Select Committee on Constitution Fifth Report

 
 

 
Bill Number

APPENDIX 1: PROGRESS OF SCRUTINY
Title[41]    
Date considered in Committee
 
Comments  Action  
Cleared
 
Queen's Speech  
22/11/06
 
   
Mental Health Bill 
HL 1, 34, 45, 83
 
22/11/06
 
Took note of the high quality of explanatory notes.  Letter to department praising explanatory notes.  
X
 
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill  
HL 2, 25, 36, 92
 
6/12/06
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill 
HL 3, 70, 79
 
21/3/07
 
Lord Lester of Herne Hill PMB.  No further action. 
X
 
Palliative Care Bill 
HL 4
 
N/A
 
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff PMB.    
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill  
HL 5, 22, 37, 86
 
22/11/06
 
Problems with consultation, concerns about omission of mediation clause.  Letter sent to minister; reply received; concerns about alternative dispute resolution not adequately addressed; report published 11/12/06. Lord Goodlad moved and spoke to the Committee's proposed amendment in Committee, which was accepted by the Government.  
X
 
Further Education and Training Bill 
HL 6, 30, 44, 95, 104
 
6/12/06
 
Concerns about the inclusion of a provision conferring retrospective validity on a public authority without sufficient explanation of why such a move would be justified.  Letter sent to Minister; reply received; no further action.  
X
 
European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill  
HL 7
 
N/A
 
Lord Pearson of Rannoch PMB.    
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill  
HL 8
 
Oral briefing, 22/11/06
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Legal Services Bill 
HL 9, 50, 67, 105, 109
 
6/12/06
 
Argued that the minister responsible should be the Lord Chancellor.  Letter sent to Lord Chancellor; positive reply received; no further action necessary.  
X
 
Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 
HL 10
 
N/A
 
Lord Dubs PMB.    
Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill  
HL 11
 
N/A
 
Lord Lloyd of Berwick PMB.    
Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill 
HL 12
 
N/A
 
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer PMB.    
Concessionary Bus Travel Bill 
HL 13, 33, 88
 
6/12/06
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill 
HL 14, 55
 
N/A
 
Lord Ashley of Stoke PMB.    
European Union (Information, etc.) Bill 
HL 15
 
N/A
 
Lord Dykes PMB.    
Bailiffs (Licensing) Bill 
HL 16
 
N/A
 
Lord Lucas PMB.    
Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Bill  
HL 17
 
6/12/06
 
Noted that the bill creates a modified system of regulation without creating a right of appeal.  Letter sent to minister; reply received; no further action.  
X
 
Corruption Bill 
HL 18
 
N/A
 
Lord Chidgey PMB.    
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill  
HL 19, 28, 40, 72, 76, 87, 94, 98
 
6/12/06
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Government Spending (Website) Bill 
HL 20
 
N/A
 
Baroness Noakes PMB.    
Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration Bill 
HL 21
 
N/A
 
Lord Redesdale PMB.    
Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 
HL 23
 
N/A
 
Lord Brennan PMB.    
Welfare Reform Bill 
HL 24, 48, 54
 
24/1/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Piped Music etc. (Hospitals) Bill 
HL 26
 
N/A
 
Lord Beaumont of Whitley PMB.    
Serious Crime Bill 
HL 27, 59, 66, 108
 
24/1/07
 
Constitutional concerns about proposed Serious Crime Prevention Orders.  Report published 2/11/06; letter received from minister; Committee sent a short reply; no further action.  
X
 
Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill 
HL 29
 
21/2/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill 
HL 31
 
7/2/07
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Alcohol Labelling Bill 
HL 32
 
N/A
 
Lord Mitchell PMB.    
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill  
HL 35, 57
 
21/2/07
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Leasehold Information Bill 
HL 38
 
N/A
 
Lord Redesdale PMB.    
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill  
HL 39
 
N/A
 
Lord Baker of Dorking PMB.    
Television Advertising (Food) Bill 
HL 41
 
N/A
 
Baroness Thornton PMB.    
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill  
HL 42, 64, 69
 
7/3/07
 
Concern at proposals to limit the jurisdiction of the courts.  Report published 23/2/07; letter received from minister. In light of amendment at Third Reading, no further action.  
X
 
Planning-Gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill  
HL 43
 
7/3/07
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Greater London Authority Bill 
HL 46, 71, 103
 
21/3/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Offender Management Bill 
HL 47, 78, 90, 99
 
21/3/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Torture (Damages) Bill 
HL 49
 
N/A
 
Lord Archer of Sandwell PMB.    
House of Lords (Amendment) Bill 
HL 51
 
N/A
 
Lord Avebury PMB.    
House of Lords Bill 
HL 52
 
N/A
 
Lord Steel of Aikwood PMB.    
Statistics and Registration Service Bill  
HL 53, 75, 82, 89, 97
 
21/3/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Development Orders (Microgeneration) Bill 
HL 56
 
N/A
 
Lord Redesdale PMB, see HL 21.    
Royal Commission (Slavery) Bill 
HL 58
 
N/A
 
Baroness Cox PMB.    
International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Bill  
HL 60
 
1/5/07
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Pensions Bill 
HL 61, 77, 91, 96, 102
 
1/5/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Life Peerages (Residency for Taxation Purposes) Bill  
HL 62
 
N/A
 
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay PMB.    
Vehicle Registration Marks Bill 
HL 63
 
1/5/07
 
Commons PMB.  No further action. 
X
 
Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill  
HL 65, 93
 
N/A
 
Commons PMB.    
UK Borders Bill 
HL 68, 100, 107
 
6/6/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 
HL 73
 
6/6/07
 
Commons PMB. Report published 20/6/07.  
X
 
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill  
HL 74, 101, 106
 
6/6/07
 
None. No further action.  
X
 
Rating (Empty Properties) Bill 
HL 80
 
20/6/07
 
None.  No further action. 
X
 
Sustainable Communities Bill 
HL 81
 
N/A
 
Commons PMB.    
Finance Bill 
HL 85
 
N/A
 
   
X
 




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