House of Lords Journal

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.

Session 2010-12 Volume 244

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Journal for 19 October 2010

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Blackburn.

Select Committee Reports

1 Merits of Statutory Instruments
The 8th Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 40)

2 Human Rights
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill (Preliminary Report). (3rd Report, HL Paper 41)

Private Business

3 Leeds City Council Bill Lord Bilston moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Select Committee.

4 Reading Borough Council Bill Lord Bilston moved that the bill be now read a second time. The motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Select Committee.

5 Canterbury City Council Bill Lord Bilston moved that the bill be now read a second time. The motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Select Committee.

6 Nottingham City Council Bill Lord Bilston moved that the bill be now read a second time. The motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Select Committee.

7 Leeds City Council Bill
Reading Borough Council Bill
Canterbury City Council Bill
Nottingham City Council Bill
Lord Lucas moved that it be an instruction to the Select Committee to whom the bills are committed that they should consider the bills in the light of the conclusions of the report of the Select Committee on the Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [HL] and the Manchester City Council Bill [HL] which, while allowing those bills to proceed, expressed "strong reservations about the use of piecemeal private legislation to remedy perceived problems in national legislation" and recommended that "the Government should undertake an urgent review of the law on trading in the streets and selling from door to door with a view to producing national legislation which reflects current conditions." (HL Paper 148, Session 2006–07). The motion was agreed to.

Public Business

8 Sport: cricket A question was asked by Lord Williams of Elvel and answered by Lord Shutt of Greetland.

9 Energy: Renewables Directive A question was asked by Lord Vinson and answered by Lord Marland.

10 Health: osteoporosis A question was asked by Baroness Cumberlege and answered by Earl Howe.

11 Non-departmental public bodies A question was asked by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean and answered by Lord Taylor of Holbeach.

12 Strategic Defence and Security Review Lord Strathclyde repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

13 Education: lifelong learning A question was asked by Baroness Sharp of Guildford and, after debate, answered by Baroness Garden of Frognal.

The House adjourned at 6.25pm until Wednesday 20 October at 3.00pm.