| No. 13 |
TUESDAY 3RD JUNE 1997 |
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ORDER PAPER |
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PRIVATE BUSINESS AFTER PRAYERS
NOTICE OF MOTION AT THE TIME OF PRIVATE BUSINESS
The Chairman of Ways and Means
Private Bills (Procedure): That--
(1) the Promoters of every Private Bill which originated in this House or was brought from the House of Lords in the last Parliament shall have leave to proceed with that Bill, if they think fit, in the present Session;
(2) every such Bill which originated in this House shall be presented to the House not later than the fifth day on which the House sits after this day;
(3) there shall be deposited with every Bill so presented a declaration signed by the Agent for the Bill, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill at the last stage of its proceedings in this House in the last Parliament;
(4) every Bill so presented shall be laid by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office on the Table of the House on the next meeting of the House after the day on which the Bill was presented;
(5) every Bill so laid on the Table shall be deemed to have been read the first time and (if the Bill had been read a second time in the last Parliament) to have been read a second time and--
(i) if such Bill had been referred to the Committee on Unopposed Bills in the last Parliament, it shall stand so referred;
(ii) if such Bill had been referred to a Committee during the last Parliament and not reported by that Committee to the House, the Bill shall stand committed and--
(a) all Petitions against the Bill which stood referred to the Committee on the Bill shall stand referred to the Committe on the Bill in the present Session, subject to the determination of any outstanding objection to the locus standi of any petitioner; and
(b) any minutes of evidence taken before the Committee on the Bill shall stand referred to the Committee on the Bill in the present Session;
(iii) if such Bill had been reported by any Committee, it shall be ordered to be read the third time unless it had been reported with Amendments in the last Parliament and had not been considered as so amended, in which case it shall be ordered to lie upon the Table;
(iv) if such Bill had been read the third time in the last Parliament, it shall be deemed to have been read the third time;
(6) paragraph (2) of Standing Order 166 relating to Private Business (First reading) shall not apply to any Bill brought from the House of Lords in the present Session and to which this Order relates;
(7) when any Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the last Parliament and to which this Order relates is brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, the Agent for the Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration, signed by him, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the last Parliament and, as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office that such a declaration has been so deposited has been laid upon the Table of the House--
(i) unless the Examiner had reported pursuant to Standing Order 74 relating to Private Business (Examination of bills brought from the House of Lords, etc.), the Bill shall stand referred to the Examiners;
(ii) if the Examiner had so reported, the Bill shall be ordered to be read a second time, or, if it had been read a second time, it shall be read a second time and committed; but
(iii) if the Bill had been reported by a Committee with Amendments in the last Parliament it shall be committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means who shall make only such Amendments to the Bill as had been made thereto by the Committee in the last Parliament, and shall report the Bill to the House forthwith, and the Bill shall be ordered to lie upon the Table;
(8) any Bill which under the provisions of this Order is deemed to have been read the first time, or the first and second time, or the first, second and third time, shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having been so read;
(9) without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (5) of this Order, only those Petitions against any Bill which stood referred to the Committee on the Bill and which had not been withdrawn or had been deposited pursuant to paragraph (b) of Standing Order 126 relating to Private Business (Reference to committee of petitions against bill) shall stand referred to the Committee on the same Bill in the present Session;
(10) in relation to any Bill to which this Order applies Standing Order 127 relating to Private Business (Right of audience before committees on opposed bills) shall have effect as if the words "under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against bill)" were omitted;
(11) where any Standing Order had been dispensed with in respect of any private Bill in the last Parliament, those Standing Orders shall be deemed to have been ordered to be dispensed with in respect of any such Bill presented or brought from the Lords in pursuance of this Order;
(12) any Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Bill originating in the House of Lords to which this Order relates shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of such Bill if the same is brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, and any notices published or given and any deposits made in respect of such Bill in the last Parliament shall be held to have been published, given and made, respectively, for the Bill so brought from the House of Lords in the present Session;
(13) no further fees shall be charged in respect of proceedings on a Bill in respect of which fees have been incurred in the last Parliament.
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR UNOPPOSED RETURNS
The Chairman of Ways and Means
Sessional Returns: Returns for Session 1996-97 of--
(1) Business of the House;
(2) Closure of Debate and Allocation of Time;
(3) Private Bills and Private Business;
(5) Sittings of the House;
(6) Special Procedure Orders;
(8) Select Committees; and
(9) Delegated Legislation and Deregulation Proposals, &c.
in the same terms as the Orders made on 29th October 1996.
Dawn Primarolo
Contigencies Fund Accounts 1995-96: Accounts of the Contingencies Fund, 1995-96, showing:--
(1) The Receipts and Payments in connection with the Fund in the year ended the 31st day of March 1996.
(2) The Distribution of the Capital of the Fund at the commencement and close of the year, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer
Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant registered interest has been declared
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
The following Questions were originally tabled for Tuesday 27th May.
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
relating to Transport will start not later than 3.05 p.m.
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Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement about the publication of regional guidance for those bidding under the single regeneration budget. |
| 444 |
| *2 |
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what role he envisages for parish councils in rural areas. |
| 445 |
| *3 |
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received from local authorities regarding the phased release of council house sale receipts. |
| 446 |
| *4 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on his proposals to release the capital receipts from the sale of council houses. |
| 447 |
| *5 |
Mr John Hutton (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to release capital receipts for housing. |
| 448 |
| *6 |
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will introduce measures to increase the total standard spending assessments in areas of high unemployment. |
| 449 |
| *7 |
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he plans to begin a process of consultation leading to greater access to the countryside. |
| 450 |
| *8 |
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the Government's programme for enhancing biodiversity. |
| 451 |
| *9 |
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will ensure that areas of outstanding natural beauty and other sensitive areas are protected from the effects of commercial development in the form of mobile telephone masts. |
| 452 |
| *10 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research his Department has evaluated into the rise in global temperatures in the current year relative to the 1951 to 1980 average. |
| 453 |
| *11 |
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he proposes to publish proposals to set up English regional development agencies. |
| 454 |
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Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regionswhat responsibilities he has in Scotland. |
| 455 |
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Mr Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what actions he plans to take to reduce pollution from low-level ozone. |
| 458 |
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Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has for schemes of environmental improvement in West Cumbria. |
| 459 |
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Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to amend the area costs adjustment element of the local government SSA formula. |
| 460 |
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Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what measures will be introduced to safeguard the countryside. |
| 461 |
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Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the request by Oxfordshire County Council to be designated to operate at a level above cap. |
| 462 |
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Ms Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what impact the Government's proposals to phase release of capital receipts will have on the availability of affordable housing units in City of Chester. |
| 463 |
| *19 |
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on his policy towards water disconnections to domestic properties. |
| 464 |
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Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will establish a central register of derelict land. |
| 465 |
| *21 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he is taking to reduce poverty in the English regions. |
| 466 |
| *22 |
Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what action he proposes to take to reduce air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels. |
| 467 |
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Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to expand housebuilding. |
| 468 |
| *24 |
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his Department's policy in respect of the control of the capital receipts by debt-free local authorities. |
| 469 |
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Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to carry out a review of MPG3; and what plans he has to enhance the role of local communities in the granting of permission for opencasting. |
| 470 |
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Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will undertake discussions with Lancashire County Council about proposals to tip household waste in Round O Quarry, West Lancashire |
| 471 |
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Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on trends in household growth. |
| 472 |
| *28 |
Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the timetable for the introduction of a strategic authority and mayor in London. |
| 473 |
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
relating to Transport will start not later than 3.05 p.m.
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Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on his plans to develop a national air transport strategy. |
| 474 |
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Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on current levels of investment in the trunk road and motorway systems. |
| 475 |
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Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to review the proposed widening of the M25. |
| 476 |
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Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to assist electrification of the main railway line from Paddington to South Wales and the West. |
| 477 |
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Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to encourage environmentally sustainable transport policies. |
| 478 |
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Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to publish new plans for the proposed M4/A34 interchange at Chieveley. |
| 479 |
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Mr Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he plans to take to encourage greater use of railways in East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. |
| 480 |
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Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans his Department has to ensure that trains coming from the Channel Tunnel will be able to (a) continue north of London and (b) link with modernised services to (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) the North of England. |
| 481 |
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Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects the M66 from Denton to Middleton to open. |
| 483 |
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Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to review existing maximum speed limits. |
| 484 |
| *39 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on service levels on the Gospel Oak to Barking line. |
| 485 |
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Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will assess the advantages of resurfacing of the A34 between Windlebury and Peartree roundabout. |
| 486 |
| *41 |
Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if his Department will review the contribution from public funds towards the Leeds supertram scheme. |
| 487 |
| *42 |
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the expansion of Manchester Airport. |
| 488 |
| *43 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to encourage cycling in urban areas. |
| 489 |
| *44 |
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how he plans to encourage greater private sector investment in London Underground. |
| 490 |
| *45 |
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has for meeting the Rail Regulator to discuss penalties for non-delivery of services. |
| 491 |
| *46 |
Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what are his priorities for transport infrastructure development within the Thames Gateway region. |
| 492 |
| *47 |
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he plans to visit Dalston Kingsland station to discuss a London transport policy. |
| 493 |
| *48 |
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it his policy to refuse the applications by Stagecoach and others for extended franchises. |
| 494 |
| *49 |
Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has for expediting electrification and improvement of the railway between Holyhead and London along the North Wales coast. |
| 495 |
| *50 |
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the powers of the Rail Regulator. |
| 496 |
| *51 |
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the roads programme. |
| 497 |
| *52 |
Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has for improving the A36 road through West Wellow. |
| 498 |
AT TEN O'CLOCK
Notice of Motion
Business of the House: That, at this day's sitting, the Motion relating to Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill (Allocation of Time) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
To be moved after the interruption of business at Ten o'clock and to be decided forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 14.
ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS
Those marked thus * are Government Orders of the Day
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REFERENDUMS (SCOTLAND AND WALES) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) |
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Mrs Ann Taylor
Mr Secretary Dewar
Mr Secretary Davies
That the following provisions shall apply to the remaining proceedings on the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill:--
Committee |
1.--(1) Proceedings in Committee shall be completed at the sittings this day and tomorrow.
(2) At the sitting this day, proceedings on any amendments to Clause 1--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would amend that Clause at any place before the word 'Scotland' at line 6 of page 1 of the Bill,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at half past Seven o'clock.
(3) At the sitting this day, proceedings on any amendment to Clause 1--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would leave out the word 'Scotland' at line 6 of page 1 of the Bill and insert other words in its place,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at half past Eight o'clock.
(4) At the sitting tomorrow, proceedings on any amendment to Clause 1--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would leave out the words 'and tax-varying powers of a Scottish Parliament' at lines 6 and 7 of page 1 of the Bill and insert other words in their place,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at half past Four o'clock.
(5) At the sitting tomorrow, proceedings on any amendment to Clause 1--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would leave out only the words 'tax-varying powers' at line 6 of page 1 of the Bill and insert other words in their place,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at Six o'clock.
(6) At the sitting tomorrow, the remaining proceedings on Clause 1 and proceedings on any amendments to Clause 2--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would amend the Bill at any place before the word 'propositions' at line 7 of page 2 of the Bill,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at a quarter past Six o'clock.
(7) At the sitting tomorrow, proceedings on any amendment to Clause 2--
(a) which may be selected, and
(b) which would leave out the word 'propositions' at line 7 of page 2 of the Bill,
shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at Eight o'clock.
(8) At the sitting tomorrow, the remaining proceedings in Committee shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at half past Eight o'clock.
(9) On the conclusion of the proceedings in Committee the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question and, if he reports the Bill with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.
Report and Third Reading |
2. The proceedings on Consideration and on Third Reading shall be completed at the sitting tomorrow and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock.
Conclusion of proceedings |
3.--(1) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2, 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;
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded;
and on a Motion so 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.
(2) If, apart from this sub-paragraph, two or more Questions would fall to be put by the Chairman under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to successive Clauses and Schedules, the Chairman shall instead put a single Question in relation to those Clauses and Schedules.
(3) If at the sitting tomorrow
(a) 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 to Seven o'clock, and
(b) proceedings to which this Order applies have begun before that time,
the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings at that sitting in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion; and paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to remaining proceedings that day on the Bill then being considered.
Order of proceedings |
4. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken.
Dilatory motions
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5. No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, proceedings on the Bill shall be made except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
Extra time
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6. The following business shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour--
(a) proceedings under paragraph 3(1) or (2);
(b) proceedings to which paragraph 3(3) applies;
(c) proceedings under paragraph 8(1).
Business Committee
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7. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to this Order.
Supplemental orders
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8.--(1) 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.
(2) If at the sitting this day or tomorrow the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the time at which any proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under paragraph 1 or 2, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
Recommittal
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9.--(1) References in this Order to proceedings on Consideration or proceedings on Third Reading include references to proceedings at those stages, respectively, for, on or in consequence of recommittal.
(2) No debate shall be permitted on any Motion to recommit the Bill (whether as a whole or otherwise), and the Speaker shall put forthwith any Question necessary to dispose of the Motion, including the Question on any amendment moved to the Question.
The Speaker will put any Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motion not more than three hours after their commencement, pursuant to Standing Order No. 83. |
*2 REFERENDUMS (SCOTLAND AND WALES) BILL: Committee.
For Amendments, see separate paper.
Remaining stages may also be taken.
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) |
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Mr George Mudie
That the Lords Message of 20th May relating to a Joint Committee of both Houses to scrutinise delegated legislation be now considered. |
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Mr George Mudie
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| That this House doth concur with the Lords in their Resolution relating to the said Joint Committee. |
| That the said committee do meet with any committee appointed by the Lords on Thursday 5th June at half-past Four o'clock. |
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE |
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Mrs Ann Taylor
That the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motion in the name of Mrs Ann Taylor relating to Modernisation of House of Commons Procedure not later than one and a half hours after their commencement; and the said Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, after Ten o'clock.
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| On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Mr George Galloway proposes to raise the subject of Her Majesty's Government's policy toward Bahrain. |
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