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

1    Private Bills (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),—The Speaker laid upon the Table a Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, referred after the Second Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have been complied with:

St. Austell Market Bill.

Bill committed.

2    Broads Authority Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Third Reading of the Broads Authority Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time on Thursday 28th February.

3    Education and Skills Bill,—John Bercow reported certain Memoranda from the Education and Skills Bill Committee.

Memoranda to lie upon the Table and to be published.

4    Pensions Bill,—Sir Nicholas Winterton reported from the Pensions Bill Committee, That it had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

Memoranda (reported on 15th, 17th, 24th and 31st January) to be printed.

Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 75].

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

5    Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 30th January, be approved.—(Mr Tony McNulty);

And it being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Documents).

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Dave Watts, Mr Frank Roy: 267.

Tellers for the Noes, Sir Robert Smith, Mr Adrian Sanders: 60.

6    Social Security,—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd January, be approved—(Mr Mike O'Brien);

And it being Six o'clock, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order [6th February]:—It was agreed to.

The Deputy Speaker then put the remaining Question required to be put at that hour.

7    Pensions,—Resolved, That the draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd January, be approved.—(Mr Bob Blizzard.)

8    Business of the House,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business), That, at this day's sitting, consideration of any Lords Amendments and Messages that may be received may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—(Mr Bob Blizzard.)

9    Employment and Training,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 16th January, be approved—(Mr Bob Blizzard):—It was agreed to.

10    Employment and Training,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 16th January, be approved—(Mr Bob Blizzard):—It was agreed to.

11    Social Security,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 23rd January, be approved—(Mr Bob Blizzard):—It was agreed to.

The Deputy Speaker suspended the House, pursuant to Order [19th February].

12    Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords, as follows:

The Lords have agreed to the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

13    Banking (Special Provisions) Bill,—Lords Amendments to the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill to be printed [Bill 74].

14    Banking (Special Provisions) Bill,—The House, pursuant to Order [19th February], proceeded forthwith to consider the Lords Amendments to the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.

Lords Amendment No. 1.

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment—(Yvette Cooper);

And it being one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the Lords Amendments, the Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Order.

Tellers for the Ayes, Ms Diana R. Johnson, Liz Blackman: 277.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Brooks Newmark, Mr David Evennett: 167.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

The Speaker then put the Questions necessary to bring proceedings on the Lords Amendments to a conclusion.

Lords Amendment No. 2.

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment—(Mr Frank Roy);

Tellers for the Ayes, Ms Diana R. Johnson, Liz Blackman: 268.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Brooks Newmark, Mr David Evennett: 171.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 3 disagreed to.

Lords Amendments Nos. 4 to 8 agreed to.

A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Order [19th February], That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their Amendments Nos. 1 to 3.

That Mr Bob Blizzard, Mr Jeremy Browne, Yvette Cooper, Mr Philip Hammond and David Wright be members of the Committee.

That Yvette Cooper be Chairman of the Committee.

That three be the Quorum of the Committee.

That the Committee do withdraw immediately—(Mr Frank Roy):—It was agreed to.

15    Banking (Special Provisions) Bill,—Yvette Cooper reported from the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of their Amendments to the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, That it had drawn up the following Reasons, which it had directed her to report to the House:

The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No. 1 for the following Reason:

Because it is inappropriate for the Bank of England to audit any deposit-taker.

The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No. 2 for the following Reason:

Because it is inappropriate for commercial deposit-takers to be subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No. 3 for the following Reason:

Because it is inappropriate to require the Office of Fair Trading to report on the activities of any particular deposit-taker.

The Reasons were agreed to.

Message to the Lords to communicate the said Reasons, with the Bill and Amendments.

The Speaker suspended the House, pursuant to Order [19th February].

16    Message from the Lords,—A Message was brought from the Lords as follows:

The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill to which this House has disagreed.

17    Royal Assent,—The Speaker notified the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, That Her Majesty had signified her Royal Assent to the following Act, agreed upon by both Houses:

Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008.

18    Adjournment.

Subject: Schools reorganisation in Havering (James Brokenshire).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Bob Blizzard.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-five minutes to Twelve o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Nine o'clock.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1    Banking,—Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 432), dated 21st February 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment [by Command] [Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer].

2    Environmental Protection,—Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 413), dated 19th February 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment [by Command] [Secretary Hilary Benn].

3    Public Passenger Transport,—Concessionary Bus Travel (Permits) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 417), dated 20th February 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment [by Command] [Secretary Ruth Kelly].

Other Papers:

4    Culture, Media and Sport,—Department for Culture, Media and Sport Minute, dated 21st February 2008, reporting the transfer of the National Stud to the Jockey Club [by Command] [Secretary Andy Burnham].

5    Home Office,—Report of Investigation by the Chief Surveillance Commissioner on two visits by Sadiq Khan MP to Babar Ahmad at HM Prison Woodhill [by Command] [Cm. 7336] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].

6    Housing,—Accounts of Grants and Loans to the Housing Action Trusts for 2006-07, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 344] [Clerk of the House].

APPENDIX II

Reports from Select Committees

1    Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,—Creating a Higher Value-added Economy: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee; to be printed [No. 168-ii] [Peter Luff].

2    Health,—Dental Services: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee; to be printed [No. 289-ii] [Mr Kevin Barron].

3    Public Administration,—Lobbying: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Public Administration; to be printed [No. 137-iv] [Gordon Prentice].

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Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall

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

Subject: The Electronic Patient Record—Sixth Report from the Health Committee, Session 2006-07, and the Government's response thereto.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Tony Cunningham.)

And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 26th February.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker