House of Lords Journal 234 (Session 2000-01) |
Lords Journals Contents Index Minutes and Order Papers |
Tuesday 27 February 2001 The House met at half-past two oclock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L.
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Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Bradshaw, L. Bragg, L. Bramall, L. Brennan, L. Brett, L. Bridgeman, V. Bridges, L. Brightman, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Brookeborough, V. Brookman, L. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Burlison, L. Burns, L. Buscombe, B. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Carlisle of Bucklow, L. Carnegy of Lour, B. Carr of Hadley, L. Carter, L. Carver, L. Castle of Blackburn, B. Chadlington, L. Chalfont, L. Chandos, V. Clark of Kempston, L. Clarke of Hampstead, L. Clement-Jones, L. Cockfield, L. Cohen of Pimlico, B. Colwyn, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Courtown, E. Cox, B. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Crawley, B. Crickhowell, L. Cuckney, L. Dahrendorf, L. Darcy de Knayth, B. Davies of Coity, L. Davies of Oldham, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Dearing, L. Denham, L. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dubs, L. Eatwell, L. Eccles of Moulton, B. Elder, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. |
Evans of Temple Guiting, L. Evans of Watford, L. Ezra, L. Falkland, V. Feldman, L. Filkin, L. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Freyberg, L. Fyfe of Fairfield, L. Gale, B. Gardner of Parkes, B. Garel-Jones, L. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gibson of Market Rasen, B. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenarthur, L. Glentoran, L. Goodhart, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Goschen, V. Goudie, B. Gould of Potternewton, B. Grabiner, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greaves, L. Greengross, B. Greenway, L. Gregson, L. Grenfell, L. Hamwee, B. Hanham, B. Hanningfield, L. Hardy of Wath, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of High Cross, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Hayman, B. Henley, L. Higgins, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hogg, B. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Holme of Cheltenham, L. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Howe, E. Howe of Aberavon, L. Howell of Guildford, L. Howells of St. Davids, B. Howie of Troon, L. Hoyle, L. Hughes of Woodside, L. Hunt of Chesterton, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Hurd of Westwell, L. Hylton, L. Islwyn, L. |
Jacobs, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jeger, B. Jellicoe, E. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Hillhead, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Johnston of Rockport, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. King of West Bromwich, L. Kingsdown, L. Kingsland, L. Kirkhill, L. Knight of Collingtree, B. Laming, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lichfield, Bp. Lindsay, E. Lipsey, L. Listowel, E. Liverpool, E. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Longford, E. Lucas, L. Luce, L. Luke, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. Macdonald of Tradeston, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. Mackay of Clashfern, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. Mackie of Benshie, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Mallalieu, B. Mar, C. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mason of Barnsley, L. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Merlyn-Rees, L. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Miller of Hendon, B. Mishcon, L. Mitchell, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monson, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moynihan, L. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Naseby, L. Newby, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicol, B. Noakes, B. Northbourne, L. Northesk, L. Northover, B. Norton of Louth, L. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L. OCathain, B. |
Orme, L. Oxburgh, L. Oxford, Bp. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Parekh, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Patel, L. Patten, L. Paul, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Perry of Walton, L. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Phillips of Sudbury, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Plant of Highfield, L. Plummer of St. Marylebone, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prior, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rawlings, B. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rees-Mogg, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Renton, L. Renton of Mount Harry, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogers of Riverside, L. Roll of Ipsden, L. Rosslyn, E. Rotherwick, L. |
Russell, E. Russell-Johnston, L. Ryder of Wensum, L. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Sandberg, L. Sandwich, E. Scotland of Asthal, B. Scott of Needham Market, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selsdon, L. Serota, B. Sharp of Guildford, B. Shaw of Northstead, L. Shepherd, L. Shore of Stepney, L. Shrewsbury, E. Shutt of Greetland, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Clifton, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Stallard, L. Stern, B. Stewartby, L. Stodart of Leaston, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Strange, B. Strathclyde, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Tanlaw, L. |
Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Tenby, V. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thornton, B. Tomlinson, L. Tope, L. Trumpington, B. Turnberg, L. Turner of Camden, B. Uddin, B. Vinson, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walmsley, B. Walpole, L. Walton of Detchant, L. Warner, L. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Wilkins, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williamson of Horton, L. Winston, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Young, B. |
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
Judicial Business
1. | Regina v. Sargent (Appellant) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))The appeal of Ian Michael Sargent was presented and ordered to be prosecuted subject to the procedures applicable thereto (lodged 26th February). |
2. | Regina v. Rezvi (Appellant) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))The appeal of Syed Rezvi was presented and ordered to be prosecuted subject to the procedures applicable thereto. |
3. | Regina v. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Respondents) and others ex parte Burkett and another (FC) (Petitioners)The petition of Robert Richard Burkett and Sonia Maria Burkett praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The second petitioners certificate of public funding was lodged (lodged 19th February). |
4. | Regina v. Independent Television Commission (Appellants) ex parte TV Danmark 1 Limited (Respondents)The petition of the British Broadcasting Corporation and ITV Network Limited praying for leave to present written and oral submissions in intervention in the said appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. |
5. | Mohamed (Respondent) v. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Appellants)The petition of the appellants praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 28th March next (the agents for the respondent consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed. |
6. | Regina v. Independent Television Commission (Appellants) ex parte TV Danmark 1 Limited (Respondents)The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee. |
Papers
7. | Command PaperThe following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: |
Hong KongReport for July-December 2000.
(5067)
8. | Affirmative InstrumentsThe following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Carrying on Regulated Activities by Way of Business) Order 2001; |
2. | Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Professions) (Non-Exempt Activities) Order 2001; |
3. | Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) Order 2001; |
4. | Draft Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001; |
5. | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001; |
(544) |
6. | Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001; |
7. | Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) Order 2001. |
9. | Negative InstrumentsThe following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; |
(487) |
2. | Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Administration Act 1992; |
(567) |
3. | Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the Tax Credits Act 1999; |
(568) |
4. | Royal Air Force Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the Armed Forces Act 1966; |
(542) |
5. | Education (Student Support) (European Institutions) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. |
(563) |
10. | Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedingsThe following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Report and Accounts for 19992000 of the Compensation Agency, laid under the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921; |
2. | Treasury Minute, Directing the Application of Certain Receipts as Appropriations in Aid of the Votes Specified in the Spring Supplementary Estimates for the Year Ending 31 March 2001, laid under the Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891; |
3. | Civil List Pensions List of New and Supplementary Pensions, laid under the Civil List Act 1972. |
Select Committee Report
11. | Statutory InstrumentsThe 8th Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments: |
Draft Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2001; |
Draft Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001; |
Draft School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Amendment of Schedule 18) (England) Order 2001; |
Draft Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001; |
Draft Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Additional Rights of Appeal) Regulations 2001; |
Draft Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeals) Regulations 2001; |
Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (British Broadcasting Corporation) Order 2001; |
Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Designation of Public Authorities for the Purposes of Intrusive Surveillance) Order 2001; |
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 39)
Public Business
12. | Transport Act 2000 (Designation of Transferee) Order 2001It was moved by the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston that the draft Order laid before the House on 1st February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to. |
13. | Social Security Fraud Bill [HL]The report was received; amendments were agreed to; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 31) |
14. | General aviationThe Lord Rotherwick asked Her Majestys Government what are their policies on promoting general aviation, including revised planning guidance; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston. |
The House was adjourned at six minutes before nine oclock
till tomorrow, half-past two oclock.
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN THE MOSES ROOM)
The Committee met at half-past three oclock.
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [HL]The bill was further considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to; the Committee was adjourned after clause 70 stood part.
The Committee was adjourned at eight oclock until Thursday 1st March at four oclock.