House of Lords Journal 234 (Session 2000-01) |
Lords Journals Contents Index Minutes and Order Papers |
Monday 19 March 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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Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Crickhowell, L. Cuckney, L. Cumberlege, B. Dahrendorf, L. Darcy de Knayth, B. David, B. Davies of Coity, L. Davies of Oldham, L. Dean of Harptree, L. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B. Denham, L. Desai, L. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dubs, L. Eatwell, L. Elder, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erroll, E. Evans of Parkside, L. Evans of Temple Guiting, L. Evans of Watford, L. Ewing of Kirkford, L. Ezra, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Falkland, V. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Feldman, L. Ferrers, E. Filkin, L. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Fraser of Carmyllie, L. Freeman, L. Freyberg, L. Fyfe of Fairfield, L. Gale, B. Gardner of Parkes, B. Garel-Jones, L. Geddes, L. Gilbert, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glentoran, L. Goldsmith, L. Goodhart, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Goschen, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Grabiner, L. Graham of Edmonton, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greengross, B. Greenway, L. Grenfell, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hanham, B. Hanningfield, L. Hardy of Wath, L. Harris of Greenwich, L. |
Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Peckham, L. Harrison, L. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Henley, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Hogg of Cumbernauld, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. 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. Islwyn, L. Jacobs, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jeger, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Hillhead, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Jopling, L. Jordan, L. Judd, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Kimball, L. King of West Bromwich, L. Kingsland, L. Kirkham, L. Laird, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Layard, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Levy, L. Lipsey, L. Listowel, E. Liverpool, E. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Longford, E. Lucas, L. Luke, L. Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. Mackay of Clashfern, L. MacKenzie of Culkein, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. Mackie of Benshie, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Mallalieu, B. Mancroft, L. Mar, C. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. |
Mason of Barnsley, L. Massey of Darwen, B. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Merlyn-Rees, L. Methuen, L. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Miller of Hendon, B. Milner of Leeds, L. Mishcon, L. Mitchell, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monro of Langholm, L. Monson, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montrose, D. Moore of Wolvercote, 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. Northbrook, L. Northesk, E. Northover, B. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L. OCathain, B. Onslow, E. Orme, L. Oxburgh, L. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Paul, L. Pearson of Rannoch, 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. Platt of Writtle, B. Plumb, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Powell of Bayswater, L. Prior, L. Prys-Davies, L. Puttnam, L. Quinton, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rawlings, B. Rea, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Rennard, L. Renton, L. Renton of Mount Harry, L. Renwick of Clifton, L. Richard, L. Richardson of Calow, B. Rix, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. |
Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogan, L. Roper, L. Rosslyn, E. Rotherwick, L. Russell, E. Ryder of Wensum, L. Sainsbury of Turville, L. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandberg, L. Sawyer, L. Scotland of Asthal, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Sharples, B. Shaw of Northstead, L. Shepherd, L. Shore of Stepney, L. Shutt of Greetland, L. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Clifton, L. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. |
Smith of Leigh, L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Stallard, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stern, B. Stewartby, L. Stoddart of Swindon, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Strathclyde, L. Swinfen, L. Tanlaw, L. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Tebbit, L. Tenby, V. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thornton, B. Tomlinson, L. Tope, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Tugendhat, L. Turnberg, L. Turner of Camden, B. |
Uddin, B. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wade of Chorlton, L. Wakefield, Bp. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walmsley, B. Walton of Detchant, L. Warner, L. Warnock, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Richmond, L. Waverley, V. Weatherill, L. Weidenfeld, L. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Williams of Mostyn, L. Wilson of Tillyorn, L. Winston, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Young, B. |
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Wakefield.
Judicial Business
1. | In re F (a minor)The petition of the mother praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 15th March). |
2. | Standard Chartered Bank (Respondents) v. Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (Petitioners) and othersThe petition of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. |
3. | Cave (Respondent) v. Robinson Jarvis & Rolf (a firm) (Petitioners)The petition of Robinson Jarvis & Rolf praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. |
4. | Regina v. A (Respondent) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee. |
5. | Ashworth Frazer Limited (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants) v. Gloucester City Council (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents)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 26th April next (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed (lodged 14th March). |
6. | Appeal CommitteeThe 35th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made |
Regina v. A (Respondent) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))That the petition of Mary-Ann Stephenson and the Fawcett Society praying for leave to present written submissions in intervention in the said appeal be refused.
Papers
7. | Negative InstrumentsThe following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2001, laid under the National Assistance Act 1948; |
(1066) |
2. | National Care Standards Commission (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2001, laid under the Care Standards Act 2000; |
(1042) |
3. | Financial Services Act 1986 (Exemption) Order 2001, laid under the Financial Services Act 1986; |
(1061) |
4. | Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Administration Act 1992; |
(910) |
5. | Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2001, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; |
(911) |
6. | Local Probation Boards (Appointments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001, laid under the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000; |
(1035) |
7. (i) | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Exemptions) Order 2001 | (1060) |
(ii) | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) Order 2001 | (1062) |
laid under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. |
8. | Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedingsThe following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Draft Code of Practice for all employers on the avoidance of race discrimination in recruitment practice while seeking to prevent illegal working, laid under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; |
2. | Accounts for 19992000 of the National Lottery Distribution Fund, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the National Lottery Etc. Act 1993; |
3. (i) | Accounts for 19992000 of the North Islington Education Action Zone, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General |
(ii) | Accounts for 19992000 of the Corby Education Action Zone, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General |
laid under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. |
Public Business
9. | Health and Social Care BillThe House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to; the House was resumed. |
10. | Imports from developing countriesThe Baroness Young asked Her Majestys Government what is their view about the European Union Initiative Everything but Arms; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville. |
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
11. | Health and Social Care BillThe House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were agreed to; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed after amendment 107. |
The House was adjourned at fourteen minutes before eleven oclock
till tomorrow, half-past two oclock.