HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Lunae 12° Martis 2001
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Hereford.
Judicial Business
1. Taylor (Petitioner) v. Lancashire County Council and another (Respondents)—The petition of Joseph Taylor praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 9th March).
2. Regina v. London Borough of Richmond (Petitioners) ex parte Watson (FC) (Respondent) and three other actions—The certificate of public funding for Danovan Stennett was lodged.
3. Appeal Committee—The 32nd Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Regina v. A (Respondent) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))—That the petition of the Rape Crisis Federation of England and Wales, the Campaign to end rape, the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit and Justice for Women that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed to the extent that they may lodge written submissions only.
Papers
4. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft General Commissioners of Income Tax (Costs) Regulations 2001;
2. Draft Justices and Justices’ Clerks (Costs) Regulations 2001.
5. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. (i) Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001— (857)
(ii) Criminal Defence Service (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations 2001— (856)
(iii) Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001— (855)
laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999;
2. (i) Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfectant of Tyres) Regulations 2001— (887)
(ii) Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 2) Regulations 2001— (885)
(iii) Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 3) Regulations 2001— (886)
laid under the European Communities Act 1972;
3. (i) Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2001— (865)
(ii) Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2001— (868)
(iii) Immigration and Asylum Appeals (One-Stop Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2001— (867)
laid under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
4. Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (892)
5. Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; (893)
6. Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Salford) Order 2001, laid under the Road Traffic Act 1991; (894)
7. Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; (907)
8. Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, laid under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; (739)
9. Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Accounts and Audit) Order 2001, laid under the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998; (852)
10. Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2001, laid under the Superannuation Act 1972; (770)
11. Aircraft Operators (Accounts and Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, laid under the Custom and Excise Act 1979. (837)
6. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report for 1999-2000 of the Official Body Representing the Rail User in Wales, laid under the Railways Act 1993.
Public Business
7. Hunting Bill—It was moved by the Lord Bassam of Brighton that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
The House was adjourned at nine minutes before two o’clock
in the morning of Tuesday 13th March
till later the same day, half-past two o’clock in the afternoon.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
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