HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday 31st January 2006
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.
Judicial Business
1. R v. Khan (Respondent)—Upon application by the petitioners (the agents for the respondent consenting thereto), it was ordered that the petition be withdrawn and that there be no order as to costs.
2. Appeal Committee—The 76th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Orders were made—
Golden Strait Corporation (Petitioners) v. Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha (Respondents)—That leave to appeal be given; and that the petition of appeal be lodged by 14th February.
Perkin (Petitioner) v. St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust (Respondents)—That leave to appeal be refused; that the respondents be at liberty to apply for their costs in accordance with direction 5.1(d); and, if the application is granted, that the amount thereof be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties.
Paragon Finance plc (formerly National Home Loans Corporation plc) (Respondents) v. Pender and another (Petitioners)—That leave to appeal be refused; that the respondents be at liberty to apply for their costs in accordance with direction 5.1(d); and, if the application is granted, that the amount thereof be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties.
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondents) v. Sharma and another and others (Petitioners)—That leave to appeal be refused; that the respondents be at liberty to apply for their costs in accordance with direction 6.1(e); and, if the application is granted, that the amount thereof be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments if not agreed between the parties.
Papers
3. Command Papers—The following papers, having been presented to the House by command of Her Majesty, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Judicial Appointments—Report for 2004-05 on Judicial Appointments; (6731)
2. European Union—Prospects for the European Union in 2006: Government proposals; (6735)
3. Broadcasting—Government Response to the Report of the Select Committee on BBC Charter Review. (6739)
4. Affirmative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
Draft Renewables Obligation Order 2006, laid under the Electricity Act 1989, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
5. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Education (Admission of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006, laid under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; (128)
2. Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2006, laid under the Animal Health Act 1981; (168)
3. (i) Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Reductions from Payments) (England) Regulations 2006— (169)
(ii) Boiler (Efficiency) (Amendment) Regulations 2006— (170)
laid under the European Communities Act 1972;
4. Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2006, laid under the Child Trust Funds Act 2004. (199)
6. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Business Plan for 2005-06 of the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission, laid under the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
2. Report of the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland on the Inspection of The Compensation Agency (Northern Ireland), laid under the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
Select Committee Report
7. Merits of Statutory Instruments—The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
22nd Report, on the following affirmative instruments:
Draft School Finance (England) Regulations 2006;
Draft Community Order (Review by Specified Courts in Liverpool and Salford) Order 2006;
and on the following negative instrument:
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006. (HL Paper 109)
Public Business
8. Speakership of the House—It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos), further to the resolution of the House of 12th July 2005, that the Report of the Select Committee on the Speakership of the House of Lords (HL Paper 92) be approved; and that an election be held no later than 30th June 2006; then it was moved by the Lord Strathclyde, as an amendment to the motion, after “approved” to insert “except that the office of Speaker should be combined with that of Chairman of Committees”; then it was moved by the Lord Geddes, as an amendment to the amendment, at end to insert “and that a Principal Deputy Chairman, not being Chairman of the European Union Committee, be appointed to assist, and when required deputise for, the Chairman of Committees”; after debate, the amendment to the amendment was (by leave of the House) withdrawn; then the amendment was (by leave of the House) withdrawn; then it was moved by the Lord Barnett, as an amendment to the original motion, after “approved” to insert “except that the title of the office should be “Lord Presiding Officer””; on question, the amendment was negatived; then it was moved by the Baroness Gould of Potternewton, as an amendment to the original motion, after “approved” to insert “except that the Leader’s role at Question Time should be transferred to the Lord Speaker”; the amendment was disagreed to (see division list); then the original motion was agreed to.
9. Fraud Bill [HL]—The House again resolved itself into a Committee upon the bill; amendments were agreed to; the House was resumed and the bill was reported with amendments; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 72)
The House was adjourned at seventeen minutes before seven o’clock
till tomorrow, three 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.
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill—The bill was considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the Committee was adjourned after amendment 29.
The Committee was adjourned at twelve minutes before eight o’clock. |
