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Page 136 2007-08 Volume 264 [No. 34.] Monday 21st January 2008. The House met at half-past Two oclock. PRAYERS.
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 Tom Watson, Mr Frank Roy: 362. Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Baron, Mr Nick Hurd: 224. So the Question was agreed to. The Bill was accordingly read a second time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.(Steve McCabe.) Committee to-morrow.
(1) residents of Kent relating to a European Reform Treaty Referendum; (2) Joan Holder, Huby Post Office, York and others of a like disposition relating to Post Office closures (North Yorkshire); and (3) residents of Great Doddington and surrounding areas relating to Post Office closures (Northamptonshire) were presented and read.
Subject: 0844 revenue-sharing telephone numbers (Mr Graham Stuart). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.(Steve McCabe.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till nine minutes to Eleven oclock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 10.51 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 18th January 2008 pursuant to Standing Order No. 159 (Presentation of statutory instruments): Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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(2) Manchester College (Incorporation) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 49), dated 11th January 2008 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Secretary John Denham].
(2) Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 97), dated 16th January 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Hilary Benn].
Other Papers:
(1) A Comparative Table of the Current EC and EU Treaties as Amended by the Treaty of Lisbon; and (2) Consolidated Texts of the EU Treaties as Amended by the Treaty of Lisbon [by Command] [Cm. 7311 and 7310] [Secretary David Miliband].
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(2) Testing and Assessment: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 169-iv] [Mr Barry Sheerman].
(2) The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the state of Human Rights in the UK: with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 270]; and (3) Legislative Scrutiny: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Andrew Dismore].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee; to be printed [No. 215-i]; and (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Phil Willis].
[No. 35.] Tuesday 22nd January 2008. The House met at half-past Two oclock. PRAYERS.
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Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 29th January.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Tuesday 29th January.
(1) That it had come to the following Resolution: That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication; and (2) certain Memoranda. Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
Memorandum to lie upon the Table and to be published.
That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 15869/07, Commission Communication, The Euro-Mediterranean PartnershipAdvancing Regional Co-operation to Support Peace, Progress and Inter-Cultural Dialogue; and agrees that the Barcelona Process may have potential to help promote UK objectives, provided it focuses not on process but on effective delivery through partnership. Resolution to lie upon the Table. Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Football Spectators and Sports Grounds Bill be printed [Bill 59EN].
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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 March 2008. 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 Sadiq Khan); The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Tom Watson, Mr Wayne David: 274. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Stewart Jackson, Jeremy Wright: 85. So the Question 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 Energy Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of (1) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act; (2) any expenditure incurred by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority by virtue of the Act; and (3) any increase attributable to the Act in sums payable out of money so provided under another enactment(Steve McCabe):It was agreed to. Page 141 Tuesday 22nd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top
(1) the levying of charges under or by virtue of the Act in connection with functions of the Secretary of State (including such functions which are transferred by virtue of the Act to another person); (2) the levying of charges by virtue of the Act in connection with the termination of licences relating to the storage of carbon dioxide; (3) the levying of charges by virtue of the Act in connection with costs incurred by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority or the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation; (4) the imposition, by virtue of the Act, of charges under licences issued under the Electricity Act 1989 or the Gas Act 1986; and (5) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund(Steve McCabe):It was agreed to.
Subject: Retirement from the fire service on grounds of ill health (Mr John Heppell). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.(Steve McCabe.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till a quarter to Eleven oclock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 10.45 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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(2) London 2012 Games: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 104-iv] [Mr John Whittingdale].
(2) Climate Change and local, regional and devolved government: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 225-ii] [Mr Tim Yeo].
(2) Work of the Committee in 2007: Fourth Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 278] [Mr Mohammad Sarwar].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Welsh Affairs Committee; to be printed [No. 34-ix]; and (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Dr Hywel Francis]. Page 143 Tuesday 22nd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top [No. 35; WH, No. 21] Tuesday 22nd January 2008. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Nine oclock.
Subjects: Homeworkers (Mr Fabian Hamilton). Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West (Mr Christopher Chope). Death of Mr David Burrows and West Yorkshire Police (Mike Wood). Regulation of slurry (Mr David Heath). Case for keeping Loftus Saxon treasures in a local museum (Dr Ashok Kumar). A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned(Mr Tom Watson); And it being Two oclock, the sitting was adjourned without Question put, till tomorrow. [Adjourned at 2 p.m. [No. 36.] Wednesday 23rd January 2008. The House met at half-past Eleven oclock. PRAYERS.
Amendments made to the Bill. Bill to be read a third time.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29th February.
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Timothy John Burr to the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General.(The Prime Minister.) Address to be presented to Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are of Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council or of Her Majestys Household.
Amendment (No. 5) proposed to the Bill, in page 2, line 6, at the end, to insert the words (4A) Transfer arrangements may not confer on the purchaser the right to alter the repayment terms of sold debts..(Mr Rob Wilson.) Page 144 Wednesday 23rd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment (No. 11) proposed to the Bill, in page 2, line 13, at the end, to insert the words (8) In advance of entering into transfer arrangements the Secretary of State shall (a) examine the prevailing market conditions and ensure that a competitive market for the loans has been generated; (b) provide the market with full information about the loan book in order that the assets can be efficiently valued; (c) ensure that there has been a genuine transfer of risk from the public accounts to the private sector; and (d) assess the proceeds that look likely to be achieved in the transaction, using full and clear market information and a comparison with keeping the loans on the Government books, in terms of both likely income flows and levels of risk. (9) The Secretary of State shall make a written statement on expenditure incurred in connection with each transfer arrangement..(Mr Rob Wilson.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Richard Benyon, Mr Crispin Blunt: 213. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Dave Watts, Mr Sadiq Khan: 288. Another Amendment (No. 4) proposed to the Bill, in page 3, line 22, to leave out the word may and insert the word shall, instead thereof.(John McDonnell.) Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment (No. 1) proposed to the Bill, in page 3, line 42, after the word reimbursement, to insert the words by a defaulting borrower.(Rob Marris.) Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment (No. 7) proposed to the Bill, in page 4, line 9, to leave out the words a person acting on behalf of a loan purchaser and insert the words the Student Loans Company, instead thereof.(Mr John Hayes.) Question put, That the Amendment be made. The House divided. Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Richard Benyon, Mr Crispin Blunt: 212. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Sadiq Khan, Mr Bob Blizzard: 284. The Bill was read the third time, and passed.
Subject: NHS maternity services in East Sussex (Mr Nigel Waterson). A Motion was made and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn(Mr Sadiq Khan); And it being Seven oclock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed without Question put. Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.(Mr Sadiq Khan.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-two minutes past Seven oclock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 7.22 p.m. Page 145 Wednesday 23rd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
(2) draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Hain]. Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
Other Papers:
Papers withdrawn:
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(1)The Speaker has appointed Mr David Amess and Mrs Joan Humble Chairmen of the Energy Bill Committee; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr John Baron, Mr Brian Binley, Charles Hendry, Martin Horwood, Dr Brian Iddon, Dr Stephen Ladyman, Anne Main, Albert Owen, Dr Nick Palmer, Mr Jamie Reed, John Robertson, Alison Seabeck, Mr Hugo Swire, Paddy Tipping, Steve Webb, Dr Alan Whitehead and Malcolm Wicks.
Page 146 Wednesday 23rd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top (1) The Speaker has allocated the Order to the First Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mr Greg Pope Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Colin Breed, Mr Simon Burns, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Ian Cawsey, Mr Quentin Davies, Angela Eagle, Mr David Gauke, Martin Linton, Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Mr Khalid Mahmood, Sandra Osborne, John Reid, Joan Ryan, Mr Robert Syms, Mr Ian Taylor, David Tredinnick and Claire Ward.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Miss Anne Begg Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr Crispin Blunt, Mr Jeremy Browne, Dr Vincent Cable, Mr Jim Devine, Mr Bruce George, Mr Mark Hoban, Jane Kennedy, Mr Sio¤n Simon, Mr Andrew Smith, Bob Spink, Mr Gary Streeter, Ms Dari Taylor, Mr Don Touhig, Claire Ward, Mrs Betty Williams, Mr David Wilshire and David Wright.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Regulations to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Mr Eric Martlew Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Mr John Baron, Lorely Burt, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Dr Ian Gibson, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Chris McCafferty, Stephen Pound, Alison Seabeck, Mr Dennis Skinner, Mr Anthony Steen, Ian Stewart, Graham Stringer, Sarah Teather, Mr Stephen Timms, Mr Paul Truswell, Mr Andrew Tyrie and Mr Robert Walter.
(1) The Speaker has allocated the draft Order to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee and has appointed Dr William McCrea Chairman; and (2) the Committee of Selection has nominated seventeen Members to serve on the Committee: Liz Blackman, Mr David Clelland, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Paul Goggins, Mr Adam Ingram, Mrs Sia(r)n C. James, Mr Ian McCartney, Mr Eddie McGrady, Rob Marris, Mr Alan Milburn, John Penrose, Mark Pritchard, Mr Alan Reid, Mr Laurence Robertson, Dr Gavin Strang, Mr Mark Todd and Angela Watkinson. European Standing Committees
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(2) Correspondence with Defra: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Michael Jack].
(2) The conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers: Tenth Report from the Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 86]; and (3) Ministerial Correspondence: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Michael Connarty].
(2) Overseas Territories: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 147-ii] [Mike Gapes].
(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee; to be printed [No. 216-i]; and (2) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published [Mr Phil Willis].
(2) Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year Strategy for the Railways?: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 219-ii]; and (3) Network Rail Engineering Delays over the New Year Period: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 284-i] [Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody].
Page 148 Wednesday 23rd January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top [No. 36; WH, No. 22] Wednesday 23rd January 2008. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Nine oclock.
Subjects: Employment of overseas footballers (Mr Iain Duncan Smith). Animal welfare in circuses (Mark Pritchard). Pleural plaques victims compensation (Jim Sheridan). UK bird registration scheme (Martin Salter). Television reception in the Hedges area of Rushden (Mr Peter Bone). Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.(Siobhain McDonagh.) And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 5.29 p.m. [No. 37.] Thursday 24th January 2008. The House met at half-past Ten oclock. PRAYERS.
Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.
(1) certain Memoranda; and (2) That it had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto. Memoranda (reported on 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th and 22nd January) to be printed. Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 52]. Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.
Memorandum to lie upon the Table and to be published.
Ordered, That the Explanatory Notes relating to the Counter-Terrorism Bill be printed [Bill 63EN].
Page 149 Thursday 24th January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top (1) the yearly rate for salaries of Members of this House, including the additional salaries of chairmen of select and general committees, should be increased (in addition to the increase of 0.66 per cent. provided for in respect of the year starting with 1st April 2007 under the resolution of 10th July 1996 relating to Members Salaries (No. 2)) (a) with effect from 1st April 2007, by 0.84 per cent. of the rate as it stood on 31st March 2007, and (b) with effect from 1st November 2007, by a further 1.06 per cent. of the rate as it stood on 31st March 2007; (2) from 31st March 2008, the resolution of 10th July 1996 relating to Members Salaries (No. 2) should cease to have effect.(Ms Harriet Harman.) It being after Five oclock the Speaker put the remaining Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motions relating to Members Salaries, Parliamentary Pensions and Members Allowances, pursuant to Order [22nd January].
A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order, That the following provision shall be made with respect to the salaries of Members of this House (1) the yearly rate for salaries of Members of this House, including the additional salaries of chairmen of select and general committees, shall be increased (in addition to the increase of 0.66 per cent. provided for in respect of the year starting with 1st April 2007 under the resolution of 10th July 1996 relating to Members Salaries (No. 2)) (a) with effect from 1st April 2007, by 0.84 per cent. of the rate as it stood on 31st March 2007, and (b) with effect from 1st November 2007, by a further 1.06 per cent. of the rate as it stood on 31st March 2007; (2) from 31st March 2008, the resolution of 10th July 1996 relating to Members Salaries (No. 2) shall cease to have effect(Helen Goodman):It was agreed to.
(1) recommendations 20 to 22 relating to an increase in staffing allowance should be implemented, subject to the decisions of the Members Estimate Committee with regard to their timing and administration; (2) recommendations 17 to 19, 23 to 28, 30 and 31 (relating to reimbursement of unreceipted expenditure, audit, central funding of constituency office costs, Incidental Expenses Provision, partners travel, Communications Allowance, Resettlement Grant, Winding-up Allowance, and nomenclature of allowances) be referred to the Members Estimate Committee for further consideration following consultation with the Advisory Panel on Members Allowances(Helen Goodman):It was agreed to.
Subject: Future of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (Gordon Banks). Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.(Mr Tom Watson.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twelve minutes to Six oclock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 5.48 p.m. Page 150 Thursday 24th January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution:
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(2) Dental Services: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 289-II] [Mr Kevin Barron].
Page 151 Thursday 24th January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top [No. 37; WH, No. 23] Thursday 24th January 2008. The House sitting in Westminster Hall The sitting began at half-past Two oclock.
Subject: Global Security: The Middle East, Eighth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 200607, and the Governments response thereto. Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.(Tony Cunningham.) And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 29th January. [Adjourned at 4.58 p.m. [No. 38.] Friday 25th January 2008. The House met at half-past Nine oclock.
PRAYERS.
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 Oliver Heald, John Battle: 45. Tellers for the Noes, Mr Frank Roy, Steve McCabe: 0. So the Question was agreed to. The Bill was accordingly read a second time and stood committed to a Public Bill Committee.
And a Motion being made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time:The Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. Bill withdrawn.
Mr Bob Ainsworth acquainted the House, That he had it in Command from the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, had consented to place Her prerogative, so far as it is affected by the Bill, at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill. And a Motion being made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now be read a second time; And it being half-past Two oclock, the Debate stood adjourned. Ordered, That the Debate be resumed on Friday 14th March. Page 152 Friday 25th January 2008 2007-08 Volume 264 Back to top
Subject: Taking Luton Town Football Club out of administration (Mrs Nadine Dorries). A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn(Liz Blackman); And the Motion having been made at half-past Two oclock, and the Debate having continued for half an hour, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order, till Monday 28th January. [Adjourned at 3 p.m. APPENDIX I Papers presented or laid upon the Table: Papers subject to Negative Resolution:
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