House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98)

Previous Next Page 675 1997-98 Volume 231       Wednesday 18 March 1998 The House met at half-past two o’clock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L. (Lord Chancellor) Aberdare, L. Ackner, L. Acton, L. Addington, L. Addison, V. Ailesbury, M. Ailsa, M. Airlie, E. Alexander of Tunis, E. Allen of Abbeydale, L. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Alport, L. Amos, B. Ampthill, L. Anelay of St. Johns, B. Annan, L. Archer of Sandwell, L. Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L. Arran, E. Ashbourne, L. Ashley of Stoke, L. Astor of Hever, L. Avebury, L. Baker of Dorking, L. Baldwin of Bewdley, E. Balfour of Inchrye, L. Banbury of Southam, L. Barnett, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Bath, M. Bath and Wells, Bp. Bauer, L. Beaverbrook, L. Belhaven and Stenton, L. Bellwin, L. Beloff, L. Berners, B. Biffen, L. Birdwood, L. Birkett, L. Blackburn, Bp. Blake, L. Blaker, L. Blatch, B. Blease, L. Blyth, L. Boardman, L. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Braine of Wheatley, L. Brentford, V. Bridgeman, V. Bridges, L. Brightman, L. Brigstocke, B. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Brookeborough, V. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Broughshane, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Bruntisfield, L. Burlison, L. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Cadman, L. Caithness, E. Caldecote, V. Callaghan of Cardiff, L. Calverley, L. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Canterbury, Abp. Carlisle, E. Carmichael of Kelvingrove, L. Carnarvon, E. Carnegy of Lour, B. Carnock, L. Carr of Hadley, L. Carrington, L. Carter, L. Chalfont, L. Chandos, V. Charteris of Amisfield, L. Chesham, L. Chorley, L. Clancarty, E. Clanwilliam, E. Cledwyn of Penrhos, L. Clinton-Davis, L. Cobbold, L. Cochrane of Cults, L. Cockfield, L. Cocks of Hartcliffe, L. Coleraine, L. Coleridge, L. Colville of Culross, V. Constantine of Stanmore, L. Cox, B. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Cranborne, V. Cranbrook, E. Crathorne, L. Crickhowell, L. Cross, V. Cuckney, L. Cullen of Ashbourne, L. Dacre of Glanton, L. Darcy de Knayth, B. David, B. Davidson, V. Davies of Coity, L. Davies of Oldham, L. Dean of Beswick, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Dearing, L. Denbigh, E. Denton of Wakefield, B. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Downshire, M. Drogheda, E. Dubs, L. Dudley, E. Dundonald, E. Durham, Bp. Eames, L. Eccles of Moulton, B. Eden of Winton, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Ellenborough, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Ely, Bp. Emerton, B. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Ewing of Kirkford, L. Exmouth, V. Ezra, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Feldman, L. Fisher, L. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Freyberg, L. Gainford, L. Gainsborough, E. Gardner of Parkes, B. Garel-Jones, L. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gibson, L. Gisborough, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glanusk, L. Glenamara, L. Glenarthur, L. Glentoran, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Gray, L. Gray of Contin, L. Grenfell, L. Grey, E. Hacking, L. Haddington, E. Page 676 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Halsbury, E. Hampden, V. Hampton, L. Hamwee, B. Hankey, L. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardwicke, E. Hardy of Wath, L. Harmar-Nicholls, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Harrowby, E. Haskel, L. Hastings, L. Hattersley, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayman, B. Hayter, L. Henderson of Brompton, L. Henley, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hindlip, L. Hogg of Cumbernauld, L. HolmPatrick, L. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Hope of Craighead, L. Hothfield, L. Howe, E. Howell of Guildford, L. Howie of Troon, L. Hoyle, L. Hughes, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Hunt of Tanworth, L. Hussey of North Bradley, L. Hutchinson of Lullington, L. Hylton, L. Hylton-Foster, B. Inchcape, E. Ingleby, V. Inglewood, L. Ironside, L. Islwyn, L. Jacobs, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jeffreys, L. Jeger, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Jopling, L. Judd, L. Kenilworth, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kennet, L. Kilbracken, L. Kilmarnock, L. Kilpatrick of Kincraig, L. Kimball, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Kintore, E. Knollys, V. Laing of Dunphail, L. Lane, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Layton, L. Leathers, V. Leigh, L. Lindsey and Abingdon, E. Lloyd of Berwick, L. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Long, V. Longford, E. Lowry, L. Lucas, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Ludford, B. Luke, L. Lyell, L. Lytton, E. McAlpine of West Green, L. Macclesfield, E. McColl of Dulwich, L. McConnell, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Ardbrecknish, L. Mackay of Drumadoon, L. McNair, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Manchester, Bp. Mancroft, L. Mar, C. Mar and Kellie, E. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mason of Barnsley, L. Massereene and Ferrard, V. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Merlyn-Rees, L. Mersey, V. Meston, L. Middleton, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Mills, V. Milner of Leeds, L. Milverton, L. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monckton of Brenchley, V. Monkswell, L. Monro of Langholm, L. Monson, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montague of Oxford, L. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Moran, L. Mottistone, L. Mountevans, L. Moyne, L. Moynihan, L. Munster, E. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Napier and Ettrick, L. Naseby, L. Nelson, E. Newall, L. Newby, L. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Nicol, B. Noel-Buxton, L. Nolan, L. Norrie, L. Northbourne, L. Northbrook, L. Northesk, E. Norton, L. O’Cathain, B. Ogmore, L. Onslow, E. Onslow of Woking, L. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. Orr-Ewing, L. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Paul, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Peel, E. Pender, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Perry of Walton, L. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Platt of Writtle, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prys-Davies, L. Puttnam, L. Pym, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rankeillour, L. Rawlings, B. Rawlinson of Ewell, L. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Reay, L. Rees, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L. Renton, L. Renwick, L. Renwick of Clifton, L. Richard, L. Ripon, Bp. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rochester, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rotherwick, L. Rowallan, L. Russell, E. Ryder of Warsaw, B. Ryder of Wensum, L. Saatchi, L. Sainsbury, L. Sainsbury of Preston Candover, L. Saint Albans, D. St. Davids, V. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandhurst, L. Sandwich, E. Sandys, L. Savile, L. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Sempill, L. Shannon, E. Page 677 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Sharples, B. Shaughnessy, L. Shaw of Northstead, L. Shepherd, L. Shore of Stepney, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soper, L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Southwell, Bp. Stallard, L. Stewartby, L. Stockton, E. Stodart of Leaston, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Strathcona and Mount Royal, L. Sudeley, L. Swinfen, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tenby, V. Teviot, L. Teynham, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Macclesfield, L. Thomas of Swynnerton, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thurso, V. Tope, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Tweeddale, M. Ullswater, V. Varley, L. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Walpole, L. Warnock, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Weatherill, L. Wedderburn of Charlton, L. Westbury, L. Whaddon, L. Wharton, B. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Williams of Mostyn, L. Wise, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Young of Old Scone, B. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Ely. 1. Royal Assent—The Lord Chancellor notified the Queen’s Assent to the following Acts: Consolidated Fund Act c. 4 Fossil Fuel Levy Act c. 5 Wireless Telegraphy Act c. 6 Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act c. 7 Judicial Business 2. Baker (suing on his own behalf and on behalf of other members of Syndicate 947 at Lloyd’s since 1957) (Original Appellant and Cross-Respondent) v. Black Sea & Baltic General Insurance Company Limited (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants)—The cross-appeal was withdrawn by order of the Appellate Committee. 3. Mitchell and another (Petitioners) v. Carter and another (Respondents)—The petition of Geoffrey John Mitchell and Louis David Holloway praying for leave to appeal notwithstanding that the time limited by Standing Order II has expired was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. 4. Barclays Bank Plc (Appellants) v. Boulter and Boulter (A.P.) (Respondent)—It was ordered that the appellants be allowed to prosecute the appeal without giving the usual security for costs as required by Standing Order. Papers 5. Negative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: Social Security Amendment (Lone Parents) Regulations 1998, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. (766) 6. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Financial Statistics for 1995–96 of Scottish Local Government, laid under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; 2. Accounts for 1996–97 for the Insolvency Act 1986, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Insolvency Act 1986; 3. Civil List Pensions for 1997–98, laid under the Civil List Act 1972. Private Business 7. Tyne Tunnels Bill—The bill was read a second time and committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee. Public Business 8. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard) that the debate on the motion in the name of the Lord Puttnam set down for today shall be limited to 5 hours; the motion was agreed to. Page 678 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 9. Arts (5-hour debate)—It was moved by the Lord Puttnam that there be laid before the House papers relating to the importance of the arts in the life of the nation; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn. 10. Multilateral Agreement on investment—The Lord Razzall asked Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the impact of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment is more widely appreciated; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Clinton-Davis. The House was adjourned at twenty-four minutes past nine o’clock till tomorrow, three o’clock.