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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 15 September 2011

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 Post-Legislative Scrutiny—Post-legislative assessment of the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005. () (8156)

2 Broadcasting—Agreement between the Government and the BBC. () (8170)

3 Finance—Treasury Minutes on the Twenty-Second, Thirty-Third, and the Thirty-Eighth to the Forty-First reports from the Committee of Public Accounts. () (8179)

4 Health—Government response to the 6th Report of the House of Commons Health Committee on Complaints and Litigation. () (8180)

5 Communications—Government response to the 13th Report of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications. () (8182)

6 Departmental Performance—Report and Accounts for 2010–11 of the Ministry of Justice. () (—)

Affirmative Instruments

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

1 Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No. 2) Order 2011, laid under the Legal Services Act 2007.

2 Draft Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Value Added Tax Information) Regulations 2011, laid under the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 (1) NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011. (2237)(2) NHS Commissioning Board Authority Regulations 2011. (2250)laid under the National Health Service Act 2006.

2 Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2011, laid under the Superannuation Act 1972. (2257)

3 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2011, laid under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. (2282)

4 National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011, laid under the National Savings Bank Act 1971. (2288)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 First Report of the Independent Police Complaints Commission on Corruption in the Police Service in England and Wales, laid under the Police Reform Act 2002.

2 Report for 2010–11 of the Care Quality Commission: The state of health care and adult social care in England, laid under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.