Message to attend the Lords Commissioners delivered by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
The Speaker, with the House, went up to hear Her Majesty’s Commission; on their return, the Speaker sat in the Clerk’s place at the Table.
Royal Assent
Mr Speaker
I have to acquaint the House that the House has been to the House of Peers where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, authorising the Royal Assent to the following Acts:
Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
Scotland Act 2012
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012