HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Lunae 4° Februarii 2002
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Blackburn.
Judicial Business
1. Regina v. Shayler (Appellant) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))—Upon report from the Appellate Committee, it was ordered (pursuant to section 37(5) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1996) that section 37(1) of that Act shall not, unless otherwise ordered, apply to the hearing of the appeal before the Committee.
2. Malekshad (Respondent) v. Howard de Walden Estates Limited (Appellants) (England)—The appeal of Howard de Walden Estates Limited was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 18th March next.
3. Odyssey RE (London) Limited and others (Respondents) v. OIC Run-off Limited (formerly The Orion Insurance Company plc) (Appellants)—The petition of the appellants was presented praying that the appeal be withdrawn on the terms agreed between the parties (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto); and it was ordered as prayed.
Papers
4. Instrument withdrawn—The following instrument, laid before the House on 31st January, has been withdrawn:
Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 2002.
5. Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 70)—The following negative instruments, having been laid before the House on 1st February, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, laid under the Local Government Finance Act 1988; (180)
2. Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002, laid under the Transport Act 1985; (182)
3. Food and Animal Feedingstuffs (Products of Animal Origin from China) (Control) (England) Regulations 2002, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (183)
6. Affirmative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 2002.
7. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Statute made by Christ Church, Oxford, on 13th June 2001 amending the Statutes of the College, laid under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923; (—)
2. Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2002, laid under the Justices of the Peace Act 1997; (193)
3. Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002, laid under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. (195)
8. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report for 2000-01 of the Law Society of Northern Ireland on Legal Aid in Northern Ireland, laid under the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
9. Instruments coming into operation before being laid—The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House that he had received, under the proviso to section 4(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, notification that the following instruments had come into operation before being laid before Parliament, with an explanation thereof; the notifications and explanation were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Foot-And-Mouth Disease (Marking of Meat, Meat Preparations and Meat Products) Regulations 2002; (118)
2. Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) (No. 3) Regulations 2002. (119)
Select Committee Report
10. Human Rights—The 11th Report from the Joint Committee, Proceeds of Crime Bill: further Report, was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 75)
Public Business
11. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn) that leave be given to the Lord Privy Seal to advance the Committee stage of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill from Thursday 7th February to this day; the motion was agreed to.
12. Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill—The report was received.
13. Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill—The House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed and the bill was reported without amendment.
14. Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill—The House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed and the bill was reported without amendment.
The House was adjourned at twenty-two minutes past five o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
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