| Title
| Bill Number
| First discussed[29]
| Comments
| Action
| Cleared
|
| Queen's Speech |
| 17/12/08 |
| | |
| Marine and Coastal Access Bill
| HL 1, 38, 49, 76 | 10/12/08
| Concern about lack of appeal procedures in the bill.
| Report published; agreed that Chairman would table amendments on behalf of the Committee; amendments tabled at Committee stage; Government agreed to table their own amendments which partially met the Committee's concerns; amendments agreed to.
| X |
| Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill
| HL 2, 27, 40, 71 | 14/1/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Banking (No. 2) Bill (withdrawn on 18 December and replaced with Banking Bill)
| HL 3
HL 13, 20, 21, 23
| 14/1/09 | Concern about breadth of retrospective provision contained in Clause 75(3)
| First report published 22 January; Government amendment accepted at Third Reading which partially met the Committee's concern; Committee engaged in further correspondence with the Minister; supplementary report published.
| |
| House of Lords Bill |
HL 4 | N/A
| Lord Steel of Aikwood PMB
| | |
| House of Lords (Members' Taxation Status) Bill
| HL 5 | N/A
| Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay PMB
| | |
| Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill
| HL 6 | N/A
| Baroness Morris of Bolton PMB
| | |
| Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill
| HL 7 | N/A
| Lord Ashley of Stoke PMB
| | |
| Cohabitation Bill | HL 8
| N/A | Lord Lester of Herne Hill PMB
| | |
| Dog Control Bill | HL 9
| N/A | Lord Redesdale PMB
| | |
| Companies' Remuneration Reports Bill
| HL 10 | N/A
| Lord Gavron PMB |
| |
| Bank of England (Amendment) Bill
| HL 11 | N/A
| Lord Saatchi PMB |
| |
| Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill
| HL 12 | 14/1/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Support) Bill
| HL 14 | N/A
| Lord Addington PMB |
| |
| Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
| HL 15, 29, 36, 65 | 4/2/09
| Concern about
· scheme under which the Director of Border Revenue would share 'customs revenue functions' with the current holder of those functions, namely the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs; and
· The bill's constitutional implications for the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
| Letter sent to Minister about Part 1 of the Bill; reply received; report on Part 1 published; letters sent to Minister and to Chief Ministers of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man; report on Part 3 of the bill published; Committee amendment agreed to at report stage.
| |
| Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill
| HL 16 | N/A
| Baroness Massey of Darwen PMB
| | |
| Torture (Damages) Bill |
HL 17 | N/A
| Lord Archer of Sandwell PMB
| | |
| Health Bill |
HL 18, 31, 43, 70 | 28/1/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Law Commission Bill
| HL 19 | 20/5/09
| Lord Lloyd of Berwick PMB
Committee welcomed the reforms contained in the Bill as enhancing the accountability and transparency of the relationship between the Government and the Law Commission
| Report published. |
X |
| Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill
| HL 22 | N/A
| Lord Faulkner of Worcester PMB
| | |
| Postal Services Bill
| HL 24, 41, 44 | 25/2/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Saving Gateway Accounts Bill
| HL 25, 37, 52 | 18/3/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Political Parties and Elections Bill
| HL 26, 45, 54, 64 | 25/2/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Northern Ireland Bill
| HL 28 | 4/3/09
| Concern over lack of pre-legislative scrutiny and the fast-tracking of the bill through Parliament. Also concern about involvement of Prime Minister in the appointment of and any steps to remove a member of the senior judiciary in Northern Ireland.
| Report published; Chairman spoke at Second Reading; letter received from Minister and copies distributed.
| |
| Business Rate Supplements Bill
| HL 30, 47, 51, 55 | 22/4/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Welfare Reform Bill
| HL 32, 62, 65, 75, 81 |
1/4/09 | Welfare Reform Bill raised points of constitutional significance—Clause 42 proposed to amend the Child Support Act 1991 to give new sanction powers to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) to disqualify a person from holding a passport, a driving licence, or both, if he or she has wilfully and culpably failed to pay maintenance for a child.
| Report published; response from Government received 2 June and copies distributed; Committee amendments tabled for Grand Committee stage.
| |
| Coroners and Justice Bill
| HL 33, 69, 77, 80 | 22/4/09
| Concern about:
· omnibus nature of bill;
· provision for inquests without juries; and proposed amendments to the Data Protection Act 1998.
| Letter sent to Minister and reply received; report published; Chairman spoke at Second Reading; Government withdrew provisions on inquests without juries at Committee stage.
| |
| Constitutional Renewal Bill
| HL 34 | N/A
| Lord Tyler PMB |
| |
| Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill
| HL 35, 59 | 13/5/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill
| HL 39 | 20/5/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
| HL 42, 73, 78 | 20/5/09
| | NFA
| X |
| Marine Navigation Aids Bill
| HL 46 | N/A
| Lord Berkeley PMB |
| |
| Policing and Crime Bill
| HL 48, 74, 79 | 3/6/09
| Report brought to the attention of the House provisions on preventative injunctions, gang-related violence injunctions, retention and destruction of DNA samples and border controls.
| Letter sent to Minister; reply received; Report published; Government response received informing Committee that Government would seek to remove clauses on DNA samples from bill—this took place at HL Committee stage; Government response published as Committee report.
| |
| Constitutional Reform Bill
| HL 50 | N/A
| Lord Willoughby de Broke PMB
| | |
| Parliamentary Standards
| HL 60, 67 | 24/6/09
| First report concentrated on the fast-tracking of the bill through Parliament; second report dealt with a number of provisions contained in the bill.
| Letter to Leader of the House about fast-tracking of bill; reply received; first report published; memorandum sought and received from the Clerk of the Parliaments about the bill; second report published; Chairman spoke at Second Reading; Government response to reports received and published.
| |
| Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill
| HL 57 | N/A
| Mr Andrew Dismore PMB |
| |
| Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill
| HL 53 | 14/10/09
| Malcolm Wicks PMB |
| |
| Autism | HL 56
| N/A | Mrs Cheryl Gillan PMB
| | |
| Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill
| HL 58 | N/A
| Willie Rennie PMB |
| |
| Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
| HL 61 | N/A
| Peter Ainsworth PMB |
| X |
| Finance Bill |
HL 63 | N/A
| No scrutiny. |
| |
| Live Music Bill | HL 66
| N/A | Lord Clement Jones PMB
| | |
| Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
| HL 72 | N/A
| Andrew Dismore PMB |
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