Session 2010-12 Volume 244
Journal for 3 November 2011
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.
1 Royal Assent The Lord Speaker (Baroness D’Souza) notified the Queen’s Assent to the following Acts:
Coinage (Measurement) Act
c 17
Armed Forces Act
c 18
Pensions Act
c 19
Public Business
2 United Kingdom: union A question was asked by Lord Soley and answered by Lord Wallace of Tankerness.
3 Loan companies: interest rates A question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark and answered by Baroness Wilcox.
4 Shipping: towing vessels A question was asked by Viscount Younger of Leckie and answered by Earl Attlee.
5 Protests: tent pitching A question was asked by Lord Cormack and answered by Baroness Stowell of Beeston.
6 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill A bill to make provision about legal aid; to make further provision about funding legal services; to make provision about costs and other amounts awarded in civil and criminal proceedings; to make provision about referral fees in connection with the provision of legal services; to make provision about sentencing offenders, including provision about release on licence or otherwise; to make provision about bail and about remand otherwise than on bail; to make provision about the employment, payment and transfer of persons detained in prisons and other institutions; to make provision about penalty notices for disorderly behaviour and cautions; to create new offences of threatening with a weapon in public or on school premises and of causing serious injury by dangerous driving; to create a new offence relating to squatting; and to amend section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 was brought from the Commons. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 109)
7 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 109–EN)
8 Business of the House Lord Strathclyde moved that the debate on the motion in the name of Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury set down for today shall be limited to 3 hours and that in the name of Lord Newby to 2 hours. The motion was agreed to.
9 Creative industries (3-hour debate) Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury moved for papers relating to the importance of the creative industries in the United Kingdom. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.
10 European Union: financial stability and economic growth (2-hour debate) Lord Newby moved for papers relating to the Government's role in supporting financial stability and economic growth in the European Union. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.
11 Television advertising (Communications Committee Report) Lord Clement-Jones moved that this House takes note of the Report of the Communications Committee on Regulation of Television Advertising (First Report, HL Paper 99). After debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House adjourned at 5.49pm until Monday 7 November at 2.30pm.
Grand Committee Business
The Grand Committee met in Committee Room 4A at 2.00pm.
Welfare Reform Bill The Grand Committee further considered the bill, beginning with amendment 52C. Amendments were agreed to. The Committee adjourned after clause 50 was agreed to.
The Committee adjourned at 6.09pm.