HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Thursday 25th May 2006
The House met at eleven o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Leicester.
Judicial Business
1. Riverside Housing Association Limited (Appellants) v. White (FC) and another (FC) (Respondents)—The respondents’ certificates of public funding were lodged.
2. Appeal Committee—The 103rd Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Inntrepreneur Pub Company (CPC) and others (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) v. Crehan (Original Respondent and Cross-appellant)—That the petition of the Office of Fair Trading that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed.
3. Appeal Committee—The 104th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Inntrepreneur Pub Company (CPC) and others (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) v. Crehan (Original Respondent and Cross-appellant)—That the petition of Visa Europe Limited and Visa UK Limited that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed.
4. Appeal Committee—The 105th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Jameel and others (Respondents) v. Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (Appellants)—That the petition of Article 19, Index on Censorship and Guardian Newspapers Limited that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be refused.
Papers
5. Command Papers—The following papers, having been presented to the House by command of Her Majesty, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Housing—Government Response to the Report of the House of Commons Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee on Re-Licensing; (6788)
2. Foreign Affairs—Government Response to the 2nd Report of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee; (6791)
3. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—Departmental Report for 2006 of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs; (6827)
4. Pensions—Security in Retirement: towards a new pensions system: Government proposals. (6841)
6. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006, laid under the Scotland Act 1998, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
2. Draft Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, laid under the Representation of the People Act 1983, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
3. Draft European Organization for Nuclear Research (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2006, laid under the International Organisations Act 1968, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
7. Negative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 2006, laid under the British Nationality Act 1981. (1390)
8. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Report for 2005-06 of the Office of Rail Regulation, laid under the Railways Act 1993;
2. Report of the City of London Corporation, laid under the City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002;
3. Business Plan for 2006-07 of the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission, laid under the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
4. Report of Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland on an Inspection of the Benefit Investigation Service of the Social Security Agency, laid under the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
Select Committee Report
9. BBC Charter Review—The 3rd Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 196)
Private Business
1. Leicester City Council Bill—
2. Liverpool City Council Bill—
3. Maidstone Borough Council Bill—
It was reported by the Chairman of Committees, pursuant to Private Business Standing Order 91 (Special circumstances), that he had received reports on the bills from Mr Ian McCartney MP, Minister for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, stating that, in his opinion, the promoters of all three bills had undertaken a full assessment of the compatibility of their proposals with the European Convention on Human Rights. He saw no need to dispute their conclusions, subject to the appropriate Committees in the Lords considering the justification for the limitations on the rights of those holding pedlars’ certificates and the powers of seizure as being in the “general interest”.
Public Business
10. Education and Inspections Bill—A bill to make provision about primary, secondary and further education and about training; to make provision about food and drink provided on school premises or in connection with the provision of education or childcare; to provide for the establishment of an Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and the appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills and make provision about the functions of that Office and that Chief Inspector; to provide for the amendment of references to local education authorities and children’s services authorities; to amend section 29 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 in relation to university bodies; and for connected purposes was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 116)
4. Education and Inspections Bill—It was ordered that the Explanatory Notes relating to the bill be printed. (HL Bill 116-EN)
5. Energy: gas prices (Balloted debate)—It was moved by the Baroness O’Cathain that there be laid before the House papers relating to the rise in gas prices and the implications for energy policy; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
6. Non-departmental public bodies (Balloted debate)—It was moved by the Baroness Perry of Southwark that there be laid before the House papers relating to the role of non-departmental public bodies in the conduct of Government; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
7. Health Bill—The bill was reported from the Grand Committee with amendments; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 117)
8. Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill—It was moved by the Lord Whitty that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
The House was adjourned at twenty-four minutes past six o’clock to Monday 5th June, half-past two o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN THE MOSES ROOM)
The Committee met at two o’clock.
Health Bill—The bill was further considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to; it was ordered that the bill be reported with amendments.
The Committee was adjourned at half-past three o’clock. | 
