Session 2010-12 Volume 244
Journal for 14 September 2011
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Hereford.
1 Lord Croham The Lord Speaker informed the House that Lord Croham, a member of the House, had died on 11 September 2011.
Select Committee Reports
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Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
18th Report on the following bills:
Armed Forces Bill Government response
Welfare Reform Bill Government response
and on the following Legislative Reform Order:
Draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011. (HL Paper 193)
3 Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
28th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011
Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Second Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement) Order 2011
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011
Draft Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authorities) Order 2011
Draft Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011
Draft Medicines Act 1968 (Pharmacy) Order 2011
Draft Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications of Enactments) Order 2011
Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011. (HL Paper 196)
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Constitution
The following Reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed:
Health and Social Care Bill (18th Report, HL Paper 197)
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill. (19th Report, HL Paper 198)
Public Business
5 Police: funding A question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and answered by Baroness Browning.
6 International Democracy Day A question was asked by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.
7 Young people: politics A question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno and answered by Lord McNally.
8 Planning A question was asked by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon and answered by Baroness Hanham.
9 Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 Lord Wallace of Tankerness moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 22 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.
10 Landfill (Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2011 Lord Henley moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 15 June be approved. The motion was agreed to.
11 Welfare Reform Bill Baroness Anelay of St Johns, on behalf of Lord Freud, moved that the bill be committed to a Grand Committee. After debate, the motion was agreed to (see division list 1).
12 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill The Commons amendments were considered.
Motion A The numbers being equal, Motion A2 as an amendment to Motion A was disagreed to in accordance with Standing Order 56 (see division list 2); Motion A3 as an amendment to Motion A was disagreed to (see division list 3); Lords amendments 1 to 4 and 6 were not insisted on and Commons amendments 6A to 6D in lieu were agreed to.
Motion B Lords amendment 43 was not insisted on and Commons amendments 43A and 43B in lieu were agreed to.
Motion C Commons amendment 163A to Lords amendment 163 was agreed to.
13 Fixed-term Parliaments Bill The Commons amendment was considered.
Motion A Lords amendments 1, 2 and 9 were not insisted on and Commons amendment 9C in lieu was agreed to (see division list 4).
14 Energy Bill [HL] The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to with amendments. It was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. (HL Bill 97)
15 Draft Financial Services Bill A message was brought from the Commons that they concur with the resolution of this House of 13 September that it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the draft Financial Services Bill that it should report on the draft Bill by 16 December.
16 Localism Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 166. Amednemnts were agreed to. The report stage was adjourned after amendment 189.
The House adjourned at 10.05pm until Thursday 15 September at 11.00am.
Grand Committee Business
The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.45pm.
Education Bill The Grand Committee further considered the bill, beginning with amendment 124B. Amendments were agreed to. The Committee adjourned after clause 71 was agreed to.
The Committee adjourned at 8.21pm.