HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Thursday 20th May 2004
The House met at eleven o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Judicial Business
1. Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) ex parte Dudson (FC) (Petitioner) and one other action—The petition of Anthony Dudson praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s certificate of public funding was lodged.
2. Regina v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Respondent) ex parte Kehoe (Petitioner)—The petition of Mary Kehoe praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
3. Appeal Committee—The 50th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Trennery (Respondent) v. West (Her Majesty’s Inspector of Taxes) (Petitioner) and four other actions—That leave to appeal be given on terms that the petitioner do pay the respondent’s costs in this House in any event and the costs in the courts below be at the discretion of the House; and that the petition of appeal be lodged by 3rd June next.
4. Appeal Committee—The 51st Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made—
Regina v. Ashworth Hospital Authority (now Mersey Care National Health Service Trust) (Appellants) ex parte Munjaz (FC) (Respondent)—That the petition of MIND that they might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed and that, in the event of costs being awarded in favour of the appellants against MIND, such costs be limited to the sum of £1000 or 5% of the respondent’s costs, whichever is the lesser, pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule 44.3.
Papers
5. Command Paper—The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
Regulatory Impact—Regulatory Impact Assessments for the period 1st July to 31st December 2003. (6180)
6. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2004, laid under the Scotland Act 1998, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
2. Draft British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004, laid under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
7. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004, laid under the European Communities Act 1972; (1397)
2. (i) Draft Code of Practice on Trade Organisations and Qualifications Bodies— (—)
(ii) Draft Code of Practice on Employment and Occupation— (—)
laid under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
3. Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004, laid under the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978. (—)
8. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report for 2003-04 of the Office of the Rail Regulator, laid under the Railways Act 1993.
Select Committee Report
9. Procedure of the House—The 2nd Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 99)
Public Business
10. Civil Service (No. 2) Bill [HL]—The bill was read a third time; a privilege amendment was agreed to; the bill was passed and sent to the Commons.
11. Children Bill [HL]—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.
12. Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2004—It was moved by the Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton that the Order laid before the House on 20th April be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
13. Direction given by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Section 51B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998—It was moved by the Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton that the Direction laid before the House on 28th April be approved; the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.
The House was resumed.
14. Children Bill [HL]—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 amendment 125.
The House was adjourned at seven minutes past seven o’clock
till tomorrow, eleven o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments | 
