HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday 16th December 2003
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.
1. Lord Bishop of Chelmsford—John Warren Lord Bishop of Chelmsford was introduced between the Lord Bishop of Southwark and the Lord Bishop of St Albans; and took and subscribed the oath pursuant to statute.
Judicial Business
2. Regina v. Mushtaq (Appellant)—The appeal of Ashfaq Ahmed Mushtaq was presented and ordered to be prosecuted subject to the procedures applicable thereto (lodged on 12th December).
3. Savings and Investments Bank Limited (in liquidation) (Petitioner) v. Fincken (Respondent)—The petition of Savings and Investment Bank Limited (in liquidation) praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged on 11th December).
4. Hudson and others (Petitioners) v. Her Majesty’s Treasury and another (Respondents)—The petition of John Hudson, Ronald Blake, Keith Halton, Paul Wallace Biggs, William John Batchelor, Malcolm Kenneth Skene Dunbar, Catherine Peachey Melhado, Christopher Edwin Body, John Stiff, Philip Raymond Taffs and Alan Walsh (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of and as representing all members of the Armed Forces Pension Group) praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged on 11th December).
5. Regina v. R (Petitioner)—The petition of R praying for leave to appeal in accordance with the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged on 11th December).
6. Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) ex parte Uttley (Respondent)—The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee (lodged on 15th December).
7. Hilton (Appellant) v. Barker Booth and Eastwood (a firm) (Respondents)—The petition of the appellant praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 13th January next (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed.
8. In re I (FC) (Respondent) (application for a writ of Habeas Corpus)—The petition of the appellant was presented praying that the appeal be withdrawn on the terms that a) the appellant do pay the respondent’s costs before the House, the amount thereof to be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties; and b) the costs of the appellant be taxed in accordance with the Access to Justice Act 1999 (the agents for the respondent consenting thereto); and it was ordered as prayed.
Papers
9. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
(i) The Future of Air Transport: Government Proposals; (6046)
(ii) Government Response to the Report of the House of Commons Transport Committee on Aviation; (6047)
(iii) Government Response to the Report of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on Budget 2003 and Aviation; (6063)
(i) Accounts for 1998-99 of the Metropolitan Police Fund; (6083)
(ii) Accounts for 1999-2000 of the Metropolitan Police Fund (Inner London Magistrates’ Courts Service and Inner London Probation Service); (6084)
(iii) Accounts for the fifteen month period ended 2nd July 2000 of the Metropolitan Police Fund (Metropolitan Police Service); (6085)
3. Armed Forces—Supplement to the Report of the 2003 Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body on Service Medical and Dental Officers. (6090)
10. Negative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2003, laid under the Social Security Administration Act 1992. (3209)
11. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report of the Health Service Commissioner for England on Selected Investigations Completed between April and September 2003, laid under the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993.
Select Committee Reports
12. Statutory Instruments—The 3rd Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Common Electoral Principles) Order 2004;
Draft New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiative) Order 2004;
Draft Solvent Emissions (England and Wales) Regulations 2004;
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 14)
13. Science and Technology—The First Report from the Select Committee, Chips for Everything: follow-up, was made; it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 15)
Public Business
14. Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]—A bill to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments was presented by the Lord Filkin on behalf of the Lord Falconer of Thoroton, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 13)
15. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) that Standing Order 47 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with to allow the Consolidated Fund Bill to be taken through all its stages today; the motion was agreed to.
16. Consolidated Fund Bill—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that the bill be now read a second time; the motion was agreed to and the Committee was negatived; then, Standing Order 47 having been dispensed with, the bill was read a third time and passed.
17. Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003—It was moved by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal that the draft Order laid before the House on 3rd December be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
18. Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003—It was moved by the Lord Goodhart that this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to withdraw the draft Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 and lay a new draft Order deleting the reference to the United States of America in paragraph 3 of the Order; the motion was disagreed to (see division list).
19. Extradition Act 2003 (Police Powers: Code of Practice) Order 2003—It was moved by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal that the draft Order laid before the House on 3rd December be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
20. Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003—It was moved by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal that the draft Order laid before the House on 3rd December be approved; the motion was agreed to.
21. Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003—It was moved by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal that the draft Order laid before the House on 3rd December be approved; the motion was agreed to.
22. Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003—It was moved by the Baroness Miller of Hendon that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the Order, laid before the House on 31st October, be annulled (S.I. 2003/2764); after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
23. Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]—It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) 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.
24. Financial Statement and Budget Report—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that this House takes note with approval of Her Majesty’s Government’s assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report 2003 for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned at eighteen minutes past eight o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments | 
