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 8 December 2010

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield.

Select Committee Report

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

10th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:

Export Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2010
Draft Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2010
Draft Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010. (HL Paper 75)

Public Business

2 Youth Justice Board A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool and answered by Lord McNally.

3 Maritime and Coastguard Agency A question was asked by Lord Glentoran and answered by Earl Attlee.

4 Youth Sport Trust A question was asked by Baroness Hughes of Stretford and answered by Lord Hill of Oareford.

5 World Cup: football A question was asked by Lord Faulkner of Worcester and answered by Baroness Garden of Frognal.

6 Energy Bill [HL] Lord Marland presented a bill to make provision for the arrangement and financing of energy efficiency improvements to be made to properties by owners and occupiers; about the energy efficiency of properties in the private rented sector; about the promotion by energy companies of reductions in carbon emissions and home-heating costs; about information relating to energy consumption, efficiency and tariffs; for increasing the security of energy supplies; about access to upstream petroleum infrastructure; about a special administration regime for energy supply companies; about designations under the Continental Shelf Act 1964; about licence modifications relating to offshore transmission and distribution of electricity; about the decommissioning of nuclear sites; about the powers of the Coal Authority; for the repeal of measures relating to home energy efficiency; and for connected purposes. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 33)

7 Energy Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 33–EN)

8 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 22. Amendment 31 was disagreed to (see division list). The House resumed.

9 Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2010
Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2010 National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010

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

10 Tote A question was asked by Lord James of Blackheath and, after debate, answered by Baroness Garden of Frognal.

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

11 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with the resumed debate on the question that clause 1 be agreed to. The House resumed after amendment 34.

The House adjourned at 10.04pm until Thursday 9 December at 11.00am.

Grand Committee Business

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

Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Lord Henley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Lord Henley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2010 Earl Attlee moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2010 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

The Committee adjourned at 5.56pm.