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 July 2011

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield.

1 Royal Assent The Lord Speaker (Baroness Hayman) notified the Queen’s Assent to the following Acts:

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act

c 10

Finance Act

c 11

European Union Act

c 12

2 House of Lords Annual Report It was ordered that the House of Lords Annual Report 2010–11, as authorised by the House Committee, be printed. (HL Paper 187)

3 Dukedom of Grafton in the Peerage of England The Lord Chancellor reported that Henry Oliver Charles Fitzroy had established his succession to the Dukedom of Grafton. The Clerk of the Parliaments was accordingly directed to enter the Duke of Grafton on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5).

Select Committee Reports

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

37th Report, on the following instrument:

Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. (HL Paper 186)

5 HIV and AIDS
The Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 188)

6 European Union
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

Sovereign Credit Ratings: Shooting the Messenger? (21st Report, HL Paper 189)

Public Business

7 Indonesia: West Papua A question was asked by Lord Harries of Pentregarth and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

8 South Sudan A question was asked by Lord Avebury and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

9 East Jerusalem and the West Bank A question was asked by Lord Hylton and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

10 Finance: Eurozone A question was asked by Lord Barnett and answered by Lord Sassoon.

11 Armed Forces Bill Lord Wallace of Saltaire, on behalf of Lord Astor of Hever, moved that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Armed Forces Bill has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order:

marshalling order, 19 Jul (currently showing)
JCHR report, 10 May
1a, 16 Jun
explanatory notes, 16 Jun
after debate, 2a, committed to GC, 6 Jul
DPRRC report, 13 Jul
GC, 6 Sep
8 Sep
8 Sep
DPRRC report, 14 Sep
marshalling order, 15 Sep
report, 4 Oct
3a, passed, returned HC with amdts, 10 Oct (2 divs)
from HC with reason, 19 Oct
agreed to, 26 Oct
RA, 3 Nov

Clauses 1 to 14
Schedule 1
Clauses 15 to 26
Schedule 2
Clauses 27 to 29

Schedule 3
Clause 30
Schedules 4 and 5
Clauses 31 to 34.

The motion was agreed to.

12 Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 Lord Marland moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.

13 Renewable Heat Incentive Regulations 2011 Lord Marland moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.

14 Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011 Lord Marland moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.

15 Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011 Lord Marland moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.

16 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Lord Marland moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.

17 Procedure of the House The Chairman of Committees moved that the 6th Report from the Select Committee (HL Paper 170) be agreed to. The motion was agreed to.

18 Localism Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 148ZZC. Amendments were agreed to. The House resumed.

19 Draft Financial Services Bill A message was brought from the Commons that they concur with the resolution of this House of 21 June relating to a Joint Committee to consider the draft Financial Services Bill presented to both Houses on 16 June (Cm 8083);

and that they have made the following orders:

That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Lords.

That the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 1 December 2011.

That the Committee shall have power–
(i) to send for persons, papers and records;
(ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
(iii) to report from time to time;
(iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and
(v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

20 Schools: funding reform Lord Hill of Oareford repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons.

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

21 Localism Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 152ZE. Amendments were agreed to. The House resumed after clause 123 was agreed to.

The House adjourned at 11.12pm until Wednesday 20 July at 10.00am.