House of Lords Journal

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 Pensions—Meeting future workplace pension challenges: Improving transfers and dealing with small pension pots: Government consultation document. () (8184)

2 Police—Government response to the Fourteenth report of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on the New Landscape of Policing. () (8223)

3 Public Bodies Bill—Government response to the consultation on reforms proposed in the Public Bodies Bill. () (8235)

4 Foreign Affairs—Government response to the Ninth report from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee concerning relations between the United Kingdom and Brazil. () (8237)

5 Explanatory Memorandum (Revised)—Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Health Service Branded Medicines (Control of Prices and Supply of Information) Amendment Regulations 2011. (12 December) (—)

Affirmative Instruments

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

1 Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 4) 2011, laid under the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978. (SR422)

2 Draft Local Digital Television Programme Services Order 2012, laid under the Communications Act 2003.

3 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2012, laid under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011, laid under the Pensions Act 1995. (2973)

2 Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, laid under the Local Government Finance Act 1988. (2993)

3 Code of Practice for Electronic Programme Guides (Addition of Programme Services) Order 2011, laid under the Communications Act 2003. (3003)

4 Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2011, laid under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. (3004)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 (1) Belarus (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2011. (2988)(2) Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011. (2989)laid under the Saint Helena Act 1833.

2 Report for the period 17 December 2010 to 16 September 2011 on the Operation of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010, laid under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010.

3 Report and Accounts for 2010–2011 of the General Lighthouse Fund, laid under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

4 Statement by the Exchequer Secretary to HM Treasury concerning the Notification by the UK Statistics Authority in relation to projections of income tax distributions in income tax liabilities statistics produced by HM Revenue and Customs, laid under the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007.

5 (1) Accounts for 2008–2009 of Funds in Court in Northern Ireland, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. (2) Accounts for 2009–2010 of Funds in Court in Northern Ireland, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. laid under the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.

6 Accounts for 2010–2011 of the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

7 Accounts for 2010–2011 of the National Insurance Fund, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

8 (1) Report and Accounts for 2010–11 of the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund. (2) Report and Accounts for 2010–11 of the National Lottery Distribution Fund. laid under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.

Instrument coming into operation before being laid

The Lord Speaker informed the House that she had received, under the proviso to section 4(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, notification that the following instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament, together with an explanation:

Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 4) 2011. (SR422)