Skip to main content

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.

Journal for 17 November 2010

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Bristol.

Select Committee Reports

1 Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

7th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:

Draft Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010. (HL Paper 60)

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

New Proposals for Committee Activity. (2nd Report, HL Paper 61) (See Appendix)

Public Business

3 Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease A question was asked by Baroness Thornton and answered by Earl Howe.

4 National Health Service: prebiotics A question was asked by Baroness Masham of Ilton and answered by Earl Howe.

5 Tajikistan A question was asked by Viscount Waverley and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

6 Regional Development Agencies A question was asked by Lord Liddle and answered by Baroness Wilcox.

7 Disabled People's Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 Lord Freud moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 12 October be approved. The motion was agreed to.

8 Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [HL] The bill was read a third time and passed and sent to the Commons.

9 Identity Documents Bill The report was received. Amendment 2 was agreed to (see division list). The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 29)

10 Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010
Official Statistics Order 2010
Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2010
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Grand Committee reported that it had considered the draft statutory instruments.

11 Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 Baroness Neville-Jones moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 11 October be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

12 Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 Lord Marland moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 18 October be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

13 Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 Lord Marland moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 18 October be approved. The motion was agreed to.

14 Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010 Lord Marland moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 18 October be approved. The motion was agreed to.

The House adjourned at 7.02pm until Thursday 18 November at 11.00am.

Grand Committee Business

The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.45pm.

Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010 Baroness Garden of Frognal moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Official Statistics Order 2010 Lord Taylor of Holbeach moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Official Statistics Order 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2010 Lord Henley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2010. The motion was agreed to.

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Lord Henley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

The Committee adjourned at 5.18pm.