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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 8 November 2011

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

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Appropriate Body) (England) Amendment Regulations 2011, laid under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. (2645)

2 Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, laid under the Marriage Act 1949. (2661)

3 Merchant Shipping (Flag State Directive) Regulations 2011, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (2667)

4 Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2011, laid under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. (2669)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Twelfth Report of the Health Service Ombudsman for England on an investigation of a complaint about a GP in Dudley, laid under the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993.

2 Joint Report of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Ofgem on the Statutory Security of Supply, laid under the Energy Act 2004.

3 Minute from the Ministry of Defence concerning the making of a call-out Order to authorise the call-out of Members of the Reserve Forces, laid under the Reserve Forces Act 1996.