HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Wednesday 19th October 2005
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Chelmsford.
Judicial Business
1. Appeal Committee—The 41st Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Orders were made—
Leeds City Council (Respondents) v. Price and others and others (FC) (Appellants)—That the petition of the First Secretary of State that he might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed.
Kay and others and another (FC) (Appellants) v. London Borough of Lambeth and others (Respondents)—That the petition of the First Secretary of State that he might be heard or otherwise intervene in the said appeal be allowed.
Papers
2. Command Papers—The following papers, having been presented to the House by command of Her Majesty, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Treaty Series—Second supplementary list of ratifications, accessions, withdrawals, etc., for 2005; (6676)
2. Science and Technology—Agreement between the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands regarding Collaboration in Centrifuge Technology. (6680)
3. Affirmative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Draft Disability Discrimination (Private Clubs etc.) Regulations 2005, laid under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
2. Draft Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, laid under the Social Security Act 1988, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
3. Draft Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005, laid under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
4. Draft Civil Partnership (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) Regulations 2005, laid under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, together with an Explanatory Memorandum;
5. Revised Funding Code prepared by the Legal Services Commission, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
4. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Southwark London Borough Council (Prescribed Alteration) Order 2005, laid under the Education Act 2002; (2836)
2. Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, laid under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; (2864)
3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 2005, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (2903)
5. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Final Report of the Law Society of Northern Ireland for the period 1st April to 31st October 2003, laid under the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
2. Seventh Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, laid under the Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003;
3. Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, laid under the Domestic, Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004;
4. Report for 2004-05 on developments in Company Law, laid under the Companies Act 1985;
5. Report for 2004-05 of her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools, laid under the Education Act 2005.
Select Committee Reports
6. Statutory Instruments—The 5th Report from the Joint Committee was made on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2005;
Draft Civil Partnership (Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions) Order 2005;
Draft Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005;
Draft Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2005;
Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2005;
Draft New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) (No.2) Order 2005;
Draft Social Security (Inherited SERPS) (Amendments relating to Civil Partnership) Regulations 2005;
Draft Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005.
it was ordered that the Report be printed. (HL Paper 51)
Public Business
7. Identity Cards Bill—A bill to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular Fees Act 1980; to make provision facilitating the verification of information provided with an application for a passport; and for connected purposes was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 28)
8. Identity Cards Bill—It was ordered that the Explanatory Notes relating to the bill be printed. (HL Bill 28-EN)
9. Business of the House—It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) that the following motion be referred to a Grand Committee—
The Lord Hunt of Chesterton—To move, That the Grand Committee do consider the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2042). [8th Report from the Merits Committee];
the motion was agreed to.
10. Equality Bill [HL]—The report was received; amendments were agreed to; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; further consideration on report was adjourned.
11. Countryside and Rights of Way—The Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress that is being made on the introduction in England of the access provisions in Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Bach.
12. Equality Bill [HL]—The bill was further considered on report; amendments were agreed to; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 29)
The House was adjourned at three minutes before ten o’clock
till tomorrow, a quarter before ten o’clock for judicial business,
eleven o’clock for public business.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments |
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