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 2012-13 Volume 245

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Journal for 23 January 2013

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds.

Select Committee Report

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

23 Jan (currently showing)

16th Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instruments:
Draft Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013
Draft Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Code of Practice) Order 2013
Draft Criminal Legal Aid (Determinations by a Court and Choice of Representative) Regulations 2013
Draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
Draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013
Draft Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013. (HL Paper HL 108)

Public Business

2 Children and young people A question was asked by the Earl of Listowel and answered by Lord Nash.

3 United Kingdom trade A question was asked by Lord Vinson and answered by Lord Popat.

4 Local government: finance settlement A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool and answered by Baroness Hanham.

5 Heathrow Airport A question was asked by Baroness Browning, on behalf of Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, and answered by Earl Attlee.

6 Business of the House Lord Hill of Oareford moved that Standing Order 48 (Amendments on Third Reading) be dispensed with today in respect of the Third Reading of the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill. The motion was agreed to.

7 Electoral Registration and Administration Bill The report was received. Amendment 3 was disagreed to (see division). Amendments were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 79)

8 Kashmir A question was asked by Lord Ahmed and, after debate, answered by Baroness Warsi.

9 Electoral Registration and Administration Bill Standing Order 46 having been dispensed with, the bill was read a third time. Amendments were agreed to. Then the bill was passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

The House adjourned at 7.49pm until Thursday 24 January at 11.00am.