Session 2010-12 Volume 244
Journal for 7 March 2012
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Exeter.
1 Viscountcy of Melville in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Lord Chancellor reported that Robert Henry Kirkpatrick Dundas had established his succession to the Viscountcy of Melville. The Clerk of the Parliaments was accordingly directed to enter Viscount Melville on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5).
2 Barony of Inchiquin in the Peerage of Ireland The Petition of Conor Myles John O’Brien claiming to have succeeded to the Barony of Inchiquin in the Peerage of Ireland was presented and was referred to the Lord Chancellor for a report to the House pursuant to Standing Order 79.
Select Committee Reports
3 Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
42nd Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012, with an Explanatory Document
Draft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) Regulations 2012
Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012
Draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012
Draft Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012
Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Social Security and Revenue Information) Regulations 2012. (HL Paper 271)
4
Constitution
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Judicial Appointments. (25th Report, HL Paper 272)
Public Business
5 Media plurality A question was asked by Lord Fowler and answered by Baroness Garden of Frognal.
6 Death penalty A question was asked by Lord Sheldon and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.
7 Primary schools: dyslexia A question was asked by Lord Storey and answered by Lord Hill of Oareford.
8 Agriculture: Schmallenberg virus A question was asked by Lord Gardiner of Kimble and answered by Lord Taylor of Holbeach.
9 Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 30 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.
10 Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 January be approved. The motion was agreed to.
11 Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Order 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 1 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.
12 Guardian's Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 1 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.
13 Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 1 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.
14 Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2012 Baroness Garden of Frognal, on behalf of Lord Sassoon, moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 1 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.
15 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 11. Amendments 11, 12 and 13 were agreed to (see division lists 1 to 3). Amendment 15 was disagreed to (see division list 4). The report stage was adjourned.
16 Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill [HL] The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to.
17 Roads: motorists and cyclists A question was asked by Lord Glentoran and, after debate, answered by Earl Attlee.
The House adjourned. The House resumed.
18 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 16. Amendments were agreed to. The report stage was adjourned after amendment 73.
The House adjourned at 10.53pm until Thursday 8 March at 11.00am.