House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98)

Previous Next Page 809 1997-98 Volume 231       Monday 18 May 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. 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 Weston-Super-Mare, L. Arran, E. Ashbourne, L. Ashley of Stoke, L. Astor, V. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Baldwin of Bewdley, E. Barnard, L. Barnett, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Beaverbrook, L. Belhaven and Stenton, L. Beloff, L. Bethell, L. Biddulph, L. Biffen, L. Birdwood, L. Blackburn, Bp. Blatch, B. Blease, L. Bledisloe, V. Blyth, L. Boardman, L. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Braine of Wheatley, L. Brentford, V. Bridgeman, V. Bridges, L. Brightman, L. Bristol, Bp. Broadbridge, L. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Bruntisfield, L. Buckinghamshire, E. Burlison, L. Burnham, L. Butler of Brockwell, L. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Cadman, L. Callaghan of Cardiff, L. Calverley, L. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Carew, L. Carlisle, E. Carnegy of Lour, B. Carter, L. Chalfont, L. Charteris of Amisfield, L. Chelmsford, V. Chesham, L. Clancarty, E. Clanwilliam, E. Cledwyn of Penrhos, L. Clinton, L. Clyde, L. Cochrane of Cults, L. Cockfield, L. Cocks of Hartcliffe, L. Colville of Culross, V. Colwyn, L. Constantine of Stanmore, L. Cooke of Thorndon, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Courtown, E. Cox, B. Craigavon, V. Cranborne, V. Crathorne, L. Crickhowell, L. Croham, L. Cross, V. Cullen of Ashbourne, L. Cumberlege, B. David, B. Davidson, V. Davies of Coity, L. Davies of Oldham, L. De Ramsey, L. Dean of Beswick, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Denbigh, E. Denham, L. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Dilhorne, V. Dixon, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dubs, L. Dundonald, E. Eames, L. Eatwell, L. Elibank, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erne, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Ezra, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Ferrers, E. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Forbes, L. Fraser of Carmyllie, L. Freyberg, L. Gainford, L. Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gilmour of Craigmillar, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenamara, L. Goodhart, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Gormanston, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Grantchester, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greenway, L. Gregson, L. Grey, E. Halsbury, E. Hamwee, B. Hardie, L. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardwicke, E. Hardy of Wath, L. Harlech, L. Harmar-Nicholls, L. Haskel, L. Haslam, L. Hattersley, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayman, B. Hayter, L. Hemphill, L. Henley, L. Higgins, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Holme of Cheltenham, L. HolmPatrick, L. Home, E. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Howe, E. Howell of Guildford, L. Page 810 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Hoyle, L. Hughes, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Hylton-Foster, B. Inge, L. Ingleby, V. Inglewood, L. Ironside, L. Islwyn, L. Jacobs, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jeffreys, L. Jeger, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Johnston of Rockport, L. Jopling, L. Kennet, L. Kilbracken, L. Kimball, L. Kingsdown, L. Kingsland, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Kintore, E. Kitchener, E. Knight of Collingtree, B. Laing of Dunphail, L. Lane of Horsell, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Layton, L. Leigh, L. Lester of Herne Hill, L. Levy, L. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Long, V. Lowry, L. Lucas, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Ludford, B. Luke, L. Lyell, L. Lytton, E. McColl of Dulwich, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Clashfern, L. Mackie of Benshie, L. MacLaurin of Knebworth, L. McNair, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Mallalieu, B. Malmesbury, E. Mancroft, L. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Mason of Barnsley, L. Massereene and Ferrard, V. Merlyn-Rees, L. Mersey, V. Middleton, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Milner of Leeds, L. Milverton, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monkswell, L. Monro of Langholm, L. Monson, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montague of Oxford, L. Montgomery of Alamein, V. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Moran, 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. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Nickson, L. Noel-Buxton, L. Norrie, L. Northesk, E. Norton, L. O’Cathain, B. Ogmore, L. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. Orme, L. Orr-Ewing, L. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Parry, L. Paul, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Pender, L. Perry of Walton, L. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Pitkeathley, B. Plant of Highfield, L. Platt of Writtle, B. Prior, L. Prys-Davies, L. Puttnam, L. Pym, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rankeillour, L. Rathcavan, L. Rawlings, B. Rawlinson of Ewell, L. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Reading, M. Reay, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Rennell, L. Renwick, L. Richard, L. Rix, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rowallan, L. Runcie, L. Russell, E. Ryder of Wensum, L. Saint Albans, D. St. Davids, V. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandberg, L. Sanderson of Bowden, L. Sandwich, E. Scotland of Asthal, B. Seccombe, B. Sefton of Garston, L. Selborne, E. Selkirk of Douglas, L. Shannon, E. Sharples, B. Shaughnessy, L. Shepherd, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Skidelsky, L. Slim, V. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Spens, L. Stallard, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stewartby, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stokes, L. Strabolgi, L. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Strathcona and Mt. Royal, L. Sudeley, L. Swansea, L. Swinfen, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Teviot, L. Thomas of Macclesfield, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Tombs, L. Tope, L. Trumpington, B. Turner of Camden, B. Ullswater, V. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walton of Detchant, L. Warnock, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Weir, V. Westbury, L. Whaddon, L. Page 811 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Wharton, B. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Willoughby de Broke, L. Wise, L. Wrenbury, L. Young, B. Young of Old Scone, B. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Bristol. Judicial Business 1. Regina v. Doak (Petitioner)—The petition of Desmond Doak, praying for an extension of time within which the petition may be lodged and for leave to appeal in accordance with the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980, was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. 2. MTV Europe (a firm) (Petitioners) v. BMG Records (UK) Limited and others (Respondents)—Upon application by the petitioners (the agent for the respondents consenting thereto), it was ordered that the petition be withdrawn on the terms agreed between the parties and that there be no order as to costs. 3. In re L (by his next friend DF) (Respondent)—That GE be substituted as the next friend of L in the place of DF. Papers 4. Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 68)—The following negative instruments, having been laid before the House on 15th May, were ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Education (Partnership Grant) Regulations 1998, laid under the Education Act 1996;   (1222) 2. Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules 1998, laid under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.   (1225) 5. Deregulation—The following order was laid before the House for approval by resolution under section 1(4) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 and referred to the Delegated Powers and Deregulation Committee: Draft Deregulation (Methylated Spirits Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Order 1998. 6. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Education (London Residuary Body) (Property Transfer) (Modification) Order 1998, laid under the Education Reform Act 1988;   (1239) 2. Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) Order 1998, laid under the Broadcasting Act 1990;   (1240) 3. Seed Potatoes (Fees) Regulations 1998, laid under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964.   (1228) 7. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Report by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries in Scotland on proceedings under sections 1 to 5 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 for:   (i) 1995—   (ii) 1996—   laid under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967; 2. Accounts for 1996–97 for issues relating to the National Loans Fund, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under various Acts. Public Business 8. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard) that Standing Order 44 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on Thursday 21st May to enable the Tax Credits (Initial Expenditure) Bill to be taken through its remaining stages that day; the motion was agreed to. 9. Social Security Bill—The Commons amendments to certain of the Lords amendments were considered and agreed to. 10. Regional Development Agencies Bill—It was moved by the Baroness Hayman 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 Police (Northern Ireland) Bill—It was moved by the Lord Dubs that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Grand Committee. Page 812 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top 12. New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998—It was moved by the Lord Dubs that the draft Order laid before the House on 11th May be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to. 13. CAP Reform (ECC Report)—It was moved by the Lord Reay that this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on CAP Reform in Agenda 2000, The transition to competition: measures for rural development and the rural environment (18th Report, HL Paper 84); after debate, the motion was agreed to. The House was adjourned at fourteen minutes before one o’clock in the morning of Tuesday 19th May till later the same day, half-past two o’clock in the afternoon.