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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 30 November 2011

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool.

Select Committee Report

1 Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

34th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2011
Draft Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions and Community Energy Saving) (Amendment) Order 2011
Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Jobseeking and Work for Your Benefit) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2012
Draft Local Policing Bodies (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2011
Draft Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2011. (HL Paper 230)

Public Business

2 Jobseeker's Allowance: interns A question was asked by Lord Lucas and answered by Baroness Wilcox.

3 Interpol A question was asked by Lord Harries of Pentregarth and answered by Lord Henley.

4 North Liverpool Community Justice Centre A question was asked by Lord Storey and answered by Lord McNally.

5 Education: music A question was asked by the Earl of Clancarty and answered by Lord Hill of Oareford.

6 Business of the House Lord Strathclyde moved that the debate on the motion in the name of Lord Lamont of Lerwick set down for tomorrow in Grand Committee shall be limited to 4 hours. The motion was agreed to.

7 Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 Lord Strathclyde moved that the draft Order be referred to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to.

8 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Lord McNally moved that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order:

Clauses 1 to 8
Schedule 1
Clauses 9 to 23
Schedule 2
Clauses 24 to 30
Schedule 3
Clauses 31 to 37
Schedule 4
Clause 38
Schedule 5
Clause 39
Schedule 6
Clauses 40 to 59
Schedules 7 and 8
Clauses 60 to 64
Schedule 9
Clauses 65 to 82
Schedule 10
Clause 83
Schedule 11
Clauses 84 to 98
Schedule 12

Clauses 99 to 102
Schedule 13
Clause 103
Schedule 14
Clauses 104 to 111
Schedule 15
Clauses 112 to 114
Schedules 16 and 17
Clause 115
Schedule 18
Clause 116
Schedule 19
Clauses 117 to 121
Schedule 20
Clauses 122 to 124
Schedule 21
Clauses 125 to 128
Schedule 22
Clause 129
Schedule 23
Clauses 130 to 137.

The motion was agreed to.

9 Charities Bill [HL] The bill was read a third time and passed and sent to the Commons.

10 Health and Social Care Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 138. Amendments were considered. The House resumed.

11 Prevent strategy A question was asked by Lord Noon and, after debate, answered by Lord Henley.

12 Health and Social Care Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 156. Amendment 159 was disagreed to (see division list). Amendments were agreed to. The House resumed after clause 26 was agreed to.

The House adjourned at 12.44am on Thursday 1 December until 11.00am the same day.