House of Lords Journal 234 (Session 2000-01) |
Lords Journals Contents Index Minutes and Order Papers |
Tuesday 3 April 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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Denham, L. Dholakia, L. Dixon, L. Dixon-Smith, L. Donoughue, L. Dormand of Easington, L. Dubs, L. Eatwell, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Elles, B. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Erroll, E. Evans of Temple Guiting, L. Evans of Watford, 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. Freyberg, L. Fyfe of Fairfield, L. Gale, B. Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Gilmour of Craigmillar, L. Gladwin of Clee, L. Glenarthur, L. Glentoran, L. Goldsmith, L. Gordon of Strathblane, L. Goschen, V. Goudie, B. Gould of Potternewton, B. Graham of Edmonton, L. Gray of Contin, L. Greengross, B. Greenway, L. Grenfell, L. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L. Hamwee, B. Hanham, B. Hardy of Wath, L. Harris of Haringey, L. Harris of Richmond, B. Harrison, L. Haskel, L. Hayhoe, L. Henley, L. Higgins, L. Hoffmann, L. Hogg, B. Hogg of Cumbernauld, L. Holderness, L. Hollis of Heigham, B. Holme of Cheltenham, L. 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. Hylton, L. Islwyn, L. Janner of Braunstone, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jeger, B. Jenkin of Roding, L. Jenkins of Putney, L. Jopling, L. Jordan, L. Judd, L. Kimball, L. King of West Bromwich, L. Kingsland, L. Kirkhill, L. Knight of Collingtree, B. Laing of Dunphail, L. Lang of Monkton, L. Lawson of Blaby, L. Layard, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Lester of Herne Hill, L. Lipsey, L. Listowel, E. Liverpool, E. Lockwood, B. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Longford, E. Lucas, L. Luce, L. Luke, L. McCarthy, L. Macdonald of Tradeston, L. McIntosh of Haringey, L. MacKenzie of Culkein, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. MacLaurin of Knebworth, L. McNally, L. Maddock, B. Mancroft, L. Mar, C. Marlesford, L. Marsh, L. Masham of Ilton, B. Mason of Barnsley, L. Massey of Darwen, B. Merlyn-Rees, L. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Milner of Leeds, L. Mishcon, L. Molloy, L. Molyneaux of Killead, L. Monro of Langholm, L. Montagu of Beaulieu, L. Montrose, D. Moran, L. Morgan, L. Morris of Castle Morris, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Mowbray and Stourton, L. Moynihan, L. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Naseby, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicol, B. Noakes, B. Nolan, L. |
Northbourne, L. Northbrook, L. Northesk, E. Northover, B. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L. OCathain, B. Onslow, E. Orme, L. Oxburgh, L. Oxford, Bp. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Parekh, L. Patel, L. Patel of Blackburn, L. Patten, L. Pearson of Rannoch, L. Peel, E. Perry of Southwark, B. Perry of Walton, L. Peston, L. Peyton of Yeovil, L. Phillips of Sudbury, L. Pilkington of Oxenford, L. Plummer of St. Marylebone, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Powell of Bayswater, L. Prior, L. Prys-Davies, L. Puttnam, L. Quirk, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Rawlings, B. Rea, L. Reay, L. Redesdale, L. Rees, L. Rees-Mogg, L. Rendell of Babergh, B. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L. Rennard, L. Renton, L. Renton of Mount Harry, L. Richard, L. Richardson of Calow, B. Roberts of Conwy, L. Rogan, L. Roll of Ipsden, L. Roper, L. Ryder of Wensum, L. St. John of Bletso, L. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandberg, L. Sandwich, E. Sawyer, L. Scotland of Asthal, B. Scott of Needham Market, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selsdon, L. Serota, B. Sharp of Guildford, B. Sharples, B. Shaw of Northstead, 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. Southwark, Bp. Stallard, L. Stewartby, L. Stodart of Leaston, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathclyde, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Tanlaw, L. 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. Tomlinson, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Turnberg, L. Uddin, B. Varley, L. Vinson, L. Vivian, L. Waddington, L. Wakeham, L. Walker of Doncaster, L. Wallace of Saltaire, L. |
Walmsley, B. Walpole, L. Walton of Detchant, L. Warner, L. Warnock, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Richmond, L. Weatherill, L. Whitaker, B. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Wilkins, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Mostyn, L. Williamson of Horton, L. Windlesham, L. Woolmer of Leeds, L. Wright of Richmond, L. Young, B. |
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
Judicial Business
1. | Krasner (the trustee in bankruptcy of John William Alexander Dennison) (Respondent) v. Dennison (AP) (Appellant) and othersIt was ordered that the appeal be withdrawn and that there be no order as to costs save that the costs of the appellant be taxed in accordance with the Legal Aid Act 1988. |
2. | Appeal CommitteeThe 42nd Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Orders were made |
Regina v. Benjafield (Petitioner)That the respondents be invited to lodge objections by 5th April.
In re F (a minor)That leave to appeal be refused; that the respondents be at liberty to apply for their costs in accordance with direction 5.1(d) and, if the application is granted, that the amount thereof be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties.
Papers
3. | Command PapersThe following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Office Departmental Report 2001 and Government Expenditure Plans for 200102 to 200304 and Main Estimates for 200102; |
(5122) |
2. | Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Assessment 1st July to 31st December 2000. |
(5125) |
4. | Affirmative InstrumentThe following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table: |
Draft Broadcasting (Subtitling) Order 2001.
5. | Negative InstrumentsThe following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. (i) | Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001 | (1325) |
(ii) | Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) (Amendment) Order 2001 | (1326) |
laid under the Housing Act 1996; |
2. (i) | Social Security (Widows Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 2001 | (1235) |
(ii) | Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 | (1265) |
(iii) | Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2001 | (1324) |
(iv) | Tax Credits (New Deal Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2001 | (1334) |
laid under the Social Security and Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; |
3. | Tax Credits (New Deal Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; |
(1333) |
4. | Child Support (Civil Imprisonment) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, laid under the Child Support Act 1991; |
(1236) |
5. | Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001, laid under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000. |
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6. | Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedingsThe following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table: |
1. | Statements of guarantee by the Secretary of State for Health on loans proposed to be raised by the following National Health Service Trusts: |
(i) | Huddersfield Health Care Services |
(ii) | Poole Hospital |
(iii) | Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare |
(iv) | Portsmouth HealthCare |
(v) | Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals |
(vi) | Northampton General Hospital |
(vii) | Severn |
(viii) | North Tees and Hartlepool |
(ix) | Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals |
(x) | Priority Healthcare Wearside |
(xi) | South Tees Acute Hospitals |
(xii) | Tees and North East Yorkshire |
(xiii) | Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health |
(xiv) | United Bristol Healthcare |
(xv) | Northallerton Health Services |
laid under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; |
2. | Accounts for 19992000 of the Film Council Lottery Distribution, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the National Lottery Etc. Act 1993; |
3. | Accounts for 19992000 of the Clacton and Harwich Education Action Zone, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. |
Select Committee Reports
7. | Statutory InstrumentsThe 13th Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments; it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 62) |
8. | European UnionThe following Reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed, together with the Minutes of Evidence: |
The European Court of Auditors: the case for reform; (12th ReportHL Paper 63)
A Community Immigration Policy. (13th ReportHL Paper 64)
Private Business
9. | Medway Council Bill [HL]The bill was returned from the Commons with the amendment to which the Lords have disagreed not insisted on. |
Public Business
10. | Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2001It was moved by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton that the draft Order laid before the House on 27th March be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to. |
11. | Armed Forces BillA bill to continue the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to make further provision in relation to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; and for connected purposes was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 43) |
12. | Armed Forces BillIt was ordered that the Explanatory Notes relating to the bill be printed. (HL Bill 43EN) |
13. | Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill[HL]The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to. |
14. | Childrens Commissioner for Wales BillThe House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed and the bill was reported without amendment. |
15. | National Institute for Clinical ExcellenceThe Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majestys Government whether the progress being made by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in their appraisal of Beta interferons and glatiramer acetates is satisfactory; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. |
The House was adjourned at twenty-four minutes past eight oclock
till tomorrow, two oclock for judicial business,
half-past two oclock for public business.