The House met at half-past Ten o'clock.

1    Health and Social Care Bill,—Derek Conway reported certain Memoranda from the Health and Social Care Bill Committee.

Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.

2    Pensions Bill,—Sir Nicholas Winterton reported certain Memoranda from the Pensions Bill Committee.

Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.

3    Planning Bill,—Mr Eric Illsley reported certain Memoranda from the Planning Bill Committee.

Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.

4    Kenya (Topical Debate),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House has considered the matter of Kenya—(Meg Munn);

And it being one and half hours after the commencement of proceedings, the Motion lapsed without Question put, pursuant to Temporary Standing Order (Topical debates).

5    Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill,—The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee.

Amendment (No. 7) proposed to the Bill, in page 1, line 4, at the end, to insert the words—

'and the railway assets at Waterloo Station released by London and Continental Railways.'.—(Mr Christopher Chope.)

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment (No. 3) proposed to the Bill, in page 1, line 5, at the end, to insert the words—

'(3) In subsection (1) "rail services" refer only to those services that both originate and terminate in the United Kingdom.'.—(Stephen Hammond.)

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment (No. 4) proposed to the Bill, in page 1, line 5, at the end, to insert the words—

'( ) The powers of the Secretary of State under section 6 of the Railways Act 2005 shall be exercised in such a way so as to ensure that assets associated with the rail link at Waterloo Station are developed for the purpose of providing domestic rail services'. —(Stephen Hammond.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr David Evennett, Mr Brooks Newmark: 166.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Alan Campbell, Mr Sadiq Khan: 259.

Amendment (No. 9) made to the Bill.

The Bill was read the third time, and passed.

6    Electricity,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 5th December, be approved—(Mr Sadiq Khan):—It was agreed to.

7    Adjournment (February),—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 25 (Periodic adjournments), That this House, at its rising on Thursday 7th February, do adjourn till Monday 18th February 2008—(Mr Sadiq Khan):—It was agreed to.

8    Adjournment.

Subject: Government assistance for the peace process in Sri Lanka (Simon Hughes).

A Motion was made and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Mr Sadiq Khan);

And it being Six o'clock, the Motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed without Question put.

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Ms Diana R. Johnson.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-eight minutes past Six o'clock, adjourned till Monday 21st January.

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday next.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1    Education,—(1) Consistent Financial Reporting (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 46); and

(2) Schools Forums (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 47),

dated 10th January 2008 [by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Secretary Ed Balls].

2    Food,—Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 42), dated 10th January 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Alan Johnson].

Other Paper:

3    Development of Tourism,—Report of VisitEngland for 2006-07 [by Act] [Secretary James Purnell].

APPENDIX II

Reports from Select Committees

1    Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development,—Strategic Exports Controls:

(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees; to be printed [No. 254-i]; and

(2) Memoranda laid before the Committees; to be published

[Roger Berry].

2    Health,—Modernising Medical Careers: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee; to be printed [No. 25-iv] [Mr Kevin Barron].

3    Innovation, Universities and Skills,—(1) The Last Report: Government Response to the Thirteenth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006-07: Second Special Report from the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee; to be printed [No. 244]; and

(2) Funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications:

(i) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 187-i]; and

(ii) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published

[Mr Phil Willis].

4    International Development,—(1) Development Assistance in Insecure Environments: Afghanistan:

(i) Minutes of Evidence taken before the International Development Committee; to be printed [No. 65-ii]; and

(ii) Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published; and

(2) The Work of the Committee in 2007: Third Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 255]

[Malcolm Bruce].

5    Public Administration,—(1) Work of the Committee in 2007: Fourth Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration; to be printed, with the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 236]; and

(2) Third Sector Commissioning: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 112-ii]

[Dr Tony Wright].

6    Standards and Privileges,—Publications funded from the Communications Allowance: Third Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges, with an Appendix; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 232] [Sir George Young].

7    Welsh Affairs,—The proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: charging for non-residential social care: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Welsh Affairs Committee (enlarged by the proposed Domiciliary Care LCO Committee, National Assembly for Wales), to be printed [No. 257-i] [Dr Hywel Francis].

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Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall

The sitting began at half-past Two o'clock.

And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 22nd January.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker