House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98)

Previous Next Page 120 1997-98 Volume 231       Thursday 26 June 1997 The House met at three o’clock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Aberdare, L. Ackner, L. Addington, L. Addison, V. Ailesbury, M. Ailsa, M. Albemarle, E. Alderdice, L. Alexander of Tunis, E. Allen of Abbeydale, L. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Ampthill, L. Anelay of St. Johns, B. Annan, L. Archer of Sandwell, L. Archer of Weston-super-Mare, L. Ashbourne, L. Ashley of Stoke, L. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Baker of Dorking, L. Baldwin of Bewdley, E. Balfour, E. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Belhaven and Stenton, L. Beloff, L. Berkeley, L. Birdwood, L. Blatch, B. Blease, L. Blyth, L. Boardman, L. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Boyd-Carpenter, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Braine of Wheatley, L. Brentford, V. Brightman, L. Brigstocke, B. Broadbridge, L. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Broughshane, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Bruntisfield, L. Buckinghamshire, E. Burnham, L. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Cadman, L. Caithness, E. Calverley, L. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Carlisle, E. Carmichael of Kelvingrove, L. Carnarvon, E. Carnock, L. Carr of Hadley, L. Carter, L. Castle of Blackburn, B. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Charteris of Amisfield, L. Chelmsford, V. Chesham, L. Chichester, Bp. Clancarty, E. Clanwilliam, E. Cledwyn of Penrhos, L. Cockfield, L. Cocks of Hartcliffe, L. Colville of Culross, V. Colwyn, L. Constantine of Stanmore, L. Cork and Orrery, E. Courtown, E. Cox, B. Craigavon, V. Cranborne, V. Crawshaw, L. Crickhowell, L. Cross, V. Cumberlege, B. Darcy de Knayth, B. David, B. Davidson, V. De Freyne, L. Dean of Beswick, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Denbigh, E. Denham, L. Denton of Wakefield, B. Desai, L. Diamond, L. Dickinson, L. Dilhorne, V. Dixon-Smith, L. Donaldson of Kingsbridge, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Downshire, M. Drogheda, E. Dunrossil, V. Eatwell, L. Eden of Winton, L. Elgin and Kincardine, E. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Emerton, B. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Exmouth, V. Ezra, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Ferrers, E. Feversham, L. Fisher, L. Fisher of Rednal, B. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Flowers, L. Foley, L. Fraser of Carmyllie, L. Freyberg, L. Gainford, L. Gallacher, L. Gardner of Parkes, B. Gibson, L. Gilbert, L. Gisborough, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenamara, L. Goschen, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Greenhill of Harrow, L. Greenway, L. Gregson, L. Grey, E. Haddington, E. Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, L. Halsbury, E. Hamilton of Dalzell, L. Hampden, V. Hankey, L. Hanworth, V. Hardie, L. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardinge of Penshurst, L. Hardwicke, E. Harmar-Nicholls, L. Harmsworth, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Harrowby, E. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayman, B. Hayter, L. Headfort, M. Healey, L. Hemphill, L. Henderson of Brompton, L. Henley, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Holme of Cheltenham, L. HolmPatrick, L. Hood, V. Hooson, L. Howe, E. Howell, L. Howie of Troon, L. Hoyle, L. Hughes, L. Hurd of Westwell, L. Hylton, L. Hylton-Foster, B. Ilchester, E. Inchyra, L. Inglewood, L. Ironside, L. Page 121 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Jay of Paddington, B. Jenkins of Hillhead, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Joplin, L. Judd, L. Kennet, L. Kilbracken, L. Kilmarnock, L. Kimball, L. Kingsland, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Kitchener, E. Knollys, V. Lane, L. Lane of Horsell, L. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Layton, L. Leigh, L. Lestor of Eccles, B. Lindsay, E. Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, E. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Long, V. Longford, E. Lovell-Davis, L. Lucas, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Luke, L. Lyell, L. McCarthy, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McConnell, L. McFarlane of Llandaff, B. McGregor of Durris, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Macleod of Borve, B. McNair, L. McNally, L. Mar, C. Mar and Kellie, E. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Massereene and Ferrard, V. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Merlyn-Rees, L. Merrivale, L. Mersey, V. Meston, L. Methuen, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Milner of Leeds, L. Milverton, L. Minto, E. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Monkswell, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montgomery of Alamein, V. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Moran, L. Morris of Castle Morris, L. Mottistone, L. Mountevans, L. Mountgarret, V. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moyne, L. Munster, E. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Napier and Ettrick, L. Nelson, E. Nicol, B. Noel-Buxton, L. Norfolk, D. Norrie, L. Northesk, E. O’Cathain, B. Ogmore, L. Oliver of Aylmerton, L. Onslow, E. Oxford, Bp. Oxfuird, V. 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. Plant of Highfield, L. Plummer of St. Marylebone, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Porter of Luddenham, L. Prentice, L. Prys-Davies, L. Pym, L. Quinton, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Rankeillour, L. Rathcavan, L. Rawlings, B. Rea, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rennell, L. Renton, L. Renwick, L. Richard, L. Ripon, Bp. Rix, L. Robson of Kiddington, B. Rochester, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Russell, E. Ryder of Warsaw, B. Sainsbury, L. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sanderson of Bowden, L. Sandwich, E. Seccombe, B. Sefton of Garston, L. Selborne, E. Serota, B. Sewel, L. Shannon, E. Shaughnessy, L. Shaw of Northstead, L. Shore of Stepney, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Skidelsky, L. Slim, V. Slynn of Hadley, L. Smith, L. Spens, L. Stallard, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Strathcona and Mount Royal, L. Sudeley, L. Swansea, L. Swinfen, L. Swinton, E. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Tanlaw, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Gryfe, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Temple of Stowe, E. Tenby, V. Terrington, L. Teviot, L. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Swynnerton, L. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thurlow, L. Thurso, V. Tope, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Turner of Camden, B. Ullswater, V. Vinson, L. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Walker of Worcester, L. Wallace of Coslany, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walton of Detchant, L. Warnock, B. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Wedderburn of Charlton, L. Wedgwood, L. Westbury, L. Whaddon, L. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Winston, L. Winchilsea and Nottingham, E. Wise, L. Wyatt of Weeford, L. Wynford, L. Young, B. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. Page 122 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 1. Oath—Rufus Arnold Alexis Earl of Albemarle took and subscribed the oath pursuant to statute. Judicial Business 2. UCB Bank Plc (Respondents) v. Sharif (Petitioner)—The petition of Fazal Bibi Sharif (Widow and Administratrix of Muhamid Sharif) praying for leave to appeal was presented; and it was ordered as prayed. 3. Preston and others (Appellants) v. Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust 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 6th August next or to the third sitting day after the next ensuing meeting of the House (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed. 4. Mann and others (Appellants) v. Secretary of State for Employment (Respondent)—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 12th August next or to the third sitting day after the next ensuing meeting of the House (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. Papers 5. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Prisons—Report for 1996 of the Scottish Prisons Complaints Commission;   (3688) 2. Human Rights—Report of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights on Employment Equality: Building for the Future.   (3684) 6. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Draft Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) (Amendment) Order 1997; 2. Draft Allocation of Housing (Reasonable and Additional Preference) Regulations 1997. 7. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. British Coal Corporation (Change of Quorum) Regulations 1997, laid under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946;   (1588) 2. Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, laid under the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.   (—) 8. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. List of exceptions to the Air Force Regulations as to Pensions during 1996–97, sanctioned by HM Treasury under the Dispensing Warrant of 14th January 1922, laid under the Dispensing Warrant of 14th January 1922; 2. List of exceptions to the Army Regulations as to Pensions during 1996–97, sanctioned by HM Treasury under the Dispensing Warrant of 27th October 1884, laid under the Dispensing Warrant of 27th October 1884; 3. List of exceptions to the Navy Regulations as to Pensions during 1996–97, sanctioned by HM Treasury under the Dispensing Warrant of 19th December 1881, laid under the Dispensing Warrant of 19th December 1881; 4. Report for 1996–97 of the Office of the National Lottery, laid under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993; 5. Accounts for 1996–97 of the Atomic Energy Authority, together with the Report of the Auditor and Comptroller General, laid under the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954; 6. Report for 1996–97 of the Securities and Investments Board, laid under the Financial Services Act 1986. Private Business 9. Southampton International Boat Show Bill—The bill was reported from the Unopposed Bill Committee without amendment. Public Business 10. Fossil Fuel Levy Bill [HL]—A bill to amend section 33 of the Electricity Act 1989, was presented by the Lord Carter, on behalf of the Lord Clinton-Davis, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 15) Page 123 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 11. National Health Service (Private Finance) Bill [HL]—The report was received; an amendment was moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn. 12. Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997—It was moved by the Baroness Jay of Paddington that the draft Order laid before the House on 9th June be approved; the motion was agreed to. 13. Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1997—It was moved by the Lord Gilbert that the draft Order laid before the House on 21st May be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to. 14. Coordinated Universal Time Bill [HL]—The House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were agreed to; the question that a clause stand part of the bill was negatived; the House was resumed and the bill was reported with amendments; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 16) 15. Road Transport: S & T Report—It was moved by the Lord Dixon-Smith that this House take note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Towards Zero Emissions for Road Transport (First Report, Session 1996–97, HL Paper 13); after debate, the motion was agreed to. 16. Asbestos—The Lord Howie of Troon asked Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to end the use of asbestos-based products in the United Kingdom construction industry; after debate, the question was answered by the Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton. The House was adjourned at nineteen minutes past eight o’clock to Monday next, half-past two o’clock.