HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Mercurii 20° Martii 2002
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
Judicial Business
1. Rowe (FC) (Petitioner) v. Sanders (sued as the petitioner’s trustee in bankruptcy) (Respondent)—The petition of Ian Alastair Rowe praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s certificate of public funding was lodged.
2. Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK and others (Respondents) v. UBS AG (Petitioners)—The petition of UBS AG praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 25th February).
Papers
3. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Environment—Twenty-third Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Environmental Planning; (5459)
2. United Nations—Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United Nations regarding the Application of the General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations to the Organisation’s Offices in the United Kingdom, together with an Explanatory Memorandum; (5475)
3. International Labour Organization— Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the International Labour Organization regarding the Application of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations to the Organization’s Office in the United Kingdom, together with an Explanatory Memorandum; (5476)
4. London Underground—Minute by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in respect of London Underground public private partnerships contingent liabilities; (—)
5. Public Accounts—Treasury Minute on the Ninth and the Tenth Reports from the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. (5477)
4. Affirmative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
Draft Criminal Defence Service (Representation Order Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
5. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Scheme 2002, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (718)
2. Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002, laid under the Environment Act 1995; (732)
3. Education (Bursaries for School Teacher Training) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, laid under the Education (No. 2) Act 1986; (756)
4. National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 2002, laid under the National Health Service Act 1977. (601)
6. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Report for 2000-01 of the Rent Service, laid under the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921;
2. Accounts for 2000-01 of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;
3. The Funding Code—Amendment 4, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999.
Select Committee Reports
7. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform—The following reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed:
16th Report, on the following bills:
Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill;
Scottish Parliament (Referendum) Bill [HL];
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [HL]—Commons Amendments ;
National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill—Government Response; (HL Paper 101)
17th Report, on the following Order:
Draft Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers of Other Records) Order 2002. (HL Paper 102)
Public Business
8. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn) that the debate on the motion in the name of the Lord Brennan set down for today shall be limited to 2½ hours and that in the name of the Lord Parekh to 3 hours; the motion was agreed to.
9. Corporate regulation (2½-hour debate)—It was moved by the Lord Brennan that there be laid before the House papers relating to recent corporate failures and to the case for regulatory and other action to maintain public confidence in business and accountancy; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
10. Consolidation Bills—A message was brought from the Commons that they have ordered that the Committee appointed by them on Consolidation Bills do meet with the Committee appointed by this House on Tuesday 30th April at half-past two o’clock as proposed by this House.
11. Multi-ethnicity and multi-culturalism (3-hour debate)—It was moved by the Lord Parekh that there be laid before the House papers relating to the benefits of multi-ethnicity and multi-culturalism to Britain and to British society; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
12. Liverpool—The Baroness Hooper asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review recent social and cultural achievements and developments in Liverpool; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Davies of Oldham.
The House was adjourned at one minute before ten o’clock
till tomorrow, two o’clock for judicial business,
three o’clock for public business.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN COMMITTEE ROOM 4)
The Committee met at half-past three 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 124.
The Committee was adjourned at half-past seven o’clock. | 
