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Page 655 1999-2000 Volume 256 [No. 162.] Monday 20th November 2000. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table.
Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table.
Report, and so much of the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee as relates to the Report, to lie upon the Table; and to be printed [No. 992].
A. (1) The House shall meet on Thursdays at half-past Eleven o'clock, and will first proceed with private business, motions for unopposed returns and questions; (2) proceedings on business on Thursdays shall be interrupted at Seven o'clock; and (3) in their application to Thursday sittings of the House, reference to a specified time in the Standing Orders shall be interpreted as reference to a time three hours before the time so specified, save that reference to half-past Ten o'clock shall be substituted for reference to Twelve o'clock in Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration). B. Standing committees shall have leave to sit at any hour and notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, subject to the following provisions: (a) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the House is sitting, no standing committee sitting at Westminster shall sit between the hours of One o'clock and half-past Three o'clock, except as provided in paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees); and (b) on Thursdays when the House is sitting, no standing committees sitting at Westminster shall sit between the hours of twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock and half-past Twelve o'clock, except as provided in paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees) with the substitution in that paragraph of ‘twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock' for ‘One o'clock' and ‘twenty minutes to Twelve o'clock' for ‘a quarter past One o'clock'—(Mr David Jamieson); The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Clive Betts, Mr David Jamieson: 275. Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Maclean, Mr Eric Forth: 22. So the Question was agreed to. Page 656 Monday 20th November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top Ordered, That, from the next Session of Parliament until the end of the first Session of the next Parliament, the Standing Orders and practice of the House shall have effect subject to the modifications set out below: A. (1) The House shall meet on Thursdays at half-past Eleven o'clock, and will first proceed with private business, motions for unopposed returns and questions; (2) proceedings on business on Thursdays shall be interrupted at Seven o'clock; and (3) in their application to Thursday sittings of the House, reference to a specified time in the Standing Orders shall be interpreted as reference to a time three hours before the time so specified, save that reference to half-past Ten o'clock shall be substituted for reference to Twelve o'clock in Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration). B. Standing committees shall have leave to sit at any hour and notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, subject to the following provisions: (a) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the House is sitting, no standing committee sitting at Westminster shall sit between the hours of One o'clock and half-past Three o'clock, except as provided in paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees); and (b) on Thursdays when the House is sitting, no standing committees sitting at Westminster shall sit between the hours of twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock and half-past Twelve o'clock, except as provided in paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings of standing committees) with the substitution in that paragraph of ‘twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock' for ‘One o'clock' and ‘twenty minutes to Twelve o'clock' for ‘a quarter past One o'clock'.
(1) On days on which the House shall sit after an address has been agreed to in answer to Her Majesty's Speech there shall be a sitting in Westminster Hall— (a) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between half-past Nine o'clock and Two o'clock; and (b) on Thursdays beginning at half-past Two o'clock and continuing for up to three hours (and in calculating that period no account shall be taken of any period during which the sitting may be suspended owing to a division being called in the House or a Committee of the whole House). (2) Any Member of the House may take part in a sitting in Westminster Hall. (3) Subject to paragraph (13) below, the business taken at any sitting in Westminster Hall shall be such as the Chairman of Ways and Means shall appoint. (4) The Chairman of Ways and Means or a Deputy Chairman shall take the chair in Westminster Hall as Deputy Speaker; and the House may appoint not more than four other members of the Chairmen's Panel to sit in Westminster Hall as Deputy Speaker. (5) Any member of the Chairmen's Panel may also take the chair at a sitting in Westminster Hall when so requested by the Chairman of Ways and Means, with the duties and powers conferred on additional Deputy Speakers; and Members so appointed shall be addressed by name. (6) Any order made or resolution come to at a sitting in Westminster Hall (other than a resolution to adjourn) shall be reported to the House by the Deputy Speaker and shall be deemed to be an order or resolution of the House. (7) If a motion be made by a Minister of the Crown that an order of the day be proceeded with at a sitting in Westminster Hall, the question thereon shall be put forthwith, but such motion may be made only with the leave of the House and may not be made on a Friday. (8) The quorum at a sitting in Westminster Hall shall be three. (9) If at a sitting in Westminster Hall the opinion of the Deputy Speaker as to the decision of a question (other than a question for adjournment) is challenged, that question shall not be decided, and the Deputy Speaker shall report to the House accordingly; and any such question shall be put forthwith upon a motion being made in the House. (10) If any business other than a motion for adjournment is under consideration at a sitting in Westminster Hall, and not fewer than six Members rise in their places and signify their objection to further proceedings, that business shall not be further proceeded with in Westminster Hall, and the Deputy Speaker shall report to the House accordingly, and any order under paragraph (7) above relating thereto shall be discharged. Page 657 Monday 20th November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (11) At the end of each sitting in Westminster Hall, unless a question for adjournment has previously been agreed to, the Deputy Speaker shall adjourn the sitting without putting any question; and proceedings on any business which has been entered upon but not disposed of shall lapse. (12) The provisions of Standing Orders No. 29 (Powers of chair to propose question), No. 36 (Closure of debate), No. 37 (Majority for closure or proposal of question), No. 38 (Procedure on divisions), No. 39 (Voting), No. 40 (Division unnecessarily claimed), No. 41 (Quorum), No. 43 (Disorderly conduct), No. 44 (Order in debate), No. 45 (Members suspended, &c., to withdraw from precincts), No. 45A (Suspension of salary of Members suspended) and No. 163 (Motions to sit in private) shall not apply to sittings in Westminster Hall. (13) In each Session, the Speaker shall appoint not more than six Thursdays on which the business to be taken in Westminster Hall should be debates on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee. (14) The House shall meet on Wednesdays at half-past Two o'clock, and paragraphs (1) and (2) of Standing Order No. 9 (Sittings of the House) shall have effect on Wednesdays; and Standing Order No. 10 shall not have effect—(Paddy Tipping); An Amendment ((b)) was proposed to the Question, in line 17, to leave out the words ‘Deputy Speaker', and to insert the word ‘Chairman'.—(Mr Eric Forth.) And the Question being put, That the Amendment be made; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Eric Forth, Mr David Maclean: 34. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Clive Betts, Mr David Jamieson: 251. So the Question was negatived. And the Main Question being put; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Graham Allen, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe: 283. Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Maclean, Mr Eric Forth: 18. So the Question was agreed to. Ordered, That, from the next Session of Parliament until the end of the first Session of the next Parliament, the Standing Orders and practice of the House shall have effect subject to the modifications set out below: (1) On days on which the House shall sit after an address has been agreed to in answer to Her Majesty's Speech there shall be a sitting in Westminster Hall— (a) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between half-past Nine o'clock and Two o'clock; and (b) on Thursdays beginning at half-past Two o'clock and continuing for up to three hours (and in calculating that period no account shall be taken of any period during which the sitting may be suspended owing to a division being called in the House or a Committee of the whole House). (2) Any Member of the House may take part in a sitting in Westminster Hall. (3) Subject to paragraph (13) below, the business taken at any sitting in Westminster Hall shall be such as the Chairman of Ways and Means shall appoint. (4) The Chairman of Ways and Means or a Deputy Chairman shall take the chair in Westminster Hall as Deputy Speaker; and the House may appoint not more than four other members of the Chairmen's Panel to sit in Westminster Hall as Deputy Speaker. (5) Any member of the Chairmen's Panel may also take the chair at a sitting in Westminster Hall when so requested by the Chairman of Ways and Means, with the duties and powers conferred on additional Deputy Speakers; and Members so appointed shall be addressed by name. (6) Any order made or resolution come to at a sitting in Westminster Hall (other than a resolution to adjourn) shall be reported to the House by the Deputy Speaker and shall be deemed to be an order or resolution of the House. (7) If a motion be made by a Minister of the Crown that an order of the day be proceeded with at a sitting in Westminster Hall, the question thereon shall be put forthwith, but such motion may be made only with the leave of the House and may not be made on a Friday. (8) The quorum at a sitting in Westminster Hall shall be three. Page 658 Monday 20th November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (9) If at a sitting in Westminster Hall the opinion of the Deputy Speaker as to the decision of a question (other than a question for adjournment) is challenged, that question shall not be decided, and the Deputy Speaker shall report to the House accordingly; and any such question shall be put forthwith upon a motion being made in the House. (10) If any business other than a motion for adjournment is under consideration at a sitting in Westminster Hall, and not fewer than six Members rise in their places and signify their objection to further proceedings, that business shall not be further proceeded with in Westminster Hall, and the Deputy Speaker shall report to the House accordingly, and any order under paragraph (7) above relating thereto shall be discharged. (11) At the end of each sitting in Westminster Hall, unless a question for adjournment has previously been agreed to, the Deputy Speaker shall adjourn the sitting without putting any question; and proceedings on any business which has been entered upon but not disposed of shall lapse. (12) The provisions of Standing Orders No. 29 (Powers of chair to propose question), No. 36 (Closure of debate), No. 37 (Majority for closure or proposal of question), No. 38 (Procedure on divisions), No. 39 (Voting), No. 40 (Division unnecessarily claimed), No. 41 (Quorum), No. 43 (Disorderly conduct), No. 44 (Order in debate), No. 45 (Members suspended, &c., to withdraw from precincts), No. 45A (Suspension of salary of Members suspended) and No. 163 (Motions to sit in private) shall not apply to sittings in Westminster Hall. (13) In each Session, the Speaker shall appoint not more than six Thursdays on which the business to be taken in Westminster Hall should be debates on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee. (14) The House shall meet on Wednesdays at half-past Two o'clock, and paragraphs (1) and (2) of Standing Order No. 9 (Sittings of the House) shall have effect on Wednesdays; and Standing Order No. 10 shall not have effect.
And it being Ten o'clock, the Debate stood adjourned.
Question put; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Tom Brake, Mr Donald Gorrie: 62. Tellers for the Noes, Mr David Clelland, Mrs Anne McGuire: 238. So the Question was negatived.
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(1) the matter of the Review of the future of the juvenile justice centre estate in Northern Ireland, published by the Northern Ireland Office in March 2000, being a matter exclusively relating to Northern Ireland, be referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee; (2) the Committee shall meet at Westminster on Wednesday 29th November at 5.00 p.m.; and (3) at that meeting the Committee shall consider the matter referred to it in paragraph (1) and the Chairman shall interrupt proceedings at 7.30 p.m.—(Mr Gerry Sutcliffe.)
Tuesday 21st November 2000 And the Motion having been made after Ten o'clock on Monday evening, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it being then twelve minutes past Twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning, till this day. [Adjourned at 12.12 a.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
(2) Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 71) on Leadership Group Payments [by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 963 and 964] [Mr Secretary Blunkett]. Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Other Papers:
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Page 660 Monday 20th November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
[No. 163.] Tuesday 21st November 2000. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, a declaration signed by the agent shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill brought from the Lords in the present Session; That the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay upon the Table of the House a certificate, that such a declaration has been deposited; That in the next Session the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the present Session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages; That no further fees shall be charged to such stages—(The Chairman of Ways and Means); And objection being taken to further proceeding; Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 28th November.
That, if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, a declaration signed by the agent shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill brought from the Lords in the present Session; That the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay upon the Table of the House a certificate, that such a declaration has been deposited; That in the next Session the Bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the present Session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages; That no further fees shall be charged to such stages—(The Chairman of Ways and Means); And objection being taken to further proceeding; Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Tuesday 28th November. Page 661 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Alliance & Leicester Group Treasury plc (Transfer) Bill [Lords],—The Lords communicate that they have considered the Message from the Commons [16th November] relating to the Alliance & Leicester Group Treasury plc (Transfer) Bill [Lords]; and that they have come to the following Resolution in respect of the Bill, viz.: That the promoters of the Bill have leave to suspend any further proceedings thereon in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so is lodged in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments not later than 12 noon on Monday 27th November; That the Bill be deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments not later than noon on the second sitting day in the next Session with a declaration annexed, signed by the agent, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill at the last stage of the proceedings thereon in this House in the present Session; That the proceedings on the Bill in the next Session of Parliament be pro forma in regard to every stage through which the Bill has passed in the present Session, and that no new fees be charged to such stages; and That the Private Business Standing Orders apply to the Bill in the next session only in regard to any stage through which the Bill has not passed in the present session.
Lords Amendments 1.—(1) Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill shall be completed at today's sitting. (2) If not previously concluded, they shall be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock. 2.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings on the Bill to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1. (2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided. (3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment, the Speaker shall then put forthwith— (a) a single Question on any further amendments of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended. Page 662 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith— (a) a single Question on any amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended. (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment. (6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments. (7) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or disposed of an amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment. Subsequent stages 3.—(1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Bill. (2) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement. 4.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 3. (2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided. (3) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the chair. (4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message. (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals. Reasons Committee 5. The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its chairman. 6.—(1) The Committee shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed. (2) Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement. (3) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), the chairman shall— (a) first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet been decided, and (b) then put forthwith successively Questions on Motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments. (4) The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put. Miscellaneous 7. The following paragraphs apply to— (a) proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill. (b) proceedings on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill, and (c) proceedings on the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons (and the appointment of its chairman) and the report of such a Committee. 8. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings. 9. The proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House. Page 663 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top 10. No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, the proceedings shall be made except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith. 11.—(1) If on a day on which any of the proceedings to which paragraph 7 applies take place a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) would stand over to Seven o'clock— (a) that Motion stands over until the conclusion of any of the proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at or before that time, and (b) the bringing to a conclusion of any of the proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion after that time shall be postponed for a period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion. (2) If a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier day to such a day, the bringing to a conclusion of the proceedings on that day is postponed for a period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion. 12. If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the expiry of the period at the end of which any of the 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—(Mr Adam Ingram); And it being one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, the Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order [11th July]. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr David Clelland, Mr Greg Pope: 272. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Keith Simpson, Mr James Gray: 171. So the Question was agreed to. Ordered, That the Order of the House [11th July] shall be supplemented as follows— Lords Amendments 1.—(1) Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill shall be completed at today's sitting. (2) If not previously concluded, they shall be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock. 2.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings on the Bill to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1. (2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided. (3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment, the Speaker shall then put forthwith— (a) a single Question on any further amendments of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended. (4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith— (a) a single Question on any amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended. (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment. (6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments. (7) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or disposed of an amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment. Page 664 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top Subsequent stages 3.—(1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Bill. (2) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement. 4.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 3. (2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided. (3) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the chair. (4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message. (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals. Reasons Committee 5. The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its chairman. 6.—(1) The Committee shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed. (2) Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement. (3) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), the chairman shall— (a) first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet been decided, and (b) then put forthwith successively Questions on Motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments. (4) The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put. Miscellaneous 7. The following paragraphs apply to— (a) proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill. (b) proceedings on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill, and (c) proceedings on the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons (and the appointment of its chairman) and the report of such a Committee. 8. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings. 9. The proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House. 10. No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, the proceedings shall be made except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith. 11.—(1) If on a day on which any of the proceedings to which paragraph 7 applies take place a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) would stand over to Seven o'clock— (a) that Motion stands over until the conclusion of any of the proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at or before that time, and (b) the bringing to a conclusion of any of the proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion after that time shall be postponed for a period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion. Page 665 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (2) If a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier day to such a day, the bringing to a conclusion of the proceedings on that day is postponed for a period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion. 12. If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the expiry of the period at the end of which any of the 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.
Lords Amendments Nos. 1 to 23 were agreed to. Lords Amendment No. 24. Question put, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment.—(Mr Secretary Mandelson.) The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr David Jamieson: 280. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Keith Simpson, Mr James Gray: 121. Lords Amendment No. 25 was agreed to. Lords Amendment No. 26 An Amendment ((a)) was proposed to the Lords Amendment, in line 4, after the word ‘staff', to insert the words ‘particularly with regard to human rights'.—(Mr Kevin McNamara.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Andrew Stunell, Mr John McDonnell: 32. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr David Jamieson: 252. The Lords Amendment was agreed to. Lords Amendments Nos. 27 to 60 were agreed to. Lords Amendment No. 61. Question put, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment.—(Mr Adam Ingram.) The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr David Jamieson, Mr Kevin Hughes: 293. Tellers for the Noes, Mr William Thompson, Mr Roy Beggs: 122. So the Question was agreed to. And it being after Ten o'clock, the Speaker proceeded to put the Question necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour. Question put, That this House agrees with the Lords in the remaining Lords Amendments. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mrs Anne McGuire, Jim Dowd: 299. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Peter Luff, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: 81. So the Question was agreed to. Lords Amendments Nos. 62 to 139 were accordingly agreed to.
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The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mrs Anne McGuire, Jim Dowd: 283. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Douglas Hogg: 13. Resolved, That the draft EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2000, which was laid before this House on 30th October, be approved.
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-eight minutes past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 11.28 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Other Papers:
(1) Barclays Bank plc that they desire to obtain the Parliamentary powers specified therein, to be operative in Scotland and elsewhere, and that it is expedient that such powers should be conferred by one enactment because it is necessary to provide for the uniform regulation in Scotland and elsewhere of the affairs of Barclays Bank plc, and (2) The National Australia Group Europe Limited that they desire to obtain the Parliamentary powers specified therein, to be operative in Scotland and elsewhere, and that it is expedient that such powers should be conferred by one enactment because it is necessary to provide for the uniform regulation in Scotland and elsewhere of the affairs of Clydesdale Bank plc and Yorkshire Bank plc and are of the opinion that the said powers would be more properly obtained by the promotion of a Private Bill than by the promotion of a Private Bill and of a draft Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936. Page 667 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top
(1) the Petition [2nd November] from Peter Wright and others for restoration of the link between earnings and the state pension; (2) the Petition [6th November] from residents of Truro and St Austell for the basic state pension to reflect a real share of the nation's wealth; and (3) the Petition [7th November] from residents of Carshalton and Wallington urging the Secretary of State to increase the basic state pension [by Standing Order]; to be printed [Clerk of the House]. APPENDIX II Standing Committees
APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
(2) Fifth Report from the Committee [Administrative Failure: Inherited SERPS]; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 433] [Tony Wright].
(2) Second Report from the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments, together with Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 235-ii] [Mr David Tredinnick].
Page 668 Tuesday 21st November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top [No. 163; WH, No. 100.] Tuesday 21st November 2000. The House sitting in Westminster Hall [pursuant to Order of 24th May 1999]. The sitting commenced at Ten o'clock.
And it being One o'clock, the sitting was adjourned, without Question put, till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 1 p.m. [No. 164.] Wednesday 22nd November 2000. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. PRAYERS.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
The Lords have agreed to the Freedom of Information Bill, with Amendments, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
And the Motion being opposed, after a brief explanatory statement from the Member who made the Motion and from a Member who opposed it, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business). The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Ronnie Campbell, Mr Denis Murphy: 153. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Eric Forth, Mr Douglas Hogg: 58. So the Question was agreed to. Ordered, That Mr Fraser Kemp, Mr Ronnie Campbell, Mr Lawrie Quinn, Mr Alan Keen, Mr Stephen Hepburn, Mr Peter Kilfoyle, Mr Chris Ruane, Mr David Winnick and Bob Russell do prepare and bring in the Bill.
Lords Amendment No. 1 was agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges. Lords Amendment No. 2. An Amendment ((b)) was proposed to the Lords Amendment, in line 8, to leave out the words ‘but need not', and to insert the words ‘and shall', instead thereof.—(Mr Douglas Hogg.) And the Question being put, That the Amendment to the Lords Amendment be made; Page 669 Wednesday 22nd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Douglas Hogg, Mr Eric Forth: 27. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Mike Hall, Jim Dowd: 303. So the Question was negatived. The Lords Amendment was agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges. Lords Amendments Nos. 3 to 5 were agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of Lords Amendment No. 5.
Mr Keith Bradley rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put; And the Question being put, That the Question be now put; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Jim Dowd, Mr Mike Hall: 257. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Douglas Hogg, Mr Eric Forth: 21. So the Question was agreed to. And the Question being accordingly put; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Kevin Hughes, Mr David Jamieson: 260. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Gerald Howarth, Mr Eric Forth: 17. So the Question was agreed to. Resolved, That, at this day's sitting and the sittings on Thursday 23rd and Monday 27th November, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Message from the Lords shall be received.
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And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till half-past Ten o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 10.30 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
(2) Personal Equity Plan (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 3109), dated 22nd November 2000 [by Act] [Miss Melanie Johnson].
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(1) The Speaker has allocated the Order to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Jonathan Sayeed Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Harry Barnes, Mr John Bercow, Mr Malcolm Bruce, Mr Colin Burgon, Ann Clwyd, Mr Mike Hall, Mr Simon Hughes, Mr Robert Jackson, Mr Peter Lilley, Mr Jim Marshall, Mr Bill Michie, Bridget Prentice, Mrs Barbara Roche, Mr Keith Simpson, Mr David Taylor and Mr Anthony D. Wright.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Sir David Madel Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Sir Paul Beresford, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr Don Foster, Mr Michael Foster, Mr Christopher Fraser, Mr Keith Hill, Mr Bob Laxton, Mr Michael Moore, Ms Julie Morgan, Mr Ted Rowlands, Helen Southworth, Mr Robert Syms, Dr Rudi Vis, Joan Walley and Mr Phil Woolas.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Roger Gale Chairman; and Page 671 Wednesday 22nd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Peter Atkinson, Mr Hugh Bayley, Mr Peter Bradley, Mr Richard Burden, Mr Paul Burstow, Mr Martin Caton, Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Kevin Hughes, Ms Fiona Jones, Mrs Jacqui Lait, Mr Edward Leigh, Mr John Maples, Mr Jim Murphy and Steve Webb.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Regulations to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Bill O'Brien Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Robert Ainsworth, Mr Kevin Barron, Mr Tom Brake, Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Don Foster, Mr Peter Kilfoyle, Mr Terry Lewis, Mr Chris Mullin, Mr Ian Pearson, Mr Terry Rooney, Mr Brian Sedgemore, Mr Peter Temple-Morris, Mr Nigel Waterson, Sir Raymond Whitney and Mr John Wilkinson.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Reports to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, and has appointed Mr Bill Olner Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated sixteen Members to serve on the Committee, viz.: Mr Richard Allan, Mr Clive Betts, Christine Butler, Mr Roger Casale, Tom Cox, Valerie Davey, Mr Geraint Davies, Mr Neil Gerrard, Mr Gerald Howarth, Mrs Theresa May, Estelle Morris, Mr John Randall, Rachel Squire, Dr Desmond Turner, Mr Andrew Tyrie and Mr Phil Willis. Grand Committees
European Standing Committees
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(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee [Forestry Commission; Implementation of IACS in the European Union; Organic Farming] [Mr David Curry].
(2) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Development on or affecting the flood plain]; to be printed [No. 967-i]; (3) Memorandum laid before the Committee [Delivering Sustainable Waste Management]; and Page 672 Wednesday 22nd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top (4) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Transport Sub-Committee of the Committee [Rail Investment: Renewal: Maintenance and Development of the National Rail Network]; to be printed [No. 671-iv] [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody]; and (5) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environment Sub-Committee of the Committee [Delivering Sustainable Waste Management]; to be printed [No. 903-vi] [Mr Andrew F. Bennett].
(2) Memorandum [Government Response to the Seventeenth Report from the Committee, on the 2000 Inter-Governmental Conference] [Mr Jimmy Hood].
(2) Forty-seventh Report from the Committee [The National Health Service: Valedictory Hearing: Sir Alan Langlands], together with Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 624]; and (3) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee [Managing Costs in English Further Education Colleges]; to be printed [No. 999-i] [Mr David Davis].
[No. 164; WH, No. 101.] Wednesday 22nd November 2000. The House sitting in Westminster Hall [pursuant to Order of 24th May 1999]. The sitting commenced at half-past Nine o'clock.
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 1.59 p.m. Page 673 Wednesday 22nd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top [No. 165.] Thursday 23rd November 2000. The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock. PRAYERS.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 2000 Trustee Act 2000 Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000.
The Motion was, with the leave of the House, withdrawn.
And the Motion having been made at Seven o'clock, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker suspended the sitting until a Message was received from the Lords, pursuant to the Standing Order and Order [yesterday]. Friday 24th November 2000
The Lords have agreed to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
[Adjourned at 12.27 a.m. Page 674 Thursday 23rd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
(2) draft Millennium Commission (Substitution of a Later Date) Order 2000 [by Act] [Mr Secretary Smith]. Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Page 675 Thursday 23rd November 2000 1999-2000 Volume 256 Back to top [No. 165; WH, No. 102.] Thursday 23rd November 2000. The House sitting in Westminster Hall [pursuant to Order of 24th May 1999]. The sitting commenced at half-past Two o'clock.
And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 28th November. [Adjourned at 5.29 p.m. [No. 166.] Friday 24th November 2000. The House met at half-past Nine o'clock. PRAYERS.
The Motion was, with the leave of the House, withdrawn.
And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till twenty-four minutes past Two o'clock, adjourned till Monday 27th November. [Adjourned at 2.24 p.m. APPENDIX Standing Committees
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