| Session 2007-08 |
Index to Commons Journal 264 Part II
BILLS, PRIVATE—continued: II. Suspended and Revived Bills (at Beginning of Session): Suspended Commons Bills: —Orders of previous Session read, 14(2). —read the first time and second time, Bill as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table, 14. —read the first, second time and third time and passed, 14. Suspended Lords Bills: —certificates of declaration laid, 9. —Orders of previous Session read, 9. —read the first and second time and committed, 9. III. Suspended Bills (at End of Session): Orders relating to suspension of proceedings on Bills: —Lords Bills in Commons, 708. —Commons Bills in Commons, 701. Messages to the Lords: —to acquaint them with Commons concurrence with Lords Resolutions, 701. Messages from the Lords communicating Resolutions relating to suspension of proceedings on Bills, and desiring the concurrence of the Commons: —Lords Bills in Lords, 692. —Commons Bills in Lords, 693. Commons concur with Lords Resolutions relating to suspension of Bills, 701. IV. Presentation of Petitions and First Readings: Report of lists of Bills to originate in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, 102. Commons Bills read the first time, 138, &c. Lords Bills read the first time and referred to the Examiners, 56, &c. V. Second Readings and Committal: Orders for Second Reading read; Bills to be read a second time: —on future days, 101, &c. —on Thursday at Three o'clock, 432. —on Wednesday at Four o'clock, 619. Motion made and Question proposed for Second Reading; debate adjourned three hours after the commencement of proceedings, 449, &c. —Debate ordered to be resumed on a future day, 449, &c. Order for resuming adjourned Debate on Second Reading read; Debate to be resumed on future day, 466, &c. Bill read the first and second time and committee, 9. Bill read a second time and referred to the Examiners, 159. VI. Reports from the Examiners: Petitions for Bills: —Standing Orders complied with, 101. —Standing Orders not complied with in respect of Petitions for Additional Provision, 405(4). Bills originating in the Lords and referred after First Reading: —no Standing Order not previously inquired into applicable, 74(2). Bills referred after Second Reading: —Standing Order not previously inquired into complied with, 209. Report from the Examiners referred to Standing Orders Committee, 405(4). VII. Reports from Standing Orders Committee: Resolutions reported: 454. In case of a specified Bill: —that Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with: that Parties be permitted to insert their Additional Provisions, if the Committees on the Bills think fit, 454. Resolutions agreed to, 454. VIII. Reports from Committees: Bills reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills: —with Amendments, Preamble having been verbally amended and the same, as amended, proved, 305. Report from Committee on a Bill, That it had found the allegations in the Preamble to be true and had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto, 322. —Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, to be published, 327. IX. Consideration: Amendments made, 143. X. Third Reading: Days appointed for Third Reading, 187, &c. —at Four o'clock on a Wednesday, 345. —Lords Bills, with Amendments, 365. XI. Lords Amendments: Lords Amendments agreed to, 480. XII. Lords Bills: Bills brought from the Lords, 56. Lords Bills read the first time and referred to the Examiners, 56. Lords Bill passed, with Amendments, 365. Lords agree to Commons Amendments, without Amendment, 399. XIII. Queen's consent: Queen's consent signified, on Third Reading, 187. 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:
BILLS, PUBLIC—continued 4. Private Members' Bills which did not receive Royal Assent:
BILLS, PUBLIC—continued
BILLS, PUBLIC—continued II. Introductions and First Readings: Outlawries Bill read the first time, 1. Bills presented and read the first time: —Government Bills, 6, &c. —and read a second time and stood committed to a Public Bill Committee, pursuant to Order, 6. —and read a second time and ordered to be considered, pursuant to Order, 6. —Private Members' Bills, 67, &c. Bills ordered to be brought in upon: —Estimates Resolutions, 70, &c. —Ways and Means and Procedure Resolutions, 290. Explanatory notes ordered to be printed: —on presentation, 6, &c. Explanatory notes to Lords Amendments ordered to be printed, —on presentation, 363, &c. Private Members' Bills ordered, presented and read the first time, 102, &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): —and negatived on Division, 601. III. Second Readings and Committal: Days appointed for Second Readings: —no Order having been made on a previous day, 454. Orders for Second Readings read: Bills ordered to be read a second time on future days: —to-morrow (Government Bill), 7, &c. —on future days (Private Members' Bills), 401, &c. Orders for Second Readings on future days read and discharged: —Bills ordered to be read a second time on other future days, 143, &c. —Bills withdrawn, 173, &c. Bills read a second time, 28, &c. —on Division, 25, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Consolidated Fund Bills), 74. —after Reasoned Amendment negatived, 45. —after Question put at specified time under Allocation of Time Order, 199. Motion for second reading; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stands over, 265. Motion for second reading; debate adjourned at half-past Two on a Friday, 151, &c. —Debate ordered to be resumed on a future day, 151, &c. —Order for resuming adjourned Debate on Second Reading read; Debate to be resumed on future day, 212, &c. Motion for second reading; Motion and Bill withdrawn, 246. Bills stand committed to a Public Bill Committee (Private Members' Bills), 151, &c. Bills committed to a Public Bill Committee (by Programme Order), 25, &c. Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House: —by Programme Order, 25. —by Allocation of Time Order, 197. Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House (by Programme Order) in respect of: —certain Clauses and Schedules, 331. (Remainder of Bill committed to a Public Bill Committee), 331. Order, That a Committee be discharged from considering the Bill; Bill withdrawn, 410. 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: Bill to be considered in particular order (as part of Programme Order), 349. Instruction: That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the European Union (Amendment) Bill that it have power to make provision in the Bill for the holding of a referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Union, negatived on Division, 234. Question proposed, That Amendment be made: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 200, &c. Question put, That Amendment be made, and negatived: —on Division, 200, &c. Clause agreed to, 125, &c. —on Division, 350. Question put, That the Clause be read a second time: —negatived on Division, 125. Bill to be reported: —without Amendment, 125. —Specified Clauses and Schedules, with Amendments, 406. Chairman leaves chair to report Bill (pursuant to Programme Order): —without Amendment, 125. —as amended (specified Clauses and a New Clause), 401. Chairman, pursuant to Order, at specified hour: —puts Questions already proposed from the Chair: —That Amendment be made, 161. —That a Clause stand part of the Bill, 239. —puts other Questions which he was directed to put at that hour: BILLS, PUBLIC—continued —Amendment made to the Bill, 401. —Amendment selected for separate decision: —Negatived, on Division, 161, &c. —Clauses and Schedules agreed to, 201. —Schedule, as amended, agreed to, 402. —leaves Chair to report progress, 161, &c. —Pursuant to Order, 165, &c. V. Reports from Committees: Bills reported from Committees of the whole House: —without Amendment, 125, &c. —with Amendments, 526. Progress reported on Bill in Committee of the whole House, 161. Specified Clauses of a Bill reported from Committee of the whole House: —with Amendments, 406. Bills reported from Public Bill Committees: —without Amendment, 62, &c. —with an Amendment, 62, &c. —with Amendments, 45, &c. —and an amended long title, 59. Bills, except specified Clauses and Schedules, reported from Public Bill Committees: Resolution: That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication, 83, &c. Memorandum to be published, 118, &c. Memoranda to be published, 28, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 59, &c. Resolution: That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication; Bill reported, without Amendment, 62. Resolution: That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication; Bill reported, with an Amendment, 62. VI. Consideration on Report Days appointed for consideration of Bills: —pursuant to Standing Order (Carry-over of Bills) and Order, 112. —not amended in the Public Bill Committee, 62, &c. —as amended in the Public Bill Committee, 62, &c. Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, in the last Session of Parliament, considered, 59. Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee, considered, 133, &c. Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, considered, 92, &c. New Clauses brought up, and read the first time, 59, &c. New Clauses brought up, read the first and second time and added to the Bill, 59, &c. Question proposed, That new Clause be read a second time; Clause, by leave, withdrawn, 59, &c. Question put, That new Clause be read a second time: —and negatived on Division, 59, &c. Amendments made to the Bill, 60, &c. Long Title amended, 114. Amendments proposed to the Bill, 60, &c. Question proposed, That Amendment be made: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 60, &c. Question put, That the Amendment be made: —and negatived: —on Division, 60. Questions put at specified hours, pursuant to Programme Orders: —Questions already proposed from Chair: —That the new Clause be read a second time, —agreed to, 113. —agreed to on Division, 113. —negatived on Division, 441. —other Questions required to be put at those hours: —Amendments moved by a Minister, 113. —on Division, 645. —That new Clauses be added, 113, &c. — on Division, 113. —New Schedule be added, 315. —Amendment selected for separate decision, 114, &c. —New Clause selected for separate decision, 386, &c. —Remaining Amendments moved by a Minister, 114, &c. —Remaining New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments moved by a Minister, 113, &c. VII. Third Readings: Bills read the third time and passed, 60, &c. —on Division, 171. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Consolidated Fund Bills), 74, &c. —Question put at specified hour, 115. —on Division, 125. VIII. Lords Bills: Bills brought from the Lords: —and read the first time on the same day, 170, &c. —and read the first time on a later day, 234, &c. —not read the first time, 497, &c. Lords Bills passed: —with Amendments, 601, &c. —with an Amendment, 539. —without Amendment, 533. IX. Lords Amendments: 1. Commons Bills: Bills agreed to by the Lords: —without Amendment, 293, &c. —with Amendments, 210, &c. —with an Amendment, 601. BILLS, PUBLIC—continued
Days appointed for consideration of Lords Amendments: —Lords Amendments, 416, &c. —Lords Message, 701. Lords Amendments considered according to Order, 366, &c. Lords Message considered according to Order, 714, &c. Lords Amendments to be considered in particular order, (as part of Programme Order), 365, &c. Lords Amendments agreed to, 422, &c. —on Division, 693. Lords Amendments disagreed to, 702. —on Division, 366, &c. Amendment to Lords Amendment, 697. —withdrawn, 471. Lords Amendments deemed to be disagreed to pursuant to Standing Order (Lords amendments), 548. Order: That a Clause be moved to another place in the Bill, 702. Title accordingly amended, 703. Amendments made in lieu of Lords Amendments disagreed to, 366, &c. Amendments made to the words so restored to the Bill, 366. Lords Amendment in lieu of words left out of the Bill by Commons Amendment agreed to, 714. Commons does not insist on its disagreement with the Lords, 372. Commons does not insist on its Amendment and agrees with Lords Amendments in lieu, 698. Commons agrees with Lords Amendment its Amendment, 698. Commons does not insist on its Amendment and agrees with in lieu thereof, the Commons being willing to waive its privileges in respect of the Lords Amendment, 698. Lords agree, without Amendment, to the Commons Amendment, 568. Lords agree, without Amendment, to Commons Amendments, 655, &c. Lords insist on certain Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed for which insistence they assign their Reasons; they do not insist on the remaining Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed; they agree to the Amendments proposed by the Commons to the words so restored to the Bill; they agree to the consequential Amendment proposed by the Commons; they agree to the Amendments proposed by the Commons in lieu of certain of their Amendments; and they agree to the Amendments proposed by the Commons to certain of their Amendments, 372. The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed; they agree to the Amendments proposed by the Commons in lieu of one of the Lords Amendments; and they agree to the consequential Amendment made by the Commons, 708. Questions put at specified hours, pursuant to Programme Orders: —Questions already proposed from the Chair: —That Lords Amendment be agreed to, 367. —That the Lords Amendment be disagreed to, 366. —Other Questions to be disposed of at that hour: —Motions to disagree, 367. —Motions to agree, 367. —Motion to agree consequential Amendment to a Lords Amendment, 367. —To agree with remaining Lords Amendments (Commons being willing to waive their privileges in respect of certain Lords Amendments), 709. 2. Lords Bills: Commons Amendments agreed to by the Lords: —without Amendment 690, &c. Certain Commons Amendments agreed to; Commons Amendment agreed to, with an Amendment; Commons Amendment agreed to with Amendments in lieu of the words so left out of the Bill; certain Commons Amendments disagreed to with Amendments proposed, in lieu, 696. Commons Amendment agreed to, with an Amendment in lieu of the words left out of the Bill; another Amendment agreed to, with an Amendment; remaining Amendments agreed to, 701. 3. Miscellaneous: Committee appointed to draw up reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of their Amendments to Bills, 210, 367, 548, 703, 709. X. Queen's consent: Queen's consent signified: —on Second Reading, 151, &c. —on Third Reading, 60, &c. XI. Money Bills: Bills endorsed with the Speaker's Certificate as Money Bills under the Parliament Act 1911: Consolidated Fund, 76. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation), 256. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2), 530. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3), 618. European Communities (Finance), 128. XII. Bills passed through several stages in one day: Consolidated Fund Bill read a second and third time and passed, 74. Bill read the first and second time; committed to Committee of the whole House; considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; considered; read the third time and passed, 196. BILLS, PUBLIC—continued
Bill read a second time; committed to Committee of the whole House; considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; considered; read the third time and passed, 525. Bill considered in Committee of the whole House; reported, without Amendment; read the third time and passed, 125. As amended in a Public Bill Committee, considered; read the third time and passed, 59, &c. Not amended in a Public Bill Committee, considered; read the third time and passed, 133, &c. Not amended in Committee and as amended in Public Bill Committee, further considered; read the third time and passed, 498. XIII. Allocation of Time and Programme Orders: Allocation of Time Orders: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity), 523. Business of the House Orders: Banking (Special Provisions), 196*. Programme Orders: Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill, 28. Child Maintenance and Other Payments, 422. Children and Young Persons, 454. Employment, 543*. Local Transport, 306. National Insurance Contributions Bill, 96. Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions, 411. * on Division. Scope of Orders: Committee of the Whole House, Consideration and Third Reading, 25. Committee, Consideration, Third Reading, 543, &c. —Amending previous provisions for Consideration and Third Reading, 112, &c. Lords Amendments, 365. Lords Message, 698. Committal provisions: Bill committed to: —Public Bill Committee, 28, &c. —Committee of whole House, 25. Date by which Public Bill Committee to report changed, 642. Leave for Public Bill Committee to sit twice on first day, 23, &c. Committee of the whole House: Committee stage to be completed: —In one allotted day, 25. —In two allotted days, with timings, 381. —At a specified time on day on which considered, 25, &c. —At one day's sitting, together with consideration and Third Reading, 523. Bill to be considered in particular order, 359. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming Committees) disapplied, 29, &c. —for Committee of whole House, 25, &c. Consideration and Third Reading Amendments to previous provisions for consideration and Third Reading; to be completed: —after three hours, four hours and one hour before the moment of interruption after the commencement of proceedings on the Programme Order, 386. —at specified times at today's sitting, 112. —in two days at specified times on days on which considered, 416. Committee, consideration and Third Reading to be completed: —two hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order and one hour before the moment of interruption and after one hour or at the moment of interruption, 125. Consideration and Third Reading to be completed: —at one hour before, and at moment of interruption on day on which considered, 29, &c. —at specified times on day(s) on which considered, 416. —in two days, 318. More than one stage may be completed on a single day (Bill brought in on Ways and Means Resolutions), 494. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming Committees) disapplied, 29, &c. Lords Amendments Consideration of Lords Amendments to be completed within: —three hours, 422, &c. —four hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Ways and Means Motion, 696. —at the moment of interruption, 568. —at specified times on day on which considered, 365. BILLS, PUBLIC—continued
Consideration of Lords Message to be completed within: —one hour, 714. —two hours, 698. XV. Carry-over of Bills: Motion to carry-over Bill to the next Session: Banking, 611. Political Parties and Elections Bill, 625. XVI. Miscellaneous: In respect of particular Bills, notices of Amendments, &c., may be received by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time, 515. Bills withdrawn: —after Question proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time, 151, &c. —after Order for second reading read and discharged, 173, &c. —after Public Bill Committee discharged from considering the Bill, 410. Borough Freedom Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, read the first time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 56. Report from Examiners, 74. British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 229. British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 503. Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Motion made and Question proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time, Bill withdrawn, 622. Broads Authority Bill: Read the first and second time, Bill, as amended in the Committee, to lie upon the Table, 14. As amended, considered, 143. Motion made and Question proposed for Third Reading, Queen's consent signified, objection taken to further proceeding, 187. Read the third time, and passed, 372. Building Societies: Draft Building Societies Act 1986 (Accounts, Audit and EEA State Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 426. Approved, 437. Draft Building Societies (Financial Assistance) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 416. Approved, 423. Cannabis Seeds (Prohibition) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 531. Canterbury City Council Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Capital Gains Tax: Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Moldova) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Approved, 504. Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (New Zealand) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Approved, 504. Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Slovenia) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Approved, 504. 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, 151, &c. Chairman reports: —List of Private Bills to originate in the House of Lords and House of Commons, 102. —Resolution from Standing Orders Committee: That, in the cases of the London Local Authorities Bill [Lords], the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords] and the London Local Authorities (Shopping Bags) Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with: That the parties be permitted to insert their Additional Provisions, if the Committees on the Bills think fit, 454. CHAIRMEN'S PANEL: Members nominated by the Speaker to be the Chairmen's Panel during the Session: —Thirty-two Members, 9. —discharges a Member, 195. —discharges a Member and appoints two Members, 238. Two Members appointed whom the Speaker is to consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill, 1. Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 7. Read a second time and committed to a Public Bill Committee, 28. Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee, 53. Resolution reported, Bill reported, with an Amendment, 62. Considered, as amended, 133. Read the third time, and passed, 134. (Cited as Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 413. Programme Order, 28. Ways and Means Resolution, 28. Charities: Draft Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 207. Reported, 214. Approved, 219. Children (Protection of Privacy) Bill: Ordered, presented, and read the first time, 713. Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill: Presented, read the first and second time, and ordered to be considered, pursuant to Order (Carry over of Bills); Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 6. As Amended, considered, read the third time and passed, 59-60. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 416. Lords Amendments agreed to, 422. (Cited as Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008) Royal Assent, 432. Programme Order, 422 Children and Young Persons: Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 657. Approved, 673. Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 296. Reported, 302. Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory Provisions) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 657. Approved, 673. Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 306. Read a second time, 454. Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords] Committee, 463. Resolution reported, 475. Reported, with Amendments, 511. As Amended, considered, read the third time and passed, with Amendments 601. Lords agree, without Amendment to Commons Amendments, 690. (Cited as Children and Young Persons Act 2008) Royal Assent, 690. Programme Order, 454. Money Resolution, 454. Christmas Savings Schemes (Regulation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 143. CHURCH OF ENGLAND: Measures Proceeded Upon, &c. Title of MeasureLaidReport ofEcclesiastical CommitteeTo be presented for Royal AssentCited as:Royal Assent Church of England Marriage 359*392Church of England Marriage Measure 2008413*Referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 372. Allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 374. Reported, 385. Citizen's Convention Bill: Presented and read the first time, 96. Citizen's Initiative (Legislation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 358. Civil Aviation: Draft Air Navigation (Environmental Standards For Non-EASA Aircraft) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 663. Approved, 672. Civil Contingencies: Draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 687. Reported, 692. Approved, 698. CLERKS OF THE HOUSE: I. Clerk of the House of Commons: Lays Papers on the Table, 5, &c. Lays reports from select committees in the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees (adjournment of the House)), 594. II. Clerks at the Table: Order: That, in respect of particular Bills, notices of Amendments, &c., may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bills have been read a second time, 515. Clerk in the Private Bill Office certifies that in respect of suspended or revived Lords Private Bills Agents have deposited Declarations, 9. Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 318. Read a second time, on Division, 436. Climate Change Bill [Lords] Committee, 463. Resolution reported, 480. Memorandum reported, 511. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Long Title, Memoranda reported and ordered to be printed, 531. As amended, considered, 644; Long Title amended, 645; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 645. Lords agree to certain Amendments, without Amendment, agree to certain Amendments with Amendments in lieu of words left out and disagree to other Amendments but propose Amendments in lieu, 696. Lords Amendments to Commons Amendments agreed to, 698. (Cited as Climate Change Act 2008) Royal Assent 721. Money Resolution, 437. Ways and Means Resolution, 437. Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 139. Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 553. CLOSURE OF DEBATE: I. Closure Claimed and Question Put: In House: Private Bills: Adjournment: —On Question, That this House has considered a matter, 84. Opposition Days: —On Question, That original words stand part of the Question, 34, &c. Motions: —Business of the House, 679. —Emergency Debate, 720. Private Members Bills: —on resumed debate on Second Reading, 650. —On Question for an Instruction to a Committee on a Bill, 234. II. Assent of Chair withheld: Private Bills: —On Question, That the Bill be now read a second time, 651(2). Opposition Days: —On Question, That original words stand part of the Question, 50, &c. Private Members Bills: —On Questions for Second Reading of Private Members Bills, 212. III. Questions not decided in the Affirmative (Insufficient Majority): Motions that Question be now proposed, under Standing Order (Powers of chair to propose question): Private Members Bills: In Committee of the whole House: Government Bill: —In Committee, On Question for an instruction to the Committee, 234. Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 410. COMMITTEES, GENERAL: [For European Standing Committees, see European Union Documents, II; for Standing Delegated Legislation Committees, see Delegated Legislation.] I. Government Bills Committed to Public Bill Committees:
24 (Members)59** Counter-Terrorism318326 (Chairmen and Members)396*† Crossrail9 (Carry Over)20 (Chairmen and Members)45* Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts581603 (Chairmen and Members)619† Education and Skills121131 (Chairmen and Members)228† Employment543603 (Chairmen and Members)619† Energy140145 (Chairmen and Members)252† Finance (certain clauses and schedules)331360 (Chairman and Members)469† Health and Social Care 4171 (Chairmen and Members)148† Housing and Regeneration 4671 (Chairmen and Members)170† Human Fertilisation and Embryology (remainder of Bill)381408 (Chairman and Members)449† Local Transport306 326 (Chairmen and Members)376** National Insurance Contributions96 115 (Chairmen and Members)124 Planning 7885 (Chairmen) 90 (Members)176† Pensions105115 (Chairmen and Members)209**† Political Parties and Elections625635 (Chairmen and Members)706** Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions411 447 (Chairmen and Members)467* Sale of Student Loans3853 (Chairman and Members)62** With an Amendment; † With Amendments; ‡ With Amendments and an amended Title; ** As so far amended, pursuant to Standing Order No. 80A (Carry-over of Bills). COMMITTEES, GENERAL—continued II. Private Members' Bills committed to Public Bill Committees Health and Safety (Offences)172296 (Chairman) 241 (Members)305 Planning and Energy151 184 (Chairman) 166 (Members)204** Special Educational Needs (Information)172 241 (Chairman and Members)256 Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment)212360 (Chairman) 309 (Members)410, Committee discharged, Bill withdrawn.** With Amendments, and an amended long title. IV. Welsh Grand Committee Matters referred: —the matter of the Government's Legislative Programme (with provision to meet at Westminster), 79. —the matter of the Budget Statement and its implications for Wales (with provision to meet at Westminster), 206. Reported, 306. —the matter of the Public Expenditure in Wales, 715 (for debate in following Session). Members discharged, 264. Member discharged, another added, 82. Minutes of Proceedings to lie upon the Table, 306. V. Northern Ireland Grand Committee Matters referred: —the matter of MASRAM (multi-agency sex offender risk assessment and management arrangements) and the management of the risk posed by sex offenders living in the community in Northern Ireland, 406. Reported, 456. Chairman appointed, 447. Twenty-five additional Members nominated, 21. Members discharged, others added, 674. VI. Miscellaneous: 1. Chairmen of Public Bill Committees: Members appointed Chairmen of Public Bill Committees by the Speaker: —Public Bill Committees, 13, &c. —an additional Chairman, 635, &c. —Grand Committees, 85, &c. —Delegated Legislation Committees, 20, &c. —one Chairman in place of another, 251, &c. —European Committees, 260. 2. Sittings: Leave for Public Bill Committee to sit twice on first day, 23, &c. —As part of a Programme Order, 29, &c. COMMITTEES, JOINT: I. Appointed under Standing Orders Relating to Public Business: Consolidation, &c., Bills: Member discharged; another added, 304. Message from the Lords communicating reference of a Bill to the Joint Committee: —Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords], 300. Report on: —Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords], 349. Human Rights: Reports: First [Government Response to the Committee's Eighteenth Report of Session 2006–07: the Human Rights of Older People in Healthcare], 14. Second [Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights], 83. Fourth [Government Response to the Twenty-first Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07: Human Trafficking: Update], 116. Fifth [Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill], 138. Sixth [The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the state of Human Rights in the UK], 138. Seventh [A Life Like any Other: The Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities], 142. Eighth [Legislative Scrutiny: Health and Social Care Bill], 158. Ninth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill], 168. Tenth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Ninth Report): Annual Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2008], 204. COMMITTEES, JOINT—continued Eleventh [The Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres], 221. Twelfth [Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Health and Social Care Bill and 2) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill], 221. Thirteenth [Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006–07: The Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism], 221. Fourteenth [Data Protection and Human Rights], 238. Fifteenth [Legislative Scrutiny], 292. Sixteenth [Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation], 305. Seventeenth [Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Employment Bill; 2) Housing and Regeneration Bill; 3) Other Bills], 339. Eighteenth [Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007–08: The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK], 356. Nineteenth [Legislative Scrutiny: Education and Skills Bill], 384. Twentieth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill], 384. Twenty-first [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies], 421. Twenty-second [Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2007–08: Data Protection and Human Rights], 460. Twenty-third [Legislative Scrutiny: Government Replies], 460. Twenty-fourth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Government Responses to the Committee's Twentieth and Twenty-First Reports of Session 2007–08], 460. Twenty-fifth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human rights (Twelfth Report): Annual Renewal of 28 Days 2008], 479. Twenty-sixth [Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill], 547. Twenty-seventh [Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres: Government Reply to the Committee's Eleventh Report of this Session], 547. Twenty-eighth [UN Convention Against Torture: Discrepancies in Evidence Given to the Committee about the use of Prohibited Interrogation techniques in Iraq], 551. Twenty-ninth [A Bill of Rights for the UK?], 575. Thirtieth [Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Thirteenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill], 599. Thirty-first [Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgments: Annual Report 2008], 599. Thirty-second [Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation: Government Response], 599. Minutes of Evidence reported, 14, &c. Memoranda to be published, 14, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Statutory Instruments: Reports from the Joint Committee: First, 22. Second, 37. Third, 55. Fourth, 73. Fifth, 91. Sixth, 132. Seventh, 147. Eighth, 169. Ninth, 186. Tenth, 208. Eleventh, 227. Twelfth, 243. Thirteenth, 261. Fourteenth, 298. Fifteenth, 310. Sixteenth, 327. Seventeenth, 361. Eighteenth, 375. Nineteenth, 395. Twentieth, 415. Twenty-first, 448. Twenty-second, 466. Twenty-third, 487. Twenty-fourth, 509. Twenty-fifth, 537. Twenty-sixth, 559. Twenty-seventh, 618. Twenty-eighth, 637. Twenty-ninth, 654. Thirtieth, 665. Thirty-first, 689. Thirty-second, 705. Reports from the Select Committee: Special Reports: First [Government Response to the First Special Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07: Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, 2006], 327. Second [Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns 2007], 509. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table: —Joint Committee, 6. —Select Committee, 6. Tax Law Rewrite: II. Other Joint Committees Constitutional Renewal: That it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the draft Climate Change Bill, 300. Commons concurs; appoints Select Committee of eleven Members, 358. That the Lords have appointed a Committee to join with the Committee appointed by the Commons as the Joint Committee on the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, 365. Chairman chosen, 369. Minutes of Evidence 389. Memoranda 389. First Report, 579. Marine: That it is expedient that a joint Committee of the Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on any draft marine Bill presented to both Houses by a minister of the Crown, 322. Commons concurs; appoints Select Committee of eleven Members, 377. Chairman chosen, 395. Minutes of Evidence 425. Memoranda 425. First Report, 559. COMMITTEES, SELECT: [For Reports specified as the subjects of debates, see Debates.] I. Appointed under Standing Orders relating to Public Business: Administration: Special Reports: First [Information and Communication Technology Services to Members: Response to the Second Report of from the Committee, Session 2007–07], 126. Note of Committee's discussions to be published, 85, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued II. Select Committees related to Government Departments: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [changed to Business and Enterprise, 235]: Nominated, 10. Chairman chosen, 17. Reports: First [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 126. Second [Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On], 163. Third [Post Office Closure Programme], 190. Fourth [Funding the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority], 320. Fifth [Waking up to India: Developments in the UK-India economic relations], 320. Sixth [After the Network Change Programme: the future of the Post Office Network], 404. Seventh [Keeping the door wide open: Turkey and EU Accession], 473. Eighth [Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation], 517. Ninth [Construction matters], 529. Tenth [Post Office finance: matters arising from evidence taken on 10th June 2008], 558. Eleventh [Energy prices, fuel poverty and Ofgem], 558. Twelfth [Post Office Card Account: successor arrangements], 665. Thirteenth [Companies House], 677. Fourteenth [Departmental Annual Report and Scrutiny of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform], 699. Special Reports: First [The future of the UK Manufacturing: public procurement: Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 111. Second [The work of the Office of Fair Trading: Government Response to the Trade and Industry Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2006–07], 220. Third [Europe moves East: the impact of the ‘new' EU Member States on UK Business: Government Response to the Trade and Industry Committee's Eleventh Report of Sessions 2006–07], 220. Fourth [Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On: Government Response to the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee's Second Report of Sessions 2007–08], 424. Fifth [Funding the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Fourth Report of session 2007–08], 551. Sixth [Waking up to India: Developments in UK-India economic relations: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007–08], 558. Seventh [Energy prices, fuel poverty and Ofgem: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007–08], 598. Eighth [Keeping the door wide open: Turkey and EU Accession: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 598. Ninth [After the Network Change Programme and Post Office finance: Responses to the Committee's Sixth and Tenth Reports of Session 2007–08], 613. Tenth [Construction matters: Government Response to the Business and Enterprise Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007–08], 677. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 30, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Children, Schools and Families: Nominated, 10. Chairman chosen, 14. Reports: First [Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]], 252. Second [The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Children's Plan], 317. Third [Testing and Assessment], 374. Fourth [Draft Apprenticeships Bill], 704. Special Reports: First [Creative partnerships and the Curriculum: Government Response to the eleventh Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006–07], 138. Second [Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006–07], 158. Third [Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]: Government Response to the first Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2007–08], 447. Fourth [The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Children's Plan: Government Response to the Second Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2007–08], 509. Fifth [Testing and Assessment: Government and Ofsed Responses to the Third Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2007–08], 558. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 82, &c. —ordered to be printed in the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees (adjournment of the House)), 594. Memoranda to be published, 261, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Communities and Local Government: Reports: First [Coastal Towns: the Government's Second Response], 14. Second [DCLG Annual Report 2007], 83. Third [Local Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 111. Fourth [Work of the Committee in 2007], 111. Fifth [Ordnance Survey], 138. Sixth [Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots], 175. Seventh [Existing Housing and Climate Change], 270. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Eighth [The Supply of Rented Housing], 335. Ninth [New Towns—Follow-up], 496. Tenth [Community Cohesion and Migration], 496. Eleventh [Planning Skills], 547. Twelfth [The Provision of Public Toilets], 594. Special Reports: First [Ordnance Survey: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee], 351. Second [Refuse Collection: Waste Reduction Pilots: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee], 369. Third [Supplementary Business Rate: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee], 695. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 14, &c. Memorandum to be printed, 83, &c. Memoranda to be published, 28, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Culture, Media and Sport: Reports: First [Public Service Content], 6. Second [Ticket Touting], 103. Third [Work of the Committee in 2007], 127. Fourth [BBC Annual Report 2006–07], 127. Fifth [On-course horserace betting], 127. Sixth [London 2012 Games: the next lap], 344. Seventh [European Commission White Paper on Sport], 378. Eighth [Tourism], 478. Ninth [Draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill], 551. Tenth [Harmful content on the Internet and in video games], 579. Eleventh [Draft Heritage Protection Bill], 579. Special Reports: First [Public Service Content: Response from Ofcom to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 142. Second [On-course betting: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007–08], 378. Third [European Commission White Paper on Sport: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 579. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 16, &c. Memoranda to be published, 394, &c. Memoranda laid, 478. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Defence: Member discharged; another added, 136. Reports: First [UK land operations in Iraq 2007], 31. Second [Costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007–08], 48. Third [UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty], 66. Fourth [The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned], 86. Fifth [Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006–07], 127. Sixth [Work of the Committee in 2007], 142. Seventh [Medical Care for the Armed Forces], 179. Eighth [Operational costs in Afghanistan and Iraq: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007–08], 237. Ninth [the future of NATO and European defence], 237. Tenth [Defence Equipment 2008], 255. Eleventh [Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008–09], 501. Twelfth [Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation], 517. Thirteenth [The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability], 551. Fourteenth [Recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces], 551. Fifteenth [UK operations in Iraq and the Gulf], 551. Special Reports: First [The work of Defence Estates: Government Response to the Fifteenth Report of the Committee, Session 2006–07], 31. Second [UK land operations in Iraq 2007: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 203. Third [UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty: Government response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 220. Fourth [The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned: Government response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 292. Fifth [Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006–07: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 321. Sixth [Medical Care for the Armed Forces: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 369. Seventh [Defence Equipment 2008: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the committee, Session 2007–08], 443. Eighth [The future of NATO and European defence: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 443. Ninth [Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008–09: Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Tenth [UK Operations in Iraq and the Gulf: Government Response to the Fifteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Eleventh [Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel: Government response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Twelfth [Contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles of ISTAR capability: Government Response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 16, &c. Memoranda to be published, 16, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Reports: First [The UK Government's ‘Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy': Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 8. Second [Climate Change: the “citizen's agenda”], 90. Third [The work of the Committee in 2007], 132. Fourth [Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB], 185. Fifth [Flooding], 344. Sixth [Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966], 360. Seventh [Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England], 414. Eighth [British Waterways: Follow-up], 465. Ninth [Draft Marine Bill—Coastal Access Provisions], 547. Tenth [Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007–08], 559. Eleventh [The potential of England's rural economy], 637. Special Reports: First [Flooding: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 502. Second [Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007–08], 559. Third [Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 599. Fourth [British Waterways: follow-up: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007–08], 559. Fifth [Energy efficiency and fuel poverty], 617. Sixth [Badgers and cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007–08], 668. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 8, &c. —Sub Committee, 44. Memoranda to be printed, 344, &c. Memoranda to be published, 118, &c. Memoranda laid, 617. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Foreign Affairs: Member discharged; another added, 136. Reports: First [Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2006–07], 8. Second [Global Security], 8. Third [Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty], 132. Fourth [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 147. Fifth [Global Security: Iran], 208. Sixth [Proposed Appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi], 465. Seventh [Overseas Territories], 465. Eighth [Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation], 517. Ninth [Human Rights Annual Report 2007], 537. Tenth [Global Security: Japan and Korea], 688. Special Reports: First [Proposed appointment of Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP as High Commissioner to Malawi: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee], 654. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 37, &c. Memoranda to be published, 91, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Health: Reports: First [National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence], 101. Second [Work of the Committee in 2007], 190. Third [Modernising Medical Careers], 346. Fourth [The appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission], 378. Fifth [Dental Services], 474. Sixth [Foundation Trusts and Monitor], 604. Special Reports: First [National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Response to the First Special Report from the Committee], 378. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 11, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 11, &c. Memoranda to be published, 705, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Home Affairs: Member discharged; another added, 232. Reports: First [The Government's Counter-Terrorism Proposals], 86. Second [Bulgarian and Romanian Accession to the EU: Twelve months on], 103. Third [The Security Industry Authority: Licensing of Applicants], 103. Fourth [Work of the Committee in 2006–07], 127. Fifth [A Surveillance Society?], 409. Sixth [Domestic Violence, forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence], 409. Seventh [Policing in the 21st Century], 656. Special Reports: First [Unauthorised Disclosure of Draft Report], 103. Second [A Surveillance Society? Information Commissioner's Response to the Fifth Report of the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Third [Domestic Violence, forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence: further Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 656. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 8, &c. —Part of the Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 243. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Innovation, Universities and Skills [Changed to Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills, 235]: Nominated, 10. Chairman chosen, 22. Member discharged; another added, 97. Reports: First [The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation], 132. Second [The work and operation of the Copyright Tribunal], 252. Third [Withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications (ELQs)], 270. Fourth [Science Budget Allocations], 344. Fifth [Renewable Electricity-Generation Technologies], 448. Sixth [Biosecurity in UK Research Laboratories], 455. Seventh [Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Apprenticeships Bill], 712. Special Reports: First [The Funding of Science and Discovery Centres: Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006–07], 117. Second [The Last Report: Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006–07], 135. Third [The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 310. Fourth [Investigating the Oceans: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, 2006–07], 360. Fifth [The work and operation of the Copyright Tribunal: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007–08], 448. Sixth [Withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications (ELQs): Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007–08], 448. Seventh [Science Budget Allocations: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007–08], 448. Eighth [Renewable Electricity-Generation Technologies: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007–08], 604. Ninth [A Surveillance Society?: Information Commissioner's Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 631. Tenth [Biosecurity in UK Research Laboratories: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 712. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 55, &c. —Sub-committee, 135, &c. Memoranda to be published, 135, &c. —Sub-committee, 159, &c. Letter ordered to be published, 487. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. International Development: Reports: First [Department for International Development Annual Report 2007], 16. Second [Cross-departmental Working on Development and Trade], 39. Third [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 135. Fourth [Reconstructing Afghanistan], 179. Fifth [Maternal Health], 186. Sixth [DFID and the World Bank], 221. Seventh [DFID and the African Development Bank], 378. Eighth [Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation], 517. Ninth [Working together to Make Aid More Effective], 530. Tenth [The World Food Programme and Global Food Security], 551. Eleventh [The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories], 566. Twelfth [HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy], 718. Special Reports: First [Department for International Development Annual Report 2007: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 186. Second [Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 186. Third [Reconstructing Afghanistan: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 346. Fourth [DFID and the World Bank: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 378. Fifth [Maternal Health: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 409. Sixth [DFID and the African Development Bank: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 551. Seventh [Working together to Make Aid More Effective: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 599. Eighth [The World Food Programme and Global Food Security: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 599. Ninth [The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 600. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 16, &c. Memoranda to be published, 31, &c. Memoranda laid, 16. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Justice: COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Reports: First [Protection of Private Data], 101. Second [Work of the Committee in 2007], 204. Third [Counter-Terrorism Bill], 238. Fourth [Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (provisions relating to the Attorney General)], 460. Fifth [Towards effective sentencing], 530. Sixth [Public Appointments: Lord-Lieutenants and High Sheriffs], 551. Seventh [Appointment of Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints], 649. Special Reports: First [The Creation of the Ministry of Justice: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 48. Second [Constitutional Role of the Attorney General: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 127. Third [Protection of Private Data: Government Response to the First report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 238. Fourth [Counter Terrorism Bill: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee], 460. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 16, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Northern Ireland Affairs: Reports: First [The Northern Ireland Prison Service], 73. Second [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 147. Third [Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: the Cost of Policing the Past], 487. Special Reports: First [Prison Service of Northern Ireland: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 226. Second [Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: the Cost of Policing the Past: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 605. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 37, &c. Memoranda to be published, 55, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Scottish Affairs: Reports: First [Effects of tax increases on the oil industry], 31. Second [Poverty in Scotland], 86. Third [Child Poverty in Scotland], 142. Fourth [Work of the Committee in 2007], 142. Fifth [Experience of the Scottish Elections], 375. Sixth [Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland], 448. Seventh [Employment and skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland: Responses by the Government and Scottish Executive to the Committee's sixth Report of Session 2007–08], 618. Special Reports: First [Effects of tax increases on the oil industry: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 221. Second [Poverty in Scotland and Child Poverty in Scotland: Responses by the Government and the Scottish Executive to the Committee's Second and Third Reports of Session 2007–08], 356. Third [Experience of the Scottish Elections: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 479. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 6, &c. Memoranda to be published, 163, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Transport: Chairman chosen, 412. Reports: First [Galileo: Recent Developments], 11. Second [The London Underground and the Public-Private Partnership Agreements], 133. Third [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 133. Fourth [The Future of BAA], 243. Fifth [Ticketing and Concessionary Travel on Public Transport], 310. Sixth [The Blue Badge Scheme], 431. Seventh [Department for Transport Annual Report 2007], 431. Eighth [Freight Transport], 537. Ninth [Draft Marine Navigation Bill], 559. Tenth [Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year Strategy for the Railways?], 559. Eleventh [Ending the scandal of complacency: Road Safety beyond 2010], 618. Twelfth The Opening of Heathrow Terminal 5], 637. Special Reports: First [Galileo: Recent Developments: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 147. Second [The London Underground and the Public-Private Partnership Agreements: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 310. Third [The Future of BAA: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 395. Fourth [Ticketing and Concessionary Travel on Public Transport: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 448. Fifth [Department for Transport Annual Report 2007: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 618. Sixth [Freight Transport: Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 618. Seventh [Draft Marine Navigation Bill: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 618. Eighth [Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year Strategy for the Railways? Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 618. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Ninth [The Blue Badge Scheme: Government and Westminster City Council Responses to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 618. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 9, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 91, &c. Memoranda laid, 654, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Treasury: Member discharged; another added, 11. Reports: First [Comprehensive Spending Review], 31. Second [The 2007 Pre-Budget Report], 31. Third [The Work of the Committee in 2007], 127. Fourth [Climate change and the Stern Review: the implications for Treasury policy], 127. Fifth [The run on the Rock], 150. Sixth [Financial Stability and Transparency], 221. Seventh [Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2006–07], 221. Eighth [Re-appointment of Dr Andrew Sentance to the Monetary Policy Committee], 311. Ninth [The 2008 Budget], 321. Tenth [Re-appointment of Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England], 357. Eleventh [Counting the Population], 395. Twelfth [Inherited Estates], 443. Thirteenth [Budget Measures and Low-Income Households], 466. Fourteenth [Appointment of Lord Turner of Ecchinswell as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority], 509. Fifteenth [Appointment of Charlie Bean as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England], 510. Sixteenth [Appointment of Spencer Dale to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England], 560. Seventeenth [Banking Reform], 594. Special Reports: First [The efficiency programme in the Chancellor's departments: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2006–07], 17. Second [Private equity: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2006–07], 57. Third [Financial inclusion follow-up: saving for all and shorter term saving products: Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 86. Fourth [Globalisation: prospects and policy responses: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2006–07], 104. Fifth [The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: ten years on: Government and Bank of England responses to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2006–07], 186. Sixth [The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 270. Seventh [The 2007 Pre-Budget Report: government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 270. Eighth [Climate Change and the Stern Review: the Implications for Treasury Policy: Government response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 339. Ninth [Administration of and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2006–07: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 389. Tenth [The 2008 Budget: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee], 443. Eleventh [The run on the Rock: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee], 510. Twelfth [Financial Stability and Transparency: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee], 510. Thirteenth [Counting the population: Government Responses by the Statistics Authority and the Government to the Eleventh Report from the Committee], 594. Fourteenth [Banking Reform: Government and Financial Services Authority Responses to the Seventeenth Report from the Committee], 637. Fifteenth [Inherited Estates: Financial Services Authority and Office of Fair Trading Responses to the Twelfth Report from the Committee], 637. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 17, &c. —Sub-committee, 22, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 86, &c. Memoranda to be published, 221, &c. Memoranda laid, 31. Report, Special Report and Minutes of Evidence ordered to be printed in the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees (adjournment of the House)), 594. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Welsh Affairs: Reports: First [Energy in Wales: follow-up inquiry], 86. Second [Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: additional learning needs], 101. Third [Work of the Committee in 2007], 179. Fourth [The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order in the Field of social welfare 2008], 221. Fifth [The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (social welfare and other fields) Order 2008], 460. Sixth [The provision of cross-border health services for Wales: Interim Report], 502. Seventh [The proposed draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) Order 2008], 600. Special Reports: First [The proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council on additional learning needs: Government response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 221. Second [Energy in Wales: follow-up inquiry: Government response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 292. Third [The proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order in the Field of social welfare 2008: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 451. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Fourth [The proposed draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (social welfare and other fields) Order 2008: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Welsh Affairs Committee, Session 2007–08], 552. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 6, &c. Memoranda to be published, 9, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Work and Pensions: Reports: First [Work of the Committee in 2007], 169. Second [The best start in life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty], 227. Third [The role of the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive in regulating workplace health and safety], 327. Fourth [Valuing and Supporting Carers], 575. Special Reports: First [Full employment and world class skill: Responding to the challenges: Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 117. Second [The Best Start in Life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee], 448. Third [The role of the Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive in regulating Workplace Health and Safety: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee], 487. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 9, &c. Memoranda to be published, 73, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. 3. Meeting concurrently pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees: power to work with other committees) Business and Enterprise, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development: Joint Report: First [Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation], 517. Minutes of Evidence reported, 135, &c. Memoranda to be published, 135, &c. Business and Enterprise and Culture, Media and Sport: Minutes of Evidence reported, 339. Defence and Foreign Affairs: Minutes of Evidence reported, 648. 4. Other Committees appointed under Public Business Standing Orders: Regulatory Reform: Reports: First [Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authorities Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2007], 48. Second [Draft Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008], 238. Third [Draft Legislative Reform (Consumer Credit) Order 2008], 530. Fourth [Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2008], 530. Fifth [Getting Results: the Better Regulation Executive an the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda], 530. Sixth [Draft Legislative Reform (Lloyd's) Order 2008], 613. Seventh [Draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Measuring and Weighing Equipment) Order 2008], 678. Special Reports: First [Getting Results: the Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007–08], 678. Resolutions reported: In respect of draft Orders: —draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirement) (England and Wales) Order 2007, to be proceeded with unamended, 56*. —draft Legislative Reform (Consumer Credit) Order 2008, to be proceeded with unamended, 522*. —draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirements) (England and Wales) Order 2008, for approval, 522*. —draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008, 675*. * Resolution came to without a Division Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 163. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Environmental Audit: Reports: First [Are biofuels sustainable?], 127. Second [Reducing Carbon Emissions from UK Business: The role of the Climate change Levy and Agreement], 203. Third [The 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: and environmental analysis], 221. Fourth [Are biofuels sustainable? The Government Response], 356. Fifth [Personal Carbon Trading], 389. Sixth [Reaching an international agreement on climate change], 502. Seventh [Making Government operations more sustainable: A progress report], 502. Eighth [Climate change and local, regional and devolved government], 529. Ninth [Carbon Capture and Storage], 551. Tenth [Vehicle Excise Duty as an environmental tax], 579. Eleventh [Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development], 613. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Twelfth [Greener Homes for the Future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building plans], 648. Thirteenth [Halting biodiversity loss], 648. Special Reports: First [The Structure of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 142. Second [Voluntary Carbon Offset Market: Government response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07], 255. Third [Reducing Carbon emissions from UK Business: The role of the Climate Change Levy and Agreements: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 409. Fourth [Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: An environmental analysis: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 409. Fifth [Are Biofuels Sustainable? The Government Response: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 425. Sixth [Reaching an international agreement on climate change: Government Response to the Environmental Audit's Sixth Report, Session 2007–08], 631. Seventh [Personal Carbon Trading: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 648. Eighth [Making Government Operations More Sustainable: A Progress Report: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 677. Ninth [Climate change and local, regional and devolved government: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 677. Tenth [Environmental Crime: Wildlife Crime: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2003–04], 677. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 16, &c. —Environmental Information Sub-Committee, 21, &c. Memoranda to be printed, 16, &c. Memoranda to be published, 31. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. European Scrutiny: Member discharged; another added, 10. Reports: First, 8. Second, 21. Third [Intergovernmental Conference for a Reform Treaty], 21. Fourth, 55. Fifth, 73. Sixth, 91. Seventh, 116. Eighth, 132. Ninth, 147. Tenth [The conclusions of the European Council and the Council of Ministers], 147. Eleventh, 168. Twelfth [Work of the Committee in 2007], 168. Thirteenth, 186. Fourteenth, 208. Fifteenth, 226. Sixteenth, 243. Seventeenth, 261. Eighteenth, 298. Nineteenth, 310. Twentieth, 327. Twenty-first, 344. Twenty-second, 361. Twenty-third, 394. Twenty-fourth, 414. Twenty-fifth [The Conclusions of the European Council and Council of Ministers: Follow-up Report], 430. Twenty-sixth, 430. Twenty-seventh, 465. Twenty-eighth, 487. Twenty-ninth, 509. Thirtieth, 559. Thirty-first, 579. Thirty-second, 594. Thirty-third, 604. Thirty-fourth, 604. Thirty-fifth, 617. Thirty-sixth, 637. Thirty-seventh, 654. Thirty-eighth, 668. Thirty-ninth, 688. Fortieth, 724. Special Reports: First [European Intergovernmental Conference; Government Response to the Thirty-fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2006–07 and Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2007–08], 91. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 21, &c. Memoranda to be published, 8, &c. Report, Minutes of Deliberations and Memoranda to be printed and published in the adjournment pursuant to Standing Order (Select committees (adjournment of the House)), 594. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Finance and Services: Member added, 304. Liaison: Reports: First [Pre-Appointment Hearings by Select Committees], 229. Second [Government Finance: Recreating Financial Scrutiny], 313. Third [Work of committees in 2007], 313. Special Reports: First [Pre-appointment hearings by Select Committees: Government Response to the Committee's First Report], 415. Second [Work of committees in 2007: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report], 415. Third [Parliament and Government Finance: Recreating Financial Scrutiny: Government and National Audit Office Responses to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007–08], 621. Fourth [Planning Bill: Parliamentary Scrutiny of National Policy Statements], 621. Fifth [Modernisation of language in standing orders relating to select committees], 621. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 94. Memorandum, to be published, 171. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Procedure: Member discharged; another added, 402, Reports: First [e-Petitions], 298. Special Reports: Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 55, &c. Memorandum, to be published, 361. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Public Accounts: Reports: First [Tackling rural poverty in developing countries], 83. Second [Prescribing costs in primary care], 83. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Third [Building for the future: sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate], 83. Fourth [Building and maintaining river and coastal flood defences], 83. Fifth [Evasion of vehicle excise duty], 123. Sixth [Improving services and support for people with dementia], 123. Seventh [Excess Votes], 159. Eighth [Tax Credits and PAYE], 159. Ninth [Helping people from workless households into work], 159. Tenth [Staying the course: The retention of students on higher education], 175. Eleventh [The Compensation scheme for former Icelandic water trawlermen], 195. Twelfth [Coal health compensation schemes], 195. Thirteenth [Sustainable employment: Supporting people to stay in work and advance], 195. Fourteenth [The budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games], 317. Fifteenth [The Pensions Regulator: Progress in establishing its new regulatory arrangements], 317. Sixteenth [Government on the internet: Progress in delivering information and services online], 317. Seventeenth [Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Managing risk in the Overseas Territories], 317 Eighteenth [Improving corporate functions using shared services], 317. Nineteenth [BBC Procurement], 317. Twentieth [HM Revenue and Customs: Helping individuals understand their tax forms], 351. Twenty-First [The Carbon Trust: Accelerating the move to a low carbon economy], 351. Twenty-second [Improving central government's use of office property], 351. Twenty-third [Report of the NHS Summarised Accounts 2006–07: Achieving Financial balance], 351. Twenty-fourth [The privatisation of Qinetiq], 384. Twenty-fifth [The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation centre], 384. Twenty-sixth [Caring for vulnerable babies: The reorganisation of neonatal services in England], 384. Twenty-seventh [Department for International Development: Providing budget support to developing countries], 384. Twenty-eighth [Government preparations for digital switchover], 404. Twenty-ninth [A progress update in resolving difficulties in administering the single payment scheme in England], 421. Thirtieth [Management of large business Corporation Tax], 421. Thirty-first [Progress in tackling benefit fraud], 421. Thirty-second [Reducing the cost of complying with regulations: The delivery of the Administrative Burdens Programme 2007], 421. Thirty-third [Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2007], 421. Thirty-fourth [Increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities], 421. Thirty-fifth [Housing Market Renewal: Pathfinders], 439. Thirty-sixth [HM Treasury: Making changes in operational PFI projects], 474. Thirty-seventh [Ministry of Defence: Leaving the Services], 474. Thirty-eighth [Nuclear Decommissioning Authority—Taking forward decommissioning], 474. Thirty-ninth [Preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England], 474. Fortieth [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Management of expenditure], 474. Forty-first [NHS Pay Modernisation: New contracts for General Practice services in England], 474. Forty-second [Preparing for sporting success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond], 474. Forty-third [Managing financial resources to deliver better public services], 474. Forty-fourth [The roll-out of the Jobcentre Plus office network], 474. Forty-fifth [Reducing the risk of violent crime], 496. Forty-sixth [The procurement of the National Roads Telecommunications Services], 496. Forty-seventh [Meeting needs? The offender learning and skills service], 496. Forty-eighth [The supervision of community orders in England and Wales], 552. Forty-ninth [Making grants efficiently in the culture, media and sport sector], 552. Fiftieth [Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games], 552. Fifty-first [Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office], 627. Fifty-second [Protecting customers? Removing price controls], 627. Fifty-third [Reducing passenger rail delays by better management of incidents], 627. Fifty-fourth [Compensating victims of violent crime], 627. Fifty-fifth [Tackling the hidden economy], 675. Fifty-sixth [British Council: Achieving Impact], 695. Fifty-seventh [Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies], 695. Special Reports: First [The BBC's management of risk], 351. Second [Evasion of vehicle excise duty], 384. Third [BBC Procurement: The BBC Trust's response to the 19th Report from the Committee of Public Accounts], 627. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 8, &c. Memoranda to be published, 552. Letter laid before the Committee, 175. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Public Administration: Reports: First [Machinery of Government Changes: A follow-up], 86. Second [Propriety and Peerages], 86. Third [Parliament and public appointments: pre-appointment hearings by select committees], 119. Fourth [Work of the Committee in 2007], 135. COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued Fifth [When Citizens Complain], 261. Sixth [User Involvement in Public Services], 346. Seventh [Investigating the conduct of Ministers], 356. Eighth [Machinery of Government Changes: Further Report], 378. Ninth [Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry], 398. Tenth [Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill], 415. Eleventh [Public Services and the Third Sector; Rhetoric and Reality], 490. Twelfth [From Citizen's Charter to Pubic Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services], 522. Thirteenth [Selection of a new Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission], 579. Fourteenth [Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants], 579. Special Reports: First [Ethics and Standards: The Regulation of Conduct in Public Life: Government Response to the Fourth Report of the Committee, Session 2006–07], 24. Second [Skills for Government: Government Response to the Ninth Report of Session 2006–07], 24. Third [Machinery of Government: Government Response to the Seventh Report of Session 2006–07], 24. Fourth [Whitehall Confidential? The Publication of Political Memoirs: Government Response to the Fifth Report of Session 2006–07], 24. Fifth [Work of the Committee in 2007: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007–08], 310. Sixth [Parliament and public appointments: pre-appointment hearings by select committees: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007–08], 356. Seventh [When Citizens Complain: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007–08], 567. Eighth [User involvement in Public Services: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007–08], 567. Ninth [Investigating the conduct of Ministers: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007–08], 607. Tenth [Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007–08], 607. Eleventh [Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007–08], 607. Twelfth [From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Government Response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee], 678. Thirteenth [Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality: Government to the Eleventh Report from the Committee], 724. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 24, &c. Memoranda to be published, 24, &c. Memorandum laid before the Committee, 24. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. Standards and Privileges: Member discharged; another added, 12. Reports: First [Conduct of Mr Elfyn Llwyd, Mr Adam Price, and Mr Hywel Williams], 24. Second [Conduct of Mr Norman Baker, Mr Malcolm Bruce and Mr Sadiq Khan], 91. Third [Publications funded from the Communications Allowance], 135. Fourth [Conduct of Mr Derek Conway], 152. Fifth [Conduct of Peter Hain], 179. Sixth [Employment of family members through the Staffing Allowance: Proposals for consultation], 226. Seventh [Employment of family members through the staffing Allowance], 292. Eighth [The Complaints System and the Criminal Law], 356. Ninth [Conduct of Mr Speaker], 389. Tenth [Conduct of Mr George Osborne], 395. Eleventh [Conduct of Sir Robert Smith], 431. Twelfth [Conduct of Sir Nicholas Winterton and Lady Winterton], 460. Thirteenth [Ending dual reporting of donations: Interim Report], 552. Fourteenth [Conduct of Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper], 600. Fifteenth [Additional Cost Allowance: Main Homes], 632. Sixteenth [Conduct of Mr Mark Hunter], 637. Seventeenth [Audit and Assurance of MPs' allowances (CM. 7460)], 649. Eighteenth [Ms Dari Taylor], 678. Nineteenth [Use of pre-paid and official stationery], 718. Twentieth [Premature disclosure of select committee papers], 718. II. Appointed under Standing Orders relating to Private Business: Selection: Resolutions reported: —relating to changes in the composition of General Committees, 27, &c. Reports relating to: —appointment of two Members to be consulted, &c., by the Speaker on Money Bills, 1. —nomination of the Committee on Unopposed Bills (Panel), 5. —nomination of Provisional Orders (Scotland) (Panel), 5. —nomination of Members to serve on General Committees: 24, &c. —Delegated Legislation Committees, 20, &c. —Northern Ireland Grand Committee (additional Members), 21. —General Committees on Bills, 20, &c. —European Committees, 5, &c. —Discharge of members of General Committees, 259, COMMITTEES, SELECT—continued —membership of Delegated Legislation Committee, 264. —membership of European Committee, 297. Standing Orders: Unopposed Bills: Panel of Members appointed by the Committee of Selection, 5. III. Other Committees Modernisation of the House of Commons: Reports: First [Scrutiny of the Draft Legislative Programme], 132. Second [Debating departmental objectives and annual reports], 361. Third [Regional Accountability], 509. Special Reports: First [Scrutiny of the Draft Legislative Programme: Government's Response to the Committee's First Report], 431. Minutes of Evidence to be printed, 21, &c. Memoranda ordered to be published, 132, &c. Minutes of Proceedings to be laid upon the Table, 6. IV. Reasons Committees (Lords Amendments disagreed to): Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Committee appointed, 367; Reasons reported and agreed to, 368. National Insurance Contributions Bill: Committee appointed, 548; Reasons reported and agreed to, 548. V. Miscellaneous: 1. Numbers of Members appointed: Five (Committee to draw up reasons), 210. Eleven (Departmental Committee), 10. Fourteen (Departmental Committee), 14. 2. Quorum appointed: Three (Committee to draw up reasons), 210. 3. Nomination and discharging of Members: Members discharged; others added, 10, &c. 4. Reports: Resolutions reported: —Committee of Selection, 1. Reports made and ordered to be printed, 6. Government replies, &c., to Reports; —published by Her Majesty's Command, 13, &c. —published as Special Reports from Committees, 8, &c. Minutes of evidence ordered to be printed, 6, &c. —part of, 243, &c. Memoranda ordered to be printed, 11, &c. Memoranda ordered to be published, 9, &c. Memoranda laid, 16, &c. 5. Miscellaneous: Chairman appointed, 210. (Committee to draw up Reasons). Companies: Company and Business Names (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3152), allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 32. Approved, 38. Draft Companies (Late Filing Penalties) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Periods and Late Filing Penalties) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 166. Reported, 173. Approved, 178. Draft Companies (Reduction of Share Capital) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 543. Approved, 549. Draft Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 181. Approved, 192. Draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment) (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 146. Reported, 160. Approved, 165. Draft Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 297. Reported, 312. Approved, 315. Draft Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 146. Reported, 160. Approved, 165. Draft Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors' Report) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 146. Reported, 160. Approved, 165. Draft Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 187. Approved, 192. Competition: Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2645), allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 616. Reported, 624. Question put for approval, Division deferred, 630. Approved, 633. Consolidated Fund Bill: Presented and read the first time, 70. Read a second and third time, and passed, 74. Speaker's Certificate, 76. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 87. (Cited as Consolidated Fund Act 2007) Royal Assent, 92. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 249. Read a second and third time, and passed, 253. Speaker's Certificate, 256. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 293. (Cited as Appropriation Act 2008) Royal Assent, 300. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 519. Read a second and third time, and passed, 523. Speaker's Certificate, 530. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 568. (Cited as Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 614. Read a second and third time, and passed, 614. Speaker's Certificate, 618. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 619. (Cited as Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 620. Constitutional Law: Draft Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Powers of District and JP Courts) Order 2007, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 32. Approved, 38. Draft Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 533. Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Education and Training) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 271. Approved, 294. Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 484. Reported, 491. Approved, 499. Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare and Other Fields) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 665. Reported, 679. Approved, 693. Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 429. Reported, 439. Approved, 445. Draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 173. Approved, 178. Draft Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 421. Approved, 427. Consumer Protection: Draft Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 484. Reported, 491. Approved, 499. Draft Compensation (Claims Management Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 416. Approved, 423. Draft Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 360. Reported, 365. Approved, 372. Draft Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 343. Reported, 349. Approved, 354. Copyright in Sound recordings and Performers' Rights (Term Extension) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 217. Corporation Tax: Draft Insurance Business Transfer Schemes (Amendment of Corporation Tax Acts) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 146. Reported, 160. Approved, 165. Council Tax: Draft Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008, approved, on Division, 533. Counter-Terrorism Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 148. Read a second time, 318. Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee, 326. Resolution reported, Memoranda reported, 336. Memoranda reported, 352, &c. Reported, with Amendments; Memoranda reported and Memoranda ordered to be printed, 396. As amended, considered, 440. Consideration adjourned, 441. Consideration resumed, 444. Read the third time, and passed, 445. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 693. Lords Amendments considered, some agreed to others disagreed to, Amendments made in lieu of Lords Amendments disagreed to. 702. Long Title amended, 703. Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, 703; Reasons reported, 703. Lords do not insist on certain of their Amendments, agree to Amendments proposed in lieu and agree to the consequential Amendment, 708. (Cited as Counter-Terrorism Act 2008) Royal Assent 721. Money Resolution, 319. Ways and Means Resolution, 319. Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill: Presented, and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 511. Read a second time and stood committed to a Committee of the Whole House, 525. Considered in Committee, 525. Read the third time, and passed, 526. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 548. Lords Amendments agreed to. (Cited as Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Allocation of Time Order, 523 (on Division). Criminal Injuries Compensation: Draft Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 543. Approved, 549. Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Presented, read the first and second time, and stood committed to a Public Bill Committee, pursuant to Order (Carry over of Bills); Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 6. Memoranda reported, 28, &c. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Long Title; Memoranda reported and Memoranda ordered to be printed, 59. As amended, agreed to, 112. Bill read the third time and passed, 115. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 362. Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 363. Lords Amendments considered, some agreed to, some amended and agreed to, others disagreed to, 366. Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, 367; Reasons reported, 368. Lords insist on certain Amendments, do not insist on remaining Amendments, agree to Amendments proposed to the words so restored, agree to the consequential Amendment agree to Amendments proposed in lieu and agree to Amendments proposed to certain Amendments, 372. Lords Message considered, Commons does not insist on its disagreements with Lords Amendments, 372. (Cited as Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008) Royal Assent, 376. Criminal Justice (Raves) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 204. Criminal Law: Draft Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Additional Authorities) Order 2007, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 54. Reported, 66. Approved, 74. Draft Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 486. Reported, 503. Approved, 519. Draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 258. Reported, 268. Approved, 290. Draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 506. Reported, 518. Approved, 526. Draft Remand on Bail (Disapplication of Credit Period) Rules 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 603. Reported, 614. Approved, 626. Draft Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 664. Reported, 679. Approved, 693. Crossrail Bill: Presented, read the first and second time and stood committed to a Public Bill Committee, pursuant to Order; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 9. Order, That the Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it shall meet, 23. Reported, with Amendments, 45. Considered, as amended, 92. Read the third time, and passed, 93. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 575. Lords Amendments agreed to. (Cited as Crossrail Act 2008) Royal Assent, 576. Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 77. Dangerous Drugs: Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 666. Motion made and question put, Division deferred, 672. Approved, 680. DEBATE: I. Debates Adjourned and Debates Resumed: 1. Addresses: Address of Thanks (Queen's Speech): 2. Bills, Public: Second Reading of Private Members Bill: —stood adjourned, 151, &c. 3. Ways and Means motion: Motion relating to Amendment of the Law: —Debate stood adjourned, 257. —Resumed and Question agreed to, 271. 4. Opposition Day: II. General Debates Access to Primary Care, 620. Adding Capacity to Heathrow, 676. Armed Forces Personnel, 118. Defence in the UK, 606. Defence Policy, 655. Defence Procurement, 467. Draft Legislative Programme, 488. European Affairs, 84. European Affairs, 461. Fisheries, 74. Fisheries, 706. Future of Care and Support, 432. Government Consultation on Convicting Rapists and Protecting Victims, 57. Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report, 561 International aid transparency, 690. International Development, 23. International Women's Day, 244. Local Government, 614. Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment, 102. Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment, 328. Matters to be considered before the forthcoming adjournment, 413. Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment, 575. Points-based Immigration System, 345. Public engagement in fighting crime, 667. Promoting Democracy and Human Rights, 608. The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, 300. Welsh Affairs, 228. Work and Welfare, 663. Resolved, 23, &c. Lapsed without Question put, 118, &c. III. Topical Debates Anti-semitism, 396. Availability of Financial Services for Low Income Families, 92. Bercow review, 568. Businesses and the Regions, 655. Combating obesity, 690. Dangerous Dogs, 449. Drug Strategy, 328. Eco-towns, 467. Energy Providers, 619. Financial Stability, 606. Future Prospects for Apprenticeships in England, 56. Health Consequences of Availability of Cheap Alcohol, 74. Holocaust Memorial Day, 170. Immigration, 22. Kenya, 133. Knife Crime, 432. NHS Staffing, 187. Political and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 666. DEBATE—continued Policing in London, 312. Preventative Health Services, 118. Sale of Student Loans, 37. Supermarkets, 345. Work and Skills, 638. Zimbabwe, 511. Resolved, 187, &c. Lapsed without Question put (pursuant to Temporary Standing Order), 22, &c. Debate interrupted, Question again proposed, lapsed without Question put (pursuant to Temporary Standing Order), 620. IV. Half Hour Adjournment Debates: 0844 revenue-sharing telephone numbers (Mr Graham Stuart), 136. 2012 Olympics and the North East (Dr Ashok Kumar), 79. A417 traffic improvement scheme (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), 331. A5-M1 link (Andrew Selous), 658. Access to specialist services for suffers of muscular dystrophy (Nia Griffith), 393. Allergy services (Jo Swinson), 57. Allocation of research funding for universities (Mr Chris Mullin), 614. Application of the Political parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to candidates for directly elected office (Mr Greg Hands), 347. Assisted reproduction services in the NHS (Dr Ian Gibson), 89. Availability of Lucentis through west Kent Primary Care Trust (Miss Ann Widdecombe), 520. Bangladesh (Jeremy Corbyn), 52. Bass minimum landing size (Martin Salter), 38. Biosimilar medicines (Dr Brian Iddon), 325. Blackpool Council and supported employment under Workstep (Mr Gordon Marsden), 597. Boiler room fraud (Mr Nigel Evans), 396. Border and Immigration Agency's procedures relating to qualification for indefinite leave to remain (Andrew Stunell), 300. Boston's road infrastructure (Mark Simmonds), 312. British nuclear test veterans (John Baron), 635. Burton upon Trent Brewing Museum (Mrs Janet Dean), 562. Carbon monoxide detectors in homes (Tom Levitt), 110. Care farming and disadvantaged groups (Mr Mark Todd), 710. Care home charges (Mr Vincent Cable), 380. Case of Michael Shields (Ms Lousie Ellman), 29. Case of Ryan Kennedy and the Child Support Agency (Ms Angela C. Smith), 118. Charities (Barry Gardiner), 329. Chippenham Hospital (Mr James Gray), 291. Commercial use of public information (Mr Mark Todd), 12. Community services in South Holland and the Deepings (Mr John Hayes), 483. Concentrated solar power and the case for the creation of an HVDC grid (Dr Howard Stoate), 228. Confidentiality of hon. Members' constituency correspondence (Mr Simon Burns), 663. Conviction of Mr Luke Atkinson and Mr Michael Binnington in Cyprus (Mr Brooks Newmark), 266. Co-operative model in education in Portsmouth (Sarah McCarthy-Fry), 308. Cyber Bullying amongst school-age children (Mrs Sia(r)n C. James), 206. Daedalus airfield (Peter Viggers), 23. Data encryption and child abuse (Sir Paul Beresford), 171. Death of Mr Mark Petre on Royal Fleet Auxiliary Orangeleaf (Tom Brake), 414. Deaths of Ann Mawer and Sue Barker in December 2007 (Shona McIsaac), 608. Development of Basildon Golf Course (Angela E. Smith), 345. Devonport's role in supporting the Royal Navy (Linda Gilroy), 240. Dispensing of medicines in Newick, East Sussex (Norman Baker), 435. Driving Standards Agency (Mr David Heath), 388. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Mr Nigel Evans), 505. Economic development in Houghton and Washington East constituency (Mr Fraser Kemp), 500. Effects of the Gambling Act 2005 on the coin operated gaming machine industry (Dr Stephen Ladyman), 213. Energy policy in Scotland (John Robertson), 630. Flooding in Morpeth (Mr Denis Murphy), 638. Floods in Northumberland (Sir Alan Beith), 626. Flying of the Union Flag on government buildings, (Ian Lucas). 42. Funding for schools in Shropshire (Mr Owen Paterson), 84. Funding of NHS services in York (Hugh Bayley), 350. Future of GP and pharmacy services in Mole Valley constituency (Sir Paul Beresford), 576. Future of Harrogate Theatre (Mr Phil Willis), 250. Future of HM Revenue and Customs Office in Newport (Jessica Morden), 383. Future of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (Gordon Banks), 149. Future of the UK water sector (Linda Gilroy), 419. General practitioner dispensing (Tony Baldry), 403. Gibraltar (Andrew Rosindell), 606. Government assistance for the peace process in Sri Lanka (Simon Hughes), 134. Government plans for the expansion of Heathrow Airport (Mr John Randall), 453. Government support for organisations for victims of domestic violence (Mr Virendra Sharma), 377. Government support for people with poor credit histories (Dr Stephen Ladyman), 461. Health and safety in graveyards (John Mann), 368. Healthcare in Bexley (Mr David Evennett), 620. Healthcare in Sutton (Mr Paul Burstow), 694. Healthcare prioritisation (Dr Richard Taylor), 60. DEBATE—continued HM Inspector of Prisons report on NM Prison Chelmsford (Mr Simon Burns), 174. HM Submarine Affray (John McDonnell), 19. Home information packs (Angela Browning), 555. Homeopathic hospitals (David Tredinnick), 201. Housing growth in South Derbyshire (Mr Mark Todd), 172. Human rights in Somalia (Mr George Galloway), 445. Hundredth anniversary of the Territorial Army (Mr Mark Lancaster), 319. Icelandic banking collapse and Government policy on UK citizens with overseas accounts (Mary Creagh), 667. Immigration status of non-UK nationals resident in the United Kingdom: the case of Ms Deborah Phillips (David Davis), 316. Impact of the work of the Highways Agency on local economies (Andrew Selous), 432. Implications for Tewkesbury constituency of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy (Mr Laurence Robertson), 372. Independent Police Complaints Commission (Mr David Amess), 115. Inspection of children's homes (Ann Coffey), 338. Isle of Man (Andrew Rosindell), 539. Leicester City Council's market charter (Mr Andrew Robathan), 602. Levels of deprivation in Edmonton (Mr Andrew Love), 450. Leyton High Road Post Office (Harry Cohen), 470. Licence fees levied by the Performing Rights Society (Alison Seabeck), 686. Liquidation of Bank of Credit and Commerce International (Keith Vaz), 706. Local employment and the London Olympic Games in 2012 (Ms Diane Abbott), 400. Local government PFI contract (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 458. Lockerbie rail services (David Mundell), 676. Lymington River and the Habitats Directive (Mr Desmond Swayne), 703. Management of military radioactive waste (Willie Rennie), 407. Measures to conserve Lymington marshes and Lymington harbour (Mr Desmond Swayne), 47. Mole Valley constituency and the South East Plan (Sir Paul Beresford), 655. Mr Sam Walton and the Rural Payments Agency (Mr Graham Stuart), 411. National DNA database (Sarah Teather), 230. New flight paths into Southampton and Bournemouth airports (Sir George Young), 26. NHS maternity services in East Sussex (Mr Nigel Waterson), 144. NHS services for secondary breast cancer patients (Mrs Linda Riordan), 689. North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy (Mr Philip Hollobone), 472. Open windrow composting (Mr Michael Clapham), 477. Operation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Mr Keith Vaz), 178. Operation of the UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters: the Akhtar family (Paul Rowen), 93. Organ donation (Gordon Banks), 295. Organisation of local elections in Warrington (Helen Jones), 442. Parking regulations (Dr Vincent Cable), 467. Payment of funeral expenses from the Social Fund (Mr Tom Clarke), 534. Policing in Northern Ireland (David Simpson), 35. Political situation in the Lebanon (Mr Andrew Love), 157. Post Office closures in Adur and Worthing (Tim Loughton), 97. Post Office closures in Birmingham (Ms Gisela Stuart), 455. Post Office closures in Hastings and Rye (Michael Jabez Foster), 130. Process of listing buildings (Ann Coffey), 549. Procurement of police escape masks from Avon Rubber, Melksham (Mr Michael Ancram), 224. Progress of the Building Schools for the Future programme (Dr John Pugh), 527. Proposed closure of Abbeville Road Post Office (Keith Hill), 262. Proposed eco-town development in Harborough District (Mr Edward Garnier), 162. Proscription of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (Mr David Amess), 236. Protecting children from internet content (Mr Hugo Swire), 182. Provision of fertility treatment in Dudley Primary Care Trust (Lynda Waltho), 359. Provision of stoma and incontinence appliances in primary care (Mr Robert Syms), 437. Public family law (John Hemming), 342. Rail links between Halifax and London (Mrs Linda Riordan), 651. Rail services to Enfield North (Joan Ryan), 74. Recovery from flooding in Gloucestershire (Mr Laurence Robertson), 106. Re-doubling of the Swindon to Kemble railway line (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), 494. Regeneration of Newton Aycliffe town centre (Phil Wilson), 253. Regeneration of Southend (Mr David Amess), 582. Regulation internet service providers and internet content (John Robertson), 428. Regulation of debt collection agencies and the death of Mrs Beryl Brazier (Mr Mark Todd), 103. Regulation of the insurance industry and the case of Mrs Susan Hurrells (Mr Denis Murphy), 192. Regulations governing disconnection of gas supplies (Siobhain McDonagh), 623. Release from prison of Mr John Haase and Mr Paul Bennett (Mr Peter Kilfoyle), 716. Report of the Historical Inquiries Team into the McGurk's Bar bombing (Michael Connarty), 545. Retirement form the fire service on grounds of ill health (Mr John Heppell), 141. Review of security at RAF Welford (Mr Richard Benyon), 244. DEBATE—continued Role of regional Ministers (Daniel Kawczynski), 126. Scallop dredging in Lyme Bay (Mr Oliver Letwin), 70. Schools Adjudicator and partially selective schools (Mr David Gauke), 647. Schools reorganisation in Havering (James Brokenshire), 211. Security at Gatwick Airport (Ms Gisela Stuart), 661. Sixtieth anniversary of the NHS (Tony Lloyd), 515. South Central rail franchise (Sir John Stanley), 612. Southend Driving Test Centre (James Duddridge), 423. Street works by utility companies (Andrew Gwynne), 642. Suicide prevention strategies (Mrs Madeleine Moon), 189. Supplementary schools (Joan Ryan), 219. Support for brass bands (Jeff Ennis), 569. Support for Gloucester City Football Club (Mr Parmjit Dhanda), 673. Support for victims of rape (Mr Charles Walker), 355. Taking Luton Town Football Club out of administration (Mrs Nadine Dorries), 152. Thames Water's proposals for a reservoir in Oxfordshire (Mr Edward Vaizey), 690. Tina Thompson and war widows' pensions (Lynda Waltho), 304. Transport for teenage students in Cornwall (Mr Colin Breed), 122. Travelling community (Mr Brian H. Donohoe), 166. Violent crime against taxi drivers (Mr Brian Binley), 363. Visas for children from Belarus (Willie Rennie), 215. Walsall Council and Mr Mark Kemp, Liz McDonald, Mr David Parish and Mr Peter Francis (Mr Bruce George), 247. Warmfront (Mr Robert Flello), 232. Winter fuel payments (John Robertson), 269. Workload of accident and emergency departments (Dr Richard Taylor), 257. V. Emergency Debates (Standing Order No. 24) VI. Westminster Hall Debates 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth Development Corporation (Mr Tom Clarke), 395. A14 and A45 roads and development in North Northamptonshire (Mr Peter Bone), 362. Abolition of the Worker Registration Scheme (Stephen Pound), 390. Abuse of powers of attorney relating to the elderly (Susan Kramer), 461. Academies (Mrs Linda Riordan), 466. Access to safe water in developing countries (Alistair Burt), 299. Adaptation to climate change (Mr Andrew Tyrie), 243. Administration of the education maintenance allowance (Mr Gordon Prentice), 718. Affordable housing and planning (Andrew George), 605. African Development Bank (Mr Mark Lancaster), 117. Age-related wet eye macular degeneration (Mr Peter Bone), 49. Air ambulances in the NHS (Dr Ian Gibson), 227. Alcohol services and rehabilitation centres (Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody), 164. Animal welfare in circuses (Mark Pritchard), 148. Application of the regulations governing Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Mr Philip Dunne), 111. Artists' resale rights (Mark Fisher), 530. Aviation duty (Graham Stringer), 605. Awareness of internet fraud (Dr Richard Taylor), 666. Banking services for small businesses during financial turbulence (Lorely Burt), 638. Barnett formula (Graham Stringer), 37. Belarus (Mark Pritchard), 560. Black and ethnic minority pupils and school exclusions (Ms Diane Abbott), 321. Bovine tuberculosis (Daniel Kawczynski), 292. Bovine tuberculosis (Daniel Kawczynski), 580. British business in China (Mr Bill Olner), 618. Bromley Hospitals NHS and Orpington Hospital (Mr John Horam), 649. Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust (Mr John Horam), 357. Building schools for the future in Stoke-on-Trent South (Mr Robert Flello), 662. Buncefield fire and the local community (Mike Penning), 117. Business Improvement District process in Coventry (Mr Geoffrey Robinson), 390. Calderdale's housing strategy (Chris McCafferty), 204. Cancer service centre in Kendal (Tim Farron), 655. Cardiac disease in the young (Mr Kevan Jones), 443. Case for keeping Loftus Saxon treasures in a local museum (Dr Ashok Kumar), 143. Case of agency worker Sally Avis (Anne Snelgrove), 479. Cetacean mortality (Andrew George), 187. Changes in planning law affecting high street shops (Martin Linton), 311. Changes to immigration rules and the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (Hugh Robertson), 666. Child poverty (Fiona Mactaggart), 227. Children in immigration detention (Ms Diane Abbott), 32. Children of prisoners (Kerry McCarthy), 689. Coal reserves, clean coal technology and energy policy (Mr William Cash), 49. Collapse of Ujima Housing Association (Mr Rob Wilson), 370. DEBATE—continued Commercial activities of the Forestry Commission (Mr Christopher Chope), 299. Commonwealth immigration visas (Mr Austin Mitchell), 357. Compensation case of Lance Corporal Martyn Compton (Hugh Robertson), 448. Compensation for pleural plaques victims (Jim Sheridan), 724. Compensation for UK victims of overseas terrorism (Mr Ian McCartney), 655. Conduct of solicitors (Dr Vincent Cable), 580. Consular support to UK nationals and the case of April Nord (Mr Eric Illsley), 700. Consultation process on the Greater Manchester bid for funding from the Transport Innovation Fund (Barbara Keeley), 502. Consumer protection and new home buyers (Mark Lazarowicz), 187. Consumer protection and the will writing industry (Lorely Burt), 204. Contribution of the recreational fishing industry to the economy (Mr Charles Walker), 530. Cost of local government reorganisation in Norfolk (Mr Keith Simpson), 538. Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence special report on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Jim Devine), 560. Creative industries, 301. Crime related to identity and internet fraud (Tom Brake), 73. Crimestoppers in Great Yarmouth (Mr Anthony Wright), 466. Criminal courts sentencing options (Mr David Kidney), 204. Customs and security at Welsh ports (Mr Stephen Crabb), 37. Death of Mr David Burrows and West Yorkshire Police (Mike Wood), 143. Delivery of public services in the South West by Southwest One and IBM (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 311. Dementia care (Mr Paul Burstow), 552. Development aid and oil extraction (Mr Andrew Smith), 208. Development in Aylesbury Vale (John Bercow), 66. Development of nuclear weapons at Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (Jeremy Corbyn), 311. Development policy and Sierra Leone (Laura Moffatt), 655. Development policy on the Democratic Republic of Congo (Jeremy Corbyn), 375. Developments in financial markets (Mr Andrew Pelling), 689. Developments in Ukraine (Mr Richard Spring), 362. DFID Assistance to Burmese Internally Displaced People and Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border—Tenth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2006–07, 76. Dial a Mobile and cash back contracts (Mr Roger Godsiff), 243. Digital broadcasting and the use of relays in West Dorset (Mr Oliver Letwin), 700. Digital broadcasting services in the Forest of Dean (Mr Mark Harper), 32. Digital television switchover (Mr Michael Moore), 613. Disability poverty in the UK (Roger Berry), 256. EAGA Warm Front Scheme in West Dorset (Mr Oliver Letwin), 390. East Midlands Trains service (Mr Patrick McLoughlin), 256. East Surrey Hospital's financial position (Mr Crispin Blunt), 128. Economic costs of the Severn Barrage (Mr David Drew), 538. Economic development in Falkirk (Eric Joyce), 32. Economic partnership agreements and development (Tony Baldry), 55. Education of children and young people with autism (John Bercow), 605. Effect of interest rates on mortgage holders (John Barrett), 724. Effect of the House of Lords ruling on pleural plaques (Mr Michael Clapham), 431. Effects on road safety of the construction work on Bede Academy in Blyth Valley constituency (Mr Ronnie Campbell), 502. Elder abuse (Mr Paul Burstow), 321. Electronic identification of sheep (Mark Williams), 618. Employment of adults with disabilities (John Barrett), 164. Employment of overseas footballers (Mr Iain Duncan Smith), 148. Energy regulations and consumer prices (Dr Vincent Cable), 180. Enforced criminal activity by children (Mr Anthony Steen), 187. Environment Agency response to flooding in Rochdale (Paul Rowen), 208. Epilepsy and screen-based electronic games (John Penrose), 502. Equitable Life (Jo Swinson), 718. European Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2009, 452. Ex-servicemen in prison (Mr Elfyn Llwyd), 632. Extending Participation in Sport, 135. Extension of the railways network (Dr John Pugh), 413. Financial inclusion,—First and Thirteenth Reports from the Treasury Committee, Session 2006–07, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth Reports from the Committee, Session 2005–06, on financial inclusion, and the Government and other responses, 24. Fire services in Hertfordshire (Anne Main), 718. Fishing industry (Sir Alan Beith), 538. Flight paths around London (Mr Richard Spring), 510. Flood defences in Norfolk (Mr Keith Simpson), 370. Flood defences in the South West (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 180. Flooding in West Oxfordshire (Mr David Cameron), 375. Food security policy (Mr David Drew), 425. DEBATE—continued Free range produce and animal welfare (Mr Mark Oaten), 238. Fuel poverty (Mark Lazarowicz), 111. Fuel poverty in South West Norfolk (Mr Christopher Fraser), 487. Funding for Dyfed-Powys Police Force (Mark Williams), 37. Funding for policing in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire (Mr Stewart Jackson), 208. Funding for restoration of the Newbridge Memorial Hall (Mr Don Touhig), 649. Funding of fire and rescue services in the South West region (Mr Mark Harper), 662. Funding of further education in South Yorkshire (Mr Eric Illsley), 55. Funding of schools in Torridge and West Devon (Mr Geoffrey Cox), 678. Funding of Science and Discovery Centres—Eleventh Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006–07 and the Government response, 398. Future funding of canals (Michael Fabricant), 87. Future funding of higher education (Derek Wyatt), 632. Future of BBC World News Television (Mr John Grogan), 410. Future of bus services in Preston (Mr Mark Hendrick), 49. Future of cross-border rail services between England and Scotland (Malcolm Bruce), 164. Future of Gatwick Airport (Laura Moffatt), 128. Future of Rolle College campus in Exmouth (Mr Hugo Swire), 552. Future of Royal Mail and the Post Office (Mr Alan Reid), 395. Future of secondary education in Croxteth, Liverpool (Mr Robert N. Wareing), 724. Future of Shrewsbury Sixth Form College (Daniel Kawczynski), 431. Future of the bee industry (Dr Ian Gibson), 461. Future of the British horse racing industry (Mr Hugo Swire), 37. Future of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (Mr Mike Hall), 321. Future of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Mark Fisher), 243. Future of the Post Office network in Lancashire (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 238. Future of the Teesside base of the North East Air Support Unit (Frank Cook), 390. Future of the Tote (Mr Richard Caborn), 552. Future of UK car manufacturing (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 91. Future of Wirral Metropolitan College's Carlett Park Campus (Ben Chapman), 328. Future operation of the City of London Police (Mr Mark Field), 104. Global Security: Russia, Second report from the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Government's response, 330. Global Security: The Middle East—Eighth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2006-07, and the Government's response, 151. Government funding for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service (Mr Robert Syms), 187, Government funding for the costs of cleaning up chewing gum (Mr Graham Allen), 91. Government funding for the proposed unitary authority for Shropshire (Daniel Kawczynski), 395. Government plans for expansion at Heathrow Airport (Mr John Randall), 91. Government policy on alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour (Helen Jones), 238. Government policy on bank lending (Mr George Mudie), 678. Government policy on eco-towns (Miss Anne McIntosh), 425. Government policy on graveyards and burial grounds (John Mann), 666. Government policy on international banking regulations (Mr James Plaskitt), 662. Government policy on Israeli settlements and closures in the Palestinian Territories (Mr Alistair Carmichael), 227. Government policy on park home sites (Richard Younger-Ross), 311. Government policy on people with strokes (Mr Graham Allen), 700. Government policy on teenage pregnancies (Chris Bryant), 164. Government policy on terrorism in Pakistan (Mr Tobias Ellwood), 133. Government policy on the British Association for Central and Eastern Europe (Ms Gisela Stuart), 169. Government proposals for reducing bath scalds in the home (Mary Creagh), 479. Government strategy and objectives in Afghanistan (Mr Oliver Heald), 655. Government subsidies for wind turbines (Mr Keith Simpson), 340. Government support for social enterprise (Margaret Moran), 655. Government support for swimming (Chris Bryant), 443. Government water strategy and the OFWAT price review (Matthew Taylor), 292. Government's counter-terror strategy (Mr Paul Goodman), 487. Green belt policy (Annette Brooke), 375. Gypsy encampments in Wiltshire (Mr James Gray), 466. Harmful content on the Internet and in video games—Tenth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and the Government's response, 691. Healthcare in Norfolk (Mr Keith Simpson), 222. Henderson Hospital (Mr Paul Burstow), 133. HIV and AIDS in developing countries (Dr Gavin Strang), 292. HIV/AIDS (Dr Gavin Strang), 55. HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland (Mr Alan Reid), 510. HM Treasury's aim to achieve a better quality of life (Jo Swinson), 448. Home Office policy on anti-drug awareness (Mr Graham Allen), 600. Homeworkers (Mr Fabian Hamilton), 143. DEBATE—continued Hospice movement funding (Bob Spink), 169. House building and infrastructure (Mr Philip Hollobone), 104. Housing and growth in South Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous), 117. Housing demand in West Ham (Lyn Brown), 32. Housing for disabled children (Ms Sally Keeble), 580. Housing in Northampton (Ms Sally Keeble), 37. Housing in Plymouth (Linda Gilroy), 600. Housing need in Warrington (Helen Jones), 299. Housing needs in London (Ms Karen Buck), 344. Housing provision in Greater London (Jeremy Corbyn), 678. Housing supply in the current economic situation (Mr Clive Betts), 689. Human rights of older people in healthcare—Eighteenth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2006–07, 265 Humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka (Joan Ryan), 613. Immigration rules relating to spouses (Mr Roger Godsiff), 395. Impact of Christianophobia on communities (Mark Pritchard), 73. Impact of military operations on the development and reconstruction of Helmand Province, Afghanistan (Mr Adam Halloway), 461. Impact of National Air Traffic Services' proposals for Luton (Margaret Moran), 413. Impact of the Licensing Act 2003 in Durham (Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods), 299. Impact of the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 on small pharmacies in Chelmsford (Mr Simon Burns), 328. Impact of the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 (Mr Chris Mullin), 530. Implementation of proposals in the Governance of Britain (Mr Graham Allen), 243. Implementation of the 2004 International Court of Justice Opinion on the Israeli Wall (Clare Short), 510. Industrial relations within the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Mr Alistair Carmichael), 413. Information sharing by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (James Brokenshire), 718. Inland waterways and their future restoration (Charlotte Atkins), 649. Inquest into the death of British journalist Mr Brian Peters (Mr Don Foster), 227. International Health Partnership, 246. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 40. Job losses at Lyndale Group Limited (John McDonnell), 530. Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On—Second Report from the Business and Enterprise Committee and the Government response, 621. Law relating to assisted dying (Dr Evan Harris), 678. Legal process in relation to custody of and access to children (Mr Frank Doran), 66. Liver disease (Dr Brian Iddon), 413. Local consultation on large scale housing developments (Mr Philip Hollobone), 340. Local government boundary review in Devon (Mr Adrian Sanders), 678. Local government reform in Gloucestershire (Mr David Drew), 689. Local Government Standards Boards (Dr John Pugh), 600. Local housing allowance in the Highlands (Danny Alexander), 560. Local tuberculosis services (Julie Morgan), 362. Looped cords on window blinds (Gordon Banks), 261. Low pay and migrant workers (Colin Burgon), 425. Malaysian campaign veterans (Mr Don Touhig), 87. Marconi pension fund (Mr George Howarth), 222. Maternity services (Harry Cohen), 169. Medals for armed forces personnel (Mr Kevan Jones), 222. Medical care for the Armed Forces—Seventh Report from the Defence Committee and the Government Response, 567. Metals recycling industry (Dr Alan Whitehead), 340. Middle East peace process (Andrew Gwynne), 222. Military equipment requirements for counter-insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan (Ann Winterton), 443. Minehead Driving Test Centre (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 413. Minimum wage enforcement (Mark Lazarowicz), 448. Ministerial accountability to Parliament (Mr Mark Harper), 66. Ministry of Defence bilateral programme with Chinese People's Liberation Army (Mr Ben Wallace), 649. Mission in Helmand Province (Paul Flynn), 305. Mobility component of disability living allowance (Mr Martin Caton), 700. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the use of stents (Frank Cook), 49. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence—First Report from the Health Committee and the Government's Response, 379. Neighbourhood policing (Mr David Kidney), 299. NHS and the elderly mentally ill (Dr Vincent Cable), 128. NHS co-payments and the case of Mrs O'Boyle (Mr John Baron), 443. NHS services in Taunton Deane (Mr Jeremy Browne), 91. Noise pollution and congestion on the M3 (Mrs Maria Miller), 613. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (Mr Christopher Fraser), 238. North East Ambulance Service (Dr Ashok Kumar), 410. Nottingham's role as a Local Area Agreement demonstration area (Mr Graham Allen), 111. Novice Drivers—Seventh Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2006–07, and the Government's response, 190. DEBATE—continued Nursing and Midwifery Council (Mr Jim Devine), 256. Office of Fair Trading action on scams (Miss Anne Begg), 208. Operation of Heathrow Airport (Mr Mark Field), 55. Organ donation, 707. Parading in Northern Ireland (David Simpson), 502. Parliamentary accountability of nuclear industry finances (Paul Flynn), 705. Parliamentary representation in England (Derek Wyatt), 466. PC Gordon Warren and the Metropolitan Police (Tom Brake), 632. Performance of Northamptonshire Police (Mr Peter Bone), 605. Piece Hall, Halifax (Mrs Linda Riordan), 340. Planning and housing estimates (Andrew George), 487. Planning and housing in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency (Annette Brooke), 73. Planning functions of local government (Norman Baker), 111. Pleural plaques victims' compensation (Jim Sheridan), 148. Plymouth growth plans (Linda Gilroy), 340. Polar regions (Emily Thornberry), 510. Police Funding—Fourth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1006–97, 120. Police pay (John McDonnell), 117. Policing of UK airports (Mr David Hamilton), 104. Policing persistent and youth offenders in Northamptonshire (Mr Philip Hollobone), 600. Policing the night-time economy in the City of London (Mr Mark Field), 479. Policy on the Stern Report (Mr Peter Lilley), 705. Political developments in the Western Balkans (Mr John Randall), 222. Political situation in Gaza (Jeremy Corbyn), 169. Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants—Third Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 2006–07, and the Government response, 656. Post Office closure programme in Great Yarmouth (Mr Anthony Wright), 370. Post Office closure programme in Shropshire (Mr Philip Dunne), 461. Post Office closures (Mr Paul Burstow), 49. Post Office closures in East Devon (Mr Hugo Swire), 425. Post Office closures in Mid Wales (Mr Roger Williams), 431. Post Office closures in Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford), 243. Post Office closures in Northavon (Steve Webb), 344. Post Office closures in Plymouth (Linda Gilroy), 487. Post Office closures in Stroud constituency (Mr David Drew), 370. Post Office closures in the Highlands and Islands (Danny Alexander), 292. Post Office closures in Torridge and West Devon (Mr Geoffrey Cox), 538. Post office closures in York (Hugh Bayley), 180. Post Office network in Somerset (Mr David Laws), 479. Primary Care Trusts and exceptional cases (Dr Ian Gibson), 357. Prison overcrowding and sentencing policy (Mr Elfyn Llwyd), 344. Prison policy (Mr Philip Hollobone), 305. Private sector rented housing (Ms Sally Keeble), 344. Proposals for a British Day (Andrew Rosindell), 689. Proposed closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory at Keynsham, North East Somerset (Dan Norris), 87. Proposed eco-town development at Ford, West Sussex (Mr Nick Gibb), 238. Proposed national skills academy for rail in Crewe (Mr Edward Timpson), 632. Proposed Post Office closures in Buckinghamshire (Mrs Cheryl Gillan), 580. Protection of vulnerable adults in residential nursing and care homes (Mr Phil Willis), 87. Provision for allotments (Ben Chapman), 580. Provision of allotments by local authorities (Mr John Leech), 666. Provision of extended schools (Ms Karen Buck), 133. Public service broadcasting obligations and ITV regional programming (Mr John Grogan), 73. Public service television for children (Mr Neil Gerrard), 66. RAF Aldergrove (Dr William McCrea), 375. RAF support to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (Mr Mark Lancaster), 705. Rail links to the continent (Mr David Kidney), 705. Reconstructing Afghanistan—Fourth Report from the International Development Committee and the Government response thereto, 542. Recovery of tax credit overpayments (Michael Jabez Foster), 638. Recycling of plastics (Dr John Pugh), 311. Reducing re-offending to make communities safer, 172. Refuse Collection—Fifth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee of Session 2006–07 and the Government response, 229. Regeneration of Featherstone (Jon Trickett), 461. Regional broadcasting (Paul Rowen), 700. Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West (Mr Christopher Chope), 143. Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West (Steve Webb), 600. Regulation of accommodation addresses and mail forwarding services (Mr Paul Truswell), 117. Regulation of slurry (Mr David Heath), 143. Regulation of supermarkets (Mr Mark Field), 390. Regulation of the private rented sector (Mr Andrew Smith), 479. DEBATE—continued Regulation of the promotion of infant milk formula (Mr David Kidney), 133. Regulations on tattooing and skin piercing (Mrs Madeleine Moon), 448. Release of information relating to military operations by the Ministry of Defence (Ann Winterton), 164. Remploy (Frank Cook), 305. Remploy and public procurement (Annette Brooke), 705. Reorganisation of fire and rescue services in Humberside (Shona McIsaac), 292. Review of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Northern Ireland (Mr Gregory Campbell), 261. Review of local government structure in Norfolk (Mr Keith Simpson), 32. Review of the list of free to air sporting events (Mr John Grogan), 180. Review of the Scotland Act 1998 (Pete Wishart), 328. Road safety and young drivers (Mr Gordon Prentice), 560. Role of local authorities in tackling child poverty (Kerry McCarthy), 538. Rugby League (Derek Twigg), 618. Rural development overseas (Martin Horwood), 305. Safety of the RAF Nimrod Fleet (Angus Robertson), 502. Sanitation and Water—Sixth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2006–07, 364. Science and Technology Facilities Council (Mr Edward Vaizey), 128. Science teaching (Dr Brian Iddon), 128. Security of British investors in Tanzania (Mr Roger Gale), 227. Sentencing for fatal hit and run accidents (Jeff Ennis), 73. Services for children with disabilities (Mr Tom Clarke), 133. Services for dry macular degeneration (Anne Main), 261. Sex education in schools (Philip Davies), 724. Sites for gypsies and travellers in Epping Forest (Mrs Eleanor Laing), 638. Siting of Stafford Post Office (Mr David Kidney), 395. Situation in Darfur (James Duddridge), 321. Skills for Life, 490. South East Plan (Anne Milton), 637. Specialist trauma response teams (Mr Mark Oaten), 448. Spending by parliamentary candidates before dissolution (Martin Linton), 111. Spending on transport infrastructure in Yorkshire and Humberside (Mr Graham Stuart), 256. Stamp of Approval? Restructuring the Post Office Network—Third Report from the Trade and Industry Committee, Session 2006–07, 58. Standards Board investigation into members of the Isle of Wight Council (Mr Andrew Turner), 662. Standards of housing (Mrs Ann Cryer), 180. State of Israel (Mr Quentin Davies), 410. State pension and benefits for elderly people (Richard Younger-Ross), 649. Stone conservation in cathedrals and churches (Robert Key), 204. Stonehenge World Heritage Site (Robert Key), 104. Strategic Export Controls: 2007 Review—First Joint Report from the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees, Session 2006–07, and the Government's response, 313. Strategic framework for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Greg Hands), 410. Supermarkets and local communities (Mr Barry Sheerman), 431. Supervision of paedophiles (Mr Rob Wilson), 718. Support for victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism (Mr Nigel Dodds), 637. Tax credits (Daniel Kawczynski), 357. Teaching workforce in London (Ms Diane Abbott), 487. Teenage knife crime (Mr Andrew Love), 362. Television reception in the Hedges area of Rushden (Mr Peter Bone), 148. Temporary housing (Mr Neil Gerrard), 724. Testing and Assessment—Third Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, and the Government and Ofsted responses, 607. Testing of cosmetics on animals (Mr Oliver Letwin), 613. Thatched roofs and planning policy (Sir George Young), 375. The Best Start in Life? Alleviating Deprivation, Improving Social Mobility and Eradicating Child Poverty—Second Report from the Work and Pensions Committee and the Government response, 468. The Electronic Patient Record—Sixth Report from the Health Committee, Session 2006–07, and the Government's response thereto, 212. The Road Ahead: The Final Report of the Independent Task Group on site provision and enforcement for gypsies and travellers, 415. The Supply of Rented Housing—Eighth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee and the Government response, 669. The sustainability of biofuels—First Report from the Environmental Audit Committee and the Government Response, 433. Thefts following credit and debit card cloning (Andrew Selous), 204. Thirtieth Annual Report of the House of Commons Commission, 639. Tibet (Norman Baker), 321. Ticket touting—Second Report from the Culture, media and Sport Committee and the Government's response, 346. DEBATE—continued Town and village greens and planning (Tom Levitt), 305. Trafficking of women and children and Pentameter II (Mr Anthony Steen), 530. Train services stopping in Penrith from 2008 (David Maclean), 87. Train services to Nuneaton (Mr Bill Olner), 91. Treatment for people with learning difficulties in the NHS (Mr Richard Benyon), 618. Treatment of Asylum Seekers—Tenth report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2006–07, 95. Treatment of failed asylum seekers during deportation (Ms Diane Abbott), 104. Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (Nick Ainger), 328. Treatment of rare and complex medical conditions (Dr Doug Naysmith), 613. Treatment of refractory angina (Mr George Howarth), 618. Treatment of the elderly in the NHS (Mr Richard Benyon), 410. Trial and imprisonment of Mr Michael Burk in Italy (Barbara Keeley), 328. Trunk roads in Norfolk (Mr Henry Bellingham), 261. Twentieth anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster (Mr Frank Doran), 510. UK aid programme in Mozambique (Mark Pritchard), 425. UK bird registration scheme (Martin Salter), 148. UK consular services and the death of Laura Hill (Mr Nigel Waterson), 552. UK private equity and venture capital industry (Mr Mark Field), 169. UK skills agenda (Eric Joyce), 662. Unused medicines (Ben Chapman), 443. VAT on membership of sports and leisure trusts (Mr Brian H. Donohoe), 362. Waste recycling (Dr Ian Gibson), 187. Welfare reform (Ms Karen Buck), 55. Welfare to work city strategies (Mr Graham Allen), 370. West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy revision (Peter Luff), 344. Westminster Council's population estimates (Mr Mark Field), 605. Widening participation in higher education (Jeff Ennis), 666. Wiltshire Police helicopter (Robert Key), 431. Withdrawal of Leeds working neighbourhood funding (Mr George Mudie), 208. Women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, 517. Women's and girls' football (Mr Richard Caborn), 66. Woodhead rail route and options for its future (Ms Angela C. Smith) , 256. Young people with disabilities (Mr David Anderson), 560. Youth violence in Greater London (Simon Hughes), 632. Zimbabwe and the application of sanctions (Norman Lamb), 357. III. Miscellaneous: Debates stood adjourned, it being: —Half-past Two o'clock, 151, &c. —Seven o'clock, 88, &c. —Ten o'clock, 12, &c. Debates ordered to be adjourned, 3, &c. Debates to be resumed on a future day, 3, &c. Debate adjourned and resumed (for announcement of result of deferred Divisions): —Opposition Day debate, 341. —Consideration of a Bill, on Question, That the Clause be read a second time, 481. —Third Reading of a Bill, 539. No subject raised on half-hour Adjournment, 488. Defence: Draft Armed Forces, Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 471. Approved, 477. Draft Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 471. Approved, 477. Draft Armed Forces (Redress of Individual Grievances) Regulations 2007, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 28. Approved, 34. Draft Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 28. Approved, 34. Draft Armed Forces (Service Complaints) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 471. Approved, 477. DELEGATED LEGISLATION: I. Resolutions to Approve Statutory Instruments and Other Delegated Legislation: DELEGATED LEGISLATION—continued Employment Agencies Etc.Draft Regulations84 Employment and TrainingDraft Orders209(2) EnergyDraft Order503 Environmental ProtectionDraft Regulations47, 533, 544 Regulations191(2) Environmental Protection (Northern Ireland)Regulations191 Environmental Protection (Scotland)Regulations191 European CommunitiesGovernment Assessment84 Draft Orders84(2) ExtraditionDraft Order445 Fees and ChargesDraft Order294 Financial Services and MarketsOrder161 Government Resources and AccountsDraft Order294 Government Trading FundsDraft Orders201 Healthcare and Associated ProfessionsDraft Orders48, 494, 686 HousingDraft Order686 ImmigrationDraft Orders84, 105, 206, 324, 533, 555 Draft Rules29 Draft Regulations219, 337, 472, 533, 672 Income TaxDraft Orders36, 47, 526 Industrial Organisation and DevelopmentDraft Order672 International Criminal CourtDraft Order686 International DevelopmentDraft Orders290, 533, 544(3) International Immunitiesand PrivilegesDraft Order698 Land RegistrationDraft Order331 Landfill TaxOrder647 Legal ServicesDraft Orders504, 676 Legal Services CommissionDraft Regulations64 Limited LiabilityPartnershipsDraft Regulations507, 526(2) Local LoansDraft Order698 DELEGATED LEGISLATION—continued Local GovernmentDraft Orders178*, (181), 219*, (223)192(3), 201, 307, 519, 660 Draft Regulations391 Report173** Local Government FinanceReport303 Mental CapacityDraft Regulations626 National Health ServiceDraft Regulations307 National LotteryDraft Order125 Northern IrelandDraft Order173, 354(2), 423(2) Official StatisticsDraft Orders303, 672 ParliamentDraft Order477 PensionsDraft Regulations89, 290, 401, 549 Draft Orders209290(2) PoliceDraft Order141 Report173** Draft Regulations646(2) Draft Rules646 Political PartiesDraft Orders368 Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismDraft Rules209**, 472(2), 54929 PrisonsDraft Orders319(2), 519*, (533) Proceeds of CrimeDraft Orders303(3), 483, 533 Regulatory ReformDraft Orders46(2) Representation of the PeopleDraft Regulations178, 493, 519 Draft Orders418, 493, 544 Representation of the People (Wales)Draft Order505 Road TrafficDraft Regulations29, 126, 182 Serious Organised Crime AgencyDraft Order483 Sex DiscriminationDraft Regulations315 Stamp Duty Land TaxRegulations642 Supreme Court of England and WalesDraft Order441 Tax CreditsDraft Regulations303, 519 Terms and Conditions of EmploymentDraft Regulations544, 555, 625 DELEGATED LEGISLATION—continued Town and Country PlanningDraft Regulations307 Trades DescriptionsDraft Regulations372 Tribunals and InquiriesDraft Orders493, 494(2), 672 Value Added TaxOrders387, 630 * After deferred Division. ** After a Division. II. Questions Negatived for Presenting Addresses for Annulment of Statutory Instruments: Banking, 315. III. Questions, That Statutory Instruments be Disapproved, Negatived: Subject: —Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 321), 387 (Motion made and Question put, Division deferred). Negatived, 391. IV. Statutory Instruments Referred to Delegated Legislation Committees:
VI. Miscellaneous: Delegated legislation allocated by the Speaker to particular Delegated Legislation Committee, 20, &c. Delegated legislation referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 19, &c. Delegated legislation reported from General Committees, 25, &c. Delegated legislation approved, 209, &c. —after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (Delegated Legislation Committees), 29, &c. —after deferred Division, 315 (323). —after Question put after one and a half hours, pursuant to Standing Order (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents), 125. Motion to annul delegated legislation negatived: Orders, providing that certain documents be treated as if they were instruments subject to the provisions of Standing Order (Delegated Legislation Committees): —Government's assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report 2007, 12. Communications declaring that specified Statutory Instruments had come into operation before copies were laid before the House of Commons, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, 5, &c. Disabled Persons: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (B2007 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 241. Reported, 248. Approved, 290. Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 484. Reported, 491. Approved, 499. Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Victoria Line 09TS Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 652. Reported, 657. Approved, 672. Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 652. Reported, 657. Approved, 672. Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 214. Read the first time, 234. Disqualification from Parliament (Taxation Status) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 69. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 151. DIVISIONS: I. Deferred Divisions Speaker's opinion as to the decision of a Question being challenged, Division deferred: DIVISIONS—continued Speaker announces results of Divisions which had been deferred, pursuant to Order, 50, 181, 205, 223, 294, 323, 341, 371, 391, 481, 533, 633, 680. Order that provisions relating to deferred Divisions are not to apply (as part of wider Order), 11, 41, 165, 178, 377, 500, 505, 555, 612, 625, &c. Order that provisions of Order (Deferred Divisions) shall not apply to specified Motions at current sitting, 88, 153, 253, 307, 392, 679. Deputy Speaker announces an error in reporting the number of Ayes in a deferred Division, 539. 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: DNA Database (Removal of Samples) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 444. Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 222. Read a second time, 581. Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords] Committee, 603. Resolution reported, 610. Reported, with Amendments, 619. As amended, considered, 657; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 658. Lords agree to one Amendment, with an Amendment in lieu of the word left out, another Commons Amendment with an Amendment and to the remaining Commons Amendments without Amendment, 701. Lords Amendments in lieu agreed to, 714. (Cited as Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008) Royal Assent, 721. Money Resolution, 581. Driving Instructors Convicted of Sexual Offences (Suspension) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 627. Drugs (Reclassification) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Ecclesiastical Law: Draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 242. Reported, 256. Approved, 290. Education: Draft Regional Learning and Skills Council Regulations 2007, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 166. Reported, 173. Approved, 178. Education (Children with Autism) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 128. 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: —Chiltern Hundreds, 466. Motion made and Question proposed, That Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member in the room of a deceased Member, 357. Motion opposed, debate resumed, Question put and agreed to, 357. Electricity: Draft Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008 allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 116. Reported, 128. Approved, 134. Employment Agencies, Etc: Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2007, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 72. Reported, 77. Approved, 84. Employment and Training: Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 185. Reported, 204. Approved, 209. Draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 185. Reported, 204. Approved, 209. Employment Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 422. Read a second time, 543. Employment Bill [Lords] Committee, 603. Resolution reported, 611. Reported, with Amendments, 619. As amended, considered, 660; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 661. Lords agree, without Amendment, to Commons Amendments, 690. (Cited as Employment Act 2008) Royal Assent, 690. Programme Order, 543. Ways and Means Resolution, 544. Employment Retention Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 160. Energy: Draft Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (Sources of Energy and Technologies) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Approved, 503. Money Resolution, 140. Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 247. Environmental Protection: Draft Community Emission Trading Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 533. Draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 35. Reported, 41. Approved, 47. Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee, 508. Reported, 531. Approved, 544. Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3245), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 141. Allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3250), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 141. Allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 252. Environmental Protection (Northern Ireland): Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3236), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 141. Allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Approved, 191. Environmental Protection (Scotland): Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3240), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 141. Allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Environmental Protection (Airports) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Environmental Protection (Transfers at Sea) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. ESTIMATES: I. Reports from Liaison Committee: Relating to consideration of Estimates pursuant to Standing Order (Liaison Committee), 45, 217, 491. II. Miscellaneous: III. Proceedings Pursuant to Standing Order (Consideration of Estimates): Allotted daySubjectQuestiondeferredQuestion putand agreed to Sum granted(r)=resources(c)=cash 1stSupplementary Estimates 2007–08: Cabinet Office69*69£10,5966,000 (r) Supplementary Estimates 2007–08: Department for Work and Pensions6969£2,930,000 (c)£627,101,000 (r) £1,147,101,000 (c) 2ndSupplementary Estimates 2007–08: HM Treasury248*248 Supplementary Estimates 2007–08: Department for Transport248248£7,092,000 (r)£11,841,000 (c) £2,059,473,000 (r) £1,859,129,000 (c) 3rdEstimates, 2008–09: Department for Transport518*518£8,777,927,000 (r)£7,136,325,000 (c) Estimates, 2008–09: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills518519£11,040,399,000 (r)£12,519,763,000 (c) * Debate concluded. Proceedings interrupted. ESTIMATES—continued IV. Proceedings Pursuant to Standing Order (Questions on Voting of Estimates, &c.) Day not later than:SubjectQuestion put and agreedSum granted(r)=resources(c)=cash 6th FebruarySupplementary Estimates and New Estimates 2007–0869£5,529,376,000 (r) Estimates 2008–09 (Vote on Account)70£6,391,199,000 (c)£194,866,358,000 (r) £179,676,962,000 (c) 18th MarchEstimates, 2008–09 (Navy) Vote A249 (at 10 o'clock)— Estimates, 2008–09 (Army) Vote A249 (at 10 o'clock)— Estimates, 2008–09 (Air) Vote A249 (at 10 o'clock)— Estimates, Excesses, 2008–09249 (at 10 o'clock)£38,611,000 (r) Supplementary Estimates, 2007–08249 (at 10 o'clock)£14, 190, 565, 000 (r)£5,692,926,000 (c) 5th AugustEstimates and Supplementary Estimates, 2008–09519 (at 10 o'clock)£233,217,986,000 (r)£230,753,553,000 (c) V. Supplementary Estimate, 2008–09 That, for the year ending with 31st March 2009, for expenditure by HM Treasury: (1) further resources, not exceeding £1,000, be authorised for use as set out in House of Commons Paper No. 1061, and (2) a further sum, not exceeding £42,200,000,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund, to meet the costs as so set out (Question agreed to, pursuant to Order), 614. European Communities: Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreement on Enlargement of the European Economic Area) Order 2007, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 72. Reported, 77. Approved, 84. Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 687. Reported, 692. Approved, 698. Government's Assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, Motion to treat as if it were an instrument subject to the provisions of Standing Order No.118, 12. Allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 54. Reported, 74. Approved, 84. European Communities (Finance) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 7. Read a second time, on division, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 25. Considered, in Committee, 125. Reported, without Amendment, 125. Read the third time, on Division, and passed, 125. Speaker's certificate, 128. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 191. (Cited as European Communities (Finance) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 196. Money, 25. European Union (Amendment) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 96. Read a second time, on Division, 136. Committed to a Committee of the whole House, 136. Considered in Committee, 161, 165, 177, 182, 205, 215, 218, 223, 231, 239. Reported, without Amendment, 240. Read the third time, on Division, and passed, 253. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 467. (Cited as European Union (Amendment) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 467. European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Motion made and Question put for Second Reading, the House divided; fewer than forty Members taking part in Division, business stood over, 469. EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS: I. Questions for Resolutions agreed to: Common European Asylum System (No. 10516/07)Motion made and Question proposed, Amendment negative on Division, Question put and agreed to, 56. Promotion of energy from renewable resources (No. 5421/08)Resolved, 422. Maritime Policy (No. 14631/07 and No. 14176/07)Resolved, 423.EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS—continued II. 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* on Division. ** on deferred Division. *** No longer stood referred. III. Miscellaneous: Documents referred to European Committees, 8, &c. —To be debated with other specified documents, 54. Document no longer stands referred, 327. EXAMINERS: I. Bills Referred to the Examiners: Private Bills: Lords Bills after First Reading, 56(2). Bills after Second Reading, 159. II. Reports from the Examiners: Private Bills: In the case of Petitions for Bills: —Standing Orders complied with, 101(9). —Standing Orders not complied with in respect of Petitions for Additional Provision, 405(4). In the case of Lords Bills referred after First Reading: —no Standing Order not previously inquired into applicable, 74(2). In the case of Bills referred after Second Reading: —Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with, 209 Examiner's Report referred to Standing Orders Committee, 405(4). Examiner appointed by the Speaker, 62. —In the place of another, 695. Expenses of Public Servants (Publication) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 102. Extradition: Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 429. Reported, 439. Approved, 445. Farriers: Farriers' Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No., 646) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 418. Allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 430. Reported, 449. Fees and Charges: Draft Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 270. Approved, 294. Finance Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 290. Read a second time, on Division, and committed partly to a Committee of the whole House (specified Clauses and new Clauses) and partly to a public bill committee, 331. Considered in Committee, 349. Progress reported, 350. Again considered, 352. Reported, without Amendment, 354. Finance Bill Committee, 360. Reported, with Amendments, 469. Not amended in the Committee and as amended in the public bill committee, considered, 498. Consideration adjourned, 499. Again considered, 503. Bill read the third time, on Division, and passed, 504. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 568. (Cited as Finance Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Financial Services and Markets: Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3510), allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 145. Reported, 153. Approved, 161. Fire and Rescue Services: Fire and Rescue Services (National Framework (England) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1370), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 499. Allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 547. Fireworks Act 2003 (Amendment) Bill: Ordered presented and read the first time, 239. Fixed Term Parliaments Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 399. Food: Infant Formula and follow-on Formula (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3521), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 215. allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 225. Reported, 239. Food Labelling Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 649. Food Labelling (Nutrition and Health) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 660. Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 347. Football Spectators and Sports Grounds Bill: Presented and read the first time, 139. Explanatory notes to be printed, 139. Forces Widows' Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 172. Foreign Nationals (Statistics) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 69. Order for Second Reading read, business interrupted (at half past two o'clock on a Friday), 379. Freedom of Information: Draft Freedom of Information (Parliament and National Assembly for Wales) Order 2008, approved, 561. Gamma-Butyrolactone (Prohibition) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 644. Government Resources and Accounts: Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 270. Approved, 294. Government Trading Funds: Draft Defence Support Group Trading Fund Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Approved, 201. Draft FCO Services Trading Fund Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Approved, 201. Health and Social Care Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 22. Read a second time and committed to a Public Bill Committee, 41. Health and Social Care Bill Committee, 71. Resolution reported; Memoranda reported, 108. Memoranda reported, 118, &c. Bill reported, with Amendments, 148. As amended, considered, read the third time, and passed, 191. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 503. Lords Amendments agreed to. (Cited as Health and Social Care Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Money Resolution, 42. Ways and Means Resolution, 124. Health and Safety (Education and Training Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 632. Health and Safety (Offences) Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to printed, 67. Read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee, 172. Reported, without Amendment, 305. Unamended, considered, read the third time and passed, 452. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 608. (Cited as Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008), Royal Assent, 620. Health Care and Associated Professions: Draft Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 494. Draft Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 664. Reported, 675. Approved, 686. Draft Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 393. Reported, 401. Approved, 418. HOUSE: I. House Adjourns: House resolves to adjourn now: —till a specified day, 23, &c. —till this day, 647. —till to-morrow, 3, &c. 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), 152, &c. —at or after Six o'clock (on a Thursday), 433, &c. —at or after Seven o'clock (on a Wednesday), 19, &c. —at or after Ten o'clock, 106, &c. House adjourns: —till this day, 305. —till to-morrow, 3, &c. —from Friday till Monday, 152, &c. —from Thursday till Monday, 11, &c. HOUSE—continued II. Motions for the Adjournment Generally: Lapse: —at or after Seven o'clock on a Wednesday, 144, &c. —at Six o'clock on a Thursday, 23, &c. —at Ten o'clock, 3, &c. Withdrawn, (Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment), 413. III. Periodic Adjournments: House resolves at its rising on a future day to adjourn until a specified day: Christmas adjournment: House adjourns from Tuesday 18th December to Monday 7th January, 52. February adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 7th February to Monday 18th February, 134. Easter adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 20th March 2008 to Tuesday 25th March 2008, 219. Spring adjournment: House adjourns from Thursday 3rd April 2008 to Monday 21st April 2008, 219. May adjournment: House adjourns from 1st May 2008 to Tuesday 6th May 2008, 338. Summer adjournment: House adjourns from 22nd July to 6th October, 427. IV. Sittings of the House: House meets: —at twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock (Queen's speech), 1. —at half-past Two o'clock, 12, &c. —at half-past Eleven o'clock (on a Wednesday), 6, &c. —at half-past Ten o'clock (on a Thursday), 9, &c. —at half-past Nine o'clock (on a Friday), 172, &c. Order, That on a future day the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until: —any Messages from the Lords have been received and he shall have notified the Royal Assent to Acts agreed upon by both Houses, 527. —he shall have Reported the Royal Assent to any Act agreed upon by both Houses, 354. —any Message from the Lords has been received and any Committee to draw up Reasons which has been appointed at that sitting has reported, 354. —any Message has been received from the Lords Commissioners, 706. Motion, That House do sit in private, negatived on Division, 174, &c. Order: That the House shall sit at half past Eleven o'clock and references to specific times in the Standing orders of this House shall apply as if that day were a Wednesday, 52, 526. V. Business of the House: 1. Orders relating to precedence of business: Private Members' Bills to have precedence on thirteen specified Fridays, 19. 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 a quarter past Seven o'clock: —Proceedings on an Opposition day Motion, 88. Until any hour: [agreed to at Ten o'clock] Until any hour: —Proceedings on Government Bills, 209. —Changes to Standing Orders, 645. 3. Orders providing for Questions to be put at a specified hour or at the end of a specified period: All stages of a Bill —Allocation of Time, 523. —Business of the House, 196. After one hour: —Motions relating to the Electoral Commission, 555. —Motion relating to Data Protection, 555. —Motion relating to the Speaker's Conference, 679. After one and a half hours: —Motion relating to Members' Salaries, 499. —Members' Expenses, 499. —Motions relating to Regional Accountability, Regional Select Committees, Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees and Regional Grand Committees, 679. —Motions European Scrutiny (Standing Orders) and Modernisation of the House of Commons (Changes to Standing Orders), 679. After three hours: —Motion relating to International Development, 12. —Motion relating to unalotted opposition day (questions on amendments), 505. —Motion relating to Council Tax, 505. After four and a half hours and one and a half hours: —Motion relating to Treaty of Lisbon and Committee Stage of European Union (Amendment) Bill, 153. At Five o'clock: —Motions relating to Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion), Members' Salaries, Parliamentary Pensions and Members' Allowances, 141. Not later than Six o'clock: —Motion relating to the Intelligence and Security Committee, 555. At Ten o'clock: —Motion relating to Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty), 153. —Police Grant Report not later than three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, and proceedings on the Motion relating to Local Government Finance not later Ten o'clock, 165. Not later than Six o'clock: —Motion relating to European Scrutiny (Standing Orders), 178. HOUSE—continued 4. 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: —Six o'clock, 182. —one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, 555. Order, That, at the sitting on Monday 31st Standing Order No. 17 (Delegated legislation (negative procedure)) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, 308. Order, That, at the sitting on Tuesday 22nd April Standing Order No. 17 (Delegated legislation (negative procedure)) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of Mr Simon Hughes, 319. 5. Opposition Business (Arrangement of public business) For three hours or until Four o'clock: VI. Sittings of the House in Westminster Hall: House sits in Westminster Hall: —at half-past Nine o'clock, 32, &c. —at half-past Two o'clock, 24, &c. Sitting resolved to be adjourned now, 24, &c. Sitting adjourned by the Deputy Speaker without Question put, it being: —Two o'clock, 111, &c. —After two and a half hours after half-past Two o'clock on a Wednesday, 117, &c. —Three hours after the start of a Thursday sitting, it being: —half-past Five o'clock, 40, &c. —a quarter to Six o'clock, 58. —twenty-five minutes to Six o'clock, 542. Sitting adjourned: —till tomorrow, 32, &c. —from Thursday till Tuesday, 24, &c. —from Tuesday 18th December to Tuesday 8th January, 104. —from Thursday 7th February to Tuesday 19th February, 190. —from Thursday 3rd April to Tuesday 22nd April, 330. —from Thursday 22nd May to Tuesday 3rd June, 415. —from Tuesday 22nd July to Tuesday 7th October, 580. [For the subjects of Westminster Hall Debates, see DEBATE] Certain days appointed as days when the subject for debates shall be select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee, 22. Estimates for House of Commons: Administration, laid upon the Table by the Speaker: —Vote on Account: —2008–09, 30. —2009–10, 717. —Estimates, 335. Resource Accounts of the House of Commons: Administration for 2007–08, 565. Report of Commission laid, 455. Housing: Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (England and Wales) Order 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3308) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 93. Allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 116. Reported, 128. Draft Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 664. Reported, 675. Approved, 686. Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 3301), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 84. Allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 116. Reported, 128. Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 572), referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 354. Allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 374. Reported, 390. Housing and Regeneration Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 22. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time, 45. Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee, 71. Memoranda reported, 92. Memorandum reported, 118, &c. Bill reported, with Amendments, Memoranda ordered to be printed, 170. As amended, considered, 314. Read the third time, and passed, 315. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 561. Lords Amendments agreed to. (Cited as Housing and Regeneration Act 2008) Royal Assent, 576. Money Resolution, 46. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 176. Read a second time, on Division, and committed partly to a Committee of the whole House (specified Clauses and Schedules) and partly to a Public Bill Committee, 381. Considered in Committee, 401. Progress reported, 402. Again considered, 405. Reported, with Amendments, 406. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Committee, 408. Resolution reported, Memorandum reported, 421. Reported, with Amendments, Memoranda ordered to be printed, 449. Considered, as amended in the Committee and in the Public Bill Committee, 633. Read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 634. Lords agree to Commons Amendments, without Amendment, 655. (Cited as Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008) Royal Assent, 690. Money Resolution, 382. Ways and Means Resolution, 382. Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Function) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 102. Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale and Distribution) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 322. Immigration: Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2007, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 71. Reported, 77. Approved, 84. Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 207. Reported, 214. Approved, 219. Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 447. Reported, 461. Approved, 472. Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 660. Approved, 672. Draft Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Duty to Share Information and Disclosure of Information for Security Purposes) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 185. Reported, 196. Approved, 206. Draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Civil Penalty Code of Practice) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Motion made and Question put forthwith for approval, Division deferred, 505. Approved, 533. Draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Pilot) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 326. Reported, 331. Motion made and Question put forthwith for approval, Division deferred, 337. Draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Motion made and Question put forthwith for approval, Division deferred, 505. Approved, 533. Draft Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2007, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 72. Reported, 92. Approved, 105. Draft Immigration (Registration Card) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 309. Reported, 318. Approved, 324. Draft Immigration (Supply of Information to the Secretary of State for Immigration Purposes) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 547. Approved, 555. Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2007, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 25. Approved, 29. Immigration (Discharged Gurkhas) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 370. Immigration (Discharged Gurkhas Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 608. Income Tax: Draft Alternative Finance Arrangements (Community Investment Tax Relief) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 506. Reported, 518. Approved, 526. Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Faroes) Order 2007, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 41. Approved, 47. Draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Switzerland) Order 2007, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 41. Approved, 47. Industrial Organisation and Development: Draft Wool Textile Industry (Export Promotion Levy) (Revocation) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 652. Reported, 657. Approved, 672. Interest Rates (Maximum Limit) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 679. International Criminal Court: Draft International Criminal Court (Remand Time) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 664. Reported, 675. Approved, 686. International Development: Draft African Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 533. Draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 544. Draft Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board (Prescribed Day) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 242. Reported, 248. Approved, 290. Draft International Development Association (Fifteenth Replenishment) Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 508. Reported, 531. Approved, 544. Draft International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 508. Reported, 531. Approved, 544. International Immunities and Privileges: Draft International Organization for Migration (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 687. Reported, 692. Approved, 698. Iraq War Inquiry Bill: Presented and read the first time, 300. JOURNAL: Speaker directs figures in a Division to be corrected in Journal: —in a deferred Division, 284. Land Registration: Draft land Registration (Network Access) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 309. Reported, 322. Approved, 331. Land use (Garden Protection) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 271. Landfill Tax: Landfill Tax (Material from Contaminated Land) (Phasing out of Exemption) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2669), allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 640. Approved, 647. Leasehold Reform Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 212. Leeds City Council Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Legal Services: Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of a Designated Regulator) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 664. Reported, 670. Approved, 676. Draft Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485 Reported, 497. Approved, 504. Legal Services Commission: Draft Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2007, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 53. Reported, 59. Approved, 64. Licensing: Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 19. Allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 56. Limited Liability Partnerships: Draft Large and Medium-sized Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 518. Approved, 526. Draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 518. Approved, 526. Draft Small Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 518. Approved, 526. Local Authority Powers (Election Campaigns) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 293. Local Authorities (Social Equality Audits) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 456. Local Government: Draft Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Committee discharged, 264. Allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 296. Reported, 302. Approved, 307. Draft Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008, motion made and question put, Division deferred, 219. Approved, 223. Draft Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 187. Approved, 192. Draft County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 181. Approved, 192. Draft Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 191. Approved, 201. Draft Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 374. Reported, 381. Motion made and Question put forthwith for approval, Division deferred, 387. Approved, 391. Draft Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 644. Approved, 660. Draft London Waste and Recycling Board Order 2008, allocated to the Twelfth Delegated Legislation Committee, 486. Reported, 503. Approved, 519. Draft Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 181. Approved, 192. Draft Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, Motion made and Question put for approval; Division deferred, 201. Approved, 205. Draft Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, Motion made and Question put, Division deferred, 178. Approved, 181. Local Government Finance: Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report (No. 129) on the grant to be paid towards the cost of implementing the new statutory minimum bus travel concession in England, approved, 303. Local Government Finance Report (England) for 2008–09, approved, on Division, 173. Local Loans: Draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 687. Reported, 692. Approved, 698. Local Transport Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 170. Read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 170. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time, on Division, 306. Local Transport Bill [Lords] Committee, 326. Resolution reported, Memoranda reported, 336. Reported, with Amendments, and an amended Long Title; Memoranda reported and Memoranda ordered to be printed, 376. As amended considered, 640; Long Title amended, 641; read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 642. Lords agree to Commons Amendments, without Amendment, 701. (Cited as Local Transport Act 2008), Royal Assent, 721. Programme Order, 306. Money Resolution, 307. Ways and Means Resolution, 307. London Local Authorities (Shopping Bags) Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Report from Examiners, Standing Orders not complied with in respect of Petition for Additional Provision, Report referred to the Standing Orders Committee, 405. London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill: Read the first, second and third time, and passed, 14. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 467. Lords Amendments agreed to, 480. (Cited as London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Management of Dementia in Care Homes Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 390. Manchester City Council Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, read the first time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 56. Report from Examiners, 74. Motion made and Question proposed for Second Reading; debate adjourned three hours after the commencement of proceedings, 449. I. Members take oath or make Affirmation: Members returned at by-elections take Oath or make and subscribe the Affirmation: Anthony Edward Timpson, Member for Crewe and Nantwich, 416. John Michael Howell, Member for Henley, 491. Rt Hon David Michael Davis, Member for Haltemprice and Howden, 543. John Fingland Mason, Member for Glasgow East, 581. Lindsay Roy, Member for Glenrothes, 679. II. Deaths of Members: Speaker informs House of deaths of Members: Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody, Member for Crewe and Nantwich, 331. Mr John MacDougall, Member for Glenrothes, 581. III. Disqualification of Members: Manor of Northstead (Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson), 426. Chiltern Hundreds (Right honourable David Michael Davis), 461. Manor of Northstead (Mr David Marshall), 491. IV. Members' salaries, pensions, allowances, &c. 1. House of Commons Members' Fund Resolution on appropriation, 686. 2. Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund: Order appointing a two Members as a Managing Trustees in the room of two others, 312. V. Disorderly conduct: Members, having wilfully disregarded the authority of the Chair, ordered by the Speaker to withdraw from the House for the remainder of the day's sitting; withdrew accordingly, 217. VI. Members reprimanded and suspended: Members of Parliament (Pay and Responsibilities) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 422. Mental Capacity: Draft Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 475. Approved, 483. Mental Health: Draft Mental Health Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 603. Reported, 614. Approved, 626. 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, 721. II. From the Lords: 1. Bills, Private: That they have passed a Bill, to which they desire the concurrence of the Commons, 56(2). That they have come to Resolutions relating to suspension of proceedings on Bills, and desiring the concurrence of the Commons, 692. That they have agreed to Commons Bills: —without Amendment, 456. —with Amendments, 467. That they have agreed, without Amendment, to Commons Amendments to Lords Bills, 399. 2. Bills, Public: That they have passed a Bill, to which they desire the concurrence of the Commons, 170, 176, 214, 222, 306, 318, 352, 416, 422, 497, 522, 561, 608, 675. That they have agreed to Bills originating in the Commons: —without Amendment, 87, &c. —with Amendments, 210, &c. —with an Amendment, 601. That they have agreed to Commons Amendments to Bills originating in the Lords: —without Amendment, 655, &c. That the Statute Law (Repeals Bill) Bill [Lords] be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c, Bills, 300. That they have agreed, without Amendment, to the Commons Amendment made one of the their Amendments, 720. That they do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed; they agree to the Commons Amendments proposed in lieu; and they agree to the consequential Amendment made by the Commons, 708. That they insist on certain Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed for which insistence they assign their Reasons; they do not insist on the remaining Amendments to which the Commons has disagreed; they agree to Commons Amendments proposed by to the words so restored to the Bill; they agree to the consequential Amendment proposed by the Commons; they agree to the Commons Amendments proposed in lieu of certain of their Amendments; and they agree to the Commons Amendments proposed by to certain of their Amendments, 372. That they agree, without Amendment, to certain Commons Amendments; they agree to a Commons Amendment with an Amendment; they agree to a Commons Amendment, with Amendments in lieu of the words so left out of the Bill; and they disagree to certain other Commons Amendments, but propose Amendments in lieu thereof, 696. That they agree to one of the Commons Amendments, with an Amendment in lieu of the words left out of the Bill; they agree to another of the Commons Amendments with an Amendment; and they agree, without Amendment, to the remaining Commons Amendments, 701. 3. Committees, Joint: That it is expedient to appoint a Joint Committee on: —the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, 300. —the draft Marine Bill, 322. MESSAGES—continued That they have appointed a Select Committee to join with a Committee appointed by the Commons as the Joint Committee on: —Consolidation &c., Bills (twelve Lords), 28. —Human Rights (six Lords), 17. —Tax Law Rewrite Bills (six Lords), 32. —draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (eleven Lords), 365. —draft Marine Bill (eleven Lords), 385. That they have made an Amendment to the Order relating to the appointment of the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill: That the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 22nd July, 416. Commons concur, 428. That they have ordered a Bill be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills, 300. 4. Amendments to Standing Orders In Standing Order 52, relating to the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills, leave out paragraph (6); In Standing Order 74, relating to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, in paragraph (2), leave out the words ‘any statutory instrument made by the Scottish Ministers or otherwise under an Act or Act of the Scottish Parliament or by the Welsh Ministers' and insert the words ‘any Scottish statutory instrument or any statutory instrument made by the Welsh Ministers', 49. III. To the Lords: 1. Bills, Private: To acquaint the Lords: —That the Commons have made certain Orders relating to suspension of proceedings on Bills originating in the Commons, 701. To concur with the Lords on the suspension of Private Bills, 701. 2. Bills, Public: To communicate Reasons for disagreeing to Lords Amendments, 211, &c. To concur with the Lords in referring the Statute Law (Repeals Bill) Bill [Lords] be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c, Bills, 300. 3. Committees, Joint: To concur with appointment of Joint Committee and appoint a committee: —Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, 358. —Draft Marine Bill, 377. To concur with the Lords Message of 2nd June that, notwithstanding the Resolution of this House of 30th April, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill that it should report on the draft Bill by 22nd July, 428. V. Miscellaneous: Lords Message ordered to be considered, 300, &c. Microgeneration (Definition) (Amendment) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 306. Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill: Presented and read the first time, 568. Nail Bars and Special Treatment Premises (Regulation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 268. National Health Service: Draft Local Involvement Networks (Duty of Services-Providers to Allow Entry) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 242. Committee discharged, 259. Allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 296. Reported, 302. Approved, 307. National Insurance Contributions Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 12. Read a second time, on Division, 96. National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee, 115. Resolution reported, 124. Bill reported, without Amendment, 124. Not amended, considered, 170. Read the third time, on division, and passed, 171. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 531. Lords Amendments considered, disagreed to and deemed to be disagreed to (Standing Order No. 78), 548. Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, 548. Reasons reported, 548. Lords do not insist on their Amendments to which the Commons disagreed, 568. (Cited as National Insurance Contributions Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Programme Order, 96. National Lottery: Draft Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007. Approved, on Division, 125. Northern Bank Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Read a second time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 159. Northern Ireland: Draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 343. Reported, 349. Approved, 354. Draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 343. Reported, 349. Approved, 354. Draft Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 146. Reported, 164. Approved, 173. Draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 416. Approved, on Division, 423. Draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 408. Reported, 416. Approved, 423. Nottingham City Council Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Official Statistics: Draft Official Statistics Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 300. Approved, 303. Draft Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Reported, 660. Approved, 672. Offshore Oil and Gas Industries (Health and Safety) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 318. Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 140. OPPOSITION:: I. Days at the Disposal of the Leader of the Opposition:
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. * Resolved, unamended. III. Unalotted day given to one of the Minority Opposition Parties Cost of living: Question amended and agreed to, 532. III. Proceedings on Opposition Days: Question, That the original words stand part of the Question, —negatived on Division, 33, &c. —agreed to, 426. Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order (questions on amendments), 33, &c. —on Division, 34. Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to, 476. The Speaker forthwith declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to, 33, &c. PARLIAMENT: Session opened by Her Majesty, 1. Prorogued, by virtue of Her Majesty's Commission therefor, by Lords Commissioners, from 26th November to 3rd December. Parliament: Draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 463. Reported, 471. Approved, 477. PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR STANDARDS: Appointment of Mr John MacDonald Lyon CB as Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, 23. Report laid, 550. Pedlars (Street Trading Regulation) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 78. Pensions: Draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 72. Reported, 83. Approved, 89. Draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 543. Approved, 549. Draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 394. Reported, 401. Approved, 418. Draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008. Approved, 209. Draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 268. Approved, 290. Draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 268. Approved, 290. Draft Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 259. Reported, 268. Approved, 290. Pensions Bill: Presented and read the first time, 66. Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 67. Read a second time, 105. Pensions Bill Committee, 115. Resolution reported, Memoranda reported, 124. Memoranda reported, 133, &c. Reported, with Amendments, Memoranda ordered to be printed, 209. As amended, considered, 336. Read the third time and passed, 337. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 706. Lords Amendments agreed, with privileges waived in respect of certain Amendments, 715. (Cited as Pensions Act 2008) Royal Assent, 721. Money Resolution, 105. Ways and Means Resolution, 105. Personal Debt (Advice and Regulation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 222. PETITIONS: Presented, 89, &c. Presented and read, 19, &c. Several Petitions presented and read, 15, &c. Planning and Energy Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Read a second time, on Division, and stood committed to a Public Bill Committee, 151. Planning and Energy Bill Committee, 166. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Long Title, 204. As amended, considered, read the third time, and passed, 379. Agreed to by the Lords, with an Amendment, 601. Lords Amendment ordered to be considered, 608. Lords Amendment agreed to, 622. (Cited as Planning and Energy Act 2008) Royal Assent, 690. Programme Order, 78. Money Resolution, 79. Ways and Means Resolution, 79. Planning Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes to be printed, 45. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived; Read a second time, on Division, 78. Planning Bill Committee, 90. Resolution reported; Memoranda reported, 108. Memorandum reported, 118. Memoranda reported, 124, &c. Bill reported, with Amendments, Memoranda ordered to be printed, 176. As amended, considered, 417. Consideration adjourned, 418. Consideration resumed, 481. Read the third time, on Division, and passed, 483. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 696. Lords Amendments considered, some disagreed to, others agreed to, 708. Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, 709; Reasons reported, 709. Lords do not insist on Amendments disagreed to by the Commons, 713. (Cited as Planning Act 2008) Royal Assent, 721. Money Resolution, 79. Ways and Means Resolution, 79. Planning (Location of Hazardous Sites) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 124. Police: draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 131. Reported, 136. Approved, 141. Draft Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 640. Approved, 646. Draft Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 640. Approved, 646. Draft Police (Performance) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 640. Approved, 646. Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2008–09), approved, on division, 173. Police (Justice Commissioners) Bill: Ordered, pesented and read the first time, 676. Political Parties: Draft Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Regulation of Loans etc: Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 343. Reported, 357. Approved, 368. Draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2008, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 463. Reported, 471. Approved, 476. Political Parties and Elections Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 561. Motion for Second Reading; Reasoned Amendment negatived, 624. Read a second time, on Division, 625. Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee, 635. Resolution reported, Memorandum ordered to be published, 660. Memoranda ordered to be published, 666, &c. Reported, with Amendments and an amended Long Title; Memoranda ordered to be printed, 706. Carry-over Order, 625. Money Resolution, 625. Powers of Entry etc. Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 561. Press Complaints Commission (Breaches of Code of Practice) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 548. Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism: Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2008. Approved, on Division, 209. Draft Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2007, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 25. Approved, 29. Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2008, approved 472. Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008, approved, 549. PRINCE OF WALES: Prince of Wales' consent signified: His Royal Highness, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives consent, as far as His Interest is concerned, That the House may do therein as it shall think Fit: Prisons: Draft Early Removal of Fixed-Term Prisoners (Amendment of Eligibility Period) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 309. Reported, 314. Approved, 319. Draft Early Removal of Short-Term and Long-Term Prisoners (Amendment of Requisite Period) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 309. Reported, 314. Approved, 319. Draft Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations Order 2008, allocated to the Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 486. Reported, 503. Motion made and Question put forthwith for approval, Division deferred, 519. Approved, 533. Private Equity (Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Motion made and Question proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time, Bill withdrawn, 246. Probation: Draft Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 242. Reported, 252. Approved, 290. PROCEEDINGS OR BUSINESS: I. Proceedings or Business interrupted by the Speaker: At the moment of interruption: —to permit a Business of the House Motion to be moved, 88. —to allow Questions to be put on Estimates, 69, &c. II. Proceedings lapse: Motions for the Adjournment: —at Ten o'clock, 3, &c. —at Seven o'clock on a Wednesday, 144, &c. —at Six o'clock on a Thursday, 23, &c. Topical Debate: —after one and a half hours, 22. III. Proceedings postponed; Stand Adjourned; Questions Deferred, etc: Divisions deferred under Standing Order (Deferred divisions), 47, &c. Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on Estimates deferred, pursuant to Standing Order (Consideration of estimates), 69. IV. Miscellaneous: Fewer than forty Members having taken part in a Division, Question not decided; business stands over, 265, &c. [See Divisions]. Proceeds of Crime: Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Code of Practice) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 465. Reported, 475. Approved, 483. Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Code of Practice) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Code of Practice) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 533. Draft Serious Crime Act 2007 (Amendment of the Proceedings of Crime Act 2002) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Protection of Bats and Newts Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 475. 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, 5. Report by the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons under Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 that the Aberdeen City Council Order should be allowed to proceed, subject to any recommendations as they may hereafter make with respect to the said Order, 246. Public Contracts (UK Tax Requirements) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 522. Public Sector Buildings (Energy Performance) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. 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, 1. Queen's Speech at end of Session delivered to both Houses by the Lord Chancellor, 721. II. Queen's Consent signified: 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: QUEEN—continued Prerogative: III. Queen's Recommendation: [For Queen's Recommendation for Money Resolutions, see Resolutions, II.] Queen's Recommendation signified to Motions relating to: —Appointment of Comptroller and Auditor General, 143. —Members' Salaries, 149. —Data Protection and Freedom of Information, 709. IV. Royal Assent signified: To Acts: —by the Lords Commissioners, authorised by Her Majesty's Commission, 721. To Measures: —by notification, 413. Race Relations (Election Candidates) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 181. Rape (Defences) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 614. Rating and Valuation: Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 386) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 249. Allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 296. Reported, 305. Reading Borough Council Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 352. Read a second time, 410. Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords] Committee, 447. Resolution reported, Memorandum reported, 456. Reported, with an Amendment, Memoranda reported, Memoranda ordered to be printed, 467. As amended, considered, read the third time, and passed, with an Amendment, 539. Lords agree without Amendment to the Commons Amendment, 568. (Cited as Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Programme Order, 411. Money Resolution, 411. Ways and Means Resolution, 411. REGULATORY REFORM: [For Reports and Resolutions from Regulatory Reform Committee, see Committees, Select.] Legislative Reform Orders: Draft Legislative Reform (Consumer Credit) Order 2008, with an Explanatory Document recommending the affirmative resolution procedure, 458. Resolution of the Regulatory Reform Committee, 522. Approved, 544. Draft Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008, with an Explanatory Document recommending the affirmative resolution procedure, 193. Resolution of the Regulatory Reform Committee, 234. Approved, 290. Draft Legislative Reform (Local Authority Consent Requirement) (England and Wales) Order 2007. Resolution of Regulatory Reform Committee, 56. Approved, 544. Draft Legislative Reform (Lloyd's) Order 2008 with an Explanatory Document recommending the affirmative resolution procedure, 562. Resolution of the Regulatory Reform Committee, 610. Approved, 673. Draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008, with an Explanatory Document recommending the affirmative resolution procedure, 626. Resolution of the Regulatory Reform Committee, 675. Regulatory Reform: Draft Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 41. Approved, 46. Draft Regulators Compliance Code for The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007, allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 41. Approved, 46. Remembrance Day Bank Holiday Bill: Presented and read the first time, 675. Representation of the People: Draft European Parliament (Number of MEPs and Distribution between Electoral Regions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2008, allocated to the Eleventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 508. Reported, 531. Approved, 544. Draft Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 374. Reported, 396. Approved, 418. Draft Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 486. Reported, 503. Approved, 519. Draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 493. Draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 173. Approved, 178. Draft Service Voters' Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 493. Representation of the People (Wales): Draft Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 485. Reported, 497. Approved, 505. RESOLUTIONS: [For Resolutions come to on Opposition Days or under the procedure for Opposition Days, see Opposition.] I. Questions Agreed to: Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General, 143. Data Protection and Freedom of Information, 709. House of Commons Members' Fund, 686. Intelligence and Security, 710. RESOLUTIONS—continued Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion), 148. Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion) (No. 2), 512. Members' Expenses, 514**. Members Home Addresses, 515. Parliamentary Pensions, 149. Members Allowances, 149. Standards and Privileges (Fourth Report), 170. Standards and Privileges (Seventh Report), 312. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 1), 160*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2), 164*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 3), 177*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 4), 181*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5), 205*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6), 214*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7), 217*. Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8), 222*. Notices of Questions etc. during September 2008, 427. Reform of the Intelligence and Security Committee, 561. Regional Accountability, 680** *. *on Division. **as amended agreed to. III. Questions Negatived: Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion (No. 1), 511*. Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion (No. 3), 513*. II. Money Resolutions: 1. Resolutions authorising expenditure in connection with Government Bills, Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified: Banking, 611*. Banking (Special Provisions), 199*. Children and Young Persons, 454*. Climate Change, 437*. Counter-Terrorism, 319*. Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts, 581*. Education and Skills, 121*. Energy, 140*. European Communities (Finance) Bill, 25*. Finance, 289. Housing and Regeneration, 46*. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, 382*. Local Transport, 307*. Pensions, 105*. Planning, 79*. Political Parties and Elections, 625*. Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions, 411*. Sale of Student Loans Bill, 38*. *Questions put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order. 2. Resolutions authorising expenditure in connection with Private Members' Bills, Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified: Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill, 361 (Division deferred.). Result of deferred Division, 371. 3. Resolutions authorising expenditure in connection with Members' Salaries, Her Majesty's Recommendation having been signified: Members' Salaries, 149. Members Salaries (No. 2), 513. Retail Development Bill [Lords]: Brought from the lords, 522. Right to Roam (Mobile Phones) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 352. Road Traffic: Draft Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations 2007, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 20. Reported, 25. Approved, 29. Draft Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 167. Reported, 176. Approved, 182. Draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Downloading and Retention of Data) Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 116. Reported, 121. Approved, 126. Road Traffic (Accident Compensation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 701. Road Traffic (Congestion Reduction) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 452. Road Traffic (Prohibition of Anti-Detection Devices) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. Road Traffic (Safety) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 336. Runaway and Missing Children Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 112. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 469. Safety of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 539. Sale of Registration Marks (Amendment) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 663. Sale of Student Loans Bill: Presented and read the first time; Explanatory notes to be printed, 10. Read a second time, 37. Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee, 53. Resolution reported, Memoranda reported, Bill reported, with an Amendment, 83. Considered, as amended, 143. Read the third time and passed, 144. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 439. Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 440. Lords Amendments agreed to, 472. (Cited as Sale of Student Loans Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Money Resolution, 38. Sale of Wine (Measures) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 164. Order for Second Reading read and discharged, Bill withdrawn, 611. Secure Training Centres: Secure Training Centre (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I., 2007, No. 1709), dated 13th June 2007, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 36. Reported, 49. Serious Organised Crime Agency: Draft Serious Organised Crime Agency and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 465. Reported, 475. Approved, 483. Sex Encounter Establishments (Licensing) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 461. Sex Discrimination: Draft Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2007, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 72. Discharged, 85. Draft Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 297. Reported, 312. Approved, 315. Small Print Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 217. SERJEANT AT ARMS: Resolution, nemine contradicente, That this House expresses its appreciation to Peter Grant Peterkin CB OBE for his distinguished public service career, including three years as Serjeant at Arms, and extends to him its best wishes for his retirement, 74. Social Security: Draft Child Benefit Up-rating Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Draft Child Benefit Up-rating Order 2008, approved, 209. Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008, No. 1554) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 597. Allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 603. Reported, 608. Draft Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 507. Reported, 522. Approved, 534. Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 184. Reported, 196. Approved, 206. Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2008, allocated to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee, 185. Reported, 204. Approved, 210. Draft Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 655. Approved, 672. Draft Social Security (Students Responsible for Children or Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 430. Reported, 444. Approved, 454. Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008, approved, 209. Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 667) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 406. Allocated to the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, 429. Reported, 436. Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2424) referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 629. Allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 653. Committee discharged, 659. Allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 665. Reported, 689. Social Security (Northern Ireland):Draft Guardian's Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Sound Recordings (Copyright Term Extension) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 68. Order for Second Reading read and discharged, Bill withdrawn, 214. Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 77. 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. Reports Her Majesty's Speech and directs that it be entered in the Journal, 1. 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, 721. II. Communicates Matters to the House: Announces the results of divisions deferred, pursuant to Order, 181, &c. Notifies the House of Royal Assent to Acts, 92, &c. III. Lays Papers on the Table: Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 101, &c. Communications declaring that a Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, 5, &c. [See Statutory Instruments (Notification) in Part I of the Index.] Third Report from the Speaker's Committee on Electoral Reform, 190. First Report from the Speaker's Committee on Electoral Reform 2008, 546. First Special Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Review of Members' Allowances, 216. First Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Review of Members' Allowances: Thresholds for Receipts, 251. Second Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Review of Members' Allowances: Issues, 251. Second Report from the House of Commons Members Estimate Committee on the Review of Members' Allowances, 472. SPEAKER—continued Corporate Plan for the Electoral Commission for 2008–09 to 2012–13, 373. Report of the House of Commons Commission for 2007–08, 455. Resource Accounts of the House of Commons: Administration 2007–08, 565. Notification of Change in Members' Salaries from the Senior Salaries Review Body, 593. IV. Nominations and Appointments: Nominates Chairmen's Panel, 9. —Discharges a Member, 195. —Discharges a Member and appoints two Members, 238. Nominates Member of the Ecclesiastical Committee, 433. Appoints Chairmen of General Committees, 13, &c. —An additional Chairman, 11, &c. —One Chairman in place of another, 251, &c. Appoints Chairman of Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 447, &c. Appoints Chairman of Welsh Grand Committee, 85, &c. Nominates Programming Sub-Committee, 27, &c. V. Certificates and allocations: Appoints certain days when debates in Westminster Hall shall be on select committee reports chosen by the Liaison Committee, 22. Makes allocations to General Committees: —Delegated legislation, 20, &c. Certifies Bills as Money Bills under Parliament Act 1911: —Consolidated Fund Bill, 76. —Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, 256. —Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill, 530. —Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill, 618. VI. Puts Questions forthwith: Pursuant to Standing Orders: (Amendment on second or third reading), 46, &c. (Calling of Amendments at end of debate), 18, &c. (Consideration of draft regulatory reform orders), 290, &c. (Consolidated Fund Bills), 74, &c. (Delegated Legislation Committees), 29, &c. (European Standing Committees), 34, &c. (Exempted business), 88, &c. (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), 29, &c. (Motions to sit in private), 172, &c. (Periodic adjournments), 52, &c. (Programme motions), 25, &c. (Programme orders: reasons committee), 367, &c. (Questions on amendments), 33, &c. (Questions on voting of estimates, &c.), 69, &c. (Ways and Means motions), 256, &c. 1. Pursuant to Standing Orders: (Consideration of Estimates): —at Seven o'clock on a Wednesday, 69. (Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of public business) after brief explanatory statements, 102, &c. —after speech from Member opposing the Motion, 181, &c. (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents) after one and a half hours, 209, &c. (Questions on voting of estimates, &c.): —at Seven o'clock on a Wednesday, 69. VIII. Other proceedings of the Speaker: Adjourns House, without Question put, pursuant to Standing Order (Sittings of the House), 19, &c. Suspends the House, pursuant to Order, 210. Declares Main Question, as amended, to be agreed to, 34, &c. Declares Question not decided, and Business stands over, 265, &c. [See Divisions.] Member ordered to withdraw for the remainder of the sitting, 217. Deemed Lords Amendments to be disagreed with (Lords amendments), 548. X. Miscellaneous Order, That the Speaker do issue Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the electing of Members, 357, &c. Members appointed whom Speaker is to consult, if practicable, before certifying a Bill to be a Money Bill, 1. 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), 151, &c. —the First or Second Deputy Chairman, 172, &c. Members appointed for the issuing of Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown pursuant to the Recess Elections Act 1975, 567. XI. Speaker's Conference Ordered, That, (1) There shall be a committee to be known as the Speaker's Conference which shall consist of the Speaker, who shall be chairman, and up to 17 other Members appointed by the Speaker one of whom shall be vice-chairman; (2) The Conference shall consider and make recommendations for rectifying the disparity between the representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in the House of Commons and their representation in the UK population at large; and may agree to consider other associated matters; (3) Notwithstanding any Standing Order of this House, the Conference shall conduct its proceedings in such manner, and have such of those powers which the House may delegate to select committees, as the Speaker shall determine; SPEAKER—continued (4) The Conference shall have power to report from time to time; (5) The quorum of the Conference shall be five; (6) This order shall have effect until the end of the current Parliament, 685. Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee, 172. Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee, 241. Reported, without Amendment, 256. Not amended, considered, read the third time and passed, 399. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 518. (Cited as Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. Stamp Duty Land Tax: Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2338) , allocated to the Third Delegated Legislation Committee, 617. Reported, 632. Approved, 642. STANDING ORDERS AND SESSIONAL ORDERS: I. Standing Orders relating to Public Business: 1. New Standing Orders made: Members of the Intelligence and Security Committee, 561. Regional select committees, 682**. Regional grand committees, 683**. ** as amended, agreed to. 2. Standing Orders amended: 24A (Topical debates), 685. 24B (Amendments to motions to consider specified matters), 685. 124 (Quorum of select committees), 715. 125 (Select committees (admission of the public)), 715. 128 (Entry on formal minutes of select committee), 715. 129 (formal minutes to be reported), 715. 137 (Select committees (adjournment of the House)), 715. 137A (Select committees: power to work with other committees), 715. 139 (Administration Committee), 715. 143 (European Scrutiny Committee), 715. 145 (Liaison Committee), 715. 146 (Select Committee on Public Administration), 715. 146 (Select Committee on Public Administration), 253. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)), 253. 152A (Environmental Audit Committee), 715. Amendment to Temporary Standing Order of 13th July 2005, 682. 4. Miscellaneous: Amendments made to Motions relating to Standing Orders, 188. Standing Orders relating to Public Business to be printed, 25. Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords]: Referred to Consolidation, &c. Bills Committee, 300. Bill reported, 349. Brought from the Lords, presented and read the first time, 416. Read a second and the the third time, and passed, without Amendment, 533. (Cited as Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008) Royal Assent, 568. St Austell Market Bill: Read the first time and ordered to be read a second time, 138. Read a second time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 159. Examiner's Report, Standing Order not previously inquired into complied with, Bill committed, 209. Reported from the Committee on Unopposed Bills, with Amendments, 305. As amended, considered, 340. Read the third time and passed, 352. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 456. (Cited as St Austell Market Act 2008) Royal Assent, 467. Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 302. Supreme Court of England and Wales: Draft Maximum Number of Judges Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 429. Reported, 436. Approved, 441. Tax Credits: Draft Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 260. Reported, 293. Approved, 303. Taxes: Draft Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2008, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 297. Reported, 312. Approved, 315. Draft International Tax Enforcement (Bermuda) Order 2008, allocated to the Thirteenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 486. Reported, 511. Approved, 519. Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 67. Read a second time, on Division, and stood committed to a public bill committee, 212. Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee, 360. Ordered, That the Committee be discharged from considering the Bill, Bill withdrawn, 410. Terms and Conditions of Employment: Draft Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 603. Reported, 619. Approved, 625. Draft Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 536. Reported, 547. Approved, 555. Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Tenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 508. Reported, 531. Approved, 544. Theft from Shops (Penalties) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 575. Torture (Damages) Bill [Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 675. Read the first time, 696. Town and Country Planning: Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008, allocated to the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee, 296. Reported, 302. Approved, 307. Trade Descriptions: Draft Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 360. Reported, 365. Approved, 372. Trading of Primates as Pets (Prohibition) Bill: Presented, ordered and read the first time, 611. Transparent Taxation (Receipts) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 497. Transport for London Bill [Lords]: Read the first and second time and committed, 9. Reported, with Amendments, 322. As amended, considered, 352. Read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 365. Lords agree to Commons Amendments, without Amendment, 399. (Cited as Transport for London Act 2008) Royal Assent, 413. Tribunals and Inquiries: Draft Appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 493. Draft Judicial Appointments Order 2008, allocated to the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 636. Reported, 649. Approved, 672. Draft First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 494. Draft Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008, allocated to the Ninth Delegated Legislation Committee, 464. Reported, 480. Approved, 494. Umbilical Chord Blood (Donation) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 108. Motion for second reading read, Debate stood adjourned at half-past Two o'clock on a Friday, 622. Union Flag Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 176. Value Added Tax: Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1146), allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 373. Reported, 381. Approved, 387. Value Added Tax (Finance) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2547), allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 616. Reported, 624. Approved, 630. Vehicle Safety (Loads) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 480. WAYS AND MEANS: I. Ways and Means Resolutions: 1. Resolutions relating to Finance Bill: Provisional Collection of Taxes (question put forthwith), 256. Amendment of the Law: —debate stood adjourned, 257. —debate resumed and Question agreed to, 271. Other Resolutions: Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order (Ways and Means motions): —Air passenger duty (standard class travel), 288. —Alternative finance arrangements, 289. —Alternative property finance, 288. —Amusement machine licence duty, 280. —Capital allowances, 282. —Carbon reduction trading schemes, 280. —Changes in trading stock, 280. —Chargeable gains, 273*. —Climate change levy (coal mine methane), 288. —Company gains from investment life insurance contracts, 280. —Controlled foreign companies, 281. —Corporation tax (charge and main rates for financial year 2009), 272. —Corporation tax (small companies' rates and fractions for financial year 2008), 273*. —Double taxation relief, 281. —Duties (abolition of disregard of fractions of penny), 289. —Effects of transfer of rights to payment etc, 497. —Employment-related securities etc, 281. —Enterprise management incentives, 280. —Expenditure on research and development, 280. —Expenses of management of investment business (oil extraction etc), 287. —Financial arrangements avoidance, 281. —Fuel duty (biodiesel and bioblend), 275. —Fuel duty (other provision), 279. —Fuel duty rates and rebates (simplification), 274. —Income tax: basic rate limit, 497. —Income tax (charge and main rates for 2008–09), 271. —Income tax (abolition of starting rate), 272*. —Inheritance tax (interests in possession), 288. —Insurance companies etc, 281 —Insurance special purpose vehicles, 498. —Intangible fixed assets, 281. —Investment managers, 280. —Landfill tax credit (withdrawing approval of environmental bodies), 288. —Leases of plant or machinery, 281. —Manufactured payments, 281. —Offshore funds, 280. —Payments on account of income tax, 282. —Pension schemes, 282. —Persons not domiciled or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, 280. —Rate of aggregates levy, 279. —Rates of climate change levy, 279. —Rates of duty on alcoholic liquor, 273*. —Rates of tobacco products duty, 274. —Rates of vehicle excise duty, 279*. —Relief for employee share acquisition, 281. —Relief from tax (incidental and consequential charges), 289. —Residence, 280. —Restrictions on trade loss relief for individuals, 281. —Restrictions on trade loss relief for partners, 281. —Stamp duty (abolition of fixed duty on certain instruments), 286. —Stamp duty (exemption from ad valorem duty for low value transactions), 285. —Stamp duty land tax (charge where consideration includes rent), 283. WAYS AND MEANS—continued —Stamp duty land tax (notification and registration of transactions), 282. —Stamp duty land tax (withdrawal of group relief), 284. —Standard rate of landfill tax, 279. —Value added tax (time limits for assessments of excess credits etc), 287. —Value added tax (time limits for old claims), 288. —Vehicle excise duty (rebates), 288. —Venture capital schemes, 280. *on division Ways and Means Resolution after the Bill was brought in: 2. Resolutions relating to other Bills: Banking, 612*. Banking (Special Provisions), 200*. Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions), 29*. Climate Change, 437*. Counter-Terrorism, 319*. Education and Skills, 693*. Employment, 544*. Health and Social Care, 124. Human Fertilisation and Embryology, 383*. Local Transport, 307*. Pensions, 105*. Planning Bill, 79*. Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions, 411*. *Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order. II. Miscellaneous: 1. Resolutions under Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968: —having provisional statutory effect, 256. —having statutory effect, 272, &c. 2. Procedure Resolutions: —Procedure (Future Taxation), 289. —Procedure (First-Year Tax Credits), 289. —Procedure (Information and Inspection Powers in Connection with Certain Foreign Taxes), 289. 3. Bill ordered: Upon Ways and Means Resolutions and upon Resolutions relating to Procedure and Finance [Money]: —Finance, 290.
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