Private Members' Bills
Consumer Guarantees Bill
Order read for consideration of Lords amendments.
Object.
Consideration of Lords amendments deferred till Friday 19 October.
Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Bill
Order read for further consideration of Lords amendments [6 July].
Object.
Second Reading what day? No day named.
Sexual Offences Bill
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Third Reading [6 July].
Object.
Second Reading what day? No day named.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Because the same issue will arise several times, can you tell us which dates if any are available, given that there appears to be some confusion about which days can be named?
I am glad that the hon. Gentleman asked that, because it might help our proceedings. The answer is that there is no further time available in this Session for private Members' Bills.
Protection Of Badger Setts Bill
Order read for consideration (as amended in the Standing Committee).
Object.
Consideration deferred till Friday 19 October.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It appears that everyone is now saying that no one objected—
Order. There was an objection.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I think I saw—
Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading what day? No day named.
Pensioners' Television Licences Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Ban Of Imports (Child Labour) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Former Cabinet Ministers (Interests) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Trade Union Act 1984 (Amendment) (No 2) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Safety In Children's Playgrounds Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Community Charge (Landlord And Tenant) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Computers (Compensation For Damage) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Reform Of The House Of Lords Bill
Order for Second Reading read.— [Queen's consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.]
Not moved.
Human Rights Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Misuse Of Drugs Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Written Constitution Bill
Order for Second Reading read.— [Queen's consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.]
Not moved.
Fuel And Energy Provision Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Poll Tax (Abolition) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Local Authority Playing Fields Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Control Of Toxic Waste Residues Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Drug Testing (Schools) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
European Parliament Electoral Reform Bill Lords
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Former Ministers (Interests) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Development Control (Protection Of Greenfield Sites) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Beaches And Coastline (Regulation) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Safeguards For Residents In Registered Homes Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Adoption (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Dogs Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Private Security (Registration) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Motor Trade (Consumer Protection) Bill Lords
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Trade Union Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill Lords
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Mortgage Assistance Bill
Order for Second reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Control Of Detergent Pollution Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Ever hopeful—now, Sir.
Object.
Second Reading what day?
13 October, Sir.
That is a non-sitting day. We had better make it 19 October.
15 October, Sir. That is our first day back.
Second Reading deferred till Monday 15 October.
Poll Tax (Restoration Of Individual Privacy) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Rape In Marriage (Offence) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Hare Coursing (Abolition) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Gaming Machines (Prohibition Of Use By Persons Under Eighteen) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Declaration Of War And Commitment Of Troops Abroad (Constitutional Arrangements) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
On behalf of the hon. Member concerned and all peace-loving peoples, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a Second time.
Object.
Second Reading what day?
In deference to the warmongers, 19 October.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
Prescribed Drugs (Compensation) Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Not moved.
Abolition Of Fox-Hunting Bill
Order for Second Reading read.
Object.
Second Reading deferred till Friday 19 October.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am in no way challenging what you have said, but Opposition Members heard not a word when the title of the Protection of Badger Setts Bill was read out. In view of the earlier experiences of some hon. Members. I understand why others do not wish to be associated with objections to that Bill. Nevertheless, will the hon. Member who objected—if indeed it was an hon. Member—identify himself or herself? Will he or she at least have the courage to admit it, so that we can all see who it was?
As the hon. Gentleman and the House know very well, we have been round this course many times before. The procedure is well established: one objection stops a Bill proceeding any further, and—whether it happens at 2.30 pm on a Friday, at 2.30 pm on a main sitting day or at 10 pm—no hon. Member need identify himself in such circumstances.
Let me also remind the House that an objection does not necessarily mean that the hon. Member concerned objects to the Bill; he may simply be objecting to the Bill going through a stage without any discussion or debate.Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I fully understand that, but there is some confusion on these occasions. People are objecting to Bills, of trying to move Second Reading motions for Bills that have already been passed. There is a general climate of confusion.
All the hon. Members who were in the Chamber at the beginning of the process through which we have just gone are still present; none has admitted to objecting to the Protection of Badger Setts Bill. It could well be, Sir, that you heard something that was not actually said. No one is admitting to having objected.Order. We cannot pursue the matter any further. As I say, this is a well-trodden path.
Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am somewat surprised at the Opposition's concern. Opposition Members objected to three Bills that have received general consent in the House—the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Bill, whose Second Reading I moved, the Sexual Offences Bill and the Radioactive Materials (Road Transport) Bill. The Road Traffic (Temporary Provisions) Bill was objected to by the hon. Member for Clwyd, South-West (Mr. Jones) if a fit of pique because his Bill was objected to before.
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Order. I have let hon. Members on both sides of the House get the matter off their chests and we must now move on.