House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98)

Previous Next Page 39 1997-98 Volume 231       Tuesday 20 May 1997 The House met at half-past two o’clock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L. (Lord Chancellor) Abercorn, D. Aberdare, L. Ackner, L. Acton, L. Addington, L. Addison, V. Ailesbury, M. Ailsa, M. Aldenham, L. Alderdice, L. Alexander of Tunis, E. Allen of Abbeydale, L. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Alport, L. Ampthill, L. Anelay of St. Johns, B. Archer of Sandwell, L. Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L. Arran, E. Ashbourne, L. Ashley of Stoke, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Avebury, L. Baldwin of Bewdley, E. Balfour, E. Balfour of Inchrye, L. Barber, L. Barber of Tewkesbury, L. Barnett, L. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Beaverbrook, L. Belhaven and Stenton, L. Bellwin, L. Beloff, L. Belstead, L. Berkeley, L. Bethell, L. Biddulph, L. Birdwood, L. Birkett, L. Blackstone, B. Blaker, L. Blatch, B. Blease, L. Blyth, L. Boardman, L. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Boyd-Carpenter, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brentford, V. Bridgeman, V. Brightman, L. Brigstocke, B. Broadbridge, L. Brookeborough, V. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Broughshane, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Bruntisfield, L. Burnham, L. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Cadman, L. Caithness, E. Callaghan of Cardiff, L. Calverley, L. Camoys, L. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Canterbury, Abp. Carlisle, E. Carmichael of Kelvingrove, L. Carnegy of Lour, B. Carnock, L. Carr of Hadley, L. Carter, L. Cawley, L. Chapple, L. Charteris of Amisfield, L. Chelmsford, V. Chesham, L. Chichester, Bp. Chorley, L. Clancarty, E. Clanwilliam, E. Clark of Kempston, L. Cledwyn of Penrhos, L. Clinton, L. Clinton-Davis, L. Cochrane of Cults, L. Cockfield, L. Cocks of Hartcliffe, L. Coleraine, L. Colville of Culross, V. Colwyn, L. Constantine of Stanmore, L. Cooke of Islandreagh, L. Cooke of Thorndon, L. Cork and Orrery, E. Courtown, E. Cox, B. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Cranborne, V. Crathorne, L. Crook, L. Cross, V. Cuckney, L. Cudlipp, L. Cumberlege, B. Dainton, L. Darcy (de Knayth), B. David, B. Davidson, V. Dean of Beswick, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Denbigh, E. Denham, L. Denman, L. Denton of Wakefield, B. Desai, L. Devonport, V. Donaldson of Kingsbridge, L. Donaldson of Lymington, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Downshire, M. Drogheda, E. Eatwell, L. Effingham, E. Elibank, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Ellenborough, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erne, E. Erroll, E. Erroll of Hale, L. Ewing of Kirkford, L. Exmouth, V. Ezra, L. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Foley, L. Fraser of Carmyllie, L. Freyberg, L. Gainford, L. Gallacher, L. Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gerard, L. Gisborough, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenamara, L. Glenarthur, L. Gorell, L. Goschen, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Granard, E. Grantchester, L. Gray, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greene of Harrow Weald, L. Greenway, L. Gregson, L. Grimston of Westbury, L. Hacking, L. Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, L. Halsbury, E. Hamwee, B. Page 40 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Hankey, L. Hanworth, V. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardinge of Penshurst, L. Hardwicke, E. Harmar-Nicholls, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayman, B. Hayter, L. Hemphill, L. Henley, L. Hereford, Bp. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hoffmann, L. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. HolmPatrick, L. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Howie of Troon, L. Hughes, L. Hussey of North Bradley, L. Hutchinson of Lullington, L. Hylton-Foster, B. Ilchester, E. Inchyra, L. Ironside, L. Irvine of Lairg, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Hillhead, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Johnston of Rockport, L. Judd, L. Kenilworth, L. Kennet, L. Kenyon, L. Keyes, L. Kilbracken, L. Kilmarnock, L. Kimball, L. Kindersley, L. Kingsland, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Kintore, E. Kirkhill, L. Kissin, L. Kitchener, E. Knights, L. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Leicester, E. Leigh, L. Lincoln, Bp. Lindsay, E. Lindsey and Abingdon, E. Liverpool, E. Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, E. Lockwood, B. Long, V. Longford, E. Lowry, L. Lucas, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Luke, L. Lyell, L. Lytton, E. McAlpine of West Green, L. McCluskey, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McConnell, L. McFarlane of Llandaff, B. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Ardbrecknish, L. Mackie of Benshie, L. Macleod of Borve, B. McNair, L. McNally, L. Macpherson of Drumochter, L. Mallalieu, B. Malmesbury, E. Mansfield, E. Manton, L. Mar and Kellie, E. Marlborough, D. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mason of Barnsley, L. Massereene and Ferrard, V. Menuhin, L. Merlyn-Rees, L. Merrivale, L. Mersey, V. Meston, L. Middleton, L. Milner of Leeds, L. Milverton, L. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Monckton of Brenchley, V. Monk Bretton, L. Monkswell, L. Monson, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Moran, L. Morris of Castle Morris, L. Mottistone, L. Mountevans, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moyne, L. Moynihan, L. Munster, E. Murray of Epping Forest, L. Napier and Ettrick, L. Napier of Magdâla, L. Nelson, E. Newall, L. Newcastle, Bp. Nickson, L. Nicol, B. Noel-Buxton, L. Norrie, L. Northbourne, L. Northesk, E. Northfield, L. O’Cathain, B. Onslow, E. Orr-Ewing, L. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Paul, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Pender, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Perry of Walton, L. Perth, E. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Phillips of Ellesmere, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Platt of Writtle, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prys-Davies, L. Quinton, L. Quirk, L. Radnor, E. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Rawlings, B. Rea, L. Reay, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rees-Mogg, L. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L. Rennell, L. Renton, L. Renwick, L. Richard, L. Richardson, L. Ripon, Bp. Ritchie of Dundee, L. Rix, L. Robertson of Oakridge, L. Robson of Kiddington, B. Rochester, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogers of Riverside, L. Rotherwick, L. Russell, E. Sainsbury, L. St. Davids, V. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandhurst, L. Savile, L. Seccombe, B. Sefton of Garston, L. Selborne, E. Serota, B. Shannon, E. Sharples, B. Shaughnessy, L. Shepherd, L. Shuttleworth, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Skidelsky, L. Slynn of Hadley, L. Smith, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soper, L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Spens, L. Stallard, L. Stanley of Alderley, L. Stewartby, L. Stockton, E. Stodart of Leaston, L. Page 41 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Stoddart of Swindon, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Strathcona and Mount Royal, L. Sudeley, L. Swansea, L. Swinfen, L. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tenby, V. Terrington, L. Teviot, L. Teynham, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Swynnerton, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thurso, V. Tombs, L. Tope, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Wakeham, L. Wallace of Coslany, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walpole, L. Walton of Detchant, L. Warnock, B. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Westbury, L. Westmorland, E. Whaddon, L. Wharton, B. Whitelaw, V. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Williams of Mostyn, L. Willoughby de Broke, L. Winchilsea and Nottingham, E. Winston, L. Wyatt of Weeford, L. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Hereford. 1. Oaths and affirmations—The Lords following took and subscribed the oath, or made and subscribed the solemn affirmation, pursuant to statute: George Leonard Archbishop of Canterbury William David Mungo James Earl of Mansfield Timothy John Radcliffe Lord Gorell John Edward Terence Lord Sandhurst Ralph Henry Vere Lord Cochrane of Cults John David Earl of Perth Frederick Lee Lord Cawley Douglas Edwin Lord Crook Robert Hugh Molesworth Lord Kindersley Robert Alistair Lord McAlpine of West Green Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Earl of Granard (Lord Granard) Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Lord Shuttleworth Charles Spencer Lord Denman Joseph Rupert Eric Robert Lord Manton Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Lord Camoys Hugh Kinsman Lord Cudlipp Leopold David Lord Willoughby de Broke Christopher Denys Stormont Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham Yehudi Lord Menuhin Harold Malcolm Lord Ritchie of Dundee Gerald Arthur James Earl of Balfour Donald Oliver Lord Soper Judicial Business 2. Kleinwort Benson Limited (Appellants) v. Birmingham City Council (Respondents) (On Appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice)— 3. Kleinwort Benson Limited (Appellants) v. Lincoln City Council (Respondents) (On Appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice)— 4. Kleinwort Benson Limited (Appellants) v. Mayor etc. of the London Borough of Southwark and others (Respondents) (On Appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice)— 5. Kleinwort Benson Limited (Appellants) v. Mayor etc. of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and others (Respondents) (On Appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice)— (Consolidated appeals)— The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee. Page 42 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 6. Fuji Finance Inc. (Appellants) v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Limited and others (Respondents)—The petition of the appellants praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 10th June next (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed. 7. Phillips Petroleum Company United Kingdom Limited and others (Appellants) v. Enron Europe Limited and others (Respondents)—The petition of the appellants praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 2nd July next (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed. 8. Regina v. Director General of Electricity Supply (Petitioner) ex parte Scottish Power plc (Respondents)—Upon application by the petitioner (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto), it was ordered that the petition be withdrawn and that there be no order as to costs. Papers 9. Command Paper—The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:   Treaty Series—Fourth Supplementary List of Ratifications, Accessions, Withdrawals, etc., for 1996.    (3650) 10. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Draft Government Stock (Amendment) Regulations 1997, laid under the Finance Act 1942;   (—) 2. Stock Transfer (Gilt-Edged Securities) (CGO Service) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, laid under the Stock Transfer Act 1982;   (1329) 3. Listed Events (Prescription Multiplier) Order 1997, laid under the Broadcasting Act 1996.   (1333) 11. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Report and Accounts for 1996 of the Independent Television Commission, laid under the Broadcasting Act 1990; 2. Accounts for 1995–96 of the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, laid under the Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982; 3. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland on the Industrial Research and Technology Unit, laid under the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; 4. Northern Ireland Trading and Other Accounts for 1995–96, together with the Reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, laid under the Northern Ireland Act 1974; 5. Statement of Guarantee given by the Treasury in respect of temporary borrowing by the Commonwealth Development Corporation from Barclays Bank plc, laid under the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978. Public Business 12. Wireless Telegraphy Bill [HL]—A bill to make provision about the grant of, and sums payable in respect of, licences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 other than television licences, and about the promotion of the efficient use and management of the electro-magnetic spectrum for wireless telegraphy; and for connected purposes, was presented by the Lord Clinton-Davis, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 5) 13. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Bill [HL]—A bill to establish the Special Immigration Appeals Commission; to make provision with respect to its jurisdiction; and for connected purposes, was presented by the Lord Williams of Mostyn, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 6) 14. Business Improvement Districts Bill [HL]—A bill to provide for the establishment and administration of business improvement districts, was presented by the Lord Jenkin of Roding, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 7) 15. Statutory Instruments—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard) that it is desirable that a Joint Committee of both Houses be appointed to scrutinise delegated legislation; the motion was agreed to; it was ordered that a message be sent to the Commons to seek their agreement thereto. Page 43 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 16. The Queen’s Speech—The debate on the motion that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty was resumed and, after further debate, was again adjourned till tomorrow. The House was adjourned at seventeen minutes before eleven o’clock till tomorrow, ten o’clock for judicial business, half-past two o’clock for public business.