HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday 7th December 2004
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Judicial Business
1. N (Kenya) (FC) (Petitioner) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)—The petition of N praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee. The petitioner’s certificate of public funding was lodged.
Papers
2. Command Papers—The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Environment—Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Turning the Tide: Addressing the Impact of Fisheries on the Marine Environment; (6392)
2. Departmental Performance—Performance Reports for the—
(i) Northern Ireland Office; (6419)
(ii) Department of Trade and Industry. (6422)
3. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. (i) Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (England) Regulations 2004— (3196)
(ii) Recreational Craft (Amendment) Regulations 2004— (3201)
laid under the European Communities Act 1972;
2. (i) Water Mergers (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 2004— (3202)
(ii) Water Mergers (Determination of Turnover) Regulations 2004— (3206)
laid under the Water Industry Act 1991;
3. Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) (Amendment) Order 2004, laid under the Enterprise Act 2002; (3204)
4. Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004, laid under the Patents Act 2004; (3205)
5. (i) Amendments to the Statutes of the Manchester Academy and Harris College, Oxford— (—)
(ii) Amendments to the Statutes of The College of Saint John Baptist, Oxford— (—)
laid under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923.
4. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Directions to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of the following sites:
laid under the Energy Act 2004.
Select Committee Reports
5. Merits of Statutory Instruments—The following report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
First Report, on the following affirmative instrument:
Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2004. (HL Paper 10)
6. Statutory Instruments—The 2nd Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instrument:
Draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2004;
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 11)
Public Business
7. Information—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that a Select Committee be appointed to consider information and communications services, including the Library and the Parliamentary Archives, within financial limits approved by the House Committee;
That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the Committee:
L. Avebury
L. Baker of Dorking (Chairman)
L. Brooke of Alverthorpe
L. Brougham and Vaux
L. Craig of Radley
L. Drayson | E. Erroll
B. Gardner of Parkes
B. Goudie
L. Haskel
L. Rodger of Earlsferry
L. Smith of Clifton; |
That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;the motion was agreed to.
8. Statutory Instruments—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees, pursuant to Standing Order 74 and the resolution of the House of 16th December 1997, that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be appointed to join with a Committee of the Commons as the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments:
L. Brougham and Vaux
L. Dykes
B. Gale | L. Greenway
L. Lea of Crondall
L. Mancroft; |
the motion was agreed to.9. Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limited (PARBUL)—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named as members of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limited (PARBUL):
L. Brabazon of Tara
L. Burnham | L. Paul
L. Thomson of Monifieth; |
the motion was agreed to.1. 10. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)—It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be appointed to serve as members of the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST):
E. Erroll
L. Flowers | L. Oxburgh
L. Winston; |
the motion was agreed to.11. Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]—The report was received; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to (see division lists 1 and 2); an amendment was disagreed to (see division list 3); amendments were agreed to; further consideration on report was adjourned.
12. Borough Freedom (Family Succession) Bill [HL]—It was moved by the Lord Graham of Edmonton 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.
13. Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]—The bill was further considered on report; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to; further consideration on report was adjourned after amendment 35.
The House was adjourned at seventeen minutes before ten o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments | 
