House of Lords Journal

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Public Business

1 Economy: quantitative easing A question was asked by Lord Barnett and answered by Lord Sassoon.

2 Banking: accounting standards A question was asked by Lord Flight and answered by Lord Sassoon.

3 United Nations: sustainable development and family planning A question was asked by Baroness Tonge and answered by Baroness Northover.

4 Libya A question was asked by Lord Judd and answered by Lord Howell of Guildford.

5 Health and Social Care Bill Lord Owen presented a petition from 38 Degrees, praying that in considering the matter of the NHS risk register, noble Lords remember that risks posed to our NHS by the Health and Social Care Bill are matters of significant public concern. The petition was laid on the Table.

6 Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.

7 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.

8 Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 7 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.

9 Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 7 February be approved. The motion was agreed to.

10 Health and Social Care Bill Earl Howe moved that the bill be now read a third time. Then Lord Owen moved, as an amendment to the motion, to leave out from "that" to the end and insert "this bill be not read a third time until the House has had an opportunity to consider the detailed reasons for the first-tier tribunal decision that the transition risk register be disclosed and the Government's response thereto, or until the last practical opportunity which would allow the bill to receive Royal Assent before Prorogation". After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division list 1) and the original motion was agreed to. Amendments were agreed to. Amendment 17 was disagreed to (see division list 2). Then Earl Howe moved that the bill do now pass. Then Baroness Thornton moved, as an amendment to the motion, to leave out from "that" to the end and insert "this House declines to allow the bill to pass, because the bill does not command the support of patients who depend on the National Health Service, the professionals who are expected to make it work, or the public; will not deliver the promised objectives of genuinely empowering clinicians in the commissioning process and putting patients at the heart of the system; will increase bureaucracy and fragment commissioning; will allow Foundation Trusts to raise up to half their income from private patients; and, despite amendment, still creates an economic regulator and regime which will lead to the fragmentation and marketisation of the National Health Service and threaten its ethos and purpose". After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division list 3) and the original motion was agreed to. The bill was returned to the Commons with amendments.

The Grand Committee reported that it had considered the draft statutory instruments.

12 International development: sanitation and water A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells and, after debate, answered by Baroness Stowell of Beeston.

The House adjourned at 9.56pm until Tuesday 20 March at 9.45am.

Grand Committee Business

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

Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Order 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Order 2012. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) Regulations 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) Regulations 2012. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012. The motion was agreed to.

Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draftPostal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Postal Services Act 2011 (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2012 Baroness Wilcox moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Postal Services Act 2011 (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2012. The motion was agreed to.

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012. After debate, the motion was agreed to.

Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012 Lord De Mauley moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012. The motion was agreed to.

The Committee adjourned at 7.21pm.