House of Lords Journal 231 (Session 1997-98)

Previous Next Page 996 1997-98 Volume 231       Friday 17 July 1998 The House met at eleven o’clock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L. (Lord Chancellor) Addington, L. Ailsa, M. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Amos, B. Ampthill, L. Anelay of St. Johns, B. Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L. Attlee, E. Avebury, L. Bathurst, E. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Beloff, L. Berkeley, L. Biddulph, L. Biffen, L. Blease, L. Blyth, L. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Brightman, L. Broadbridge, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Burnham, L. Byford, B. Cadman, L. Caithness, E. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Carew, L. Carlisle, E. Carrick, E. Carter, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Clancarty, E. Clanwilliam, E. Cockfield, L. Cocks of Hartcliffe, L. Coleraine, L. Colwyn, L. Cooke of Thorndon, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Courtown, E. Cox, B. Cullen of Ashbourne, L. Cumberlege, B. Davidson, V. Davies of Coity, L. Davies of Oldham, L. De Freyne, L. Dean of Beswick, L. Denton of Wakefield, B. Devonport, V. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dundee, E. Eatwell, L. Effingham, E. Ellenborough, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Ewing of Kirkford, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Freyberg, L. Gainford, L. Gardner of Parkes, B. Geraint, L. Gilbert, L. Grantley, L. Grenfell, L. Halsbury, E. Harding of Petherton, L. Hardy of Wath, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Harrowby, E. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayter, L. Holderness, L. Howie of Troon, L. Hughes, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Inge, L. Islwyn, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Kennet, L. Kilbracken, L. Kingsland, L. Kinloss, Ly. Kinnoull, E. Lauderdale, E. Lawrence, L. Layton, L. Lindsey and Abingdon, E. Liverpool, E. Longford, E. Lovell-Davis, L. Lucas of Chilworth, L. Ludford, B. Luke, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Ardbrecknish, L. McNair, L. McNally, L. Mancroft, L. Marsh, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Milner of Leeds, L. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monkswell, L. Monson, L. Monteagle of Brandon, L. Montgomery of Alamein, V. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Mountevans, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moynihan, L. Munster, E. Naseby, L. Newall, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Noel-Buxton, L. Norrie, L. Northesk, E. Norton, L. O’Cathain, B. Oxford, Bp. Park of Monmouth, B. Paul, L. Prys-Davies, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rankeillour, L. Rawlings, B. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Redesdale, L. Renton, L. Renwick, L. Richard, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rochester, L. Rowallan, L. Russell, E. Russell-Johnston, L. Ryder of Wensum, L. St. Davids, V. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Seccombe, B. Sempill, L. Shannon, E. Shaughnessy, L. Shore of Stepney, L. Simon, V. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Clifton, L. Strabolgi, L. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Page 997 1997-98 Volume 231 Back to top Teviot, L. Teynham, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thurlow, L. Tope, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Turner of Camden, B. Tweeddale, M. Ullswater, V. Vivian, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Weatherill, L. Wedgwood, L. Westbury, L. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Winchilsea and Nottingham, E. Wise, L. Wright of Richmond, L. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. Papers 1. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. European Communities—Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their member states and Jordan, together with an explanatory memorandum;   (3946) 2. Treaty Series—First Supplementary List of ratifications, accessions, withdrawals, etc., for 1998.   (4005) 2. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998; 2. Draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998. 3. Negative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 1998, laid under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. (1674) 4. 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 1997–98 of the Land Authority for Wales, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; 2. Summarised Accounts for 1996–97 of the NHS (England), together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the National Health Service Act 1977; 3. Report and Accounts for 1997–98 of the Local Government Commission for England, laid under the Local Government Act 1992; 4. Report and Accounts for 1997–98 of the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, laid under the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921; 5. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Code of Practice (4th edition), laid under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; 6. Report and Accounts for 1997–98 of the Development Board for Rural Wales, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976. Public Business 5. Waste Minimisation Bill—It was moved by the Lord Hardy of Wath 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. 6. Landmines Bill—The Queen’s Consent was signified; it was moved by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 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. 7. Private Hire Vehicles (London) Bill—It was moved by the Baroness Gardner of Parkes 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 nineteen minutes past four o’clock to Monday next, half-past two o’clock.