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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.

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Journal for 17 May 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:

1 Crime—Consultation on a new enforcement tool to deal with economic crime committed by commercial organisations: Deferred prosecution agreements: Government consultation document. () (8348)

2 Explanatory Memorandum (Revised)—Replacement Explanatory Memorandum to the Road Transport (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. (4 April) (—)

Public Bodies Order

The following order was laid before the House under section 11 of the Public Bodies Act 2011:

Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Crown Court Rule Committee and Magistrates' Courts Rule Committee) Order 2012.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) (Amendment) Rules 2012, laid under the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. (1275)

2 Local Justice Areas Order 2012, laid under the Courts Act 2003. (1277)

3 Proposal by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to designate Sir Quentin Thomas, Gerard Lemos, Alison Hastings and David Cooke jointly as the authority to determine the suitability of video works for classification, laid under the Video Recordings Act 1984. (—)