Session 2010-12 Volume 244
Journal for 9 March 2011
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Leicester.
Select Committee Reports
1 Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
17th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2011
Draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2011
Draft Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity
Draft Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011
Draft Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011
Draft Family Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2011
Draft Media Ownership (Radio and Cross-media) Order 2011
Draft Patents County Court (Financial Limits) Order 2011
Draft Tax Credits Up-Rating Regulations 2011
Draft Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011. (HL Paper 112)
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European Union
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
The United Kingdom opt-in to the Passenger Name Record directive. (11th Report, HL Paper 113)
Public Business
3 Big Society: Britain in Bloom A question was asked by Baroness Gardner of Parkes and answered by Baroness Hanham.
4 Pensions: Britons living abroad A question was asked by Lord Shipley and answered by Lord Freud.
5 Local authorities: redundancies A question was asked by Lord Beecham and answered by Baroness Hanham.
6 Arms trade: Libya and North Africa A question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool and answered by Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint.
7 European Union Bill A bill to make provision about treaties relating to the European Union and decisions made under them, including provision implementing the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23 June 2010 amending the Protocol (No. 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community; and to make provision about the means by which directly applicable or directly effective European Union law has effect in the United Kingdom was brought from the Commons. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 55)
Related Index Items
European Union Bill > 1a, 9 Mar8 European Union Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 55–EN)
9 Joint Committee on Human Rights The Chairman of Committees moved that Baroness Stowell of Beeston be appointed a member of the Joint Committee in place of Baroness Morris of Bolton. The motion was agreed to.
10 Information Committee The Chairman of Committees moved that Lord Black of Brentwood be appointed a member of the Select Committee in place of Lord Taylor of Warwick. The motion was agreed to.
11 Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill Lord De Mauley, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the bill be now read a second time. The motion was agreed to and the Committee was negatived. Then, Standing Order 46 having been dispensed with, the bill was read a third time and passed.
12 Public Bodies Bill [HL] The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 83. Amendments were agreed to. The House resumed.
13 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011
Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2011
Financial Assistance Scheme (Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011
Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, Rebates and Minimum Contributions) Order 2011
The Grand Committee reported that it had considered the draft statutory instruments.
14 Drug use and possession: Royal Commission A question was asked by Lord Norton of Louth and, after debate, answered by Baroness Neville-Jones.
15 Public Bodies Bill [HL] The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 90. Amendments were agreed to. Clauses 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 and Schedule 7 were disagreed to. The House resumed and the bill was reported with amendments. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 56)
The House adjourned at 12.30am on Thursday 10 March until 11.00am the same day.
Grand Committee Business
The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.45pm.
Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. After debate, the motion was agreed to.
Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. The motion was agreed to.
Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011. After debate, the motion was agreed to.
Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draftPension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2011. The motion was agreed to.
Financial Assistance Scheme (Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011. The motion was agreed to.
Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, Rebates and Minimum Contributions) Order 2011 Lord Freud moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, Rebates and Minimum Contributions) Order 2011. After debate, the motion was agreed to.
The Committee adjourned at 5.41pm.