HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Thursday 13th July 2006
The House met at eleven o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.
Judicial Business
1. A (Appellant) v. Hoare (Respondent) (England)—The appeal of A was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 11th October.
2. Corr (Respondent) v. IBC Vehicles Limited (Appellants) (England)—The appeal of IBC Vehicles Limited was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 11th October.
3. R v. Clarke (Petitioner)—The petition of Ronald Augustus Clarke praying for an extension of time within which the petition may be lodged and for leave to appeal in accordance with the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
4. R v. McDaid (Petitioner)—The petition of James Andrew Francis McDaid praying for an extension of time within which the petition may be lodged and for leave to appeal in accordance with the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
Papers
5. Command Papers—The following papers, having been presented to the House by command of Her Majesty, were ordered to lie on the Table:
1. National Statistics—Report for 2005-06 of National Statistics; (6862)
2. International Development—Eliminating World Poverty: Making Governance Work for the Poor: Government proposals; (6876)
(i) Treasury Minutes on the Fortieth to Forty-second Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts; (6884)
(ii) Finance—Report on achieving value for money in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; (6889)
4. Housing—Government response to the Report of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on Sustainable Housing. (6893)
6. Affirmative Instrument—The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
Draft Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (Expansion of Role) Regulations 2006, laid under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, together with an Explanatory Memorandum.
7. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (General) Regulations 2006, laid under the Mental Capacity Act 2005; (1832)
2. National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006, laid under the National Health Service Act 1977; (1837)
3. Draft Code of Practice No. 8 of the Pensions Regulator, concerning member-nominated trustees and directors, laid under the Pensions Act 2004, together with an Explanatory Memorandum. (—)
1. 8. Papers not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following papers were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. Report for 2005-06 of the Crown Estate, incorporating the Accounts laid before the House on 26th June, laid under the Crown Estate Act 1961;
2. Report and Accounts for 2005-06 of the Business Development Service, laid under the Northern Ireland Act 2000;
3. Report for 2005-06 of the Life Sentence Review Commissioners, laid under the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001;
4. Report for 2005-06 of the Sentence Review Commissioners, laid under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998;
5. Report and Accounts for 2005-06 of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, laid under the Science and Technology Act 1965;
6. Report for 2005-06 of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner, laid under the Police Act 1997.
Select Committee Reports
9. Procedure of the House—The 6th Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 231)
10. Draft Legal Services Bill—The First Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 232)
Public Business
11. European Organization for Nuclear Research (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2006—It was moved by the Lord Triesman that the draft Order laid before the House on 25th May be approved; the motion was agreed to.
12. Government of Wales Bill—The bill was read a third time; 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); further amendments were agreed to; then the bill was passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.
13. Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill—The report was received; amendments were moved and (by leave of the House) withdrawn; amendments were agreed to (see division lists 4 and 5); it was ordered that the bill be printed as amended. (HL Bill 140)
The House was adjourned at twenty-eight minutes before five o’clock till tomorrow, eleven o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments
CORRECTION
In yesterday’s Minute of Proceedings, the title of item 5 should have been:
Marks and Spencer plc (Appellants) v. Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Customs and Excise (Respondents)— | 
