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 25 February 2013

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool.

1 Barony of Fisher in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Lord Chancellor reported that Patrick Vavasseur Fisher had established his succession to the Barony of Fisher. The Clerk of the Parliaments was accordingly directed to enter Lord Fisher on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 10(5).

Select Committee Report

2 Science and Technology
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:

The implementation of open access. (3rd Report, HL Paper 122)

Public Business

3 Media and creative industries: equality A question was asked by Baroness Benjamin and answered by Baroness Stowell of Beeston.

4 Republic of Ireland: aids to navigation A question was asked by Lord Berkeley and answered by Earl Attlee.

5 Energy: prices A question was asked by Lord Touhig and answered by Baroness Verma.

6 Health: midwives A question was asked by Baroness Cumberlege and answered by Earl Howe.

7 Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill [HL] The report was received.

8 Defamation Bill The bill was read a third time. An amendment was agreed to. Then the bill was passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

3a, passed, returned HC with amdts, 25 Feb (currently showing)
1a, 8 Oct
explanatory notes, 8 Oct
after debate, 2a, committed to GC, 9 Oct
DPRRC report, 17 Oct
JCHR report, 4 Dec
Constitution Committee report, 5 Dec
GC, 17 Dec
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report, 5 Feb (2 divs)
5 Feb
from HC with reasons, 22 Apr
LCCA, returned HC with amdt, 23 Apr (div)
from HC agreed to, 24 Apr
RA, 25 Apr

9 Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill The bill was considered in Committee. An amendment was considered. The House resumed.

10 Economic policy Lord Deighton repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons.

11 Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 2. Amendments were considered. The House resumed.

12 Health: anorexia A question was asked by Lord Giddens and, after debate, answered by Earl Howe.

13 Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 8. The House resumed after clause 2 was agreed to.

The House adjourned at 10.03pm until Tuesday 26 February at 2.30pm.