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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Friday 17th July 1998

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

PRAYERS.

1 Adjournment (NATO Enlargement),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Mr Jim Dowd);

    And it being Eleven o'clock, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings, pursuant to Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings).

    And the Question being again proposed, That this House do now adjourn;

    And it being half-past Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.

2 Northern Ireland Bill (Programme),—Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to proceedings on the Northern Ireland Bill.

Second Reading

    1. Proceedings on Second Reading shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on Monday 20th July; and when the Bill has been read a second time it shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any question being put.

Committee stage

    2. Proceedings in Committee shall be taken in the following order, namely, Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 to 4, Schedules 2 and 3, Clauses 5 and 6, Schedule 4, Clauses 7 to 13, Clause 23, Clause 14, Schedule 5, Clauses 15 to 22, Clauses 24 to 32, Schedule 6, Clause 33, Schedule 7, Clauses 34 to 54, Schedule 8, Clauses 55 to 59, Schedule 9, Clauses 60 and 61, Schedule 10, Clauses 62 to 69, Schedule 11, Clauses 70 to 76, Schedule 12, Clauses 77 to 80, Schedule 13, Clause 81, Schedules 14 and 15, Clause 82 and new Clauses and new Schedules.

    3. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed at the four sittings specified in the following table, and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the allotted period (calculated from the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on that day) or at the time specified in the following table—

Sitting Proceedings Allotted period or time

Wednesday 22nd July Clauses 1 to 13, Schedules 1 to 4 three hours

Thursday 23rd July Clause 23 three hours or Seven o'clock (whichever is the earlier)

Clauses 14 to 22, Schedule 5 six hours

Friday 24th July Clauses 24 to 53, Schedules 6 and 7 six hours

Monday 27th July Clauses 54 to 82, remaining Schedules, new Clauses and new Schedules six hours

Remaining stages

    4. Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be completed at the two sittings on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at half-past Two o'clock on Friday 31st July.

Conclusion of proceedings

    5. (1) For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order, the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others):—

    (a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;

    (b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;

    (c) the Question on any Amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and

    (d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

    (2) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.

    (3) Proceedings under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.

    (4) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under sub-paragraph (1) (c) on Amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, or under sub-paragraph (1) (d) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chairman or Speaker shall instead put a single question in relation to those Amendments, Motions or provisions.

Miscellaneous

    6. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill.

    7. No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which proceedings on the Bill are taken.

    8. Standing Order No. 15 (1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the bill at the sittings on any of the days specified in paragraph 3 above for any part of the allotted periods which falls after Ten o'clock or (where Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings) applies) after half-past Two o'clock.

    9. (1) If a day specified in this Order is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) would, apart from this Order, stand over to Seven o'clock—

    (a) that Motion shall stand over until the conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which, under this Order, are to be brought to a conclusion at or before that time;

    (b) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion after that time shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion; and

    (c) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (b) permits them to continue.

    (2) If a day specified in this Order is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier day

    (a) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion on that day shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion; and

    (b) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (a) permits them to continue.

Supplementary

    10. (1) If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order and if an effect of the Motion would be to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.

    (2) If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of further proceedings on the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.—(Bridget Prentice.)

3 Business of the House,—Ordered, That, at the sitting on Monday 20th July, the provisions of paragraph 1 of Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Mr Secretary Dewar relating to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998 and the Question thereon shall be put forthwith.—(Bridget Prentice.)

4 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Bridget Prentice.)

    And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till Three o'clock, adjourned till Monday 20th July.

[Adjourned at 3.00 p.m.

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

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

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution

1 Education,—Draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].

2 Education (Scotland),—Draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

3 Animals,—Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1674), dated 3rd July 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].

Other Papers:

4 Development of Rural Wales,—Report and Accounts of the Development Board for Rural Wales for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act] [Mr Secretary Davies].

5 European Communities (No. 3, 1998),—Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, done at Brussels on 24th November 1997, establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, including Protocols, with Exchange of Letters, Declarations and Final Act [by Command] [Cm. 3946] [Mr Secretary Cook].

6 Human Fertilisation and Embryology,—Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Code of Practice: Fourth Edition [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dobson].

7 Local Government,—Report and Accounts of the Local Government Commission for England for 1997-98 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

8 Local Government, Planning and Land,—Report and Accounts of the Land Authority for Wales for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act] [Mr Secretary Davies].

9 National Health Service,—Summarised Accounts of Health Authorities and NHS Trusts in England, the Dental Practice Board and Special Health Authorities providing central services in England, and of Funds held on Trust by Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, Special Health Authorities and Special Trustees in England, for 1996-97, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 923] [Clerk of the House].

10 Northern Ireland Executive Agencies,—Report and Accounts of Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 867] [Secretary Marjorie Mowlam].

11 Treaty Series (No. 28, 1998),—First Supplementary List of Ratifications, Accessions, Withdrawals, etc. for 1998 [by Command] [Cm. 4005] [Mr Secretary Cook].

The House met at half-past Nine o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	Adjournment (NATO Enlargement),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Mr Jim Dowd);
	And it being Eleven o'clock, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings, pursuant to Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings).
	And the Question being again proposed, That this House do now adjourn;
	And it being half-past Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.
2	Northern Ireland Bill (Programme),—Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to proceedings on the Northern Ireland Bill.
Second Reading
	1. Proceedings on Second Reading shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on Monday 20th July; and when the Bill has been read a second time it shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any question being put.
Committee stage
	2. Proceedings in Committee shall be taken in the following order, namely, Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 to 4, Schedules 2 and 3, Clauses 5 and 6, Schedule 4, Clauses 7 to 13, Clause 23, Clause 14, Schedule 5, Clauses 15 to 22, Clauses 24 to 32, Schedule 6, Clause 33, Schedule 7, Clauses 34 to 54, Schedule 8, Clauses 55 to 59, Schedule 9, Clauses 60 and 61, Schedule 10, Clauses 62 to 69, Schedule 11, Clauses 70 to 76, Schedule 12, Clauses 77 to 80, Schedule 13, Clause 81, Schedules 14 and 15, Clause 82 and new Clauses and new Schedules.
	3. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed at the four sittings specified in the following table, and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the allotted period (calculated from the commencement of proceedings on the Bill on that day) or at the time specified in the following table—

Sitting	Proceedings	Allotted period or time
Wednesday 22nd July	Clauses 1 to 13, Schedules 1 to 4	three hours
Thursday 23rd July	Clause 23	three hours or Seven o'clock (whichever is the earlier)
	Clauses 14 to 22, Schedule 5	six hours
Friday 24th July	Clauses 24 to 53, Schedules 6 and 7	six hours
Monday 27th July	Clauses 54 to 82, remaining Schedules, new Clauses and new Schedules	six hours

Remaining stages
	4. Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be completed at the two sittings on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at half-past Two o'clock on Friday 31st July.
Conclusion of proceedings
	5. (1) For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order, the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others):—
	(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
	(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
	(c) the Question on any Amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and
	(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
	(2) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
	(3) Proceedings under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.
	(4) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under sub-paragraph (1) (c) on Amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, or under sub-paragraph (1) (d) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chairman or Speaker shall instead put a single question in relation to those Amendments, Motions or provisions.
Miscellaneous
	6. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill.
	7. No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown, to alter the order in which proceedings on the Bill are taken.
	8. Standing Order No. 15 (1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the bill at the sittings on any of the days specified in paragraph 3 above for any part of the allotted periods which falls after Ten o'clock or (where Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings) applies) after half-past Two o'clock.
	9. (1) If a day specified in this Order is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) would, apart from this Order, stand over to Seven o'clock—
	(a) that Motion shall stand over until the conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which, under this Order, are to be brought to a conclusion at or before that time;
	(b) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion after that time shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion; and
	(c) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (b) permits them to continue.
	(2) If a day specified in this Order is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier day
	(a) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion on that day shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion; and
	(b) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (a) permits them to continue.
Supplementary
	10. (1) If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order and if an effect of the Motion would be to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.
	(2) If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of further proceedings on the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.—(Bridget Prentice.)
3	Business of the House,—Ordered, That, at the sitting on Monday 20th July, the provisions of paragraph 1 of Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Mr Secretary Dewar relating to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998 and the Question thereon shall be put forthwith.—(Bridget Prentice.)
4	Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Bridget Prentice.)
	And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till Three o'clock, adjourned till Monday 20th July.
[Adjourned at 3.00 p.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday next.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
1	Education,—Draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
2	Education (Scotland),—Draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
3	Animals,—Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1674), dated 3rd July 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].
Other Papers:
4	Development of Rural Wales,—Report and Accounts of the Development Board for Rural Wales for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act] [Mr Secretary Davies].
5	European Communities (No. 3, 1998),—Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, done at Brussels on 24th November 1997, establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, including Protocols, with Exchange of Letters, Declarations and Final Act [by Command] [Cm. 3946] [Mr Secretary Cook].
6	Human Fertilisation and Embryology,—Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Code of Practice: Fourth Edition [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dobson].
7	Local Government,—Report and Accounts of the Local Government Commission for England for 1997-98 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
8	Local Government, Planning and Land,—Report and Accounts of the Land Authority for Wales for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act] [Mr Secretary Davies].
9	National Health Service,—Summarised Accounts of Health Authorities and NHS Trusts in England, the Dental Practice Board and Special Health Authorities providing central services in England, and of Funds held on Trust by Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, Special Health Authorities and Special Trustees in England, for 1996-97, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 923] [Clerk of the House].
10	Northern Ireland Executive Agencies,—Report and Accounts of Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland for 1997-98, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 867] [Secretary Marjorie Mowlam].
11	Treaty Series (No. 28, 1998),—First Supplementary List of Ratifications, Accessions, Withdrawals, etc. for 1998 [by Command] [Cm. 4005] [Mr Secretary Cook].



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