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

1    Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords],—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords];

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

2    Canterbury City Council Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Canterbury City Council Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

3    Leeds City Council Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Leeds City Council Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

4    London Local Authorities (Shopping Bags) Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the London Local Authorities (Shopping Bags) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

5    Manchester City Council Bill [Lords],—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Manchester City Council Bill [Lords];

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

6    Nottingham City Council Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Nottingham City Council Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

7    Reading Borough Council Bill,—The Order of the day being read for the Second Reading of the Reading Borough Council Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on Thursday 22nd May.

8    Counter-Terrorism Bill,—Mr Edward O'Hara reported from the Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee, That it had gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

Memoranda (reported on 22nd and 29th April and 8th May) to be printed.

Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be considered to-morrow; and to be printed [Bill 100].

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

9    Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee,—Mr Bill Olner reported from the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee the draft Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.

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

10    Anti-semitism (Topical Debate),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House has considered the matter of anti-semitism—(Mr Parmjit Dhanda);

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).

11    Public Accounts,—Resolved, That this House takes note of the 41st and the 42nd and the 46th to the 65th Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2006-07, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm. 7275, 7276 and 7322); and of the 1st to the 4th, the 6th and the 9th to the 13th Reports of the Committee of Session 2007-08, and of the Treasury Minutes on these Reports (Cm. 7323 and 7364).—(Mr Edward Leigh.)

12    Adjournment.

Subject: Boiler room fraud (Mr Nigel Evans).

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.—(Mr Sadiq Khan.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till three minutes past Six 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 Affirmative Resolution:

1    Capital Gains Tax,—(1) Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Moldova) Order 2008;

(2) draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (New Zealand) Order 2008; and

(3) draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Slovenia) Order 2008

[by Act], with Explanatory Memoranda thereon [by Command] [Jane Kennedy].

2    Energy,—Draft Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (Sources of Energy and Technologies) Order 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Hutton].

Paper subject to Negative Resolution:

3    Road Traffic,—Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1312), dated 14th May 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Ruth Kelly].

Other Papers:

4    Financial Reporting to Parliament,—(1) Departmental Report 2007-08 for the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) [by Command] [Cm. 7407] [Secretary Ed Balls];

(2) Departmental Report 2008 for the Department for Communities and Local Government [by Command] [Cm. 7394] [Secretary Hazel Blears];

(3) Departmental Report 2008 for the Home Office [by Command] [Cm. 7396] [Secretary Jacqui Smith];

(4) Departmental Report 2008 for the Law Officers' Departments [by Command] [Cm. 7406] [The Solicitor General];

(5) Departmental Report 2008 for the Scotland Office and the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland [by Command] [Cm. 7403] [Secretary Des Browne]; and

(6) Departmental Report 2008 for the Wales Office [by Command] [Cm. 7404] [Mr Secretary Murphy].

5    Local Government,—Local Government Financial Statistics: England (No. 18) for 2008 [by Act] [Secretary Hazel Blears].

6    Planning and Compulsory Purchase,—Report by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under Schedule 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for 2007-08 [by Act] [Secretary Hazel Blears].

7    Serious Organised Crime and Police,—Report of the Serious Organised Crime Agency for 2007-08 [by Act] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].

APPENDIX II

General Committees

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Public Administration,—(1) Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry: Ninth Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 473]; and

(2) Lobbying: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 137-vii]

[Dr Tony Wright].

2    Welsh Affairs,—The Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: vulnerable children:

(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Welsh Affairs Committee; to be printed [No. 576-iv]; and

(2) Memoranda laid before the Committee, to be published

[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.

Subject: Funding of Science and Discovery Centres, Eleventh Report from the Health Committee, Session 2006-07, and the Government's response thereto.

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Alison Seabeck.)

And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 20th May.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker