JOURNALS HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

112 17th-18th January
2005
12. Regulatory Reform—The following orders were laid before the House under section 4(2) of the
Regulatory Reform Act 2001 and referred to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
Committee:
1. Draft Regulatory Reform (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) Order 2005, together
with a Statement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural AVairs;
2. Draft Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2005, together with a Statement by the
Department for Trade and Industry.
13. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie
on the Table:
1. Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2005,
laid under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998; (5)
2. Social Security (Claims and Payments and Payments on account, Overpayments and
Recovery) Amendment Regulations 2005, laid under the Social Security Administration
Act 1992; (34)
3. Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, laid under the
European Communities Act 1972; (47)
4. Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2004, laid under the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
(—)
14. Paper not subject to parliamentary proceedings—The following paper was laid before the House
and ordered to lie on the Table:
Report and Accounts for 2003–04 of the Arts Council of Wales, laid under the National
Lottery etc. Act 1993, together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Public Business
15. Defence—It was moved by the Lord Bach that this House takes note of developments in defence;
after debate, the motion was agreed to.
16. Criminal trials—The Lord Thomas of Gresford asked Her Majesty’s Government, further to the
Written Statement by the Attorney General on 20th December 2004 (WS 104–105), whether
they propose to change the impartial role of prosecuting counsel, in respect of both the
introduction of the previous convictions of a defendant in a criminal trial and the interviewing
of prosecution witnesses; after debate, the question was answered by the Lord Goldsmith.
The House was adjourned at twenty-five minutes past nine o’clock
till tomorrow, half-past two o’clock.
APPENDIX
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COMMITTEE (IN THE MOSES ROOM)
The Committee met at half-past three o’clock.
Disability Discrimination Bill [hl]—The bill was further considered in the Grand Committee;
amendments were moved and (by leave of the Committee) withdrawn; the Committee was
adjourned after amendment 61.
The Committee was adjourned at twenty minutes before eight o’clock.
Tuesday 18th January 2005
The House met at half-past two o’clock.
The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present:
Ackner, L.
Acton, L.
Addington, L.
Ahmed, L.
Allen of Abbeydale, L.
Allenby of Megiddo, V.
Amos, B.
Ampthill, L.
Andrews, B.
Anelay of St Johns, B.
Falconer of Thoroton, L.
(Lord Chancellor)
Archer of Sandwell, L.
Arran, E.
Ashley of Stoke, L.
Ashton of Upholland, B.
Astor, V.
Astor of Hever, L.
Attlee, E.
Avebury, L.
Bach, L.
Bagri, L.
Baker of Dorking, L.
Baldwin of Bewdley, E.
Ballyedmond, L.
Barker, B.
Barnett, L.
Bassam of Brighton, L.
Beaumont of Whitley, L.
Berkeley, L.
Bernstein of Craigweil, L.
Best, L.