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Page 25 2007-08 Volume 264 [No. 8.] Monday 19th November 2007. The House met at half-past Two o’clock. PRAYERS.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, That the Bill be now read a second time; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Frank Roy, Steve McCabe: 312. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Nick Hurd, Jeremy Wright: 215. So the Question was agreed to. The Bill was accordingly read a second time.
Committal 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House. Proceedings in Committee, on consideration and Third Reading 2. Proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed at one day’s sitting. 3. Proceedings in Committee and any proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced. 4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after the commencement of those proceedings or at the moment of interruption on that day, whichever is earlier. 5. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings in Committee and on consideration and Third Reading—(Mr Tom Watson):—It was agreed to.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the European Communities (Finance) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the charging on, and payment out of, the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund of any sums which, by virtue of the amendment of the European Communities Act 1972 made by that Act, fall to be charged on or paid out of either of those Funds—(Mr Tom Watson):—It was agreed to.
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(1) Mr G Dadd of North Yorkshire County Council and Black Bull Inn, Thormanby, York, North Yorkshire and others of like disposition relating to police funding (North Yorkshire); (2) residents of the Shipley constituency and the surrounding area relating to Post Office closures (Shipley); (3) residents of Northampton and people who use the local rail services relating to rail services (Northampton); and (4) those concerned about the proposed closure of the Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre in Shrewsbury relating to the Ambulance Control Centre (Shrewsbury) were presented and read.
Subject: New flight paths into Southampton and Bournemouth airports (Sir George Young). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Tom Watson.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till ten minutes to Eleven o’clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 10.50 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers presented by Her Majesty’s Command and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 16th November 2007 pursuant to Standing Order No. 158 (Presentation of command papers):
Papers delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 16th November 2007 pursuant to Standing Order No. 159 (Presentation of statutory instruments): Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
(2) Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3250), dated 13th November 2007, with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [Secretary Hilary Benn]. Page 27 Monday 19th November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 19th November 2007: Paper subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
(2) Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Reinsurance Directive) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3255); and (3) Reinsurance Directive Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3253), dated 19th November 2007 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda and Impact Assessments thereon [by Command] [Kitty Ussher].
Other Papers:
(1) The Carbon Trust: Accelerating the move to a low carbon economy; and (2) the privatisation of QinetiQ [by Act]; to be printed [Nos. 7 and 52] [Clerk of the House]. Papers withdrawn:
APPENDIX II General Committees
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(2) New Towns (follow up): Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published; and (3) Winter Supplementary Estimates: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published [Dr Phyllis Starkey].
[No. 9.] Tuesday 20th November 2007. The House met at half-past Two o’clock. PRAYERS.
Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 6145/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels, and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specifications of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC; and endorses the Government’s aim of ensuring that the measure is cost effective, and that the target for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions does not lead to the use of unsustainably produced biofuels and is consistent with the biofuels target for 2020 endorsed in the Spring Council Declaration. Resolution to lie upon the Table. Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
The Lords communicate that they have appointed a Committee of twelve Lords to join with the Committee appointed by this House as the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills.
Committal 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. Page 29 Tuesday 20th November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top Proceedings in Public Bill Committee 2. Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 11th December 2007. 3. The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets. Consideration and Third Reading 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced. 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. 6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. Other proceedings 7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed—(Alison Seabeck):—It was agreed to.
Subject: Case of Michael Shields (Mrs Louise Ellman). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Alison Seabeck.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-four minutes to Eight o’clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 7.36 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Paper subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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Other Papers:
(1) Further Responses to the Government’s Consultation on the Crossrail Bill Environmental Statement; and (2) Government Overview of the case for Crossrail and its Environmental Impacts [by Command] [Cm. 7249 and 7250] [Secretary Ruth Kelly].
(1) Central Government [by Command]; to be printed [No. 3] [Andy Burnham]; (2) the Electoral Commission [by Act]; to be printed [No. 14] [The Speaker]; and (3) the House of Commons: Administration [by Act]; to be printed [No. 12] [The Speaker]. APPENDIX II General Committees
European Standing Committees
APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
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(2) The Work of Defence Estates: Government Response to the Fifteenth Report of the Committee, Session 2006–07: First Special Report from the Committee; to be printed [No. 109]; (3) The Future of NATO and European Defence: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 111-i]; and (4) MoD Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007–08: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr James Arbuthnot].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee; to be printed [No. 76-ii]; and (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Tim Yeo].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the International Development Committee; to be printed [No. 67-i]; and (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Malcolm Bruce].
(2) Lobbying: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Dr Tony Wright].
(2) Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007: Explanatory Memorandum by the Scotland Office: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Mohammad Sarwar].
(i) First Report from the Treasury Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 55]; and (ii) Memoranda laid before the Committee; and (2) The 2007 Pre-Budget Report: (i) Second Report from the Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 54]; and (ii) Memoranda laid before the Committee [John McFall].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Welsh Affairs Committee; to be printed [No. 34-iii]; and (2) Memorandum laid before the Committee, to be published [Dr Hywel Francis]. Page 32 Tuesday 20th November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top [No. 9; WH, No. 2] Tuesday 20th November 2007. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Nine o’clock.
Subjects: Children in immigration detention (Ms Diane Abbott). Review of local government structure in Norfolk (Mr Keith Simpson). Economic development in Falkirk (Eric Joyce). Digital broadcasting services in the Forest of Dean (Mr Mark Harper). Housing demand in West Ham (Lyn Brown). Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Liz Blackman.) And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 1.59 p.m. [No. 10.] Wednesday 21st November 2007. The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock. PRAYERS.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
The Lords communicate that they have appointed a Committee of six Lords to join with the Committee appointed by this House to consider Tax Law Rewrite Bills, and in particular to consider whether each Bill committed to it preserves the effect of the existing law, subject to any minor changes which may be desirable. They have ordered that the Committee have power to agree with the Committee appointed by this House in the appointment of a Chairman; That the quorum of the Committee shall be two; That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers; That the Committee have leave to report from time to time; That the evidence taken by the Committee shall, if the Committee so wishes, be published; and That the procedure of the Joint Committee shall follow the procedure of select committees of this House when such procedure differs from that of select committees of the House of Lords, and shall include the power of Chairman to select amendments.
Government policy on schools reform,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House expresses its concern over recent reports that the Government is retreating on the Academies programme and calls on the Secretary of State to restore the freedom of Academies to operate outside the National Curriculum, to take steps to liberate them further from local authority control, and to recognise that Academies should act as a spur and encouragement to local authorities by pioneering innovative new approaches to helping the most disadvantaged; and further believes that the Academies programme should be expanded and accelerated with not only more Academies but also greater freedoms for new providers who wish to open all-ability schools in the state sector—(Michael Gove); Page 33 Wednesday 21st November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word ‘House’ to the end of the Question and add the words ‘notes that investment and reform in schools since 1997 has raised standards and cut the number of underperforming schools, with 100,000 more 11 year olds reaching the required level of literacy than 10 years ago and the number of schools where less than a quarter of pupils achieve five good GCSEs cut from 616 in 1997 to just 26 today; further notes that 83 Academies have already opened, with 230 to be opened by 2010, with more to come as the Government accelerates its successful Academies programme; confirms that over 30 schools became Trust schools in September with over 170 more in the pipeline; welcomes the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme which will rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in the country; and supports further reforms to extend educational opportunity for all and not just some, including the introduction of Diplomas and, alongside an expansion of apprenticeships and enhanced support for 16 and 17 year olds through the Education Maintenance Allowance, raising the education and training age to 18 by 2015’, instead thereof.—(Secretary Ed Balls.) And the Question being put, That the original words stand part of the Question; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Richard Benyon, Mr Crispin Blunt: 166. Tellers for the Noes, Tony Cunningham, Mr Sadiq Khan: 358. So the Question was negatived. And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments):—It was agreed to. The Deputy Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to. Resolved, That this House notes that investment and reform in schools since 1997 has raised standards and cut the number of underperforming schools, with 100,000 more 11 year olds reaching the required level of literacy than 10 years ago and the number of schools where less than a quarter of pupils achieve five good GCSEs cut from 616 in 1997 to just 26 today; further notes that 83 Academies have already opened, with 230 to be opened by 2010, with more to come as the Government accelerates its successful Academies programme; confirms that over 30 schools became Trust schools in September with over 170 more in the pipeline; welcomes the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme which will rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in the country; and supports further reforms to extend educational opportunity for all and not just some, including the introduction of Diplomas and, alongside an expansion of apprenticeships and enhanced support for 16 and 17 year olds through the Education Maintenance Allowance, raising the education and training age to 18 by 2015. Healthcare-associated infections,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House supports NHS staff in their efforts to minimise healthcare-associated infections; notes with distress the failings disclosed in the report by the Healthcare Commission into the outbreaks of clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; deplores the failure by the Department of Health to secure new leadership at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust at an earlier stage; regrets the repeated failure of the Government to ensure compliance with proven methods of containing infections, including screening prior to admission, adequate isolation facilities and optimum bed occupancy rates; and calls on the Government to support NHS bodies in implementing zero tolerance strategies for healthcare-associated infections—(Mr Andrew Lansley); An Amendment was proposed to the Question, in line 2, to leave out from the word ‘House’ to the end of the Question and add the words ‘recognises that healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a worldwide problem; acknowledges that the recent Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for the NHS includes £270 million to tackle HCAI; welcomes the initiatives the NHS is taking to manage infection control, including a new “bare below the elbows” dress code, new clinical guidance to increase the use of isolation for infected patients published in September, every hospital to undertake a deep clean as part of a wider drive for a culture of cleanliness, matrons and clinical directors to report directly to trust boards on infection control and cleanliness, annual infection control inspections of all acute trusts using teams of specialist inspectors, and MRSA screening for all elective admissions next year; further welcomes the introduction of legislation for a new health and adult social care regulator with tough powers to inspect, investigate and intervene in hospitals that do not meet rigorous standards for cleanliness and a new legal requirement on chief executives to report all MRSA bacteraemias and clostridium difficile infections to the Health Protection Agency; believes that centrally determined targets for tackling HCAIs are the most effective way of ensuring infection levels are reduced in every hospital; notes that as a consequence MRSA bloodstream infection numbers are falling; and welcomes the Better Care for All PSA Delivery Agreement, which sets two new targets for the period 2010–11 to keep MRSA Page 34 Wednesday 21st November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top bloodstream infections below half the numbers of 2003–04, and to deliver a 30 per cent. reduction in clostridium difficile infections from the numbers in 2007–08’, instead thereof.—(Secretary Alan Johnson.) And the Question being proposed, That the original words stand part of the Question; Mr Andrew Robathan rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put. And the Question being put, That the Question be now put:—It was agreed to. And the Question being accordingly put; The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Richard Benyon: 200. Tellers for the Noes, Claire Ward, Steve McCabe: 301. So the Question was negatived. And the Question, That the proposed words be there added, being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments); The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Claire Ward, Steve McCabe: 286. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Richard Benyon: 196. So the Question was agreed to. The Speaker forthwith declared the Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to. Resolved, That this House recognises that healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a worldwide problem; acknowledges that the recent Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for the NHS includes £270 million to tackle HCAI; welcomes the initiatives the NHS is taking to manage infection control, including a new “bare below the elbows” dress code, new clinical guidance to increase the use of isolation for infected patients published in September, every hospital to undertake a deep clean as part of a wider drive for a culture of cleanliness, matrons and clinical directors to report directly to trust boards on infection control and cleanliness, annual infection control inspections of all acute trusts using teams of specialist inspectors, and MRSA screening for all elective admissions next year; further welcomes the introduction of legislation for a new health and adult social care regulator with tough powers to inspect, investigate and intervene in hospitals that do not meet rigorous standards for cleanliness and a new legal requirement on chief executives to report all MRSA bacteraemias and clostridium difficile infections to the Health Protection Agency; believes that centrally determined targets for tackling HCAIs are the most effective way of ensuring infection levels are reduced in every hospital; notes that as a consequence MRSA bloodstream infection numbers are falling; and welcomes the Better Care for All PSA Delivery Agreement, which sets two new targets for the period 2010–11 to keep MRSA bloodstream infections below half the numbers of 2003–04, and to deliver a 30 per cent. reduction in clostridium difficile infections from the numbers in 2007–08.
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Subject: Policing in Northern Ireland (David Simpson). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Tony Cunningham.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till two minutes to Eight o’clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 7.58 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Other Papers:
APPENDIX II General Committees
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the First Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mr Martin Caton Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Gregory Barker, Margaret Beckett, Mr Richard Benyon, Mr Douglas Carswell, Ann Clwyd, Mr Geoffrey Cox, Mr David Drew, Mr Dai Havard, Martin Horwood, Chris Huhne, Dr Ashok Kumar, Siobhain McDonagh, Anne Main, Albert Owen, Joan Ruddock, Mr Andrew Smith and John Smith. Page 36 Wednesday 21st November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Orders to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mr David Amess Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr John Baron, Lorely Burt, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Mr Stephen Dorrell, Mr John Grogan, Mr Greg Hands, Mr David Heathcoat-Amory, Mr Doug Henderson, Mr George Howarth, Mr Adam Ingram, Mr Pat McFadden, Mr Jim McGovern, Fiona Mactaggart, Lembit Opik, Mr Nick Raynsford, Alison Seabeck and Jon Trickett.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Orders to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed John Bercow Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Ms Diane Abbott, Mr Colin Breed, Mr Ian Cawsey, Mr David Chaytor, Mr David Gauke, Julia Goldsworthy, Mr Adam Holloway, Mr Bernard Jenkin, Sir Gerald Kaufman, Jane Kennedy, Mr Edward Leigh, Martin Linton, Mr Brooks Newmark, Ms Dari Taylor, Claire Ward, Dr Alan Whitehead and David Wright.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Rules to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mrs Janet Dean Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Clive Betts, Mr David Burrowes, Mr David Hanson, Mr David Heath, David Howarth, Mr Nick Hurd, Alan Keen, Mr Sadiq Khan, Chris McCafferty, Mr Gordon Marsden, Mr Alan Milburn, Margaret Moran, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Joan Ryan, Mr Lee Scott, Lynda Waltho and Mr Rob Wilson.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the Guidance to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mr Roger Gale Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Gordon Banks, Mr Richard Benyon, Mr Michael Clapham, David T. C. Davies (Monmouth), Jim Dowd, Mr Don Foster (Bath), Ms Diana R. Johnson, Mr Ian McCartney, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr Michael Meacher, Mr Richard Shepherd, Dr Gavin Strang, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe, Mr Robert Syms, Mr Mark Todd, Mr Edward Vaizey and Richard Younger-Ross. European Standing Committees
(1) The Speaker has appointed Mr Greg Pope Chairman of the European Standing Committee nominated in respect of the Documents; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated thirteen Members to serve on the Committee: Norman Baker, Mr Julian Brazier, Tony Cunningham, Mr David Kidney, Dr Stephen Ladyman, Mr John Leech, Jessica Morden, Mr Sio¤n Simon, Ian Stewart, Mr Graham Stuart, Mr Hugo Swire, Ms Rosie Winterton and Jeremy Wright. APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
(2) Medical Care for the Armed Forces: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr James Arbuthnot].
Page 37 Wednesday 21st November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top (2) Flooding: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 49-iii] [Mr Michael Jack].
[No. 10; WH, No. 3] Wednesday 21st November 2007. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Nine o’clock.
Subjects: Future of the British horse racing industry (Mr Hugo Swire). Customs and security at Welsh ports (Mr Stephen Crabb). Barnett formula (Graham Stringer). Housing in Northampton (Ms Sally Keeble). Funding for Dyfed-Powys Police Force (Mark Williams). Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Steve McCabe.) And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 5.14 p.m. [No. 11.] Thursday 22nd November 2007. The House met at half-past Ten o’clock. PRAYERS.
Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
And it being one and half hours after the commencement of proceedings, the Motion lapsed without Question put, pursuant to Temporary Standing Order (Topical debates).
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Committal 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. Proceedings in Public Bill Committee 2. Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 11th December 2007. 3. The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets. Consideration and Third Reading 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced. 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. 6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. Other proceedings 7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed—(Mr Wayne David):—It was agreed to.
A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Sale of Student Loans Bill, it is expedient to authorise— (1) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure of a Minister of the Crown in consequence of the Act, and (2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund—(Mr Wayne David):—It was agreed to.
(1) residents of Haverhill relating to frontline health services; (2) users of Woodland Grove Post Office relating to Post Office closures (Nottingham); and (3) those affected by the closure of the Arundel Drive Post Office relating to Post Office closures (Fareham) were presented and read.
Subject: Bass minimum landing size (Martin Salter). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Wayne David.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-three minutes to Six o’clock, adjourned till Monday 26th November. [Adjourned at 5.37 p.m. Page 39 Thursday 22nd November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Paper subject to Affirmative Resolution:
Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
(2) Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3292); and (3) Patents Rules 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3291), dated 19th November 2007 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda and Impact Assessments thereon [by Command] [Secretary John Denham]. Other Papers:
(2) draft Code of Practice on Prevention of Illegal Working: Guidance for employers on the avoidance of unlawful discrimination in employment practice while seeking to prevent illegal working [by Act] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].
APPENDIX II General Committees
APPENDIX III Reports from Select Committees
(i) Second Report from the International Development Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report and Memoranda reported and ordered to be published on 11th October 2007, in the last Session of Parliament [No. 68]; and (ii) Memoranda laid before the Committee; (2) Maternal Health: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 66-ii]; and (3) Development Assistance in Insecure Environments: Afghanistan: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Malcolm Bruce]. Page 40 Thursday 22nd November 2007 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top [No. 11; WH, No. 4] Thursday 22nd November 2007. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Two o’clock.
Subject: Inter-Parliamentary Union. A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned—(Mr Frank Roy); And the sitting having continued for three hours, it was adjourned without Question put, till Tuesday 27th November. [Adjourned at 5.30 p.m.
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