HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday 11th January 2005
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Worcester.
1. Barony of Vivian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom—The Petition of Charles Crespigny Hussey Vivian claiming to have succeeded to the Barony of Vivian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and praying that the Clerk of the Parliaments might be directed to enter the petitioner as the Lord Vivian on his register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5) was presented and was referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report upon to the House pursuant to Standing Order 11.
Judicial Business
2. Fayed and others (Appellants) v. Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Respondents) (Scotland)—The petition of the appellants praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 31st January (the agents for the respondents consenting thereto) was presented; and it was ordered as prayed.
3. Brown (Appellant) v. Scottish Ministers (Respondents) (Scotland)—The respondents now consenting to the petition praying that the time for lodging the statement and appendix and setting down the cause for hearing might be extended to 19th January; it was ordered as prayed.
Papers
4. Command Paper—The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
Health—Government Response to the Report of the House of Commons Health Committee on the Provision of Allergy Services. (6433)
5. 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 (Prison Officers) (Industrial Action) Order 2005, together with a Statement by the Home Office.
6. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2005, laid under the Food Safety Act 1990; (12)
2. Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2005, laid under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004; (15)
3. Gas Act 1986 (Exemption) Order 2005, laid under the Gas Act 1986; (16)
4. Incidental Catches of Cetaceans in Fisheries (England) Order 2005, laid under the Fisheries Act 1981; (17)
5. National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2005, laid under the National Health Service Act 1977; (26)
6. Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, laid under the Immigration Act 1971. (—)
7. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
Accounts for 2003 of the Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board, laid under the Crown Agents Act 1979, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Select Committee Reports
8. Merits of Statutory Instruments—The 4th Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 23)
9. Statutory Instruments—The 4th Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2005;
Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of BID Levy Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 2004;
Draft Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005;
Draft Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Disapplication of Part IV for Northern Ireland Parties, etc) Order 2005;
Draft Local Authorities’ Plans and Strategies (Disapplication) (England) Order 2005;
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 24)
Public Business
10. Borough Freedom (Family Succession) Bill [HL]—The order of commitment was discharged.
11. Education Bill [HL]—The House resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the House was resumed.
12. International Organisations Bill [HL]—The bill was reported from the Grand Committee without amendment.
13. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 2004—It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) that the Order laid before the House on 17th November be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned during pleasure.The House was resumed.
14. Education 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 clause 4 stood part.
The House was adjourned at nine minutes before ten o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN THE MOSES ROOM)
The Committee met at half-past three o’clock.
International Organisations Bill [HL]—The bill was considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; it was ordered that the bill be reported without amendment.
The Committee was adjourned at nine minutes past seven o’clock. | 
