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Tuesday 16th February 1999 |
PRAYERS. | |
1 | City of London (Ward Elections) Bill,The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill; |
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2 | Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,Mr George Stevenson reported from the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Diplomatic Privileges (British Nationals) Order 1999. |
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3 | Age Limits on Health Care,Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 to prohibit the refusal or delay of treatment on the basis of age, and to establish an inquiry into the prevalence of age discrimination in the National Health Service: And that Dr Vincent Cable, Mr David Atkinson, Mr Paul Burstow, Dr Peter Brand, Dr Evan Harris, Mr Simon Hughes, Mr Tim Loughton, Mr Edward O'Hara, Ms Linda Perham, Mr Andrew Rowe, Mr David Winnick and Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones do prepare and bring it in. |
4 | Age Limits on Health Care Bill,Dr Vincent Cable accordingly presented a Bill to amend the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 to prohibit the refusal or delay of treatment on the basis of age; and to establish an inquiry into the prevalence of age discrimination in the National Health Service: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 26th March and to be printed [Bill 48]. |
5 | House of Lords Bill,The House, according to Order, again resolved itself into a Committee on the House of Lords Bill. |
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6 | Northern Ireland Grand Committee,Ordered, That |
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7 | Rating and Valuation,A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Railways (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1999, which was laid before this House on 21st January, be approved(Mr Robert Ainsworth):It was agreed to. |
8 | Countryside Agency,A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Development Commission (Transfer of Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999, which was laid before this House on 27th January, be approved(Mr Robert Ainsworth):It was agreed to. |
9 | Education,A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1999, which were laid before this House on 4th February, be approved(Mr Robert Ainsworth):It was agreed to. |
10 | Education (Scotland),A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), That the draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, which were laid before this House on 8th February, be approved(Mr Robert Ainsworth):It was agreed to. |
11 | Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy,A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119 (European Standing Committees), That this House takes note of the unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum, dated 20th November 1998, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, relating to reform of the Common Market organisations for beef, cereals and milk and for the development of rural development policy in the European Union, and supports the Government's intention to negotiate an outcome which takes account of the interests of UK producers, consumers and taxpayers alike and of developing countries and to press for a reformed Common Agricultural Policy with substantially reduced overall costs, which is more economically rational, which reduces the bureaucratic burden on farmers, which provides a better framework for targeted environmental and rural development support, which contains fair and common rules to ensure that the UK's farm and food industries can exploit their competitive advantage in European and world markets, which facilitates the accession of associated countries and which offers the medium-term prospect of benefits to developing countries(Mr Robert Ainsworth):It was agreed to. |
12 | Education,Ordered, That the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Proposals under section 211 of the Education Act 1996) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 3172) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.(Mr Robert Ainsworth.) |
13 | Landlord and Tenant,Ordered, That the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 6) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.(Mr Robert Ainsworth.) |
14 | Education,Ordered, That the Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 14) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation(Mr Robert Ainsworth.) |
15 | National Health Service,Ordered, That the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 220) and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 260) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.(Mr Robert Ainsworth.) |
16 | Adjournment,A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn(Mr Robert Ainsworth); |
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17 | Adjournment,Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.(Mrs Anne McGuire.) |
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[Adjourned at 10.29 p.m. | |
Betty Boothroyd Speaker | |
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution: | |
1 | Constitutional Law,(1) Draft National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Michael]; and |
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2 | Libraries,Draft Public Lending Right (Increase of Limit) Order 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Smith]. |
3 | Terms and Conditions of Employment,(1) Draft National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Amendment) Regulations 1999, and |
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Papers subject to Negative Resolution: | |
4 | Income Tax,Corporation Tax (Treatment of Unrelieved Surplus Advanced Corporation Tax) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 358), dated 15th February 1999 [by Act] [Dawn Primarolo]. |
Other Papers: | |
5 | Ashworth Special Hospital,Report (Volume II: Expert Evidence on Personality Disorder) of the Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital [by Command] [Cm. 4195] [Mr Secretary Dobson]. |
6 | National Audit,Reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General on: |
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7 | National Minimum Wage,Report by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under section 5(4) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 on the regulations implementing the national minimum wage [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers]. |
1 | Draft National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 1999 and the draft National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999: |
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2 | Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 40) (HC 205): |
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3 | Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 39) (HC 213): |
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4 | Draft National Health Service Estate Management and Health Building Agency Trading Fund Order 1999: |
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5 | Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) Order 1999: |
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6 | Draft National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999: |
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The Speaker has appointed Mr George Stevenson Chairman of European Standing Committee B in respect of European Union Document No. 10786/98, relating to VAT Fraud in intra-Community Trade, European Union Document No. 14031/98, relating to the Independent Fraud Office, and European Union Document No. OJ C349, being the Court of Auditors Annual Report for 1997. | |
Scottish Grand Committee,The Speaker has appointed Mr John Maxton Chairman of the Scottish Grand Committee in respect of the meeting of the Committee in Edinburgh on Monday 8th March. | |
1 | Agriculture,(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Agriculture Committee [Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis]; to be printed [No. 233-ii]; and |
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2 | Defence,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence Committee [The Future of NATO]; to be printed [No. 39-v] [Mr Bruce George]. |
3 | Education and Employment,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Education and Employment Committee [Access for all?]; to be printed [No. 57-iv] [Mr Malcolm Wicks]. |
4 | Environmental Audit,(1) Fourth Report from the Environmental Audit Committee [The Pre-Budget Report 1998], 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. 93]; and |
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5 | Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee [Regional Development Agencies]; to be printed [No. 232-i] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett]. |
6 | European Scrutiny,Tenth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, together with Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 16th February; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 34-x] [Mr Jim Marshall]. |
7 | Procedure,Minutes of Evidence taken before the Procedure Committee [Procedural Consequences of Devolution]; to be printed [No. 185-iii] [Mr Nicholas Winterton]. |
8 | Standards and Privileges,First Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges [Advocacy and Declaration], together with an Appendix (Memorandum by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards); to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 257] [Mr Robert Sheldon]. |
9 | Statutory Instruments,Ninth Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 50-ix] [Mr William Ross]. |
10 | Welsh Affairs,(1) First Report from the Welsh Affairs Committee [The Closure of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum], 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. 258]; |
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