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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 25th March 1999

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

PRAYERS.

1 HFC Bank Bill,—The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, That it had examined the allegations contained in the Preamble to the HFC Bank Bill and had amended the same so as to make it consistent with the facts as proved by the evidence adduced, and found the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

    Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table.

2 Northern Ireland Grand Committee,—Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the draft Report of the Department of Economic Development's Economic Strategy Review, referred to it on 16th March, and had directed him to report accordingly to the House.

    Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 99].

3 Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr George Stevenson reported from the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 1999.

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

4 Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Bill Olner reported from the Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Value Added Tax (Finance) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 594), and the Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 593).

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

5 Energy Efficiency Bill,—The Order for resuming to-morrow the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 12th March, That the Energy Efficiency Bill be now read a second time, was read and discharged.

    Debate to be resumed on Friday 30th April.

6 Royal Assent,—The Speaker notified the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that Her Majesty has signified Her Royal Assent to the following Acts, agreed upon by both Houses:

    Consolidated Fund Act 1999

    City of Westminster Act 1999.

7 Recycled Content of Newsprint Bill,—Mr David Chaytor, supported by Mr David Lepper, Mr Stephen Pound, Mr John Horam, Mr Tom Brake, Mrs Helen Brinton, John Austin and Julia Drown, presented a Bill to increase the content of recycled paper collected and used in newsprint in England and Wales; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 23rd April and to be printed [Bill 76].

8 Adjournment (Kosovo),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Jane Kennedy);

    Mr Tony Benn rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put.

    And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was negatived.

    And the Question being again proposed, That this House do now adjourn:—The House resumed the adjourned Debate;

    And it being Seven o'clock, the Motion for the Adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.

9 Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from the Friends of Plymouth Derriford Hospital Kidney Unit in support of the service provided by the renal transplant unit at Plymouth Derriford Hospital was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.

10 Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from residents of the constituency of Saffron Walden against hunting with dogs was presented; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.

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

    And the Motion having been made after Seven o'clock, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it being then twenty-eight minutes to Eight o'clock, till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 7.32 p.m.

Betty Boothroyd
Speaker

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

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1 Criminal Injuries Compensation,—Draft of Alterations to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2 Education,—Education (Secondary Education in Further Education Institutions) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 954), dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].

3 Local Government (Scotland),—(1) Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 947), and

    (2) Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 937)

    dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].

4 Police,—Police Grant (Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 953) dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].

5 Social Security,—Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 907), dated 18th March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].

6 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,—Statute, dated 19th November 1998, made by the Governing Body of the University of Oxford amending the Statutes of the University [by Act] [Margaret Beckett].

7 Commonwealth Development Corporation,—Report and Accounts of the Commonwealth Development Corporation for 1998 [by Act] [Secretary Clare Short].

8 Criminal Statistics,—Statistical Bulletin: Recorded Crime in Scotland 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].

9 Financial Reporting to Parliament,—Departmental Reports for 1999: the Government's expenditure plans 1999-2000 to 2001-02:—

    (1) Cabinet Office, Central Office of Information, Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioners, Privy Council Office, House of Lords, House of Commons and National Audit Office [by Command] [Cm. 4221] [Dr Jack Cunningham]; and

    (2) Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ordnance Survey, Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Office of the Rail Regulator and Office of Water Services [by Command] [Cm. 4204] [Mr Secretary Prescott].

10 Security Industry,—Paper, entitled The Government's Proposals for Regulation of the Private Security Industry in England and Wales [by Command] [Cm. 4254] [Mr Secretary Straw].

APPENDIX II

Standing Committees

1 Referendums Bill,—The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee C.

2 Special Grant Report (Scotland) on Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rural Public Passenger Transport for 1999-2000 (House of Commons Paper No. 283), the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 45): Metropolitan Railway Passenger Services Grant 1999-2000 (House of Commons Paper No. 305) and the Special Grant Report (Scotland) on Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rail Services in the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Brian H. Donohoe from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Special Grant Reports); and nominated in substitution Mr Nigel Griffiths.

3 Draft Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 1999 and the draft Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999,—The Committee of Selection has discharged John Austin from the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Orders); and nominated in substitution Dr Alan Whitehead.

4 Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Dr Gavin Strang from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mr Jim Murphy.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1 Culture, Media and Sport,—(1) Third Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Back to the Dome], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 21];

    (2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Staging International Sporting Events]; to be printed [No. 124-vi]; and

    (3) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Back to the Dome]

    [Mr Gerald Kaufman].

2 Environmental Audit,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [The Budget 1999]; to be printed [No. 326-ii] [Mr John Horam].

3 Financial Services and Markets,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Financial Services and Markets; to be printed [No. 328-iv] [Mr Barry Sheerman].

4 Health,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [The Regulation of Private and other Independent Healthcare]; to be printed [No. 281-iii] [Mr David Hinchliffe].

5 Treasury,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [Inland Revenue]; to be printed [No. 199-iv] [Mr Giles Radice].

The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	HFC Bank Bill,—The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, That it had examined the allegations contained in the Preamble to the HFC Bank Bill and had amended the same so as to make it consistent with the facts as proved by the evidence adduced, and found the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.
	Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table.
2	Northern Ireland Grand Committee,—Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the draft Report of the Department of Economic Development's Economic Strategy Review, referred to it on 16th March, and had directed him to report accordingly to the House.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 99].
3	Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr George Stevenson reported from the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the draft Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 1999.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
4	Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,—Mr Bill Olner reported from the Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation the Value Added Tax (Finance) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 594), and the Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 593).
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
5	Energy Efficiency Bill,—The Order for resuming to-morrow the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 12th March, That the Energy Efficiency Bill be now read a second time, was read and discharged.
	Debate to be resumed on Friday 30th April.
6	Royal Assent,—The Speaker notified the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that Her Majesty has signified Her Royal Assent to the following Acts, agreed upon by both Houses:
	Consolidated Fund Act 1999
	City of Westminster Act 1999.
7	Recycled Content of Newsprint Bill,—Mr David Chaytor, supported by Mr David Lepper, Mr Stephen Pound, Mr John Horam, Mr Tom Brake, Mrs Helen Brinton, John Austin and Julia Drown, presented a Bill to increase the content of recycled paper collected and used in newsprint in England and Wales; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 23rd April and to be printed [Bill 76].
8	Adjournment (Kosovo),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Jane Kennedy);
	Mr Tony Benn rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put.
	And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was negatived.
	And the Question being again proposed, That this House do now adjourn:—The House resumed the adjourned Debate;
	And it being Seven o'clock, the Motion for the Adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.
9	Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from the Friends of Plymouth Derriford Hospital Kidney Unit in support of the service provided by the renal transplant unit at Plymouth Derriford Hospital was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
10	Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from residents of the constituency of Saffron Walden against hunting with dogs was presented; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
11	Adjournment,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Mr Kevin Hughes);
	And the Motion having been made after Seven o'clock, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it being then twenty-eight minutes to Eight o'clock, till to-morrow.
[Adjourned at 7.32 p.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Nine o'clock.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1	Criminal Injuries Compensation,—Draft of Alterations to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme [by Act] [Mr Secretary Straw].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
2	Education,—Education (Secondary Education in Further Education Institutions) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 954), dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett].
3	Local Government (Scotland),—(1) Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 947), and
	(2) Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 937)
	dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].
4	Police,—Police Grant (Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 953) dated 22nd March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].
5	Social Security,—Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 907), dated 18th March 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Darling].
6	Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,—Statute, dated 19th November 1998, made by the Governing Body of the University of Oxford amending the Statutes of the University [by Act] [Margaret Beckett].
7	Commonwealth Development Corporation,—Report and Accounts of the Commonwealth Development Corporation for 1998 [by Act] [Secretary Clare Short].
8	Criminal Statistics,—Statistical Bulletin: Recorded Crime in Scotland 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar].
9	Financial Reporting to Parliament,—Departmental Reports for 1999: the Government's expenditure plans 1999-2000 to 2001-02:—
	(1) Cabinet Office, Central Office of Information, Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioners, Privy Council Office, House of Lords, House of Commons and National Audit Office [by Command] [Cm. 4221] [Dr Jack Cunningham]; and
	(2) Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ordnance Survey, Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Office of the Rail Regulator and Office of Water Services [by Command] [Cm. 4204] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
10	Security Industry,—Paper, entitled The Government's Proposals for Regulation of the Private Security Industry in England and Wales [by Command] [Cm. 4254] [Mr Secretary Straw].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1	Referendums Bill,—The Speaker has allocated the Bill to Standing Committee C.
2	Special Grant Report (Scotland) on Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rural Public Passenger Transport for 1999-2000 (House of Commons Paper No. 283), the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 45): Metropolitan Railway Passenger Services Grant 1999-2000 (House of Commons Paper No. 305) and the Special Grant Report (Scotland) on Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rail Services in the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Brian H. Donohoe from the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Special Grant Reports); and nominated in substitution Mr Nigel Griffiths.
3	Draft Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 1999 and the draft Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999,—The Committee of Selection has discharged John Austin from the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the draft Orders); and nominated in substitution Dr Alan Whitehead.
4	Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Dr Gavin Strang from the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation (nominated in respect of the Regulations); and nominated in substitution Mr Jim Murphy.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1	Culture, Media and Sport,—(1) Third Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee [Back to the Dome], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 21];
	(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Staging International Sporting Events]; to be printed [No. 124-vi]; and
	(3) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Back to the Dome]
	[Mr Gerald Kaufman].
2	Environmental Audit,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee [The Budget 1999]; to be printed [No. 326-ii] [Mr John Horam].
3	Financial Services and Markets,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Financial Services and Markets; to be printed [No. 328-iv] [Mr Barry Sheerman].
4	Health,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [The Regulation of Private and other Independent Healthcare]; to be printed [No. 281-iii] [Mr David Hinchliffe].
5	Treasury,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Sub-Committee of the Treasury Committee [Inland Revenue]; to be printed [No. 199-iv] [Mr Giles Radice].