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[No. 126 Tuesday 27 October 2009 ]

The house met at 2.30 pm.

PRAYERS.

1 Private Business: Leeds City Council Bill: Consideration

Ordered, That the Bill be considered on Thursday 5 November.

2 Private Business: Reading Borough Council Bill: Consideration

Ordered, That the Bill be considered on Thursday 5 November.

3 Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

4 Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to impose a duty on public bodies to co-operate with the police and specified local authorities on the use of closed circuit television; to require certain users of CCTV to provide specified information to the police; to require insurance providers to promote the use of CCTV systems; and for connected purposes;

That Mr Tom Harris, Mrs Joan Humble, David Cairns, Dr Alasdair McDonnell, Mrs Jacqui Lait, Derek Twigg, Lembit O­pik, Norman Lamb and Meg Munn present the Bill.

Mr Tom Harris accordingly presented the Bill.

Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 6 November, and to be printed (Bill 153).

5 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Further consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee

Amendment 30 proposed._(Mr Richard Benyon.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

The House divided.

Division No. 231

Ayes: 200 (Tellers: Jeremy Wright, James Duddridge).

Noes: 269 (Tellers: Mr Dave Watts, Mrs Sharon Hodgson).

Question accordingly negatived.

Since it was after 6.00 pm, the Deputy Speaker put forthwith the following Question necessary to bring proceedings on consideration to a conclusion (Programme Order, 26 October).

That Amendments 10, 11, 4, 9 and 14 be made (single Question on remaining Amendments proposed by a Minister of the Crown)._(Ann McKechin.)

Question agreed to.

6 Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] Bill: Third Reading

Secretary Hilary Benn signified Queen's consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned.

Secretary Hilary Benn signified Prince of Wales's consent, as far as his interest is concerned.

Bill read the third time, and passed with Amendments.

7 Opposition Day: Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (Un-allotted half day (Order of 21 October))

Parading in Northern Ireland

Resolved, That this House recognises that the right of free assembly and peaceful procession is an intrinsic human right and an important part of the British heritage; acknowledges the cultural significance of parading in Northern Ireland and its tourist potential; regrets the attempts by a minority to interfere with the right to parade peacefully; and accepts that it is a political imperative to resolve such matters, especially in a context where it is proposed to devolve policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland._(Mr Peter Robinson.)

8 Rule 56 (1) of the Parliamentary Elections Rules

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order of 20 October), That, in accordance with rule 56 (1) of the Parliamentary Elections Rules contained in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983, the sealed packets containing the completed corresponding number lists forwarded to the sheriff clerk at Kirkcaldy following the Glenrothes by-election on 6 November 2008 (1) shall not be destroyed by the sheriff clerk other than as provided for in the protocol agreed among the Secretary of State for Scotland, the electoral registration officer for Fife, the returning officer for the Glenrothes parliamentary constituency and the sheriff clerk for the Kirkcaldy sheriff court district and dated 16 and 19 October 2009 (Cm. 7729); (2) may be delivered by that sheriff clerk to that returning officer; and (3) may be opened by that returning officer in order that a substitute marked copy of the register of electors may be made available for public inspection, all in accordance with and subject to the conditions specified in that protocol._(Mark Tami.)

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Question agreed to.

9 Statutory Instrument: Motion for Approval

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1929), dated 21 July 2009, a copy of which was laid before this House on 23 July, be approved._(Mark Tami.)

Question agreed to.

10 EU's Justice and Home Affairs Programme for the Next Five Years (The Stockholm Programme)

Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 119(11)), That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 11060/09, which sets out the Commission's view of the next five year work programme in the field of Justice and Home Affairs; and supports the position that the Government takes on its direction._(Mark Tami.)

Question agreed to.

11 Changes to membership of select committees

(1) Motion made, That Dr Richard Taylor be a member of the West Midlands Regional Select Committee._(Mark Tami.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

(2) Motion made, That Mary Creagh be discharged from the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee and Mr Austin Mitchell be added._(Mark Tami.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

(3) Motion made, That Linda Gilroy be discharged from the South West Regional Select Committee and Roger Berry be added._(Mark Tami.)

Objection taken (Standing Order No. 9(6)).

12 Public Petition

A Public Petition from residents of the Borough of Telford and The Wrekin and of East Shropshire and others, relating to the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford was presented and read by Mark Pritchard.

13 Adjournment

Subject: Treatment of Fabio Alves-Nunes by the NHS (Mr Crispin Blunt).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn._(Mr Dave Watts.)

[Adjourned at 10.27 pm until tomorrow. ]

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Other proceedings

Lords Messages

14 Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill

The Lords agree to the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill, without Amendment.

Changes to Notices Given

15 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Thursday 29 October.

16 British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill

Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 15 May, That the British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill be read a second time, to be resumed on Thursday 29 October.

17 Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill

Order for further consideration, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, read and discharged.

Bill withdrawn.

18 Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Thursday 29 October.

19 Home Repossession (Protection) Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Thursday 29 October.

20 Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill

Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 3 July, That the Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill be read a second time, to be resumed on Thursday 29 October.

21 Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) Bill

Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 26 June, That the Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale) Bill be read a second time, to be resumed on Thursday 29 October.

22 Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Bill

Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 8 May, That the Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Bill be read a second time, to be resumed on Thursday 29 October.

23 Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Thursday 29 October.

24 Torture (Damages) (No. 2) Bill

Bill to be read a second time on Thursday 29 October.

General Committees: Reports

25 Child Poverty Bill Committee

Robert Key (Chairman) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.

Written evidence to be published.

26 Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [Lords] Committee

Mr Roger Gale (Chairman) reported the Bill without Amendment.

Bill, not amended, to be considered tomorrow.

27 Second Delegated Legislation Committee

Mr Peter Atkinson (Chairman) reported the draft Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009.

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General Committees: Appointments

The Speaker appoints the Chairman of General Committees and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.

The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).

28 Second Delegated Legislation Committee in respect of the draft Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009

(1) Chairman: Mr Peter Atkinson in place of Mr Graham Brady.

(2) Members: Mr Alan Milburn and Dr Howard Stoate discharged and Glenda Jackson and Phil Wilson nominated in substitution.

Reports from Select Committees

29 Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The future for local and regional media: Evidence, to be printed (HC 699-iii) (Mr John Whittingdale).

30 Defence Committee

(1) Defence Support Group: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2008^09: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 984);

(2) Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces: the first year: Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2008^09: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 985);

(3) Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2009^10: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2008^09: Fifth Special Report, to be printed (HC 986);

(4) Russia: a new confrontation?: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2008^09: Sixth Special Report, to be printed (HC 987)

(Mr James Arbuthnot).

31 Environmental Audit Committee

(1) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008^09: Eighth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1063);

(2) Carbon Budgets: Evidence, to be printed (HC 616-iv);

(3) Green jobs and skills: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Tim Yeo).

32 Home Affairs Committee

The Cocaine Trade: Evidence, to be printed (HC 639-iv) (Keith Vaz).

33 Human Rights (Joint Committee on)

(1) Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill: Twenty-sixth Report, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 16 December, 3 March, 28 April, 5 and 19 May, 2, 23 and 30 June, and 14 and 21 July (HC 736);

(2) Business and human rights: Written evidence, to be published;

(3) Legislative scrutiny: Written evidence, to be published

(Mr Andrew Dismore).

34 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1071-i and -ii) (Sir Patrick Cormack).

35 Standards and Privileges (Committee on)

Mr Tony McNulty: Tenth Report, with Appendices, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report (HC 1070) (Mr David Curry).

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36 Treasury Committee

(1) Mortgage arrears and access to mortgage finance: Government and Financial Services Authority Responses to the Fifteenth Report from the Committee: Tenth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1068);

(2) Credit searches: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1069-i)

(John McFall).

37 Welsh Affairs Committee

(1) Ports in Wales: Fifteenth Report, with written evidence, to be printed, with the Formal Minutes relating to the Report, and written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 11 May, 9, 23 and 30 June and 7 July (HC 601);

(2) Wales Office Annual Report: Evidence, to be printed (HC 1075-i);

(3) Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Local Government) Order 2009: Written evidence, to be published

(Dr Hywel Francis).

[WH, No. 80]  

Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at 9.30 am.

Subjects:

Biofuel from recycled cooking oils and recycled ethanol (Anne Main).

Military vehicles and aircraft (Ann Winterton).

Re-doubling of the Swindon to Kemble railway line (Mr David Drew).

Liability of central London businesses (Mr Mark Field).

Family finances in the recession (Ms Sally Keeble).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned._(Mark Tami.)

[Adjourned at 1.59 pm until tomorrow. ]

APPENDIX

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1 Antarctica

Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2354), dated 23 August 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Miliband).

2 Corporation Tax

Corporation Tax Act 2009 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2860), dated 26 October 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

3 Income Tax

Income Tax Act 2007 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 2859), dated 26 October 2009 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Timms).

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Other Papers:

4 Reserve Forces

Report under section 56(7) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 on the making of a call-out order for global counter-terrorism activities under section 56(1) of that Act, dated 22 October 2009 (by Act) (Secretary Bob Ainsworth).

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