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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 16 May 2011

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

Command Paper

The following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty:

Finance—Treasury Minutes on the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First and the Twenty-Third to the Twenty-Seventh Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts. () (8069)

Affirmative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution:

1 Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2011, laid under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

2 (1) Draft Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2011. (2) Draft Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment) Order 2011. laid under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

3 Draft Pensions Act 2007 (Abolition of Contracting-out for Defined Contribution Pension Schemes) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2011, laid under the Pensions Act 2007.

4 Draft Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2011, laid under the Pensions Act 2008.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Pensions Act 2007 (Abolition of Contracting-out for Defined Contribution Pension Schemes) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2011, laid under the Pensions Act 2007. (1245)

2 Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011, laid under the Pensions Act 2008. (1246)

3 Courts Act 2003 (Continuing Provision of Court-houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, laid under the Courts Act 2003. (1271)

Paper not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following paper was laid before the House:

Report and Accounts for 2010 of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB–ConstructionSkills), laid under the Industrial Training Act 1982.