HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Mercurii 3° Martii 1999
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Bristol.
1. Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve—Miss Onora Sylvia O’Neill CBE, having been created Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, of The Braid in the County of Antrim, for life by Letters Patent dated 25th February 1999, was introduced between the Baroness David and the Lord Flowers, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Garter King of Arms preceding; and took and subscribed the oath pursuant to statute.
2. Lord Patel—Sir Narendra Babubhai Patel, Knight, having been created Baron Patel, of Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, for life by Letters Patent dated 1st March 1999, was introduced between the Lord Fraser of Carmyllie and the Baroness Hayman, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Garter King of Arms preceding; and took and subscribed the oath pursuant to statute.
Judicial Business
3. Holland (Appellant) v. Lampen-Wolfe (Respondent) (England)— The appeal of Carolsue Holland was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 14th April next.
4. Canada Trust Company (Acting in its capacity as Trustee of the Chrysler Canada Ltd’s Benefits Plan, the Chrysler Canada Ltd Master Trust Fund, The Chrysler Canada Ltd Non-Canadian Master Trust Fund and the Holmes Foundry Division Master Trust Fund) and others (Respondents) v. Stolzenberg and Gambazzi and others (Appellants) and others (England)— The appeal of Marco Gambazzi, Coeval Co Inc, Trustfina Anstalt, Mora Hotel Corporation NV, Bogrin Financiera SA and Geam SA was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 14th April next.
5. Appeal Committee—The following Orders were made pursuant to the 16th Report:
Owners of the Ship or Vessel ’Herceg Novi’ (Petitioners) v. Owners and/or demise charterers of the Ship or Vessel ’Ming Galaxy’ (Respondents)— That the petition be referred for hearing.
Regina v. Immigration Appellate Authority (Respondents) ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and Cakabay (A.P.) (Petitioner)— That the petition be referred for hearing.
6. Inco Europe Limited and others (Petitioners) v. First Choice Distribution (a firm) and others (Respondents)— That the petition be referred for hearing.
Papers
7. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Treaty Series—Index to Treaty Series 1998; (4238)
2. Marine Environment—Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic; (4278)
3. Double Taxation—Protocol between the United Kingdom and Kazakhstan amending the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains; (4271)
4. Next Steps Agencies—Next Steps Report for 1998. (4273)
8. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (Application to Summary Proceedings) Order 1999;
2. Draft Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1999;
3. Draft Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1999.
9. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Superannuation (Application of the Superannuation Act 1972, Section 1) Order 1999, laid under the Superannuation Act 1972; (519)
2. Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, laid under the European Communities Act 1972; (482)
3. Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1999, laid under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970; (421)
4. Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, laid under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986; (491)
5. Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, laid under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; (490)
6. Magistrates’ Courts Committees (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) Amalgamation Order 1999, laid under the Justices of the Peace Act 1997; (523)
7. Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1999, laid under the Children Act 1989; (524)
8. Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999, laid under the Competition Act 1998. (506)
10. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report for 1997-98 of the British Library, laid under the British Library Act 1972.
Select Committee Report
11. Delegated Powers and Deregulation—The following report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
8th Report, on the following bills:
Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies Bill [HL];
Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Bill [HL];
Genetically Modified Crops Bill [HL];
Easter Act 1928 (Commencement) Bill [HL];
Rating (Valuation) Bill. (HL Paper 38)
Public Business
12. Business of the House—It was moved by the Baroness Jay of Paddington that the debate on the motion in the name of the Lord Bragg set down for today shall be limited to 3½ hours and that in the name of the Lord Kennet set down for the same day to 1½ hours; the motion was agreed to.
13. Public service broadcasting (3½-hour debate)— It was moved by the Lord Bragg that there be laid before the House papers relating to the future of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
14. NATO (1½-hour debate)— It was moved by the Lord Kennet that there be laid before the House papers relating to the role of NATO in international peace and security, with particular reference to the new Strategic Concept and to crisis management; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
15. Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord Sewel, on behalf of the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, that the draft Order laid before the House on 16th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
16. Scottish Parliament (First Ordinary General Election and First Meeting) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord Sewel, on behalf of the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, that the draft Order laid before the House on 16th February be approved; the motion was agreed to.
17. Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord Sewel, on behalf of the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, that the draft Order laid before the House on 25th February be approved; the motion was agreed to.
18. National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that the draft Order laid before the House on 10th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
19. National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that the draft Order laid before the House on 22nd February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
20. National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that the draft Order laid before the House on 16th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
21. Cervical cancer—The Lord Clement-Jones asked Her Majesty’s Government what progress the Department of Health’s Cervical Cancer Screening Programme is making in implementing the proposals in its 1998 Review, in response to the criticisms contained in the December 1998 Report of the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee, and in response to the recent legal cases brought against the NHS; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
The House was adjourned at eleven minutes past eleven o’clock
till tomorrow, two o’clock for judicial business,
three o’clock for public business.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
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