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1.--(1) Remaining proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading of the Royal Parks (Trading) Bill shall be completed at today's sitting and brought to a conclusion (if not previously concluded) four hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
(2) Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading of the Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Bill shall be completed at today's sitting and brought to a conclusion (if not previously concluded) five hours after the commencement of proceedings on this Motion.
Questions to be put
2.--(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings on either Bill 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;
(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
(3) On a Motion made for a new Clause or 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 otherwise 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 at today's sitting to proceedings to which this Order applies.
4. Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
5. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which proceedings on either Bill are taken or to recommit either Bill.
6. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to either Bill except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
7. If at today's sitting--
(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) has been stood over to Seven o'clock; but
(b) proceedings to which this Order applies have begun before then,
proceedings on that Motion shall stand postponed until the conclusion of those proceedings.
8. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to either Bill.
Supplemental orders
9. 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.
10. If at today's sitting the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the time at which any proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under this Order, 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.
22 May 2000 : Column 807
Royal Parks (Trading) Bill
Not amended in the Standing Committee, further considered.
After Clause 3
Amendment proposed [17 May]: No. 6, in page 2, line 4, to leave out clauses 4 and 5--[Mr. Maclean.]
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Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord): I remind the House that with this we are discussing the following: Amendment No. 28, in page 2, line 13, at end insert--
'(4) Where a park constable exercises his powers under subsection (1) above he shall--
(a) ensure that he provides facilities for the safe removal from the park of any perishable material by the person having possession or control;
(b) give to the person having possession or control a document, in an appropriate language, setting out the reasons for the seizure, itemising the things seized and informing the person of his rights and liabilities under section 5; and
(c) not remove any article until he has performed an assessment under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations that the removal of the thing or things would not create a hazard for his or others' health and safety.
(5) The document referred to in subsection (4)(b) above shall comply with the model in Schedule (Document relating to seizure of property).'.
Amendment No. 22, in page 2, line 20, after "at", insert "or before".
Amendment No. 23, in page 2, line 26, at end insert--
'(3A) Proceedings arising from subsections (1) to (3) (including appeals) shall be concluded within a period of three months, after which the charges shall be withdrawn, or appeal deemed to have succeeded.'.
Amendment No. 24, in page 2, line 30, leave out from first "of" to second "of" and insert--
'60 days beginning with the date of the initiation'.
Amendment No. 25, in page 2, line 35, at end insert--
'(5A) If the Secretary of State has retained a thing under subsection (3)(b) for the period of 60 days from the initiation of proceedings relating to the offence (including any appeal), he shall return it to the person from whom it was seized.'.
Amendment No. 7, in clause 6, page 3, line 2, leave out from "anything" to end of line 8 and insert--
'which the court believes to have been used in commission of the offence to be forfeited and dealt with in a manner specified in the order.'.
'(1) Appropriate Language.
An appropriate language in section 4(4)(b) is one of the following:
English
French
Spanish
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Azeri
Belarussian
Bulgarian
Croatian (the western variant of Serbo-Croat--also called Croato-Serb)
Estonian
Georgian
Greek
Hungarian
Kurdish
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Romanian
Russian
Serbian (the eastern variant of Serbo-Croat)
Serbo-Croat
Slovak
Slovene
Turkish
Ukrainian.
(2) Reasons for Seizure.
The reasons for the seizure are that the person having possession or control has committed a Park Trading Offence, namely (insert offence).
(3) List of Items Seized.
(List the items seized)
(4) Rights and Liabilities.
The person having possession or control and from whom the thing or things were seized shall be informed that--
(a) the Secretary of State may retain the thing or things until the conclusion of court proceedings;
(b) the Secretary of State may sell the thing or things and use the proceeds to pay his costs if the person having possession or control is found guilty of an offence;
(c) the court may order the thing or things to be forfeited and destroyed if found guilty of an offence;
(d) the person having possession of the thing or things may make representations to the court about their disposal before the court makes an order.'.
Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch): Last Wednesday, I was interrupted by the Government, who were obviously nervous about further debate on the Bill. We could have covered the ground in a short time then. However, I can assure the House that I shall not take up the whole hour that has been allocated.
The amendments, which my right hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) so ably moved, raise some important issues. Clauses 4 and 5 are likely to have unintended consequences. We want to achieve the highest catering standards in our royal parks.
It emerged that there are insufficient vendors of such goods in the royal parks, as the Minister said:
- Licensed traders are losing a significant amount of business. Their turnover has been substantially reduced--by about 50 per cent. since the mid-1990s.--[Official Report, 17 May 2000; Vol. 350, c. 373.]
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