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Session 1998-99
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House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Thursday 8th July 1999

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

PRAYERS.

1 City of London (Ward Elections) Bill,—The Order of the day being read for consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill;

    Ordered, That the Bill be considered on Wednesday 14th July at Seven o'clock.

2 Northern Ireland Grand Committee,—Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland referred to it on 22nd June and had directed him to report accordingly to the House.

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

3 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords] (Programme),—Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords]—

Timetable

    1 Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be taken in the order specified in the Table and completed at today's sitting; and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
New Clauses relating to Part I; amendments relating to Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1 and Clauses 14 and 15.	2 ½ hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order.
Any New Clauses relating to the making of orders under Clause 44(5) which may be selected; amendments relating to Clauses 44 to 48, Schedule 2 and Clauses 49 to 52.	4 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order.
Remaining New Clauses; amendments relating to Clauses 16 to 43.	5½ hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order.
Amendments to Clauses 53 to 59, Schedule 3 and Clauses 60 to 63; New Schedules; amendments relating to Clauses 64 to 67, Schedules 4 to 7 and Clause 68; Third Reading.	6 hours after commencement of proceedings on this Order.

Questions to be put
	2 (1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.
	(2) The 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.
	(3) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
	(4) If two or more Questions would fall to be put under sub-paragraph (2)(c) on amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown the Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those Amendments or Motions.
Miscellaneous
	3 Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted Business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill at today's sitting: and the proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House.
	4 Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill.
	5 No Motion shall be made, except by a Minister of the Crown to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken or to recommit the Bill; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith.
	6 No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to, or in the course of proceedings on, the Bill except by a Minister of the Crown; and if a Minister makes any such Motion, the Question on the Motion shall be put forthwith.
	7 The proceedings on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after they have been commenced; and Standing Order No. 15(1) shall apply to those proceedings.
	8 If at today's sitting a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (as that Standing Order has effect in accordance with the Order of the House [16th December 1998]) stands over to Four o'clock and proceedings on this Motion have begun before that time, the Motion for the Adjournment shall stand over until the conclusion of proceedings on the Bill.
	9 If the House is adjourned at today's sitting, or the sitting is suspended, before the conclusion of proceedings on the Bill, no notice shall be required of a motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisons of this Order.—(Mr Kevin Hughes.)
4	Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords],—The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords], as amended in the Standing Committee.
	A Clause (Referral of young offenders to youth offender panels)—(Mr John Greenway)—brought up, and read the first time.
	Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
	The House divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mrs Jacqui Lait: 118.
	Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Hanson, Mr Keith Hill: 296.
	Amendments (Nos. 2 and 3) made to the Bill.
	Another Clause (Conditions for making an order under section 44(5))—(Mr John Greenway)—brought up, and read the first time.
	Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time;
	And it being four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion on Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords] (Programme), the Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair, pursuant to Order [this day].
	Question put, That the Clause be read a second time.
	The House divided.
	Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mrs Jacqui Lait: 122.
	Tellers for the Noes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Graham Allen, 288.
	Another Clause (Restriction on reports about person accused or suspected of committing a sexual offence)—(Mr John Greenway)—brought up, and read the first time.
	Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time:—Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
	Another Amendment (No. 4) proposed to the Bill, in page 13, line 24, to leave out the word 'section' and insert the word 'subsection' instead thereof.—(Mr Paul Boateng.)
	Question proposed, That the Amendment be made;
	And it being five and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings, the Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair.
	Question, That the Amendment be made, put and agreed to.
	The Deputy Speaker then put the Question required to bring proceedings on amendments relating to Clauses 17 to 43 to a conclusion.
	Question, That Amendments Nos. 5 to 8 be made to the Bill, put and agreed to.
	Other Amendments (Nos. 9 to 11) made to the Bill.
	The Bill was read the third time and passed, with Amendments.
5	EC Preliminary Draft Budget for 2000,—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 European Union Documents Nos. COM(99)200, the Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) of the European Communities for 2000, and SEC(99)600, the Commission's Overview of the PDB; and supports the Government's efforts to maintain budget discipline in the Community; and European Union Document No. 7698/99, Inter-Institutional Agreement (IIA) between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6th May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure; and supports the Government in welcoming the renewal of the IIA as an important contribution to increasing the efficiency of the budgetary procedure and to maintaining budgetary discipline—(Mr Mike Hall):—It was agreed to.
6	Business of the House,—Ordered, That paragraph 2(a) of Standing Order No. 54 (Consideration of estimates) shall not apply at the sitting on Monday 12th July, insofar as any Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett relating to the Eighth Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges (HC 607) shall stand as first business.—(Mr Mike Hall.)
7	Public Petitions,—Public Petitions from—
	(1) members of the OK Stroke Club and its supporters for a specialist stroke unit to be provided for the people of Hull and East Yorkshire; and
	(2) residents of the United Kingdom against hunting with dogs
	were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
8	Public Petitions,—A Public Petition from Daniel Charles Tissington for an inquiry into the policy of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions relating to levels of local authority taxation was presented; and ordered to lie upon the Table and to be printed.
9	Adjournment,—Resolved, That this house do now adjourn.—(Mr Mike Hall.)
	And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-eight minutes past Eight o'clock, adjourned till Monday 12th July.
[Adjourned at 8.28 p.m.
*Betty Boothroyd* *Speaker*
Madam Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday 12th July.
APPENDIX I
Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
1	Cinemas and Films,—Draft Films (Modification of the Definition of "British Film") Order 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Smith].
2	Financial Services,—Draft Financial Services Act 1986 (Restriction of Exemptions) Order 1999 [by Act] [Ms Patricia Hewitt].
3	Local Government Finance,—Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 50), on Children's Services (Quality Protects) Special Grants for 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 617] [Mr Secretary Dobson].
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
4	Disabled Persons,—(1) Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Anglia Railways Class 170/2 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1931), and
	(2) Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Central Trains Class 170/5 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1932),
	dated 7th July 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
5	Education,—(1) Education (Education Standards Etc. Grants) (England) Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1955), dated 6th July 1999, and
	(2) Education (Parent Governor Representatives) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1949), dated 4th July 1999
	[by Act] [Mr Secretary Blunkett]; and
	(3) Education (Parent Governor Representatives) (Wales) Regulations 1999 [S.I., 1999, No. 1900), dated 30th June 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Michael].
6	Merchant Shipping,—Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1923), dated 5th July 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
7	National Health Service,—(1) Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1901), and
	(2) National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1902),
	dated 30th June 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Michael].
8	Post Office,—Postal Privilege (Suspension) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1933), dated 6th July 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
9	Taxes,—Capital Gains Tax (Definition of Permanent Interest Bearing Share) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1953), dated 8th July 1999 [by Act] [Dawn Primarolo].
10	Town and Country Planning,—Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1892), dated 30th June 1999 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
Other Papers:
11	Agriculture,—Report on Smallholdings in England for 1996-97 [by Act] [Mr Nicholas Brown].
12	Appropriation Accounts, 1998-99,—Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Parliament for 1998-99 for Class XVIII, B (National Audit Office) [by Act]; to be printed [No. 491] [Mr Robert Sheldon].
13	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs,—Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1998-99, on Local Government Finance [by Command] [Cm. 4402] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
14	Government Trading Funds,—Report and Accounts of the Defence and Evaluation Research Agency for 1998-99, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 671] [Clerk of the House].
15	National Heritage,—Accounts of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for 1998-99, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 693] [Clerk of the House].
16	National Lottery,—Accounts of the National Heritage Memorial Fund Lottery Distribution for 1998-99, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 694] [Clerk of the House].
17	Post Office,—Paper, entitled Post Office Reform: A world class service for the 21st century [by Command] [Cm. 4340] [Mr Secretary Byers].
18	Post Office,—Report and Statement of Accounts of the Post Office Users' Council for Scotland for 1998-99 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Byers].
APPENDIX II
Standing Committees
1	Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill [Lords],—The Speaker has appointed Mr Joe Benton Chairman of Standing Committee D in respect of the Bill.
2	Draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1999,—The Speaker has appointed Mr George Stevenson Chairman of the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Order.
3	Draft North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999,—The Speaker has appointed Mr Barry Jones Chairman of the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Order.
4	Draft International Copper Study Group (Legal Capacities) Order 1999, the draft International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Miscellaneous Provisions Order 1999, and the draft INTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 1999,—The Speaker has appointed Mr Jim Cunningham Chairman of the Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Orders.
5	Draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Code of Conduct) Order 1999, the draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Guidelines) Order 1999, and the draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Procedural Rules) Order 1999,—The Speaker has appointed Mr Nicholas Winterton Chairman of the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Orders.
6	Draft Aeroplane Noise (Amendment) Regulations 1999,—The Speaker has appointed Mr Edward O'Hara Chairman of the Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation in respect of the draft Regulations.
APPENDIX III
Reports from Select Committees
1	Education and Employment,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Employment Sub-Committee of the Education and Employment Committee [The Employment Consequences of European Economic and Monetary Union]; to be printed [No. 547-iii] [Mr Derek Foster].
2	Health,—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee [Procedures related to Adverse Clinical Incidents and Outcomes in Medical Care]; to be printed [No. 549-iv] [Mr David Hinchliffe].
3	Local Government (Organisation and Standards),—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Local Government (Organisation and Standards); to be printed [No. 542-vii] [Mr Peter L. Pike].

The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill,—The Order of the day being read for consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill;
	Ordered, That the Bill be considered on Wednesday 14th July at Seven o'clock.
2	Northern Ireland Grand Committee,—Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, That it had considered the matter of the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland referred to it on 22nd June and had directed him to report accordingly to the House.
	Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 99].
3	Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords] (Programme),—Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords]—
Timetable
	1 Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be taken in the order specified in the Table and completed at today's sitting; and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.