HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday 7th March 2006
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Coventry.
Judicial Business
1. GH (FC) (Petitioner) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)—The petition of GH praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
2. Davis and another (Petitioners) v. Richard Reed (Transport) Limited (Respondents)—The petition of Robert Davis and Stephen Gardiner praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 6th March).
3. Goshawk Dedicated Limited and others (suing for and on behalf of all members of Lloyd’s Syndicate 102 and 2021 for the 1999 year of account) (Respondents) v. Tyser & Co Limited and others (Petitioners)—The petition of Tyser & Co Limited and Tyser Special Risks Limited praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
4. R (on the application of Hurst) (Respondent) v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (Appellant)—The appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
Papers
5. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. (i) Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations 2006— (482)
(ii) Student Fees (Inflation Index) Regulations 2006— (507)
laid under the Higher Education Act 2004;
2. Education (Fees and Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, laid under the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983; (483)
3. Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, laid under the Care Standards Act 2000; (539)
4. Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2006, laid under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; (577)
5. Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendment) (Non-Domestic Rating) (Public Houses in England) Order 2006, laid under the Licensing Act 2003. (591)
Select Committee Reports
6. European Union—The 28th Report from the Select Committee, A European Strategy for Jobs and Growth, was made and ordered to be printed, together with the Minutes of Evidence. (HL Paper 137)
7. Merits of Statutory Instruments—The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
26th Report, on the following negative instruments:
Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Exceptions and Requirements) (England) Order 2006;
Housing (Management Orders and Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Supplemental Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006;
Housing (Interim Management Orders) (Prescribed Circumstances) (England) Order 2006;
Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006;
Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2006;
Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006;
Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006. (HL Paper 138)
Private Business
8. London Local Authorities Bill [HL]—The petition against the bill from the Royal Mail Group plc (No.14) was withdrawn.
Public Business
9. Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2006—
10. Pension Protection Fund (Risk-based Pension Protection Levy) Regulations 2006—
11. Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2006—
12. Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2006—
13. Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2006—
It was moved by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath that the draft Regulations and Orders laid before the House on 18th January, 25th January and 8th February be approved en bloc; the motion was agreed to.
14. Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2006—It was moved by the Lord McKenzie of Luton that the draft Order laid before the House on 25th January be approved; the motion was agreed to.
15. Compensation Bill [HL]—The report was received; amendments were agreed to; amendments were disagreed to (see division lists 1 and 3); an amendment was agreed to (see division list 2); amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 83)
16. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006—It was moved by the Countess of Mar that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the Regulations, laid before the House on 20th January, be annulled (S.I. 2006/68); after debate, the motion was (by leave of the House) withdrawn.
The House was adjourned at six minutes before nine o’clock
till tomorrow, a quarter before ten o’clock for judicial business,
three o’clock for public business.
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.
Company Law Reform Bill [HL]—The bill was further considered in the Grand Committee; amendments were agreed to; amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; questions that clauses stand part of the bill were negatived; the Committee was adjourned after clause 491 stood part.
The Committee was adjourned at twenty-eight minutes before eight o’clock. | 
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