House of Lords Journal 234 (Session 2000-01)

Previous Next Page 270 2000-01 Volume 234       Thursday 29 March 2001 The House met at three o’clock. The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present: Irvine of Lairg, L. (Lord Chancellor) Aberdare, L. Ackner, L. Acton, L. Addington, L. Alderdice, L. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Alli, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Amos, B. Ampthill, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Astor of Hever, L. Attlee, E. Avebury, L. Bach, L. Baker of Dorking, L. Baldwin of Bewdley, E. Barber, L. Barker, B. Barnett, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Biffen, L. Blatch, B. Bledisloe, V. Blood, B. Boardman, L. Boothroyd, B. Borrie, L. Boston of Faversham, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Bradshaw, L. Bragg, L. Bramall, L. Brett, L. Bridges, L. Brightman, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Brookman, L. Brooks of Tremorfa, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Burlison, L. Burnham, L. Burns, L. Buscombe, B. Butterworth, L. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Campbell of Alloway, L. Campbell of Croy, L. Carnarvon, E. Carter, L. Carver, L. Chalfont, L. Chalker of Wallasey, B. Christopher, L. Clarke of Hampstead, L. Clement-Jones, L. Clinton-Davis, L. Cockfield, L. Cohen of Pimlico, B. Colville of Culross, V. Colwyn, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Courtown, E. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Crathorne, L. Crawley, B. Crickhowell, L. Cuckney, L. Cumberlege, B. Currie of Marylebone, L. 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. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dubs, L. Eccles of Moulton, B. Eden of Winton, L. 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. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Feldman, L. Ferrers, E. Filkin, L. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Fookes, B. Freeman, L. Freyberg, L. Gale, B. Gardner of Parkes, B. Garel-Jones, L. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenarthur, L. Glentoran, L. Goodhart, L. Goschen, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Greaves, L. Greengross, B. Greenway, L. Grenfell, L. Hamwee, B. Hanham, B. Hanningfield, L. Hardy of Wath, L. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Henley, L. Higgins, L. Hilton of Eggardon, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Hooper, B. Hooson, L. Howe, E. 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. Inglewood, L. Islwyn, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jeger, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Hillhead, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Joffe, L. King of West Bromwich, L. Kingsland, L. Laing of Dunphail, L. Laird, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Levy, L. Linklater of Butterstone, B. Lipsey, L. Listowel, E. Liverpool, E. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Longford, E. Luke, L. Page 271 2000-01 Volume 234 Back to top Lyell, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. Macdonald of Tradeston, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. Mackay of Clashfern, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Mallalieu, B. Mancroft, L. Mar, C. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Mason of Barnsley, L. Mayhew of Twysden, 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. Moore of Wolvercote, L. Morgan, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moynihan, L. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Newby, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Nicol, B. Noakes, B. Northesk, E. Northfield, L. Northover, B. Norton of Louth, L. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L. O’Cathain, B. O’Neill of Bengarve, B. Onslow, E. Oppenheim-Barnes, B. Orme, L. Oxford, Bp. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Parekh, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Patel of Blackburn, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Peston, L. Phillips of Sudbury, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Plant of Highfield, L. Plumb, L. Plummer of St. Marylebone, L. Portsmouth, Bp. Puttnam, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Randall of St. Budeaux, L. Rawlings, B. Rawlinson of Ewell, L. Razzall, L. Rea, L. Reay, L. Redesdale, L. Rennard, L. Renton, L. Renton of Mount Harry, L. Richard, L. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rochester, Bp. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. Rogers of Riverside, L. Roll of Ipsden, L. Ryder of Wensum, L. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sawyer, L. Scotland of Asthal, B. Scott of Needham Market, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Serota, B. Shaw of Northstead, 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. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Southwark, Bp. Stallard, L. Steel of Aikwood, L. Stokes, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathclyde, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taverne, L. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Taylor of Warwick, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Gwydir, L. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thornton, B. Tombs, L. Tomlinson, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Turnberg, L. Uddin, B. Vivian, L. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Walmsley, B. Walton of Detchant, L. Watson of Richmond, L. Weatherill, L. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wigoder, L. Wilkins, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Elvel, L. Williamson of Horton, L. Windlesham, L. Winston, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Young, B. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Portsmouth. Judicial Business 1. Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Petitioners) v. Laird Group plc (Respondents)—The petition of Her Majestys Commissioners of Inland Revenue praying for leave for an appeal to be brought direct from the High Court of Justice in accordance with Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1969 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. Papers 2. Command Paper—The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: Exports—Consultation on Draft Legislation: the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Bill. (5091) Page 272 2000-01 Volume 234 Back to top 3. Negative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001, laid under the Adoption Act 1976;   (1251) 2. Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2001, laid under the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991;   (1254) 3. Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No.2) Order 2001, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999.   (1256) 4. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Report on the Exercise of Functions by Enforcement Authorities concerned with Energy Labelling and Product Information on Household Washing Machines and Tumble Driers, laid under the Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996 and the Energy Information (Tumble Driers) Regulations 1996; 2. Return of Expenditure Incurred and Prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and Incidences of Disease in Imported Animals for 2000, laid under the Animal Health Act 1981; 3. Amendment Number Two to the Funding Code Procedures, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999. Select Committee Reports 5. Delegated Powers and Deregulation—The following reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed: 16th Report, on the following bills: Criminal Justice and Police Bill; Hunting Bill—Further Report; Liquor Advertising and Promotion Bill [HL]; Borough Freedom (Family Succession) Bill [HL]; and requesting evidence on the following proposals for draft Deregulation Orders: Draft Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers or Other Records) Order 2001; Draft Deregulation (Bingo and Other Gaming) Order 2001; Draft Deregulation (Restaurant Licensing Hours) Order 2001 ; (HL Paper 60) 17th Report, on the Election Publications Bill [HL]. (HL Paper 61) Private Business 6. Kent County Council Bill [HL]—The Commons amendments were considered and agreed to. 7. Medway Council Bill [HL]—The Commons amendments were considered; certain Commons amendments were agreed to; a motion that the House do disagree with a Commons amendment was agreed to; a Committee was appointed to propose a reason for such disagreement. The Lords following were named of the Committee: Tordoff, L. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Park of Monmouth, B. The Committee reported that they had proposed the following reason: “Because it is desirable that, so far as possible, the provisions of the Medway Council Bill remain in keeping with the corresponding provisions of the Kent County Council Bill.” The report was agreed to; the remaining Commons amendments were agreed to; and the bill was returned to the Commons with a reason. Public Business 8. Chairman of Committees—It was moved by the Baroness Jay of Paddington ( Lord Privy Seal) that the Lord Tordoff be appointed to take the Chair in all Committees of this House for the remainder of this Session; the motion was agreed to nemine dissentiente. 9. Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees—It was moved by the Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lord Privy Seal) that the Lord Brabazon of Tara be appointed Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees for the remainder of this Session; the motion was agreed to nemine dissentiente. Page 273 2000-01 Volume 234 Back to top 10. House of Lords’ Offices—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that the 2nd Report from the Select Committee (HL Paper 54) be agreed to; then it was moved by the Lord Trefgarne, as an amendment thereto, at end to insert “and that this House, while in no way wishing to replicate the scale or the degree of comfort that the House of Commons has seen proper to provide for its Members, considers that the conditions for its own Members are in need of drastic improvement and believes that it should set itself the same target as the House of Commons set for itself in 1987, namely of providing an office for every Member who wants one, and accordingly: (i) requests the House authorities to ascertain as soon as possible how many Members wish to have (a) an office to themselves, (b) shared office space and (c) office space for a secretary/researcher; and (ii) asks the Leader of the House to open discussions with the Leader of the House of Commons with a view to a division of the Palace of Westminster on all floors on a line running through the Central Lobby on the axis of St. Stephen’s Hall.”; after debate, the amendment was (by leave of the House) withdrawn; then the original motion was agreed to. 11. National Air Traffic Services—It was moved by the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston that this House takes note of the progress in addressing concerns and explaining and implementing the Public Private Partnership in relation to National Air Traffic Services, as established by the Transport Act 2000; after debate, the motion was agreed to. 12. Election Publications Bill [HL]—The order of commitment was discharged; then, Standing Order 46 having been dispensed with, the bill was read a third time and passed and sent to the Commons. 13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (S&T Report)—It was moved by the Lord Walton of Detchant that this House takes note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (6th Report, Session 1999–2000, HL Paper 123); after debate, the motion was agreed to. 14. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that the draft Order laid before the House on 16th March be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to. The House was adjourned at twenty-two minutes before eleven o’clock till tomorrow, eleven o’clock.