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 1 March 2011

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool.

1 Earldom of Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Petition of David Richard Owen Lloyd George claiming to have succeeded to the Earldom of Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and praying that the Clerk of the Parliaments might be directed to enter the petitioner as Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5) was presented and was referred to the Lord Chancellor for a report to the House pursuant to Standing Order 11.

Select Committee Reports

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

Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2011. (8th Report, HL Paper 106)

3 Merits of Statutory Instruments
 The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

23rd Report, on the following affirmative instrument:
Draft Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity

and on the following negative instrument:
Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-related Activity) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. (HL Paper 105)

Public Business

4 Taxation: Low Value Consignment Relief A question was asked by Lord Lucas and answered by Lord Sassoon.

5 Telephone hacking A question was asked by Lord Fowler and answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire.

6 Homelessness: tuberculosis A question was asked by Baroness Sharples and answered by Earl Howe.

7 Health: alcohol minimum pricing policy A question was asked by Baroness Wheeler and answered by Earl Howe.

8 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

9 Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

10 Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Order be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

11 Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Order be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

12 Financial Assistance Scheme (Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

13 Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, Rebates and Minimum Contributions) Order 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Order be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

14 Offshore Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

15 Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

16 Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Order be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

17 Energy Bill [HL] Lord Marland moved that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order:

Clauses 1 to 68
Schedule 1
Clauses 69 to 85
Schedule 2

Clauses 86 to 102
Schedule 3
Clauses 103 to 105.

The motion was agreed to.

18 Pensions Bill [HL] Lord Freud moved that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Pensions Bill [HL] has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order:

Clause 1
Schedule 1
Clause 2
Schedule 2
Clause 3
Schedule 3

Clauses 4 to 17
Schedule 4
Clauses 18 to 24
Schedule 5
Clauses 25 to 29.

The motion was agreed to.

19 Fixed-term Parliaments Bill Lord Wallace of Tankerness signified the Queen's consent. Then he moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

20 International aid reviews: conclusions Baroness Verma repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

21 Railways: intercity express and electrification Lord Shutt of Greetland repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

The House adjourned at 11.06pm until Wednesday 2 March at 3.00pm.

Grand Committee Business

The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.30pm.

Pensions Bill [HL] The Grand Committee considered the bill. The Committee adjourned after clause 4 was agreed to.

The Committee adjourned at 7.23pm.