HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Lunae 30° Aprilis 2001
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
1. Barony of Terrington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom—The Petition of Christopher Woodhouse claiming to have succeeded to the Barony of Terrington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and praying that the Clerk of the Parliaments might be directed to enter the petitioner as Baron Terrington on his register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5) was presented and was referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report upon to the House pursuant to Standing Order 10A.
Judicial Business
2. J A Pye (Oxford) Limited (Petitioners) v. South Gloucestershire District Council and others (Respondents)—The petition of J A Pye (Oxford) Limited praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 26th April).
3. Regina v. Camden and Islington Health Authority (Respondents) ex parte K (FC) (Petitioner)—The petition of K praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s certificate of public funding was lodged (lodged on 27th April).
4. Diane Darby (Widow and administratrix of the estate of Kevin Alan Darby deceased) (AP) (Petitioner) v. National Trust (Respondents)—The petition of Diane Darby praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s legal aid certificate was lodged (lodged 27th April).
5. Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) ex parte Winborne (Petitioner)—The petition of Peter Arthur David Winborne praying for an extension of time within which the petition may be lodged and for leave to appeal in accordance with the Administration of Justice Act 1960 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
6. Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) ex parte Moore (Petitioner)—The petition of Colin Richard Moore praying for an extension of time within which the petition may be lodged and for leave to appeal in accordance with the Administration of Justice Act 1960 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
7. In re McCrory (AP) (Petitioner)—The petition of Patrick McCrory praying for leave to appeal in accordance with section 41 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s legal aid certificate was lodged. (lodged 3rd January).
Papers
8. Command Paper—The following paper, having been presented to the House by command of Her Majesty on 27th April, was ordered to lie on the Table:
Taxation—Convention between the United Kingdom and Norway for the Avoidance of Double taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital. (5136)
9. Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 70)—The following negative instruments, having been laid before the House on 27th April, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Modification of Enactments and Further Provisions) (England) Order 2001, laid under the Local Government Act 2000; (1517)
2. Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 2001, laid under the Housing Act 1996. (1501)
10. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Accounts and Audit) Order (No. 2) 2001, laid under the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998; (999)
2. Pollution Prevention and Control (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Air Curtain Incinerators) (England and Wales) Regulations 2001, laid under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; (1623)
3. RUC (Complaints etc) Regulations 2001, laid under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998. (—)
11. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Remit for the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, laid under the Bank of England Act 1998;
2. Report and Financial Statements for 2000 of the Channel Four Television Corporation, laid under the Broadcasting Act 1990.
12. Committee on Standards in Public Life—It was ordered that the report to the Leader of the House from the working group appointed to consider the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on standards of conduct in the House of Lords be printed. (HL Paper 68)
Select Committee Report
13. Human Rights—The following report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed, together with the minutes of evidence:
3rd Special Report, Scrutiny of the following Bills and Act—
Private Security Industry [HL]
Social Security Fraud [HL]. (HL Paper 73)
Public Business
14. Liaison—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that the 2nd Report from the Select Committee (HL Paper 67) be agreed to; then, it was moved by the Lord Chalfont, as an amendment thereto, to leave out all the words after “That” and insert “this House rejects the recommendation of the Liaison Committee and appoints a Select Committee of five members to consider the justification for the finding of those reviewing the conclusions of the RAF Board of Inquiry that both pilots of the Chinook helicopter ZD 576 which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2nd June 1994 were negligent”; after debate, the amendment was agreed to (see division list); then the original motion, as amended, was agreed to.
15. Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill [HL]—The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to with a privilege amendment; the amendment was considered and agreed to.
16. Criminal Justice and Police Bill—The House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were disagreed to (see division lists 2 and 3); an amendment was moved and by (leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed.
17. Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2001—It was moved by the Lord Davies of Oldham, on behalf of the Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23rd April be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
18. Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001—It was moved by the Lord Davies of Oldham, on behalf of the Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23rd April be approved; the motion was agreed to.
19. Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2001—It was moved by the Lord Davies of Oldham, on behalf of the Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23rd April be approved; the motion was agreed to.
20. Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2001—It was moved by the Lord Davies of Oldham, on behalf of the Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the draft Order laid before the House on 23rd April be approved; the motion was agreed to.
21. Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2001—It was moved by the Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale that the draft Order laid before the House on 23rd April be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
22. Criminal Justice and Police Bill—The House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed after clause 12 stood part.
The House was adjourned at four minutes before eleven o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
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