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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.

Journal for 30 November 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:

1 Scotland—Strengthening Scotland's Future: Government proposals. () (7973)

2 Health—Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England: Government proposals. () (7985)

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. (2835)

2 Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010, laid under the Housing Act 1996. (2836)

3 Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (2840)

4 (1) Statute made by Clare Hall, Cambridge on 9 June. (—)(2) Statute made by the University of Cambridge on 1 July, amending Statutes A and D. (—)laid under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923.

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Legal Services Commission, laid under the Access to Justice Act 1999.

2 Report on the contribution that reporting of greenhouse gas emissions makes to the UK meeting its climate change objectives, laid under the Climate Change Act 2008.

3 Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee on the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010, together with the Government response to that Report, laid under the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

4 Report and Accounts for 2009–10 of the Natural Environment Research Council, laid under the Science and Technology Act 1965.