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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.

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Journal for 20 July 2010

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:

Departmental Performance—(1) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Insolvency Service. () (—)(2) Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Office of Fair Trading. () (—)

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Social Security (Housing Costs) (Standard Interest Rate) Amendment Regulations 2010, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. (1811)

2 Transfer of State Pensions and Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2010, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (1825)

3 Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999. (1848)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Zambia Public Officers' Widows' and Orphans' Pensions (Defunded) (United Kingdom) Amendment Scheme 2010, laid under the Overseas Pensions Act 1973. (—)

2 Report for 2009–10 of the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman, laid under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

3 Accounts for 2009–10 of the Oil and Pipelines Agency, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Oil and Pipelines Act 1985.

4 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Met Office, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973.

5 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, laid under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

6 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Commission for Rural Communities, laid under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.

7 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of English Heritage, laid under the National Heritage Act 1983.

8 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the General Teaching Council for England, laid under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

9 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of British Shipbuilders, laid under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.