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.

Session 2010-12 Volume 244

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Journal for 8 February 2012

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

Instrument Withdrawn

The following instrument, laid before the House on 16 January, was withdrawn:

Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2012.

Command Papers

The following papers were presented to the House by command of Her Majesty:

1 Prisons—Monitoring Places of Detention: Report for 2010–2011 of the United Kingdom's National Preventive Mechanism. () (8282)

2 Terrorism—Government response to the First Report of the Independent Reviewer on the operation of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. () (8287)

3 Explanatory Memorandum (Revised)—(1) Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2012. (31 January) (—)(2) Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2012. (31 January) (—)(3) Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security Pensions (Flat Rate Accrual Amount) Order 2012. (31 January) (—)

Affirmative Instruments

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

(1) Draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012. (2) Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012. laid under the Industrial Training Act 1982.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2012, laid under the Housing Act 2004. (249)

2 Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, laid under the Local Government Act 2003. (265)

3 (1) Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2012. (276)(2) Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2012. (277)laid under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

4 Draft Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012, laid under the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926. (—)

Paper not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following paper was laid before the House:

Certificate of the Attorney General made in accordance with section 53(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, laid under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.