House of Lords Journal

All statutory instruments laid before the House are accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum presented by command of Her Majesty, unless otherwise indicated.

Command Papers

The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty:

1 Prisons—Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales. () (7878)

2 Heritage—(1) Report for 2009–10 of the Historic Royal Palaces. () (—)(2) Accounts for 2009–10 of the Historic Royal Palaces. () (—)

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 (1) Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. (1758)(2) Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. (1760)laid under the European Communities Act 1972.

2 Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, laid under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. (1769)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Patent Office, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Registered Designs Act 1949.

2 (1) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Defence Support Group, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. (2) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. laid under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973.

3 (1) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Charity Commission. (2) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Official Custodian for Charities. laid under the Charities Act 1993.

4 Report for 2009–10 of the Sentence Review Commissioners, laid under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.

5 Statement by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the Appointment of Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of the Board of the British Library, laid under the British Library Act 1972.

6 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland, laid under the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.

7 Report and Accounts for 2009 of S4C, laid under the Broadcasting Act 1990.

8 (1) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (2) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust. (3) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (4) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the North East London NHS Foundation Trust. (5) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. (6) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (7) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust(8) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. (9) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust. (10) Report and Accounts for the period 1 December 2009 to 31 March 2010 of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. laid under the National Health Service Act 2006.