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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Monday, 11 July 2005, in the House of Lords.

Merchant Shipping Pollution Bill [HL]  

Merchant Shipping Pollution Bill (HL). Lords committee stage. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room). Clause 1 as amended agreed to. Remaining clauses agreed to. New clause considered. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 14 2005-06)  

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
673 c121-34GC 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Transport
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Deposited Paper HDEP 2005/356
Monday, 11 July 2005
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Crawley | 673 c126-7GC (Link to this contribution) In short, so far as concerns the supplementary fund, Parliament will be consulted through negative r...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c127GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: "Page 2, line 1, leave out subsection (4)." The noble Lord said: This amend...
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Baroness Crawley | 673 c133-4GC (Link to this contribution) My immediate response to the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, is that if such a non-flag ship entered our ...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 673 c126GC (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend replies, I thought that was the query raised on what was being said. If there...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c128-30GC (Link to this contribution) The draft regulations are now in the Library of both Houses. They are at a fairly advanced stage. I ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c134GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may press the Minister further, because I am not clear about this. She said that not all c...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c122-3GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords who have taken part in our short debate. I shall elucidate on this part of the B...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 673 c125GC (Link to this contribution) What we have just heard was articulate, but misconceived, because the Government have an obligation ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c124GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that reply. As I said, this is a probing amendment and is not designe...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 673 c125GC (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s amendment because the clause has extremely sweeping powers. It is not a ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c130GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her reply. I asked a series of detailed questions, most of which have been ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c127GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for those comments. One or two issues obviously need clarifying, and perhaps sh...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c131GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: "After Clause 1, insert the following new clause—"    ““SUPPLEMENTARY FUND...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c131GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 5: "Page 2, line 31, after ““Protocol”” insert ““(not being an Order which exte...
Lord Bradshaw | 673 c132-3GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, has raised an important point, but I thought that we disposed of ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c122GC (Link to this contribution) Having tabled many amendments to lots of Bills in various areas of work, I believe that most of our ...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c121-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1:"Page 1, line 10, after ““Council”” insert ““at the earliest opportunity””" T...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c123-4GC (Link to this contribution) That is fine. On the issue of the supplementary fund timetable as we hope it will run, although obvi...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c125-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords for their contributions and I hope to show the noble Lords, Lord Hanningfield an...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c126GC (Link to this contribution) No one is saying that there should be further primary legislation. We are saying that if the compens...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c124GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: "Page 1, line 13, leave out paragraph (b)." The noble Lord said: Again I wa...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 673 c125GC (Link to this contribution) Did the noble Lord’s own government always adhere to the principle that he has just enunciated?
Lord Dixon-Smith | 673 c126GC (Link to this contribution) This is a probing amendment but we should be absolutely clear about what subsection (2) means. It st...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 673 c132GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is ignoring precedent altogether. In the past there has been no occasion whatever whe...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c130-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 4: "Page 2, line 6, leave out ““confer power to make subordinate legislation or...
Baroness Crawley | 673 c134GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may correspond with the noble Lord on that last point. It is very important and I do not w...
Lord Hanningfield | 673 c134GC (Link to this contribution) We will all want to be gratified on that before we move on to Report. I beg leave to withdraw the am...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 673 c122GC (Link to this contribution) First, I declare an interest in that I was responsible for shipping from 1974 to 1979—a long time ag...
Baroness Hooper | 673 c121GC (Link to this contribution) Before I put the Question that the Title be postponed, I remind your Lordships of two points of proc...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 673 c125GC (Link to this contribution) Not for a minute, but two wrongs do not make a right, so that is not an argument in this case. I am ...
Subjects
Compensation Oil Pollution Merchant shipping Treaties Shipping Territorial waters International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Countries International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Statutory instruments
Legislation
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill (HL) 2005-06
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