HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Jovis 14° Martii 2002
The House met at two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Bristol.
Judicial Business
1. In re S (FC) (Appellant) (FC)—
2. In re S (FC) and others (FC)—
3. In re W (FC) and others (FC) (Respondents) (First Appeal) (FC)—
4. In re W (FC) and others (FC) (Second Appeal)—
It was moved by the Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, That the 42nd Report from the Appellate Committee be agreed to; the motion was agreed to. It was ordered and adjudged that, in the appeal of S, the Order of the Court of Appeal of 23rd May 2001 be affirmed and the appeal dismissed, and that the costs of the respondents in the Court of Appeal and before this House be paid out of the Community Legal Service Fund in accordance with section 11 of the Access to Justice Act 1999, the amount of such last-mentioned costs to be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties and that the costs of the appellant in this House be taxed in accordance with the Access to Justice Act 1999; that, the appeals of the Secretary of State for Health in the matter of S and others and of the Secretary of State for Health and Bedfordshire County Council in the matter of W and others be allowed so far as they challenge the Court of Appeal’s introduction of the starring system and that the appeals be otherwise dismissed; that the that the Order of Her Honour Judge Sander of 2nd July 2001 be set aside; and that there be no order as to costs save that the costs of the first and joint fourth respondents in the appeal of S and others, the costs of the joint first and joint second respondents in the first appeal of W and others and the costs of the respondents in the second appeal of S and others in this House be taxed in accordance with the Access to Justice Act 1999. [2002] UKHL 10
5. Regina v. Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) ex parte Quintavalle (on behalf of Pro-Life Alliance) (Petitioner)—The petition of Bruno Quintavalle praying for leave to appeal notwithstanding that the time limited by Standing Order II has expired was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
6. Regina v. Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Appellant) and others ex parte O’Byrne (Respondent)—The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
7. In re S (FC) and others (FC)—The first respondent’s and the joint fourth respondents’ certificates of public funding were lodged.
8. In re W (FC) and others (FC) (Respondents) (First Appeal) (FC)—The joint first and joint second respondents’ certificates of public funding were lodged.
9. In re W (FC) and others (FC) (Second Appeal)—The respondents’ certificates of public funding were lodged.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Papers
10. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Museums and Galleries—Report and Accounts for 2000-01 of the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry Trust; (—)
2. Banking—Report by the Competition Commission on the Supply of Banking Services by Clearing Banks to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. (5319)
11. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Court of Appeal (Appeals from Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission) Rules 2002;
2. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2002. (682)
12. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Statute made by University of Oxford on 11th December 2001, revising the Statues of the University, laid under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923; (—)
2. Common Agricultural Policy Support Schemes (Appeals) Regulations 2002, laid under the European Communities Act 1972; (646)
3. Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 2002, laid under the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939; (672)
4. Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Order 2002, laid under the Trade Marks Act 1994. (692)
13. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme (Extension) Order 2002, laid under the Polish Resettlement Act 1947; (671)
2. Report and Call-Out Order of Members of the Reserve Forces, laid under the Reserve Forces Act 1996;
3. Report for 2001 on exemptions granted from the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts to Fishing Vessels acting as ’Guard Ships’, laid under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
4. Accounts for the period April to November 2001 of the Building Societies Commission, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Building Societies Act 1986;
5. Accounts for the period April to November 2001 of the Friendly Societies Commission, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Friendly Societies Act 1992.
Public Business
14. Consolidation Bills—It was moved by the Lord Chancellor that, pursuant to Standing Order 51, the following Lords be appointed to join with a Committee of the Commons as the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills:
L. Acton
L. Brightman
L. Campbell of Alloway
L. Christopher
V. Colville of Culross
E. Dundee |
B. Fookes
L. Hobhouse of Woodborough
L. Janner of Braunstone
B. Mallalieu
L. Phillips of Sudbury
L. Razzall; |
That the Committee have the power to agree with the Committee of the Commons in the appointment of a Chairman;
That the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee from time to time be printed and, if the Committee think fit, be delivered out; and
That a message be sent to the Commons to propose that the Joint Committee do meet on Tuesday 30th April at half-past four o’clock;
the motion was agreed to.
15. Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [HL]—The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to with amendments and with a privilege amendment; it was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. (HL Bill 65).
16. European Parliamentary Elections Bill [HL]—It was moved by the Lord Chancellor that the bill be now read a second time; the motion was agreed to and the bill was referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.
17. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill—It was moved by the Lord Carter, on behalf of the Lord McIntosh of Haringey, that the bill be now read a second time; the motion was agreed to and the Committee was negatived.
18. National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions 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.
19. National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2002—It was moved by the Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton that the draft Order laid before the House on 14th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
20. Asylum Support (Repeal) Order 2002—It was moved by the Lord Bassam of Brighton, on behalf of the Lord Rooker, that the draft Order laid before the House on 25th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
21. Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002—It was moved by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12th February be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
22. National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill—The House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed after Schedule 1 stood part.
The House was adjourned at one minute before ten o’clock
till tomorrow, eleven o’clock.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN COMMITTEE ROOM 4)
The Committee met at four o’clock.
Employment Bill—The bill was further considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the Committee was adjourned after amendment 74.
The Committee was adjourned at twenty-three minutes past seven o’clock. | 
