HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Die Mercurii 17° Aprilis 2002
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Manchester.
Judicial Business
1. In re L (FC) (a minor by his father and litigation friend) (Appellant)—The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
2. Appeal Committee—The 76th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Callery (Respondent) v. Gray (Appellant)—That the petition of the Lord Chancellor’s Department that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed.
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. Budget—The Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report and Financial Statement and Budget Report 2002; (—)
2. Astronomical Research—
(i) Convention establishing a European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere— (5493)
(ii) Financial Protocol annexed to the Convention establishing a European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere— (5494)
together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
4. Regulatory Reform—The following order was laid before the House under section 4(2) of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 and referred to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee:
Draft Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002, together with a Statement by the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
5. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Charities (Cheadle Royal Hospital, Manchester) Order 2002, laid under the Charities Act 1993; (—)
2. Draft Code of Practice on the Duty to Promote Race Equality, laid under the Race Relations Act 1976; (—)
3. Vehicle Excise Duty (Designation of Small Islands) (Amendment) Order 2002, laid under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994; (1072)
4. Football Spectators (World Cup Control Period) Order 2002, laid under the Football Spectators Act 1989. (1096)
6. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Amendment to the Fifth Edition of Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Air Force, laid under the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917;
2. Financial Statements for 2000-01 of the Insolvency Services Account and the Insolvency Services Investment Account, together with the Report from the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Insolvency Act 1986;
3. Remit for 2002-03 for the Monetary Policy Committee, laid under the Bank of England Act 1998.
Public Business
7. Livestock industry (Balloted debate)—It was moved by the Lord Plumb that there be laid before the House papers relating to the state of the livestock industry; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
8. Planning (Balloted debate)—It was moved by the Baroness Crawley that there be laid before the House papers relating to the Green Paper Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change (published by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions); after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
9. Scottish Parliament (Referendum) Bill [HL]—It was moved by the Lord Palmer that the bill be now read a second time; after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn; then the bill was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
The House was adjourned at seventeen minutes before eleven o’clock
till tomorrow, two o’clock for judicial business,
three o’clock for public business.
MICHAEL DAVIES
Cler: Parliamentor:
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