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.

Session 2010-12 Volume 244

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Journal for 29 February 2012

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:

41st Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012
Draft Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2012
Draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) Regulations 2012
Draft Postal Services Act 2011 (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2012
Draft Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012
Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2012
Draft Localism Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012
Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Courts Boards) Order 2012
Draft Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012. (HL Paper 268)

Public Business

2 Health: mesothelioma A question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool and answered by Lord McNally.

3 Caribbean nations A question was asked by Baroness Benjamin and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

4 Health: pneumoconiosis A question was asked by Lord Wigley and answered by Lord Freud.

5 Employment: Work Programme A question was asked by Lord McKenzie of Luton and answered by Lord Freud.

6 Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Lord McNally presented a bill to amend the law relating to capital and income in trusts. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 131)

7 Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 131–EN)

8 Deputy Chairmen of Committees The Chairman of Committees moved that Baroness Andrews be appointed a member of the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees, in place of Baroness Gould of Potternewton. The motion was agreed to.

9 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Lord McNally 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 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 65
Schedule 9
Clauses 66 to 83
Schedule 10
Clause 84
Schedule 11
Clauses 85 to 99
Schedule 12
Clauses 100 to 104
Schedule 13

Clause 105
Schedule 14
Clauses 106 to 114
Schedule 15
Clause 115
Schedules 16 and 17
Clauses 116 and 117
Schedules 18 and 19
Clause 118
Schedule 20
Clause 119
Schedule 21
Clauses 120 to 124
Schedule 22
Clauses 125 to 127
Schedule 23
Clauses 128 to 133
Schedule 24
Clause 134
Schedule 25
Clause 135
Schedule 26
Clauses 136 to 143.

The motion was agreed to.

10 Jobseeker's Allowance (Domestic Violence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Lord Freud moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.

11 Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2012 Lord Freud moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 30 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.

12 Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2012 Lord Freud moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 30 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.

13 Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2012 Lord Freud moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 30 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.

14 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Bill The bill was read a third time and passed.

15 Health and Social Care Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 71. Amendments were agreed to. Amendment 76 was disagreed to (see division list). The report stage was adjourned.

16 Welfare Reform Bill The Commons reason was considered.

Motion A Lords amendments 3B and 26B were not insisted on.

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

17 Health and Social Care Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 141. Amendments were agreed to. The report stage was adjourned after amendment 163A.

The House adjourned at 10.44pm until Thursday 1 March at 11.00am.