Instruments considered in the House

Motion	Title of Instrument	Date	Result
Approval	Draft Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (Revival of Section 3) Order 1997	2nd June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme	9th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No 1403)	12th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Solicitor General's Salary Order 1997	24th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Appropriation (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	26th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Northern Ireland Act 1974 (Interim Period Extension) Order 1997	30th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Satellite Television Service Regulations 1997	30th June 1997	Agreed
Approval	Draft Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1997	17th July 1997	Agreed to on division (Ayes 301, Noes 36)
Approval	Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1998-99 (HC 492)	4th February 1998	Agreed
Approval	Local Government Finance Report (England) 1998-99 (HC 506)	5th February 1998	Agreed to on division (Ayes 262, Noes 170)
Annulment	Beef Bones Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997, No. 2959)	10th February 1998	Negatived on division
Approval	Local Government Finance Report (Wales) 1998-99 (Revised) (HC 541); Limitation of Council Tax (Relevant Notional Amounts) Report (Wales) 1998-99 (Revised) (HC 542); Special Grant Report (No. 2) (Wales) 1998 (HC 504)	11th February 1998	Agreed to on division (Ayes 196, Noes 321)
Approval	Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1998; draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1998; draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 1998; draft Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Amendment Regulations 1998	18th February 1998	Agreed
Approval	Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998; Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998; Special Grant Report (98/1) (Scotland): Local Taxation Collection Grant Scheme 1997-99 (HC 530); Special Grant Report (98/2) (Scotland): Grant in Aid of Local Authority Revenue Costs and Reinstatement Works at Dunblane Cemetery Resulting from the Dunblane Tragedy (HC 531); draft Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1998; draft Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998	19th February 1998	Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 agreed to on division (Ayes 241, Noes 29) Others Agreed
Approval	Draft Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Partial Continuance) Order 1998	5th March 1998	Agreed
Approval	Draft Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998, draft Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc.) Act 1996 (Cessation of Section 3) Order 1998	22nd April 1998	Agreed
Approval	Draft Council Tax Limitation (Derbyshire County Council) (Maximum Amount) Order 1998	16th June 1998	Agreed to on division (Ayes 214, Noes 152)
Approval	National Institutions Measure	18th June 1998	Agreed
Revocation	Social Security Amendment (Lone Parents) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998, No. 766)	7th July 1998	Negatived
Approval	Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1582)	20th July 1998	Agreed (S.O. Nos. 118 and 16 did not apply; Question put forthwith pursuant to Order [17 July])
Approval	Draft Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1998	29th July 1998	Agreed to on division (Ayes 219, Noes 86)
Annulment	Working Time Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1833)	27th October 1998	Negatived on division (Ayes 129, Noes 358)
Annulment	Personal Equity Plan (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1869)	10th November 1998	Negatived on division (Ayes 116, Noes 293)
Approval	Draft Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) (No. 2) Order 1998	17th November 1998	Agreed

Instruments considered in Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation

FIRST STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 1997	17th June 1997
Draft Pneumoconiosis Etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 1997	1st July 1997
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997, No. 1565)	15th July 1997
Draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Workskill Courses) Pilot (No. 2) Regulations	22nd July 1997
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Malaysia) Order 1997 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Singapore) Order 1997 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Falkland Islands) Order 1997 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Lesotho) Order 1997	29th October 1997
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2509)	5th November 1997
Draft Transport and Works (Description of Works Interfering with Navigation) (Amendment) Order 1997	11th November 1997
Draft Deregulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	18th November 1997
Draft Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to the Management of Crown Lands) Order 1998	3rd February 1998
Draft Valuation and Rating (Exempted Classes) (Scotland) Order 1998	10th February 1998
Draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Code of Conduct) Order 1998 Draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Procedural Rules) Order 1998 Draft Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Guidelines) Order 1998	26th February 1998
Draft Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 1998	10th March 1998
Draft Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Amendment Regulations 1998 Draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 Draft Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 Draft Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998	24th March 1998
Draft Institute of Legal Executives Order 1998	7th April 1998
Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 655)	22nd April 1998
Draft Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1998	2nd June 1998
Draft Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	11th June 1998
Draft Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998	23rd June 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 36) (HC 823) Special Grant Report (No. 3) (Wales) (HC 832)	15th July 1998
Draft Security of Private Road Works (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998	21st July 1998
Draft Undertaking by the Secretary of State for Scotland with the consent of Her Majesty's Treasury and P&O Scottish Ferries Limited and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the provision of the passenger ferry services to Orkney and Shetland	29th July 1998
Draft Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1998	3rd November 1998
Disability Discrimination (Exemption for Small Employers) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2618)	18th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 32
Total no. of meetings: 23

SECOND STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1997	19th June 1997
Draft Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997	8th July 1997
Draft Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) (Amendment) Order 1997	15th July 1997
Draft Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997	22nd July 1997
Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1997 (S.I. 1997, No. 1924)	11th November 1997
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dounreay Nuclear Establishment) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2622)	18th November 1997
Draft Value Added Tax (Drugs, Medicines and Aids for the Handicapped) Order 1997	2nd December 1997
Draft Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	14th January 1998
Draft Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 1998	3rd February 1998
Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1998	10th February 1998
Draft London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Functions) Order 1998 Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 1998	3rd March 1998
Draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1998	11th March 1998
Draft Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1998 Draft Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions and Rebates) (Money Purchase Contracted-Out Schemes) Order 1998	24th March 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 34): Metropolitan Railway Passenger Services Grant for 1998—99 (HC 656) Special Grant Report (Scotland): Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rail Services in the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area (HC 660)	7th April 1998
Draft Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998	2nd June 1998
Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	23rd June 1998
Draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Charges for Registration Schemes) Regulations 1998	16th July 1998
Draft Pneumoconiosis Etc. (Worker's Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Amendment Regulations 1998	22nd July 1998
Special Grant Report (Scotland): Grant in Aid of Expenditure on Rural Public Passenger Transport for 1998—99 (HC 941)	29th July 1998
Draft Local Government (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	4th November 1998
Draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1998 Draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1998	10th November 1998
Draft Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 Draft Jobseeker's Allowance Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1998	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 27
Total no. of meetings: 22

THIRD STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Scottish Seed Potato Development Council (Dissolution) Order 1997	9th July 1997
Draft Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	15th July 1997
Draft Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) (Amendment) Order 1997	23rd July 1997
Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Appeals) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997, No. 2542)	12th November 1997
Draft Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 Draft Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	20th November 1997
Draft Channel 4 (Application of Excess Revenues) Order 1997	2nd December 1997
Draft Consumer Credit (Increase of Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order 1998	4th February 1998
Draft Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Exclusion Order 1998 Draft Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 Draft Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 1998 Draft Construction Contracts (Scotland) Exclusion Order 1998	11th February 1998
Draft Local Authorities (Transport Charges) Regulations 1998	4th March 1998
Draft Greater London Authority (Referendum Arrangements) Order 1998	12th March 1998
Draft Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1998	25th March 1998
Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 762)	7th April 1998
Draft New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998	14th May 1998
Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1008)	3rd June 1998
Draft Northern Ireland Act 1974 (Interim Period Extension) Order 1998	11th June 1998
Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1375)	24th June 1998
Draft Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 1998	21st July 1998
Draft Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 1998	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 22
Total number of meetings: 18

FOURTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to the Provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997	26th June 1997
Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Framework Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the Republic of Chile) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Euro-Mediterranean Agreement Establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Kingdom of Morocco) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Inter-Regional Framework Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the Southern Common Market and its Party States) Order 1997	10th July 1997
Draft Asian Development Bank (Sixth Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 1997 Draft International Fund for Agricultural Development (Fourth Replenishment) Order 1997	15th July 1997
Insurance Premium Tax (Taxable Insurance Contracts) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 1627)	24th July 1997
Draft General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997	12th November 1997
Draft Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fourth Amendment) Order 1997	20th November 1997
Draft Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997	3rd December 1997
Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 1998 Draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 1998	4th February 1998
Draft Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	11th February 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 32): Special Grant for Accommodation for Evacuees from Montserrat (HC 549)	12th March 1998
Draft International Development Association (Eleventh Replenishment) Order 1998	26th March 1998
Draft Hovercraft (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 Draft Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 Draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 1998	8th April 1998
Draft Fire Services (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	4th June 1998
Draft Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 1998	25th June 1998
Draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998	22nd July 1998
Draft Legal Aid Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1998	11th November 1998
Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 2211)	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 23
Total no. of meetings: 17

FIFTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Contracting Out (Metropolitan Police and Civil Staffs Pensions) Order 1997	16th July 1997
Draft Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	12th November 1997
Draft Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	26th November 1997
Draft Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997	3rd December 1997
Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997	9th December 1997
Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Co-operation between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Azerbaijan) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Co-operation between the European Communities and their Member States and Georgia) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Co-operation between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Armenia) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Co-operation between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Uzbekistan) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Europe Agreement Establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Slovenia) Order 1997	22nd January 1998
Draft Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1998	5th February 1998
Draft Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fourth Amendment) Order 1998	12th February 1998
Draft Greater London Authority (Referendum) Order 1998	3rd March 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 33): Community Care Special Grants for 1998-99 (HC 534)	18th March 1998
Draft Homelessness (Decisions on Referrals) Order 1998 Draft Homelessness (Decisions on Referrals) (Scotland) Order 1998	16th June 1998
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Oman) Order 1998 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Air Transport) (Hong Kong) Order 1998 Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Kazakhstan) Order 1998	8th July 1998
Draft International Monetary Fund (Increase in Subscription) Order 1998	23rd July 1998
Draft Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Insurance) Order 1998	11th November 1998
Draft Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations 1998	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 22
Total no. of meetings: 15

SIXTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Allocation of Housing (Reasonable and Additional Preference) Regulations 1997	17th July 1997
Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 1790)	12th November 1997
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	3rd December 1997
Draft Museums and Galleries (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	10th December 1997
Council Tax Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 1841)	18th December 1997
Draft Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	28th January 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 28): Persons from Abroad Children's Grant (HC 478) Special Grant Report (No. 29): Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (HC 479) Special Grant Report (No. 30): Special Grant for Adult Asylum Seekers' Accommodation (HC 480) Special Grant Report for Adult Asylum Seekers' Assistance (No. 98/3) (HC 490) Special Grant Report for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and Children of Asylum Seekers (No. 98/4) (HC 491) Special Grant Report (Wales) 1998 (HC 457).	18th February 1998
Draft Railways (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1998	19th March 1998
Council Tax Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 911)	29th April 1998
Draft Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 1998 Draft Bank of England (Information Powers) Order 1998	13th May 1998
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1342)	17th June 1998
Draft Export and Investment Guarantees (Limit on Foreign Currency Commitments) Order 1998	1st July 1998
Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 1998	23rd July 1998
Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993	28th July 1998
Draft Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998	5th November 1998
Draft Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 24
Total no. of meetings: 16

SEVENTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Draft Commissioner for Complaints (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	17th July 1997
Draft Summer Time Order 1997	13th November 1997
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) (National Health Service Trusts) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2763)	3rd December 1997
Draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 Draft Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1997	10th December 1997
Draft Contracting Out (Functions Relating to National Savings) Order 1998	3rd June 1998
Draft Welfare of Livestock (Amendment) Regulations 1998	24th June 1998
Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998, No. 2231)	17th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 8
Total no. of meetings: 7

EIGHTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument	Date considered
Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2543)	13th November 1997
Draft Air Quality Regulations 1997 Draft Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997	4th December 1997
Draft Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme	11th December 1997
Draft Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997	29th January 1998
Draft Broadcasting (Percentage of Digital Capacity for Radio Multiplex Licence) Order 1998	6th May 1998
Special Grant Report (No. 35) (HC 758)	18th June 1998
Education (Infant Class Sizes) (England) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1973)	18th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 8
Total no. of meetings: 7

NINTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument		Date considered
Draft Homeless Persons (Priority Need) (Scotland) Order 1997		13th November 1997
Draft European Communities (Immunities and Privileges of the European Police Office) Order 1997 Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (European Police Office) Order 1997 Draft OSPAR Commission (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1997		4th December 1997
Mink Keeping Order 1997		11th December 1997
Draft Air Carrier Liability Order 1998		24th June 1998
Draft Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998		28th July 1998
Environmental Assessment (Forestry) Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1731)		18th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 8
Total no. of meetings: 6

TENTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Title of Instrument		Date considered
Draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998		2nd July 1998
Draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 Draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998		28th July 1998
Draft Channel 4 (Application of Excess Revenues) Order 1998		12th November 1998
Cattle Database Regulations 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 1796)		18th November 1998
Total no. of instruments considered: 5
Total number of meetings: 4