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Page 613 1997-1998 Volume 254 [No. 186.] Monday 15th June 1998. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
(In the Committee) Clause No. 1 (Sentence Review Commissioners). Amendment (No. 45) proposed, in page 1, line 7, to leave out the words ‘and one of them shall be appointed chairman' and insert the words ‘and shall appoint one of the legally qualified Commissioners as the Chairman'.—(Mr William Ross.) Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment (No. 18) made. Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause (No. 2) agreed to. Clause (No. 3) (Applications). Amendment (No. 50) proposed, in page 1, line 24, to leave out the word ‘shall' and insert the word ‘may'.—(Mr William Ross.) Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment (No. 34) proposed, in page 1, line 26, to leave out the words ‘the first three of the following four' and insert the words ‘all of the following five'.—(The Reverend Ian Paisley.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The Committee divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr William Ross, Mr Peter Robinson: 7. Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Jamieson, Janet Anderson: 257. Another Amendment (No. 1) proposed, in page 2, to leave out lines 23 to 40 and insert the words— ‘(8) A terrorist organisation is an organisation which— (a) has been concerned in terrorism, or in promoting it, and (b) has not established or is not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire. (9) The Secretary of State may specify by order that an organisation is not a terrorist organisation if on application by that organisation he believes that it— (a) is committed to the use now and in the future of only democratic and peaceful means to achieve its objectives; (b) is not involved in any acts of violence or of preparation for violence; (c) is not directing, assisting or promoting acts of violence committed or planned by other people; (d) is committed to the total disarmament of all paramilitary organisations and the achievement of the decommissioning of all paramilitary arms, including any of its own, by 22nd May 2000, and (e) is co-operating fully with any Commission of the kind referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 in the Implementation of the Belfast Agreement of 10th April 1998 published as Cm 3883,'.—(Mr Andrew MacKay.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. Page 614 Monday 15th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top The Committee divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John M. Taylor, Mr Tim Collins: 125. Tellers for the Noes, Janet Anderson, Mr David Jamieson: 274. Another Amendment (No. 5) proposed, in page 2, line 47, at the end, to insert the words— ‘(11) The Secretary of State shall in particular review the list of organisations specified under this section after 22nd May 2000 in the light of the reports of any Commission of the kind referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Decommissioning Act 1997.'.—(Mr Andrew MacKay.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The Committee divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Tim Collins, Mr Nigel Waterson: 125. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Robert Ainsworth: 278. Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill. The Committee divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr Robert Ainsworth: 221 Tellers for the Noes, Mr William Ross, The Reverend Martin Smyth: 10. Clauses Nos. 4 to 7 agreed to. Ordered, That the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again.—(Jim Dowd.) The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr Jim Dowd 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.
And it being Ten o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put. Page 615 Monday 15th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-seven minutes past Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 10.27 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 12th June 1998 (Non-sitting Friday, S.O. No. 12) pursuant to Standing Order No. 159 (Presentation of statutory instruments):
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 15th June 1998. Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
(2) National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1458), dated 9th June 1998 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar]. Other Papers:
(1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the Petition [11th November] from citizens of the United Kingdom for controls on media exploitation of sex and violence, and (2) the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on the Petition [8th May] from residents of Walton-on-the-Hill for measures to reduce noise levels on part of the M25 motorway [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House]. APPENDIX II Reports from Select Committees
(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Flood and coastal defence; Vitamin B6] [Mr Peter Luff].
Page 616 Monday 15th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top (2) Forty-ninth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts [The Sale of the Stationery Office]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 599]; and (3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on 15th June [Managing the Millennium Threat II]; to be printed [No. 816-i] [Mr David Davis].
[No. 187.] Tuesday 16th June 1998. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
National Health Service Waiting Lists,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House notes with regret the increase in National Health Service hospital waiting lists since May 1997; deplores the failure of Her Majesty's Government to achieve implementation of its promise of an early reduction of such lists; notes that current Government policies in respect of hospital closures and bed reductions are likely to increase the lists further; notes that the proposals to abolish fundholding and reduce flexibility for general practitioners in purchasing health care for their patients will also add to the lists; and urges the Government to reconsider these changes—(Miss Ann Widdecombe); An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word ‘House' to the end of the Question and add the words ‘notes with pleasure the £2 billion increase in National Health Service spending since 1st May 1997; welcomes the allocation of £500 million to cut waiting lists by the end of this Parliament to 100,000 below the record levels inherited from the last Conservative Government; notes that as a result of record increases in waiting list surgery the National Health Service will be opening around 2,000 extra beds and keeping open around a further 1,000 in marked contrast to the cuts under the last Government; notes that by March 1998 no-one in England was waiting over 18 months for treatment, meaning that this Government has already achieved what the Conservative Government never achieved; and further welcomes the ending of two-tier care by the introduction of primary care groups which puts doctors and nurses in the driving seat of modernisation', instead thereof.—(Mr Secretary Dobson.) And the Question being put, That the original words stand part of the Question; Page 617 Tuesday 16th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Sir David Madel, Mrs Caroline Spelman: 133. Tellers for the Noes, Bridget Prentice, Mr Greg Pope: 327. So the Question was negatived. And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments):—It was agreed to. The Deputy Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to. Resolved, That this House notes with pleasure the £2 billion increase in National Health Service spending since 1st May 1997; welcomes the allocation of £500 million to cut waiting lists by the end of this Parliament to 100,000 below the record levels inherited from the last Conservative Government; notes that as a result of record increases in waiting list surgery the National Health Service will be opening around 2,000 extra beds and keeping open around a further 1,000 in marked contrast to the cuts under the last Government, notes that by March 1998 no-one in England was waiting over 18 months for treatment, meaning that this Government has already achieved what the Conservative Government never achieved; and further welcomes the ending of two-tier care by the introduction of primary care groups which puts doctors and nurses in the driving seat of modernisation. Scottish Local Government,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House believes that Scotland requires financial stability and ethically sound local government, recognises the need for public confidence in advance of the establishment of the Scottish Parliament; and therefore calls on Her Majesty's Government to initiate an independent inquiry into the conduct of local government in Scotland—(Dr Liam Fox); An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word ‘House' to the end of the Question and add the words ‘notes with concern losses in a number of direct labour organisations within Scottish councils; and commends the swift action taken by the Secretary of State for Scotland to deal with them', instead thereof.—(Mr Secretary Dewar.) And the Question being put, That the original words stand part of the Question; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Sir David Madel, Mrs Caroline Spelman: 113. Tellers for the Noes, Mr John McFall, Mr Jon Owen Jones: 322. So the Question was negatived. And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments); The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John McFall, Mr Jon Owen Jones: 274. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Donald Gorrie, Mr Andrew Welsh: 31. So the Question was agreed to. The Deputy Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to. Resolved, That this House notes with concern losses in a number of direct labour organisations within Scottish councils and commends the swift action taken by the Secretary of State for Scotland to deal with them.
And it being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community Documents), The House proceeded to a Division. Page 618 Tuesday 16th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top Wednesday 17th June 1998 Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Clive Betts, Mr Graham Allen: 214. Tellers for the Noes, Sir David Madel, Mrs Caroline Spelman: 152. So the Question was agreed to. Resolved, That the draft Council Tax Limitation (Derbyshire County Council) (Maximum Amount) Order 1998, which was laid before this House on 8th June, be approved.
Report and Third Reading 1. (1) Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be completed at two sittings and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion six and a half hours after commencement of proceedings at the second sitting. (2) Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to those proceedings for any part of the period of six and half hours after commencement which falls after Ten o'clock. Business Committee 2. Standing Order No. 82 (Business committee) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill. 3. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which proceedings on the Bill are taken, but the resolutions of the Business Committee may include alterations in that order. Conclusion of proceedings 4. (1) For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by or under this Order, 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; (d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded. (2) 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. (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 (1)(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 5. If at any sitting a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) stands over from an earlier day or to Seven o'clock— (a) 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 (b) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill for the period after Ten o'clock for which sub-paragraph (a) permits them to continue. 6. If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order and 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. Page 619 Tuesday 16th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top 7. 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.—(Mr David Jamieson.)
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit until twenty-five minutes to One o'clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. [Adjourned at 12.35 a.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Other Papers:
(1) Fife Healthcare, (2) Glasgow Dental Hospital & School, and (3) Raigmore Hospital [by Act] [Mr Secretary Dewar]. APPENDIX II Standing Committees
APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
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(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 16th June [The Government Information and Communication Service]; to be printed [770-ii] [Mr Rhodri Morgan].
[No. 188.] Wednesday 17th June 1998. The House met at half-past Nine o'clock. PRAYERS.
And it being Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
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(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.
(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. Page 622 Wednesday 17th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top 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. Page 623 Wednesday 17th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top 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].
(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.)
(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.)
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. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Other Papers:
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(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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. Page 625 Wednesday 17th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top
(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.
(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
(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]; and (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].
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MEMORANDUM Business Committee (Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords])
[No. 189.] Thursday 18th June 1998. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time on Thursday 25th June.
That— (1) the order in which proceedings on Consideration are to be taken shall be, New Clause 10, New Clause 11, New Clause 1, remaining New Clauses, Amendments to Clauses, new Schedules, Amendments to Schedules; (2) the days allotted under the Order [16th June] to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be allotted in the manner shown in the following Table and each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion (in accordance with the Order) at the time specified in relation to that part of the proceedings in the third column of the Table. Table
Report to lie upon the Table.
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Amendment (No. 2) made to the Bill. Amendment (No. 1) proposed to the Bill, in page 2, line 40, after the words last inserted, to insert the words— ‘(e) has already decommissioned a substantial proportion of its illegally held firearms, ammunition and explosives in accordance with the provisions of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 and is fulfilling a decommissioning timetable which will ensure that it has completed decommissioning before 22nd May 2000.'.—(The Reverend Ian Paisley.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, The Reverend Ian Paisley, Mr William Thompson: 12. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Greg Pope, Bridget Prentice: 260. Other Amendments (Nos. 3 and 4) made to the Bill. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Bill be now read the third time; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Greg Pope, Bridget Prentice: 215. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Oliver Heald, Mr Tim Collins: 116. So the Question was agreed to. The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed.
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till nine minutes to Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 9.51 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table:
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(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 18th June [Confirmation Hearings]; to be printed [No. 822-iii] [Mr Giles Radice]. MEMORANDUM Business Committee (Human Rights Bill [Lords])
[No. 190.] Friday 19th June 1998. The House met at half-past Nine o'clock. PRAYERS.
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [Lords],—The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the transfer to Alliance & Leicester plc of the undertakings of Girobank plc and Alliance & Leicester Personal Finance Limited; and for related purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
Bill referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
And it being half-past Two o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put.
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till three minutes to Three o'clock, adjourned till Monday 22nd June. [Adjourned at 2.57 p.m. Page 629 Friday 19th June 1998 1997-1998 Volume 254 Back to top APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Other Papers:
(1) Birmingham Heartlands, (2) Black Country, (3) London Docklands, (4) Merseyside, (5) Plymouth, and (6) Trafford Park [by Act] [Mr Secretary Prescott].
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