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 Justice—Government response to the 12th Report of the House of Commons Justice Committee, Session 2010–12, on Presumption of Death. (6 July) (8377)

2 Children—Proposed draft legislation to reform the Office of Children's Commissioner by amending the Children Act 2004. (9 July) (8390)

3 Local Audit Bill, Draft—Draft Local Audit Bill. (6 July) (8393)

4 Post-Legislative Scrutiny—Post-Legislative Assessment of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. (6 July) (8394)

6 Departmental Performance—(1) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). (9 July) (—)(2) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (9 July) (—)

Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 70)

The following negative instruments were laid before the House on 6 July:

1 Food Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (1742)

2 Consumer Credit (Total Charge for Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, laid under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. (1745)

3 (1) Easton and Otley College (Incorporation) Order 2012. (1748)(2) Easton and Otley College (Government) Regulations 2012. (1749)laid under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

4 Digital Economy Act 2010 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2012, laid under the Digital Economy Act 2010. (1764)

5 Video Recordings (Labelling) Regulations 2012, laid under the Video Recordings Act 1984. (1767)

Affirmative Instrument

The following instrument was laid before the House for approval by resolution:

Draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, laid under the Jobseekers Act 1995.

Negative Instruments

The following instruments were laid before the House:

1 Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, laid under the Charities Act 2011. (1734)

2 Education (School Teachers) (Qualifications and Specified Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012, laid under the Education Act 2002. (1736)

3 Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012, laid under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. (1743)

4 International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007) (Rules of Court) Regulations 2012, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (1770)

5 Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2012, laid under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. (1773)

6 Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, laid under the Immigration Act 1971. (—)

Papers not subject to Parliamentary Proceedings

The following papers were laid before the House:

1 Report and Accounts for 2011 of the British Board of Film Classification, laid under the Video Recordings Act 1984.

2 Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Geffrye Museum Trust, laid under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies) Order 2009.

3 Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the United Kingdom Sports Council Grant-in-aid and Lottery Distribution Fund, laid under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.

4 Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the UK Statistics Authority, laid under the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007.

5 Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of British Shipbuilders, laid under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.

6 Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, laid under the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.

7 Accounts for 2011–12 of the Government Procurement Service, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, laid under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973.

8(1) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (2) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (3) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. (4) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. (5) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. (6) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (7) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (8) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (9) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of East London NHS Foundation Trust. (10) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. (11) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (12) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. (13) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. (14) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of North East London NHS Foundation Trust. (15) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. (16) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (17) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. (18) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. (19) Report and Accounts for 2011–12 of the Health and Social Care Information Centre. laid under the National Health Service Act 2006.