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Index to Commons Journal 260 Part II
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Access to Literature (Visually-Impaired Children) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 501. ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS I. Addresses for Papers: Addresses for Papers; and Papers presented accordingly: —Report on child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, &c., 390, 394. II. Orders for Papers: Other Papers ordered; and presented or laid upon the Table accordingly: III. Papers Presented Under other Authorities: Presented by Her Majesty's Command, 6, &c. —subject to Affirmative Resolution, 26. —during Adjournment or Prorogation, 4, &c. —on non-sitting Friday, 25, &c. Presented pursuant to Act, 5, &c. —during Adjournment or Prorogation, 5, &c. —on non-sitting Friday, 10, &c. —subject to Affirmative Resolution, 95, &c. —with an Explanatory Memorandum by Command, 8, &c. —Explanatory Memoranda laid on later days, 364. —subject to Negative Resolution, 5, &c. —with an Explanatory Memorandum by Command, 309, &c. Presented pursuant to Statutory Instrument, 5, &c. Presented pursuant to Measure, 14, &c. Presented pursuant to Standing Orders: —relating to Public Business: —(Notification in respect of certain statutory instruments), 79, &c. —(Printing of petitions and ministerial replies), 6, &c. —(Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards), 427. —relating to Private Business: Laid upon the Table, pursuant to Resolutions relating to Members' Interests (Declaration), 149. IV. Papers Presented or Laid by Various Persons: Presented by: —Ministers of the Crown, 4, &c. Laid upon the Table by: —the Speaker, 6, &c. [see Speaker, III]. —the Clerk of the House, 5, &c. V. Miscellaneous: Papers ordered to be printed, 5, &c. Papers withdrawn, 18, &c. —having been laid in last Session, 11. ADDRESSES I. Of Thanks (Queen's Speech): Motion made; Debate ordered to be adjourned, 4. Resumed; Debate stood adjourned (at Six o'clock), 7. Resumed; Debate ordered to be adjourned, 10, 13. Resumed; Amendment negatived on Division; Debate stood adjourned (after Seven o'clock), 16. Resumed; Another Amendment negatived on Division; Another Amendment negatived on Division, Question having been put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Calling of amendments at end of debate); Main Question agreed to, 22. Queen's Answer, 48. II. Relating to Statutory Instruments: III. For Returns: [For Returns presented by Order, see Accounts and Papers, II.] Report on child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, &c., 390. Return presented, 394. Report of inquiry into disturbance and fire at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre, 614. Return presented, 620. Report of investigation into disturbance at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, 614. Return presented, 620. IV. Miscellaneous: Addresses to be presented by Privy Counsellors or Members of Her Majesty's Household, 22, &c. Questions for presenting Addresses: —agreed to, 22, &c. —After Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Calling of amendments at end of debate), 22. Queen's Answers to Addresses, by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 48(2), 292. ADJOURNMENT DEBATES ON SPECIFIED SUBJECTS [For Debates in Westminster Hall, see House, VI. For other proceedings regarding Adjournment Motions, see House, II, III.] Armed Forces Personnel, 330. Attendance and behaviour in schools, 87. Defence in the world, 562. Defence policy, 241. Defence procurement, 595. Disability, 371. Equitable Life Inquiry, 237. European Constitution, 507. Fisheries, 28. Future of Air Transport White Paper, 366. Genetically modified crops, 309. HIV/AIDS in the developing world, 526. Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2003–04, 439. Iraq, 471. London schools, 410. Lord Hutton's Report, 117. National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity, 559. Public Expenditure, 455. School Sport, 547. Thames Gateway, 612. Veterans' Affairs, 368. Welsh Affairs, 155. Women, Equality and Human Rights, 175. Zimbabwe, 420. Age-Related Payments Bill: Presented (pursuant to Standing Order (Procedure upon bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the public revenue)) and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 279. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 325. D, 344. Resolution reported, 352. Reported, without Amendment, 352. Not amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 366. Speaker's Certificate, 371. Agreed to by the Lords, 420. (Cited as Age-Related Payments Act 2004) Royal Assent, 439. Money Resolution, 325. Air Traffic Emissions Reduction Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 245. Alcohol-Related Anti-Social Behaviour and Domestic Violence Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 605. AMENDMENTS TO QUESTIONS [For Amendments to Bills, see Bills, Private and Bills, Public. See also Resolutions and Addresses.] I. Amendments made: Government Motions: —Members' Allowances, 590. —New Financial Perspective and EU Regional Policy, 377. —Suggested Amendment to a Bill under the Parliament Acts, 521. Opposition days: —To Motions for Resolutions, 64, &c. [See Opposition]. II. Amendments negatived: Address of Thanks (Queen's Speech), 17, &c. Bills, Public: —Procedure Motion (two Amendments), 520. Government Motions: —Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security, 151. —EU Document, 546. —Members' Allowances, 590. —Nomination of Select Committees, 363. —Programming of Bills, 569. —Security Screen, 280. III. Miscellaneous: Question on Amendment put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order (Calling of amendments at end of debate), 22. Question, That proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Questions on amendments), 64, &c. Questions put forthwith or at specified hours, pursuant to Orders: Animals: Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 2780), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 17. Allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 35. Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (England) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 100), allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 153. Reported, 182. Approved, 232. Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 828), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 247. Allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 258. Reported, 336. Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1397), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 404. Allocated to the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 439. Anti-social Behaviour Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 410. Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security: Resolution (Amendment proposed, but not made), 151. Architects: Architects (Professional Conduct Committee) Amendment Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 655), referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, 340. Allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 358. Reported, 379. Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 21. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 94. B, 108. Reported, with Amendments, 155. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 312. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 519. Lords Amendments considered; some disagreed to and some agreed to, 559. Reasons Committee appointed, 559; reported, 560. Lords do not insist on Amendments disagreed to, but propose an Amendment in lieu of one of them, 585. Lords Amendment in lieu considered and disagreed to, 611. Reasons Committee appointed, 611; reported, 611. Lords do not insist, 623. (Cited as Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 631. Money Resolution, 95. Arms Trade Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 307. Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 7. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 49. B, 51. Reported, with Amendments, 101. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 159. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 432. Lords Amendments considered; some amended and agreed to, one with Special Entry; others disagreed to, some with Amendments in lieu; others agreed to, some with Special Entry, 443. Lords agree to Commons Amendments with consequential Amendments to some Lords Amendments, and to Amendments in lieu, 454. Lords consequential Amendments considered and agreed to, one with Special Entry, 472. (Cited as Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances: Draft Uranium Enrichment Technology (Prohibition on Disclosure) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 435. Reported, 443. Approved, 451. Balance Charitable Foundation for Unclaimed Assets (Allocation) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 312. Order for Second Reading discharged; Bill withdrawn, 536.Banks and Banking: Draft Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 258. Reported, 287. Approved, 305. BILLS, PRIVATE I. Private Bills Proceeded Upon, &c.:
II. Suspended and Revived Bills (at Beginning of Session): Suspended Commons Bills: —Orders of previous Session read, 21. —read the first, second and third times and passed, 21. Revived Lords Bills: —Motion as to revival of a bill: Objection taken; debate adjourned, 61, 77, 88, 104, 117; Motion agreed to, 151. —Lords communicate Orders they have made, 168. —Brought from the Lords, 175. —certificates of declaration laid, 177. —Orders read, 177. —read the first and second time and committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means, 177. III. Presentation of Petitions and First Readings: Report of lists of Bills to originate in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, 53. Commons Bills read the first time, 94(2). Revived Lords Bill read the first time, 177. IV. Second Readings and Committal: Lords Bills (revived from previous Session) committed to Chairman of Ways and Means, 177. V. Reports from the Examiners: Petitions for Bills: —Standing Orders complied with, 53. Bills originating in the Lords and referred after First Reading: VI. Reports from Committees: Bills reported by Chairman of Ways and Means with Amendments, 179. Bills reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills: Preamble: VII. Consideration: Bills considered: —as amended by the Chairman of Ways and Means, 202. Amendments made, 202. VIII. Third Reading: Bills read the third time and passed: —Lords Bills: —with Amendments, 217. IX. Lords Amendments: Lords agree to a Commons Bill: X. Lords Bills: —revived Bill, 175. Lords Bills passed: —with Amendments, 217. Lords agree to some Commons Amendments and disagree to another, with Reasons, 254. —Commons do not insist, 279. BILLS, PUBLIC I. Public Bills Introduced, &c. 1. Government Bills which received Royal Assent:
2. Government Bills which did not receive Royal Assent:
3. Private Members' Bills which received Royal Assent:
4. Private Members' Bills which did not receive Royal Assent:
5. Motions for leave to bring in Bills negatived: House of Lords (Reform), 368. Prime Minister (Direct Election), 319. St George's Day (Public Holiday), 573. School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination), 151. II. Introductions and First Readings: Outlawries Bill read the first time, 2. Bills presented and read the first time: —Government Bills, 6, &c. —Private Members' Bills, 61, &c. Bills ordered to be brought in upon: —Ways and Means and Procedure Resolutions, 232. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed: —on presentation, 6, &c. —on a subsequent day, 104, &c. Private Members' Bills ordered, presented and read the first time, 89, &c. Motions for leave to bring in Bills, Question put pursuant to Standing Order (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business): III. Second Readings and Committal: Days appointed for Second Readings, —no Order having been made on a previous day, 388, &c. —business having stood over on a previous day, 254. Orders for Second Readings read: Bills ordered to be read a second time on future days (Private Members' Bills), 158, &c. Order for Second Reading this day read and discharged, 244. —and Bill withdrawn, 536(3), 546. —Bills ordered to be read a second time on other future days, 142, &c. Bills read a second time, 59, &c. —on Division, 40, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Consolidation Bills), 448. —after Reasoned Amendment negatived, 48, &c. Order for Second Reading read: Queen's Consent signified; Objection taken to further proceedings; Bill ordered to be read a second time on future day, 110(2). Motion for Second Reading; Motion made to sit in private; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stands over, 244, 282. Motion for Second Reading; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stands over, 348. Motion for Second Reading; debate stood adjourned at half-past Two on a Friday, 177. —Debate ordered to be resumed on a future day, 109, &c. Debate on Second Reading resumed; again adjourned at half-past Two on a Friday, 244. Order for resuming adjourned Debate on Second Reading read; Debate to be resumed on future day, 177, &c. Order for resuming adjourned Debate on Second Reading on a future day read and discharged; Debate to be resumed on another future day, 279. Motion for Second Reading; Motion and Bill withdrawn, 197. Bills stand committed to a Standing Committee (Private Members' Bills), 109, &c. —Government Bill, 489. Bills committed to a Standing Committee (by Programme Order): 40, &c. Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House (by Programme Order), 125. Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House in respect of certain Clauses and Schedules, 271 (Remainder of Bill committed to a Standing Committee). Bill not committed, pursuant to Standing Order (Consolidation bills), 449. Bill treated as having been reported from a Committee of the whole House without Amendment, pursuant to Procedure Order, 521. IV. Committees of the whole House: [For list of Bills considered in Committee of the whole House, see Committee of the whole House.] House resolves itself into Committees on Bills: —again, according to Order, 292. Bill to be considered in particular order, 288. Amendments made, 293. Question proposed, That Amendment be made: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 288, &c. Question put, That Amendment be made; and negatived, —on Division, 288, &c. Clause agreed to, 288, &c. Clause, as amended, agreed to, 293. Schedule agreed to, 288, &c. Chairman to report progress and ask leave to sit again, 289. Bill to be reported: —Specified Clauses and Schedules, as amended, 294. Chairman leaves chair to report Bill (pursuant to Programme Order): —without Amendment, 304. Chairman, pursuant to Order, at specified hour, —puts Questions which he was directed to put at that hour: —That several Schedules stand part of the Bill, 304. V. Reports from Committees: Bills reported from Committees of the whole House: —without Amendment, 304. Progress reported on specified Clauses and Schedules of Bill in Committee of the whole House, 289. Specified Clauses and Schedules of a Bill reported from Committee of the whole House: —with Amendments, 294. Bills reported from Standing Committees: —without Amendment, 73, &c. —with Amendments, 101, &c. —and an amended Title, 147, &c. —with an Amendment, 202, &c. —so far as amended, 614. Bills, except specified Clauses, reported from Standing Committees: —with Amendments, 403. VI. Consideration on Report Days appointed for consideration of Bills: —not amended in the Standing Committee, 73, &c. —as amended in the Standing Committee, 101, &c. —as amended in the Committee and the Standing Committee, 403. Order for consideration, not amended in the Standing Committee, read; Bill to be considered on a future day, 386. —further considered, 28. Bill, not amended in the Standing Committee, considered, 105, &c. Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, considered, 111, &c. —further considered, 342. —as amended in Committee and as amended in the Standing Committee, 429. —further considered, 432. —again further considered (after announcements of deferred Divisions), 433. Bill to be considered in particular order, 429. New Clauses brought up, and read the first time, 24, &c. New Clause brought up, and read the first and second time, 342. New Clauses brought up, read the first and second time and added to the Bill, 25, &c. Question proposed, That new Clause be read a second time; Clause, by leave, withdrawn, 25, &c. Question proposed, That new Clause be read a second time; Debate stood adjourned (at half-past Two o'clock), 464. Order for resuming Debate discharged; Bill withdrawn, 546. Question put, That new Clause be read a second time; —on Division, 28, &c. —and agreed to, 320. —on Division, 24, &c. Amendment proposed to new Clause: Question put and negatived on Division, 342. Clause added to the Bill, 24, &c. Amendments made to the Bill, 111, &c. Amendments proposed to the Bill, 45, &c. Question proposed, That Amendment be made: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 111, &c. Question put, That the Amendment be made: —and agreed to, 160. —and negatived, 320, &c. —on Division, 45, &c. Amendment to the Bill amended and made, 449. Order for consideration read; Deputy Speaker interrupts business; Bill to be further considered on a future day, 386. Further consideration stood adjourned: Bill to be further considered on a future day, 340. Debate stood adjourned on an Amendment; Debate to be resumed on a future day, 343. —Debate resumed, 346. Questions put at specified hours, pursuant to Programme Orders: —Questions already proposed from Chair: —That new Clause be read a second time, 199, &c. —That Amendment be made, 159, &c. —other Questions required to be put at those hours, —Amendments moved by a Minister, 28, &c. —on Division, 575. —and an Amendment to an Amendment, 450. —That several new Clauses moved by a Minister be added, 161, &c. —Amendment selected for separate Division, 160, &c. —Amendment to a new Clause, 342. —New Clause selected for separate Division, 161, &c. VII. Third Readings: Bills read the third time and passed, 28, &c. —on Division, 45, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Consolidation Bills), 449. —Question put at specified hour, 161, &c. —on Division, 247, &c. VIII. Lords Bills: Bills brought from the Lords, —and read the first time on the same day, 133, &c. —and read the first time on a later day, 241, &c. —Bill printed pursuant to Standing Order (Bills brought from the Lords), 262. Lords Bills passed, —with an Amendment, 467. —with Amendments, 283, &c. —without Amendment, 449. IX. Lords Amendments: 1. Commons Bills Bills agreed to by the Lords —without Amendment, 45, &c. —with Amendments, 159, &c. Message from the Lords requesting that the Bill be returned because a Lords Amendment is incorrect; Bill returned accordingly; Lords return Bill corrected, 513. Days appointed for consideration of Lords Amendments, 159, &c. —Lords Amendments printed under Standing Order (Lords Amendments), 595. Lords Amendments considered according to Order, 179, &c. Lords Amendments agreed to, 179, &c. —the Commons being willing to waive their privileges, 329. —in respect of a specified Amendment, 444, &c. —in respect of specified Amendments, 459, &c. —Title amended accordingly, 550. Lords Amendments amended and agreed to, 397, &c. —the Commons being willing to waive their privileges, 444, &c. Lords Amendment amended (on Division) and agreed to, 179. Amendment to Lords Amendment —negatived on Division, 329, &c. Lords Amendments disagreed to, 179, &c. Amendments made in lieu of Lords Amendments disagreed to, 263, &c. Amendments in lieu negatived on Division, 618. Amendments made to words restored to the Bill by disagreement to a Lords Amendment, 459. Lords Amendment in lieu disagreed to, 611. Lords disagree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment and insist on Lords Amendment, 202. Commons do not insist on their Amendment to a Lords Amendment, but make Amendment in lieu, insist on their disagreement to the Lords Amendment, and make an Amendment in lieu thereof, 204. Lords agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment, with an Amendment, and do not insist on their remaining Lords Amendment, 211. Lords agree to Commons Amendments with consequential Amendments to some Lords Amendments, and to Amendments in lieu, 454. —Consequential Amendments agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of one of them, 472. Lords do not insist on Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 631. —on their remaining Amendment, 623. —and agree to the Amendment in lieu of one of them, but propose further Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the other, 318. —and agree to Amendments in lieu and to Amendments to Lords Amendments, 420. —and agree to Amendments in lieu with an Amendment, but propose Amendments in lieu of their Amendments to which the Lords have disagreed, 614. —and agree to Amendments to words restored to Bill, 471. —but propose an Amendment in lieu of one of them, 585. Lords Amendments in lieu and Lords Amendment to Commons Amendment in lieu agreed to, 623. Lords do not insist but propose another Amendment (to the Commons Amendment) in lieu, 241. Lords insist on their Amendment to a Commons Amendment, 250. Commons insist on their disagreement but propose Amendment in lieu, 252. —Amendment made in lieu of one of the Amendments disagreed to, and Amendment in lieu agreed to, 298. Lords do not insist on their disagreement and agree to Amendment in lieu, 259. Lords insist on some of their Amendments, do not insist on another, but propose an Amendment in lieu; do not insist on the remaining Amendments and agree to Amendments in lieu, 283. Lords Amendments in lieu agreed to, 326. Lords agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment; do not insist on their Amendments disagreed to by the Commons and agree to the Amendments in lieu, and propose an Amendment in lieu of one of their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 624. —Lords Amendment in lieu disagreed to, 624. Lords insist on some of their Amendments, and do not insist on others, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them; and have considered and disagreed to the Amendment suggested by the Commons, 624. Motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendments and disagree to Lords Amendment in lieu, with an Amendment in lieu, negatived (after Amendment negatived); similar Motion but with a different Amendment in lieu agreed to, 629–30. Lords insist on their Amendments and disagree to Amendment in lieu, 631. Lords agree to Amendment in lieu, and do not insist on their Amendments, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them, 627. —Lords Amendments in lieu disagreed to, 630. Questions put at specified hours, pursuant to Programme Orders: —Questions already proposed from the Chair: —That Lords Amendment be agreed to, 444, &c. —That Lords Amendment be disagreed to, 180, &c. —That the House does not insist on its Amendment to a Lords Amendment, 204. —That the House insists on its disagreement but proposes an Amendment in lieu, 252. —Other Questions to be disposed of at that hour: —To disagree with several Amendments en bloc (pursuant to Procedure Motion), 617. —That Lords Amendment be agreed to (an Amendment to it having been disposed of), 329. —Amendments to Lords Amendments (and on those Lords Amendments), 397, &c. —To agree with several Lords Amendments, 444. —To agree with all remaining Lords Amendments, 180, &c. —Amendments in lieu, 204, &c. —To insist on its disagreement to a Lords Amendment but propose Amendment in lieu, 204. 2. Lords Bills Commons Amendments agreed to by the Lords, 297, &c. —A single Amendment, 471. Lords disagree to a Commons Amendment to a Bill, with Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill, and agree to the remaining Amendments, with an Amendment to one of them, 458. —Commons Amendment not insisted on; Lords Amendments agreed to, 472. 3. Miscellaneous: Committee appointed to draw up reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of their Amendments to Bills, 180, &c. [See Committees, Select, III.] —Reasons reported from Committee and agreed to, 180, &c. X. Queen's and Prince of Wales's Consent: Queen's Consent signified: —on Second Reading: 110(2). —on consideration of Lords Amendments, 615. Prince of Wales's Consent signified: XI. Bills presented under Standing Order (Procedure upon bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the public revenue): Child Trust Funds, 6. Age-Related Payments, 279. XII. Bills certified as relating exclusively to Scotland: Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill, 23. XIII. Money Bills: Bills endorsed with the Speaker's Certificate as Money Bills under the Parliament Act 1911: —Age-Related Payments, 371. —Consolidated Fund, 44. —Consolidated Fund (No. 2), 201. —Consolidated Fund (Appropriation), 409. XIV. Bills passed through several stages in one day: Bill considered in Committee of the whole House; reported, without Amendment; read the third time and passed, 304. As (or not) amended in Standing Committee, considered; read the third time and passed, 105, &c. As amended in Committee and as amended in Standing Committee, considered; read the third time and passed, 432. XV. Proceedings on Bills under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949: Hunting Bill: Suggested Amendment amended and agreed to, 521; to be communicated to Lords, 522. Speaker's Certificate, that the Bill, as compared with the Bill sent up to the House of Lords in the last Session, contains only such alterations as are necessary owing to the time which has elapsed, 536. Suggested Amendment disagreed to by Lords, 624. Speaker's Certificate, that the provisions of the Acts have been duly complied with, 631. Royal Assent, 631. XVI. Allocation of Time and Programme Orders: Temporary Standing Orders relating to Programming of Bills made permanent, some with Amendments, after Amendments negatived, 569. Programme Orders: European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) (supplementing Order of previous Session), 179. Gambling, 582. Gender Recognition, 142. Justice (Northern Ireland), 189. National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments, 59. School Transport, 579. Procedure Motions: Hunting, 519 (absence of Committee stage; provision for suggested Amendments, Third Reading) (after Amendments proposed, but not made). Supplemental Orders, 616, 629. Scope of Orders: Committee (amendments to previous provisions), 46. Committee, Consideration, Third Reading, 40, &c. Lords Amendments, 179, &c. Committal provisions: Bill committed to: —Standing Committee, 40, &c. —Committee of whole House, 125. Date by which Standing Committee to report changed, 46, &c. Leave for Standing Committee to sit twice on first day, 41, &c. Committee of the whole House: Committee stage to be completed: —One hour before moment of interruption on day on which considered (and Third Reading at the moment of interruption), 125. Sessional Order B (Programming Committee) disapplied, —for Committee of whole House, Consideration and Third Reading, 295 (amending previous order disapplying for Third Reading only). —for Third Reading only, 125. Consideration and Third Reading Amendments to previous provisions for consideration and Third Reading; to be completed —at specified times on three days, 337. —at specified times on two days, 24. —at specified times on one day, 159, &c. Consideration and Third Reading to be completed: —at one hour before, and at, moment of interruption on day on which considered, 41, &c. Sessional Order B (Programming Committee) disapplied, 41, &c. Lords Amendments Consideration of Lords Amendments to be completed within: —three hours, 179. —three hours after commencement of proceedings on a Motion, 617. —four hours, with intermediate deadlines, 615. —four hours or Ten o'clock, with intermediate deadlines, 598. —Seven o'clock, 606. Lords Amendments to be considered in particular order, 262, &c. XVII. Miscellaneous: Bills withdrawn: —after Motion for Second Reading withdrawn, 197. —after Order for Second Reading discharged, 536(3), 546. —after Order for resuming adjourned debate on new Clause (proposed on consideration) discharged, 546. —as part of a Programme Order, 41, &c. More than one stage of a Bill may be taken on one day, 428. Bills carried over to following Session: —Mental Capacity, 530. —School Transport, 579. Temporary Standing Order relating to carry-over of Bills made permanent with effect from beginning of next Session, with Amendments, 571. Braille Identity Cards Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 614. Broadcasting: Draft Media Ownership (Local Radio and Appointed News Provider) Order 2003, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 35. Approved, 41. Amendment to an Agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 33 (pursuant to Order, 28). Reported, 40. Approved, 46. Draft Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 358. Reported, 362. Approved, 374. Draft Community Radio Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 448. Approved, 461. Buses (Concessionary Fares) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 428. Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading withdrawn and Bill withdrawn, 197.Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 61. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 124. C, 131. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 188. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 331. Agreed to by the Lords, 466. (Cited as Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Money Resolution, 175. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Chairman proceeds at specified hour to put Questions pursuant to Programme Orders, [see Bills, Public, IV] CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS [References to the Chairman of Ways and Means include the First and Second Deputy Chairmen.] Chairman takes Chair as Deputy Speaker, the Speaker having leave of absence on a Friday, 109, &c. Chairman reports: —that he has gone through a Lords Private Bill, revived in the current Session, and made Amendments thereunto, 179. —Bill, as amended, from Unopposed Bill Committee, 324, &c. —List of Private Bills to originate in the House of Lords and House of Commons, 53. —that powers sought would be more properly obtained by the promotion of a Private Bill than by the promotion of a Private Bill and a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, 610. CHAIRMEN'S PANEL Members nominated by the Speaker to be the Chairmen's Panel during the Session: —Twenty-eight Members, 9. Two Members appointed whom the Speaker is to consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill, 16. Charities: Draft Charities (Alexandra Park and Palace) Order 2003, referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, 60. Allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 66. Reported, 77. Child Trust Funds Bill: Presented (under Standing Order (Procedure upon bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the public revenue)) and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 6. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 40. A, 51. Reported, without Amendment, 86. Not amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 114. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 304. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to, one with Special Entry, 329. (Cited as Child Trust Funds Act 2004) Royal Assent, 330. Children and Young Persons: Draft Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 593. Reported, 598. Approved, 603. Children Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 466. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 510. B, 524. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 562. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 586. To which the Lords agree, 608. (Cited as Children Act 2004) Royal Assent, 611. Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, 505. Money Resolution, 510. Children's Food Bill: Presented and read the first time, 337. Christmas Day (Trading) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 159. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 244. C, 257. Transferred to D, 290. Reported, without Amendment, 324. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 386. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 529. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to (Title amended accordingly), 550. (Cited as Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 579. Money Resolution, 309. Cinemas (Rural Areas) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 396. Civil Aviation: Draft Transport Act 2000 (Consequential Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 400. Reported, 407. Approved, 415. Draft Stansted Airport Aircraft Movement Limit (Revocation) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 400. Reported, 410. Approved, 433 (Motion made and Question put, 425). Civil Contingencies Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 61. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 84. F, 92. Reported, with Amendments, 129. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 350. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 614. Lords Amendments considered; some agreed to, others disagreed to, some with Amendments in lieu, 622. Reasons Committee appointed, 623; reported, 623. Lords agree to Amendment in lieu, and do not insist on their Amendments, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them, 627. Lords Amendments in lieu considered and disagreed to, 630. Reasons Committee appointed, 630; reported, 631. Lords do not insist, 631. (Cited as Civil Contingencies Act 2004) Royal Assent, 631. Money Resolution, 84. Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 423. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 537. D, 543. Reported, with Amendments, 568. As amended, considered; Queen's Consent signified; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 602. To which the Lords agree, 624. (Cited as Civil Partnership Act 2004) Royal Assent, 631. Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, 437. Money Resolution, 537. Civil Service Bill: Presented and read the first time, 70. Order for Second Reading read; Queen's Consent signified; objection taken to further proceeding, 110. Civil Service (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 346. CLERKS OF THE HOUSE I. Clerk of the House of Commons: Lays Papers on the Table, 5, &c. II. Other Clerks: Clerk in the Private Bill Office certifies that in respect of suspended or revived Lords Private Bills Agents have deposited Declarations, 177. CLOSURE OF DEBATE I. Closure Claimed and Question Put: In House: Adjournment: —Negatived, on Division, 471. Opposition Days: —On Question, That original words stand part of the Question: agreed to, 64, &c. [See Opposition]. Government Motions: —On Amendment to Motion relating to Security Screen: agreed to, on Division, 280. —On Motion relating to Visitor Facilities: agreed to, on Division, 322. —On Amendment to Procedure Motion relating to a Bill: agreed to, on Division, 520. II. Assent of Chair withheld: In House: Government Motions: —On referral of Special Report to Committee on Standards and Privileges, 80. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Government Bills:
† With Amendments. COMMITTEES, JOINT I. Appointed under Standing Orders Relating to Public Business: 1. Consolidation, &c., Bills: Lords communicate that they have appointed a Committee, and proposing date of meeting 142. Commons agree to date of meeting, 147. Report on: —Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords], 159. 2. Human Rights: Lords communicate that they have appointed a Committee, 12. Reports: First [Deaths in Custody: Interim Report], 44. Second [Government's Response to Ninth Report, 2002–03, on the Case for a Children's Commissioner for England], 44. Third [Scrutiny of Bills: Progress Report], 86. Fourth [Scrutiny of Bills: Second Progress Report], 113. Fifth [Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill], 113. Sixth [Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001: Statutory Review and Continuance of Part IV], 146. Seventh [The Meaning of Public Authority under the Human Rights Act 1998], 146. Eighth [Scrutiny of Bills: Third Progress Report], 182. Ninth [Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004], 216. Tenth [Scrutiny of Bills: Fourth Progress Report], 249. Eleventh [Commission for Equality and Human Rights: Structure, Function and Powers], 273. Twelfth [Scrutiny of Bills: Fifth Progress Report], 328. Thirteenth [Scrutiny of Bills: Sixth Progress Report], 359. Fourteenth [Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill: New Clauses], 419. Fifteenth [The Civil Partnership Bill], 437. Sixteenth [Commission on Equality and Human Rights: The Government's White Paper], 483. Seventeenth [Scrutiny of Bills: Seventh Progress Report], 483. Eighteenth [Review of Counter-terrorism Powers], 483. Nineteenth [Children Bill], 505. Twentieth [Scrutiny of Bills: Eighth Progress Report], 561. Twenty-first [The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights], 561. Twenty-second [The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004], 578. Twenty-third [Scrutiny of Bills: Final Progress Report], 626. Minutes of Evidence reported, 27, &c. Memorandum laid, 551. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. 3. Statutory Instruments: Reports from the Joint Committee: First, 15. Second, 30. Third, 47. Fourth, 76. Fifth, 88. Sixth, 104. Seventh, 116. Eighth, 132. Ninth, 150. Tenth, 167. Eleventh, 187. Twelfth, 206. Thirteenth, 235. Fourteenth, 253. Fifteenth, 273. Sixteenth, 291. Seventeenth, 306. Eighteenth, 323. Nineteenth, 341. Twentieth, 354. Twenty-first, 378. Twenty-second, 395. Twenty-third, 412. Twenty-fourth, 431. Twenty-fifth, 453. Twenty-sixth, 476. Twenty-seventh, 500. Twenty-eighth, 518. Twenty-ninth, 540. Thirtieth, 557. Thirty-first, 572. Thirty-second, 588. Thirty-third, 605. Thirty-fourth, 620. First Special Report, 620. Reports from the Select Committee: Minutes of Proceedings to be printed: —Joint Committee, 629. —Select Committee, 629. 4. Tax Law Rewrite: Lords communicate that they have appointed a Committee, 31. II. Other Committees: Draft Gambling Bill: Lords appoint Committee, 10. Commons concur and appoint Committee (eight Members), and propose day and time of meeting, 17. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 47, &c. Report, 243. Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos): Lords communicate that it is expedient to appoint Committee, and have appointed a Committee, 379. Commons concur, appoint Committee (eight Members), and propose day and time of meeting, 389. Chairman chosen, 401. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 422, &c. Report, 463. Draft Disability Discrimination Bill: Lords communicate that it is expedient to appoint Committee, 48. Commons concur and appoint Committee (six Members), 81. Lords appoint Committee, 89. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 137, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 137, &c. Report, 291. Draft Charities Bill: Lords communicate that it is expedient to appoint Committee, 262. Commons concur and appoint Committee (six Members), 299. Lords appoint Committee, 315. Chairman chosen, 328. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 370, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 370, &c. Report, 524. Draft Mental Health Bill: Lords communicate that it is expedient to appoint Committee, 458. Commons concur and appoint Committee (twelve Members), 472. Lords appoint Committee, and propose day and time of meeting, 485. Memoranda to be printed, 544, &c. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 561, &c. COMMITTEES, SELECT [For Reports specified as the subjects of debates, see Adjournment Debates on Specified Subjects; House, VI.] I. Appointed under Standing Orders relating to Public Business: 1. Domestic Committees: Accommodation and Works: Reports: First (with Administration Committee) [Visitor Facilities: Access to Parliament], 120. Motion to approve; Debate stood adjourned, 280. Debate resumed, 321; Question agreed to, 325 (Question put, 322). Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. Administration: Reports: First (with Accommodation and Works Committee) [Visitor Facilities: Access to Parliament], 120. Motion to approve; Debate stood adjourned, 280. Debate resumed, 321; Question agreed to, 325 (Question put, 322). Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. Catering: Member discharged; another added, 99. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. Information: Chairman chosen, 73. Member discharged; another added, 25. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. 2. Select Committees related to Government Departments: Constitutional Affairs: Member discharged; another added, 57. Reports: First [Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court (court of final appeal)], 116. Second [Asylum and Immigration appeals], 150. Third [Work of the Committee 2003], 167. Fourth [Civil Legal Aid: adequacy of provision], 431. Fifth [Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill], 476. Special Reports: First [Protection of a witness—privilege], 75. Referred to Committee on Standards and Privileges, 80. Second [Government Response to Fourth Report 2002–03, on Immigration and Asylum: the Government's proposed changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum work], 109. Third [Further Government Response to Second Report], 431. Fourth [Additional Government Response to Second Report], 549. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 9, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 150, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Culture, Media and Sport: Reports: First [Cultural objects: developments since 2000], 15. Second [DCMS Annual Report and Work of the Department], 132. Third [Broadcasting in Transition], 150. Fourth [Work of the Committee in 2003], 186. Fifth [National Lottery Reform], 186. Sixth [Arts Development: Dance], 394. Seventh [Drugs and role models in sport: making and setting examples], 447. Special Reports: First [Press Complaints Commission's Response to the Committee's Fifth Report, Session 2002–03, on Privacy and Media Intrusion], 76. Second [Replies to Third Report], 323. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Defence: Member discharged; another added, 583. Reports: First [Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation], 34. Second [Annual Report for 2003], 106. Third [Lessons of Iraq], 173. Fourth [Strategic Export Controls] (with Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees), 310. Fifth [The Defence White Paper 2003], 401. Sixth [Defence Procurement], 457. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Third Report], 358. Second [Government Response to Fifth Report], 524. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 20, &c. —Part of, 47. Memoranda laid, 34. —to be printed, 544. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Education and Skills: Member discharged; another added, 25. Reports: First [Public Expenditure: Schools' Funding], 34. Second [The Work of the Committee in 2003], 128. Third [The Draft School Transport Bill], 409. Fourth [Secondary Education: School Admissions], 457. Fifth [Secondary Education: Teacher Retention and Recruitment], 517. Sixth [The Work of OFSTED], 524. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Seventh Report, 2002–03, on Secondary Education: Pupil Achievement], 52. Second [Government Response to First Report], 146. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 12, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Member discharged; another added, 42. Reports: First [Water Pricing], 34. Second [Annual Report of the Committee 2003], 79. Third [Caught in the net: by-catch of dolphins and porpoises off the UK coast], 93. Fourth [End of Life Vehicles and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directives], 137. Fifth [The Food Standards Agency and Shellfish], 137. Sixth [The Marine Environment], 192. Seventh [Implementation of CAP Reform in the UK], 296. Eighth [Gangmasters: follow-up], 327. Ninth [Milk Pricing], 359. Tenth [Marine Environment: Government Response], 382. Eleventh [GM Planting Regime], 418. Twelfth [Reform of the Sugar Regime], 418. Thirteenth [Bovine TB], 418. Fourteenth [Sites of Special Scientific Interest: conserving the jewels of England's natural heritage], 418. Fifteenth [The Departmental Annual Report 2004], 505. Sixteenth [Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding], 505. Seventeenth [Agriculture and EU Enlargement], 544. Eighteenth [Dismantling of Defunct Ships], 594. Nineteenth [Water Pricing: follow-up], 626. Special Reports: First [Government's Reply to Fourteenth Report, Session 2002–03, on Gangmasters], 34. Second [Government's Reply to Fifteenth Report, Session 2002–03, on New Covent Garden Market: A Follow-up], 34. Third [Government's Reply to Seventeenth Report, Session 2002–03, on Biofuels], 93. Fourth [Government's Reply to First Report], 174. Fifth [Government's Reply to the Eighteenth Report, 2002–03, on The Conduct of the GM Public Debate], 192. Sixth [The Food Standards Agency's Reply to the Eighteenth Report, 2002–03, on The Conduct of the GM Public Debate], 234. Seventh [Government's Reply to Third Report], 278. Eighth [Government's Reply to Fourth Report], 296. Ninth [Government's Reply to Fifth Report], 328. Tenth [Government's Reply to Seventh Report], 457. Eleventh [Government's Reply to the Sixteenth Report, 2002–03, on Vets and Veterinary Services], 482. Twelfth [Government's Reply to the Eighth Report], 505. Thirteenth [Government's Reply to the Ninth Report], 505. Fourteenth [Government's Reply to the Second Report], 505. Fifteenth [Government's Reply to the Eleventh Report], 544. Sixteenth [Government's Reply to the Twelfth Report], 544. Seventeenth [Government's Reply to the Thirteenth Report], 544. Eighteenth [Government's Reply to the Fourteenth Report], 607. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. —Cetacean By-Catch Sub-Committee, 20. —Toxins in Shellfish Sub-Committee, 86. —Milk Pricing Sub-Committee, 128, &c. —Reform of the Sugar Regime Sub-Committee, 287, &c. —Food Information Sub-Committee, 378, &c. —Draft Animal Welfare Bill Sub-Committee, 500, &c. —Water Pricing Sub-Committee, 561, &c. —Sub-Committee on the Future for UK Fishing, 620. Memoranda laid, 137, &c. Minutes of Proceedings (and of Sub-Committees) to be printed, 628. Foreign Affairs: Member discharged; another added, 214. Reports: First [Foreign Affairs Committee Annual Report 2003], 83. Second [Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism], 83. Third [Iran], 186. Fourth [Human Rights Annual Report 2003], 291. Fifth [South Africa], 291. Sixth [Strategic Export Controls] (with Defence, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees), 310. Seventh [Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism], 483. Eighth [Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2003–04], 518. Special Reports: First [Implications for the Work of the House and its Committees of the Government's Lack of Co-operation with the Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into The Decision to War in Iraq], 206. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. Memoranda laid, 291. —to be printed, 30. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Health: Member discharged; another added, 489. Reports: First [The Work of the Health Committee 2003], 83. Second [Elder Abuse]. 240. Third [Obesity], 318. Fourth [Palliative Care], 457. Fifth [GP Out of Hours Services], 470. Sixth [The Provision of Allergy Services], 539. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 9, &c. Memoranda laid, 240, &c. —to be printed, 545. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Home Affairs: Reports: First [Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill], 30. Second [Asylum Applications], 76. Third [The Work of the Home Affairs Committee in 2003], 132. Fourth [Identity Cards], 476. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. International Development: Reports: First [Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the lessons of Cancu"n to revive a genuine development round], 23. Second [Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories], 83. Third [Annual Report 2003], 116. Fourth [Kenya: DFID's Country Assistance Plan 2004–07 and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals], 291. Fifth [Strategic Export Controls] (with Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Committees), 310. Sixth [Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction], 412. Seventh [DFID's Agriculture Policy], 500. Eighth [Department for International Development: Departmental Report 2004], 620. Special Reports: First [Government Response to the Eighth Report, 2002–03, on the Department for International Development: Departmental Report 2003], 83. Second [Government Response to First Report], 201. Third [Government Response to the Second Report], 235. Fourth [Government Response to Fourth Report], 427. Fifth [Government Response to Seventh Report], 620. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. —Part of, 518. —with Appendices, 620. Memoranda laid, 23, &c. —To be printed [Government Response to First Report], 138. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Northern Ireland Affairs: Reports: First [The Committee's Work in 2003], 52. Second [The Separation of Paramilitary Prisoners at HMP Maghaberry], 116. Third [The Introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland: One year on], 192. Fourth [The Compensation Agency], 287. Fifth [‘Hate Crime': the Draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004], 345. Sixth [Social Housing Provision in Northern Ireland], 561. Special Reports: First [Government's Response to Eighth Report, 2002–03, on The Illegal Drugs Trade and Drug Culture in Northern Ireland], 66. Second [Government's Response to First Report], 258. Third [Government's Response to Second Report], 311. Fourth [Government's Response to Third Report], 370. Fifth [Government's Response to Fifth Report], 483. Sixth [Government's Response to Fourth Report], 483. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 80, &c. —Sub-Committee, 240, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions: Members discharged; others added, 57. Reports: First [ODPM Annual Report and Accounts 2003], 30. Second [Annual Report to the Liaison Committee 2003], 76. Third [The Fire Service], 94. Fourth [Coalfield Communities], 187. Fifth [Decent Homes], 291. Sixth [Social Cohesion], 311. Seventh [Postal Voting], 323. Eighth [The Role and Effectiveness of the Housing Corporation], 395. Ninth [Local Government Revenue], 447. Tenth [Supporting Vulnerable and Older People], 483. Eleventh [The Role of Historic Buildings in Urban Regeneration], 483. Twelfth [Draft Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres], 483. Thirteenth [Gypsy and Traveller Sites], 572. Special Reports: First [Government Response and Observations from the Electoral Commission to Seventh Report], 483. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 30, &c. —Urban Affairs Sub-Committee, 27, &c. Memoranda ordered to be printed, 47, &c. Minutes of Proceedings (and of Sub-Committee) to be printed, 628. Science and Technology: Reports: First [Annual Report 2003], 73. Second [Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council: Introductory Hearing], 86. Third [The work of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council], 113. Fourth [Office of Science and Technology: Scrutiny Report 2003], 146. Fifth [Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology], 216. Sixth [Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy], 311. Seventh [Director General for Higher Education: Introductory Hearing], 375. Eighth [The Work of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils], 375. Ninth [Director General of the Research Councils: Introductory Hearing], 419. Tenth [Scientific Publications: Free for all?], 438. Eleventh [Research Assessment Exercise: a re-assessment], 525. Twelfth [Government Support for Beagle 2], 545. Thirteenth [The Use of Science in UK International Development Policy], 549. Fourteenth [Responses to Tenth Report], 585. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Seventh Report, 2002–03, on Light Pollution and Astronomy], 44. Second [Government Response to Ninth Report, 2002–03, on the Work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council], 73. Third [Government Response to Third Report], 278. Fourth [Government Response to Fourth Report], 328. Fifth [Government Response to Second Report], 359. Sixth [Government Response to Fifth Report], 375. Seventh [Government Response to Sixth Report], 447. Eighth [Government Response to the Seventh Report], 525. Ninth [Government Response to the Ninth Report], 525. Tenth [Government Response to the Eighth Report], 578. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 12, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. Scottish Affairs: Reports: First [Coincidence of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Scotland and the Consequences of Change], 94. Second [Work of the Committee in 2003], 132. Third [The Proposed Whisky Strip Stamp], 281. Special Reports: First [Government Response to First Report], 261. Second [Government Response to the Third Report], 412. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 174, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. Trade and Industry: Reports: First [The work of the Committee in 2003], 88. Second [UK Broadband Market], 116. Third [Resilience of the National Electricity Network], 167. Fourth [Strategic Export Controls] (with Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees), 310. Fifth [Support to businesses from Regional Development Agencies], 324. Sixth [The work of the Export Credits Guarantee Department], 367. Seventh [The Post Office Urban Network Reinvestment Programme], 476. Eighth [The UK Automotive Industry], 476. Ninth [Updating Company Law: the Government's consultation document on ‘Company Law: Flexibility and Accessibility'], 506. Tenth [Post Office Urban Network Reinvention Revisited], 572. Special Reports: First [Government Observations on Fourteenth Report, 2002–03, on Trade and Investment Opportunities with China and Taiwan], 47. Second [Government Observations on the Seventeenth Report, 2002–03, on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill], 88. Third [Government Observations on the Sixteenth Report, 2002–03, on Rewards for Failure], 167. Fourth [Responses to Second Report], 324. Fifth [Responses to Third Report], 354. Sixth [Government Reply to the Fifth Report], 506. Seventh [Government Reply to the Sixth Report], 506. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. Transport: Reports: First [Traffic Management Bill], 52. Second [Departmental Annual Report 2003], 94. Third [The Regulation of Licensed Taxis and Private Hire Vehicle Services in the UK], 120. Fourth [The Transport Committee Annual Report for 2003], 120. Fifth [Office of Fair Trading Response to the Third Report of the Committee], 174. Sixth [Disabled People's Access to Transport], 193. Seventh [Future of the Railway], 240. Eighth [School Transport], 258. Ninth [Navigational Hazards and the Energy Bill], 307. Tenth [The Work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency], 312. Eleventh [National Rail Inquiry Service], 312. Twelfth [British Transport Police], 359. Thirteenth [The Rail Regulator's last consultations], 419. Fourteenth [The Work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency], 419. Fifteenth [Financial Protection for Air Travellers], 427. Sixteenth [Traffic Law and its Enforcement], 545. Seventeenth [Cars of the Future], 545. Eighteenth [Galileo], 626. Special Reports: First [Government Response to the Eleventh Report], 545. Second [Government Response to the Ninth Report], 545. Third [Government Response to the Twelfth Report], 545. Fourth [Government, Health and Safety Commission and Executive, and Office of the Rail Regulator Responses to the Seventh Report from the Committee], 578. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 34, &c. Letter laid, 422. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. Treasury: Reports: First [Transparency of Credit Card Transactions], 35. Second [Child Trust Funds], 35. Third [2003 Pre-Budget Report], 76. Fourth [Annual Report for 2003], 150. Fifth [Restoring confidence in long-term savings: Endowment mortgages], 155. Sixth [The 2004 Budget], 259. Seventh [The Administrative Costs of Tax Compliance], 359. Eighth [Restoring confidence in long-term savings], 470. Ninth [The Merger of HM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue], 594. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Second Report], 150. Second [Responses to the First Report], 187. Third [Government Response to the Third Report], 235. Fourth [Government Response to the Sixth Report], 367. Fifth [Responses to the Fifth Report], 367. Sixth [Supplementary Government Response to First Report], 402. Seventh [Government Response to the Seventh Report], 518. Eighth [Responses to the Eighth Report], 540. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. —Sub-Committee, 21, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 97. Memoranda laid, 528. Appendices to Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 627. Minutes of Proceedings (and of Sub-Committee) to be printed, 629. Welsh Affairs: Temporary Standing Order made regarding joint activities with the National Assembly for Wales, 362. Member discharged; another added, 99. Reports: First [The Empowerment of Children and Young People in Wales], 60. Second [Work of the Committee in 2003], 60. Third [The Provision of Railway Services in Wales], 210. Fourth [The Draft Transport (Wales) Bill], 438. Fifth [The Powers of the Children's Commissioner for Wales], 484. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Fifth Report, 2002–03: Draft Public Audit (Wales) Bill], 21. Second [Government Response to First Report], 210. Third [Government Response to Third Report], 382. Fourth [Government Response to Fifth Report], 545. Fifth [Government Response to Fourth Report], 607. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 120. —Committee enlarged by the Economic Development and Transport Committee of the National Assembly for Wales, 406. Memoranda laid, 386. Memoranda to be printed [Transcript of hearings held by the Economic Development and Transport Committee of the National Assembly for Wales enlarged by the Welsh Affairs Committee], 395. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. Work and Pensions: Reports: First [The Committee's Work in 2003], 80. Second [Child Poverty in the UK], 259. Third [DWP's Administration of IT Projects], 438. Fourth [Health and Safety], 457. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Sixth Report, 2002–03, on the Social Fund], 80. Second [Government Response to Third Report], 545. Third [Departmental Report], 562. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 35, &c. —Sub-Committee, 117, &c. Memoranda reported, 187, &c. —to be printed, 80. Minutes of Proceedings (and of Sub-Committee) to be printed, 629. 3. Meeting concurrently pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees: power to work with other committees) [For meetings pursuant to Standing Order (Joint activities with the National Assembly for Wales), see Welsh Affairs in Committees, Select, I, 2 above.] Accommodation and Works and Administration: Joint Report, 120. Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry: Joint Report, 310. Minutes of Evidence reported, Memoranda to be printed, 544. Defence, Home Affairs: Minutes of Evidence reported, 167. 4. Other Committees appointed under Public Business Standing Orders: Broadcasting: Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. Environmental Audit: Member discharged; another added, 468. Reports: First [Annual Report 2003], 76. Second [GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials], 167. Third [Pre-Budget Report 2003: Aviation follow-up], 192. Fourth [Water: The Periodic Review 2004 and the Environmental Programme], 296. Fifth [GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: the Government Response], 306. Sixth [Environmental Crime and the Courts], 311. Seventh [Aviation: Sustainability and the Government Response], 359. Eighth [Greening Government 2004], 437. Ninth [Environmental Crime: Fly-tipping, Fly-posting, Litter, Graffiti and Noise], 437. Tenth [Budget 2004 and Energy], 483. Eleventh [Aviation: Sustainability and the Government's second response], 524. Twelfth [Wildlife Crime], 524. Thirteenth [The Sustainable Development Strategy: Illusion or Reality?], 578. Special Reports: First [Government Response to Twelfth Report 2002–03, on World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality], 93. Second [Government Response to Eleventh Report, 2002–03, on The Sustainable Development Headline Indicators 2002], 120. Third [Government Response to Thirteenth Report, 2002–03, on Greening Government 2002–03], 240. Fourth [Government Response to Fourth Report], 483. Fifth [Government Response to the Tenth Report], 561. Sixth [Government Responses to the Sixth and Ninth Reports], 594. Seventh [Government Response to the Eighth Report], 610. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. —Environmental Crime Sub-Committee, 97, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. European Scrutiny: Reports: First, 20. Second, 30. Third, 52. Fourth, 66. Fifth, 79. Sixth [The European Commission's Annual Work Programme for 2004], 79. Seventh, 93. Eighth [The Committee's work in 2003], 93. Ninth, 120. Tenth, 138. Eleventh, 154. Twelfth, 192. Thirteenth, 210. Fourteenth, 240. Fifteenth [The EU's Financial Perspective for 2007–13 and reform of Regional and Cohesion Funding], 240. Sixteenth, 258. Seventeenth, 278. Eighteenth, 296. Nineteenth, 311. Twentieth, 341. Twenty-first, 359. Twenty-second, 370. Twenty-third, 382. Twenty-fourth, 402. Twenty-fifth, 419. Twenty-sixth, 437. Twenty-seventh, 457. Twenty-eighth [The EU's Justice and Home Affairs work programme for the next five years], 457. Twenty-ninth, 483. Thirtieth, 509. Thirty-first, 524. Thirty-second, 545. Thirty-third, 561. Thirty-fourth, 578. Thirty-fifth, 594. Thirty-sixth, 607. Thirty-seventh, 626. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 15, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Finance and Services: Member discharged; another added, 112. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. House of Commons Members Estimate, See Committees, Other below Liaison: Reports: First [Annual Report for 2003], 197. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 116, &c. Memorandum laid, 69. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Modernisation of the House of Commons Reports: First [Connecting Parliament with the Public], 359. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 154, &c. Memorandum to be printed, 258. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Procedure: Member discharged; another added, 600. Reports: Second [Results of Sitting Hours Questionnaire], 240. Fifth [Public Petitions], 607. Special Reports: First [Government Response to First Report], 311. Second [Procedures for Debates, Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker: Government Response to the Fourth Report, 2002–03], 345. Third [Sessional Orders and Resolutions: Government Response to the Third Report, 2002–03], 345. Fourth [Government's Response to Third Report], 382. Fifth [Government's Response to Fourth Report], 561. Report of previous Session taken note of: —Third, 2002–03, Sessional Orders and Resolutions, 591. —Fourth, 2002–03, Procedures for Debates, Private Members' Bills and the Powers of the Speaker, 570. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 138, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Public Accounts: Reports: First [Tackling Fraud against the Inland Revenue], 12. Second [The New Electricity Trading Arrangements in England and Wales], 12. Third [The Sheep Annual Premium Scheme], 12. Fourth [Improving Service Delivery: The Forensic Science Service], 44. Fifth [Warm Front: helping to combat fuel poverty], 73. Sixth [Department of Trade and Industry: Regional Grants in England], 73. Eighth [The England national stadium project at Wembley], 86. Ninth [Review of grants made to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns], 113. Tenth [Purchasing and Managing Software Licenses], 113. Eleventh [Helping consumers benefit from competition in telecommunications], 163. Twelfth [Getting it right: Improving decision-making and appeals in social security benefits], 163. Thirteenth [Excess Votes 2002–03], 163. Fourteenth [Inland Revenue: Tax Credits], 182. Fifteenth [Procurement of vaccines by the Department of Health], 182. Sixteenth [Progress in improving the medical assessment of incapacity and disability benefits], 201. Seventeenth [Hip replacements: An update], 249. Eighteenth [PFI: The New Headquarters for the Home Office], 249. Nineteenth [Making a difference: Performance of maintained secondary schools in England], 249. Twentieth [Improving Service Delivery: the Veterans Agency], 287. Twenty-first [Housing the Homeless], 296. Twenty-second [Excess Votes (Northern Ireland)], 296. Twenty-third [Government Communications Headquarters: New Accommodation Programme], 311. Twenty-fourth [Transforming the performance of HM Customs and Excise through electronic service delivery], 311. Twenty-fifth [Managing resources to deliver better public services], 336. Twenty-sixth [Difficult Forms: How government departments interact with citizens], 336. Twenty-seventh [Identifying and tracking livestock in England], 336. Twenty-eighth [Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Trust Statement Report 2002–03], 336. Twenty-ninth [Improving public services for older people], 351. Thirtieth [Out of sight—not out of mind: Ofwat and the public sewer network in England and Wales], 351. Thirty-first [Cambridge—MIT Institute], 351. Thirty-second [HM Customs and Excise Standard Report], 375. Thirty-third [Income generated by the Museums and Galleries], 375. Thirty-fourth [Strategic Rail Authority: Improving passenger rail services through new trains], 375. Thirty-fifth [Early Years: Progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all], 409. Thirty-sixth [Tackling VAT fraud], 409. Thirty-seventh [Risk management: The nuclear liabilities of British Energy plc], 409. Thirty-eighth [An early progress report on the New Deal for Communities programme], 409. Thirty-ninth [Ministry of Defence: Operation TELIC—United Kingdom military operations in Iraq], 484. Fortieth [Youth Offending: The delivery of community and custodial sentences], 484. Forty-first [Improving departments' capability to procure cost-effectively], 484. Forty-second [Increased resources to improve public services: a progress report on departments' preparations], 484. Forty-third [Major Projects Report 2003], 484. Forty-fourth [Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases], 484. Forty-fifth [Criminal Records Bureau: delivering safer recruitment?], 484. Forty-sixth [The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: A new way to combat climate change], 525. Forty-seventh [The management of suspension of clinical staff in NHS hospitals and ambulance trusts in England], 545. Forty-eighth [Connexions Service], 568. Forty-ninth [The recovery of debt by the Inland Revenue], 568. Fiftieth [Northern Ireland: the management of industrial sickness absence], 588. Fifty-first [Success in the regions], 602. Fifty-second [Health and Safety Executive: Improving health and safety in the construction industry], 602. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 6, &c. —Part of, 578. Memorandum laid, 193. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Public Administration: Member discharged; another added, 46. Reports: First [A Draft Civil Service Bill: Completing the Reform], 39. Second [The Work of the Committee in 2003], 83. Third [Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions], 141. Fourth [Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament], 176. Fifth [A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System], 438. Special Reports: First [Response to Third Report], 610. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 9, &c. Memoranda laid, 141. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Regulatory Reform: Member discharged; another added, 37. Resolutions reported [See Regulatory Reform] Reports: First [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004], 30. Second [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004], 132. Third [Draft Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004], 132. Fourth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004], 174. Fifth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (National Health Service Charitable Trust Accounts and Audit], 193. Sixth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004], 291. Seventh [Draft Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004], 323. Eighth [Draft Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004], 378. Ninth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2004], 412. Tenth [Draft Regulatory Reform (Local Commissioner for Wales) Order 2004], 453. Eleventh [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2004], 476. Twelfth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004], 518. Thirteenth [Draft Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1987) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2004], 605. Fourteenth [Proposal for the Regulatory Reform (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Order 2004], 620. Special Reports: First [Government Response to the First Special Report, 2002–03, on the operation of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001: a progress report], 88. Second [Draft Regulatory Reform (Museum of London) (Location of Premises) Order 2004], 412. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 378, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 628. Standards and Privileges: Matter referred, 80. Member added, 37. Member discharged, 316. Reports: First [Complaints against Mr George Galloway MP], 15. Second [Conduct of Ms Diane Abbott], 104. Third [Conduct of Mr John Spellar], 132. Fourth [Conduct of Mr Iain Duncan Smith], 244. Fifth [Privilege: Protection of a Witness], 253. Sixth [Privilege: Protection of a Witness (Government Response)], 518. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 629. II. Appointed under Standing Orders relating to Private Business: Selection: Resolutions reported: —relating to changes in the composition of Standing Committees, 16. —relating to Motions to alter the membership of Select Committees, 16. Reports relating to: —appointment of two Members to be consulted, &c., by the Speaker on Money Bills, 16. —designation of Standing Committee C as the Standing Committee in which Government Bills are not to have precedence, 16. —nomination of the Committee on Unopposed Bills (Panel), 20. —nomination of Provisional Orders (Scotland) (Panel), 20. —nomination of Members to serve on Standing Committees: —Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation, 18, &c. —Standing Committee on Regional Affairs, 20. —Northern Ireland Grand Committee (additional Members), 34. —Welsh Grand Committee (additional Members), 20. —Standing Committees on Bills, 51, &c. —Discharge of members of Standing Committees, 103. —and appointment of others, 23, &c. Unopposed Bills: Panel of Members appointed by the Committee of Selection, 20. III. Reasons Committees (Lords Amendments disagreed to): Reasons Committee appointed; Reasons reported and agreed to: *A single Reason. IV. Miscellaneous: 1. Numbers of Members appointed: Five (Committee to draw up reasons), 180, &c. Twelve (Joint Committee on a draft Bill), 472. 2. Quorum appointed: Three (Committee to draw up reasons), 180, &c. 3. Nomination and discharging of Members: Members discharged; others added, 28, &c. —Motion proposed on behalf of Committee of Selection, 25, &c. Member added, 37. Member discharged, 316. Resolution reported from Committee of Selection on Motions to alter the membership of Select Committees, 16. 4. Reports: Resolutions reported: —Committee of Selection, 16(2). —Regulatory Reform Committee, 28, &c. Reports made and ordered to be printed, 12, &c. Government replies, &c., to Reports: —published by Her Majesty's Command, 8, &c. —published as Special Reports from Committees, 21, &c. —published as Memoranda, 138. Minutes of Evidence ordered to be printed, 6, &c. —part of, 47, &c. Appendices to Minutes of Evidence ordered to be printed, 627. Memoranda laid, 23, &c. —to be printed, 30, &c. Letter laid, 422. 5. Miscellaneous: Chairman appointed 180, &c (Committee to draw up Reasons). Committees report choice of Chairman, 73. COMMITTEES, STANDING [For European Standing Committees, see European Union Documents, II; for Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation, see Delegated Legislation.] I. Government Bills Committed to Standing Committees:
* With an Amendment; † With Amendments; ‡ With Amendments and an amended Title; ¶ So far as amended. § Bill stood committed, pursuant to Standing Order. Resolutions reported from Standing Committee: —as to time for conclusion of committee stage: Higher Education Bill, 164. —as to time to be allocated for remaining stages: Age-Related Payments Bill, 352. II. Private Members' Bills committed to Standing Committees
† With Amendments; ‡ With Amendments and an amended Title. Committee of Selection designates Standing Committee C as the Committee on which Government Bills shall not have precedence, 16. III. Welsh Grand Committee Matters referred (with provision for sittings at Westminster): —The Government's Legislative Programme as outlined in the Queen's Speech as it relates to Wales and Public Expenditure in Wales, 13; reported, 45. Two additional Members nominated by Committee of Selection, 20. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. IV. Northern Ireland Grand Committee Matters referred (with provision for a sitting at Westminster including an adjournment Motion): —Draft Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (sitting to include oral questions), 126; reported, 155; approved, 161. —Proposal for draft Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (sitting to include oral questions), 309; reported, 346. Twenty-three additional Members nominated, 34. —Member discharged; another added, 72. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. V. Standing Committee on Regional Affairs: Matters referred (with provision for a sitting): Thirteen Members nominated, 20. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. VI. Standing Committee on the Inter-Governmental Conference: Minutes of Proceedings to be printed, 627. VII. Miscellaneous: 1. Chairmen of Standing Committees: Members appointed Chairmen of Standing Committees by the Speaker: —Standing Committees on Bills, 55, &c. —an additional Chairman, 100, &c. —Grand Committees, 39, &c. —Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation, 18, &c. —one Chairman in place of another, 100, &c. —European Standing Committees, 23, &c. —Standing Committee on the Inter-Governmental Conference, 9. 2. Members of Standing Committees: Resolution reported by Committee of Selection relating to changes in membership of Standing Committees on Bills, 16. Members of Committee on Delegated Legislation discharged, 103. COMMITTEES, OTHER House of Commons Members Estimate Committee appointed, 106. —Matter referred (as part of a wider Motion), 591. Companies: Companies (Fees) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 2621), allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 577. Reported, 595. Approved, 603. Draft Companies Act 1985 (International Accounting Standards and other Accounting Amendments) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 592. Reported, 598. Approved, 603. Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 454. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 489. A, 504. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 525. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 555. To which the Lords agree, 562. (Cited as Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 579. Leave for Standing Committee to sit twice on first day, 489. Competition: Draft Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004, draft Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2004, and draft Competition Act 1998 (Land Agreements Exclusion and Revocation) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 277. Reported, 283. Approved, 289. Congenital Heart Disease (Exemption from Prescription Charges) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 555. Consolidated Fund Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 37. Read the second and third time, and passed, 40. Speaker's Certificate, 44. Agreed to by the Lords, 45. (Cited as Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2003) Royal Assent, 49. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 195. Read the second and third time, and passed, 199. Speaker's Certificate, 201. Agreed to by the Lords, 202. (Cited as Consolidated Fund Act 2004) Royal Assent, 214. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 404. Read the second and third time, and passed, 407. Speaker's Certificate, 409. Agreed to by the Lords, 423. (Cited as Appropriation Act 2004) Royal Assent, 439. Constitution for the European Union (Referendum) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 282. Constitutional Law: Draft Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Destination of Fixed Penalties in Scotland) Order 2004 and draft Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 191. Reported, 202. Approved, 233. Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2004, draft Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004 and draft Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 381. Reported, 403. Approved, 415. Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 2004, draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 and draft Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 577. Reported, 589. Approved, 600. Draft Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 543. Reported, 555. Approved, 566. Draft National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 577. Reported, 589. Approved, 600. Consumer Protection: Draft Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Brandsharing) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 401. Reported, 432. Approved, 445. Contracting Out: Draft Contracting Out (Functions relating to Broadcast Advertising) and Specification of Relevant Functions Order 2004, allocated to the Twelfth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 418. Reported, 439. Approved, 451. Corporate Killing Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 250. Corporate Nuisance Telephone Calls Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 602. Council Tax: Draft Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 2004, approved, 467. Countryside: Draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 and the draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 401. Reported, 420. Approved, 430. Criminal Justice (Justifiable Conduct) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 70. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 302. Criminal Law: Draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Travel Notification Requirements) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 257. Reported, 271. Approved, 284. Draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 257. Reported, 271. Approved, 284. Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Code of Practice) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 310. Reported, 336. Approved, 350. Draft Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 369. Reported, 388. Approved, 398. Draft Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Prescribed Hourly Sum) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 401. Reported, 413. Approved, 425. Draft Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 482. Reported, 501. Approved, 507. Draft Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) and Police Reform Act 2002 (Modification) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 505. Reported, 513. Approved, 526. Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 86. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 104. Order for Second Reading read; Queen's Consent signified; objection taken to further proceeding, 110. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 331. C, 335. Reported, without Amendment, 362. Not amended, considered; Question not decided on Second Reading of new Clause; business stood over, 550. Customs and Excise: Customs and Excise Duties (Travellers' Allowances and Personal Reliefs) (New Member States) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1002), allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 278. Reported, 297. Approved, 305. Beer from Small Breweries (Extension of Reduced Rates of Excise Duty) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1296), allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 344. Reported, 355. Approved, 374. DEBATE: I. Debates Adjourned and Debates Resumed: 1. Addresses: Address of Thanks (Queen's Speech): 2. Adjournment: Motion for the Adjournment: —stood adjourned, 471. —resumed and subsequently lapsed, 471. 3. Bills, Public: Second Reading of Private Member's Bill: —stood adjourned, 109, &c. —resumed and stood adjourned, 244. Amendment proposed on consideration of Government Bill: —stood adjourned, 343. —resumed, 346. Second Reading of new Clause proposed on consideration of Private Members' Bill: 4. Bills, Private: Motion to revive Lords Bill: 5. Motion for a Resolution: —Debate stood adjourned, 280; Resumed and Question agreed to, 325 (Motion made and Question put, 321). —Debate on Amendment to Question stood adjourned, 392; resumed at the same sitting and negatived, 392. 6. Ways and Means: Motion relating to Amendment of the Law: —Debate ordered to be adjourned, 207. —Resumed and ordered to be adjourned, 211. —Resumed and stood adjourned, 214. —Resumed and Question agreed to, 217. II. Miscellaneous: Debates stood adjourned, it being: —Six o'clock, 7, &c. —Seven o'clock, 343, &c. —Ten o'clock, 214. —Half-past Two o'clock, 109, &c. Debates ordered to be adjourned, 4, &c. Debate stood adjourned, objection having been taken (private business), 61, &c. Debates to be resumed on a future day, 4, &c. Defence: Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 66) and draft Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 277. Reported, 297. Approved, 305. Report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights on first Order, 216. DELEGATED LEGISLATION I. Resolutions to Approve Statutory Instruments and Other Delegated Legislation:
II. Statutory Instruments Referred to Standing Committees on Delegated legislation:
III. Miscellaneous: Delegated legislation allocated by the Speaker to particular Standing Committees, 18, &c. —transferred to another Committee, 119. Delegated legislation referred to Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation, 17, &c. Delegated legislation reported from Standing Committees, 24, &c. Delegated legislation approved, 121, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), 37, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (delegated legislation)), 161, 451. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Consideration of draft regulatory reform orders), 148, &c. —after Question put after one and a half hours, pursuant to Standing Order (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents), 467. Orders, providing that certain documents be treated as if they were instruments subject to the provisions of Standing Order (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation): —Amendment to an Agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation, 28. —Motion in the name of the Leader of the House relating to the Electoral Commission, 393. Communications declaring that specified Statutory Instruments had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, 79, &c. Report from the Statutory Instruments Reference Committee, 238. Desecration of National Flags Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 519. Devolution: Draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Counting Officers' Charges) Order 2004, draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Expenses Limits for Permitted Participants) Order 2004, and Draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004, Approved, 477. Draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Date of Referendums, Referendum Question and Explanatory Material) (North East Region) Order 2004, draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Date of Referendums, Referendum Question and Explanatory Material) (North West Region) Order 2004, and draft Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Date of Referendums, Referendum Question and Explanatory Material) (Yorkshire and the Humber) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 456. Reported, 466. Approved, 472. Directors' and Employees' Pensions (Provision of Information) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 380. Disposals of Public Land and Property (Design Competitions) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 489. DIVISIONS I. Deferred divisions (under Order of 28th June 2001, renewed 6th November 2003) Speaker's opinion as to the decision of a Question being challenged, Division deferred till following Wednesday, pursuant to Order, 46, 162, 233, 322, 425. Speaker announces results of Divisions which had been deferred, pursuant to Order, 49, 170, 237, 325, 433. Order that provisions relating to deferred Divisions are not to apply (as part of wider Order), 105, &c. Order that provisions of Order (Deferred Divisions) shall not apply to specified Motion at current sitting, 276. Order made a Standing Order with effect from next Session, 571. II. Miscellaneous: It appearing on the report of a Division than fewer than forty Members had taken part, the Speaker declared that the Question was not decided, and the business under consideration stood over until the next sitting of the House: —Second Reading of Private Member's Bill, 349. —Second Reading of new Clause proposed on consideration of Private Member's Bill, 550. —Amendment proposed on consideration of Private Members' Bill, 550. It appearing on the report of a Division than fewer than forty Members had taken part, the Speaker declared that the Question was not decided (no business to stand over): Dolphins and other Cetaceans Protection Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 254. Domestic Energy Efficiency Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 304. Domestic Tradable Quotas (Carbon Emissions) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 432. Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time, 245. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 259. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 373. E, 381. Reported, with Amendments, 428. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 574. To which the Lords agree, 589. (Cited as Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004) Royal Assent, 611. Doorstep Selling (Property Repairs) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 337. Education: Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 3247) and LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 3170), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 95. Allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 119. Reported, 125.Education (Pupil Exclusions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 402), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 305. Allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 310. Reported, 315. Draft Student Fees (Amounts) (England) Regulations 2004 allocated to the Eleventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 437. Reported, 454. Approved, 467. Draft Student Fees (Approved Plans) (England) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 504. Reported, 510. Approved, 516. ELECTIONS I. Speaker's Warrants for New Writs: Orders, That Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new Writs for the electing of Members: —in the room of deceased Members, 403. —Chiltern Hundreds, 403. —Manor of Northstead, 506. II. Miscellaneous: Sessional Order relating to double returns, 1. Permanent provision relating to Members returned for two places, 591. Sessional Resolution relating to bribery, 1. Electoral Commission: Motion relating to the Electoral Commission, allocated to the Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417 (pursuant to Order, 393). Reported, 439. Approved (Queen's Recommendation signified), 451. Electricity: Draft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 182. Approved, 232. Electronic Communications: Draft Telephone Number Exclusion (Domain Names and Internet Addresses) Order 2003, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 18. Reported, 24. Approved, 37. Employment: Draft Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 188. Approved, 232. Employment Agencies: Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 33. Reported, 40. Approved, 46. Employment and Training: Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 2004 and draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 92. Allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 119. Reported, 133. Approved, 143. Employment Relations Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 13. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 77. D, 92. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 164. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 246. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 506. Message from the Lords requesting that the Bill be returned because a Lords Amendment is incorrect; Bill returned accordingly; Lords return Bill corrected, 513. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to, 526. (Cited as Employment Relations Act 2004) Royal Assent, 526. Money Resolution, 155. Employment Tribunals: Draft Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 137. Reported, 168. Approved, 184. Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1861), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 553. Allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 560. Reported, 579. Energy: Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 2987), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 112. Allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 119. Reported, 147. Energy Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 279. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 315. B, 327. Reported, with Amendments, 390. As amended, considered; Queen's and Prince of Wales's consent signified; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 449. Lords disagree to a Commons Amendment, with Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill, and agree to the remaining Amendments, with an Amendment to one of them, 458. Commons Amendment not insisted on and Lords Amendments agreed to, 472. (Cited as Energy Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Environmental Protection: Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 18. Reported, 24. Approved, 37. Draft Solvent Emissions (England and Wales) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 52. Reported, 61. Approved, 71. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 3311), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 126. Allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 137. Reported, 168. Draft Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 416. Reported, 423. Approved, 434. Draft Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 and draft Landfill (Maximum Landfill Amount) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 593. Reported, 608. Approved, 612. ESTIMATES I. Reports from Liaison Committee: II. Miscellaneous: III. Proceedings Pursuant to Standing Order (Consideration of Estimates):
* Debate concluded; † Proceedings interrupted. IV. Proceedings Pursuant to Standing Order (Questions on Voting of Estimates, &c.)
European Communities: Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Order 2003 and the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Lebanon) Order 2003, allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 35. Approved, 41–42. Queen's Answer, 48. Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Common Electoral Principles) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 52. Reported, 73. Approved, 81. Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreement on Enlargement of the European Economic Area) Order 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 290. Reported, 297. Approved, 305. Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, and the Republic of Croatia) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 448. Approved, 460. European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, Section 5: Government's assessment allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19 (pursuant to Order, 7). Reported, 35. Approved, 41. Government's assessment allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 543 (pursuant to Order, 538). Reported, 555. Approved, 558. European Communities (Deregulation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 117. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill: Presented; pursuant to Orders, read the first and second time and ordered to be considered; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 6. Not amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 45. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 159. Lords Amendments considered; one amended, one disagreed to, others agreed to, 180. Reasons Committee appointed, 180; reported, 180. Lords disagree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment and insist on their Amendment, 202. Commons do not insist on their Amendment to a Lords Amendment, but make Amendment in lieu, insist on their disagreement to the Lords Amendment, and make an Amendment in lieu thereof, 204. Lords agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment, with an Amendment, and do not insist on their remaining Lords Amendment, 211. Lords Amendment to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment disagreed to, 237. Reasons Committee appointed, 237; reported, 238. Lords do not insist but propose another Amendment (to the Commons Amendment) in lieu, 241. Lords Amendment to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment disagreed to, 245. Reasons Committee appointed, 245; reported, 247. Lords insist on their Amendment, 250. Commons insist on their disagreement, but propose an Amendment in lieu, 252. To which the Lords agree (and do not insist on their Amendment), 259. (Cited as European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 259. Programme Order (supplementing Order of previous Session), 179. EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS I. Questions for Resolutions agreed to: New Financial Perspective and EU Regional Policy (6232/04, COM(04)107) Question amended and agreed to, 377. EU's Justice and Home Affairs Work Programme for the Next Five Years (10249/04 and Addenda 1 and 2) Amendment negatived; Main Question agreed to, 546. II. Documents referred to European Standing Committees
III. Miscellaneous: Documents referred to Standing Committees, 20, &c. —To be debated with other specified documents, 120. Minutes of Proceedings of European Standing Committees A, B and C to be printed, 627. EXAMINERS I. Bills Referred to the Examiners: Private Bills: Lords Bills after First Reading, 337. II. Reports from the Examiners: Private Bills: In the case of Petitions for Bills: —Standing Orders complied with, 53. In the case of Lords Bills referred after First Reading: —no Standing Order not previously inquired into applicable, 355. Extradition: Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003, draft Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003, draft Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003 and draft Extradition Act 2003 (Police Powers: Code of Practice) Order 2003, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 33. Reported, 40. Approved, 46 (first, third and fourth draft Orders); 49 (second draft Order) (Motion made and Question put, 46). Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Repeals) Order 2004 and Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2004, allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 454. Approved, 467. Fees and Charges: Draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Fees) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 209. Reported, 214. Approved, 238. Finance Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 232. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed partly to a Committee of the whole House and partly to a Standing Committee, 271. Considered in Committee, 288, 292; Clauses and Schedules reported and ordered to lie upon the Table, 292. A, 296. Reported, with Amendments, 403. As amended, considered; further consideration adjourned, 430. Further considered; Queen's and Prince of Wales's Consent signified; Bill read the third time and passed, 432. Agreed to by the Lords, 477. (Cited as Finance Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Money Resolution, 232. Leave for Standing Committee to sit twice on first day, 271. More than one stage may be taken at any sitting of the House, 428. Fire and Rescue Services Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 70. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 98. G, 118. Reported, with Amendments, 164. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 199. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 471. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to, one with Special Entry, 477. (Cited as Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Money Resolution, 98. Fireworks (Amendment) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 274. Fisheries Jurisdiction Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 164. Fishery Limits (United Kingdom) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 94. Fishery Limits (United Kingdom) (No. 2) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 477. Food in Schools Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 391. Food Justice Strategies Bill: Presented and read the first time, 396. Food Labelling Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 214. Order for Second Reading discharged, 546. Foundation for Unclaimed Assets Bill: Presented and read the first time, 423. Order for Second Reading discharged; Bill withdrawn, 536. Gambling Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 552. Motion for Second Reading; reasoned Amendment negatived; read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 582. B, 592. Reported, so far as amended, 614.Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 139. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 157. C, 172. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 292. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 348. Agreed to by the Lords, 428. (Cited as Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 439. Money Resolution, 180. Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 133. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 142. A, 172. Reported, with an Amendment, 202. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 352. To which the Lords agree, 371. (Cited as Gender Recognition Act 2004) Royal Assent, 420. Money Resolution, 143. Programme Order, 142. Genetically Modified Organisms Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Motion for Second Reading; Motion made to sit in private; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stood over, 244. Government Resources and Accounts: Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Health Service Bodies) Order 2004 and draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2004 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 381. Reported, 388. Approved, 398. Government Trading Funds: Draft Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Trading Fund Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 192. Reported, 211. Approved, 233. Harbours Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 241. Read the first time, 250.Health and Safety at Work (Offences) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 129. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 139. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 332. Health Care and Associated Professions: Draft Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 344. Reported, 360. Approved, 373. Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 297. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 388. F, 400. Reported, with an Amendment, 419. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with an Amendment, 466. To which the Lords agree, 471. (Cited as Health Protection Agency Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Money Resolution, 389. Higher Education Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 67. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 101. H, 119. Resolution reported by Standing Committee, 164. Reported, with Amendments, 182. As amended, considered; Queen's Consent signified; read the third time and passed, 255. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 391. Lords Amendments considered; some disagreed to, Amendments made to the Bill in lieu of one of them; some amended and agreed to (one with Special Entry), remainder agreed to, 398. Lords do not insist on Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, and agree to Amendments in lieu and to Amendments to Lords Amendments, 420. (Cited as Higher Education Act 2004) Royal Assent, 420. Money Resolution, 102. Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 114. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 124. C, 131. Transferred to F, 172. Reported, without Amendment, 193. Not amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 348. Agreed to by the Lords, 598. (Cited as Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 611. Historic Counties (Traffic Signs and Mapping) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 558. Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 13. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 67. D, 79. Reported, with Amendments, 101. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 111. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 513. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to, 547. (Cited as Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004) Royal Assent, 579. Money Resolution, 68. HOUSE I. House Adjourns: House resolves to adjourn now, 4. House adjourned by the Speaker without Question put, Motion for the Adjournment having been made at or after: —half-past Two o'clock (on a Friday), 244, &c. —Seven o'clock, 14, &c. —Six o'clock, 68, &c. —Ten o'clock, 25, &c. House adjourns: —till to-morrow, 4, &c. —from Friday till Monday, 110, &c. —from Thursday till Monday, 7, &c. II. Motions for the Adjournment Generally: Lapse: —at Seven o'clock, 14, &c. —at Six o'clock, 53, &c. —at Ten o'clock, 143, &c. —at Four o'clock, pursuant to Order, 410. —at Eight o'clock, pursuant to Order, 471. Withdrawn, 87, &c. Stood adjourned, pursuant to Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and resumed at same sitting, 471. Sitting suspended during course of Debate on Motion, 624. Motions for the Adjournment on specified subjects, 28, &c. [See Adjournment Debates on Specified Subjects] III. Periodic Adjournments: House resolves at its rising on a future day to adjourn until a specified day, 22, 111, 233, 285, 316, 389, 503. Christmas adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 18th December to Monday 5th January, 54. February adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 12th February to Monday 23rd February, 139. Easter adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 1st April to Monday 19th April, 260. May Day adjournment: House adjourns from Friday 30th April to Tuesday 4th May, 302. Spring adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 27th May to Monday 7th June, 360. Summer adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 22nd July to Tuesday 7th September, 485. Party Conference adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 16th September to Monday 11th October, 526. IV. Sittings of the House: House meets: —at half-past Nine o'clock (on a Friday), 109, &c. —at twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock (Queen's Speech), 1. —at half-past Eleven o'clock —on a Tuesday or Wednesday, pursuant to Temporary Standing Order, 12, &c. —on a Thursday, 6, &c. —at half-past Two o'clock, 10, &c. Order, That on a future day the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until: —any Message from the Lords has been received and any Committee to draw up Reasons which has been appointed at that sitting has reported, 600. —a Message has been received from the Lords Commissioners, 600. Motion, That House do sit in private, negatived on Division: —on proceedings on a Government Motion, 321. —before an item of Government business, 280. —before an item of Private Members' business, 331. Motion, That House do sit in private, not decided; business stood over: Speaker directs Public Galleries to be cleared because of misconduct by Strangers, 117. House observes period of silence: —in memory of those who died as a result of the bombings in Madrid on 11th March (two minutes), 199. V. Business of the House: 1. Orders relating to precedence of business: Private Members' Bills to have precedence on thirteen specified Fridays, 7. 2. Orders, under Standing Order (Exempted business) enabling specified business [at this day's sitting] to be proceeded with, though opposed; [agreed to at Seven o'clock] Until any hour: —Government Motions and consideration of a Lords Message, 252. —Government Motion, 321. —A Government Bill and any Lords Messages and Amendments, 471. —Proceedings on a Government Bill and any Lords Messages and Amendments, 623. Until Eight o'clock: —Opposition Motion, 392. —Adjournment Motion, 471. [agreed to at Six o'clock] Until any hour: —Any Lords Amendments and Messages, 631. 3. Orders providing for Questions to be put at a specified hour or at the end of a specified period: At Six o'clock (including Amendments; Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply): After three hours: —Government Motions, 587. After three hours (Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply): —Private Member's Motion relating to Public Accounts, 112. After three hours or at Seven o'clock (Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply): —Private Member's Motion relating to Public Accounts, 404. —Government Motions, 587. 4. Orders providing for proceedings to continue for specified period and then lapse: Adjournment Motions: —for three hours or until Four o'clock, whichever is the later, 404. Opposition Motions: —for three hours (Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply), 112, 135, 595 (as part of Order applying Opposition Day procedure to another day). —after conclusion of Government business, 265. —notwithstanding paragraph (2)(b) of Standing Order (Arrangement of public business) (limits on numbers of half-days), 289, 366. 5. Delegated Legislation and European Union Documents: At a specified sitting, notwithstanding Standing Order (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents), the Speaker shall put necessary Questions not later than: —two hours after commencement, 112 —three hours after commencement of proceedings on first of two orders, 135. —three hours after commencement of proceedings on first of several orders (Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply), 455. —Six o'clock or four hours after commencement of proceedings on previous report, 112 —Seven o'clock or three hours after commencement (Deferred Divisions provisions not to apply), 366. VI. Sittings of the House in Westminster Hall: House sits in Westminster Hall: —at half-past Nine o'clock, 30, &c. —at half-past Two o'clock, 39, &c. House observes a minute's silence in Westminster Hall in memory of those killed in Beslan, Russia, 518. Sitting resolved to be adjourned now, 30, &c. Sitting adjourned by the Deputy Speaker without Question put, the sitting having continued: —until Two o'clock, 307. —for two and a half hours after Two o'clock, it being —half-past Four o'clock, 88, &c. —later than half-past Four o'clock, 132, &c. —for three hours, it being: —half-past Five o'clock, 39, &c. Sitting adjourned —till tomorrow, 30, &c. —from Thursday till Tuesday, 39, &c. —from Wednesday 17th December to Tuesday 6th January, 53. —from Thursday 12th February to Tuesday 24th February, 141. —from Thursday 1st April to Tuesday 20th April, 261. —from Wednesday 9th to Monday 14th June, 371. —from Thursday 22nd July to Tuesday 7th September, 488. —from Thursday 16th September to Tuesday 12th October, 528. Certain days appointed as days when the subject for debates shall be select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee, 39. Order that, on a future day, the sitting in Westminster Hall shall be suspended from half-past Eleven o'clock until Four o'clock, and may then continue for a period of two and a half hours, &c., 102. Adjournment debates on specific topics: —Accelerating the UK's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 39. —Asylum Applications—Second Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 442. —Caught in the net: by-catch of dolphins and porpoises off the UK coast—Third Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Session 2003–04), 261. —Child Poverty—Second Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 488. —China, 243. —Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories—Second Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 301. —Elder Abuse—Second Report from the Health Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 422. —European Social Fund—Sixth Report from the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2002–03, and the Government's Response thereto, 386. —Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism—Second Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 348. —Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism—Seventh Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 597. —Health and Safety—Fourth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's response thereto, 634. —Illegal drugs trade and drug culture in Northern Ireland—Eighth Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Session 2002–03, and the Government's response thereto, 97. —Judicial appointments and a Supreme Court (court of final appeal)—First Report from the Constitutional Affairs Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 361. —Light Pollution and Astronomy—Seventh Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2002–03, and the Government's Response thereto, 141. —Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions—Ninth Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 2001–02, and the First Report from the Committee, Session 2002–03, containing the Government's response thereto, 69. —On Target? Government By Measurement—Fifth Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 2002–03, and the Government's Response thereto, 157. —Overcrowding on Public Transport—Seventh Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2002–03, and the Government's response thereto, 177. —Ports—Ninth Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2002–03, and the Government's Response thereto, 314. —Postal Voting—Seventh Report and First Special Report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee, Session 2003–04, 528. —Poverty and South Asia, 331. —Privacy and Media Intrusion—Fifth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Session 2002–03, and the responses thereto, 197. —Rules of Coverage—First Report from the Broadcasting Committee, Session 2002–03, 123. —Scientific Response to Terrorism—Eighth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2002–03, 213. —Sexual Health—Third Report from the Health Committee, 2002–03, and the Government's Response thereto, 83. —Social Cohesion—Sixth Report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's response thereto, 563. —Too little too late? Government Investment in Nanotechnology—Fifth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's Response thereto, 406. —Transparency of Credit Card Charges—First Report from the Treasury Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Responses thereto), 282. —UN International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition, 549. —United Kingdom in the United Nations, 581. —Western Balkans: the challenges of post conflict development, 610. —Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy—Sixth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2003–04, and the Government's response thereto, 509. —Work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 463. VII. Miscellaneous: Standing Order (Notices of Questions, Motions and Amendments) modified in relation to Questions for oral answer on a specified day in next Session, 604. House Building (Targets) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 168. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION Estimates for House of Commons: Administration, laid upon the Table by the Speaker: —Estimates, 270. —Supplementary Estimate, 146. Report of Commission laid, 431. [See also Committees, Other] House of Lords (Reform): Motion for leave to bring in Bill negatived, 368. Housing Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 24. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 70. E, 79. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 147. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 320. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 595. Lords Amendments considered; some agreed to (some with Special Entry), some amended and agreed to (some with Special Entry), others disagreed to, one with Amendments in lieu, 600. Reasons Committee appointed, 600; reported, 601. Lords agree to Commons Amendments to Lords Amendments; do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed but propose Amendments in lieu; agree with an Amendment to Commons Amendments in lieu, and do not insist on the remaining Lords Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 614. Lords Amendments in lieu and Lords Amendment to a Commons Amendment in lieu considered and agreed to (one with Special Entry), 623. (Cited as Housing Act 2004) Royal Assent, 631. Money Resolution, 71. Human Fertilisation and Embryology: Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (Disclosure of Donor Information) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 327. Reported, 336. Approved, 350. Human Rights: Draft Human Rights Act 1998 (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 310. Reported, 324. Approved, 334. Human Rights Act 1998 (Making of Remedial orders) Amendment Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 292. Read the first time, 307. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 315. Human Tissue Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 16. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 80. G, 92. Reported, with Amendments, 121. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 407. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 595. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to, 606. (Cited as Human Tissue Act 2004) Royal Assent, 611. Hunting Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 507. Read a second time and (pursuant to Procedure Motion) deemed to have been reported from a Committee of the whole House without Amendment, 521. Suggested Amendment pursuant to section 2(4) of the Parliament Act amended and agreed to, 521. Queen's and Prince of Wales's Consent signified; Bill read the third time, and passed, 522. Speaker's Certificate under the Parliament Acts, 536. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 611. Lords Amendments considered and disagreed to, 617. Reasons Committee appointed, 618; reported, 618. Lords insist on some of their Amendments, and do not insist on others, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them; and have considered and disagreed to the Amendment suggested by the Commons, 624. Motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendments and disagree to Lords Amendment in lieu, with an Amendment in lieu, negatived (after Amendment negatived); similar Motion but with a different Amendment in lieu agreed to, 629–30. Lords insist on their Amendments and disagree to Amendment in lieu, 631. (Cited as Hunting Act 2004) Royal Assent, under Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, 631. Money Resolution, 617. Immigration: Draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2004 and draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 119. Reported, 125. Approved, 135. Draft Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 277. Reported, 283. Approved, 289. Draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 432. Approved, 445. Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1910), Report by Joint Committee on Human Rights, 578. Referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 583. Allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 593. Reported, 598. Income Tax: Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (New Zealand) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 209. Reported, 254. Approved, 264. Queen's Answer, 292. Independent Milk Ombudsman, etc., Bill: Presented and read the first time, 175. Industrial Organisation and Development: Draft Milk Development Council (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 119. Reported, 129. Approved, 143. Interest Rates (Limits on Charges) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 325. International Development: Draft International Fund for Agriculture Development (Sixth Replenishment) Order 2003, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 40. Approved, 46. International Immunities and Privileges: Draft Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 277. Reported, 297. Approved, 305. Ipswich Market Bill: Examiners report, in case of Petition for Bill, Standing Orders complied with; to originate in Commons, 53. Read the first time 94. Read a second time and committed, 106. Reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, with Amendments, 324. As amended, considered, 346. Read the third time, and passed, 355. Agreed to by the Lords, 412. (Cited as Ipswich Market Act 2004) Royal Assent, 420. JOURNAL Speaker directs that Her Majesty's Speech be entered therein, 2. Special entries relating to Lords Amendments to Bills, 329, &c. Draft Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 239. Reported, 254. Approved, 265. Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 133. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 188. D, 208. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Title, 259. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 283. To which the Lords agree, 297. (Cited as Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 330. Money Resolution, 189. Programme Order, 189. Legal Services: Draft Legal Services Complaints Commissioner (Maximum Penalty) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 504. Reported, 510. Approved, 538. Draft Legal Services Ombudsman (Extension of Remit) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 505. Reported, 540. Approved, 553. Legal Services Commission: Draft Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 93. Reported, 121. Approved, 126. Draft Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 172. Reported, 179. Approved, 184. Draft Criminal Defence Service (Choice in Very High Cost Cases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 593. Reported, 602. Approved, 612. Legislation (Memoranda of European Derivation) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 519. Licensing: Draft Guidance proposed to be issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 344 (pursuant to Order, 335). Reported, 355. Approved, 374. Lighter Evenings Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 365. Local Government: Draft Local Government Best Value (Exemption) (England) Order 2003, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 24. Approved, 37. Draft Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Election 2004) Order 2004, draft Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 153. Reported, 168. Approved, 184. Draft Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members and Officers) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 544. Reported, 558. Approved, 566. Draft Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 504. Reported, 510. Approved, 516. Local Government Finance: Local Government Finance Report (England) for 2004–05, approved, 122. Limitations of Council Tax and Precepts (Alternative Notional Amounts) Report (England) 2004–05 (HC 474), allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 257. Reported, 279. Approved, 284. Local Land Charges (Fees) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 217. Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 282. Order for Second Reading discharged; Bill withdrawn, 536. London Local Authorities Bill [Lords]: Motion to revive; Objection taken; Debate adjourned, 61, &c. Debate resumed and Motion agreed to, 151. Lords communicate revival Motion, 168. Brought from the Lords, 175. Certificate laid; Bill read the first and second time and committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means, 177. Reported, with Amendments, 179. Considered; Amendments made, 202. Read the third time, and passed, with Amendments, 217. Lords disagree to one Amendment and agree to the remainder, 254. Lords Reason considered; Commons do not insist, 279. (Cited as London Local Authorities Act 2004) Royal Assent, 330. Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 380.Medicines: Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1031), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 330. Allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 344. Reported, 352. Medway Council Bill: Examiners report, in case of Petition for Bill, Standing Orders complied with; to originate in the Commons, 53. Read the first time, 94. Read a second time and committed, 106. Reported from Committee on Unopposed Bills, with Amendments, 379. Considered, 410. Read the third time, and passed, 428. Agreed to by the Lords, 536. (Cited as Medway Council Act 2004) Royal Assent, 579. MEMBERS I. Members take oath or make Affirmation: Members returned at by-elections take Oath or make and subscribe the Affirmation: —Parmjit Singh Gill, for Leicester South, 471. —Liam Dominic Byrne, for Birmingham, Hodge Hill, 471. —Iain David Wright, for Hartlepool, 529. II. Deaths of Members: Speaker informs House of death of a Member: James Marshall (Leicester South), 362. III. Disqualification of Members: Speaker lays upon Table notification of appointment of a Member to: —Chiltern Hundreds (Terry Davis), 390. —Manor of Northstead (Peter Mandelson), 501. IV. Members' salaries, pensions, allowances, &c. New Standing Order made (House of Commons Members Estimate Committee), 106. Bicycle and Motorcycle Mileage Allowances, Resolution (rescinding Resolution of 20th March 1998), 107. Members' Allowances, Resolution (after Amendment made and another Amendment negatived), 590. Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund: Members discharged as Managing Trustees and others appointed, 233, 396. Parliamentary Pensions (Contribution Rate), Resolution, 591. Parliamentary Pensions (Survivor Benefits and Early Retirement), Resolution, 591. House of Commons Members' Fund: —Member discharged as Managing Trustee and another appointed, 396. —Account for 2002–03 laid, 447. Mental Capacity Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 383. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 529. A, 543. Reported, with Amendments, 595. Money Resolution, 529. Merchant Shipping: Draft Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 257. Reported, 273. Approved, 284. Mersey Tunnels Bill: Order of last Session read; Bill read the first, second and third time and passed, 21. Agreed to by the Lords, 410. (Cited as Mersey Tunnels Act 2004) Royal Assent, 420. MESSAGES I. From Her Majesty: At the opening of the Session, 1. II. From the Lords Commissioners: To hear a Commission read for giving Royal Assent to Acts and for proroguing Parliament, 631. III. From the Lords: 1. Bills, Private: That they have passed a Bill, to which they desire the concurrence of the Commons, 175. That they have come to Resolutions relating to revival of proceedings on Bills, 168. That they have agreed, without Amendment, to certain Commons Amendments to Lords Bills, and have disagreed to the remaining Amendment, with Reasons, 254. 2. Bills, Public: That they have passed a Bill, to which they desire the concurrence of the Commons, 94, &c. Requesting that the Bill be returned because a Lords Amendment is incorrect; Bill returned accordingly; Lords return Bill corrected, 513. That they have agreed to Bills originating in the Commons: —without Amendment, 45, &c. —with Amendments, 159, &c. That they agree to Commons Amendments to a Bill —without Amendment, 297, &c. That they disagree to a Commons Amendment to a Bill, with Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill, and agree to the remaining Amendments, with an Amendment to one of them, 458. That they disagree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment and insist on Lords Amendment, 202. That they agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment, with an Amendment, and do not insist on their remaining Lords Amendment, 211. That they agree to Commons Amendments with consequential Amendments to some Lords Amendments, and to Amendments in lieu, 454. That they do not insist on their remaining Amendment, 623. That they do not insist on Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed —and agree to Amendments in lieu and to Amendments to Lords Amendments, 420. —but propose an Amendment in lieu of one of them, 585. —and agree to the Amendment in lieu of one of them, but propose further Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the other, 318. —and agree to the Amendment in lieu, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them, 627. —and agree to Amendments to words restored to Bill, 471. That they do not insist on a Lords Amendment to a Commons Amendment but propose another Amendment (to the Commons Amendment) in lieu, 241. That they insist on a Lords Amendment to a Commons Amendment, 250. That they agree to a Commons Amendment in lieu and do not insist on their Amendment, 259. That they insist on some of their Amendments, do not insist on another, but propose an Amendment in lieu; do not insist on the remaining Amendments and agree to Amendments in lieu, 283. That they agree to Commons Amendments to Lords Amendments; do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed but propose Amendments in lieu; agree with an Amendment to Commons Amendments in lieu, and do not insist on the remaining Lords Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 614. That they agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment; do not insist on their Amendments disagreed to by the Commons and agree to the Amendments in lieu, and propose an Amendment in lieu of one of their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 624. That they insist on some of their Amendments, and do not insist on others, but propose Amendments in lieu of some of them; and have considered and disagreed to the Amendment suggested by the Commons, 624. That they insist on their Amendments and disagree to Amendment in lieu, 631. 3. Committees, Joint: That it is expedient to appoint a Joint Committee on: —Draft Disability Discrimination Bill, 48. —Draft Charities Bill, 262. —Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos) (and have appointed a Committee), 379. —Draft Mental Health Bill, 458. That they have appointed a Committee to join with a Committee appointed by the Commons on: —Consolidation, &c., Bills, 142. —Draft Charities Bill, 315. —Draft Disability Discrimination Bill, 89. —Draft Gambling Bill, 10. —Human Rights, 12. —Tax Law Rewrite, 31. —Draft Mental Health Bill, 485. IV. To the Lords: 1. Bills, Private: To be communicated to the Lords, and their concurrence desired: —That the Commons have made certain Orders relating to revival of proceedings on a Bill originating in the Lords, 151. 2. Bills, Public: To communicate a suggested Amendment to a Bill (under the Parliament Act 1911), 522. To communicate Reasons for disagreeing to Lords Amendments, 264, &c. 3. Committees, Joint: To concur with appointment of Joint Committees and appoint a Committee: —draft Charities Bill, 299. —draft Gambling Bill, 17. —draft Gambling Bill: Regional Casinos, 389. —draft Disability Discrimination Bill, 81. —draft Mental Health Bill, 472. To meet as Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills as proposed by their Lordships, 147. V. Miscellaneous: Lords messages ordered to be considered, 17, &c. METROPOLITAN POLICE Sessional Order, 2. Motor Vehicle Insurance Disc Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 104. Motor Vehicle Manslaughter Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 448. National Election Expenditure: Draft European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 93. Reported, 106. Approved, 112.National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 6. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 59. D, 66. Reported, without Amendment, 73. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 105. Agreed to by the Lords, 262. (Cited as National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004) Royal Assent, 330. Programme Order, 59. National Lottery: Draft New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiative) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 66. Reported, 84. Approved, 91. Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I., 2003, No. 3039), allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 19. Reported, 35. Approved, 42. Draft Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 66. Reported, 77. Approved, 84. Draft Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 92. Reported, 101. Approved, 112. Draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2004, approved, 134. Draft Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 126. Reported, 155. Approved, 161. Draft Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 137. Reported, 151. Approved, 161. Draft Prison (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 137. Reported, 155. Approved, 161. Draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 153. Reported, 159. Approved, 166. Draft Agricultural Statistics (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 172. Reported, 211. Approved, 233. Draft Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 209. Reported, 235. Approved, 247. Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1164), and Direction given by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under section 51B(2) of the Northern Ireland Act on 28th April 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 310. Reported, 329. Approved, 334. Draft Licensing (Indoor Arenas) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 345. Reported, 368. Approved, 374. Mental Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1272), allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 344. Reported, 355. Approved, 374. Draft Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, referred to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 393. Reported, 439. Approved, 451. Draft Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 439. Approved, 451. Draft Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 423. Approved, 434. Draft Age-Related Payments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourteenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 418. Reported, 454. Approved, 467. Draft Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 428. Approved, 445. Draft Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and the draft Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 448. Approved, 460. Draft Vehicle Testing (Temporary Exemptions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 437. Reported, 458. Approved, 468. Draft Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 482. Reported, 506. Approved, 516. Draft Roads (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 524. Reported, 540. Approved, 553. Draft Financial Assistance for Young Farmers (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 543. Reported, 555. Approved, 566. Northern Ireland (Severe Learning Disability) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 413. Order for Second Reading discharged; Bill withdrawn, 546. Older People's Commissioners Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63.OPPOSITION I. Days at the Disposal of the Leader of the Opposition:
† After Closure on the Question, That the original words stand part of the Question. * Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to. II. Days at the disposal of the Leader of the second largest Opposition Party:
† After Closure on the Question, That the original words stand part of the Question. III. Proceedings on Opposition Days: Question, That the original words stand part of the Question, negatived on Division, 64, &c. Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Questions on amendments) and agreed to, 64, &c. —on Division, 75, &c. The Speaker forthwith declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to, 64, &c. Main Question put and agreed to (as Amendment did not leave out all effective words of Motion), 74, 275, 564. IV. Opposition Day Procedure applied to other Days: Motion to apply paragraph (2) of Standing Order (Questions on Amendments) to specified Motions, 171, 595. And Motions considered accordingly: Question amended and agreed to: —Publication of the Advice of the Attorney General on Iraq, 183. —Young People and Democracy, 183† (Main Question put and agreed to, as Amendment did not leave out all the effective words of the Motion). —Family Doctor Services, 608. †After Closure on the Question, That the original words stand part of the Question. [For Business of the House Motions relating to Opposition Days, see House, V.] Organ Donation (Presumed Consent and Safeguards) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 114. Outlawries: Bill read the first time, 2. PARLIAMENT Session opened by Her Majesty, 1. Prorogued, by virtue of Her Majesty's Commission therefor, by Lords Commissioners, from Thursday 18th November 2004 to Tuesday 23rd November 2004, 633. PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR STANDARDS Report laid, 427. Partnership: Limited Liabilities Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 2620), allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 577. Reported, 595. Approved, 603. Patents Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time (printed pursuant to Standing Order (Bills brought from the Lords)); Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 262. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 362. D, 369. Reported, with an Amendment, 376. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 454. To which the Lords agree, 466. (Cited as Patents Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Pensions: Draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2004, approved, 147. Occupational Pensions Schemes (Winding Up and Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) (Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 403) and Occupational Pensions Schemes (Winding Up) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1140), referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 350. Allocated to the Third and Fourth Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation (respectively), 370. Reported, 432, 458. Pensions Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 134. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 165. B, 172. Reported, with Amendments, 287. As amended, considered; further consideration stood adjourned at Seven o'clock, 338. Further considered; debate on an Amendment stood adjourned at Seven o'clock, 342. Debate resumed; further considered; read the third time and passed, 347. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 611. Lords Amendments considered; Queen's Consent signified; some agreed to (some with Special Entry); one amended and agreed to (with Special Entry); others disagreed to, some with Amendments in lieu, 615. Reasons Committee appointed, 616; reported, 617. Lords agree to Commons Amendment to Lords Amendment; do not insist on their Amendments disagreed to by the Commons and agree to the Amendments in lieu, and propose an Amendment in lieu of one of their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed, 624. Lords Amendment considered forthwith and disagreed to, 624. Reasons Committee appointed, 624; reported, 624. Lords do not insist, 627. (Cited as Pensions Act 2004) Royal Assent, 631. Pensions (Clawbacks) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 471. Order for Second Reading read and discharged, 519. Performance of Companies and Government Departments (Reporting) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 109. Debate resumed; again stood adjourned, 244. PETITIONS Presented, 7, &c. Presented and read, 7, &c. Ministerial replies laid upon the Table pursuant to Standing Order (Printing of petitions and of ministerial replies), 6, &c. Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill: Presented; pursuant to Order, read the first and second time and ordered to be considered; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 10. As amended, considered; further consideration adjourned, 24; further considered; Motion for Third Reading; Queen's and Prince of Wales's Consent signified; Bill read the third time and passed, 28. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 245. Lords Amendments considered; some agreed to, some disagreed to, some with Amendments in lieu, 262. Reasons Committee appointed, 264; reported, 264. Lords insist on some of their Amendments, do not insist on another, but propose an Amendment in lieu; do not insist on the remaining Amendments and agree to Amendments in lieu, 283. House's disagreement to Lords Amendments insisted on, one with an Amendment in lieu; Lords Amendment in lieu agreed to, 298. Reasons Committee appointed, 298; reported, 299. Lords do not insist on their Amendments and agree to the Amendment in lieu of one of them, but propose further Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the other, 318. Lords Amendments in lieu agreed to, 326. (Cited as Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004) Royal Assent, 330. Police: Draft Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigatory Powers) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 136. Reported, 151. Approved, 161. Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2004–05, approved, 121. Draft Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (Renewal of Temporary Provisions) Order 2004, allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 175. Approved, 184. Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 381. Reported, 391. Approved, 408. Post Offices (Pensions and Benefits) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 585. Power Supply (Compensation for Erroneous Transfer) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 101. Prepared Foods (Provision of Information) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 568. Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism: Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 108. Reported, 121. Approved, 126. Draft Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Continuation in force of sections 21 to 23) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 136. Reported, 155. Approved, 170 (Motion made and Question put, 162). Prevention of Homelessness Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 202. Prime Minister (Direct Election): Motion for leave to bring in Bill negatived, 319. PRINCE OF WALES Prince of Wales, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives his Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales's interest is concerned, that the House may do therein as it shall think fit: PRIVILEGE Order, That First Special Report from the Constitutional Affairs Committee be referred to the Committee on Standards and Privileges, 80. Reports from that Committee, 253, 518. PROCEEDINGS OR BUSINESS I. Proceedings or Business interrupted by the Speaker: At the moment of interruption, —half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 386. II. Proceedings lapse: Motions for the Adjournment: —at Ten o'clock, 143, &c. —at Seven o'clock, 14, &c. —at Six o'clock, 53, &c. —at other times, pursuant to Order, 28, &c. III. Proceedings postponed; Stand Adjourned; Questions Deferred, etc: Divisions deferred under Order of 28th June 2001 [see Divisions]. Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on Estimates deferred, pursuant to Standing Order (Consideration of estimates), 36, 194. IV. Miscellaneous: Fewer than forty Members having taken part in a Division, Question not decided; business stands over, 244, &c. [See Divisions]. Objection taken to further proceedings: —After the moment of interruption, 110(2). Promotion of Volunteering Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 177. C, 181. Reported, with Amendments, 342. As amended, considered; debate on second reading of new Clause stood adjourned (at half-past Two o'clock), 464. Order for resuming Debate discharged; Bill withdrawn, 546. Money Resolution, 326. Property Repairs (Prohibition of Cold-calling) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 198. Protective Headgear for Young Cyclists Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading; Motion made to sit in private; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stood over, 282. PROVISIONAL ORDERS (SCOTLAND) Report by Committee of Selection, That it had appointed thirteen Members to form the Parliamentary panel of Members of this House to act as Commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 20. Reports by the Lord Chairman and the Chairman of Ways and Means, under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, That powers sought would be more properly obtained by the promotion of a Private Bill than by the promotion of a Private Bill and of a Provisional Order, in relation to HBOS plc, 610. Public Accounts: Resolutions, 139, 410. Public Audit (Wales) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 324. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 383. D, 400. Reported, with Amendments, 410. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 467. To which the Lords agree, 506. (Cited as Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 526. Money Resolution, 384. QUEEN [For Queen's answers to Addresses, see Addresses] I. Queen's Speeches: Queen's Speech at opening of Session reported by the Speaker and ordered to be entered in the Journal, 2. Queen's Speech at end of Session delivered to both Houses by the Lord Chancellor, 631. II. Queen's Consent signified: Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, has consented to place her prerogative and interest, so far as they are affected by the Bill, at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill: —on Second Reading, 110(2). Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives consent, as far as Her Majesty's Interest is concerned, that the House may do therein as it shall think fit: —on consideration of Lords Amendments, 615. Prerogative, —private Bill, 573. Prerogative and interest, —on Third Reading, 603. —private Bill, 428. III. Queen's Recommendation: [For Queen's Recommendation for Money Resolutions, see Resolutions, II.] Queen's Recommendation signified to Motions relating to: —Electoral Commission, 451. IV. Royal Assent signified: To Acts: —by the Lords Commissioners, authorised by Her Majesty's Commission: 631. —under the provisions of Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949: 631. Referendums (Thresholds) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 157. Regional Assemblies' Referendums (Voting Arrangements) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 454. Regulation of Hormone Disrupting Chemicals Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 352. Regulatory Impact Assessments (Audits) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 134. REGULATORY REFORM Regulatory Reform Orders: Resolutions and Reports from the Committee and Proceedings in the House:
Resolutions from the Committee: * For approval; † For amendment § No Division (applicable to Resolutions about draft Orders only) [See also Regulatory Reform Committee, under Committees, Select, I, 4.] Representation of the People: Draft European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 and draft Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 153. Reported, 168. Approved, 184. Draft European Parliament (Disqualification) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 and draft European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 239. Reported, 245. Approved, 255–6. Draft Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 and draft Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 448. Approved, 461. Representation of the People (Ballot Papers) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 513. Representation of the People (Northern Ireland): Draft European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 272. Reported, 279. Approved, 285. RESOLUTIONS [For Resolutions come to on Opposition Days or under the procedure for Opposition Days, see Opposition.] I. Questions Agreed to: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security (Amendment proposed, but not made), 151. Bicycle and Motorcycle Mileage Allowances, 107. Electoral Commission (remuneration and expenses) (Queen's Recommendation signified), 451. Estimates and Appropriation Procedure, 326. Joint Activities with the National Assembly for Wales (approval of Procedure Committee report and making of temporary Standing Order), 362. Security Screen (Amendment proposed, but not made), 280. Sessional Orders and Resolutions, 591. Visitor Facilities, 325 (Question put, 322). II. Money Resolutions: 1. Resolutions authorising expenditure in connection with Government Bills, Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified: Age-Related Payments, 325* Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation), 95* Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.), 50* Child Trust Funds, 41* Children [Lords], 510* Civil Contingencies, 84* Civil Partnership [Lords], 537* Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) [Lords], 489* Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims [Lords], 373* Employment Relations, 155 Energy [Lords], 315* Finance, 232* Fire and Rescue Services, 98* Gambling, 583* Gender Recognition, 143* Health Protection Agency [Lords], 389* Higher Education, 102* Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery, 68* Housing, 71* Human Tissue, 81* Hunting, 617 Justice (Northern Ireland) [Lords], 189* Mental Capacity, 529* Pensions, 165* Public Audit (Wales) [Lords], 384* School Transport, 580* Traffic Management, 56* *Questions put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order. 2. Resolutions authorising expenditure in connection with Private Members' Bills, Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified: Carers (Equal Opportunities), 175 Christmas Day (Trading), 309 Gangmasters (Licensing), 180 Promotion of Volunteering, 326 Sustainable and Secure Buildings, 139 Restricted Byways Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 235. Retirement Income Reform Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Order for Second Reading read and discharged, 244. Rights of Way (Amendment) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 188. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 349. Rite of Passage (Welcoming and Coming of Age) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 536. Road Traffic: Draft Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 448. Approved, 460. Rural Broadband Facilitation Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 292. St George's Day (Public Holiday): Motion for leave to bring in Bill negatived, 573.School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination): Motion for leave to bring in Bill negatived, 151. School Transport Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 546. Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 579. A, 592. Reported, without Amendment, 608. Money Resolution, 580. Schools (Vending Machines) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 147. Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 7. Speaker certifies Bill as, in his opinion, relating exclusively to Scotland, 23. Read a second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 125. Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the third time and passed, 304. Agreed to by the Lords, 448. (Cited as Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Sea Fisheries: Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices) (England) Scheme 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 2467), allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 577. Reported, 582. Approved, 600. Security Screen: Resolution, 280 (Amendment proposed, but not made). SERJEANT AT ARMS To communicate Sessional Order to the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, 2. Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 182. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 331. C, 335. Reported, without Amendment, 373. Not amended, considered; Question not decided on Amendment; business stood over, 550. Sex Equality (Duties of Public Authorities) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 589. Sleep Apnoea Bill: Presented and read the first time, 129. Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 318. Read the first time, 329. Social Security: Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 136. Reported, 164. Approved, 184. Draft Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits (Scotland) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 154. Reported, 168. Approved, 184. Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004, approved, 147. Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 153. Reported, 182. Approved, 232. Draft Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 188. Approved, 232. Draft Social Security (Basic Skills Training Pilot) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 188. Approved, 202. Draft Social Security (Intensive Activity Period 50 to 59 Pilot) Regulations 2004 and draft Social Security (Intensive Activity Period 50 to 59 Pilot) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 172. Reported, 182. Approved, 202. Draft Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Order 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 193. Approved, 232. Draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 209. Reported, 245. Approved, 252. Draft Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 209. Reported, 217. Approved, 241. Draft Social Security (Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 417. Reported, 428. Approved, 445. Social Security (Northern Ireland): Draft Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 193. Approved, 233. Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 214. SPEAKER I. Proceedings Relating to the Speaker at Opening and Close of Session: Goes with the House to attend Her Majesty in the House of Peers, 1. Having returned, resumes Chair at half-past Two o'clock, 1. To peruse the Votes and Proceedings, 2. Reports Her Majesty's Speech and directs that it be entered in the Journal, 2. Goes with the House to attend the Lords Commissioners in the House of Peers to hear a Commission read for giving Royal Assent to Acts and for proroguing Parliament, &c., 631. II. Communicates Matters to the House: Informs the House of the death of a Member, 362. Announces the results of divisions deferred, pursuant to Order, 18, &c. Notifies the House of Royal Assent to Acts, 49, &c [See Queen]. III. Lays Papers on the Table: Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 53. Communications declaring that a Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, 79, &c. [See Statutory Instruments (Notification) in Part I of the Index.] Report of the House of Commons Commission for 2003–04, 431. Corporate Plan of the Electoral Commission for 2004–05 to 2008–09, 487. Report from the Statutory Instruments Reference Committee, 238. Index of Parliamentary Papers, 634. Certificates of declaration relating to revived Lords Private Bills, 177. IV. Nominations and Appointments: Nominates Chairmen's Panel, 9. Appoints Chairmen of Standing Committees, 9, &c. —An additional Chairman, 100, &c. —One Chairman in place of another, 100, &c. Nominates Programming Sub-Committee, 55(2), &c. —One Member in place of another, 59, &c. V. Certificates and allocations: Appoints certain days when debates in Westminster Hall shall be on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee, 39. Makes allocations to Standing Committees: —Bills, 51, &c. —Delegated legislation, 18, &c. —transfer to another Committee, 119. Certified Bills as, in his opinion, relating exclusively to Scotland, 23. Certifies a Bill under provisions of Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 —as to alterations only as were necessary owing to elapse of time, &c., 536. —as to compliance with provisions of the Acts, 631. VI. Puts Questions forthwith: Pursuant to Standing Orders: (Amendment on second or third reading), 49, &c. (Calling of Amendments at end of debate), 22. (Consideration of draft regulatory reform orders), 148, &c. (Consolidated Fund Bills), 40, &c. (European Standing Committees), 41, &c. (Exempted business), 252, &c. (Liaison Committee), 13, &c. (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), 41, &c. (Motions to sit in private), 204, &c. (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (legislative proposals and other matters relating exclusively to Northern Ireland)) and (Northern Ireland Grand Committee (sittings)), 53. (Periodic adjournments), 22, &c. (Questions on amendments), 64, &c. (Questions on voting of estimates, &c.), 36, &c. (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), 37, &c. (Ways and Means motions), 207, &c. (Welsh Grand Committee (sittings)), 468. 2. Pursuant to Sessional Orders: (Deferred Divisions), 276. (Programming), 40, &c. 3. Pursuant to other Orders: VII. Puts Questions at Specified Times or after Specified Periods: 1. Pursuant to Standing Orders: (Consideration of Estimates) at Six o'clock, 36, &c. (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills) after three-quarters of an hour, 180, 459. (Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business) after brief explanatory statements, 86, &c. (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents) after one and a half hours, 467, 546 (Amendment and Main Question). (Questions on voting of estimates, &c.) at Six o'clock, 36, &c. 2. Pursuant to other Orders: Police Grant Report (after two hours), 121. Sessional Orders and Resolutions (after three hours), 591. Statutory Instruments (after three hours), 477. Programming of Bills and other procedural motions (at Six o'clock), 569. Members' Allowances and Parliamentary Pensions (after three hours), 590. VIII. Other proceedings of the Speaker: Adjourns House, without Question put, pursuant to Standing Order (Sittings of the House), 14, &c. Declares Main Question to be agreed to, 64, &c. Declares Question not decided, and Business stands over, 244, &c. [See Divisions.] IX. Miscellaneous: Order, That the Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the electing of Members, 403(2), 506. Members appointed whom Speaker is to consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill, 16. Speaker having leave of absence on a Friday, pursuant to paragraph (3) of Standing Order (Deputy Speaker), the Chair was taken by: —the Chairman of Ways and Means, pursuant to Standing Order (Deputy Speaker), 124, &c. —the First or Second Deputy Chairman, 109, &c. SPECIAL PROCEDURE ORDERS Report by the Lord Chairman and the Chairman of Ways and Means that no Petition has been presented against: —Northumbrian Water Limited (Land at the Public Car Park, West of Dunes Court, Beadnell) Compulsory Purchase Order 2003, 372. —Yorkshire Water Services Limited (Langthwaite Water Treatment Works First Time Filtration Scheme) Compulsory Purchase Order 2004, 604. STANDING ORDERS AND SESSIONAL ORDERS Standing Orders relating to Public Business: 1. New Standing Orders made: Carry-over of Bills, 571.* Deferred divisions, 571.* House of Commons Members Estimate, 106. Joint Activities with the National Assembly for Wales (until end of present Parliament), 362. Programme motions, 570.* Programming committees, 570.* Programming sub-committees, 570.* Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings in standing committee or in committee of the whole House, 570.* Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration or third reading, 570.* Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments, 570.* Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Lords, 570.* Programme orders: reasons committee, 570.* Programme orders: supplementary provisions, 570.* Shorter speeches (with effect from next Session until end of next but one Session), 570. * Temporary Standing Orders made permanent with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, some with Amendments (after Amendments negatived). 2. Standing Orders amended: Committee on Standards and Privileges, 571.* Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to strangers, 571.* Exempted Business, 363. Nomination of Select Committees (Amendment proposed, but not made), 363. Places to which strangers are not admitted, 571.* Procedure in Standing Committees, 571.* Questions on Voting of Estimates, &c., 326. Short Speeches, 571.* Strangers (select committees), 571.* *with effect from next Session of Parliament. 3. Miscellaneous: Standing Orders relating to Public Business to be printed, 2. Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords and read the first time, 428. Read a second time; Order, That the Bill be not committed; Read the third time, and passed, without Amendment, 448. (Cited as Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Report from Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills, 159. STRANGERS Speaker directs Public Galleries to be cleared because of misconduct by Strangers, 117. Standing Orders amended to remove references to Strangers, 571. [For Motions to sit in private, see House, IV.] Supreme Court of England and Wales: Draft Courts Boards (Appointment and Procedure) Regulations 2004 and draft Courts Boards Areas Order 2004, allocated to the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 191. Reported, 199. Approved, 233. Draft Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004, allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 401. Reported, 419. Approved, 430. Supreme Court of Northern Ireland: Draft Maximum Number of Judges (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, allocated to the Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 381. Reported, 403. Approved, 415. Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill: Presented and read the first time, 61. Read a second time and stood committed to a Standing Committee, 109. C, 113. Reported, with Amendments, 182. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 301. Agreed to by the Lords, 485. (Cited as Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004) Royal Assent, 526. Money Resolution, 139. Sustainable Communities Bill: Presented and read the first time, 89. Tax Credits: Draft Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 173. Reported, 193. Approved, 233.Telecommunications Masts (Need and Safety Tests) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 342. Telecommunications Masts (Registration) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 98. Telecommunications (Permitted Development Rights) (Amendment) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 287. Tenant Obligations and Vetting Arrangements Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 540. Terms and Conditions of Employment: Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 192. Withdrawn, 212. Re-laid, 211. Reported, 217. Approved, 247. Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, allocated to the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 436. Reported, 458. Approved, 467. Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Stop Notices) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 177. Town and Country Planning (Telecommunications Masts) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Motion for Second Reading; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stood over, 348. Trade Unions (Political Funds) Reform Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 376. Traffic Management Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory Notes ordered to be printed, 36. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee, 56. A, 92. Reported, with Amendments, 129. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 203. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 439. Lords Amendments considered; some agreed to, others disagreed to, one with Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill, 459. Reasons Committee appointed, 460; reported, 461. Lords do not insist on their Amendments and agree to Amendments to words restored to Bill, 471. (Cited as Traffic Management Act 2004) Royal Assent, 485. Transport: Draft British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004, allocated to the Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 369. Reported, 373. Approved, 384. Trespassers on Land (Liability for Damage and Eviction) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 63. Universal Funded Pensions Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 89.University of Manchester Bill [Lords]: Examiners report, in case of Petition for Bill, Standing Orders complied with; to originate in Lords, 53. Brought from the Lords; read the first time and referred to the Examiners, 336. Examiner reports that no Standing Order not previously inquired into is applicable, 355. Read a second time and committed, 365. Reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, without Amendment, 412. Queen's Consent signified; read the third time and passed, without Amendment, 428. (Cited as University of Manchester Act 2004) Royal Assent, 439. University of Wales, Cardiff Bill [Lords]: Examiners report, in case of Petition for Bill, Standing Orders complied with; to originate in Lords, 53. Brought from the Lords and read the first time; referred to the Examiners, 423. Examiner reports that no Standing Order not previously inquired into is applicable, 443. Read a second time and committed, 471. Reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, without Amendment, 558. Queen's Consent signified; read the third time and passed, without Amendment, 573. (Cited as University of Wales, Cardiff Act 2004) Royal Assent, 579. Urban Development: London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2004, allocated to the Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 381. Reported, 388. Approved, 398. Value Added Tax: Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 778), allocated to the Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 257. Reported, 279. Approved, 285.Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Avoidance Schemes) (Designations) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1933) and Value Added Tax (Groups: eligibility) Order 2004 (S.I., 2004, No. 1931), allocated to the Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, 543. Reported, 558. Approved, 566. Vehicle Servicing Industry (Regulation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 621. Visitor Facilities: Motion made; Debate stood adjourned at Six o'clock, 280. Debate resumed, 321; Question agreed to, 325 (Question put, 322). VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS Sessional Order for printing, 2. To be perused by the Speaker, 2. WAYS AND MEANS I. Ways and Means Resolutions 1. Resolutions relating to Finance Bill: Provisional Collection of Taxes (question put forthwith), 207. Amendment of the Law —debate ordered to be adjourned, 207. —debate resumed and ordered to be adjourned, 211. —debate resumed and stood adjourned, 214. —debate resumed and Question agreed to, 217. Other Resolutions: Question put forthwith pursuant to S.O. (Ways and Means motions): —Accounting practice, 222. —Aggregates levy (transitional tax credit in Northern Ireland: existing scheme), 224. —Aggregates levy (transitional tax credit in Northern Ireland: new scheme), 224. —Alcoholic liquor duties (duty stamps), 218 (on Division). —Amusement machine licence duty (rates), 219. —Betting duties (treatment of pool bets etc), 219. —Chargeable gains (gifts relief etc), 222 (on Division). —Chargeable gains (private residences), 222. —Climate change levy (supplies to producers of commodities), 224. —Company distributions (payments of excessive interest etc), 221. —Construction Industry Scheme, 222 (on Division). —Corporate venturing scheme, 222. —Corporation tax (charge and rate for 2004), 220 (on Division). —Corporation tax: Health Service bodies, 223. —Corporation tax (non-corporate distribution rate), 221 (on Division). —Corporation tax (small companies' rate for 2004), 220. —Corporation tax (starting rate for 2004), 221. —Derivative contracts, 221. —Employment income etc, 222. —Enterprise investment scheme, 222. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (biodiesel), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (bioethanol), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (fuel oil), 218. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (fuel substitutes), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (mixing), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (rates), 218 (on Division). —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (road fuel gas), 218. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (sulphur-free petrol and diesel), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (treatment of energy products), 219. —Hydrocarbon oil etc duties (warehousing), 219. —Immediate needs annuities, 223. —Income tax (charge and rates for 2004–05), 220. —Income tax (property held jointly by spouses), 222 (on Division). —Individuals benefited by film relief, 222. —Insurance companies, 221. —Investment companies and companies with investment business), 221. —Leaseback of assets, 223. —Life policies etc, 223. —Loan relationships etc, 221. —Manufactured dividends, 223. —Offshore funds, 223. —Offshore installations, 223. —Oil extraction activities, 223. —Partnerships (corporation tax), 223. —Partnerships (income tax), 223. —Pension schemes etc, 223. —Period within which certain claims may be made, 231. —Petroleum revenue tax (allowable expenditure), 223. —Petroleum revenue tax (allowable expenditure, receipts etc), 223. —Petroleum revenue tax (terminal losses), 223. —Provision not at arm's length, 221. —Rate of duty on beer, 218. —Rates of duty on wine and made-wine, 218. —Rates of tobacco products duty, 217. —Relief for shipbuilders (abolition), 231. —Relief from tax (incidental and consequential charges), 231. —Special rates of tax applicable to trusts, 221. —Stamp duty land tax and stamp duty, 224 (on Division). —Stamp duty land tax (miscellaneous amendments), 224. —Stamp duty land tax (shared ownership leases), 230. —Strips of government securities, 223. —Sums paid to settlor otherwise than as income, 221. —Value added tax (gas and electricity supplied by persons outside UK), 220. —Value added tax (groups of companies), 220 (on Division). —Value added tax (private use of stock in trade cars by employees etc), 220. —Venture capital trusts, 222. Ways and Means Resolution after the Bill was brought in: —Gifts etc. of shares, securities or real property to charities, 429. —Manufactured dividends and interest, 429. —Rent factoring of leases of plant or machinery, 428. 2. Resolutions relating to other Bills: Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.), 50* Child Trust Funds, 41* Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) [Lords], 489* Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims [Lords], 396 Energy [Lords], 316* Gambling, 583* Human Tissue, 81* Pensions, 166*, 611 Traffic Management, 57*, 459 *Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order. II. Miscellaneous: 1. Resolutions under Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968: —having provisional statutory effect, 207. —having statutory effect, 217, &c. 2. Procedure Resolutions: —Procedure (Amounts deducted from Payments to sub-contractors), 231. —Procedure (Future Taxation), 231. —Procedure (Minimum Contributions to Personal Pension Schemes), 231. —Procedure (Mutual Assistance in Connection with Customs Union with Andorra), 231. —Procedure (Savings Income), 231. 3. Bill ordered: Upon Ways and Means Resolutions and upon Resolutions relating to Procedure and Finance [Money]: —Finance, 232. Wild Mammals (Protection) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 62. Motion for Second Reading; Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock, 124. WITNESSES Sessional Resolution relating to tampering with witnesses, 2. Sessional Resolution relating to false evidence, 2.
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