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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 1 February 2012

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Norwich.

Select Committee Report

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

39th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Jobseeker’s Allowance (Domestic Violence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Schools (Specification and Disposal of Articles) Regulations 2012
Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Order 2012. (HL Paper 255)

Public Business

2 Council of Europe A question was asked by the Earl of Dundee and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

3 Health: diabetes A question was asked by Lord Collins of Highbury and answered by Earl Howe.

4 Scotland: referendum A question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and answered by Lord Strathclyde.

5 Northern Cyprus A question was asked by Lord Sharkey and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

6 Health and Social Care Bill Earl Howe moved that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order:

Clauses 1 to 8
Schedule 1
Clauses 9 to 24
Schedule 2
Clauses 25 to 50
Schedule 3
Clauses 51 to 54
Schedules 4 to 6
Clause 55
Schedule 7
Clauses 56 to 60
Schedule 8
Clauses 61 to 75
Schedule 9
Clauses 76 to 101
Schedule 10
Clauses 102 to 107
Schedule 11
Clauses 108 to 120
Schedule 12
Clauses 121 to 149
Schedule 13

Clauses 150 to 178
Schedule 14
Clauses 179 to 181
Schedule 15
Clauses 182 to 230
Schedule 16
Clause 231
Schedule 17
Clauses 232 to 248
Schedule 18
Clauses 249 to 251
Schedule 19
Clauses 252 to 273
Schedule 20
Clauses 274 to 276
Schedule 21
Clauses 277 to 293
Schedule 22
Clauses 294 to 296
Schedules 23 and 24
Clauses 297 to 305.

After debate, the motion was agreed to.

7 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 141. The House resumed.

8 Occupational pensions A question was asked by Lord McFall of Alcluith and, after debate, answered by Lord Freud.

9 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 171A. The House resumed after amendment 174.

The House adjourned at 10.13pm until Thursday 2 February at 11.00am.