HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Jovis 25° Junii 1998
The House met at two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Leicester.
Judicial Business
1. Pickford (A.P.) (Respondent) v. Imperial Chemical Industries (Appellants)— The Report from the Appellate Committee was agreed to; it was ordered and adjudged that the Order of the Court of Appeal of 25th June 1996 be set aside and that the Order of Judge Eifion Roberts of 4th November 1994 be restored; that the costs of the Appellants in the Court of Appeal and in this House be paid out of the Legal Aid Fund in accordance with section 18 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, such order to be suspended for four weeks to allow the Legal Aid Board to object if they wish; that the amount of the costs in this House be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties; and that the costs of the Respondents in this House be taxed in accordance with the Legal Aid Act 1988.
2. In re L (by his next friend GE) (A.P.) (Respondent)— The Report from the Appellate Committee was agreed to; it was ordered and adjudged that the Order of the Court of Appeal of 2nd December 1997 be set aside save for that part which restricts publication of particulars which might lead to the identification of the respondent and save as to legal aid taxation; that the Orders of Mr Justice Owen of 9th October 1997 be restored; that the costs of the Appellants in the Court of Appeal and in this House be paid out of the Legal Aid Fund in accordance with section 18 of the Legal Aid Act 1998, such order to be suspended for four weeks to allow the Legal Aid Board to object if they wish; that the amount of the costs in this House be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties; that there be no order as to the costs of the interveners; and that the costs of the Respondents in this House be taxed in accordance with the Legal Aid Act 1988.
3. Regina v. Woollin (Appellant) (On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))— The Report from the Appellate Committee was agreed to; it was ordered and adjudged that the Order of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) of 23rd July 1996 be set aside; that the conviction of the Appellant by the Crown Court at Leeds on 15th December 1995 be quashed; that there be substituted a conviction for manslaughter and that the cause be remitted to the Court of Appeal for sentencing.
4. Murray and another (A.P.) (Appellants) v. Foyle Meats Limited (Respondents) (Northern Ireland)— The appeal of Noel Murray and Adrian Doherty was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 6th August next.
5. In re L (by his next friend GE) (A.P.) (Respondent)— The respondent’s legal aid certificate was lodged.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Papers
6. 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 1997 of the Scottish Prisons Complaints Commission; (3983)
2. Sierra Leone—Minute by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office dated 25th June concerning the Sierra Leone arms investigation: legal indemnity. (—)
7. Affirmative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
Draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998.
Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998, laid under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; (1448)
2. Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, laid under the Social Security Act 1998; (1506)
3. Financial Services (Designated Countries and Territories) (Overseas Insurance Companies) Order 1998, laid under the Financial Services Act 1986; (1550)
4. Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Amendment Regulations 1998, laid under the Pensions Act 1995; (1494)
5. Loughborough College of Art and Design Higher Education Corporation (Dissolution) Order 1998, laid under the Education Reform Act 1988; (1533)
6. Education (Baseline Assessment) (England) Regulations 1998, laid under the Education Act 1997. (1551)
8. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Accounts for 1997-98 of the Education Assets Board, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Education Reform Act 1988;
2. Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board:
(i) Accounts for 1997, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General—
(ii) Chairman’s Report for 1997—
laid under the Crown Agents Act 1979;
3. (i) United Nations Arms Embargoes (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998— (1508)
(ii) United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998— (1502)
(iii) United Nations Arms Embargoes (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998— (1501)
(iv) United Nations Arms Embargoes (Channel Islands) (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998— (1507)
laid under the United Nations Act 1946;
4. Accounts for 1996-97 of the Grants and Loans to the Urban Development Corporations by the Secretary of State for the Environment, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
5. Treasury Minute dated 25th June on the application of certain receipts as appropriations in aid of the votes specified in the revised estimates, summer supplementary estimates and new estimates for 1998-99, laid under the Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891.
Public Business
10. School Standards and Framework Bill—It was moved by the Lord Whitty, on behalf of the Baroness Blackstone, that the amendments for the Report Stage be marshalled and considered in the following order:
| Clauses 1 to 11 | Clause 35 |
| Schedule 1 | Schedules 9 to 11 |
| Clauses 12 to 20 | Clause 36 |
| Schedule 2 | Schedule 12 |
| Clauses 21 and 22 | Clauses 37 to 39 |
| Schedule 3 | Schedule 13 |
| Clause 23 | Clauses 40 to 48 |
| Schedule 4 | Schedule 14 |
| Clause 24 | Clauses 49 to 51 |
| Schedule 5 | Schedule 15 |
| Clauses 25 to 30 | Clauses 52 to 54 |
| Schedule 6 | Schedule 16 |
| Clauses 31 to 33 | Clause 55 |
| Schedule 7 | Schedule 17 |
| Clause 34 | Clauses 56 to 67 |
| Schedule 8 | Schedule 18 |
| Clauses 68 and 69 | Clause 94 |
| Schedule 19 | Schedule 25 |
| Clause 70 | Clauses 95 to 120 |
| Schedule 20 | Schedule 26 |
| Clauses 71 to 74 | Clauses 121 and 123 |
| Schedule 21 | Schedule 27 |
| Clause 75 | Clauses 124 to 132 |
| Schedule 22 | Schedule 28 |
| Clauses 76 to 92 | Clauses 133 and 134 |
| Schedule 23 | Schedule 29 |
| Clause 93 | Clauses 135 to 142 |
| Schedule 24 | Schedules 30 to 32; |
the motion was agreed to.
11. European Parliamentary Elections Bill—The House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed and the bill was reported without amendment.
12. Digital Images as Evidence (S&T Report)— It was moved by the Lord Craig of Radley that this House take note of the Reports of the Science and Technology Committee on Digital Images as Evidence (5th Report, HL Paper 64), and Digital Images as Evidence: Government Response (8th Report, HL Paper 121); after debate, the motion was agreed to.
13. Quarrying—The Viscount Addison asked Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to demonstrate their determination to go further in addressing the environmental damage caused by quarrying; after debate, the questions was answered by the Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton.
The House was adjourned at twenty-seven minutes past eight o’clock
to Monday next, half-past two o’clock.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
CORRECTION
In division No. 1 on the European Parliamentary Elections Bill on 24th June, L. Coleraine should have been recorded as voting Content and not L. Colgrain. | 
