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

1    Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee,—Robert Key reported from the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee the draft Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008.

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

2    Gamma-Butyrolactone (Prohibition),—Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the classification of gamma-butyrolactone as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and for connected purposes: And that Joan Ryan, Bob Spink, Mr Elfyn Llwyd, Mr Lee Scott, David Cairns, Mr John Leech, Mr Mike Hancock, Siobhain McDonagh, Liz Blackman and Julie Morgan do prepare and bring it in.

3    Gamma-Butyrolactone (Prohibition) Bill,—Joan Ryan accordingly presented a Bill to provide for the classification of gamma-butyrolactone as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time on Friday 7th November and to be printed [Bill 156].

4    Climate Change Bill [Lords],—The House, according to Order, proceeded to consider the Climate Change Bill [Lords], as amended in the Public Bill Committee.

A Clause (NC15) (Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping)—(Joan Ruddock)—brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (NC16) (Carbon emissions reduction targets)—(Joan Ruddock)—brought up, read the first and second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (NC17) (Regulations about reporting by companies)—(Joan Ruddock)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time.

And it being Nine o'clock, the Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair, pursuant to Order [9th June]:—It was agreed to.

Clause added to the Bill.

The Deputy Speaker then put the Questions on new Clauses selected by the Speaker for separate decision.

Another Clause (NC11) (Greenhouse gas emissions performance standard (electricity generating stations))—(Gregory Barker)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be added to the Bill.

Tellers for the Ayes, James Duddridge, Jeremy Wright: 202.

Tellers for the Noes, Ms Dawn Butler, Steve McCabe: 280.

Another Clause (NC14) (International aviation and shipping emissions)—(Steve Webb)—brought up, and read the first time.

Question put, That the Clause be added to the Bill.

Tellers for the Ayes, Bob Russell, Jo Swinson: 62.

Tellers for the Noes, Ms Dawn Butler, Steve McCabe: 280.

The Deputy Speaker then put the Question on a new Clause moved by a Minister of the Crown.

Another Clause (NC18) (Report on the Civil Estate)—(Joan Ruddock)—brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.

The Deputy Speaker then put the Question on Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown.

Amendments (Nos. 1, 28 to 31, 72 and 32 to 47) proposed to the Bill.

Question put, That the Amendments be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Ms Dawn Butler, Steve McCabe: 476.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Christopher Chope, Sammy Wilson: 5.

The Speaker then put the Questions on a new Schedule and other Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown.

A Schedule (NS1) (Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets)—(Joan Ruddock)—brought up, read the first time and added to the Bill.

Other Amendments (Nos. 48 to 51) made to the Bill.

Title accordingly amended, as follows: A Bill to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to establish a Committee on Climate Change; to confer powers to establish trading schemes for the purpose of limiting greenhouse gas emissions or encouraging activities that reduce such emissions or remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; to make provision about adaptation to climate change; to confer powers to make schemes for providing financial incentives to produce less domestic waste and to recycle more of what is produced; to make provision about the collection of household waste; to confer powers to make provision about charging for single use carrier bags; to amend the provisions of the Energy Act 2004 about renewable transport fuel obligations; to make provision about carbon emissions reduction targets; to make other provision about climate change; and for connected purposes.

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Bill be now read the third time;

Tellers for the Ayes, Ms Dawn Butler, Steve McCabe: 463.

Tellers for the Noes, Miss Ann Widdecombe, Philip Davies: 3.

The Bill was accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

5    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, proceedings on the Motion in the name of Ms Harriet Harman relating to Standing Orders etc. (Energy and Climate Change) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

6    Standing Orders etc. (Energy and Climate Change),—A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, That the following amendments be made in respect of Standing Orders:

A SELECT COMMITTEES RELATED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

That Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended in the Table in paragraph (2) by inserting, in the appropriate place, the following item:

Energy and Climate Change Department of Energy and Climate Change 14

B LIAISON COMMITTEE

That the Resolution of the House of 13th July 2005 relating to Liaison Committee (Membership) be further amended in paragraph (2) by inserting, in the appropriate place, 'Energy and Climate Change'.

C EUROPEAN COMMITTEES

That Standing Order No. 119 be amended by inserting in the Table in paragraph (6), in respect of European Committee A, in the appropriate place, 'Energy and Climate Change'—(Chris Bryant);

An Amendment ((b)) was made.

The Question, as amended, was agreed to.

Resolved,—That the following amendments be made in respect of Standing Orders with effect from 1st January 2009:

A SELECT COMMITTEES RELATED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

That Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended in the Table in paragraph (2) by inserting, in the appropriate place, the following item:

Energy and Climate Change Department of Energy and Climate Change 14

B LIAISON COMMITTEE

That the Resolution of the House of 13th July 2005 relating to Liaison Committee (Membership) be further amended in paragraph (2) by inserting, in the appropriate place, 'Energy and Climate Change'.

C EUROPEAN COMMITTEES

That Standing Order No. 119 be amended by inserting in the Table in paragraph (6), in respect of European Committee A, in the appropriate place, 'Energy and Climate Change'

7    Police,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2008, which were laid before this House on 22nd July, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

8    Police,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Police (Performance) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 22nd July, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

9    Police,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the draft Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 7th October, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

10    Banks and Banking,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No 2668), dated 8th October 2008, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8th October, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

11    Banks and Banking,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the Landsbanki Freezing (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No 2766), dated 20th October 2008, a copy of which was laid before this House on 20th October, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

12    Landfill Tax,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), That the Landfill Tax (Material from Contaminated Land) (Phasing out of Exemption) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No 2669), dated 8th October 2008, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8th October, be approved—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

13    Relations Between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories,—A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119 (European Committees), That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 11238 and Addendum, the European Commission Communication: Green Paper: Future Relations between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories; recalls that such Communications are consultation documents and are not legally binding; welcomes the Commission's Communication as the start of the process of the renegotiation of the Overseas Association Decision; and supports the Government's response—(Claire Ward):—It was agreed to.

14    Adjournment.

Subject: Schools Adjudicator and partially selective schools (Mr David Gauke).

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

Wednesday 29th October 2008

And the Question being put;

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till six minutes past Twelve o'clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day.

[Adjourned at 12.06 a.m.

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

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

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Papers subject to Negative Resolution:

1    Animals,—Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2795), dated 26th October 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Mr Pat McFadden].

2    Contracting Out,—Contracting Out (Administrative and Other Court Staff) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2791), dated 23rd October 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Jack Straw].

3    Education,—Eccles College and Salford College (Dissolution) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2773), dated 21st October 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary John Denham].

4    Immigration,—Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2790), dated 22nd October 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Jacqui Smith].

5    National Health Service,—South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2784), dated 23rd October 2008 [by Act], with an Explanatory Memorandum [by Command] [Secretary Alan Johnson].

Other Papers:

6    National Audit,—Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Allocation and management of risk in Ministry of Defence PFI projects [by Act]; to be printed [No. 343] [Clerk of the House].

7    Pensions,—Report and Accounts of the Pension Protection Fund for 2007-08, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon [by Act]; to be printed [No. 1086] [Secretary James Purnell].

8    Reserve Forces,—Amendment 32 to the Territorial Army Regulations [by Act] [Mr Secretary Hutton].

Papers withdrawn:

9    Serious Organised Crime Agency,—Draft Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) (Revocation and Re-enactment) Order 2008, with an Explanatory Memorandum [laid 21st October].

APPENDIX II

General Committees

1    Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programming Sub-Committee),—The Speaker has appointed Mr Jonathan Djanogly, James Duddridge, Stephen Hesford, David Howarth, Martin Linton, Ian Lucas and Mr Michael Wills members of the Programming Sub-Committee of the Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee.

2    Political Parties and Elections Bill,—The Committee of Selection has discharged Mr Brian Binley from the Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee and nominated in substitution Mr Andrew Turner.

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Administration,—Record of the Administration Committee's discussions at its meeting on 28th October; to be published [Mr Frank Doran].

2    Culture, Media and Sport,—(1) The Licensing Act 2003:

(i) Minutes of Evidence taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee; to be printed [No. 1093-ii]; and

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

(2) Commercial Activities of the BBC: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be published

[Mr John Whittingdale].

3    Defence and Foreign Affairs,—Iraq and Afghanistan: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committees; to be printed [No. 1145-i] [Mike Gapes].

4    Environmental Audit,—(1) Greener Homes for the Future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building plans: Twelfth Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 566];

(2) Halting biodiversity loss: Thirteenth Report from the Committee, with Memoranda; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 743];

(3) Personal Carbon Trading: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08: Seventh Special Report from the Committee; to be printed [No. 1125]; and

(4) Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 1117-ii]

[Mr Tim Yeo].

5    Home Affairs,—Managing Migration: Draft Immigration and Citizenship Bill: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Home Affairs Committee; to be printed [No. 1130-i] [Keith Vaz].

6    Human Rights,—(1) Human rights issues relating to the Home Office: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights; to be printed [1142-i];

(2) Human rights of older people in healthcare: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published;

(3) Legislative Scrutiny: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published; and

(4) Use of restraint in secure training centres: Memorandum laid before the Committee; to be published

[Mr Andrew Dismore].

7    International Development,—HIV/AIDS: DFID's New strategy:

(1) Minutes of Evidence taken before the International Development Committee; to be printed [No. 1068-i]; and

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

[Malcolm Bruce].

8    Justice,—(1) Appointment of Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints: Seventh Report from the Justice Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 1122]; and

(2) Justice Reinvestment: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 425-vii]

[Sir Alan Beith].

9    Standards and Privileges,—Audit and Assurance of MPs' Allowances (Cm7460): Seventeenth Report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges, with an Appendix; to be printed, with Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 1138] [Sir George Young].

[W.H., No. 97]

Minutes of Proceedings of the Sitting in Westminster Hall

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

Subjects:

State pension and benefits for elderly people (Richard Younger-Ross).

Inland waterways and their future restoration (Charlotte Atkins).

Bromley Hospitals NHS and Orpington Hospital (Mr John Horam).

Funding for restoration of the Newbridge Memorial Hall (Mr Don Touhig).

Ministry of Defence bilateral programme with Chinese People's Liberation Army (Mr Ben Wallace).

Resolved, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Barbara Keeley.)

And accordingly the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow.

[Adjourned at 1.54 p.m.

Sir Alan Haselhurst

Deputy Speaker

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