mrs Marion Roe, Christine Russell, Mr Peter Snape, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe and Mr David Tredinnick.

4 Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1375):

    (1) The Speaker has allocated the Order to the Third Standing Committee; and

    (2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Mr Peter Bradley, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Robin Corbett, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Christopher Fraser, Mr George Galloway, Mr Bruce George, Jane Griffiths, Mr Oliver Heald, Mr Alan Johnson, Mr David Marshall, Ms Dawn Primarolo, Mr David Ruffley, Helen Southworth and Mr John Whittingdale.

5 Draft Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 1998.

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

    (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen members, viz.: Mr Keith Bradley, Mr Simon Burns, Mr Vernon Coaker, Mr Tim Collins, Mr David Faber, Mr Ivan Henderson, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Fraser Kemp, Miss Julie Kirkbride, Mr Andrew Miller, Mr Mark Oaten, Dr Nick Palmer, Mr Stephen Pound, Mr David Rendel, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe and Ms Rosie Winterton.

6 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Oman), Air Transport (Hong Kong), and (Taxes on Income) (Kazakhstan) Orders 1998:

    (1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Orders to the Fifth Standing Committee; and

    (2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Terry Davis, Mr David Drew, Julia Drown, Mr Michael Fallon, Mr Derek Foster, Mr Oliver Heald, Mr David Hinchliffe, Mr Alan Johnson, Gillian Merron, Ms Dawn Primarolo, Mr Barry Sheerman and Mr Shaun Woodward.

7 Draft Export and Investment Guarantees (Limit on Foreign Currency Commitments) Order 1998:

    (1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Sixth Standing Committee; and

    (2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Clive Betts, Mr Tim Boswell, Mr Colin Breed, Mrs Anne Campbell, Mr Tim Collins, Mr Brian Cotter, Mr Paul Flynn, Mr John Hayes, Ms Melanie Johnson, Ms Ruth Kelly, Mr Rhodri Morgan, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mrs Barbara Roche, Mr Ted Rowlands, Mr David Winnick and Mr Mike Wood.

8 Special Grant Report (No. 35) (HC 758),--The Committee of Selection has discharged from the Eighth Standing Committee Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (nominated in respect of the Report); and nominated in substitution Mr Andrew Mackinlay.

9 Draft Air Carrier Liability Order 1998,--The Committee of Selection has discharged from the Ninth Standing Committee Mr Andrew Love (nominated in respect of the draft Order); and nominated in substitution Mr Tony Clarke.

10 Draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998:

    (1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Tenth Standing Committee; and

    (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr John Austin, Mr Roy Beggs, Mr James Cran, Mr Jim Dowd, Mr Mike Gapes, Mr Nick Hawkins, Mr Andrew Hunter, Ms Jenny Jones, Mr Ken Livingstone, Mr Malcolm Moss, Mr Desmond Turner, Mr Robert N. Wareing, Mr Alan Williams, Mr Alan W. Williams, Mr Phil Willis and Mr Tony Worthington.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1 Agriculture,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee on 17th June [Flood and coastal defence]; to be printed [No. 707-iv] [Mr Peter Luff].

2 Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,--Sixth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Sustainable Waste Management], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 484-I] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].

3 Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,--Memorandum laid before the Transport Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].

4 Northern Ireland Affairs,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 17th June [The Prison Service in Northern Ireland]; to be printed [No. 716-iii] [Mr Peter Brooke].

5 Public Accounts,--(1) Fiftieth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [The Management of Sickness Absence in the Metropolitan Police Service]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 594];

    (2) Fifty-first Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [Ministry of Defence Appropriation Accounts 1996-97]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 671];

    (3) Fifty-second Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [Intervention Board Executive Agency: Qualification of Appropriation Account 1996-97]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 676];

    (4) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 17th June [NHS (Scotland) Summarised Accounts 1996-97]; to be printed [No. 830-i]

[Mr David Davis].

6 Science and Technology,--(1) Third Special Report from the Science and Technology Committee [Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98 (The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Education)]; to be printed [No. 799]; and

    (2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 17th June [Scientific Advisory System]; to be printed [No. 796-i]

[Dr Michael Clark].

7 Scottish Affairs,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Scottish Affairs Committee on 17th June [Tourism in Scotland]; to be printed [No. 826-i] [Mr David Marshall].

8 Social Security,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Social Security Committee on 17th June [Tax and Benefits]; to be printed [No. 827-i] [Mr Malcolm Wicks].

9 Trade and Industry,--Seventh Report from the Trade and Industry Committee [Reform of European Structural Funds], together with the 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. 697] [Mr Martin O'Neill].

The House met at half-past Nine o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	Adjournment,--A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn--(Mr Kevin Hughes);
	And it being Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
2	Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,--Mr Barry Jones reported from the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1342).
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
3	Disposal and Re-use of White Goods,--Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to mitigate the environmental problems of disposal of white goods by means of a point-of-sale deposit system to encourage re-use or responsible disposal; and for connected purposes: And that Dr Alan Whitehead, Mr Martin Linton, Ms Margaret Moran, Miss Melanie Johnson, Dr Phyllis Starkey, Mr Andrew Reed, Mr Martin Salter, Mr Tom Brake, Mrs Louise Ellman, Mr Mark Oaten and Mr Stephen Hesford do prepare and bring it in.
4	Disposal and Re-use of White Goods Bill,--Dr Alan Whitehead accordingly presented a Bill to mitigate the environmental problems of disposal of white goods by means of a point-of-sale deposit system to encourage re-use or responsible disposal; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 3rd July and to be printed [Bill 205].
5	Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Committee) [2nd allotted day],--The House, according to Order, again resolved itself into a Committee on the Human Rights Bill [Lords].
	(In the Committee)
	Clause No. 5 (Right of Crown to intervene).
	Amendments (Nos. 120 to 124) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clause No. 6 (Acts of public authorities).
	Amendment (No. 106) proposed, in page 4, line 7, at the beginning, to insert the words--
	'( ) A public authority is any person or body which--
	(a) is established and regulated by statute; or
	(b) has ministerial appointments on its governing body;
	and for the purposes of this Act such a person or body under paragraph (a) above is only a public body when acting in the discharge of its statutory functions.'.--(Sir Norman Fowler.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Amendments (Nos. 41 and 138) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Ordered, That the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again.--(Mr Graham Allen.)

	The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr Graham Allen reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.
	Committee again to-morrow.
6	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill (Committee) [2nd allotted day],--The House, according to Order, again resolved itself into a Committee on the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill.
	(In the Committee)
	Clause No. 8 (Application to revoke declaration).
	Amendment (No. 22) proposed, in page 4, line 27, at the end, to insert the words 'and the Secretary of State shall make such an application if the condition in section 3(8)(b) is not satisfied'.--(Mr Andrew Hunter.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Clause disagreed to.
	Clause No. 9 (Licences: conditions).
	Amendment (No. 12) proposed, in page 4, line 37, after the word 'Ireland', to insert the words--
	'( ) that he is not involved in directing, assisting or promoting acts of violence committed or planned by other people,'.--(Mr Andrew MacKay.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Another Amendment (No. 44) proposed, in page 4, line 39, at the end, to insert the words--
	'(d) that any organisation which at the time of his release under this Act he supported, but which was not then specified as a terrorist organisation under section 3(8), has not subsequently been specified as such an organisation under that section.'.--(The Reverend Ian Paisley.)
	Question put, That the Amendment be made.
	The Committee divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr William Thompson, Mr Peter Robinson: 9.
	Tellers for the Noes, Janet Anderson, Mr Jon Owen Jones: 280.
	Amendment (No. 82) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clause (No. 10) (Accelerated release).
	Amendment (No. 83) made.
	Amendment (No. 6) proposed, in page 5, line 43, at the end, to add the words 'and in particular shall ensure that the accelerated release date for any prisoner is not before the decommissioning of all illegal arms by any organisation of which he is a member or supporter has been verified by any Commission of the kind referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Decommissioning Act 1997.'.--(Mr Malcolm Moss.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Another Amendment (No. 84) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clause No. 11 (Notice of decisions).
	Amendment (No. 24) proposed, in page 6, line 17, at the end, to add the words--
	'(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Commissioners shall not have to give reasons where the decision to refuse is based on information received from the Royal Ulster Constabulary or Security Services and where these organisations warrant that revealing the information would be prejudicial to national security or put at risk the lives of individuals.'.--(Mr David Maclean.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Clause agreed to.
	Clause No. 12 agreed to.
	Clause No. 13 (Inadmissibility).
	Amendments (Nos. 85 to 87) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clause No. 14 agreed to.
	Clause No. 15 (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland).
	Amendment (No. 91) proposed, in page 8, to leave out lines 6 and 7.--(Mr Jeremy Corbyn.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:--Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
	Clause disagreed to.
	Clause No. 16 agreed to.
	Clause No. 17 (Orders and rules).
	Amendments (Nos. 14 to 17) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clause No. 18 agreed to.
	Clause No. 19 (Extent).
	Amendment (No. 89) made.
	Clause, as amended, agreed to.
	Clauses Nos. 20 and 21 agreed to.
	And it being three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill this day, the Chairman, pursuant to Order [11th June], put the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour.
	Clauses (Information for victims), (Revocation of declaration) and (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland)--(Mr Adam Ingram)--added.
	Schedule No. 1 agreed to.
	Schedule No. 2 (Commissioners' Procedure).
	Amendment (No. 90) made.
	Schedule, as amended, agreed to.
	A Schedule (Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland)--(Mr Adam Ingram)--added.
	Bill, as amended, to be reported.

	The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr Jim Dowd reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.
	Bill, as amended in the Committee, to be considered to-morrow and to be printed [Bill 206].
7	Northern Ireland Grand Committee,--Ordered, That--
	(1) the draft Appropriation (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 1998 be referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee;
	(2) the Order of the House of 6th November relating to sittings of the Northern Ireland Grand Committee shall be varied by substituting for the words 'and Thursday 2nd July at half past Ten o'clock' the words 'at half past Ten o'clock, and on Thursday 2nd July at Ten o'clock.'
	(3) at the sitting on Thursday 2nd July, the Committee shall take questions for oral answer and shall then consider the draft instrument referred to it under paragraph (1) above; and
	(4) in respect of the sitting on Thursday 2nd July--
	(i) Standing Order No. 115 (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (delegated legislation)) shall have effect with the substitution in paragraph (2) of the Order, for the words 'two and a half', of the word 'three'; and
	(ii) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees) and Standing Order No. 116 (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (sittings)), the Chairman shall interrupt proceedings at half past One o'clock.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)
8	Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2),--Ordered, That the Order [1st June] relating to Human Rights Bill [Lords] (Programme) be amended as follows:
	(i) in sub-paragraph 1(1), by leaving out from 'completed' to the end of the sub-paragraph and inserting 'at four sittings and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill at the fourth of those sittings';
	(ii) in sub-paragraph 1(2), by leaving out 'On each such allotted day' and inserting 'At each of those sittings except the fourth';
	(iii) by inserting after sub-paragraph 1(2)--
	'(3) At the fourth of those sittings, paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill for any part of the period of three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill which falls after Ten o'clock'; and
	(iv) by leaving out paragraph 7.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)
9	Adjournment,--Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.--(Mr Jim Dowd.)
	And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till seventeen minutes past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 11.17 p.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1	Local Government Finance,--Special Grant Report (No. 36) [by Act]; to be printed [No. 823] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2	Local Government,--Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1434), dated 9th June 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
3	Town and Country Planning,--Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Qualifying Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1445), dated 10th June 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
Other Papers:
4	Electricity,--Report of the Director General for Electricity Supply: Office of Electricity Regulation (Offer) for 1997 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 788] [Secretary Margaret Beckett].
5	Treaty Series (No. 24, 1998),--Protocol, done at Peking on 2nd September 1996, amending the agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Reciprocal Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains [by Command] [Cm. 3982] [Mr Secretary Cook].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1	Registration of Political Parties Bill,--The Committee of Selection has discharged from Standing Committee A Mrs Linda Gilroy and Lynne Jones (nominated in respect of the Bill); and nominated in substitution Mr John Cummings and Jim Fitzpatrick.
2	Private Hire Vehicles (London) Bill:
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee D; and
	(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Tom Brake, Mr Roger Casale, Sir Sydney Chapman, Mr Andrew Dismore, Mr Clive Efford, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Barry Gardiner, Mrs Eileen Gordon, Mr Keith Hill, Ms Margaret Hodge, Glenda Jackson, Ms Margaret Moran, Mr Richard Ottaway, Ms Linda Perham, Dr Jenny Tonge and Sir George Young.
3	Draft Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998:
	(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, viz.: Mr Joe Ashton, Ms Karen Buck, Mr Ross Cranston, Valerie Davey, Mr John Denham, Mr Alan Duncan, Mr Paul Goggins, Mr John Horam, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Mark Oaten, Mr David Rendel, Mrs Marion Roe, Christine Russell, Mr Peter Snape, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe and Mr David Tredinnick.
4	Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1375):
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the Order to the Third Standing Committee; and
	(2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Mr Peter Bradley, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Robin Corbett, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Christopher Fraser, Mr George Galloway, Mr Bruce George, Jane Griffiths, Mr Oliver Heald, Mr Alan Johnson, Mr David Marshall, Ms Dawn Primarolo, Mr David Ruffley, Helen Southworth and Mr John Whittingdale.
5	Draft Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 1998.
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Fourth Standing Committee; and
	(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen members, viz.: Mr Keith Bradley, Mr Simon Burns, Mr Vernon Coaker, Mr Tim Collins, Mr David Faber, Mr Ivan Henderson, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Fraser Kemp, Miss Julie Kirkbride, Mr Andrew Miller, Mr Mark Oaten, Dr Nick Palmer, Mr Stephen Pound, Mr David Rendel, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe and Ms Rosie Winterton.
6	Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Oman), Air Transport (Hong Kong), and (Taxes on Income) (Kazakhstan) Orders 1998:
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Orders to the Fifth Standing Committee; and
	(2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr Edward Davey, Mr Terry Davis, Mr David Drew, Julia Drown, Mr Michael Fallon, Mr Derek Foster, Mr Oliver Heald, Mr David Hinchliffe, Mr Alan Johnson, Gillian Merron, Ms Dawn Primarolo, Mr Barry Sheerman and Mr Shaun Woodward.
7	Draft Export and Investment Guarantees (Limit on Foreign Currency Commitments) Order 1998:
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Sixth Standing Committee; and
	(2) The Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr Clive Betts, Mr Tim Boswell, Mr Colin Breed, Mrs Anne Campbell, Mr Tim Collins, Mr Brian Cotter, Mr Paul Flynn, Mr John Hayes, Ms Melanie Johnson, Ms Ruth Kelly, Mr Rhodri Morgan, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mrs Barbara Roche, Mr Ted Rowlands, Mr David Winnick and Mr Mike Wood.
8	Special Grant Report (No. 35) (HC 758),--The Committee of Selection has discharged from the Eighth Standing Committee Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (nominated in respect of the Report); and nominated in substitution Mr Andrew Mackinlay.
9	Draft Air Carrier Liability Order 1998,--The Committee of Selection has discharged from the Ninth Standing Committee Mr Andrew Love (nominated in respect of the draft Order); and nominated in substitution Mr Tony Clarke.
10	Draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998:
	(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Tenth Standing Committee; and
	(2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members, viz.: Mr John Austin, Mr Roy Beggs, Mr James Cran, Mr Jim Dowd, Mr Mike Gapes, Mr Nick Hawkins, Mr Andrew Hunter, Ms Jenny Jones, Mr Ken Livingstone, Mr Malcolm Moss, Mr Desmond Turner, Mr Robert N. Wareing, Mr Alan Williams, Mr Alan W. Williams, Mr Phil Willis and Mr Tony Worthington.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1	Agriculture,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee on 17th June [Flood and coastal defence]; to be printed [No. 707-iv] [Mr Peter Luff].
2	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,--Sixth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Sustainable Waste Management], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 484-I] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].
3	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,--Memorandum laid before the Transport Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].
4	Northern Ireland Affairs,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 17th June [The Prison Service in Northern Ireland]; to be printed [No. 716-iii] [Mr Peter Brooke].
5	Public Accounts,--(1) Fiftieth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [The Management of Sickness Absence in the Metropolitan Police Service]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 594];
	(2) Fifty-first Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [Ministry of Defence Appropriation Accounts 1996-97]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 671];
	(3) Fifty-second Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [Intervention Board Executive Agency: Qualification of Appropriation Account 1996-97]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 676];
	(4) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 17th June [NHS (Scotland) Summarised Accounts 1996-97]; to be printed [No. 830-i]
	[Mr David Davis].
6	Science and Technology,--(1) Third Special Report from the Science and Technology Committee [Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98 (The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Education)]; to be printed [No. 799]; and
	(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 17th June [Scientific Advisory System]; to be printed [No. 796-i]
	[Dr Michael Clark].
7	Scottish Affairs,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Scottish Affairs Committee on 17th June [Tourism in Scotland]; to be printed [No. 826-i] [Mr David Marshall].
8	Social Security,--Minutes of Evidence taken before the Social Security Committee on 17th June [Tax and Benefits]; to be printed [No. 827-i] [Mr Malcolm Wicks].
9	Trade and Industry,--Seventh Report from the Trade and Industry Committee [Reform of European Structural Funds], together with the 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. 697] [Mr Martin O'Neill].



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