HOUSE OF LORDS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Friday 5th November 2004
The House met at eleven o’clock.
PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of Rochester.
1. Leave of Absence—It was ordered that leave of absence be granted to the Lord Hunt of Tanworth for the remainder of this Parliament.
Papers
2. Negative Instruments—The following instruments were laid before the House and ordered to lie on the Table:
1. New Relationship with Schools (Governors’ Annual Report) (No. 2) Order 2004, laid under the Education Act 2002; (2810)
2. Food Labelling (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, laid under the Food Safety Act 1990; (2824)
3. (i) Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004— (2883)
(ii) Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Stability) Regulations 2004— (2884)
laid under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
4. Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, laid under the European Communities Act 1972. (2886)
Public Business
3. Financial Statement and Budget Report 2004—It was moved by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey that this House takes note with approval of Her Majesty’s Government’s assessment as set out in Budget 2004 for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
4. Companies (Fees) Regulations 2004—It was moved by the Lord Triesman that the Regulations laid before the House on 11th October be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
5. Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2004—It was moved by the Lord Triesman that the Regulations laid before the House on 11th October be approved; the motion was agreed to.
6. Companies Act 1985 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Regulations 2004—It was moved by the Lord Triesman that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11th October be approved; after debate, the motion was agreed to.
7. Gas: Liberalised Markets and Security of Supply (EUC Report)—It was moved by the Lord Woolmer of Leeds that this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on Gas: Liberalised Markets and Security of Supply (17th Report, HL Paper 105); after debate, the motion was agreed to.
The House was adjourned at one minute before three o’clock
to Monday next, half-past two o’clock.
PAUL HAYTER
Clerk of the Parliaments | 
