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Minutes for 28 November 2018

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The House met at 3.00pm. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Worcester. (at 15:00)
Item number 1
Ecclesiastical Committee Ecumenical Relations Measure Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure Church Property Measure Church of England Pensions Measure The Measures, and the 237th report of the Ecclesiastical Committee, were laid before the House under section 4 of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919. The Measures and the report were ordered to be… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Item number 2
Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments: Draft Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Draft Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Draft Gaming Machine (Miscellaneous Amendments a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Item number 3
Church of England: disestablishment A question was asked by Lord Berkeley and answered by Lord Young of Cookham. (at 15:07)
Item number 4
Mortgages: Cerberus A question was asked by Lord Sharkey and answered by Lord Bates. (at 15:15)
Item number 5
Brexit: economic forecast A question was asked by Lord Strasburger and answered by Lord Callanan. (at 15:23)
Item number 6
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse A question was asked by Lord Beecham and answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford. (at 15:31)
Item number 7
Hereditary Peers' By-election The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that Lord Carrington had been elected under Standing Order 10 (Hereditary peers: by-elections) to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Lord Northbourne among the peers excepted from section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999. (at 15:37)
Item number 8
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Baroness Williams of Trafford moved that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 12 Schedule 1 Clauses 13 to 18 Schedule 2 Clauses 19 to 21Schedule 3 Clause 22 Schedule 4 Clauses 23 to 27 Title. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:43)
Item number 9
Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill The order of commitment was discharged. (at 15:44)
Item number 10
Brexit: economic analysis of various scenarios Lord Bates repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons. (at 15:45)
Item number 11
Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2018 Baroness Williams of Trafford moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 11 October 2018 be approved. Then Lord Rosser moved as an amendment to the motion, at end to insert "but that this House regrets that the Order provides for an unaffordable level of fee, particularly for those who came to the United Kingdom as young… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:57)
Item number 12
Investigatory Powers Tribunal Rules 2018 Baroness Williams of Trafford moved that the draft Rules laid before the House on 11 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:21)
Item number 13
European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Baroness Vere of Norbiton moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:38)
Item number 14
Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Baroness Vere of Norbiton moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 18:07)
Item number 15
Trade Barriers (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Baroness Fairhead moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 18:50)
Item number 16
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2018 Lord Duncan of Springbank moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 31 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 19:28)
Item number 17
Central Securities Depositories (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 19:40)
Item number 18
Trade Repositories (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 6 November 2018 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 19:40)
Item number 19
Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 1 November 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 20:07)
Item number 20
Short Selling (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 20:29)
Item number 21
Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 October 2018 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 20:49)
The House adjourned at 9.38pm until Thursday 29 November at 11.00am.
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