THURSDAY 9TH JULY
*The Lord Wallace of Saltaire—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to increase resources for the United Kingdom Knowhow Fund, as a means of strengthening links with central and east European states now preparing for future membership of the European Union.
*The Earl of Kinnoull—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made to clean up polluted beaches in England and Wales; what is the role of Water Authorities in the process; and what funds may be available from the European Union.
*The Lord Norton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what form of accountability they consider the Association of Chief Police Officers’ resolutions relating to matters of public interest should be subject.
†*The Lord Renton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their policy of more open government enables secret departmental information to be disclosed to people with a commercial interest in it.
Government of Wales Bill—Further consideration on Report [The Lord Williams of Mostyn]
‡Appropriation (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998—The Lord Dubs to move, That the draft Order laid before the House on 16th June be approved.
FRIDAY 10TH JULY
[At eleven o’clock]
Data Protection Bill [HL]— Consideration of Commons amendments [The Lord Williams of Mostyn]
Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998—The Lord Dubs to move, That the draft Order laid before the House on 8th June be approved.
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998—The Lord Dubs to move, That the draft Order laid before the House on 1st June be approved.
Pensions (Amendment) Bill [HL]— Second Reading [The Lord Morris of Manchester]
Sexual Orientation Discrimination Bill [HL]— Committee [The Baroness Turner of Camden]
MONDAY 13TH JULY
*The Lord Campbell of Croy—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied that advances in medical science and engineering technology have substantially removed the dangers to health, in particular to lungs, of work in deep mining of coal.
*The Lord Lucas—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take the initiative in trying to bring the various parties in Sri Lanka to the negotiating table.
*The Lord Waddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they propose to take to strengthen the safeguards against a government seeking to extend the duration of a Parliament beyond five years.
*The Lord Campbell of Alloway—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether disproportionate industrial action in the public sector will be proscribed as unlawful unless submitted to mandatory arbitration with binding effect.
Statute Law Repeals Bill [HL]— Committee (on re-commitment) [The Lord Chancellor] (Consolidation)
†School Standards and Framework Bill—Third Reading [The Baroness Blackstone]
†‡The Lord Lester of Herne Hill—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to improve the procedures for the election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe so as to ensure that the Parliamentary Assembly is reliably advised about the qualifications of nominated candidates on the basis of a transparent, thorough and fair process of interview by an independent expert committee.
TUESDAY 14TH JULY
*The Earl of Carlisle—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they believe that the Russian Federation has done all in its power, in accordance with its request for membership of the Council of Europe, “to settle outstanding international border disputes according to the principles of international law, abiding by the existing international treaties”.
*The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans for further reform of the liquor licensing laws.
*The Lord Berkeley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what technical, commercial and frontier control reasons still prevent Eurostar services from operating north of London.
*The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the request of the Royal British Legion that they commission a public enquiry into the way the aftermath of the Gulf War has been handled.
‡The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any proposals for reviving provincial repertory theatres.
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY
*The Lord Hooson—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the National Museum authorities in Wales resite and rebuild the Industrial Maritime Museum as soon as possible.
*The Lord Northbourne—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to support inexperienced mothers with the care and parenting of their young children.
*The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider labelling all food products which have been exposed to pesticide sprays with a warning similar to that required for raw milk.
*The Lord Burnham—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that the persons to be nominated to the Firearms Consultative Committee in August are properly qualified.
‡The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their reactions to the recommendations of the Countryside Commission for the future management of the New Forest, in the light of the environmental and economic conditions of that area.
THURSDAY 16TH JULY
*The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking with the European Union and other appropriate multilateral organisations to promote an internationally agreed strategy towards migration and towards respect for, and protection of, the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.
*The Lord Ashley of Stoke—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are proposing to modernise National Health Service hearing aids to close the technological gap between them and privately bought hearing aids.
*The Lord Dean of Beswick—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the present rate or number of owner-occupied houses being repossessed by building societies due to the lapse of mortgage repayments.
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
MONDAY 20TH JULY
*The Lord Randall of St Budeaux—To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the main impediments to providing reasonable accommodation for peers in the Palace by October.
*The Lord Higgins—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the statement made by the Minister of State, Department of Social Security, in a broadcast regarding means-testing of social security benefit on Sunday 31st May represents Government policy.
*The Earl of Longford—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the planned expenditure in real terms per prisoner for 1998-99, compared with that in 1995-96.
*The Lord Jenkin of Roding—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress of the Global Environmental Facility; and what is their response to the criticism from developing countries that the Facility ignores the most crucial issues affecting the Third World.
TUESDAY 21ST JULY
*The Lord Morris of Manchester—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they see any early prospect of being able to have the security gates at the entrance to Downing Street removed.
*The Baroness Castle of Blackburn—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the leaflet Don’t leave your pension to chance, issued by the Department of Social Security in June, does not refer to the arrangements to make proof against inflation the pension received under SERPS, occupational pension schemes and personal pensions respectively.
*The Lord Newby—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking, in conjunction with their European Union partners, to prevent a collapse of the Japanese currency and economy.
†‡The Earl of Clancarty—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have an overall integrated arts strategy for the United Kingdom and, if so, what it is.
WEDNESDAY 22ND JULY
*The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made to broaden the membership of their scientific advisory committees.
*The Lord Waddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Report of the Advisory Group on Quarantine is due to be published, and how soon after receipt of the Report they plan to announce their decision.
*The Lord Methuen—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what benefits they expect to accrue from the centralisation of magistrates’ courts at four locations in Derbyshire, and how they expect defendants and witnesses to attend, given the paucity of public transport in parts of Derbyshire.
*The Lord Cadman—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied that, following their decision to allow the sale of former railway lands to proceed, the land requirements of the rail freight industry will be adequately provided for.
THURSDAY 23RD JULY
*The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the performance of the Radio Authority in consenting to departures from the terms of independent radio licences.
*The Lord Campbell of Croy—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have yet approved upgrading to motorway status, as part of the M6, of the stretch of trunk road now confined to two lanes each way from the Scottish Border to Junction 44 near Carlisle.
*The Lord Dholakia—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people since April 1992 have committed suicide in prisons managed by the commercial sector.
MONDAY 27TH JULY
*The Earl of Sandwich—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress made by companies in ensuring internationally agreed minimum labour standards for overseas workers.
*The Lord Jacobs—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they propose to take to ensure that consumers in the United Kingdom do not have to pay as much as twenty per cent more for new cars than consumers in Belgium.
*The Lord Dholakia—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review, in consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, the use of CS spray by police forces.
*The Lord Blyth—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to discourage spitting in public, particularly at sporting venues.
TUESDAY 28TH JULY
*The Lord Ashley of Stoke—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local authorities provide community care for disabled people to match their needs.
*The Lord Chesham—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why their treatment of English, Welsh and Northern Irish students at Scottish universities was not part of their election manifesto.
*The Lord Peyton of Yeovil—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are content with the present level of communication between Ministers and leading scientists.
*The Lord Renton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made since 31st December 1997 in reducing the number of bogus asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
WEDNESDAY 29TH JULY
*The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the comprehensive spending review will affect the number of overseas diplomatic posts.
*The Lord Hooson—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the arrangements being made for the adequate translation of documents into the Welsh language in time for the first sitting of the Welsh Assembly in 1999.
*The Lord Dormand of Easington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress being made in the training of teachers wishing to become headteachers.
*The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider it to be in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 487 and 687 that the United States should transfer to Israel 25 strike aircraft capable of reaching Iran.
THURSDAY 30TH JULY
*The Lord Barnett—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to improving the working hours and conditions of the House of Lords in line with proposals being put forward for the House of Commons by the Leader of that House.
*The Lord Hurd of Westwell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any intention on their part to discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, or relations between the Falkland Islands and Argentina, with President Menem when he visits the United Kingdom in the autumn.
*The Viscount Waverley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce ECGD (Export Credits Guarantee Department) cover for Iran; and, if so, when.
MONDAY 3RD AUGUST
*The Earl of Carlisle—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to highlight the dangers of addiction to smoking, when the treatment of smoking-related disease costs the NHS between £1.4 billion and £1.7 billion per year.
†*The Lord Willoughby de Broke—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the proposals for tax harmonisation contained in the European Commission’s document A package to tackle harmful tax competition in the European Union.
†*The Lord Jenkins of Putney—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether President Clinton’s new Presidential Decision Directive on United States nuclear doctrine contains any proposals for action towards the elimination of nuclear weapons and interim proposals to seek agreement to take nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert; and, if not, whether they will table such proposals for the consideration of the United Nations Security Council.
NO DAY NAMED
PART I
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To call attention to the opportunities for trade with and investment in Latin America; and to move for papers.
The Lord Ashley of Stoke—To call attention to the need for full, enforceable civil rights for chronically sick and disabled people; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Perry of Southwark—To call attention to the importance of higher education policy for the social, economic and intellectual welfare of the United Kingdom; and to move for papers.
The Lord Barnett—To call attention to the prospects for the United Kingdom joining the EMU in the foreseeable future; and to move for papers.
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster—To move, That a Select Committee be appointed to undertake an inquiry, and within three calendar months to make recommendations, as to how a procedure might be implemented whereby the House would nominate approximately one hundred peers by succession to be voting peers and whereby the remaining peers by succession would renounce their rights to vote but would retain their rights to speak in the House or Committees of the House.
The Lord Moynihan—To call attention to the current situation in Algeria; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Northesk—To call attention to political and economic developments in the South Atlantic; and to move for papers.
The Lord Stone of Blackheath—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is a need throughout the United Kingdom for a comprehensive and cohesive policy relating to the commercial, business and financial sectors in towns, cities and other urban areas.
The Earl of Carlisle—To call attention to the number of people from ethnic minorities in senior positions in public life; and to move for papers.
The Lord Sandberg—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what effect the financial crisis in the Far East is likely to have on the British economy.
The Lord Hooson—To call attention to plans to restructure the United Nations for the next century; and to move for papers.
The Viscount Waverley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the use of sanctions to support United Nations’ resolutions.
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the Charter of the United Nations permits, and the international rule of law can survive, claims by individual member states to a right of unilateral interpretation of UN Security Council Resolutions, and a right to engage in military operations under such unilateral interpretations.
Succession to the Crown—The Lord Alderdice to move, That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to allow that Her undoubted Prerogative and interest may not stand in the way of the consideration of Parliament during the present session of any measure to remove the bar on a person who is not, or who is married to a person who is not, a protestant to succeed to the Crown.
The Baroness Thomas of Walliswood—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to continuing delays in the completion of the Swanwick Air Traffic Control Centre.
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to replace measurements of gross domestic product and gross national product, both within the United Kingdom and in international bodies, with measurements that are being developed by the Office for National Statistics which are able to take into account economically significant unpaid and unrecorded work and the reduction through consumption or otherwise of irreplaceable natural resources.
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote and support the responsibilities of family life.
The Earl of Carlisle—To call attention to the long-term future of Central and Eastern Europe, with particular reference to the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Onslow—To call attention to the science of genetically-modified organisms, and its implications for the breeding of plants and animals; and to move for papers.
The Viscount Hanworth—To call attention to the need to encourage teachers in primary and secondary education, and to the role of OFSTED; and to move for papers.
The Lord Bishop of Oxford—To call attention to the commitment in the Labour Party manifesto to a “fairer, faster and firmer” asylum procedure; and to move for papers.
The Lord Ackner—To call attention to the case for effectively monitoring the operation of conditional fee agreements; and to move for papers.
The Lord Dholakia—To call attention to the need for a national strategy for dealing with paedophiles; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Ludford—To call attention to the need for firm action by the European Union and its international partners to secure peace and justice in Kosovo; and to move for papers.
The Lord Birdwood—To call attention to changes in the duties of back-bench members of both Houses of Parliament in the last thirty years; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Linklater of Butterstone—To call attention to the implications for rural communities of the closure of their local school; and to move for papers.
The Lord Hardy of Wath—To call attention to the apparent increase in cruelty to animals; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Kinnoull—To call attention to the need to retain a viable British fishing industry beyond 2002; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Clanwilliam—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the industrialisation of farming practices in the United Kingdom.
The Lord Hylton—To move to resolve, That this House deplores the attempted murder of Mr Akin Birdal, President of the Turkish Human Rights Association, on 12th May; the refusal by the Turkish Government to admit United Nations Rapporteurs on Human Rights, or representatives of the OSCE or ICRC; the imprisonment and exile of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; and the banning and dissolution in Turkey of numerous bona fide political parties.
The Lord Janner of Braunstone—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ban or restrict smoking in restaurants, other eating places and other public places.
The Lord Rowallan—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their long-term policy towards help lines in the field of health services.
The Earl of Longford—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are continuing a policy of cutting expenditure in real terms per prisoner, and of cutting the total expenditure in real terms on the probation service and on prisoner education.
The Lord Morris of Manchester—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration they are giving to improving Service Pensions and War and War Widows’ Pensions; and when they expect to announce any improvements.
The Lord Rotherwick—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their intentions for taxing pesticides, and what will be the implications of such a tax for farming and the countryside.
The Lord Hindlip—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they intend to amend the rules on conditional exemption of works of art, and what estimate they make of the impact on the reservoir of works of art remaining in the United Kingdom.
The Lord Tope—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the problem of bullying of pupils in secondary schools.
The Baroness Maddock—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they propose to take to improve the quality of the housing stock following the recent publication of the English House Condition Survey for 1996.
The Viscount Chelmsford—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied that the link between the United Kingdom’s Balance of Payments and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by the nation’s leaders and managers is sufficiently understood.
The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their view of the economic and business opportunities presented by the information age, which was the subject of a Government paper published in April by the Central Office of Information.
The Lord Vinson—To call attention to the case for using nuclear energy to meet the United Kingdom’s Kyoto Conference obligations for the reduction of CO2 emissions; and to move for papers.
The Lord Campbell of Alloway—To move to resolve, That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that Her Majesty should exercise the Prerogative of Mercy to release Guardsmen Fisher and Wright from mandatory life imprisonment in exceptional circumstances as other available mechanisms would unduly delay their release.
The Lord Borrie—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to modernise the regulation of the utility industries so as to provide a fair deal for consumers in general and vulnerable consumers in particular.
The Lord Hayhoe—To call attention to the case for establishing an Independent Statutory Commission responsible for the conduct of referendums, their organisation and administration along the lines proposed by the Commission on the Conduct of Referendums chaired by Sir Patrick Nairne which reported in November 1996; and to move for papers.
PART II
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
[The date in brackets is that on which the Report was published]
The Lord Kingsland—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Enhancing Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Third Pillar (6th Report, HL Paper 25). [12th September]
The Lord Slynn of Hadley—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the Select Committee on the Public Service (HL Paper 55). [19th January]
The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Sustainable Landfill (17th Report, HL Paper 83). [7th April]
The Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Resistance to Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents (7th Report, HL Paper 81). [23rd April]
The Lord Hoffmann—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Acquired Rights Revisited (22nd Report, HL Paper 98). [18th May]
The Lord Barnett—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on the European Central Bank (24th Report, HL Paper 112). [9th June]
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Student Mobility in the European Union (27th Report, HL Paper 116). [3rd July]
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
[Tabled or amended on 7th July]
The Lord Acton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many commercial farms in Zimbabwe are listed for compulsory acquisition. (HL2602)
The Earl Howe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what considerations underlie the Baroness Jay of Paddington’s statement on 8th June (HL Deb, col. 691) that “hospitals will be weighted for .... catchment area” in the assessment of comparative death rates following surgery. (HL2633)
The Lord Trefgarne—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list categories of persons entitled to enter private property without a warrant. (HL2634)
The Lord Trefgarne—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the road works in progress on the M40 motorway westwards from junction 1A are proceeding according to schedule; and, if so, what is now the expected completion date. (HL2635)
The Lord Trefgarne—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the road works in progress on the A3 at the junction with the M25 are proceeding according to schedule; and what is now the expected completion date. (HL2636)
The Lord Graham of Edmonton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether recent agreements at the European Social Affairs Council concerning the Acquired Rights Directive will require amendment of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981. (HL2637)
The Lord Lester of Herne Hill—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office Presenting Officers are employed for the hearing of asylum and immigration appeals. (HL2638)
The Lord Lester of Herne Hill—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hearings of asylum and immigration appeals have been adjourned during the past year because of the absence of Home Office Presenting Officers. (HL2639)
The Lord Lester of Herne Hill—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that a sufficient number of Home Office Presenting Officers are employed to meet the demands of the appeal system for immigration and asylum cases. (HL2640)
The Lord Lester of Herne Hill—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have performance standards or criteria for the employment and use of Home Office Presenting Officers in immigration and asylum appeals; and, if so, whether they will publish them. (HL2641)
The Lord Hylton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the reasons underlying their intention not to sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. (HL2642)
The Baroness David—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Jay of Paddington on 25th June (WA 44), whether they intend to protect all children “living away from home” from corporal punishment, as recommended in Sir William Utting’s Report People like us. (HL2643)
The Viscount Exmouth—To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the Marine Accident Investigation Report into the sinking of the Pescado, a Plymouth registered scalloper, which sank off the Cornish coast on 1991. (HL2644)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost to the British taxpayer of the deployment of aircraft to the Middle East for No-Fly surveillance activity in parts of Iraq; how many sorties British aircraft have flown since the deployment was initiated; whether any aircraft or aircrew have been lost; what currently is the purpose of these deployments; and, if they have provided “value for money”, how they define the “value”. (HL2645)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what in international law is the status of the sorties performed by British aircraft involved in No-Fly surveillance in Iraq; whether they, or the United States aircraft in company with which they fly, have been authorised by the United Nations Security Council to attack targets in Iraq; and, if so, in which circumstances. (HL2646)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the status in international law of unmanned combat air vehicles; what conventions apply to their deployment, use and transfer; and what they are to count as for purposes of air traffic control. (HL2647)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have been informed of the geographical scope of the newly updated guidelines for Japan-United States defence co-operation; and how these guidelines may affect the American position in Diego Garcia. (HL2648)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United States Administration has asked them whether they may operate airborne lasers from bases in Britain or in British dependent territories; and, if so, what has been their response. (HL2649)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the world’s economic activity they consider is not measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP); and in which categories of countries they deem GDP measurements of economic activity to be least accurate. (HL2650)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Jay of Paddington on 6th July (WA 108), in what form the initial request by the Department of Health’s Food Incident Control Team to the Department’s lawyers for a draft of the Emergency Control Order was made; and, if the request was in writing, whether they will place a copy of the Minute or written request in the Library of the House, together with a copy of the notes of the meetings of the Food Incident Control Team held on 15th and 19th May. (HL2651)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government in how many instances the 199 E coli 0157 cases, which occurred in the first 18 weeks of 1998, reported in the Communicable Disease Report of the Public Health Laboratory Service, were attributed to a food product; and on how many occasions the Department of Health’s Food Incident Control Team was involved where infection was attributed to food. (HL2652)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria are in force to define the level of confidence required to determine that any food product is “safe” when it reaches the consumer. (HL2653)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will define an “emergency” in terms of the Food Safety Act 1990. (HL2654)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government upon what basis the opinion was formed that the single case of E coli 0157 infection which occurred on 19th April, traced to a batch of cheese made on the 4th, 5th or 6th April, constituted an “emergency”, involving a serious risk to public health, under the Food Safety Act 1990, by 19th May, when no other cases had been reported as a result of consumption of cheese from the same batches and no evidence of contamination by E coli 0157 was found in any other samples of cheese made by Mr Duckett. (HL2655)
The Countess of Mar—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has to investigate animals potentially infected with E coli; and, if there are none, whether they intend to amend the Zoonoses Order to include E coli 0157. (HL2656)
BILLS IN PROGRESS
[The date in brackets is the date for which the bill is set down]
Waiting for Second Reading
Finance (No. 2) (Money Bill—2nd July)
Prime Minister (Ecclesiastical Functions) [HL]
Pensions (Amendment) [HL] [10th July]
Private Hire Vehicles (London)
Waste Minimisation
Committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee
Recommitted to an Unopposed Bill Committee
London Local Authorities [HL]
Committed to a Select Committee
Committed to a Committee of the Whole House
Pharmacists [HL]
Regional Development Agencies
Sexual Orientation Discrimination [HL] [10th July]
Scotland [8th July]
Recommitted to a Committee of the Whole House
Statute Law Repeals [HL] [13th July]
Waiting for Report
Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office) (Amendment) [HL]
Government of Wales [9th July]
National Minimum Wage
European Parliamentary Elections
Northern Ireland (Sentences)
Waiting for Third Reading
Police (Northern Ireland)
School Standards and Framework [13th July]
Sent to the Commons
Coordinated Universal Time [HL]
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) [HL]
Geneva Conventions (Amendment) [HL]
British Nationality (St. Helena) [HL]
Human Rights [HL]
Local Government (Experimental Arrangements) [HL]
Competition [HL]
Business Improvement Districts [HL]
Electricity Generation [HL]
Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) [HL]
Building Regulations (Energy Rating Information) (Amendment) [HL]
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) [HL]
Bodmin Moor Commons [HL]
Lloyds TSB [HL]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council [HL]
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) [HL]
Waiting for consideration of Commons amendments
Crime and Disorder [HL]
Data Protection [HL] [10th July]
Returned to the Commons amended
Returned to the Commons further amended
Teaching and Higher Education [HL]
Waiting for Royal Assent
Registered Establishments (Scotland)
Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Amendment) [HL]
Pesticides
AFFIRMATIVE INSTRUMENTS IN PROGRESS
Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
Draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
Draft Appropriation (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
Draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Charges for Registration Schemes) Regulations 1998
Draft Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Draft Security for Private Road Works (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998
(S.I. 1998/1582)
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Amendment Regulations 1998
Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 1998
DEREGULATION PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS
Proposal laid under s.3(3) referred to the Deregulation Committee
Draft Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1998
Draft Deregulation (Pipe-lines) Order 1998
Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
Draft Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998 [26th Report]
COMMITTEES
[Unless otherwise indicated, Committees meet in the Lords’ rooms
in the Committee Corridor as indicated in the daily broadsheets]
WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY
