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The Journal is the formal and authoritative summary record of the proceedings of the House of Lords. Each Journal contains the attendance, minutes (including voting lists) and papers, along with some committee reports, for every day the House sat during a parliamentary session. Each sessional volume is indexed.

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Journal for 9 June 2010

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.

1 Oaths The following Lords took and subscribed the oath and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct:

Ara Warkes Lord Darzi of Denham

Nigel Simeon Bishop of Manchester

Acton, L., 21 Jun
Alli, L., 25 May
Ampthill, L., 16 Jun
Blyth of Rowington, L. 14 Jul
Boyd of Duncansby, L., 26 May
Bridges, L., 7 Jun
Brittan of Spennithorne, L., 25 May
Burns, L., 2 Jun
Butler of Brockwell, L., 25 May
Cameron of Lochbroom, L., 16 Jun
Carey of Clifton, L., 3 Jun
Carswell, L., 26 May
Carter of Barnes, L., 3 Jun
Chadlington, L., 25 May
Clement-Jones, L., 8 Jun
Coe, L., 16 Jun
Cohen of Pimlico, B., 18 May
Crisp, L., 26 May
Cullen of Whitekirk, L., 9 Nov
Darzi of Denham, L., 9 Jun
Davidson of Glen Clova, L., 27 May
Denham, L., 7 Jun
Drayson, L., 15 Nov
Evans of Parkside, L., 25 May
Exeter, Bp., 9 Jun
Gloucester, Bp., 10 Jun
Goldsmith, L., 7 Jun
Greengross, B., 25 May
Hastings of Scarisbrick, L., 26 May
Haworth, L., 2 Jun
Hayhoe, L., 2 Jun
Healey, L., 27 May
Heseltine, L., 2 Jun
Hoffmann, L., 9 Jul
Hooson, L., 2 Jun
Hunt of Chesterton, L., 25 May
Hurd of Westwell, L., 27 May
Jay of Paddington, B., 25 May
Kinnock, L., 26 May
Laming, L., 26 May
Lang of Monkton, L., 2 Jun
Levene of Portsoken, L., 25 May
Liverpool, Bp., 2 Jun
Lockwood, B., 14 Jul
Mandelson, L., 15 Jun
Mar, C., 2 Jun
Marshall of Knightsbridge, L., 2 Jun
May of Oxford, L., 14 Jun
McCluskey, L., 5 Jul
McColl of Dulwich, L., 2 Jun
Meacher, B., 2 Jun
Mitchell, L., 25 May
Mogg, L., 14 Jun
Monson, L., 25 May
Murphy, B., 25 May
Northbourne, L., 7 Jun
Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L., 26 May
O’Neill of Clackmannan, L., 25 May
Owen, L., 26 May
Palumbo, L., 21 Jun
Patel, L., 2 Jun
Plant of Highfield, L., 25 May
Prashar, B., 25 May
Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L., 2 Jun
Rogers of Riverside, L., 12 Nov
Saatchi, L., 28 Jun
Sacks, L., 24 Jun
Sainsbury of Turville, L., 22 Dec
Saville of Newdigate, L., 28 Jun
Sewel, L., 25 May
Simpson of Dunkeld, L., 3 Jun
Stern of Brentford, L., 2 Jun
Sugar, L., 26 May
Swinfen, L., 25 May
Taverne, L., 2 Jun
Temple-Morris, L., 25 May
Triesman, L., 3 Jun
Turnberg, L., 7 Jun
Turner of Ecchinswell, L., 27 Apr
Vadera, B., 7 Dec
Vincent of Coleshill, L., 7 Jul
Vinson, L., 2 Jun
Waldegrave of North Hill, L., 24 Jun
Waverley, V., 7 Jun
Wilson of Tillyorn, L., 3 Jun
Young of Graffham, L., 14 Jun

Michael Laurence Bishop of Exeter

Select Committee Report

2 Liaison Committee
The following Report from the Liaison Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

First Report of Session 2010–11. (HL Paper 6) (See Appendix)

Public Business

3 Individual Savings Accounts A question was asked by Lord Lee of Trafford and answered by Lord Sassoon.

4 Nuclear non-proliferation A question was asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

5 Prisoners: voting A question was asked by Lord Dubs and answered by Lord McNally.

6 Pensions: Deepwater Horizon A question was asked by Lord Harrison and answered by Lord Freud.

7 Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform The Chairman of Committees moved that a Select Committee be appointed to report whether the provisions of any bill inappropriately delegate legislative power, or whether they subject the exercise of legislative power to an inappropriate degree of parliamentary scrutiny; to report on documents and draft orders laid before Parliament under sections 14 and 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006; and to perform, in respect of such draft orders, and in respect of subordinate provisions orders made or proposed to be made under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, the functions performed in respect of other instruments and draft instruments by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members be appointed to the Committee:

  1. B Andrews
  2. L Blackwell
  3. L Butler of Brockwell
  4. L Carlile of Berriew
  5. B Gardner of Parkes
  6. L Haskel
  7. L Mayhew of Twysden
  8. B O’Loan
  9. L Soley
  10. B Thomas of Winchester (Chairman);

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

The motion was agreed to.

8 Merits of Statutory Instruments The Chairman of Committees moved that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the Merits of Statutory Instruments.

(1) The Committee shall, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (2), consider—

(a) every instrument (whether or not a statutory instrument), or draft of an instrument, which is laid before each House of Parliament and upon which proceedings may be, or might have been, taken in either House of Parliament under an Act of Parliament;

(b) every proposal which is in the form of a draft of such an instrument and is laid before each House of Parliament under an Act of Parliament,

with a view to determining whether or not the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The exceptions are—

(a) remedial orders, and draft remedial orders, under section 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998;

(b) draft orders under sections 14 and 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, and subordinate provisions orders made or proposed to be made under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001;

(c) Measures under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 and instruments made, and drafts of instruments to be made, under them.

(3) The grounds on which an instrument, draft or proposal may be drawn to the special attention of the House are—

(a) that it is politically or legally important or gives rise to issues of public policy likely to be of interest to the House;

(b) that it may be inappropriate in view of changed circumstances since the enactment of the parent Act;

(c) that it may inappropriately implement European Union legislation;

(d) that it may imperfectly achieve its policy objectives.

(4) The Committee shall also consider such other general matters relating to the effective scrutiny of the merits of statutory instruments and arising from the performance of its functions under paragraphs (1) to (3) as the Committee considers appropriate, except matters within the orders of reference of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members be appointed to the Committee:

  1. B Butler-Sloss
  2. L Eames
  3. L Goodlad (Chairman)
  4. B Hamwee
  5. L Hart of Chilton
  6. L Lucas
  7. L Methuen
  8. B Morris of Yardley
  9. L Norton of Louth
  10. L Rosser
  11. L Scott of Foscote;

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;

That the Reports of the Committee shall be printed, regardless of any adjournment of the House;

That the evidence taken by the Committee shall, if the Committee so wishes, be published.

The motion was agreed to.

9 Procedure of the House The Chairman of Committees moved that a Select Committee on Procedure of the House be appointed and that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members together with the Chairman of Committees be appointed to the Committee:

  1. B Anelay of St Johns
  2. L Bassam of Brighton
  3. B D’Souza
  4. L Goldsmith
  5. B Gould of Potternewton
  6. L Harries of Pentregarth
  7. B Hayman
  8. L Jopling
  9. L Low of Dalston
  10. L McNally
  11. B Royall of Blaisdon
  12. L Shutt of Greetland
  13. L Strathclyde
  14. B Thomas of Winchester
  15. L Tyler
  16. V Ullswater
  17. L Wakeham
  18. B Wall of New Barnet;

That the following members be appointed as alternate members:

  1. L Campbell-Savours
  2. V Craigavon
  3. B Hamwee
  4. L Hunt of Wirral
  5. V Montgomery of Alamein

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

That the Committee have leave to report from time to time.

The motion was agreed to.

10 Refreshment The Chairman of Committees moved that a Select Committee be appointed to advise on the refreshment services provided for the House, within the strategic framework and financial limits approved by the House Committee;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members together with the Chairman of Committees be appointed to the Committee:

  1. L Brougham and Vaux
  2. L Davies of Oldham
  3. L Elder
  4. B Emerton
  5. B Fritchie
  6. L Geddes
  7. B Henig
  8. L Lee of Trafford
  9. B Rendell of Babergh
  10. L Shutt of Greetland
  11. L Skidelsky
  12. B Thomas of Winchester;

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

That the Committee have leave to report from time to time.

The motion was agreed to.

11 Works of Art The Chairman of Committees moved that a Select Committee be appointed to administer the House of Lords Works of Art Collection Fund; and to consider matters relating to works of art and the artistic heritage in the House of Lords, within the strategic framework and financial limits approved by the House Committee;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members be appointed to the Committee:

  1. L Crathorne
  2. B Gale
  3. L Harries of Pentregarth
  4. B Howells of St Davids
  5. L Luke (Chairman)
  6. B Massey of Darwen
  7. E Shrewsbury
  8. L Smith of Clifton
  9. L Stevenson of Coddenham
  10. B Valentine
  11. L Waddington;

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

That the Committee have leave to report from time to time.

The motion was agreed to.

12 Mid-Staffordshire NHS foundation trust Earl Howe repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

13 The European Union and China (EUC Report) Lord Teverson moved that this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on Stars and Dragons: The EU and China (7th Report, Session 2009–10, HL Paper 76). After debate, the motion was agreed to.

14 Genomic medicine (S&T Report) Lord Patel moved that this House takes note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Genomic Medicine (2nd Report, Session 2008–09, HL Paper 107). After debate, the motion was agreed to.

The House adjourned at 9.30pm until Thursday 10 June at 11.00am.