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 5th June.

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 5th June.

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 5th June.

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 5th June.

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 5th June.

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 5th June.

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 5th June.

8    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 Acts, agreed upon by both Houses:

Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008

Transport for London Act 2008

Church of England Marriage Measure 2008.

9    Adjournment (Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That this House do now adjourn—(Mr Alan Campbell);

The Motion was, with the leave of the House, withdrawn.

10    Adjournment.

Subject: Death of Mr Mark Petre on Royal Fleet Auxiliary Orangeleaf (Tom Brake).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Sadiq Khan.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till twenty-seven minutes past Four o'clock, adjourned till Monday 2nd June, pursuant to Resolution [22nd April].

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday 2nd June.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Paper subject to Affirmative Resolution:

1    Constitutional Law,—Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare) Order 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Secretary Murphy].

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

2    Immigration,—Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1337), dated 20th May 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum and Impact Assessment [by Command] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].

3    Road Traffic,—Road Traffic Offenders (Perscibed Devices) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1332), dated 20th May 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].

4    Value Added Tax,—Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 1339), dated 21st May 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Jane Kennedy].

Other Papers:

5    Armed Forces' Pay,—Supplement to the Thirty-Seventh Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body: Service Medical and Dental Officers [by Command] [Cm. 7347] [Secretary Des Browne].

6    Financial Reporting to Parliament,—Departmental Report 2008 for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills [by Command] [Cm. 7392] [Secretary John Denham].

7    Further and Higher Education,—Report and Accounts of the Higher Education Funding Council for England for 2007-08 [by Act]; to be printed [No. 498] [Secretary John Denham].

APPENDIX II

General Committees

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill,—(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Bill on 21st May; to be printed [No. 551-iv]; and

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

[Michael Jabez Foster].

2    Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,—Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England: Seventh Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 412] [Mr Michael Jack].

3    European Scrutiny,—(1) Twenty-fourth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 16-xxii];

(2) Minutes of the Public Deliberations of the Committee on 21st May; to be printed [No. 361- xi]; and

(3) Ministerial Correspondence: Memoranda laid before the Committee: to be published

[Michael Connarty].

4    Foreign Affairs,—Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Annual Report 2007: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee; to be printed [No. 533-iii] [Mike Gapes].

5    Health,—Health Inequalities: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Health Committee; to be printed [No. 422-v] [Mr Kevin Barron].

6    Liaison,—(1) Pre-appointment hearings by Select Committees: Government Response to the Committee's First Report: First Special Report from the Liaison Committee; to be printed [No. 594]; and

(2) The work of committees in 2007: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: Second Special Report from the Committee; to be printed [No. 595]

[Mr Alan Williams].

7    Public Accounts,—Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office Resource Accounts 2005-06 and 2006-07: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on 21st May; to be printed [No. 601-i] [Mr Edward Leigh].

8    Public Administration,—Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill: Tenth Report from the Select Committee on Public Administration, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 499] [Dr Tony Wright].

9    Statutory Instruments,—Twentieth Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, with a Memorandum; to be printed [No. 38-xx] [David Maclean].

10    Treasury,—Budget Measures and Low-Income Households: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Treasury Committee on 21st May; to be printed [No. 326-i] [John McFall].

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Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall

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

Subject: The Road Ahead: The Final Report of the Independent Task Group on site provision and enforcement for gypsies and travellers.

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

And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till Tuesday 3rd June.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker