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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.

Journal for 15 November 2011

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.

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

Localism Act

c 20

Education Act

c 21

Select Committee Reports

2 Merits of Statutory Instruments
The 42nd Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed. (HL Paper 220)

3 Science and Technology
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

Nuclear Research and Development Capabilities. (3rd Report, HL Paper 221)

Public Business

4 Phone hacking A question was asked by Lord Grantchester and answered by Baroness Rawlings.

5 Airports: Heathrow A question was asked by Lord Glentoran and answered by Earl Attlee.

6 Immigration: students A question was asked by Lord Clement-Jones and answered by Lord Henley.

7 Iran A question was asked by Lord Luce and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

8 Bank of Ireland (UK) plc Bill The bill was read a second time and committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee.

9 Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011 Lord Wallace of Saltaire moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 July be approved. The motion was agreed to.

10 Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Value Added Tax Information) Regulations 2011 Lord Wallace of Saltaire moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 September be approved. The motion was agreed to.

11 Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill The report was received. Amendments 1 and 53 were disagreed to (see division lists 1 and 2). Amendments were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 111)

12 London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill The report was received. Amendments were considered.

13 Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No. 2) Order 2011
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) (No. 2) Order 2011
The Grand Committee reported that it had considered the draft Orders.

14 Sovereign credit ratings A question was asked by Lord Harrison and, after debate, answered by Lord Sassoon.

The House adjourned at 9.40pm until Wednesday 16 November at 11.00am.

Grand Committee Business

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

Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No. 2) Order 2011 Lord McNally moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No. 2) Order 2011. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) (No. 2) Order 2011 Lord McNally moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) (No. 2) Order 2011. The motion was agreed to.

Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 Lord Turnberg moved that the Grand Committee do consider the Health Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2323). After debate, the motion was agreed to.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women A question was asked by Baroness Hussein-Ece and, after debate, answered by Baroness Verma.

Transport links A question was asked by Lord Empey and, after debate, answered by Earl Attlee.

The Committee adjourned at 6.40pm.