House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98) |
Lords Journals Contents Index Alphabetical list of Lords Minutes and Order Papers |
Tuesday 21 April 1998 The House met at half-past two oclock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L.
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Erne, E. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Ewing of Kirkford, L. Exmouth, V. Ezra, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Forbes, L. Fraser of Carmyllie, L. Freyberg, L. Gage, V. Gainford, L. Gainsborough, E. Gallacher, L. Gardner of Parkes, B. Garel-Jones, L. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gibson, L. Gibson-Watt, L. Gilbert, L. Gilmour of Craigmillar, L. Gisborough, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Gladwyn, L. Glasgow, E. Glenamara, L. Glenarthur, L. Glentoran, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Gormanston, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Grantchester, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greene of Harrow Weald, L. Greenway, L. Gregson, L. Grey, E. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Grimston of Westbury, L. Hacking, L. Halsbury, E. Hankey, L. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardwicke, E. Hardy of Wath, L. Harlech, L. Harmar-Nicholls, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Harrowby, E. Haskel, L. Haslam, L. Hattersley, L. Hayman, B. Hayter, L. Hemphill, L. Henderson of Brompton, L. Henley, L. Higgins, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hogg of Cumbernauld, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. |
Holme of Cheltenham, L. HolmPatrick, L. Home, E. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Howie of Troon, L. Hoyle, L. Hughes, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Huntly, M. Hussey of North Bradley, L. Hylton-Foster, B. Ilchester, E. Inchcape, E. Inchyra, L. Inglewood, L. Ironside, L. Islwyn, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jenkins of Putney, L. Johnston of Rockport, L. Jopling, L. Kenilworth, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kennet, L. Kenyon, L. Kilbracken, L. Kilmarnock, L. Kilpatrick of Kincraig, L. Kimball, L. Kingsland, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Kintore, E. Kitchener, E. Knight of Collingtree, B. Laing of Dunphail, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Layton, L. Leathers, V. Leigh, L. Levene of Port Soken, L. Linklater of Butterstone, B. Liverpool, E. Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, E. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Long, V. Longford, E. Lowry, L. Lucas, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Luke, L. Lyell, L. McAlpine of West Green, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McConnell, L. Macfarlane of Bearsden, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Ardbrecknish, L. Mackie of Benshie, L. Macleod of Borve, B. McNair, L. |
McNally, L. Maddock, B. Malmesbury, E. Manchester, Bp. 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. Methuen, L. Middleton, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Mills, V. Milner of Leeds, L. Milverton, L. Minto, E. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monkswell, L. Monro of Langholm, L. Monson, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montague of Oxford, L. Monteagle of Brandon, L. Montgomery of Alamein, V. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Moran, L. Morris of Kenwood, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Mottistone, L. Mountevans, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moyne, L. Moynihan, L. Munster, E. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Napier and Ettrick, L. Napier of Magdâla, L. Naseby, L. Nathan, L. Nelson, E. Newall, L. Newby, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Nicol, B. Noel-Buxton, L. Norfolk, D. Norrie, L. Northbourne, L. Northesk, E. Norton, L. OCathain, B. Ogmore, L. Onslow, E. Onslow of Woking, L. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. Orme, L. Orr-Ewing, L. Oxford, Bp. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. |
Park of Monmouth, B. Patten, L. Paul, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Peel, E. Pender, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Pitkeathley, B. Plummer of St. Marylebone, L. Poole, L. Prior, L. Prys-Davies, L. Puttnam, L. Pym, L. Quinton, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rankeillour, L. Rathcavan, L. Rawlings, B. Rawlinson of Ewell, L. Reay, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L. Rennell, L. Renton, L. Renwick, L. Richard, L. Ripon, Bp. Rix, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Romney, E. Rotherwick, L. Rowallan, L. Ryder of Wensum, L. Sainsbury, L. St. Davids, V. St. John of Bletso, L. |
St. John of Fawsley, L. Salisbury, Bp. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandberg, L. Sandwich, E. Seccombe, B. Sefton of Garston, L. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Sempill, L. Serota, B. Sewel, L. Shannon, E. Sharples, B. Shaughnessy, L. Shaw of Northstead, L. Shrewsbury, E. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Skidelsky, L. Smith, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Stair, E. Stallard, L. Stanley of Alderley, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stodart of Leaston, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Strabolgi, L. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Strathcona and Mt. Royal, L. Sudeley, L. Swansea, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Gryfe, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Tenby, V. Teviot, L. |
Teynham, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thurlow, L. Thurso, V. Tollemache, L. Tope, L. Tordoff, L. Torphichen, L. Trefgarne, L. Turner of Camden, B. Varley, L. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Coslany, L. Warnock, B. Waterford, M. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Weidenfeld, L. Westbury, L. Wharton, B. Whitelaw, V. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Williams of Mostyn, L. Winchilsea and Nottingham, E. Windlesham, L. Winston, L. Wise, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Wynford, L. Young, B. Young of Old Scone, B. |
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Judicial Business
1. | Baltic Insurance Group (Appellants) v. Jordan Grand Prix Limited and others and Quay Financial Software Limited and others (Respondents) (by counter claim) and one other action (England) (lodged 20th April)The appeal of Baltic Insurance Group was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 2nd June next. |
2. | Bu£hler AG (Petitioners) v. Chronos Richardson Limited (Respondents) (lodged 20th April)The petition of Bu£hler AG praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. |
3. | Carmichael and another (Respondents) v. National Power plc (Petitioners)The petition of National Power plc praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. |
Papers
4. | Command PaperThe following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: |
GreenwichDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport Minute on the Greenwich Foundation for the Royal Naval College.
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5. | Affirmative InstrumentThe following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table: |
Draft Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998.
6. | Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedingsThe following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Report and Accounts for 199697 of the Football Licensing Authority, laid under the Football Spectators Act 1989; |
2. | Report for 199697 of the Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, laid under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979. |
Select Committee Report
7. | Statutory InstrumentsThe 30th Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments: |
Draft Contracting Out (Functions relating to National Savings) Order 1998; |
Draft Broadcasting (Percentage of Digital Capacity for Radio Multiplex Licence) Order 1998; |
Draft Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (Cessation of Section 3) Order 1998; |
Draft Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998; |
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 95)
Public Business
8. | Bank of England BillThe bill was returned from the Commons with one of the amendments disagreed to with a reason for such disagreement and with the remaining amendments agreed to; the reason was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 104) |
9. | Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill [HL]The bill was read a third time and, after debate, passed and sent to the Commons. |
10. | Government of Wales BillIt was moved by the Lord Williams of Mostyn that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. |
11. | Animal Health (Amendment) BillIt was moved by the Baroness Nicol that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. |
The House was adjourned at fourteen minutes before eleven oclock
till tomorrow, half-past two oclock.