Skip to main content

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 26 March 2012

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, on the dates shown:

1 Health—(1) Government response to the 11th Report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on Alcohol Guidelines. (26 March) (8329)(2) The Government's Alcohol Strategy: Government strategy document. (23 March) (8336)

2 Finance—Treasury Minute on the Sixty-Second to the Sixty-Seventh Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts. (26 March) (8335)

3 Climate Change—Renewable Heat Incentive: Consultation on Interim Cost Control. (26 March) (—)

4 Climate Change—Departmental Note: Support for Renewable Heat Technologies in Domestic and Non-Domestic Sectors. (26 March) (—)

Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 70)

The following negative instruments were laid before the House on 23 March:

1 Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) and Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2012, laid under the Transport Act 2000. (846)

2 London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Greater London Authority) Order 2012, laid under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. (872)

3 (1) Financial Services (Omnibus 1 Directive) Regulations 2012. (916)(2) Capital Requirements (Amendment) Regulations 2012. (917)laid under the European Communities Act 1972.

Affirmative Instruments

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

1 Draft Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012, laid under the Pensions Act 2008.

2 Draft Infrastructure Planning (Waste Water Transfer and Storage) Order 2012, laid under the Planning Act 2008.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 School Teachers' Incentive Payments (England) Order 2012, laid under the Education Act 2002. (878)

2 (1) Employment and Support Allowance (Duration of Contributory Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012. (913)(2) Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations 2012. (919)laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.

3 Gender Recognition (Application Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012, laid under the Gender Recognition Act 2004. (920)

4 Iran (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2012, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (925)

5 Export Control (Amendment) Order 2012, laid under the Export Control Act 2002. (929)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Fifty-Eighth Report of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission for the year ending 30 September 2011, laid under the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act 1953.

2 Report and Accounts for 2011 of the Construction Industry Training Board, laid under the Industrial Training Act 1982.

3 National Policy Statement for Waste Water, laid under the Planning Act 2008.

4 Final Report of David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, on Control Orders in 2011, laid under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.

5 Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2012, laid under the Superannuation Act 1972.

6 Report of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the Annual Statement of Emissions for 2010, laid under the Climate Change Act 2008.

7 Report for 2010 on Wages in Agriculture, laid under the Agricultural Wages Act 1948.