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Minutes for 17 July 2018

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The House met at 2.30pm. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Southwark. (at 14:30)
Item number 1
Baroness Bull Deborah Clare Bull, CBE, having been created Baroness Bull, of Aldwych in the City of Westminster, for life by Letters Patent dated 11 July 2018, was introduced between Baroness D'Souza and Lord Hall of Birkenhead, took and subscribed the oath and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct. (at 14:37)
Item number 2
House of Lords Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2017–18 It was ordered that the Annual Report and the Resource Accounts of the House of Lords Administration for the year 2017–18 be published. (HL Paper 175)
Item number 3
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny The following Reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed: Report on certain instruments, including: Court of Protection, Civil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/ 812). (36th Report, HL Paper 173) Sifting “proposed negative instruments” laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Item number 4
Nigeria: Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram A question was asked by Baroness Cox and answered by Baroness Goldie. (at 14:43)
Item number 5
Kashmir: human rights A question was asked by Lord Ahmed and answered by Baroness Goldie. (at 14:51)
Item number 6
Railways: timetables A question was asked by Lord Bradshaw and answered by Baroness Sugg. (at 14:57)
Item number 7
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe A question was asked by Baroness Afshar and answered by Baroness Goldie. (at 15:06)
Item number 8
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill A bill to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the importation of goods into the United Kingdom; to confer a power to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the export of goods from the United Kingdom; to make other provision in relation to any duty of customs in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:15)
Item number 9
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 125–EN)
Item number 10
Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL] The report was received. (at 15:15)
Item number 11
Registration of Marriage Bill [HL] The report was received. (at 15:15)
Item number 12
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill The order of commitment was discharged. (at 15:15)
Item number 13
Electoral Commission Lord Young of Cookham repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons. (at 15:16)
Item number 14
Ivory Bill Lord Gardiner of Kimble moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 15:28)
The House adjourned at 7.27pm until Wednesday 18 July at 3.00pm.
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