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[No. 50 Friday 20 March 2009 ]

9.30 am.

1 The Speaker's Absence

Sir Michael Lord, the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table (Standing Order No. 3(3)).

2 Deputy Speaker in the Chair

Sir Michael Lord, the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).

3 Motion to sit in private

Mr Paul Burstow moved, That this House do now sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

The House divided.

Division No. 80.

Ayes: 1 (Tellers: Mr Colin Breed, Mr Michael Moore).

Noes: 65 (Tellers: Mr Oliver Heald, Bob Russell).

Question accordingly negatived.

4 Fuel Poverty Bill: Second Reading

Motion made and Question proposed, That the Fuel Poverty Bill be now read a second time.

Mr David Heath claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).

Question put, That the Question be now put.

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The House divided.

Division No. 81.

Ayes: 89 (Tellers: Dan Rogerson, Richard Younger-Ross).

Noes: 2 (Tellers: Stephen Pound, Mr Andrew Dismore).

The Deputy Speaker declared that the Question was not decided in the affirmative because fewer than one hundred Members had voted in the majority in support of the motion (Standing Order No. 37).

At 2.30 pm the debate was adjourned (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Ordered, That the debate be resumed on Friday 12 June.

5 Protection of Children (Encrypted Material) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Protection of Children (Encrypted Material) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 8 May.

6 British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 15 May.

7 Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 June.

8 Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill: Second Reading

Motion made, That the Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 June.

9 Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill: Second Reading

Order read for resuming the adjourned debate on the Question proposed (6 March), That the Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill be now read a second time.

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 11(2)).

Ordered, That the debate be resumed on Friday 27 March.

10 Adjournment

Subject: Royal Hospital Haslar (Sir Peter Viggers).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn._(Barbara Keeley.)

[Adjourned at 2.54 pm until Monday 23 March. ]

Other proceedings

Reports from Select Committees

11 Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Press standards, privacy and libel: Part of the evidence taken on Thursday 19 March, to be printed (HC 275-iv) (Mr John Whittingdale).

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APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Banking

Bank Insolvency (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. (N.I.), 2009, No. 122), dated 18 March 2009 (by Statutory Instrument), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Ian Pearson).

2 Housing

Houses in Multiple Occupation (Management) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 724), dated 16 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

3 Local Government

Local Authorities' Plans and Strategies (Disapplication) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 714), dated 16 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Hazel Blears).

4 Public Health

Health and Social Care (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 649), dated 11 March 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Alan Johnson).

Other Papers:

5 Treaty Series (No. 4, 2009)

Optional Protocol, done at New York on 6 October 1999, to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (by Command) (Cm. 7574) (Secretary David Miliband).

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