2002 House of Commons Decisions

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301 decisions from Jan. 1, 2002 to Dec. 31, 2002

Decisions in House of Commons (2002)

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December

18 Dec – Deferred Divisions — Section 5 Of The European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 ✅
18 Dec – Deferred Division — Clause 2 — Referendum Question ❌
18 Dec – Deferred Division ❌
18 Dec – Deferred Division ❌
17 Dec – Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill [Money] ✅
17 Dec – Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill (Programme) ✅
17 Dec – Orders of the Day — Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill ✅
17 Dec – Orders of the Day — Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill ❌
16 Dec – Hunting Bill [Money] ✅
16 Dec – Hunting Bill (Programme) ✅
16 Dec – Hunting Bill ✅
16 Dec – Hunting Bill ❌
16 Dec – Hunting Bill ✅
12 Dec – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ✅
12 Dec – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ❌
9 Dec – Extradition Bill (Programme) ✅
9 Dec – Orders of the Day — Extradition Bill ✅
4 Dec – Deferred Divisions — Convention on the Future of Europe — Estimates, 2001–02 ✅
4 Dec – Deferred Divisions — Convention on the Future of Europe ✅
4 Dec – Criminal Justice Bill (Programme) ✅
4 Dec – Criminal Justice Bill ✅
3 Dec – Communications Bill (Programme) ✅
3 Dec – Communications Bill ❌
2 Dec – Policing (Northern Ireland) ❌

November

28 Nov – Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill (Programme) ✅
28 Nov – Orders of the Day — Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill ✅
28 Nov – Orders of the Day — Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill ❌
27 Nov – Health (Wales) Bill (Programme) ✅
26 Nov – Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill (Programme) ✅
26 Nov – Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill ✅
26 Nov – Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill ❌
25 Nov – DELEGATED LEGISLATION: Prisons ✅
25 Nov – DELEGATED LEGISLATION: Northern Ireland ✅
25 Nov – Adjournment Debate: GIBRALTAR ✅
25 Nov – EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS ✅
25 Nov – DEREGULATION ✅
25 Nov – Orders of the Day— UN Security Council Resolution 1441 ✅
25 Nov – Iraq — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Second resolution necessary — rejected ❌
21 Nov – Common Fisheries Policy ❌
20 Nov – Home Affairs ✅
20 Nov – Home Affairs ❌
20 Nov – Home Affairs ❌
19 Nov – Regions, Transport and DEFRA ❌
7 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill ✅
7 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill ✅
6 Nov – Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill — Clause 7 — Slaughter: Power of Entry ✅
6 Nov – Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill — Clause 7 — Slaughter: Power of Entry ✅
6 Nov – Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill — New Clause ✅
6 Nov – Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill — New Clause ✅
6 Nov – Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill — Clause 1 — Foot-and-Mouth Disease ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — New Clause ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — New Clause ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Clause 82 — Appeal from within United Kingdom: Unfounded Human Rights or Asylum Claim ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Clause 82 — Appeal from within United Kingdom: Unfounded Human Rights or Asylum Claim ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — New Clause ❌
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Clause 61 — Serious Criminal ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children ✅
5 Nov – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Clause 14 — Establishment of Centres ✅
4 Nov – Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters ✅
4 Nov – ADOPTION AND CHILDREN BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 5) ✅
4 Nov – Adjournment Debate: BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ✅
4 Nov – DELEGATED LEGISLATION: Constitutional Law ✅
4 Nov – : ✅
4 Nov – Clause 112— Special Guardians ✅

October

30 Oct – Orders of the Day — Enterprise Bill — Clause 21 — Duty To Make References In Relation To Completed Mergers ❌
30 Oct – Orders of the Day — Enterprise Bill — Clause 1 — Office of Fair Trading ✅
29 Oct – Programming ✅
29 Oct – Permanent Arrangements for Westminster Hall, Thursday Sittings and Standing Committees ✅
29 Oct – Carry-over of Bills ✅
29 Oct – New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays ✅
29 Oct – New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays ✅
29 Oct – New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays ❌
29 Oct – Parliamentary Questions ❌
29 Oct – Parliamentary Questions ❌
29 Oct – Modernisation of the House of Commons ✅
29 Oct – Modernisation of the House of Commons ❌
29 Oct – Modernisation of the House of Commons ❌
28 Oct – Human Rights Act ❌
28 Oct – Access To Facilities Of The House ❌
23 Oct – Mersey Tunnels Bill ✅
23 Oct – National Lottery ❌
22 Oct – Adjournment Debate: HEPATITIS C ✅
22 Oct – Nuclear Power ✅
22 Oct – Nuclear Power ❌
22 Oct – Affordable Housing ❌
22 Oct – Leave for Bill: National Nutrition ✅
21 Oct – Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act ❌
16 Oct – Rural Economy ✅
16 Oct – Rural Economy ❌
16 Oct – Department for Education and Skills ❌
15 Oct – Urban Post Office Reinvention Programme ✅

September

24 Sep – SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE ✅
24 Sep – Iraq — Weapons of Mass Destruction ❌

July

24 Jul – Deferred Divisions — Business of the House ❌
24 Jul – Orders of the Day — Education — Clause 10 — Powers of governing bodies to form or invest in companies to provide services etc ✅
24 Jul – Orders of the Day — Education — Clause 10 — Powers of governing bodies to form or invest in companies to provide services etc ✅
18 Jul – Business of the House ✅
18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — Clause 251 — Proceedings for recovery orders in England and Wales or Northern Ireland ✅
18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — New Clause ✅
18 Jul – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — Clause 6 — Making of order ✅
17 Jul – Deferred Divisions — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 ✅
15 Jul – Education Bill — Before Clause 18 ✅
15 Jul – Education Bill — Clause 10 — Powers of governing bodies to form or invest in companies to provide services etc. ✅
15 Jul – Education Bill — Lords Amendment on Academies' Admissions Arrangements ✅
15 Jul – Education Bill — Clause 41 — Schools forums ✅
10 Jul – Police Reform Bill [Lords] — Schedule 4 — Powers exercisable by police civilians ❌
10 Jul – Police Reform Bill [Lords] — Clause 40 — Community Safety Accreditation Schemes ❌
10 Jul – Orders of the Day — Police Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd allotted day] — New Clause 8 — Continued deployment of traffic wardens ❌
10 Jul – Orders of the Day — Police Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd allotted day] — Clause 5 — Directions to chief officers ❌
10 Jul – Deferred Divisions — Investigatory Powers — Investigatory Powers ✅
10 Jul – Deferred Divisions — Investigatory Powers ✅
9 Jul – Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) ✅
9 Jul – Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) ✅
8 Jul – Care Homes ✅
8 Jul – Care Homes ❌
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 37 — Aggregates levy amendments ✅
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 37 — Aggregates levy amendments ❌
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 98 — Gift aid: election to be treated as if gift made in previous year ❌
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 91 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades ❌
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 89 — Controlled foreign companies: territorial exclusions from s.748 exemptions ❌
4 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 3 — Duty on beverages made with spirits to be at spirits rates ❌
3 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 7 — Taxation of community amateur sports clubs ❌
3 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 5 — Contingent liabilities under the Private Finance Initiative ❌
3 Jul – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 1 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades: financing costs ❌
2 Jul – Funded Pensions ✅
2 Jul – Funded Pensions ❌

June

May

23 May – Orders of the Day — State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] — New Clause 5 — Report on incentives etc. ❌
22 May – National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause ✅
22 May – National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause ✅
21 May – Special Educational Needs ✅
21 May – Special Educational Needs ❌
21 May – School Discipline ❌
20 May – Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc. ❌
20 May – Delegated Legislation — National Health Service ✅
16 May – Orders of the Day — Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 1 — Considerations applying to the exercise of powers ❌
16 May – Orders of the Day — Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 59 — Disclosing protected information about adults ❌
16 May – Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption ✅
15 May – Johannesburg Summit ❌
15 May – Post Office Closures ❌
14 May – Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence ❌
14 May – Payment for Chairmen ✅
14 May – Payment for Chairmen ❌
14 May – Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) ❌
14 May – Modernisation of the House of Commons ❌
13 May – Orders of the Day — National Insurance Contributions Bill ❌
10 May – Home Energy Conservation Bill — Clause 1 — Targets for Energy Efficiency Improvements ✅
9 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Schedule 38 — Recovery of taxes etc due in other member States ❌
9 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades ✅
9 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades ❌
9 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades ❌
9 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades ❌
8 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 28 — Personal allowance for 2003–04 for those aged under 65 ✅
8 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Clause 26 — Charge and rates for 2002–03 ✅
8 May – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Beer from small breweries: reduced rate of duty ❌
7 May – Police Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) — Programming Committee ✅
1 May – Ways and Means — National Insurance Contributions ✅

April

30 Apr – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill ✅
30 Apr – Orders of the Day — Finance Bill ❌
29 Apr – Adjournment Debate: SOCIAL SERVICES (SURREY) ✅
29 Apr – DELEGATED LEGISLATION ✅
29 Apr – TOBACCO ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] ✅
29 Apr – Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading ✅
29 Apr – Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Second Reading ❌
24 Apr – Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (Programme) — Programming Committee ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
23 Apr – Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation ✅
19 Apr – Industrial and Provident Societies Bill — New Clause 3 — Annual fees ❌
16 Apr – Selective Schools (Transitional Arrangements) ✅
15 Apr – City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — Schedule 3 — Repeals ✅
15 Apr – City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property ✅
15 Apr – City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property ❌
15 Apr – Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill (Programme) — Subsequent stages ✅
12 Apr – Pensions Annuities (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Amendment of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ❌
12 Apr – Pensions Annuities (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Amendment of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ❌
10 Apr – Enterprise Bill (Programme) — Programming Committee ✅

March

25 Mar – Orders of the Day — State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] — Consideration and Third Reading ✅
25 Mar – Orders of the Day — State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] ❌
19 Mar – Education and Skills Training ✅
19 Mar – Education and Skills Training ❌
18 Mar – Orders of the Day— Business of the House ✅
18 Mar – Adjournment Debate: FIRE SAFETY (STORAGE PREMISES) ✅
18 Mar – Approve: Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2002 ✅
18 Mar – REGULATORY REFORM ✅
18 Mar – EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS: Cosmetic Products ✅
18 Mar – Hunting with Dogs: Ban ✅
18 Mar – Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence ❌
18 Mar – Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme ❌
13 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 19 — Leases exceeding 21 years ❌
13 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 3 — Abolition of forfeiture ❌
13 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 140 — Tenancies not at low rent ❌
13 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 6 — Premises excluded from right to manage ❌
12 Mar – London and the South-East ✅
12 Mar – London and the South-East ❌
11 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 1 — Landlord's share of marriage value ❌
11 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [1st Allotted Day] — Schedule 3 — Commonhold association ❌
11 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 3 — Consent ❌
11 Mar – Orders of the Day — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 17 — Judgement creditor of commonhold association ❌
6 Mar – Orders of the Day — Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — Schedule — Further Provision About OFCOM ✅
6 Mar – Orders of the Day — Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — Clause 2 — Initial function of OFCOM ❌
6 Mar – Orders of the Day — Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — OFCOM offices in Wales and Scotland ❌
5 Mar – Nuclear Power ✅
5 Mar – Nuclear Power ❌
5 Mar – Steel Industry ✅
5 Mar – Steel Industry ❌
4 Mar – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — Clause 20 — Judicial oath or affirmation ❌
4 Mar – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — Schedule 2 — Judicial Appointments Commission ❌
4 Mar – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — Clause 1 — Guarantee of continued judicial independence ❌
4 Mar – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — Clause 90 — Extent ✅
4 Mar – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — New Clause 3 — Discontinuance of proceedings: information for victims ❌

February

27 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 447 — Orders and regulations ❌
27 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 352 — Disclosure orders ❌
27 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 7 — Negligent failure to disclose: regulated sector ❌
26 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 252 — Enforcement Receivers ❌
26 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 6 — Making of order ❌
26 Feb – Orders of the Day — Proceeds of Crime Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 2 — Disposal of family home: England and Wales ❌
25 Feb – Orders of the Day — Homelessness Bill — Clause 7 — Events which cause the duty to cease ✅
12 Feb – Orders of the Day — Employment Bill — Schedule 6 — Minor and consequential amendments ✅
12 Feb – Orders of the Day — Employment Bill — New Clause 8 — Dismissal and participation in industrial action ❌
7 Feb – Orders of the Day — Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 6 — Aggravated tax credit fraud ❌
7 Feb – Orders of the Day — Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 2 — Means of payment of tax credits to recipients ❌
7 Feb – Orders of the Day — Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 1 — Recipients of children's tax credit prior to April 2003 ❌
6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Education Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 16 — Further education institution: hazardous material, &c. ✅
6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Education Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 16 — Further education institution: hazardous material, &c. ✅
6 Feb – Orders of the Day — Education Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 12 — Restrictions relating to petitions and ballots ❌
6 Feb – Education Bill — Abolish selection by aptitude in state schools — rejected ❌
6 Feb – Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected ❌
6 Feb – Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected ❌
5 Feb – Adjournment Debate: STREET CRIME ✅
5 Feb – ESTIMATES ✅
5 Feb – Education Bill — Power of school to innovate without permission of the Secretary of State — rejected ❌
5 Feb – Orders of the Day — Education Bill — [1st Allotted Day] ✅
5 Feb – Orders of the Day — Education Bill — [1st Allotted Day] ✅
5 Feb – Leave for Bill: Museums ✅
4 Feb – Pensions and Benefits ✅
4 Feb – Pensions and Benefits ❌
4 Feb – Asylum Seekers ❌

January

31 Jan – Orders of the Day — Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords] — Clause 1 — Eligibility for travel concessions: age ❌
30 Jan – Local Government Finance ✅
29 Jan – Post Office ✅
29 Jan – Post Office ❌
28 Jan – Orders of the Day — Civil Defence (Grant) Bill — Clause 2 — General ✅
28 Jan – Orders of the Day — Civil Defence (Grant) Bill — Clause 2 — General ❌
28 Jan – Orders of the Day — Civil Defence (Grant) Bill — Clause 1 — Civil defence: grants ❌
28 Jan – City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies ✅
28 Jan – City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies ✅
23 Jan – Identity Card ❌
22 Jan – Public Services ✅
22 Jan – Public Services ❌
21 Jan – Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading ✅
21 Jan – Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill ❌
16 Jan – Care System ✅
16 Jan – Care System ❌
16 Jan – Railways ❌
15 Jan – Orders of the Day — National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — Schedule 2 — Reallocation of Functions of Health Authorities to Primary Care Trusts ✅
15 Jan – Orders of the Day — National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause 10 — The Commission for Health Improvement:amendment to section 20 of the Health Act 1999 ❌
15 Jan – Orders of the Day — National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause 5 — Establishment of Patients' Councils ❌
15 Jan – Orders of the Day — National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause 2 — Community Health Councils: scheme for reform ❌
14 Jan – Office of Communications Bill [Lords] (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading ✅
11 Jan – Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill ✅
11 Jan – Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill ✅
9 Jan – Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — New Clause 1 — Commencement ✅
9 Jan – Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — New Clause 1 — Commencement ❌
9 Jan – Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Extension of amnesty period ❌
8 Jan – Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading ✅

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